Chapter 1,308 The destined madness of the future

How popular is "World of Warcraft"?

It is now Beijing time, at 18:00 pm on April 28, 2004, the highest global online rate of "World of Warcraft" has exceeded 60 million. Although the previous highest online rate reached 65.7 million due to the popularity of "Farm Frenzy",

But it is just a casual online game after all. In the eyes of most game media and many game companies, although "Farm Frenzy" brings hundreds of millions of dollars in net profits to "Second World" every year, it cannot really be considered a game.

Large online games.

The so-called highest online rate is naturally countless. This is like the online rate of "icq" and "qq". Does it make sense? No! Therefore, most game companies do not recognize the 65.7 million of "Farm Frenzy"

The world's highest number of online players. Of course, it is closely followed by the record of 40 million online players of "Virtual Life", which is also from the "Second World". This is a record that no game company can ignore, and it is also a record that makes people proud.

A record of painful balls.

With 40 million players online, how much money do you have to make every day? Although "Virtual Life" is a completely free online game, its practice of inserting advertisements into the game has brought more generous returns to the "second world".

——Whenever you think about the millions of dollars of profits that players of "Virtual Life" create for Lin Feng every day, many game companies are very distressed. Even the recognized giants in the game industry-EA, or home game consoles

Nintendo, another absolute king in the world, is extremely jealous of the wealth created by the "Second World" in the online game industry.

You know, before Lam Feng appeared, the game industry's usual way of making money was to invest first, then develop it over a long period of time, and finally put it on the market, relying on the absolute quality of the game to attract players to buy the game and make money. But now, Lin Feng has used this money-making model.

It is greatly simplified. You only need to develop a good game, and then develop it for a short period of time. After it is launched, you can use various publicity methods or reward activities to attract a large number of players, and players will be able to spend money without knowing it.

, and pay for a long time for a game that is not that great.

Compared with the two game modes, Lin Feng's is undoubtedly simpler and easier, and it makes money faster and longer, and it is very easy to generate added value in the game. You said, in the face of this situation, "ea", "Nintendo"

How not to be jealous of other companies, how not to be envious.

But now, "World of Warcraft" has once again easily broken this record. For a game that has only been on the market for just 9 hours, its highest number of online users in the world has exceeded 60 million. You say, how amazing and disappointing this is.

People feel terrible. Thinking of the future profits of "World of Warcraft", companies such as "EA" and "Nintendo" feel pain in the balls, very painful.

Of course, whether it will make money in the future remains to be tested. Companies such as "Nintendo" will not struggle with it now, but it is quite painful to auction tickets for a birthday party in a game for 50,000 US dollars. Just when Lin Feng returned

Not long ago when I arrived at the company, an "admission ticket" on "Dingdang.com" had just been auctioned for a sky-high price of US$50,000. This is undoubtedly the most expensive prop sold in all online games, and this prop is a one-time use.

Yes, it is a consumable product. But it actually sold for 50,000 US dollars. Doesn’t this make many game companies feel miserable?

Is this the ticket for Lin Feng's birthday party? - Peter Moore, the president of "ea", had a wry smile when he heard the news. US$50,000 is enough to buy all the products developed by "ea" since its establishment.

game, but now he has only bought a consumable item from "Second World", a newly launched online game. Faced with this news, Peter Moore didn't know whether he was already out or the world was too crazy.

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Of course, not only Peter, Moore and others were shocked, but even Lin Feng, the instigator, was also horrified. Just buying a ticket to the virtual world in the game for US$50,000 is really an exaggeration.

There are only so many rich people and they have so much free time!

In fact, Lin Feng doesn’t even look at how much appeal he has around the world now, not to mention that many of Lin Feng’s friends will attend this birthday party. Buying a ticket for 50,000 US dollars, although it is virtual, is definitely not counted.

Expensive. After all, $50,000 is not too much to celebrate a birthday with the world’s richest man and many other rich people. Especially for those rich people, spending $50,000 can buy almost anything to celebrate a birthday with the world’s richest man. It’s really true.

Very good deal.

"Boss, you are so charming!" Wu Zhaopu sighed.

Lin Feng also sighed. If he had known this, it would be better for the "Second World" official to sell this birthday coupon. Think about it, there are a total of 11,000 seats, and each ticket costs US$50,000. Well, that's US$550 million.

The entire development cost of "World of Warcraft" plus publicity costs is only US$200 million, and now tickets for Lin Feng's birthday party can be sold for US$500 million. This is really profitable. Of course,

All this is just nonsense. It is impossible for Lin Feng to really sell tickets, and tickets will not be sold for US$50,000.

