Back To 1995

   Chapter 479 Once you enter the rivers and lakes, it is as deep as the sea

  Chicago, Cameron at home, browsing the Snow Mountain online game platform on the computer.

  Since he purchased "Diablo" last year, Cameron has completely entered the Snow Mountain online game platform. For more than a year, Cameron's enthusiasm for Diablo is still the same, but after all, it has reduced a bit.

   But now Cameron is already a loyal user of the Snow Mountain online game platform. Compared with the previous time, he had to go to the game store to select and buy games. Now he can choose various types of games as long as he opens Snow Mountain Online.

It is a pity that Xueleshan has not yet been able to reach cooperation with major game companies such as Activision, Ubisoft, EA, etc. At present, the number of games on Xueleshan's online platform is still somewhat small, especially Sony, Nintendo, Sega III Major game consoles are all against the PC-based Xue Leshan Online, which makes some console game manufacturers dare not easily cooperate with Xue Leshan Online.

But the flaws do not hide the truth. Compared with the current three major game consoles, each of which is fighting for each other, a game console can only carry hundreds of games at most. Snow Leshan Online now supplies more than 3,000 games, and Snow Leshan has to support it. , and the high share, so many small and medium-sized game manufacturers have begun to choose Xue Leshan Online as a distribution platform.

After opening Snow Mountain Online, Cameron looked through it for a long time, trying to find a game he liked. Compared with game retail stores, the price of games on Snow Mountain Online platform is generally 10% to 15% lower than that of game stores. Because Snow Mountain Online has no labor costs, shipping costs, store rental costs, etc., games can naturally be sold cheaply.

But this does not mean that Cameron spends less money. On the contrary, Cameron, who was originally from a good family and whose parents would give him fixed expenses every month, now has an empty pocket. Every month, Cameron can't help but buy a few new games...

Not only Cameron himself, but also Cameron's family. In order to play "Diablo" online, he downloaded the game online in Snow Mountain. Cameron softened and hardened bubbles, and asked his home to install broadband and routers from America Telecom. It is also supplied by America Telecom. The TV channel is subscribed to the "TV package" launched by America Telecom. After subscribing for $78 per month, you can enjoy more than 600 channels such as ICNC, NBC, and Comcast TV network.

  Because of office needs, Cameron's parents are also using Alcatel P1 mobile phones and have opened a mobile network.

Now the Cameron family spends nearly five hundred dollars a month on America Telecom, Alcatel mobile phone bills, Snow Mountain Online, etc., and in Cameron's community, they are not the only ones Yes, in this typical middle-class community, nearly half of the families are similar to the Cameron family!

Open the Xue Leshan online platform on the computer, Cameron watched it for a while, but did not find any new games. Just when Cameron was about to quit, and then went to Diablo to PK with someone, he suddenly saw Xue Leshan Online homepage. , a pre-sale banner appears.

After seeing the pre-sale game, Cameron's eyes lit up, and he clicked in without hesitation. When he saw the pre-sale interface above, Cameron couldn't help showing an excited look, and gave the order without thinking too much. go in.

The game Cameron saw was the development company that launched "Diablo", and the new game "StarCraft" launched by Blizzard. After the explosion of Diablo last year, this "StarCraft" has high expectations. .

From the news leaked several times, as well as the exclusive interview with Blizzard such as "Wired" magazine, Cameron knows that this is a real-time strategy game, which is much more maneuverable than Diablo, and players can also Play against the Snow Mountain online platform.

And Cameron has heard in many game forums that Xue Leshan, in addition to holding the "Oscars of the game industry" TGA game awards this year, will also launch a game e-sports competition, which is to be released soon. "StarCraft" dominated.

It's hard to say whether the news is true or not, but Cameron is really looking forward to "StarCraft", not only StarCraft, but as a veteran **** game fan, Cameron also heard that this year's major brands under the Xue Leshan Game studios will make efforts this year.

R Star Studio, a subsidiary of Xue Leshan, may release "Grand Theft Auto" this year, and the acquired Id Game Studio will release the famous "Quake 2". When the news came out this year, it was almost a sensation the entire gaming industry.

   is still unknown, but V Club, which belongs to Xue Leshan together with Blizzard, may release "Half-Life"!

Cameron is looking forward to these games. You must know that Blizzard has proven itself among the four major game studios under Xueleshan. In order to tie the four major game studios, Cameron believes that V and R Star must have a few brushes, otherwise how could Xue Leshan acquire them?

