Chapter 577

"500000 sets have been sold in America. Dealers and agents in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and other places called and asked Sierra to continue supplying them with games!"

   "Britain has sold 41,000 sets so far, France has sold 30,000 sets, Germany has sold 79,000 sets, and Western Europe has now sold a total of 230,000 sets..."

  Sitting in the headquarters of Xueleshan, Song Yang listened to the personnel of the marketing department, constantly counting the sales of the global Heda sales area.

   Today's situation is definitely considered a big hit. In half a day, only America and Western Europe added up to close to 800,000 sets, and that's not counting the sales in other regions.

   "Those guys are definitely hoarding goods!"

Ken Williams blew his beard and stared angrily. This week, Sierra released nearly 5 million sets to the world. As a result, those agents still complained, saying that it was not enough to sell. Those sub-agents and distributors, The obvious tacit understanding is hoarding goods and selling them rare, trying to cause a shortage.

   "Call, call the agents in New York and Los Angeles, and ask them to release the goods, otherwise the goods in stock will be transferred to other regions for sale!"

  Ken Williams told the director of the Snow LS marketing department to let those sub-agents release the goods.

   "Lao Maozi sold 70,000 sets in Eastern Europe, and the Eastern European agent Yeadex wants the headquarters to issue another batch of orders!"

  The news came out again from the marketing department, which surprised Ken Williams. He didn't know that the old man who lived such a difficult life still had money to buy this thing.

   "Give them!"

   After taking a look at Song Yang, Ken Williams asked the marketing department to directly call the disc printing factory in Europe to arrange the goods. He knew that Song Yang had always been very supportive of Yeadex in Lao Maozi.

  This time, the price of "StarCraft" in Lao Maozi is only fifty dollars, just to let Yeadex sell more sales and earn some extra money.

The price of "StarCraft" in various parts of the world, some regions will adopt a special price, one is Lao Maozi, the other is domestic, and Xueleshan is in the domestic side, even in the name of "cultivating users", the price is only 99 RMB, this price is only equivalent to one-fifth of the price in America!

   Such a price is expensive for domestic users, equivalent to less than half a month's salary, but at least it is affordable.

Xueleshan does not expect to make money from the domestic side. This kind of thing is now being done by American companies, and Xueleshan does not seem strange. Like Microsoft in China, it deliberately indulges piracy. Even if it is genuine, it can be charged Neglecting it is to expand the market and kill all the opponents in the operating system!

   "The sales volume of StarCraft in Japan has also exceeded 50,000 sets, mainly Sega users are buying!"

   There is a console of its own brand, and the effect is beginning to show. Users who bought Sega consoles have become the main force to buy "StarCraft" this time. Even Japan Benzene has sold more than 50,000 sets.

   In America and Europe, there are also countless Sega users who are buying this game. After all, they have bought game consoles, so they can't miss the game. It's like buying a car.

   "Singapore sold 7,850 units, Siam 2,000 units, and the Philippines sold 980 units."

When he heard this, Ken Williams was not surprised. The price was 60 US dollars. He was quite satisfied with being able to sell these areas that Soros had just tossed about. I know the agents are doing their best.

  But then hearing the sales in a certain area, Ken Williams couldn't help but widen his eyes, wondering if his ears had heard it wrong, "How many sticks do you think are sold?"

Ken Williams asked the sales executive of the marketing department closely, and the sales executive glanced at the report in his hand to make sure that he read it correctly, "The 200,000 sets of game discs shipped to Bangzi have all been sold out, Nexon , NCsoft, and Actoz, the three stick companies, hope that the headquarters can provide sticks with more than one million sets of game discs!"

   Grabbed the report in the hands of the sales director, and saw that it was indeed sent by the three companies Nexon, NCsoft, and Actoz of Xueleshan in Bangzi. These three companies are all companies under Xueleshan, and they naturally became game agents in Bangzi.

   Seeing that the sales volume of the game was indeed 200,000 sets, and the three game companies in Bangzi also announced that they would transfer the account back to the headquarters through PayPal this week, Ken Williams no longer doubted it.

But the surprise in my heart is hard to conceal. You must know that the price of "StarCraft" in Bangzi is not discounted. The price of 59.9 US dollars is not less than a penny. At twelve million dollars!

This is not a small amount of money for the stick that has just been searched by Soros and Wall Street. The users of the stick are willing to give generously to "StarCraft" under such circumstances. Ken Williams At the TGA Awards Ceremony, I want to give a medal to Bangzi users collectively, the best leek in the world, no, the best game user award...

