Chapter 308 305 pre-sale data

 The effect of the promotional video was very good. At first, Ubisoft thought it would not be too popular. After all, the game would be released soon, and it would be a pixel game.

Now there is one thing that everyone agrees on in the player circle, and that is the masterpiece of pixels.

They have already calmed down. If they release new games at the same time as the old thieves, the results may not be ideal.

 What they want is to attract more players through the reputation of the game. If this is a series, reputation is the strongest sign.

 After the game started to be promoted, it entered the pre-sale stage.

 The first day of pre-sale has already given them a huge surprise.

 Ubisoft has a staff member who specializes in sorting out data. 24 hours after the pre-sale started, he looked at the latest data in his hand.

 The first time, he rubbed his eyes to make sure that he did not miss a number.

 The second time, he wrote down the numbers one by one and checked them carefully.

 The third time, he reconfirmed.

 …

After going over it several times, he was sure that there was really no problem with the data.

real!

The staff member quickly printed out the document. The newly baked document was still a little hot to the touch, and the residual heat from printing still remained on the paper.

 He knocked on the door of his leader’s office with the data analysis document in hand.

The department on the entire floor was a little noisy. Some colleagues were chattering about the release of the game. You could see that there were more and more discussions about "Assassin's Creed" on the entire Internet, and the Internet was full of heated discussions about the details displayed in the game. .

 The knocking on the door was not so clear in this noisy morning.

"Enter."

After getting the approval from the leader, he squeezed the document in his hand and pushed the door open.

“Boss, yesterday’s pre-sale data is out.”

“Let me take a look!” The brown-haired man sitting in front of the desk stood up and came over quickly, taking away the documents in his hand.

The document is not thick, there are only three pages in total, and all the residual heat on the paper has dissipated.

 On three pages, the purchase quantity in different periods is displayed, and the purchase quantity in each period is displayed by time segments of one day.

He carefully read page after page, but when he saw the first time period, there was already uncontrollable joy in his eyes.

They started pre-ordering at 8 a.m. the next day after the promotional video was released. It is now 9 a.m., and the purchase data for the past twelve hours has been released.

 The data in the first hour exceeded 500,000.

This has greatly exceeded their expectations. Looking back, the data in each period is even more surprising.

 At the end of the day, the total pre-sale volume was 3.8 million.

The game is priced at 198, and all the costs have been earned on the first day, and there is still profit.

“Is this really just the first day of pre-orders?” The Ubisoft executive looked at the last piece of paper seriously. Just this number of pre-orders was already higher than the sales of their previous games.

 Until now, he has some understanding of what EA feels like.

 The pain I suffered while playing the game has now been rewarded a hundredfold.

 Pre-orders will last for ten days. Although the number will not be as fierce as on the first day, it will maintain a certain amount in the following days.

“Tell the finance manager and transfer 500 million to the old thief from the money that just arrived.” He took a deep breath and said, “Tell the old thief that we bought Assassin’s Creed 2.”

Generally speaking, there will be a series of players who will start the game after watching the real player experience. After all, it is common for the promotional video to be different from the real thing.

 And he has full confidence in the game.

 “Assassin’s Creed 2!” Listening to the boss’s instructions, the employees just now were a little dazed.

He is just a small employee and has never heard of a sequel. He only knows that the old thief has been to the company for a while. As for what the old thief came to say to the leaders and what decisions the two parties made about the future, it is not his. Things such a character can know.

This is also the first time he has heard about a sequel.

 “Haha? Are you surprised?” Seeing the sales on the first day, Ubisoft’s executives couldn’t help but want to show off.

 “And, we have more than one sequel.” He took the document in his hand, turned around and walked to the window.

 Transparent floor-to-ceiling windows allow you to see everything outside. “In the future, Assassin’s Creed will become our golden signature!”

"Hmm..." He looked at the sky not far away and murmured softly, "many years in the future."

 The subordinates could not help but feel shocked until they came to the finance department.

He felt as if he had heard a very outrageous plan.

The amount of 500 million is extraordinary. After he told the financial director what he had just said, the other person nodded lightly, as if he had known about it for a long time.

 It turns out that the company’s senior management is really playing a big game!

 At this time, the financial department of Germination Studio also received funding from Ubisoft.

 The note for the money is Assassin’s Creed 2.

The people in the finance department immediately sent the news to the old thief, "Did Ubisoft make a mistake? Why did they even send money for Assassin's Creed 2?"

 Ye Feng couldn't help but smile when he looked at the screenshots and messages given to him by Finance.

 “From now on, if you receive any money from Ubisoft regarding Assassin’s Creed, you just have to report it once.” Ye Feng tapped his fingers and replied quickly.

 “Is there another Assassin’s Creed 2?”

"Well, there are still 3456789..." Ye Feng said it himself, a little embarrassed. Although each game will have its own name, if there is one game a year, it is equivalent to 345678.

 “The boss is awesome!” The finance manager was immediately stunned and said nothing more.

He looked at his subordinates and said, "The old thief said that from now on, all Ubisoft's money will be accepted!"

“In the future, Ubisoft may provide our professional accountants with money.” He took a deep breath. "It's possible that the other party will pay us for more than ten years..."

Is this the charm of an old thief? For a series of games, it is really difficult to get better from generation to generation. This kind of obvious leek behavior, the old thief can still make people willing to pay money.

But when I think about it, I think it’s not too bad to buy the series.

 Because a series of games also depends on whose series the game is.

 He just felt that Ubisoft did not make a loss, but he could not imagine that in the future, Ubisoft would really turn it into a golden brand.

　　When Ye Feng shared this incident with Song Shan, Song Shan couldn't help but sigh.

“What a series of leeks!”

 “As long as it has quality, it is not considered a leek.” Ye Feng defended.

“Then based on the secretly competitive relationship between Ubisoft and EA, how can EA let it go after knowing about this matter? Then they have to come to the door!” Song Shan couldn’t help shouting.

“The title of the series of games is very strong, so what do you have to give EA to cope with it?”

 (End of this chapter)