Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch - Chapter 288
Chapter 288: Chapter 286: This Anchor Doesn’t Seem Very Smart
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As a wealthy player chasing the [Metropolitan Golden Key], Hao found the cost to be just a small amount. He paid it without hesitation.
Although not everyone was as generous as him, all the famous streamers basically maxed out their monthly cards at the first opportunity.
— The game just launched, and any way to increase the traffic and popularity of their live broadcast room is worth a try!
When Yi maxed out his “Light Encounter” monthly card, he famously said, “Recharge your money to Cloud Dream and contribute to the prosperity of the Daxia gaming industry. Isn’t it much better than spending it aimlessly?” For a moment, the sales in the back-end skyrocketed!
Of course, it still can’t be compared to “Light Encounter” for now.
“Light Encounter” was launched as a sister-title to “Traveler of the Wind”.
At that time, almost all old players played “Traveler of the Wind”. The nostalgia effect and quality assurance both help boost game revenue to a certain extent.
Of course, although the growth of “Paradise” monthly card sales is lower than that of “Light Encounter”, it is still very impressive.
If placed outside of Cloud Dream, it would make all peers green with envy.
What the peers envy is not just the game revenue, but also the almost unimaginable player attention and market appeal.
Each new Cloud Dream game debut attracts attention from all players – even non-players.
They frequent hot-topic lists, and the important trailers almost always appear on hot searches. Whenever a new game is released, they immediately occupy all live streaming platforms.
— Cloud Dream doesn’t need to pay for promotions, all game streamers will actively play their games and help make them even more popular, whether passively or actively.
Just like it is now: The game zones of the three major live streaming platforms are filled with rows of live broadcast rooms, and the screens are almost all “Paradise”!
With such a host of streamers in place, the popularity of new Cloud Dream games is almost unstoppable within the first one or two weeks of release. In the eyes of peers, how could they not make money with such attention?
However, they were really unable to learn from this.
You should know that before Cloud Dream, it was a tough call to say whether there were 30 million players in the entire Daxia gaming market. But now, how many consoles has Cloud Dream sold?
80 million units!!
This represents a whopping 80 million virtual reality game players!
It can be roughly estimated that Cloud Dream has discovered at least 50 million new players.
Some of these new players may have backfilled to other games in the industry, and in the future, the entire gaming industry will benefit from this.
But for now, the vast majority of players probably haven’t heard of any other game companies besides Cloud Dream.
Of course, NetDragon is an exception. After all, the high-profile feud between Cloud Dream and NetDragon is well known.
Most of these people have only played Cloud Dream games and are only
interested in Cloud Dream games.
For streamers, this is the most solid audience base!
Many streamers have achieved a rich harvest of fans, popularity, and income with the rapid development of Cloud Dream.
They rose due to Cloud Dream, so they are also the most loyal followers of
Cloud Dream. If they don’t play Cloud Dream games, whose games will they
There has to be an audience for the games they play!
Accepting promotions for unreliable games makes them worry about losing popularity and being unfollowed by fans.
Unlike Cloud Dream games where not only the quality is guaranteed, but also the fans’ tolerance is extremely high, making the game very relaxing to play.
Just like right now:
Whether they are playing with various toys in the upgraded amusement park or driving alone in a shuttle bus to find animals in the wilderness, there are plenty of interested audience members enthusiastically watching and discussing.
Their live broadcast rooms don’t need to worry about the popularity at all.
Of course, without a doubt, the most lively place is the [Candy Track].
Yi, wearing a thick initial capsule coat, and over 50 players stood together at the starting line, ready to run.
With the countdown at three seconds, the surprise Lincoln prepared for the players appeared —
Little Milkshake appeared on the railing at the starting point. It jumped to the front of the starting line, eager to try out the race track.
“Milkshake!”
The players recognized its identity at a glance.
By now, Milkshake has become the most famous dog in the gaming circle, and perhaps even the most famous dog in the entire Daxia.
It was first a celebrity pet in the Cloud Dream Office, then an Easter egg summon in “Light Encounter,” and then magically became the protagonist of a Cloud Dream new game trailer.
