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The post on the Dream Entertainment forum made sense and expressed the thoughts of an ordinary player. It made Dream Entertainment look like a company that had lost its bottom line.
Shi Lei wanted to vomit at the OP's face!
The OP made it sound so noble and slandered Dream Entertainment. However, in reality, this was just a player venting his dissatisfaction.
Let's talk about the simplest thing. Even if the VR gaming helmet supported the first generation of personal game servers, would this player buy it?
This was just a case of saying sour grapes when one couldn't eat them.
Shi Lei did not intend to respond to this post. However, as this post affected more and more players who did not know the truth, Shi Lei decided to deal with this post.
The solution was not to delete the post. If he deleted the post as a punishment, it would confirm the other party's doubts.
In reality, the upgrade of the VR gaming helmet would not be carried out quickly.
It was not normal for the second-generation personal gaming server to be released in less than two months. However, this was to pave the way for AMD and to reap huge benefits. Mirui Technology Group's future development required a large amount of funds. It was not enough to rely on Dream Entertainment's reserves!
The gap between the release of the second-generation personal gaming server and the third-generation personal gaming server would be pulled apart. It would be at least a year apart.
It was the same for the VR gaming helmet. The first-generation VR gaming helmet was completely manufactured and sold by Dream Entertainment. Dream Entertainment controlled all the profits.
Therefore, they would not be in a hurry to release the second-generation VR gaming helmet.
According to Shi Lei's estimation, the second-generation VR gaming helmet would require innovative technology. Only then would they release a brand new VR gaming helmet. They would not simply upgrade it.
Most of the players on Dream Entertainment's forum maintained their composure and waited for Dream Entertainment's official response.
Many players could tell that this post was just a complaint from the person who posted it.
Some smart players also understood the relationship between the first generation of personal game servers and the second generation of personal game servers.
Most players could understand why Dream Entertainment would release the second-generation personal gaming server.
However, understanding did not mean that they would pay for it.
At the very least, if Dream Entertainment did not give them a clear answer, most of the players would not give in.
Shi Lei's solution was simple. The main point of the post was to accuse Dream Entertainment of being too greedy.
Since they felt that Dream Entertainment was too greedy, Dream Entertainment should be more magnanimous.
On the homepage of Dream Entertainment's official website and in the pre-sale system of the VR gaming helmet, Shi Lei also added a new announcement, stating that the VR gaming helmet would support the first generation of personal gaming servers. Moreover, the price of the VR gaming helmet alone would still be 5,000 USD. There would be no additional adjustments to the price, and the price would still be included worldwide, including in Africa.
Although the global free shipping policy would result in a loss of profits, the impact it brought was huge.
This was because there had never been a company that had implemented a global shipping strategy for their products.
If you send the product from the Xia Xia to Africa, the postage alone may reach $50, which is not a small amount of postage.
Fortunately, Dream Entertainment could not ship every VR gaming helmet individually.
Dream Entertainment would categorize the orders according to country and region. For example, the orders from Lijian Province, Ghana, and China would be combined and sent to Lijian Province by air. Then, they would be selected in Lijian Province and sent to different locations.
The orders from Europe would also be combined and sent to Europe by air. Then, they would be sent to different countries in Europe.
This method of sending goods collectively in large regions would greatly reduce the cost of sending goods and reduce freight costs on a large scale.
After Dream Entertainment's announcement was released, the gamers who had bought the first-generation personal gaming server quickly gave Dream Entertainment good reviews on the forum.
Although this would reduce the sales of the second-generation personal gaming server, how could Shi Lei not have a way to restrict it?
There were many ways for game manufacturers to restrict hardware manufacturers.
As long as the Hero's World was optimized for AMD's graphics card and not Nvidia's graphics card, it would become a scapegoat.
If two graphics cards of the same performance were optimized for one graphics card, the game's performance would be greatly improved. On the other hand, if the other party's graphics card was slightly hindered, it might even deliberately reduce the graphics card's performance.
In Lin Huang's previous life, AMD had used this method to deal a heavy blow to Nvidia, making AMD's graphics card and Nvidia's graphics card become evenly matched.
Shi Lei also intended to use this method to deal with the first-generation personal gaming server. This method seemed very normal to game manufacturers and was not considered an evil method at all.
