All Novel Full Chapter 1339
Chapter 1339: Chapter 1201: Goddess of Luck, Broadcasting Begins!
Chapter 1339: Chapter 1201: Goddess of Luck, Broadcasting Begins!
The Release Date was announced in the morning, and by the afternoon, it went live.
Normally, if a game company did this, players would think their marketing department was insane.
But when Cloud Dream does it, it’s totally reasonable.
Because as everyone knows: Lincoln is not right in the head.
If the boss is nuts, crooked beams and twisted pillars are to be expected.
Not to mention that this sort of “surprise release” isn’t unprecedented.
So, cheers all around!
As for the content of the ultimate trailer…
Regrettably, it’s nowhere near worthy of the overly dramatic adjective “ultimate.”
Simply put, the content of the trailer could be summarized in one sentence: The Riddler holds a meeting.
Three voiceovers, two men and one woman, alongside some clips of unknown origin spoke a bunch of gibberish for about ten seconds.
Stuff like “Faith is not inherently just, data also distinguishes good from evil,” “The most pure-hearted idealist can become the most venomous criminal,” “A company too grand can block one’s view of the sky, but when it bows down, it also becomes the best stepping stone”…
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The first fifteen seconds of the trailer were all this incomprehensible talk, leaving players scratching their heads.
But that didn’t stop them from cheering unanimously when the release time was revealed in the last two seconds!
The strew of question-mark comments was instantly submerged by “!!!,” and “Awesome.”
This timing couldn’t have been more exhilarating for players — especially those who had just finished their college entrance examination and ended the long ‘anti-addiction’ journey:
“The college entrance exam ended yesterday, the game is released today!
I knew Cloud Dream was thinking of me!”
“I declare, for the next three days, I am living in the virtual world!”
“Six months!
A whole six months!
Do you know what these six months have been like for me?!”
“We know, we know.
We’ve all been through it.”
“I’m thrilled!
My dad kept his promise and gave me the money for the console, but I bought a secondhand [Mirage 2.0], saving the rest for the game!”
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Students who had just finished their college entrance exam were in a state of collective excitement.
Especially the many new users were ecstatic.
They frantically surfed the net, and the comment section of the trailer saw its reply numbers skyrocket.
The group that suffered the most during Cloud Dream’s rapid development this past year was the third year high schoolers preparing for their exams.
Forced by circumstances, they had to focus nearly all their energy on the “college entrance examination,” which could affect their entire lives.
— Even if they didn’t want to, their teachers and parents would force them to do so.
Considering financial control was still in their parents’ hands, they had no right to refuse.
Not to mention, they didn’t have a leg to stand on.
In reality, students like Shuihua and Lance, who were crazy about playing games, likely made up less than 10 percent of test-takers.
However, to motivate their children to study diligently, many parents promised things like “After the exam, I’ll buy you a Mirage.”
Now was the time to honor those promises.
It’s not just for their children; many parents would buy it for themselves too.
When you add it all up, the costs are substantial.
Well-off families might not care, but those on a tight budget would naturally look toward [Mirage 2.0].
With the launch of the third generation console, Cloud Dream still offered a trade-in deal, but it wasn’t as ludicrous as the one for the first generation, where you could nearly get a new console in exchange.
— After all, the performance difference between the first and second generation consoles wasn’t substantial, with the biggest change being wired versus wireless.
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But the gap between the second and third generations is indeed colossal!
If based on previous ratios, Cloud Dream would be at a loss, bleeding money!
There has been no price surge, merely an increase of 1000 dollars, which was Lincoln’s best effort at control.
Therefore, for the vast number of users wanting to upgrade their consoles, trading in for a discount with the official release doesn’t make as much economic sense as selling it on the secondhand market.
As for collecting, it’s really not necessary for ordinary users—unlike the first generation, the second generation of consoles has already sold over 800 million units globally, hardly a rare commodity with almost no room for price appreciation.
So, from the release of [Mirage 3.0], the secondhand market for Mirage consoles quickly boomed!
The most direct impact of this phenomenon was: the threshold for entering the virtual world further decreased.
Once the threshold lowered, the user base naturally expanded, and the number of new users once again entered a period of explosive growth.
This wasn’t just occurring in Daxia, it was a global phenomenon.
Lincoln was delighted to see this happen and could even say it was one of his goals—
With the third-generation console sold over 80 million units already, nearly 40 million new users had registered through [Mirage 2.0]!
900 million users were within reach!
Lincoln himself was excited by these numbers.
—Expediting “grave digging” was one aspect, but on the other hand, he was truly eager to see the light of technological progress fairly shine upon everyone.
And incidentally allow everyone to see the world he had created.
It seems like just yesterday that Randall was considering how to wrestle a mere 20 million users from VR game companies, and back then, the numbers Lincoln painted for him were just “100 million”.
But now, even 1 billion was within sight.
Limited by Cloud Dream’s production capacity—yes, using the term “limited production capacity” to describe a Cloud Dream factory that could produce tens of millions of units weekly does seem absurd, but that was indeed the case.
Production of the second-generation consoles had ceased, and users around the globe who needed to switch devices numbered at least 300 million.
New users who wanted to buy a console and truly become part of the virtual world had to compete with these people.
Taking into account the release of [installment payment] as a major strategy, as well as updates to the [Virtual Office] feature, whether it was users who were a bit strapped for cash, or the vast number of small and medium-sized companies domestically and abroad, all were actively purchasing consoles.
This production quantity of several tens of millions units couldn’t withstand the demand.
This also meant: after satisfying the demand of existing users to change their consoles, Cloud Dream would experience another surge in its user base!
Reaching 1 billion users wasn’t a matter of if, but when.
If it could eventually replace office computers and become the most mainstream office hardware, then even 1.5 billion users could be possible!
Beyond that, if one wished to climb another great step, perhaps challenging the status of mobile phones would be the goal.
For now, at least, Lincoln had no such plans…
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At one in the afternoon, without any surprises, “Cyber Chang’an: 2077” once again dominated the game sections of all live streaming platforms.
Streamers didn’t hesitate to chase the hot topic.
And the audience was anything but scarce.
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Today was Tuesday, and though high school seniors had been released from college entrance examination, it didn’t mean that workers and college students were at liberty as well.
Even because of Cloud Dream’s sudden launch, workers couldn’t find the time to request leave, forced to watch the livestreams sullenly from their offices.
At one-thirty in the afternoon, with only half an hour left before the game launch, a significant event occurred in the gaming circle—
[Goddess of Luck] started live streaming.
Having finished the college entrance examination, estimated her scores and even preliminarily decided on her university aspirations, Shuihua finally shed her burdens and activated her streaming authority on the Cloud Dream Live Broadcast Platform, embarking on her first live stream.
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