Chapter 1,296 Breaking Own Record
When the god-level continent first came online, the phantom helmet was still a rare thing. Futureman Technology has never considered outsourcing manufacturing or licensing technology to other large manufacturers. Even if you have money, you may not be able to grab the limited number of helmets on the official website. Many people can only play games at the cooperative Internet cafes of Futureman Technology, and even have to queue up to get a number.
To a large extent, the low popularity of helmets severely restricted the number of people online in the 24-hour period when God Level Continent was initially launched.
But even so, the data of 100 million simultaneous online users worldwide on the first day of launch still easily broke the record set by a certain MOBA PC game.
The emergence of Galaxy's Edge will inevitably divert some players from the god-level continent.
But these are normal phenomena.
No matter how fun a game is, no matter how rich the content, there will always be a day when people feel tired. When people lose the initial sense of freshness and begin to feel bored by fighting monsters and endless tasks day after day, they will inevitably start to consider fading out or even quitting the game, and find another game to change their taste.
Galaxy's Edge happens to provide these players with such a new option.
It's three o'clock in the morning.
Lilith didn't need to sleep, but Jiang Chen was so sleepy that he couldn't stand it anymore.
According to the saying on the Internet, those who are still awake at this point are probably preparing to become immortals.
"Aren't you sleeping yet?"
Attracted by the light in the living room, Xia Shiyu got up to go to the bathroom, walked down the stairs, and walked behind Jiang Chen.
Putting her arms on the back of the sofa, she put her pretty face slightly on Jiang Chen's shoulder, looked at the holographic screen floating in front of him, and murmured in a tired and lazy voice. , "...Well, it has reached 370 million? It is estimated that its peak is 400 million."
"Aren't you surprised?" Jiang Chen turned his face slightly and said with a smile, "I originally expected to see a surprised expression on your face."
"I'm afraid I'll disappoint you." A sleepy smile appeared at the corner of Xia Shiyu's mouth, "During the meeting three days ago, we made a prediction for this data and reserved it according to the predicted data. server resources."
"Oh? Then how many players do you predict?" Jiang Chen asked with a smile.
"The average number of people online every day... can probably stabilize at over 100 million.
As for the peak number of people online, if you don’t take into account expansion packs and in-game activities, this is probably the number you are about to see. Not surprisingly, it should be about 400 million. "
Regarding the questions raised by Jiang Chen, Xia Shiyu gave a rather conservative estimate.
But even if it is a conservative estimate, this is a quite astonishing number.
The records created by Future Human Technology can only be broken by Future Human Technology itself.
I believe that after tonight, this industry legend will once again shock the world's attention.
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The next morning, the Wall Street Journal gave a rare headline to an online game.
"The VR game industry chain has once again reached a new high, and the peak number of global online users in Galaxy Edge exceeds the total population of the United States"
The population of the United States exceeded 400 million in 2020, and as of 4 a.m. on May 31, New Zealand time, the number of people online at the same time has exceeded the 400 million mark with the influx of server players from other time zones.
Just like when God-level Continent was launched, the capital world has no doubt set its sights on Futureman Technology’s new work after four years. In this era where traffic is king, a huge number of people online means money.
Wall Street analysts value Galaxy Edge at more than $100 billion. Whether this valuation is accurate remains to be seen in the business community, but it can already reveal the tip of the iceberg of the capital community’s interest in this game.
Not just the Wall Street Journal, but 80% of the world's media reported on the miracles achieved at Galaxy's Edge on the first day of June.
On the official website of Galaxy's Edge, hundreds of game guides and experience experiences in different languages have appeared in the newly opened official forum.
These guides are usually compiled by high-end amateur players, while most professional players are still struggling in the gaming world at this moment.
Because there is no closed beta for Galaxy's Edge, there are naturally no closed beta players with first-hand information. Everyone is in the exploratory stage of this game, and everyone's starting point is the same. Whether you can break the gap with other players depends on the first 24 hours after the game is launched.
In order to deal with emergencies and urgently fix possible bugs, Futureman Technology staff almost stay next to computers and servers in shifts, monitoring all news in the game and on the official forum in real time.
Time soon reached noon, and the leader of the operations team, who had just made himself the fourteenth cup of coffee today, returned to the conference room.
Just at this moment, the operations team staff gathered in front of the computer let out a small exclamation.
"Xiao Zhang, what happened?" Carrying the coffee, he walked behind the staff member and looked at the laptop screen.
The page on the notebook is the official forum for Galaxy's Edge.
In the chat section of the official forum, a post received hundreds of thousands of views in just ten minutes.
"The first Seagull-class starship in the whole server, without further ado, let's take a look at the pictures! 》
After seeing the title of the post, the team leader was stunned for a moment, then grabbed the mouse and scrolled the wheel to look at the comments below the post.
[Hold the grass, host, is this your boat? 】
[What a fraud! It has only been a while now and the 500,000-ton giant ship has already arrived! 】
[I don’t read much, don’t lie to me! The cost of building a Seagull-class ship must be at least tens of millions of credit points! ? 】
[The game has only started twelve hours ago. Where did you get tens of millions of credits from the original poster? I just completed a hidden bounty mission, and I was rewarded with 200,000 credits! 】
【Cute girl, please take me with you! Height 160cm, weight 49cm, coordinates looking at the sea, okay...]
[ x-on:Administrator, come out and see God. I just want to know, is this thing a plug-in? 】
[I was kicked in the head by a donkey upstairs. Will there be plug-ins in Futureman Technology’s games? How many years has God-level continent been running? Have you heard of any cheats? 】
[Could it be an NPC’s ship? No, it doesn't quite look like it either. If it is an NPC ship, the flag should be the Earth Federation flag...]
"Someone posted a picture on the official forum. The first Seagull-class starship has appeared... This is the Chinese area of the forum, and it should be players from the Chinese area." Looking back at the team leader, Xiao Zhang said with a serious expression. .
Upon discovering this situation, the team leader also frowned slightly.
According to the settings of the game, all players initially only have a single-person aircraft with a blank slate. They can mount a mining module to mine, or they can mount an attack module to participate in the main mission and gain credits in battles with interstellar pirates. , or go to the colonies of the Earth Federation to participate in the ground war.
According to the normal game process, players can obtain the first 100,000-ton starship after seventy-two hours of game time and start their own Star Trek journey.
The 500,000-ton Seagull class.
For the early stages of the game, it is undoubtedly a bit too powerful.
Even though 10,000 colleagues in the technical team believed that nothing could go wrong, the leader of the operations team still couldn't help but wonder if there was a major bug in the game.
Thinking of this, he didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately took out his mobile phone from his pocket and called the leader of the technical team.