"Online game? What's that? " Just like Yamauchi, most of the players were confused when they heard the term "online game". Only a small number of players knew what it was.
It couldn't be helped. Online games were too rare these days.
Although according to research, the earliest online games appeared as early as the 60s, online games that were truly open to all players only appeared in the 80s.
Moreover, these games were simple text based games. For example, in a battle, you couldn't see the battle screen, nor could you control the battle. You could only see a line of text: "You fought with Cerberus and won. You received 3 gold coins and 15 experience points."
If you bought items, there was only a line of text: "You spent 20 gold coins and bought an elite greatsword!"
In short, the whole game was text, and you couldn't see the game scene. At most, players could click on different options to make a decision.
However, even such a game would cost as much as 6 USD per hour when it was first released. Even now, no online game could surpass this price.
Of course, this was the world's first real online game, and the number of players was pitifully small. It was said that less than 1000 players had played this game.
Later on, several online games were released one after another, and they were basically the same. The largest number of players was only a few thousand. Moreover, these games weren't developed by game companies. They were all the masterpieces of individual developers.
It wasn't until 1997 that EA released the world's first real online game with a graphical interface, "Online Genesis," and officially opened the curtains of online games.
And this time, the one who opened the curtains was the Daqian Group.
"First, I want to ask everyone a question. How many people have you played the same game with at most?" Boss Jia asked with a smile. Then, the audience was in chaos, and all kinds of answers popped up.
"Okay, I've heard everyone's answer, but it seems that the highest number of people who answered was only 8!" Boss Jia said. 8 people was indeed the highest number of people who played with their friends at the same time.
This was because the game console only had two game controllers at most. Even if the SFC supported multiple SFC games in parallel, it still needed the game itself to support multiple players.
Currently, the SFC game console can only support up to 8 players at the same time, and this game is Nintendo's Mario Kart. In addition, Daqian's recently released Daqian Kart can also support up to 8 players at the same time. This is the maximum number of games that can be supported at the same time.
"Do you guys know the maximum number of people an online game can accommodate at the same time?" Boss Jia asked with a smile.
"Ten people?"
"Thirty people?"
The audience below the stage asked one after another, but the highest number among them was only a few hundred.
"This is the number!" Boss Jia raised a finger and said, "100,000 people!"
"In my mind, an excellent online game can accommodate at least 100,000 people online at the same time!" Boss Jia's words made everyone gasp. How is it possible for 100,000 people to play at the same time?
"Everyone, don't think it's unbelievable. With our current technology and reserves, as long as the network is perfected, it won't be a problem to accommodate 100,000 people online at the same time!"
"Now, I would like to announce the first online game that Daqian is developing … Well, there's no big screen this time, because our online game is still in the early stage of development. I don't know when it will be completed, but I can tell you that the name of this game is" Sword and Saber Divine Realms: SAO "."
"Sword and Saber Divine Realms: SAO! Isn't this the first game of Sword and Saber Divine Realms? " There were many fans of Sword and Saber Divine Realms in the audience, and they immediately recognized the origin of SAO.
"It seems that some of you have recognized it. Yes, we are planning to create a world based on the classic game SAO described in Sword and Saber Divine Realms. Of course, our game will not be played with helmets, but with computers, so some settings won't appear, but in general, we will create a perfect SAO world!" Boss Jia narrowed his eyes and said.
Because commercial online games have never really appeared in the world, and "Sword and Saber Divine Realms: SAO" has only just begun to be developed. In addition, the current computers can't meet the requirements of online games, and there are still too few computers connected to the Internet. Therefore, although Daqian announced a commercial online game "Sword and Saber Divine Realms: SAO" at the exhibition, no one really cared about this game until he appeared in front of everyone.
"Okay, I have finished introducing all the new games that Daqian Games will launch this year or next year!" After Boss Jia finished speaking, the gamers present felt their heads loosen. This was the first time they had seen a gaming company that released so many new games at once.
And from the introduction of the chairman of Daqian Games, most of these games seem to be very interesting and fun, which fully aroused the interest of the players.
But at this time, the game launch was over. When the players got up and were about to leave, Boss Jia suddenly said on the stage, "All the new games of Daqian Games have been released. Now, let's welcome our Daqian studio, Blizzard Studios, to release their latest game!"
"What! Blizzard Studios has a new game to release? " Most of the players who just stood up immediately sat back down when they heard this news.
At this time, a considerable number of players in the venue were fans of the game "Humans and Warcraft", so when they heard that the creator of "Humans and Warcraft", Blizzard Studios, was going to release a new game, everyone was excited. Could it be that the next game would be the second part of "Humans and Warcraft"? Could we finally see the next story of the world of Azeroth?
Many of the Pokemon fans present suddenly reacted. Didn't Jia Yapeng say that there would be three new Pokemon announcements? Why is there only one now? What about the other two? Why is there no news at all?
As a result, all the players who had just stood up sat back down. Then they saw the general manager of Blizzard Studios, Alan Adekhan, come out. He nervously wiped the sweat on his forehead, then smiled and said, "I'm sorry, this is the first time I've appeared in such a grand occasion. I'm a little nervous, please forgive me!"
There was a burst of laughter in the venue.
"Well, I know that everyone has seen many new games and is a little tired, so I won't talk nonsense with everyone. Let's go straight to the trailer!"
"I was killed 500 years ago, but now, I've been resurrected. I'm the Diablo, Big Pineapple!" With such a shrill voice, an army of countless demons came out of the dark holes in the ground.
These demons were also created by the Royal Special Effects Studio. They were all at the level of a Hollywood movie, so these demons, which were like real existences, attracted the attention of all the audience.
"And you damned players, do you want to stop my resurrection?" With Big Pineapple's roar, three people suddenly appeared on the path that the demon army had to pass through.
"These three people can't be planning to challenge an entire army, right?" An audience member couldn't help but say. Then, the human warrior with a giant sword among the three people charged toward the countless demon army.
The female archer with a bow and arrow revealed her beautiful and perfect figure. Then, she drew her bow and arrow, and in an instant, countless arrows rained down from the sky, killing a large number of demons.
Finally, there was the mage with a magic staff. When his companions had started fighting, the mage kept chanting. When the battle went on for more than a minute, the warriors and archers were suppressed by the demon army again. When the three-person team was about to be wiped out, the mage suddenly opened his eyes. There were crimson flames that swept across the entire battlefield like a wave. Tens of thousands of demons were all wiped out in an instant, and the entire demon army was killed just like that.
"Damn, this special effect, this trailer, it's so cool!" All the audience members were shocked by this Hollywood movie-level special effects trailer. At this time, the name of the game finally appeared in front of everyone: Diablo: Hellfire.
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