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Chapter 306 Explosive Sales

While the players were immersed in the world of Red Dead Redemption and wandering in the west of that virtual world, the media including IGN, PCgame, and the domestic game Starry Sky uncharacteristically did not immediately give the game a score.

Because the level of secrecy of Red Dead Redemption was still very good before that, although there may still be sneaking phenomena, but it has not been announced, obviously EA has also made a special effort.

All the media have not conducted an early trial before, there is no so-called media test, they stand on the same starting line as the players.

But as the media, they may not need to play the game thoroughly to evaluate a game, and even know the easter eggs in the game well, but they still have to understand the most basic game elements and plot.

But the key is that the content of Red Dead Redemption is too much, and the content of the main task alone has exceeded 70 hours.

People who also pay attention to this game, as well as various bigwigs in the game industry, compared with ordinary players, they saw more things during the game.

The amazing AI, as well as the narrative about the game's plot, including the shaping of the open world exploration in the game, opened their eyes.

For example, in terms of the plot of the game, Red Dead Redemption is even more unexpected. First of all, it is the character design of the protagonist.

Most games generally give open character settings, such as allowing players to customize a character, or even if it is not customized, the character is still a well-known character.

For example, a powerful demon hunter, such as the legendary Zhagenbao, or the prince who destroys the country and restores the country with one heart, but in Red Dead Redemption, the protagonist controlled by the player is just an ordinary gang member. If there is anything special, then only he is called a sharpshooter by people in the gang.

However, mainstream professional game review sites such as IGN and PCgame, because they want to maintain their own authority, do not give out their own review articles at will.

But some small and medium-sized websites don’t care about that much. Let’s talk about this wave of hot spots first. They all praise Red Dead Redemption as being able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the moon. Comment on the details, graphics, etc., and then express your opinions in the 'professional' language that some ordinary players don't seem to understand at all, but feel very powerful.

Of course, it's not all exaggeration. Some marketing accounts do the opposite to criticize the game in order to attract people's attention, such as writing "why Red Dead Redemption is not fun" and other eye-catching articles.

As for the reasons described in it, it is very strange. For example, after the death of the horse, it will disappear forever, which has become an anti-human design in their mouths.

Of course, Chuhe doesn't even know who they are for this kind of hot marketing account, and these people have already been overwhelmed by angry players.

In fact, the players of a game are very interesting. For example, some shortcomings can only be said by them, but if other people refute this shortcoming, they will argue with those people for the sake of the game.

Just like the fact that horses cannot be revived after death, at the beginning players complained in the post bar that they did not save and then automatically saved, and the horse could not be retrieved after death, so they could only open a new file again.

But when some marketing accounts call it a shortcoming in order to rub the hot spot, the players will spray back, saying that this is true enough, or else it has to be like some games, as long as you blow the whistle, the horse will fall from the sky ?

Of course, Chuhe is completely unaware of these, and now Chuhe is at the headquarters of EA, waiting with Charles for the first day's data of Red Dead Redemption.

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In the early hours of American time, even though he hadn't closed his eyes for a day, Chuhe couldn't feel the slightest bit of sleepiness.

Sitting in the lounge with Charles, each holding a handle, playing the game of Red Dead Redemption.

Although both of them have already experienced it internally, it is a new experience each time.

"I don't like this ending very much, and I believe the players won't like it either." Instead of experiencing the main storyline, Charles threw the main storyline aside like most players and traveled in the western world. River said.

Unlike ordinary players who don't go through the main story line, they have already passed it and know what the main story line is.

"I'm not in charge of this, you should go to the Black Light Studio." Chu He said with a smile.

It is true that Chuhe is not responsible for the plot. Of course, it must be Chuhe who can pass in the end.

While the two were chatting, Charles' cell phone rang suddenly. He picked it up and took a look. Charles quickly stood up and walked to the computer next to him.

The latest data is out.

330 million copies, of which the Sony platform accounted for 190 million, and the Microsoft platform contributed 140 million, surpassing Microsoft's halo by a narrow margin.

"Is this figure accurate?" Listening to Charles talking about the sales figures, Chu He took a deep breath with excitement in his eyes.

"There may be some discrepancies, but the deviation will not exceed 10." Charles also had excitement on his face.

This sales volume is undoubtedly a milestone figure.

It is definitely not only EA that gets the sales figures, but also the major game media. Although there is no way to obtain official sales figures, they also have their own set of information channels and statistical methods.

Almost half an hour after EA got the specific figures, including domestic and foreign game media, they had already released the latest headlines first.

A crazy number. Not long ago, Microsoft’s halo created a sales miracle, with sales exceeding 310 million sets on the first day. It is believed that this number may not be broken within a year or two.

Although the momentum of Red Dead Redemption is very strong, everyone thinks that it will still be worse, but they did not expect that the final outcome is that Red Dead Redemption only narrowly surpassed Halo with sales of about 20 copies.

Of course, when they heard the news, some people were excited but regretful.

In the black light studio, Gabre and the senior management of the studio cheered after receiving the latest news, but at the same time sighed.

There is no doubt that this is a classic game, but also on this game, as one of the development team, Black Light Studio, does not know what kind of emotion to use to face it.

After all, the contract they signed at the beginning was just a simple employment contract, and the share has nothing to do with them, although they knew that Tianhe Network would give them a generous bonus.

With the sales of 330 million on the first day, no one doubts whether the sales in the first month can break the previous record of 510 million in Halo. The quality of the game depends on this.

In addition, it was released on dual platforms. It is not difficult for Red Dead Redemption to break through the halo of 510 million sales in the first month. Compared with the halo of fighting God of War at that time, this month can be said to be the best for Red Dead Redemption. Dust, there is no single enemy in the same period.

How much sales can surpass the halo, this is the question that Red Dead Redemption has to consider.

(End of this chapter)