“268! That's 100 more than 'King of War'.”
“But looking at the size, it's much bigger than 'King of War'. I think it's a great deal, I'm buying it!”
“Don't buy it on Vapour or Game Box, go to the Dream Building Game Platform, there's a 10% launch discount!”
“Indeed! If you want to support Dream Building, you still have to go to Dream Building's own game platform. No need to give the channelers 30%, the 10% discount can also earn more.”
“That's right, give the money to Xu Meng, and Xu Meng will return it during the New Year! Isn't this better than giving it to the Game Box?”
“Original price 268, launch discount 241, during the New Year I received a total of 228 yuan in red envelopes from Boss Xu, which is equivalent to buying a masterpiece for 13 yuan! What a steal!”
“I haven't withdrawn any money, I've kept it all in my Dream Building game account, just for times like this!”
“Hilarious, the price of two sets of clothes from 'Frosty Snow Project'.”
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The audience watched the live stream while opening the client and buying the game.
While buying, they were also exchanging information in the live stream.
Xu Meng still adopted the previous strategy of 'King of War'.
'Monster Hunter' was launched simultaneously on the Dream Building Game Platform, Vapour Game Platform, and Soft Game Box, three major platforms.
However, the pre-order price on the Vapour Game Platform and Soft Game Box were both 268 yuan.
— In the US region, it's $, a standard AAA title price.
Only the Dream Building Game Platform has a 10% launch discount, only 241 yuan.
This is of course to promote their own platform.
Xu Meng didn't want to engage in "game exclusivity", so he used "discount exclusivity" and "experience exclusivity" to attract players to actively join the Dream Building Game Platform.
— The most important thing is "experience exclusivity".
Vapour Game Platform and Soft Game Box are both traditional game platforms and cannot support the operation of somatosensory synchronization and holographic equipment.
If you want these epoch-making experiences, you can only move to the Dream Building Game Platform.
But even so, the sales data of 'Monster Hunter' on Vapour also began to skyrocket!
The first time the list was refreshed, it immediately landed at the top in Asian countries such as China, Izumo, and Baekje.
The second time it was refreshed, it topped the daily sales charts in six European countries including Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, and Austria.
The third refresh, stepping on 'Wolves of Fear', topped the US sales chart!
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In less than an hour, players pre-ordered more than million copies!
First place on the global chart, without any suspense.
In comparison, the million copies sold by 'Wolves of Fear' in one morning and half an afternoon was simply a joke!
What's even more terrifying is: this joke was also told by someone.
At 6:00 PM China time, two hours after 'Monster Hunter' started pre-orders, a third-party data website announced the sales data of both parties:
'Wolves of Fear': million copies sold on Vapour in 12 hours after release.
'Monster Hunter': million copies sold on Vapour in 2 hours of pre-sale.
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One-sixth of the time, four times the sales data.
This cruel data comparison almost made Gary smash the table in front of him.
The loud "bang, bang, bang" made the employees outside the office tremble with fear.
Just smashing the table was not enough for Gary to vent his anger.
Watching the new sales of 'Wolves of Fear' almost stagnate, and all the players on social networks were discussing 'Monster Hunter', Gary could no longer restrain himself and roared in the office—
“Dream Building! Are you guys never going to end?!”
“Do we have some deep hatred? Do you have to target us like this?!”
While Gary's anger exploded, he also felt very wronged.
He asked himself that he had never offended Dream Building, let alone Xu Meng himself—
From the beginning of contact to now, they have been beaten by Dream Building!
Being tricked on the Dream Building game platform.
Having the popularity snatched away during the China promotion.
Now that they have even advanced the release time and proactively admitted defeat, you still have to rush up and chase after me?
What kind of hatred is this!
New Force has hatred with you, go fight the New Force headquarters!
What kind of hero are you to bully us??
Outside the office, the employees of Shengcai Entertainment also felt sympathetic to their boss's madness.
From the boss's roar, they heard not only anger and grievance, but also despair and helplessness.
The shadow of layoffs loomed over everyone in the office.
—
Players all over the world quickly noticed this data comparison.
Compared with the employees of Shengcai Entertainment, the players were happy to see it.
Yesterday, the media was still hyping up "Dream Building vs. Shengcai Entertainment", "'Monster Hunter' vs. 'Wolves of Fear'”.
