"Mr. Ding, it's only been four hours, and we've already broken 200,000 concurrent players. I estimate that we'll surpass 300,000 tonight."
Ding Yingfeng was also very excited.
He didn't think as much as Ding Lei, and he didn't want to enter other industries.
However, as the person in charge of NetEase's gaming department, Ding Yingfeng's achievement in World of Warcraft was definitely one of the best in his resume.
However, Ding Lei quickly calmed down and suddenly asked, "Kyushu OL, what do you think?"
"Kyushu's popularity and reputation can't compare to our World of Warcraft. This time, we beat them to it. No matter how Kyushu develops in the future, we'll definitely surpass them."
It was hard to understand the feeling of success if one hadn't operated a super popular online game.
Although Journey to the West was good, it was still a step away from becoming popular.
They were doing well and could make money, but they didn't have much influence in the industry.
But now.
World of Warcraft had gained fame and popularity.
More importantly, there were also real simultaneous online numbers.
This game was destined to have a profound impact on the domestic online game industry.
And Ding Yingfeng was responsible for all of this.
"Don't underestimate your opponent. Everyone will work overtime tonight."
Today was the first day of the beta test, and Kyushu's server opened at 18 AM.
Even though World of Warcraft's performance was good, Ding Lei didn't dare to be careless.
He still remembered the rise of Huanyu Technologies.
He didn't expect the gap between them and NetEase to widen in just a few years.
However, Ding Lei's worries were unnecessary.
At 18 AM, Kyushu's server opened. Although it was also very popular, it didn't surpass World of Warcraft.
"250,000."
This was the highest concurrent player record ever since Kyushu's server opened.
Ding Lei and NetEase's members heaved a sigh of relief when they saw this number.
"Mr. Ding, we won."
The number of concurrent players on the first day of Kyushu's beta test finally hit the bottom.
Although 250,000 concurrent players wasn't bad, it was 50,000 less than NetEase's.
It wasn't just 50,000 less. Compared to Huanyu Technologies's other games, such as Fantasy Journey to the West … it was much worse. One had to know that Fantasy Westward Journey's record of 400,000 simultaneous online users was still a tall mountain to climb. However, the legend of Huanyu Technologies was shattered. Not only did Kyushu, which they had spent a lot of money to build, fail to break the 400,000 simultaneous online record, it even dropped by 40%.
Of course, this was because of the competition from NetEase.
Within a day, two games were released simultaneously, one was World of Warcraft, and the other was Kyushu.
There was a certain divergence between the two games.
This also caused the number of online players in Nine Regions to drop significantly.
Even so, after this battle, Ding Yingfeng knew that Huanyu Technologies was no longer invincible.
Of course, it wasn't just Ding Yingfeng.
World of Warcraft's counterattack reminded the managers of the other game companies.
In their eyes, Huanyu Technologies, which was invincible and impossible to fail, had failed in the end.
Since he was defeated by NetEase.
Then, there was a possibility that he would be defeated by them.
As for what kind of methods you used …
For example, if you operated a strong game like NetEase, you would be able to break Huanyu Technologies' invincible record.
"Everyone, we can learn from NetEase's model. The future of the game industry will be bright."
"Huanyu Technologies took away half of the domestic game market. Let's see if you have the courage to do so."
"Speaking of which, Huanyu Technologies was able to take away so much of the domestic market because of their platform advantage. Even though they still have it now, the players are more mature. As long as we are willing to invest, we can challenge Huanyu Technologies. "
"Yes, Huanyu Technologies' operation methods are all the same. They look powerful, but they don't have any technical skills. We used to think that they were invincible, but when faced with a real opponent, they are just so-so. "
Some managers of the game companies were getting more and more eager to try. The gaming market was already huge. If they could take away a portion of Huanyu Technologies' market, even the initial investment would be worth it. Take NetEase for example. Even if they paid more than 100 million USD, they could still make a lot of money if they operated well.
However, what they didn't know was …
While these managers were planning in their hearts, the number of concurrent players in Kyushu OL suddenly increased on the second day.
"Boss Ding, Kyushu OL's concurrent players have exceeded 300,000."
"What?"
Ding Lei had watched Kyushu OL for an entire day. After confirming their numbers, he finally felt relieved and went to rest.
However, he didn't expect Ding Yingfeng to give him a piece of bad news the next day.
"That's impossible."
Ding Lei shook his head.
There was a pattern in the gaming industry.
Generally, the first day of a game's closed beta would be the time when the number of concurrent players would be the highest.
Because the first day was the most popular, everyone wanted to join in the fun.
However, after the first day, those who had experienced it and those who had joined in the fun had joined in. On the second and third days … the maximum number of concurrent users would decrease slightly.
Of course, this drop was normal.
As long as the game was good, the number of concurrent players would quickly rise after a week.
Moreover, if the quality of the game was good, the number of concurrent players would steadily increase and there wouldn't be any problems.
However, Kyushu OL had disrupted this pattern.
On the first day of the closed beta, the number was 250,000. On the second day, it was 300,000.
This didn't make sense.
"Did they do any other promotions today?"
Ding Lei quickly asked.
"They didn't do any promotions today. They did yesterday. Their Kyushu TV series was released."
"Didn't Kyushu TV series release a long time ago?"
Ding Lei didn't agree with this statement.
Kyushu TV series was released during the closed beta.
Of course, this didn't mean that Ding Lei didn't think highly of the TV series' promotional methods.
In fact, he was very optimistic about such a promotional plan.
Moreover, he believed that without the Kyushu TV series, Kyushu OL wouldn't have broken the 200,000 mark yesterday.
"Boss Ding, we were careless at that time. Huanyu Technology actually released another Kyushu TV series."
"What?"
Ding Lei blinked. "Another TV series released?"
"How many TV series did they release?"
"Yes."
Ding Yingfeng nodded. "According to the background of their story, Kyushu is a series. In theory, there are countless series."
"Let me see …"
Ding Lei turned on his computer and checked yesterday's news.
Sure enough.
Huanyu Technologies released a brand new TV series.
This TV series was called Kyushu Sky City.
Yes, the previous series was called Kyushu Misty Records.
However, Kyushu Misty Records was written by Jiangnan, while Kyushu Sky City was written by "Where Are You Now".
Two different authors, but the works they wrote were both called Kyushu.
At the same time, Huanyu Technologies also made these two works into TV series.
"I'll go to hell."
Ding Lei was so angry that he vomited blood.
How could they bully others like this?
It was enough to release one TV series, but now he was releasing another one.
It was fine to release another TV series, but no matter what, it had to be released after the Kyushu Misty Records ended.
Huanyu Technologies, on the other hand, released another Sky City before the Kyushu Misty Records ended.
In the eyes of many, this was simply a sign of squandering.
However, regardless of whether they were squandering or not, the double hit of the two TV series instantly brought about an explosive amount of publicity.
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