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   Chapter 381 Out of stock

   "Diablo, oh, of course I know, I've heard of it, I know it's America's most recent game, the most popular game for young people, I'll try it, it's a new way of entertainment for young people..."

On the    TV news, an interview clip is being played. It is the interview that the current commander met in San Jose when he was canvassing for votes in California. That day was the day when "Diablo" was released for a week and the global sales exceeded one million.

   The reporter interviewed, of course, had the ICNC TV sign on it. Of course, this was deliberately planned by Xueleshan Company. The price was that Xueleshan donated a check of 1.5 million US dollars to the election office of the commander-in-chief.

The commander    was also happy to cooperate. On the one hand, the campaign office received funds. On the other hand, it also showed his attitude towards young people in America, and he was happy to mingle with the new generation of young people.

   "Boss, do you still want to report on the "Diablo" news?"

CNN TV, the head of news, asked Jeffrey Zucker, the president of CNN TV, that during this time, CNN TV, like the major American TV stations, is busy with the news of the election, constantly doing polls and other news. News of several candidates.

   But CNN TV station also reported news of another company under the sponsor of ICNC TV station, a future competitor.

   But who could have imagined that, just after being ridiculed by CNN, "Diablo" will make Blizzard's parent company, Xue Leshan, become the next Atari, and let the Internet upstart Song Yang encounter Waterloo.

But from the second day of the CNN report, "Diablo" began to counterattack all the way. Not only did the single-day sales not decline, but instead increased against the trend, the daily sales soared to more than 200,000 sets. This is in the history of American games. have never appeared!

Now it's CNN TV's turn to be embarrassed. A few days ago, it was reported that Xue Leshan couldn't carry it anymore. As soon as he turned his head, "Diablo" sold 1 million sets and 6,000 in a week. Wanmei knife!

   Now the entire American game industry is crazy about "Diablo", and the media in the major game industries are touting Blizzard, breaking the monopoly of Japanese game manufacturers in North America!

  Jeffrey Zucker took a look at the news director and began to think about whether to change to a less blind one. At this time, reporting on "Diablo", in addition to providing heat to the other party, what else can it do?

"When is it time for CNN to pay attention not to the general election, but to an irrelevant small game company, which is the purpose of CNN TV?!" Jeffrey Zucker asked angrily to the executive. .

  CNN is no longer reporting the news of "Diablo", but the popularity of Diablo has not diminished, but has intensified.

   "Blizzard has created a new era of games. It has given the game industry a voice. It has returned from Japan to America, and Diablo has created the era of ARPG games and online games!"

  As a die-hard media supporter, "Wired" magazine touted Song Yang's side, but he was never humble, and directly defined the two concepts of ARPG and online games in the name of Blizzard.

   "Diablo continues to heat up in America and overseas markets, with daily sales exceeding 200,000 units, and it is expected to continue to sell well in the future. One million units were sold in the first week, and Blizzard has set a new record!"

  The Silicon Valley media outlet, the Oakland Tribune, also trumpeted Diablo.

   "Not only game sales, but also provides Diablo users with the "Battle.net" game platform Dexue Leshan Online. The global download volume has exceeded 4 million, making it the fastest growing website this year.

  Xue Leshan online platform not only provides players with a multiplayer battle mode, but also provides more than 1,700 downloadable games, which may become one of the most important sales channels in the game industry in the future! "

   As a Silicon Valley media, the San Francisco Science and Technology News paid attention to Snow Mountain Online. Through the development of Snow Mountain Online, the development speed is ridiculously fast. In just one week, the number of downloads exceeded 4 million people.

This is comparable to the sales of the one million sets of games, and it has shocked many companies in the entire Silicon Valley. You must know that the popularity of a game will always decline, but having a channel and platform is equivalent to owning it. Millions of "fixed" users, this is the most frightening thing. Internet companies in Silicon Valley have "seen" the purpose of Xueleshan's online game platform, which is to occupy the PC game market!

   "Because of the hot sale of Diablo and the network demand of the Snow Mountain online platform, America Telecom's broadband business has experienced explosive growth in the past week. So far, the number of users has increased by more than 78,000 within a week!"

Diablo's ability to carry goods is somewhat unexpected. Not only did the sales skyrocket, but the online downloads of the battle platform Xue Leshan soared, and even the broadband users of America Online, which provides network services, began to soar. The impact of a game is somewhat beyond expectations.

