Almighty Game Designer Chapter 431: Downloads on the first day

As the exhibition progresses, the popularity of Overwatch is also continuing to ferment.

Many game media were present at this exhibition, and they all noticed the most eye-catching new game "Overwatch" at this exhibition.

After the baptism of the phenomenon-level game of "League of Legends", the media has no wonder what Chen Mo did, and Chen Mo's emphasis on "Overwatch" is to let These game media all smell the big news.

Although only the training mode and human-machine battle were opened at the exhibition, no one knows how it feels to play against players in "Overwatch", but only from the current data, this game It's attractive enough.

The eyes of the game media are mainly focused on the world view, hero setting and gameplay innovation of "Overwatch".

"Xinyou Express: Go straight to Chen Mo's new work, VR shooting game Overwatch! 》

"Chen Mo: Overwatch will be a free VR game! 》

"Appreciation of Overwatch Heroes: Prototypes from Different Countries and Regions in the World"

"FPS with skills? Can Overwatch continue the success of League of Legends? 》

"The most popular Overwatch hero at the show: full skill analysis of the flying Pharaoh's eagle"

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After this period of fermentation, whether it is player discussions, media releases or the outflow of some related video materials, more and more players have begun to know this brand new VR game "Overwatch".

Of course, the huge gimmick of "free VR games" has also played a big role in publicity, which can be said to be indispensable.

Before the Spring Festival, the originally quiet gaming circle was instantly detonated. At this time, Chen Mo launched such a key VR game, which surprised everyone.

Under the eager anticipation of players, "Overwatch" is officially launched!

The time is just right, just shortly after the game show ends, the heat has not completely subsided, and it is just one week before the annual game awards ceremony held by the gaming committee.

Many players have been impatient to wait a long time ago. The first time "Overwatch" was officially launched, players all downloaded it.

After all, it’s a free game. If it’s fun, let’s play it first!

On the day when "Overwatch" was launched, there was a wave of downloads among the domestic VR game player groups, whether it was a Thunder Interactive player, whether it was an FPS game player or not, whether or not they knew this game. For the specific situation, as long as you know "Overwatch" and know that it is a free game, you all ran to download it and happily added one to your VR game pod.

Free games, you can lose if you don’t have less!

Soon, the first day of downloads of "Overwatch" came out, successfully surpassing 400,000!

This data also shocked everyone in the industry. Many people sighed that free games are wayward!

You must know that in terms of the current domestic situation, there are more than 1.3 billion mobile phone users, about 500 million PC users, and only about 100 million VR users.

In other words, VR game players are one-fifth of PC players.

Before this, the highest monthly sales volume of domestic VR games was also maintained by Chen Mo, with "Minecraft" 4.22 million. This is the sales volume of the VR version of Minecraft in the second month of its launch. Due to the relatively slow popularity of this game, the sales peaked in the second month of its launch. After that, sales gradually declined and stabilized.

Before the launch of "League of Legends" on PC, after so much promotion and publicity, only 390,000 players logged on the first day.

The number of players on the first day of "Overwatch" went live surpassed "Minecraft" and "League of Legends", which was unexpected to many people.

Of course, this comparison is not fair, because after all, "Minecraft" has a fee threshold, and it is a relatively slow-heating game, and it is impossible to become popular all at once. Comparing the downloads of free games with buyout games is a bit like playing a hooligan.

At the beginning of the launch of "League of Legends", in fact, it was not particularly optimistic. The number of players only increased explosively in the middle and late stages.

From the screen, when "League of Legends" was first launched, it had no special advantages compared to other games on the market, and the MOBA gameplay was not recognized by most players at the beginning, so the first It's normal that there are few players.

If you look at the current data, the number of players in "League of Legends" is growing crazily every day, and it has successfully surpassed 10 million in a year. If you compare the current "League of Legends", "Overwatch" The 400,000 downloads in a single day is not a number to brag about.

Although the download volume of "Overwatch" on the first day is supported by the gimmick of "free games", the data cannot be expanded indefinitely. After all, time is relatively short, and Chen Mo did not put out too many resources to promote it. Promotion.

However, Chen Mo is confident that after the launch of Overwatch, this strong growth momentum will continue.

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The sales data on the first day of "Overwatch" made a large number of game designers jealous. Obviously, this VR game by Chen Mo has become popular. At least there are enough players and enough topicality.

However, it is too early to say that this game is a success.

After all, this is a free game. The number of downloads doesn’t mean anything. Many people follow the trend of downloading and follow the "free" gimmick. Core players are even more unlikely to recharge in the game.

Whether "Overwatch" can recover the cost depends on two factors. One is the player's long-term retention rate and the other is the player's payment data.

As long as one of these two data is not enough, "Watching Pioneer" is probably still cold. After all, as a VR game, its investment is much larger than that of a PC game. If the cost cannot be recovered, it will be completely Lose money and earn yells.

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After downloading "Overwatch", players can't wait to enter the game experience.

In a certain FPS game player group~IndoMTL.com~Overwatch" is available for download today. Does anyone team up to play it? "

"Is that the free VR game mentioned earlier? Open for download today?"

"Very well, I have been waiting for a long time, so I will walk decisively!"

"It's free? Which big boss is so big, who dare to play VR games for free?"

"Who else, Chen Mo."

"Sure enough, as long as there is a game designer in China, the first reaction is him."

"He finally started to make FPS games! I thought before that this guy Chen Mo is really a game design genius. When doing mobile games and PC games are made into one, when will I make FPS? The result is really true. Wait, it's faster than I thought!"

"Get up quickly, let's go in the game! What is your Thunder game pass? Hurry up and add a wave of friends!"