It sounded like an earth-shattering, tear-jerking battle.
Unexpectedly, the result came so quickly—
Shengcai Entertainment shattered at the first touch.
The players were overjoyed:
“Just bought the game and saw 'Wolves of Fear' flop, double the happiness!”
“I guess Dream Building originally planned to start pre-orders at the same time as 'Wolves of Fear' was released!”
“As a result, Shengcai Entertainment predicted Dream Building's approach and rushed ahead.”
“Rush ahead? Can you run away?!
“So, why does Dream Building keep chasing after 'Wolves of Fear' and beating them up?”
“Who cares why, I must support Dream Building! Buying first is the best respect!”
“Just looking at the character's appearance and sexual orientation in 'Wolves of Fear'... I can only say: Good riddance! Popping the champagne!”
“Indeed! Not as good as a single hair on the adventurer lady in the 'Monster Hunter' trailer!”
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While watching Boss Xu's live stream, you can also watch Shengcai Entertainment, which is engaged in DEI, suffer a big loss—and you can participate in it yourself, the players are extremely happy!
If Shengcai Entertainment could come out and perform a show at this time, the players would be even happier.
Unfortunately, they didn't.
明明 应该 是 开 发商 最活 跃 的 发售 日 ， 生材 娱乐 却 开启 了 自闭 状态 ， 对 所 有 网友 提问 都 不 再 回应 。
This made the players who were watching the fun greatly disappointed.
Fortunately, Xu Meng's live stream made up for the lack of program effects from Shengcai Entertainment—
Xu Meng didn't make a long speech. After talking about the pre-order benefits of "Monster Hunter", he decisively ended this segment and started the official hunt.
The first step of the hunt—
Eating!
14 people sat around a thick solid wood table, watching the cat people [Wind Spirit] and [Moon Shadow] cook for everyone.
The two cute cat people were quick and efficient, and they prepared the meal for 14 people in no time.
The netizens started complaining when they saw this:
The ingredients prepared by the cat people were clearly for one person.
When it was completed, it "popped" and turned into a gorgeous dish for 14 people, emitting light.
After all, this part can still be explained by "game mechanics", although the visual effect is outrageous, everyone can understand it.
But later, when 14 people were holding rice and actually eating it mouthful by mouthful, everyone couldn't understand it!
What's even more outrageous is: the eating movements of these 14 people are different.
With the same bowl of rice, some people use chopsticks, some use spoons.
Some people eat little by little, some hold it to their mouths and send it into their mouths in big mouthfuls.
Some people are even left-handed and hold chopsticks with their left hand.
Even while eating, they suddenly stop and chat with their teammates for a few words.
They just ate like this for 10 minutes!
This scene was too full of life, so much so that everyone didn't react for a long time—
“Aren't we here to watch a large-scale hunt? Why did it turn into a dinner table chat??”
“No, brother, just eating a meal, just make a CG! Is it necessary to make such rich details? I saw Xu Meng eat half a shrimp in one bite, and the remaining half has a complete model!”
“Qihua Hua even praised the food as delicious! Wake up, girl! Don't get so into the role, it's all fake, you can't taste it!”
“I seriously suspect that Dream Building's chef has mixed into the development team. Although the process has been accelerated, there is nothing wrong with the cat people's recipes!”
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Thanks to the fact that the people sitting at the dinner table were all players, and they were chatting with Xu Meng about game-related things.
What "The Adventures of the 'Frosty Snow Project' concept artist in the German Red Light District", the designer of the heroine Lin Yue'er, Chen Junyi, personally designed the VR model for his "own daughter", the "King of War" development team anonymously participated in the [Global Confrontation Tournament] and was eliminated in the first round... …
Although everyone kept complaining, they also listened with great interest.
After eating and chatting, the group of 14 people finally embarked on the road to crusade.
Xu Meng still didn't explicitly say what he was going to fight, only said that the target of the crusade was located in a brand new area that was not open during the internal beta—
The area of Huaiwa Rainforest frozen by frost.
But he showed the quest parchment to the audience in the live stream.
The hunting target this time was clearly written on the parchment:
[Tempered Hell Wolf Dragon (Special Individual)]
