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Chapter 381 Out of stock
"Diablo, oh, of course I know, I've heard of it, I know this is the most popular game among young people in America recently, I will try it, this is a new way of entertainment for young people..."

On the news on the TV station, an interview clip is being played. It is the interview with the current general in San Jose when he went to California to canvass votes. That day was the day when "Diablo" was released for a week and sold more than one million copies worldwide.

The reporters who interviewed, of course, had the signboard of ICNC TV station. Of course, this was deliberately planned by Xueleshan Company.

The commander-in-chief was also happy to cooperate. On the one hand, getting funds for the election office was another aspect, and on the other hand, it also showed his attitude towards young people in America. He was willing to mingle with the new generation of young people.

"Boss, do you still want to report the news of "Diablo"?"

CNN, the head of news, asked Jeffrey Zucker, the president of CNN. During this period, CNN, like the major American TV stations, has been busy with the news of the general election, constantly doing polls and News of several candidates.

But CNN TV station also reported news about its future competitor, another company under the sponsorship of ICNC TV station.

But who would have imagined that just after being ridiculed by CNN, "Diablo" would make Blizzard's parent company, Sierra, the next Atari, and make Song Yang, an Internet upstart, encounter Waterloo.

However, from the second day after the CNN report, "Diablo" began to counterattack all the way. Not only did the single-day sales not decline, but instead increased against the trend. The daily sales soared to more than 20 sets, which is unprecedented in the history of American games. never showed up!
Now it's CNN's turn to be embarrassed. It was reported a few days ago that Xueleshan couldn't bear it anymore. Turning around, "Diablo" sold 100 million copies within a week, raking in 6000 million US dollars knife!

Now the entire American game industry is crazy about "Diablo", and the media in the major game industries are touting Blizzard for breaking the monopoly position of Japanese game manufacturers in the North American continent!

Jeffrey Zucker glanced at the news director, and began to think about whether to change to a less blind director. At this time, reporting to "Diablo" would be of no use other than providing heat to the other party?

"When is it that CNN should pay attention not to the general election, but to an irrelevant small game company. This is the purpose of the establishment of CNN TV station?!" Jeffrey Zucker asked the supervisor angrily .

CNN is no longer reporting the news of "Diablo", but the popularity of Diablo has not diminished, but intensified.

"Blizzard created a new era of games. It gave the game industry the right to speak, from Japan to America. Diablo created the era of ARPG games and online games!"

As a die-hard media supporter, "Wired" magazine praised Song Yang's side, but it was never shabby, and directly defined the two concepts of ARPG and online games in the name of Blizzard.

"Diablo continues to heat up in America and overseas markets, with sales exceeding 20 sets in a single day, and it is expected to continue to sell well in the future. Blizzard has set a new record for sales of one million sets in the first week!"

The media in Silicon Valley, the Oakland Tribune, also praised Diablo.

"It's not just about game sales, Xueleshan Online, which provides Diablo users with the "Battle.net" game platform, has more than 400 million downloads worldwide, making it the fastest growing website this year.

Xueleshan online platform not only provides players with a multiplayer battle mode, but also provides more than [-] games that can be downloaded. In the future, this may become one of the most important sales channels in the game industry! "

As a Silicon Valley media, the San Francisco Technology News paid attention to Sierra Online. The development of Sierra Online by pulling people's heads is even faster. In just one week, the number of downloads exceeded 400 million.

Compared with the sales of 100 million sets of games, it also shocked the companies in the entire Silicon Valley. You must know that the popularity of a game will always decline, but having a channel and platform is equivalent to owning several companies. Millions of "fixed" users, this is the most frightening thing. Internet companies in Silicon Valley have "seen" the purpose of Xueleshan's online game platform, which is to occupy the PC game market!

"Affected by Diablo's hot sales and the network demand of the Xueleshan online platform, America Telecom's broadband business has experienced explosive growth in the past week. So far, the number of users has increased by more than 7.8 within a week!"

Diablo's ability to bring goods is somewhat beyond the expectations of the outside world. Not only has the sales skyrocketed, but the number of online downloads on the battle platform Snow Leshan has soared, and even America Online, which provides network services, and broadband users have begun to soar. The impact of a game is somewhat beyond the expectations of the outside world.

