April 12th, 1994. Another day to remember in the gaming circle. Because on this day, Warcraft: Humans and Orcs was released.
However, the actual situation on this day was a bit chilly. This was because the game's release ceremony was very simple. Blizzard rented a conference room in a nearby hotel and invited some gaming media to hold a demo of the game. After that, they announced that World of Warcraft: Humans and Orcs was officially released. It would be available in the United States' entertainment markets and stores.
Boss Jia only participated in the entire process. Boss Jia knew that even if he didn't do anything, Warcraft: Humans and Orcs would still sell 1.2 million copies. This would lay a good foundation for the Warcraft series.
This was because the quality of the game itself was very high. It wasn't released in a hurry. After receiving sufficient funds, it was polished for three months before it was released.
Therefore, Boss Jia didn't need to do anything. All he needed to do was wait for Warcraft to slowly take over the market. After all, Boss Jia was a very calm person.
Moreover, Boss Jia wouldn't be staying in the United States for too long. At most, Boss Jia would return to China on April 20th. This was because Boss Jia and Zhu Qiushui's wedding would be held on May 20th.
Oh, I forgot to mention that this was decided in February. This was because Zhu Qiushui was confirmed to be pregnant in February.
Boss Jia couldn't possibly let Zhu Qiushui get married while she was pregnant. Therefore, the wedding date was set on May 20th.
This had a good meaning. Moreover, it didn't look like a day when her stomach was going up and down.
Therefore, Boss Jia was very busy. He didn't even have time to take wedding photos. There were still a lot of wedding matters waiting for him to take care of. If he didn't go back soon, Zhu Qiushui would flip out.
Unfortunately, although Boss Jia's wish was sincere and beautiful, there were always people who didn't want our Boss Jia to be a good man.
This matter started with EA.
Everyone knew that EA was a well-known gaming company in the United States, and it was established much earlier than Blizzard. It was established in 1982, and was now the most powerful PC gaming company in the United States.
However, EA had a strong point. They liked to be vigilant in times of peace. Other than releasing their own games, they would also keep an eye on other game companies. Whenever a game company released a new game, they would immediately buy a copy to play.
Let's see if the other companies have released any good games. If the game is really good, can I buy the company back? If he couldn't buy it back, could he take out the things inside for reference?
Anyway, as long as the content was different, the gameplay wouldn't be considered plagiarism. Also, do you believe that my modified version is even more fun than your original version?
What do you think? Isn't this routine very familiar?
That's why it's said that all crows in the world are equally black. Some things are created by foreigners first and have little to do with our countrymen. No one is more noble than another.
Fire prevention, theft prevention, and EA prevention. This was the common understanding of the United States.
Back to the topic, after Warcraft was released, EA followed their tradition and bought Warcraft as soon as it was released. After playing it for two days, EA's professional players and developers couldn't help but gasp. This is a goddamn game!
EA's professional players and developers had tens of thousands of hours of gaming experience. They had played more games than they had eaten rice. Naturally, they could tell the quality of a game at a glance.
First of all, Warcraft was a new RTS game. EA had been researching this type of game for a long time, but they felt that RTS games weren't very useful.
Not only did it take a long time to play, it was also quite boring. Moreover, the fun of the game could only be experienced by two players. The problem was that in the current online environment, unless you had two computers at home and could set up a local area network, there was no way to play two players.
This was why EA didn't have high hopes for RTS games. Although EA was working on a RTS game internally, they were only using it as an experiment. What if the RTS game became popular?
Unfortunately, they didn't have to wait for the results of the experiment. After these professional game reviewers played Warcraft, they were completely won over by the game.
Excellent graphics, a well-developed story, an ingenious hero system, and most importantly, a breakthrough innovation like Fog of War. These were all things that EA had never seen or heard of before. This would definitely be a hit!
Therefore, EA's staff immediately wrote a report and sent all the good points they had just listed to the higher-ups. However, this report missed the one good point that made Warcraft rise to fame.
But it didn't matter. The good points in this report were enough for EA's higher-ups to pay attention to. These higher-ups weren't stupid. After playing for a few hours, they were certain that this was a masterpiece. Therefore, EA used their old method and sent an acquisition letter to Blizzard in an attempt to acquire Blizzard.
Boss Jia was shocked when he saw the acquisition letter. He sighed at the fact that EA was still EA. In the end, he mercilessly rejected it. He even stated that Blizzard was a subsidiary of the Daqian Group and didn't lack money.
When EA saw that it was from the Daqian Group, they did some research and realized that it was a Pokemon company. They immediately understood that they wouldn't be able to buy Blizzard from them.
However, EA had another plan. They immediately increased the investment in the development of the RTS game and added in talented people. More importantly, they added in all the good points they found from Warcraft and had the staff copy them.
On the other hand, EA wanted to suck up to Warcraft. They couldn't let the other party sell it so easily.
At this time, EA and Hasbro were in a strategic alliance. EA had licensed some of their IP to Hasbro to produce peripherals. At the same time, EA's CEO was good friends with Medea. He knew how much Medea hated the Daqian Group.
Therefore, EA decided to shift the blame. EA's CEO found Medea and told him that the Daqian Group had another Warcraft game for sale.
Moreover, the quality of this game was very good. It would definitely be popular. It wouldn't be any worse than Pokemon. If they didn't stop it, Warcraft would be the next Pokemon. When that happens, the Daqian Group would have two super IPs in their hands. Hasbro wouldn't be able to do anything!
Medea wasn't stupid. He immediately understood that the other party was trying to use him. However, as long as he could deal a blow to the other party, he didn't mind.
After all, Warcraft was just a small invisible game. It would be easy to deal with it. All they needed was an official document.
Therefore, Hasbro sent a letter to all their distributors. The letter was very straightforward. All stores were prohibited from selling Warcraft. Otherwise, they would have to choose between Hasbro and Warcraft.
Although the distributor was furious with Hasbro's actions, he couldn't do anything about Hasbro. Warcraft was just released a few days ago. He hadn't even heard of the name before. It wasn't a big deal if they didn't sell it.
Therefore, when Boss Jia was preparing to return to China, he received news that Warcraft had been taken off the shelves in America. Boss Jia's face immediately darkened.
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