Chapter 250 - First Day Sales (1/2)

Soon, the statistics for Thousand Hells and Minecraft was released.

The two games looked to be on even ground from the initial promotions. Thousand Hells got a lot of help from Emperor Dynasty Entertainment and even got the best promotional spot on Emperor Dynasty Gaming Platform’s front page.

Whereas Minecraft gained most of its popularity from Forbidden City and Old Summer Palace. At the same time, the Game Committee gave Minecraft a promotional spot too.

The twenty-four hour sales for the games: Thousand Hells sold 8739 copies, whereas Minecraft sold seventeen thousand four hundred copies.

Minecraft sold double the amount Thousand Hells didn, but it wasn’t even close in terms of revenue as Thousand Hells was priced at twelve hundred eight eight, ten times the amount of Minecraft.

Thousand Hells made eleven million on the first day, and it seemed more than likely that it would make over two hundred million RMB in the first month, potentially even more than three hundred million.

Minecraft on the other hand made 3.47 million RMB in its first day. Two million or so of that game from selling the actual game, and the rest came from players spending money in game (blueprints).

Many whales were spending repeatedly, up to several thousand RMB as they bought all of the high quality buildings.

From the looks of it, Minecraft would probably make one hundred million in its first month which was quite far away from Thousand Hell’s three hundred million.

Yan Zhenyuan breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this number.

He had been really uneasy since Chen Mo’s videogame conference, and for some reason his eyelids were always twitching.

Maybe it had to do with Chen Mo’s praises?

Yan Zhenyuan didn’t dare look down at Chen Mo either as he knew that the videogame industry is incredibly unpredictable as miracles can often happen.

A smaller game might gain a lot of popularity and spread all across the globe.

Moreover, Chen Mo seemed to have created many of these miracles.

Therefore, the more successful a videogame designer was, the more careful they usually were.

But from the looks of it, Minecraft didn’t seem to be able to move Thousand Hell’s position.

Thousand Hells should be able to reach the top of the VR best sellers and stay there for a week or two, and Yan Zhenyuan was more than satisfied by a result like that.

Although the games were of different genres and didn’t compete with one another directly, they were both VR games that sold at the same time. It would still be fine if they had lower sales, but they would certainly be a bit embarrassed if Minecraft trumped them in terms of monthly revenue as well.

Emperor Dynasty Entertainment were already celebrating as they finally beat Chen Mo!

Although it might’ve been overkill, and the games were of different genres as well, but a win’s a win!

And thinking back on the beef between Chen Mo and Emperor Dynasty Entertainment, it was normal for the designers at Emperor Dynasty Entertainment to be celebrating.

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Chen Mo’s side on the other hand was quite calm.

Everyone was still quite emotionally stable upon seeing the statistics.

They did sell quite a few copies, but because of how low the game was priced at a tenth of what Thousand Hells cost, it was normal for them to lose in terms of monthly income.

They might not be able to sell the same amount of copies if they raised the price either. All that could be said is that smaller games don’t get the same treatment as larger games on VR.