What's more, Shi Lei had directly used the excuse of upgrading the World of the Brave to increase the graphics quality of the World of the Brave. This could make the configuration of the first-generation personal game server seem a little weak and pave the way for sales of the second-generation personal game server.
Perhaps the ordinary gamer who posted the post did not expect Dream Entertainment's official counterattack to come so quickly and so thoroughly. They dealt with the problem on the spot.
After Dream Entertainment released the solution, many gamers mocked the original poster in the post, saying that even if Dream Entertainment modified the sales plan of the VR gaming helmet, the original poster would not be able to afford the VR gaming helmet.
Under the pressure of the majority of gamers, the ordinary gamer who posted the post chose to modify the post. From criticizing Dream Entertainment's insatiable greed to criticizing Dream Entertainment's high price of the VR gaming helmet.
The majority of gamers did not follow this brainless criticism. Instead, they considered whether they should pre-order the VR gaming helmet.
Shi Lei kept refreshing the backend data of the VR gaming helmet's pre-order system. Even if the original poster had modified the post, the VR gaming helmet's sales results were still not good.
At 11: 20 am, an hour had passed since the VR gaming helmet's official pre-order. There were less than 300 VR gaming helmets in pre-order.
This included 100 VR gaming helmets that were pre-ordered by Storm.
The second-generation personal gaming server that was sold as a tie-in was even worse. It only sold 117 VR gaming helmets.
After the VR gaming helmet was sold separately, not a single VR gaming helmet was sold.
Shi Lei frowned deeply. This was not a good sign.
Compared to the popularity of the first-generation personal gaming server, no one seemed to be buying the second-generation personal gaming server at all.
'What's going on?'
Shi Lei pondered over the reason. Although the VR gaming helmet and the second-generation personal gaming server were not cheap, they were definitely worth their price.
Using the VR gaming helmet and the second-generation personal gaming server to log into the Hero's World to play the game was a far cry from the current seamless projector technology.
If a comparison had to be made, the difference between the two could be compared to a CRT black-and-white monitor and an IPS full-color LCD monitor. It was a revolutionary and subversive difference.
Shi Lei pondered alone. About half an hour later, when it was almost 11 am, Shi Lei looked up and asked, "Izur, how's the pre-order?"
Izur displayed the data on the screen of the first server and listed out a standard list.
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Pre-order Data:
VR Gaming Helmet: 318
Second-generation personal gaming server
Excellent-grade: 0
Second-grade: 2
Second-grade: 122
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Shi Lei looked at the data with a helpless expression on his face. In just over half an hour, the second-generation personal game server had two additional orders for the Glittering Level and five additional orders for the Heavenly Level.
As for the VR gaming helmet, the increase was not large either.
It was as if the players did not approve of the VR gaming helmet or the second-generation personal gaming server.
Shi Lei scratched his head and thought about the reason. Could it be that the players did not approve of the second-generation personal gaming server just because it was produced by AMD?
In his previous life, the high-end players did not approve of AMD in the personal gaming market.
AMD had been given all sorts of derogatory names by the mid and high-end players, including 'agricultural enterprises', 'massage parlors' and other insulting and ridiculing names.
The high-end players chose the CPU and graphics equipment and did not even consider AMD's products.
Even if AMD's graphics equipment was not much different from Nvidia's graphics equipment, Nvidia's graphics equipment was still accepted by the high-end players.
But the situation in this life was different. AMD's image was not completely tarnished. After Dream Entertainment acquired AMD, AMD's image was improved.
Just as Shi Lei was thinking about the reason, Storm called again. Shi Lei hesitated for a while before answering the call.
"Hello, Manager Shi. I'm afraid you are now worried about why the players do not approve of the second-generation personal gaming server and VR gaming helmet." Storm pointed out the purpose of the call.
Shi Lei did not hide it. After all, the VR gaming helmet's pre-order system had a list of buyers. It was not like Storm could not see it.
"Yes!
Why? Do you have any good suggestions?
Or do you know why the players did not pre-order the VR gaming helmet and personal gaming server? "Shi Lei asked with anticipation.
"Hehe, Manager Shi, I do know a little about the reason!" Storm showed off his knowledge of Chinese Xia's culture.
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