My rebirth is different

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And with the popularity of CS, you should not worry about sales, sell the client at a moderate price, and then pay for the duration, and eat double the money, wouldn't it be flattering.

Don't say it's shameless to do so, but many online games are like this, especially in Europe and America!

But in the end, it was Effie who convinced them, and decided to adopt the strategy of free for the mainland area, super low price for the online version in other areas, and relatively low price for the CD version.

There are advantages and disadvantages to doing so, but it is hard to say whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages or the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.

Of course, Effie thinks that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. She is convinced that her free model can help CSOL become a phenomenal online game.

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On February [-]nd, when many companies had just started working, and colleges and universities had not yet started school, the Facebook game official website, including the game platform, issued another announcement.

CSOL is coming!

If it was just announcing the launch of a new game, it wouldn't cause much of a stir, because CSOL's early trailers have been released several times, and everyone knows that the game will be launched soon.

Those who should pay attention have already paid attention to it. People who don't like this kind of game naturally don't care when it will be launched.

However, today's announcement quickly caused a sensation all over the Internet, just because there was such a word in the announcement.

"Forever Free"!

Yes, this online game represented by Facebook Games will be operated in a forever free mode.

In the announcement, the Facebook game company promised that the game CSOL will always be free, and will not charge players any fees for the game itself and the duration of the game!

In other words, if you don't spend money, you don't need to pay a penny, and you can also play this game forever, as long as the game is still operated by Facebook Games.

Free stuff is most welcome at all times.

Who doesn't want to be able to play their favorite games without spending money, but it has never been done before. Even if you buy a pirated version, a CD will cost several dollars!

Not to mention that CSOL is still an online game. Since online games came out, except for the earliest text MUD games, there have never been free online games.

Does the Facebook game really have such a conscience?

Do you want to provide CSOL, a large-scale online game, to all players for free?

Therefore, the discussion about "CSOL is forever free" quickly fermented, starting from the Facebook game official website, then broke out on Facebook, and then spread to various websites and forums on the whole network, especially the game-related forums, all of which were about "CSOL is forever free". "The post refreshes the screen!

It can be said that on February [-]nd, the attention of the entire Internet was focused on this topic.

This day will inevitably live forever in the history of the game industry!

Because of this forever free mode, it opens a door to a new world for all game companies.

Of course, many people didn't realize at the time that their peers were wondering what the hell the Facebook game was doing.

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"This...isn't this fake news? Facebook game actually made CSOL free? I don't believe it."

Inside Shanda Company, Mr. Chen asked with a look of astonishment on his face. The person sitting opposite him was the company's vice president in charge of game operations. This vice president had just reported the news to Mr. Chen.

"It's true. I carefully read the announcement on the official Facebook game website three times. It really says it will be free, and it promises to be free forever. That is to say, as long as the Facebook game agency operates for one day, then this game will not be charged. .” The vice president of operations said with a bitter face.

During this period of time, his life was not easy.

After the launch of World of Warcraft, the data of the legendary game was directly cut in half!

Whether it is point card revenue, the number of active players, or the online time of players, all of them are greatly reduced!

Obviously, this is all influenced by World of Warcraft.

It is conceivable that these lost players are probably playing World of Warcraft with great interest...

Every time he thinks of this, the vice president of operations hates it, of course he hates the Facebook game company.

Because it was just in time for this time a year ago, Legend suddenly turned into a downturn, causing him to take a lot less bonus at the end of the year!

When he was making a year-end work report, the scene almost turned into a "public trial" meeting. All the directors of the board of directors were asking him why he failed to take effective measures in time, and why he did not respond quickly to the ferocious attack of World of Warcraft.

Without the launch of World of Warcraft, this kind of year-end work report should be harmonious. All the directors have always praised him.

In fact, the vice president of operations is also very wronged. He went up to experience World of Warcraft for a long time on the first day it was launched.

But after playing, he didn't say a word.

Because there is nothing to say, World of Warcraft is absolutely crushing legends!

Whether it's plot, graphics, game engine, character plasticity, dungeon playability, map exploreability, etc., I don't know how many blocks the legend has left behind.

Sure enough, it is a super big production that Blizzard has worked on for ten years, he is convinced!

In this case, Legendary will take the lead to compete with World of Warcraft?

After hearing what the vice president of operations said, Mr. Chen immediately opened the browser and entered the Facebook game official website to see the announcement.

Sure enough, the announcement clearly stated that the CSOL game will be permanently free.

The game body can be downloaded through the Facebook game store, and there will be no charge for a penny!

At the same time, promise not to sell point cards, no matter how long you play, you will not be charged for the duration.

Mr. Chen frowned. Could it be that the Facebook game is going to be a "charity" this time?

He started out as an online game player. Of course he understands that an online game, especially a popular online game, has a very high operating cost!

The legend of Shanda Company is a very popular game. After several years of operation, he has a very good understanding of these.

Just buying a server requires a lot of money.

At the same time, you have to pay high broadband fees every month, and you have to support a large number of technicians, server maintenance, game patch upgrades, etc., all need technicians.

Similarly, the promotion of the game, including customer service, is not a small amount of money.

If the production cost of a stand-alone game is one-time, as long as it is produced, the follow-up cost will be very low or even disappear.

Then online games are a continuous investment!

As long as this game is not offline, the corresponding expenses will be paid every month, and every cent will be indispensable!

Why does Facebook Game dare to make such a promise, why is it permanently free...

Thinking about it, Mr. Chen's heart skipped a beat. He remembered another big action of the Facebook game that shocked the industry a few years ago.

That is the method of raising prize money for the 2003 WCG competition, opening the box...