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Chapter 579
Looking at the high-priced game discs on the eBay platform, Cameron was a little thankful that he acted quickly, otherwise he would inevitably be slaughtered!

There are quite a few game discs put on the market by Xue Leshan, but after a few days of sales, there was a sudden "out of stock" phenomenon. In cities such as New York, Los Angeles, and London, "StarCraft" discs suddenly began to appear as " In the name of "out of stock", it will be sold at a higher price.

At this time, many scalpers and second-hand dealers became active. They grabbed a lot of discs when they were on sale before, and now they finally started to sell and stock up at high prices.

"StarCraft" this time, is not as outrageous as "Diablo" last time. Last time, it was really out of stock and couldn't be bought with money. As a result, the more it was speculated, the higher the price.

The reason for the current increase in the price of "StarCraft" is mainly because some people are hoarding the goods. On the other hand, it is the problem of mobilizing the supply of goods. Some places cannot be sold out, and some are really out of stock.

Just like Bangzi, it is really out of stock. When the sales of "StarCraft" began to decline all over the world, Bangzi was the only one out there. For five consecutive days, the single-day sales exceeded 20 sets!

The popularity of "StarCraft" in Bangzi is much higher than that of America. In less than a week, StarCraft sold more than 500 million sets of games in a region of Bangzi with a population of more than 100 million. , On average, one out of every 300 people buys, and this purchasing power is already comparable to that of America.

This ratio is really exaggerated. Ken Williams specially asked Xueleshan to "praise" Bangzi users on the official website. If everyone around the world supports Xueleshan like Bangzi, why not worry that Xueleshan will not become the most profitable in the world. company?
The crazy sales of Bangzi made Xueleshan continue to increase its support for Bangzi, and game discs continued to be pulled to Bangzi.

Some data agencies predict that the sales volume of "StarCraft" in Bangzi may reach an astonishing 450 million sets, or even 500 million sets. That is to say, an average Bangzi family will buy a set of "StarCraft".

At the TGA Awards Ceremony, a place was specially reserved for stick game manufacturers, and Nexon, NCsoft, and Actoz were invited to participate.

In addition, Xueleshan was invited to announce that it will jointly build the e-sports industry with Bangzi, and will establish an e-sports base on Bangzi and establish the TGA Bangzi professional e-sports league!

This is also what Bangzi wants. Bangzi is now extremely supportive of the game and e-sports industry. It needs good policies for good policies, and funds for funds. "Otherwise, how could it be possible for Bangzi to sell millions of sets in a week!
The reason why Bangzi does this is that on the one hand, it really wants to develop in emerging industries, to make a big splash in this industry, to develop Bangzi’s games, TV dramas, etc., to export culture, and on the other hand, it is also because Soros and Wall Street Whoa, that's too bad.

Even with the support of Wall Street and the Federal Monetary Fund, the chaebols, conglomerates, banks, heavy industries, etc. were all bought out, and the entire Bangzi went bankrupt, but even so, it will not be possible to recover in a short while. did it.

Now Bangzi is on the verge of chaos. Playing games is better than running on the street. If you have nothing to do, you can buy it for zero yuan and go to the bank to file an IOU to "borrow money". Therefore, Bangzi seems to be particularly concerned about the game industry.

Bangzi, Siam, Singapore and other places are basically the same, and the two evils are the lesser of two evils. Even in some areas, games are looked down upon or even resisted, but at this time, they also turn a blind eye. .

After a few days of explosive sales, the sales volume of "StarCraft" finally began to become "normal". The global sales volume dropped from more than one million sets in a single day to about 50 sets.

But even so, "StarCraft" still shocked the entire game and Internet industry with sales of 560 million sets in the first week and a record of 3000 million US dollars in a week!
The major Hollywood media have begun to report that Sierra Leshan and "StarCraft" debuted this week. Even the best-selling Hollywood movies are hard to compare.

It also made Hollywood a little puzzled. Hollywood, which has always been on the throne of global entertainment, would be compared by a game.

The movies made by so many superstars and movie kings in Hollywood after watching, can't compare to those things made up of pixels? !

"This year, the sales volume of StarCraft is expected to reach 1000 million, but if there are more, I'm afraid it will be difficult!"

In the Bruno Family Club in San Jose, Ken Williams, Roberta, Blizzard trio and other Sierra executives came to take a rest.

Tomorrow they will leave for Los Angeles to attend the TGA Awards Ceremony, and Song Yang will also participate. This is the first TGA Game Awards, and Song Yang and the others must be there.

In the distance, Jenny and Hayley are pulling Roberta, discussing about walking the red carpet at the TGA Awards Ceremony. Specifications, arranged the process for the TGA awards ceremony, and let multiple media TV stations broadcast reports
The presidents of game manufacturers invited to participate, as well as those famous game designers, can bring their female companions to the red carpet. In addition to the game hall of fame, Ken Williams is also planning to wait until the e-sports base in New York is completed. On the street in front of the game e-sports base, there is a game industry version of the "Avenue of Stars", so that people in the global game industry are proud to leave their handprints on this street!

Listening to what Ken Williams said, Song Yang took a look around the club. Song Huiqiong, Zhou Guochang, Zhou Baihui, Zhou Bailin, etc. were all with Greck, Daanna and other members of the Bruno family. In the club, Millie Yala took Li Rouling to play wildly in the club, which made the whole club a bit noisy.

Listening to Ken Williams' words, Song Yang said, "Don't worry about the voices from the media and Wall Street, Xueleshan will continue to proceed according to the original plan!"

The media and Wall Street are now touting "StarCraft" because it is profitable. Now as long as it has something to do with the concept of the game, the stock price will skyrocket. The media can get public relations fees, and Wall Street can hype and cut leeks. Naturally, we are happy to see the success , Desperately advocating the game sales of "StarCraft".

The most outrageous thing is that a Wall Street organization predicted that the sales of "StarCraft" will exceed 500 million units this year and 400 million next year. This is obviously bullshit and fanning the flames.

But even so, the media is still happy to carry out publicity, and dare to report all kinds of tiger and wolf words. In the final analysis, it is still profitable.

However, industries related to games have indeed made a lot of money, and even telecommunications, which seems to be out of reach, have followed suit.

This time, StarCraft released three versions of the game, including console version, PC version and digital version. The first two are game discs, but one is played on the console and the other is played on the computer.

The digital version of StarCraft can be directly downloaded from the Xueleshan online game platform. There is no need to queue up, and there is no need to increase the price to buy. It just needs to test the speed of the Internet. Users who have installed broadband can download "StarCraft", although some It is difficult, but downloading and installing the game is no problem.

However, all parts of the world, including America, still use dial-up Internet access. If you count on that speed to download "StarCraft", it is estimated that you will have to download it until the next century.

Therefore, the release of StarCraft also stimulated the demand for broadband. The release of "Diablo" last time brought about [-] more users to American Telecom.

After the release of "StarCraft" this time, major telecommunications companies also began to snatch telecom users, and American Telecom did not let America Telecom enjoy this wave of experience, but American Telecom still added more than [-] new users this week, and nearly half of them , are all attracted by "StarCraft". After all, the Xueleshan online platform has stated on the official website that it is a partner with America Telecom, and users are recommended to use America Telecom!

"Holding the TGA awards ceremony and e-sports competitions should attract some new users to buy StarCraft. Xueleshan will continue to promote StarCraft while taking advantage of the popularity. In the second half of the year, Xueleshan and other game manufacturers will release new products. game……"

(End of this chapter)