Chapter 432: First-day downloads

As the exhibition went on, the popularity of Overwatch continued to ferment.

Many video game media were at the exhibition, and they all noticed the new game, Overwatch, which attracted the most attention.

After being baptized by the phenomenal game League of Legends, the media were no longer surprised by Chen Mo’s actions. The fact that Chen Mo placed so much importance on Overwatch made the video game media feel like it was big news.

Although the exhibition only released the training mode and the battle between humans and machines, and no one knew what it felt like to fight with players in the Overwatch, the game was attractive enough from the information that was released.

On the other hand, the video game media’s attention was mainly focused on Overwatch’s world view, hero settings, and game innovations.

“New game update: a direct hit to Chen Mo’s new VR shooting game, Overwatch!”

Chen Mo: Overwatch will be a free VR game!

“An analysis of the hero of the Overwatch Council: the prototype was drawn from different countries and regions around the world.”

“An FPS with skills? Can the Overwatch Vanguard continue the success of League of Legends?”

“The exhibition’s most popular hero of the Overwatch Vanguard: Analysis of all the skills of the flying Pharaoh Eagle

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After this period of time, whether it was the players ‘heated discussions, the media’s articles, or some related videos, more and more players began to know about the new VR game, Overwatch.

Of course, the “free VR game” gimmick had also played a big role in advertising, and it could be said that the contribution was indispensable.

The video game industry that had been quiet before the Spring Festival was suddenly in an uproar, and everyone was surprised that Chen Mo would release such a crucial VR game at this time.

Under the players ‘fervent anticipation, the Overwatch was officially released!

The timing was just right-YouPlay had just ended and the popularity had yet to die down. It was also a week before the games committee’s annual games Awards ceremony.

Many players had been waiting impatiently for a long time. As soon as the Overwatch was officially released, they all downloaded it.

After all, it was a free game, so he would decide whether it was fun or not after logging out!

On the day that Overwatch was released, there was a wave of downloads among domestic VR gamers. Whether they were Thunderbolt Entertainment’s players, FPS players, or not, as long as they knew that Overwatch was a free game, they all went to download it and happily added one more game to their VR gaming pods.

It would be a loss if he did not play a free game!

Very soon, the number of downloads for the first day of release for Overwatch was released. It had successfully broken 400000!

This number also shocked the industry insiders. Many people were sighing. Free games were so willful!

One must know that with the current situation in China, there were more than 1.3 billion mobile users, about 500 million PC users, and only about 100 million VR users.

In other words, the players of VR games were one-fifth of the players of PC games.

Before this, Chen Mo had also maintained the highest monthly sales of a VR game with Minecraft at 4.22 million. That was Minecraft’s sales in the second month of its release, and because the game was slow to catch up, it only reached its peak in the second month, and then the sales dropped and stabilized.

Before the release of the PC version of League of Legends, there were only 390000 players on the first day even after so much promotion and publicity.

The number of players on the first day of the game’s release had exceeded that of Minecraft and League of Legends, which was something that many people did not expect.

Of course, this comparison wasn’t fair because Minecraft had a pay threshold, and it was a slow game, so it wouldn’t get popular all of a sudden. Comparing the number of downloads of a free game with a game that had been bought off was a little like playing hooligans.

When League of Legends was first released, not many people thought highly of it. The number of players only increased explosively in the middle and late stages.

From the graphics, when League of Legends was first released, it didn’t have any special advantages compared to other games on the market. MOBA was not recognized by most players at the beginning, so it was normal that there were few players on the first day.

Judging from the current statistics, the number of players in League of Legends was growing crazily every day, and it had broken ten million in a year. If the current League of Legends was compared, the 400000 downloads in a single day of Overwatch was not a figure to be proud of.

Even though the number of downloads on the first day of the game was supported by the free game, the numbers couldn’t keep increasing. Chen Mo didn’t spend too much time promoting the game.

However, Chen Mo was confident that after the release of Overwatch, it would continue to grow at this rate.

……

The numbers on the first day made many video game designers jealous. It was obvious that Chen Mo’s VR game had become popular, at least it had enough players and was a hot topic.

However, it was still too early to say that the game was a success.

After all, it was a free game, and the number of downloads didn’t mean anything. Many people just followed the trend and downloaded it for the “free” gimmick. They might give up after playing a few rounds, and it was impossible for them to become core players, let alone top up money in the game.

Whether or not Overwatch could recoup its costs depended on two key factors. One was the long-term retention rate of players and the number of players paying.

If either of these two numbers didn’t work, Overwatch would probably be done for. After all, as a VR game, the investment was much greater than a PC game. If it couldn’t recover the cost, it would be a loss.

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After downloading the Overwatch, the players couldn’t wait to get into the game.

In a certain FPS game group chat.

“‘Overwatch’ is open for download today. Anyone want to form a party to play?”

“The free VR game we talked about before? It’s available for download today?”

“Very good, I’ve been waiting for a long time, let’s go!”

“Free of charge? Which Big Shot would be so generous as to play a VR game for free?”

“Who else could it be? Chen Mo.”

“As expected, as long as a domestic video game designer causes trouble, he’ll be the first one to react.”

“He’s finally starting to make FPS games! I’ve been thinking that Chen Mo is a genius in video game design. He’s making mobile and PC games one by one, when is he going to make FPS games? In the end, it really did happen, faster than I thought!”

“Let’s hurry up and talk in the game! How many Thunderbolt game passes do you all have? Quickly add me as a friend!”

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