When thinking about these thoughts in his mind, Cameron clicked in and saw the price of StarCraft, which reached 59.9 dollars, which has exceeded the fifty dollars of the Dark God of Destruction. Cameron, I understand this price. If the level of StarCraft can reach the level of Diablo, then the price of 60 dollars, Cameron feels acceptable.

The regular version of StarCraft is priced at $59.90. As for the collector's edition, the price is more than $99.99. When he saw the collector's edition, Cameron felt that this was the IQ tax. at a glance.

When Diablo went on sale, a collector's edition was also launched, and the price was as high as $88, but Cameron didn't think about collecting that thing at that time, and now Cameron regrets it, the collector's edition " "Diablo" has all been sold short, and the current Diablo Collector's Edition has been fired to more than $128, and it may be more expensive in the future!

After taking a few glances at the collector's edition of StarCraft, including the original sound CD, a model, figures and other gift packages, after hesitating for a few seconds, Cameron still chose to buy it. distressed.

Clicking on the payment page, Cameron wanted to pay by e-mail as before, but he saw the payment page of the Snow Mountain game platform. In addition to several options such as bank card, credit card, and e-mail, there was an extra PayPal payment options.

  Cameron didn't know what this PayPal payment meant, but when he saw the back of PayPal, there was a 30% discount marked, that is, using PayPal to pay, you can buy StarCraft games with 30% off.

   Cameron, who was still reluctant to buy a $99.99 collector's edition game just now, couldn't help but get excited.

It's human nature to take advantage, not because of greed or human nature, but a strange psychology. It's the same all over the world. When you see something that originally sold for $100, now it only costs $70. When you can buy it, if you don't buy it, you may feel at a loss...

   Now Cameron is this kind of mentality, although after clicking PayPal to pay, it is prompted to wait for two minutes to download and install PayPal, but Cameron still clicked OK.

When the installation was completed, the PayPal payment logo appeared on Cameron's computer desktop. After entering, Cameron saw the PayPal page and immediately felt familiar. The whole page was very concise and clear, and the operation buttons were very eye-catching. Then Cameron suddenly remembered that the ICQ, Hotmail, and Snow Mountain Online he used were all in this style.

  Cameron saw the functions of PayPal's page, including payment, transfer, recharge and other functions. In addition, there is a page for purchasing wealth management, but the above prompt has not been opened yet, obviously it cannot be used yet.

Cameron clicked on the registration page, and it actually showed that as long as he registered, he could get five dollars in cash. When he saw this, Cameron felt a little unreliable. When did he hear that the leek cut would give it to him? Leek sent money?

   With a skeptical attitude, Cameron signed up for PayPal with his Hotmail mailbox. PayPal registration supports multiple methods, including email, ICQ, America Telecom mobile phone number, ebay, Amazon account and other methods.

In fact, Cameron's accounts are basically universal. At least he can log in to multiple platforms such as email, Xue Leshan, and eBay with his ICQ account. On the contrary, Yahoo, AOL, Lycos, etc. need to re-register. Platform, Cameron felt inconvenient.

   As soon as the registration was completed, Cameron clicked into the account at the first time, and actually saw five dollars in cash lying on the account.

Returning to the Xue Leshan online platform, Cameron clicked on the pre-sale interface of StarCraft, and when paying again, he saw that after paying with PayPal, the price of StarCraft's 30% discount went directly to 30%. When paying, it was even reduced. For five dollars, Cameron paid only $64 to buy a collector's edition of StarCraft!

   Seeing that StarCraft has arrived on his Xue Leshan account, as long as he waits for the release, he can download it directly, Cameron only thought of PayPal at this time, this is really sending him a beautiful knife!

Returning to PayPal, Cameron studied PayPal again and found that it supports email payment, cross-border remittance, recharge broadband, phone bills, payment of Enron gas fees, etc. Overseas Cameron also found that on the homepage of PayPal , There is also an event, as long as you invite new users to register with PayPal, you can get three dollars or five dollars in cash, as well as discount coupons, which can be used on ebay, Amazon and other platforms!

Cameron, who has just experienced it once, doesn't feel that this is cheating people, and in the promotion stage of the Xue Leshan online platform last year, such an event was also held. As long as you pull people's heads, you can get game coins. Many players have borrowed This prostitution went to Diablo.

   Looking at the PayPal homepage, the sharing under the activity on the interface, Cameron hesitated for a few seconds, copied the sharing link, and forwarded it to several ICQ groups and game forums…

   (end of this chapter)