But no matter what, "World of Warcraft" has set a world record, an online record for large-scale role-playing online games.

"Boss, your birthday party will start in two hours. Do you want to take a break first and have something to eat?" Wu Zhaopu asked.

Although Lin Feng went to eat at noon, he didn't finish the meal. It was now 6 pm in the blink of an eye, and in 2 hours, Lin Feng's birthday party in the game would start. Wu Zhaopu was worried that Lin Feng would faint from hunger. You know

, now for the "Second World", except for Lin Feng, nothing to say is that important.

"No, I'll just have something to eat, and then I'll go home for dinner after the party." Lin Feng smiled and waved his hand. You must know that Li Zhiyou prepared a table full of sumptuous dinner for himself tonight.

But I can't let her down.

Wu Zhaopu also understands this, who makes Lin Fengyan so lucky? Others are "dying at the sight of the light", but he is lucky. It is really a miracle that several girls can live in harmony after "king meets king".

Time passed by, and soon it was 8pm, when Lin Feng's birthday party was held. In the meantime, as the time approached, the "tickets" for Lin Feng's birthday party had been auctioned to the end.

The astonishing price of US$70,000. Spending US$70,000 to buy a ticket to a birthday party in the virtual world is really crazy.

Crazy, crazy, these players are crazy! - "Nintendo" President Satoru Iwata shook his head. Before today, who would have thought that a birthday party ticket for a virtual game could actually sell for 70,000 US dollars.

This is too crazy, the world is too crazy.

But what’s even crazier is that instead of feeling distressed that they spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy a virtual ticket that was basically useless, those players who bought tickets at auction were actually complacent.

——What, distressed? No, no, no, never distressed. Although 70,000 US dollars is already half a year’s salary for me, but I can communicate with the world’s richest man and those rich people at close range, and attend a birthday party together.

, this will be the most glorious moment in my life. And I firmly believe that tonight will help me far more than 70,000 US dollars. ——Spent 70,000 US dollars to take photos of Lin Feng’s birthday party

The white-collar player who bought the ticket said in an interview with USA Today.

Boom! - This player's speech undoubtedly added fuel to the fire, making the already hard-to-find market even more popular. It can be said that since this player took the photo, the tickets for Lin Feng's birthday party have become even more popular.

It was so popular that although there was no higher price, there was no doubt that all 11,000 tickets were put up for auction. Even players who had already spent money to buy tickets before put them up for auction again. After all,

The temptation of money is unbeatable.

However, the biggest beneficiaries are undoubtedly Chinese players. There are 11,000 tickets, 70% of which appear in China, and the average selling price per ticket is as high as 40,000 US dollars. It can be said that just for the opening of the "World of Warcraft" server

On the first day, Chinese players earned US$308 million with tickets to Lin Feng’s birthday party.

308 million U.S. dollars! Chinese players earned 308 million U.S. dollars on this day. It has to be said that this is a quite shocking and thrilling record. And on this day, all Chinese players who got tickets are undoubtedly

He was smiling. According to statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics afterwards, on this day, the game "World of Warcraft" made 7,700 hundred thousand millionaires born in China on the first day it was launched. At the same time, due to the high consumption of these 77 million hundred millionaires after making money,

, directly promotes the future popularity of China's real estate.

You know, on average, these 7,700 Chinese players earned an average of 320,000 yuan each, and most of them chose to buy houses. Although there were only 7,700 players, they suddenly chose to buy houses at the same time, which undoubtedly made real estate developers see

There is room for housing prices to rise. This will also lead to the rise of China's real estate in the future.

Of course, the greater role of these 7,700 millionaires is to promote the rapid development of online games. They can earn hundreds of thousands of yuan in one day. This temptation is undoubtedly fatal and has absolutely fatal attraction.

Think about it, those wage earners who earn 320,000 yuan a day now earn 1,000 to 2,000 yuan a month, working hard without eating or drinking, only earn more than 10,000 yuan a year. It would take them 30 years of work to earn what these players can earn in a day.

Only in this way can you earn money. Instead of doing this, it is better to play more online games. Maybe one day you will be lucky and get a similar ticket, and maybe you will not have to work hard in this life.

This is what most people thought later. Of course, Lin Feng doesn’t know it at present. As far as Lin Feng is concerned, the most important thing is this birthday party. This time, players around the world are crazy about it. If Lin Feng doesn’t come up with something
Chapter completed!