Over the past month or so, players felt that its presence could be seen everywhere, already stronger than the sense of existence of many second-tier celebrities.
When the countdown reached zero, Little Milkshake leaped forward with a “woof,” and the players followed suit.
This was a “barricade gate” race track. Players had to find the gate that could be broken through from among a row of closed gates, and once they broke through, they would have to find another open gate from the next row of doors.
Players naturally swarmed behind Milkshake, with Yi even bravely jostling his way to the front row, following Milkshake and charging towards the door in the middle.
Yi felt secretly delighted, thinking he had this in the bag.
Then, everyone saw Milkshake crash headfirst into the door, emitting a “thud” sound. The entire dog wailed as it was flung half a meter backward…
Clearly, Lincoln wouldn’t deprive players of their fun in “testing their luck,” so the dog also wouldn’t be “smart.” When faced with this kind of mechanism, whether it can pass or not is entirely random.
This group of players following closely behind were now in trouble—
Yi, who was right on its tail, was caught off guard and toppled over by the dog’s collision. As a result, his face slammed directly into the solid door!
Before he could even get up, the crowded players behind him had already caught up!
There was no time to brake. The players in the back shoved the ones in front, and the ones in the front tripped over the ones in the back, creating a huge mess. From the air, it looked like a bottle of medicine had scattered capsules all over the ground.
Moreover, because the players were all squeezed together, the more they tried to help each other stand up, the more they disturbed each other and couldn’t muster their strength.
Since Yi was the closest to the front, positions were packed together, making it extra difficult to get up.
He’d barely managed to stand up one second before someone else’s helping hand pulled him down again, creating a hilariously chaotic scene.
This show right at the beginning of the game made the audience in Yi’s live broadcast room laugh their heads off.
“This dog doesn’t seem too bright!”
“This streamer doesn’t seem too bright either!”
“Wipeout engine!”
“I’d be too embarrassed to say I’m in the same group as you! You should just leave the group, streamer!”
Camille Victoria also saw Milkshake but wasn’t “ditched” by the “foolish dog.”
That’s because she didn’t impulsively rush forward, and she even deliberately slowed down a bit.
She had made up her mind long ago that on the first day of her new game’s live broadcast, she would use the “Punish Naughty Ghosts” as a show effect.
As soon as she entered the competition venue, she informed the audiences in her live broadcast room of her target.
She even confidently said, “Today, let me show you my Foshan Shadowless
Kick – one kick, one little friend!”
Having kicked for an entire day yesterday, she was now brimming with confidence.
However, beyond her expectation, she entered several consecutive races and didn’t encounter a single annoying player!
While racing on the track, she pondered over what was going on.
Camille Victoria didn’t believe that all players suddenly transformed into nice children.
No way!
She would rather believe that pigs could climb trees than believe that players could all turn into gentlemen in the game.
After another round of racing, as her level increased and the rewards were tallied, she unlocked a striped appearance.
Looking at her newly unlocked appearance, Camille Victoria finally understood:
After the official release of the game, those uniquely designed appearances obviously couldn’t be used for free.
All the players on the race track had the initial red capsule coat appearance.
It looked cute, but to say it looked good? Definitely not… So, what to do if you want a better-looking appearance?
Level up!
As the level increases, unlock more appearances and basic color schemes.
Race tokens can be used to unlock rare appearances and rare color schemes.
Crown rewards can unlock ultimate appearance rewards.
The amount of rewards from each race depends on your performance on the field. The better you perform, the more rewards you’ll get naturally.
As for the rarest crown rewards, Lincoln introduced the “Crown Fragments” mechanic from the very beginning, instead of adopting a crown level system.
Not only does the first place winner get a crown in each race, but second and third place also gets crown fragments, which can be used to put together a crown.
Under such circumstances, players who don’t pursue rewards and prefer to cause trouble with their initial appearance are quite rare.
After understanding the situation, Camille Victoria couldn’t help but sigh: It seems there won’t be a chance to show off my Shadowless Kick…
“Alright, let’s change the goal!” Camille Victoria decisively changed the live broadcast target, “Thirty crowns, won’t stop until I get them all!”
Walk Yi’s road, leaving no way for Yi to go!