Who would have imagined that American Telecom tried so hard to get users to accept broadband, but because of the demand for a game, the broadband business soared, especially in the large cities of America, which demanded broadband calls, drifting toward America Telecom like snowflakes. past.

Diablo has the ability to bring goods, but it’s more than that. As a console partner, Sony’s PS console sales have also begun to increase suddenly, especially in Europe and North America. As Diablo’s cooperative game console, Sony’s PS game console, The single-day sales volume has also hit a new high since the launch of the sale, which even Sony did not expect!

The hot sales in the first week made the outside world start to stare at "Diablo", to see if it was a flash in the pan, or if it really wanted to set a new record in game sales history.

IGN, GameStop, Yahoo Entertainment Channel, the game group on ICQ, etc., as long as the game-related places, were quickly swept by "Diablo" within a few days, and the popularity continued to increase.

In the second week of its release, without any surprises, "Diablo" once again swept the sales of 20 sets around the world, and Xueleshan reached sales agreements with agents in more regions around the world.

Huaguo's sales agency rights were handed over to Ogilvy Electronics, which was just established this year, and Lianbang Software, the former owner of the founder of 8848, while online sales were handed over to 8848 and Ying Haiwei. "Diablo" began to fully Enter the domestic market.

Not only domestic, "Diablo"

It has also begun to be sold in other parts of the world, such as Bangzi, Siam, Baodao, Hong Kong City, Singapore, the Middle East, and South America. Diablo discs from the Xueleshan warehouse have also been pulled over.

"The sales of Diablo may far exceed the expectations of the outside world. Today, in some game retail stores in Chicago, the Diablo has begun to be out of stock. Some experts and analysts in the game industry predict the sales of Diablo in the first month. , could reach a staggering 400 million units, and maybe stop Diablo, only its production capacity..."

On Chicago TV, there was a phenomenon that players began to line up in front of a game retail store. Diablo was so hot that as time went by, not only did it not go out, but it became more and more popular, and even began to be out of stock.

"Diablo sold enough this month to fill 7899 Cadillacs, or the refrigerator in Sierra President Ken Williams' house 3567 times!
The packaging boxes of all Diablo game discs sold this month are stacked, the length is enough to connect the earth to the International Space Station for a round-trip distance, and it is also equal to the length of 430 million bacons. All physical version of the game discs this month The total weight is equivalent to 550 male narwhals or 875 female narwhals.

It may also be equal to 8262 gamers who are overweight, or the 600 million U.S. dollars that need a cash transport truck to help Xueleshan transport it to the bank vault! "

On NBC TV, during the evening prime news time, the host of the show is teasing "Diablo", and of course he is also promoting to the outside world, a record created by Diablo this month.

Behind the background of the news is the celebration scene of Sierra holding a sale of over 400 million units at the headquarters in San Jose. At the banquet, beautiful knives fell one after another. The sales volume of Diablo in the first month exceeded 400 million, and the revenue exceeded 600 million. [-] million, these are new records in the American game industry!

Cameron passed by the streets of Chicago and saw a long queue in front of Thomas's small game store. On the IGN forum, he saw a lot of people saying that "Diablo" was out of stock, but there was no news. Thinking about it, even Thomas's small shop had a long queue one day.

Seeing this scene, Cameron couldn't help but rejoice that he bought it early, otherwise he wouldn't be able to buy it now even if he added more money. The number of user downloads of Leshan Online has exceeded 500 million. Cameron's friends and players have all been dragged to sign up for Xueleshan Online.

After walking a few steps, he saw two or three big bosses walking towards him. Looking at the gang logos on several people, Cameron couldn't help feeling nervous. He didn't expect that in broad daylight, these people would dare to Going crazy, Cameron couldn't help looking around, trying to find a way to escape, and was going to hide in Thomas' game store first.

But who knew, before Cameron got oiled on the soles of his feet, three big bosses walked up to Cameron mysteriously, and the three surrounded Cameron. Discs of the Diablo game.

"Brother, would you like to get one? It only costs fifty dollars, and you don't need an activation code. You can play directly!" The big boss in the middle glanced to the left and right, and then whispered to Cameron.

Cameron stared at this scene with dull eyes, and he couldn't get his mind back. He thought about all kinds of possibilities, but he didn't expect that this group of people would sell game discs instead of fighting and killing? !

(End of this chapter)