Chapter 51: 1.5 million
Along with the heated discussions among countless players, major game forums are full of game discussions about "Octopath Traveler".
Of course, there are also many players who have only watched the live broadcast and have never played it, and they are talking about the game.
Compared with the original content, Yang Chen has made quite a few improvements. First, he absorbed a TV series "Game of Thrones" and a game "Final Fantasy 6" from the dream memory, making the group portraits in "Octopath Traveler"
The show performed better.
For detailed systems, such as some useless hunters catching pets, Yang Chen also made reference to a game development system called Pokémon, so that hunters in "Octoward Traveler" can experience the fun of cultivating pets, and at the same time,
It's called Pokémon, although ordinary players don't know what this means.
In addition, there are NPCs seduced by dancing girls and NPCs recruited by priests. Some specific NPCs will trigger side tasks when fighting. Yang Chen has made changes in many places.
The combination of retro and innovation, coupled with the fact that there has not been a good enough JRPG for a long time, made "Octopath Traveler" instantly become very popular among JRPG players and enthusiasts, and the sales of the game rose as fast as a rocket.
It soon exceeded 700,000.
However, the increase in sales and popularity has also brought about a lot of negative reviews, mainly from players who heard about the popularity of "Octoward Traveler" and followed suit.
These players actually don’t like long-paced JRPGs and pixel-style games. They just felt that Octopath Traveler was so popular right now and it should be a fun game, so they bought it without even understanding it.
After buying it, I tried part of it and thought it was okay, but many people felt that they were disappointed. The game was not as fun as advertised, so they gave negative reviews.
As for the reasons, most of them are limited to the fact that in that era there were still people making pixel style, or the game plot is too old-fashioned, the game pace is too slow and boring.
Regarding the comments from these players, Yang Chen didn't have much to do.
Because this is a limited game. Players who don't like JRPGs, can't accept the pixel style, and can't endure the long plot are destined not to like this type of game.
There are those who praise it and those who criticize it. "Octopath Traveler" is not gold, so how can it be liked by everyone?
At home, holding a computer and dangling his little feet, Wang Yaliang was eating a sundae while looking at the online reviews of "Octopath Traveler" with a silly smile.
A long-haired steel egg has grown next to it, and it is circling stupidly in an attempt to bite its own tail.
"What are you enjoying?" Yang Chen poured some dog food into the box, placed the small bowl in front of Gangdan, then took off his shoes and climbed onto the bed, leaning in front of Wang Yaliang to look at the computer screen.
"Look at our game, many people have given it good reviews!" Wang Yaliang leaned against Yang Chen, and then put the unfinished sundae in his hand into Yang Chen's hand.
With the launch of "Octopath Traveler" and the promotion of Galaxy Network, it can be said that the popularity of the game has skyrocketed.
The combination of modernity and retro, JRPG classics, are all titled "Octoward Traveler".
Especially in the JRPG circle, almost nine out of ten players know the game "Octoward Traveler".
In just three days, the sales volume of "Octopath Traveler" has reached 750,000 copies. Although it has not broken the original sales record of 800,000 copies in "Chrono" in three days, it is completely expected if this trend continues and the popularity continues, coupled with the word-of-mouth
The total sales of "Octopath Traveler" will definitely not be worse than that of "Chrono".
Ordinary players are at best surprised that the sales volume of "Octoward Traveler" is so high, but industry insiders in the game circle are shocked.
This is going to explode!
Although it was shocking when the sales of "The Binding of Isaac" exceeded one million, it was actually not that shocking.
On the one hand, it is the unique creativity of the game itself, and on the other hand, it is the price of the game. The price of 58 yuan is about the same as that of ordinary independent games.
But "Octopath Traveler" is different. The initial price of the regular version of 116 yuan is double that of "The Binding of Isaac" at 58 yuan. This is already beyond the pricing range of independent games. To put it simply and straightforwardly, it is selling
Two copies of The Binding of Isaac are equivalent to selling one copy of Octopath Traveler.
"This is just the beginning, but our studio will probably expand a lot this time." Yang Chen smiled, looked at Wang Yaliang and rubbed her head.
"In addition, when the first batch of platform shares arrive, we might as well buy this house instead of renting it." Yang Chen thought for a while and said to Wang Yaliang.
I haven't mentioned this before. The main reason is that the money invested in "The Binding of Isaac" needs to be invested more in the game, and the houses in Jiang City are not cheap. Although their area is quite remote, it is not cheap.
It's about one to two million.
Considering the cost of "Octopath Traveler" and the turnover of Nebula Studio, Yang Chen has always kept this idea in his heart.
But with the huge sales of "Octopath Traveler", Yang Chen felt that there was no problem at all.
"Just make your decision." Wang Yaliang didn't say anything, just leaned against Yang Chen and nodded lightly.
"By the way, didn't you say you wanted to learn how to play games? Now I'm here to teach you!" Yang Chen suddenly thought of something and said to Wang Yaliang excitedly.
Half an hour later...
Looking at a bunch of electronic TXT teaching materials and a bunch of video and graphic teaching materials downloaded from the computer, the smile on Wang Yaliang's face gradually disappeared.
Uh-huh-huh... What should I do if I really want to regret it?
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""Octopath Traveler", a classic JRPG that doesn't want to please everyone"
‘Octopath Traveler, a nostalgic hymn to JRPG!’
‘The dark horse in the independent game circle! Nebula Studio reveals its secrets!’
'Shocked! The creator of such a game actually made such a game before!?'
With the hot sales of "Octoward Traveler", Galaxy Network also spent a lot of money on marketing. In August, when there was no strong opponent, "Octoward Traveler" successfully completed a small butchery in the gaming industry.
Media outlets of all sizes have praised "Octoward Traveler" one after another, making it look like a masterpiece. In just a few days, almost all game media have turned into Yang Chen's licking dogs, praising "Octoward Traveler".
》Crazy licking.
Under this kind of marketing, "Octopath Traveler" released the latest sales announcement on the eleventh day and successfully reached 1.5 million copies.
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Chapter completed!