Who could have imagined that America Telecom did not let users accept broadband with all its efforts. As a result, due to the demand for a game, the broadband business soared, especially in the city of America. past.

Diablo has the ability to carry goods, but not only that, as a host partner, Sony's PS console, the sales volume has also begun to increase suddenly, especially in Europe and North America, as Diablo's cooperative game console, Sony's PS game console, The single-day sales also hit a new high since the launch, which even Sony did not expect!

  's hot sales in the first week made the outside world start to stare at "Diablo" to see if it was a flash in the pan, or if it really wanted to create a new record in game sales history.

  IGN, GameStop, Yahoo Entertainment Channel, game groups on ICQ, etc., as long as they are related to games, were quickly swept by "Diablo" within a few days, and the popularity continued to increase.

In the second week of   's release, without any accident, "Diablo" once again swept the sales of 200,000 sets worldwide. Xue Leshan reached a sales agreement with agents in more regions around the world.

Huaguo's sales agency rights were handed over offline to Ogilvy & Mather, which was just established this year, and Lianbang Software, the former owner of the founder of 8848, while online sales were handed over to 8848 and Yinghaiwei, and "Diablo" began to comprehensively enter the domestic market.

   Not only domestic, "Diablo"

   has also begun to be sold in other parts of the world, such as Bangzi, Siam, Treasure Island, Hong Kong City, Singapore, the Middle East, South America and other regions, and the Diablo discs in the Snow Mountain warehouse have also been continuously pulled over.

"Diablo's sales may far exceed the outside world's expectations. Today, some game retail stores in Chicago began to see Diablo's out-of-stock phenomenon. Some game industry experts and analysts predicted that Diablo's first month sales , maybe up to an astonishing four million sets, maybe stop Diablo, with only its capacity..."

On   Chicago TV, players began to line up in front of a game retail store. Diablo was so hot that it didn't go out as time went on, but it became more and more popular, and even began to run out of stock.

   "Diablo has sold 7,899 Cadillacs this month, or 3,567 times the refrigerator at the house of Snow Mountain President Ken Williams!

The boxes of all the game discs sold by Diablo this month are stacked together, and the length is long enough to connect the Earth to the International Space Station for a round trip, which is also equal to the length of 4.37 million bacon. All the physical versions of this month The total weight of the game disc is equivalent to 550 male narwhals or 875 female narwhals.

   may also be equal to 8,262 overweight gamers, or the $236 million that needs to be transported to the bank vault by a cash truck! "

  On NBC TV, during the prime news time of the evening, the host of the show was teasing "Diablo", and of course he was promoting it to the outside world. This month, Diablo created a record.

Behind the news background, is the celebration screen of Xue Leshan holding a sales volume of 4 million at the headquarters in San Jose, and a piece of beautiful knives fell down at the banquet. Diablo's first month sales exceeded 4 million, and its revenue exceeded 200 million. Thirty-six million, these are new records for the American game industry!

Cameron passed by the streets of Chicago and saw a long line in front of Thomas's small game store. On the IGN forum, he saw a lot of people saying that "Diablo" was out of stock, but he didn't. Thinking of it, even Thomas's store had a long queue one day.

Seeing this scene, Cameron couldn't help but feel fortunate that he bought it early, otherwise he would not be able to buy it even if he paid more. Leshan Online's user downloads have exceeded the 15 million mark, and Cameron's familiar friends and players have long been led by people to register their Xue Leshan Online accounts.

Just after walking a few steps, he saw two or three big old blacks, walking towards him, looking at a few people with gang signs on them, Cameron couldn't help but feel nervous, he didn't expect that in the daytime, these people would dare to dare In the chaos, Cameron couldn't help looking around, trying to find a way to escape, preparing to hide in Thomas's game store first.

But who knows, before Cameron smeared oil on the soles of his feet, he saw three big old blacks mysteriously walked up to Cameron. The three surrounded Cameron. A piece of "Diablo" game disc.

   "Brother, do you want one, only fifty dollars, no activation code required, you can play directly!" The big old black in the middle glanced to the left and right, and then whispered to Cameron.

  Cameron stared blankly at this scene, and he couldn't get back to his senses. He thought about all kinds of possibilities, but he didn't expect that these people would sell game discs without fighting? !

   (end of this chapter)