Chapter 36 (1/2)
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Translated by Coldtaco
Edited by Aelryinth
Even the video game media companies were shocked by the numberd. This included a lot of people who didn’t get a good night’s sleep.
Why? Trying to finish the script, of course!
The first day’s sales went from a thousand, to five thousand, and ten thousand, then twenty thousand. The script couldn’t be the same when the numbers were that different!
The media thought that the first day of sales would be around eight to ten thousand, as they thought Plants vs Zombies was a casual puzzle game, which always had a smaller audience. It would gain a lot of players in the first few hours from Weibo, and after the hype died down the sales would also follow.
In the end, the numbers completely surpassed their expectations!
Not only did it not slow down, but it kept increasing, and broke twenty thousand in twenty-four hours!
Some had known that they were going to witness this go down in history.
At noon, when the twenty-four hour statistics for Plants vs Zombies were released, the media started uploading their articles.
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“The biggest underdog today: Plants vs Zombies!”
“Breaking twenty thousand downloads in the first day, destroying the new games leaderboard”
“Gamers say: I can’t stop!”
“Industry professionals predict: Likely to enter the puzzle games leaderboard!”
“Game reviews: Rich content, new playstyle, otherworldly creativity!”
2“Can you believe this? Flappybird and Plants vs Zombies had the same designer!”
“Breaking a hundred thousand in the first month? Shi Huazhe has no comment.”
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The consensus of the video game media was very positive. The numbers that Plants vs Zombies produced were too good overall, and there wasn’t much to nitpick in the terms of quality either. Even the haters found it difficult to find things to hate on.
Under bombardment from the video game media, Plants vs Zombies was getting more and more well known. In addition to the promoted space on the official app store, it was likely that Plants vs Zombies would receive another wave of explosive growth!
Noticing the hype around Chen Mo’s game, many “caring” players put down everything they had on hand to check out Shi Huazhe’s Weibo, but it turned out that he had deleted his reply to Chen Mo.
Before today he liked criticizing everything, but ever since Plants vs Zombies became popular, he hadn’t posted anything yet.
The ‘caring’ internet citizens weren’t satisfied. He was the one to say confidently that Chen Mo’s first game wouldn’t be able to break a hundred thousand sales in the first month. Did he still think that now?
Forget about a hundred thousand; after breaking twenty thousand on the first day, this game would be heading for five hundred thousand in the first month!
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“Mr Shi Huazhe, say something.”
“It’s fine, Plants vs Zombies only had twenty thousand downloads in the first day, it’s possible that it won’t hit a hundred thousand in the first month. You still have a chance, sir.”
“Sir, don’t give up your treatment!”
“I have to say, it was a smart move for him to not say anything when asked what he was going to eat. That was smart of him.”
4“So, you don’t plan to show yourself anytime soon?”
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The spectators around Plants vs Zombies were all commenting on Shi Huazhe’s Weibo trying to start something. A few of the sarcastic comments were pushed to the top with hundreds of likes.