Is it not a galgame?

"Oh, it's terrible, it's terrible. What did I say? I knew a storm was brewing in pokeni, but I didn't expect the storm to be so violent."

After seeing the amazing results of Shenmue and Warcraft 3 released by Paradox, countless game developers couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"Fortunately, I saved my time and did not choose to promote the game during this time period. Otherwise, I would have become cannon fodder by now. What our company does is action RPG.

Compared with Shenmue, it is completely beaten to pieces. "

"Haha, pokeni's actions are expected, mainly because it was so abnormal before, and everyone knew that there would be a big wave.

Shenmue is actually perfect as this year’s top pick. It’s topical and of high quality.

Players have been starving for a long time. Will they be crazy as soon as Shenmue comes out? "

"Pokeni is really good at marketing. What is this called in marketing? Oh, hunger marketing, right?"

"Yeah. I can only say that pokeni is too dirty."

"Insidious, insidious, Qing Zhiyuan is so insidious, you never know what kind of strange moves he will make.

This man is simply a real-life Naruto, proficient in various game sales ninjutsu. "

"But this is very troublesome. The announcement time of pokeni is not fixed, which is actually not a good thing, just like the meteorite.

Perhaps another comet with the ability to destroy the earth is rushing towards the earth. It would be okay if it could be observed, and humans could still find ways to deal with it.

But this comet has its own rhythm and will change course midway, which is a bit confusing.

It's simply impossible to guard against. "

"Ah... this seems to be the case. Can you guys ask Sony and Rentian to bring other major game companies together? We can formulate a rule that the game release schedule within the next six months needs to be announced, so that everyone can communicate with each other. You can avoid it to avoid crashing or something like that.”

"No, no, isn't this a way to die?

Big companies are fine, but small companies like ours will definitely be wiped out.

Once a tacit understanding of arranging games is formed and big companies avoid each other, we will only die in the end. "

"Ah...it seems to be the same. At least now we can still pick up some by luck. Competition between big companies is actually beneficial to us."

……

In short, as soon as pokeni played two cards, a group of friends and businessmen said they couldn't stand it.

But this is just the beginning of pokeni's revenge sales.

On May 5, pokeni launched its first shooting MMORPG——

"Border Online"

This game is not only the first massively multiplayer online RPG game developed by pokeni, but also the first game of its type in the world.

Before that, all obstacles on the road had been cleared away, including the network setup in the Omi region, the popularity of computers and Sega DC game consoles, the user scale of the Dandelion game platform, pokeni's technical level, server architecture and network transmission...

After so many years of accumulation and construction, we have finally successfully built a channel to the future of large-scale online games.

Although when you look back, you will feel that there are countless obstacles and difficulties in the process, but after you actually get over it, you will find that it seems like that.

Mainly thanks to Qing Zhiyuan's vision and continuous accumulation, pokeni's technical accumulation has transitioned so smoothly that even Akanishi Ken couldn't help but sigh -

It would definitely be impossible to do things on "Border Online" from the beginning, but in the middle, we built the Dandelion game platform, developed point cards, and created Border LAN battles...

Everything seemed to be falling into place.

However, I don't know why, but Akanishi Ken's heart was filled with huge fear when he thought about it carefully.

Because he already felt as if there was an invisible big hand controlling everything, and he himself was just a part of it, as a puppet on strings, filled in like a tool man.

It was as if the invisible big hand was pushing silently, but Akanishi Ken made the corresponding choice based on his own thinking.

When he thought of this, Akanishi Ken felt goosebumps all over his body.

Could it be that this world is really the Matrix?
Is everything virtualized by the matrix? !
……

This time the sale will not only cover the Omi region, but also the Neon and Chinese regions.

After such a long period of development, after pokeni acquired Penguin, the speed of network construction in China and the number of computers owned by users have increased exponentially.

In particular, Internet cafes have sprung up in major cities across the country like mushrooms after a rain.

Internet cafes have also become the most fashionable consumption places at the moment, and many Internet cafe owners have even made a fortune by relying on this and achieved a wave of dividends.