  When Song Yang heard this data, he was not surprised. He turned to the sales director and asked, "Did the Nexon companies report it? Did Bangzi introduce a new law for the game industry?"

"Yes," said the sales executive, "The municipal department of Bangzi has proposed bills to support Bangzi's TV dramas, games, etc. Nexon, NCsoft, and Actoz hope that Xueleshan will launch professional e-sports as soon as possible. They want to introduce professional e-sports into Bangzi. Nexon has reached an agreement with the three TV stations of Bangzi, which can broadcast live or broadcast games and e-sports competitions on the three channels, and enjoy the advertising sponsorship share, and also hold offline competitions!"

  Ken Williams' eyes lit up, and he and Song Yang exchanged a glance. Bangzi's new bill was a great benefit for Xueleshan, and he almost told Xueleshan to cut leeks directly.

   "Supply to the stick, as much as they want!"

  Ken Williams eagerly said that with the endorsement of Bangzi's municipal department, people in Bangzi are encouraged to play games and participate in e-sports competitions, broadcast and hold professional e-sports. Williams doesn't know how many sets of game discs Bangzi can sell!

Listening to the sales reports sent back from all over the world, Song Yang knew that the sales of "StarCraft" on the first day of its release had already surpassed the forecast of Nielsen Data Corporation so far. Next, we need to see, " The word-of-mouth and playability of "StarCraft" has improved, can it support sales.

Song Yang got up and said to the executives of Xueleshan, "Thank you for your hard work today. When the sales of "StarCraft" this month are completed, I promise to give you a vacation, whether it is a vacation in Miami or Paris. There are game dividends and bonuses!"

Cheers erupted from the entire office building. Everyone in Xuele Mountain knew that Song Yang always kept his promise. After the sales of "Diablo" in the first month were over last time, they gave each department of Xuele Mountain a holiday in turn. , and it was for reimbursement of hotel, air ticket and other expenses, and the dividends made them get a lot of money.

Pressing the pressure with his hands to quiet the scene, Song Yang said loudly, "Before then, I hope that everyone can continue the promotion plan of "StarCraft". Appear in front of all users!"

Today, there are many media reports on "StarCraft" in America, and Silicon Valley and Wall Street are also paying attention. After ICQ used games as a traffic monetization channel, the global sales of "Diablo" exploded, raking in more than 800 million dollars. industry, has become a compelling industry.

   If "StarCraft" can continue to sell well this time, it will be equivalent to justifying the name of the game industry and telling the entire Silicon Valley and Wall Street that games are the most profitable industry!

  The major statistical agencies are all counting the sales of "StarCraft", but even Nielsen can't count the dozens of sales regions around the world, not to mention that Sierra has adopted three sales channels.

The main version, PC version, digital version, and price differences, etc. Nielsen can count the game sales in North America and Western Europe, but in other regions, it is a bit weak, but Nielsen data knows that the sales of "StarCraft" today, Basically a big explosion!

  Until the evening, Kevin Kelly, the editor-in-chief of "Connection Magazine", who has a close relationship with Xueleshan and has been bragging for Xueleshan, published an electronic version of the article on the "Connection Magazine" website.

   "StarCraft sold 1.35 million sets on the first day, raking in $80 million in revenue!"

Wired magazine's report, like a fire, directly ignited the American public opinion circle. Everyone knows that StarCraft is a big seller today, but it sold more than 1.3 million sets a day, and it was crazy to cut leeks for 80 million dollars. , still caused an uproar from the outside world.

   "Blizzard produced, must be a boutique!

  I think after today, no one will have any doubts about this sentence. Xueleshan Games and Blizzard have created a new era. It makes games not limited to consoles. The era of global games has come! "

Kevin Kelly praised Sierra and Blizzard in Wired magazine, directly linking Blizzard with America, and regarded Sierra as American orthodox. As for game manufacturers such as EA and Activision Look, Kevin Kelly can't control it anymore. Anyway, these companies didn't pay him for advertising...

   "StarCraft is in a period of global hot sales. Due to the allocation of agents and supply sources, it is expected that the sales of StarCraft will be tense in the next few weeks, and some regions may enter a state of out-of-stock!"

  The New York Times also reported on "StarCraft". By the way, it fanned the flames a little bit, telling users that it may be out of stock, and obviously also saw the intention of the agents to stock up.

   "StarCraft affects not only games, but today, the reorganized Sega host has sold more than 140,000 units in a single day, with revenue exceeding US$55.8 million!"

  (end of this chapter)