In fact, the reason is very simple. The Internet industry is the future trend. This has been verified in developed countries such as OMI and Neon.

If China wants to develop, it naturally needs to build the Internet, and it is from the national level, so the support is very strong.

In particular, there is a small motor pokeni pushing silently behind, injecting vitality into the entire market through the penguin's little glove.

Think about it, in a country with a population of 12 billion, with such a large base, even if only a small number of pioneers purchase and use computers and take the lead in entering the Internet information age, this number is scary enough.

In the previous life of China, in 2000, the total number of Internet users was about 2250 million.

Now in this timeline, this number has doubled to more than 5100 million.

It can only be said that pokeni is a catalyst that not only promotes the development of Neon's own semiconductor and Internet industries, but also promotes the rise of related industries in neighboring major countries.

Played an accelerating role.

And once the engine is turned on, with the update and iteration speed of major countries, the time to catch up will be earlier than Qing Zhiyuan imagined.

……

In this MMORPG war with no competitors, Qing Zhiyuan did not dare to despise or slack off at all. Instead, he paid more attention to it than ever before.

So you can see, whether in China or the Oumi region:
The promotion of "Border Online" is simply overwhelming. This time, in addition to using QQ and Dandelion gaming platforms for promotion, Qing Zhiyuan has used the most effective promotion method of this era -

Strong local promotion team.

The so-called local promotion team refers to promotion through offline staff. Every big city will have a pokeni promotion team.

Large Internet cafes in first-tier cities are fully covered, and at least one or two pokeni staff will teach you step by step.

The second, third, fourth and fifth tier cities mainly cover the largest Internet cafes, using Internet cafe personnel for promotion and teaching.

And provide certain benefits to each Internet cafe, such as point card wholesale can be cheaper.

A point card costs 15 yuan a piece, and the price for an Internet cafe is 13 yuan, or even as low as 11 yuan.

Therefore, before the official launch of "Border Online", most Internet cafes in China and Omi had already installed the game.

The pre-release date for "Border Online" has also been pre-sold one week in advance.

In order to reserve enough time for pokeni teams in different countries to adjust and solve unexpected problems, there is a time lag in the launch date of "Border Online".

The first place to go on sale is the United States, where the network conditions are the best and the computer coverage is the highest.

Fortunately, the former president of the United States has fulfilled his promise during his term of office:

It is necessary to allow all Americans over the age of 16 to use computers, and to increase network coverage to 50%.

There are currently 1.641 million computer users in the United States, one in every two Americans.

With excellent network construction, sufficient number of target users, and advanced technology, it is understandable that pokeni chose it as the first launcher.

After the server is launched in the United States, Neon will be about two weeks late, that is, it will not be launched until May 5.

The China region will be moved further back, and the server will be launched on June 6th.

The time period reserved in the middle is for pokeni fault tolerance.

If a serious bug is discovered in the United States, it can be fixed in advance, and the risk will naturally be reduced when the server is launched in China.

Otherwise, if the world is synchronized, the risk is too high.

Even a time traveler like Qing Zhiyuan is not completely sure.

Not even half sure. As a veteran programmer, Qing Zhiyuan believes in one thing: problems are the norm.

It's a miracle that nothing goes wrong.

At this time, you need to let it go and let the players become detectors.

With a time difference of one month and a large enough user base, we can almost discover what should be discovered.

……

Pokeni’s “Border Online” fully fulfills the promise made at last year’s E3 electronics show:

The game is free to download without charging a penny.

Therefore, on the day of pre-release, the download speed of Dandelion Game Platform was paralyzed due to the influx of too many players.

Later, the official issued a statement stating that if players encounter lags and slow downloads, they can change the time period and try again.

All in all, it was extremely popular.

In just one day, the number of downloads of "Border Online" in the United States alone reached an astonishing number of more than 100 million.

This is actually very easy to understand.

Because the game is free.

Think about it when I played "Border" back then, the game cost $69. Although the Dandelion Game Platform would launch some discounts from time to time, the lowest price was only $49.

I am very excited when I think that so many pre-installed files can be downloaded for free.

And this is the United States, a country with a natural love for shooting games, so the daily downloads of "Border Online" instantly broke a new high.

If it weren't for the excessive pressure on the server and the restrictions imposed by pokeni, I'm afraid there would be even more people.

However, the downloader of the Dandelion Game Platform is actually a P2P architecture downloader, which means that if there are no official anti-theft restrictions, players can obtain resources through nearby players who have already downloaded it.

So in fact, the lag and server pressure are limited to the first day.

When more and more players complete the download, the pressure will not be so great.

In order to make it easier to count the number of players, pokeni has made a tag in the Dandelion game platform. After the downloader completes the download task, the counter will be +1 and counted in the official server.

The purpose of this is, first, to facilitate the management and control of data by P Agency.

On the other hand, it is also preparing for the launch of the server.

We need to know what the upper limit of the number of players will be when the server opens on the 11th, and whether we should temporarily add multiple servers.

This is very different from games made by P in the past. Single-player games do not need to consider data issues, but large-scale MMOs must store data on the server.

Especially in the future, we will rely on this to sell skins and built-in props.

Even more careless.

……

In short, "Border Online" has already received cheers from countless players even before it was launched.

"Damn it, I didn't expect pokeni to really keep its word. It's really free when it says it's free. I still feel like I'm dreaming.

This is "Border Online". "

"Yes, I also downloaded one and plan to play with my classmates after the server is launched.

Border is a game that sold for $69. Who would have thought that it would become free after becoming a large-scale online game.

Is pokeni too conscientious? "

"Hahaha, really, I can only say that pokeni is the eternal god, and Qing Zhiyuan is the most powerful game developer in my mind.

Being able to play pokeni games in this life is really worth it. "

"This is a game developer that truly considers players!"

“I’m so touched that I can play a free shooting game.”

"Ah, I'm really looking forward to what will happen after the server is launched."

In fact, until now, many people's thinking patterns have not changed from stand-alone games.

In their perception, online games are just stand-alone games that can be connected to the Internet.

……

This morning.

As a die-hard pokeni fan, especially a die-hard fan of shooting games, American college student Mike Odgers passed by a nearby Internet cafe after completing his morning classes.

When he saw the poster at the door, he was slightly startled.

Because the poster of "Border Online" is really too big.

Especially the group of soldiers above who were holding submachine guns, rushing out of the trenches, and attacking the opponent's position. They were both men and women, and they all had good-looking faces and models.

With a bright red background, there is a smoke-filled battlefield in the distance.

Countless enemies serve as the background, setting off the intensity of the war.

The composition of the entire poster is very clear and three-dimensional, showing off the selling points and attractions of the game.

At the bottom is a line of large characters:
["Border Online", the public beta will start on May 5th!
Simulated war, thousands of people charge!
Waiting for you to fight. 】

Damn it...

Although Mike Odgers was quite shocked inside, his young face turned red with excitement.

He has been playing Frontier for two years, and is a famous sharpshooter in the game, killing countless people.

It’s just like the charge of tens of thousands of people like what pokeni promotes...

He really hasn't seen it yet.

Just thinking about it makes my blood boil.

Western players, especially the United States, a country with only a short history of more than 200 years, have been exposed to modern industrial civilization from the beginning, so guns and wars occupy a large part of their history.

There will be natural love naturally.

Especially since the United States is still a country where guns can be used legally.

Mike's fingers trembled slightly.

He couldn't help but be excited at the thought of having a war-like experience in this game.

……

Quickly returning to the dormitory, Mike couldn't wait to turn on the computer and start the Dandelion game platform.

Find "Border Online" and click to download.

After the download is complete, install and enter the game.

A line of large characters pops up on the screen:
[Dear players, please wait patiently]

[There are still 4:21:59 before the server opening time]

Waterfalk? !
Mike's eyes widened and he looked at the prompts on the monitor with a look of disbelief.

You still have to wait for this crappy game? !
……

...(End of chapter)