Gao Ningning was so busy at the company that her feet couldn't touch the ground. The technical engineers from the Oppa country couldn't believe their eyes.
Regardless, the data on the servers didn't lie. The concurrent online players for Legend had already surpassed the 200,000 mark. Li Tianhao's eyes were green with regret; he never imagined that simply changing the name would make it so.
This Legend had become a massive hit in Huaxia. They were already shocked by Shanda's agency of the game Millennium, and considering the bright prospects of the Huaxia online gaming market, they had quickly amassed 300,000 registered players, with a concurrent online player count reaching a staggering 100,000.
This number greatly surprised industry insiders. This wasn't a blue ocean; it was a sea of red, dripping with money! With such numbers, regardless of whether the online game used a time-based or item-based revenue model, they would be counting money until their hands cramped.
They had originally thought that Shanda's data for Millennium was the ceiling for recent online games. They hadn't expected it to be broken so soon. Since Legend's open beta began a week ago, registered players had already surpassed 500,000, and concurrent online players had reached 200,000.
Everyone was stunned upon learning these figures. They had previously believed Shanda's Millennium to be quite impressive, but unexpectedly, Legend of Marfa Continent had truly surpassed it.
Li Tianhao's intestines were practically twisted with regret. If he had known Legend had such immense potential, he would never have sold its core content. But now, the core content of Legend was in the hands of Tianxing Investment Company's technical team.
There was no other way. Those people had too strong a thirst for knowledge. He had never seen such diligent and studious individuals, especially that little fatty, Zhou Huawei. That little fatty was intelligent, could generalize from particulars, wasn't rigid in his thinking, and acted with order.
He was full of stratagems; it would be a shame for someone like that not to be a game planner. He had the skills, the ideas, and the capability.
In just this short month, Li Tianhao went from initial indifference to constant astonishment. While his active teaching played a part, with Zhang Tianxing possessing this technical team, even if he hadn't taught them, Li Tianhao was certain they couldn't maintain their technological blockade for too long.
The primary reason was the team's astonishing strength and the strong desire for knowledge among its technical personnel, a learning spirit of "I want to learn, I want to become stronger."
Were these the same? Of course not. One was an internal cause, the other an external cause.
The handsome and dashing readers in front of their phones all understand that the decisive factor is always the internal cause.
It's like the analogy of one person shouting "Follow me!" and leading the troops, while another shouts "Let me follow!" and watches from behind. Can the morale be the same? Of course not.
Their achievements were thus made to seem logical. However, what surprised Li Tianhao the most was the extremely poor performance of Mir's Legend 2 in the Oppa country, which was incomparable to its performance in Huaxia.
In Huaxia, it directly ascended to the throne of gaming, while in the Oppa country, its ranking was utterly insignificant. This baffled Li Tianhao.
It wasn't just Li Tianhao who was baffled; Gao Ningning was also somewhat confused.
She admitted that Legend had its merits, but she never dreamed it would become the ceiling of Huaxia's online gaming industry.
But without exaggeration, in the internet cafes around Zhonghai University, eight out of ten computers were playing Legend. The remaining two were playing StarCraft and Cs, respectively. The rise of Legend had exceeded everyone's expectations.
It was a particularly direct blow to Shanda. Millennium had just begun to gain traction when Legend directly attacked.
The attack caused Millennium's online player count to plummet drastically, so rapidly that Shanda couldn't cope.
The drop was too severe. They were the most dazzling stars in the gaming world, and now Legend had soundly beaten them, rubbing them into the ground.
Shanda almost spat out blood. They had already prepared their celebratory banquet, but this incident unfolded, leaving Shanda speechless. They thought they could upgrade their situation, but instead, they were left struggling to maintain.
They calculated carefully. They could at least persevere, and they could still see a future, which was completely different from the previous situation.
It could be said that Millennium of the day before yesterday was Legend of today, and Legend's momentum was even stronger.
Shanda Company was furious. President Chen, who was usually approachable, directly cursed, "All of you, research this Legend! What is their origin? Why is Legend so popular that our players are flocking to play it? Figure it out for me, and see what Millennium lacks compared to Legend."
The entire Shanda team was left speechless. The favorable situation had reversed so drastically, and they felt stifled. They also couldn't understand why this was happening. The sudden emergence of Legend baffled them as well.
"Now, all of you go back, play the game Legend, and see where they are better than us. We cannot afford to lose right now. If Millennium suffers a complete loss, our company will have to declare bankruptcy."
"The meeting is adjourned. For our own sake, I hope everyone can find a way to survive," President Chen said with a desolate tone. Even if he were to die, he wanted to die with understanding, especially since the previous game had almost been acquired by them.
By chance, they chose Millennium, but they never expected Millennium to be on the verge of collapse under Legend's assault.
In the Oppa country, Millennium's game ranking was far above Mir's Legend. This Legend was considered a minor player among games in the Oppa country. They never expected this minor player to suddenly rise to become the boss.
Now, Legend's data directly blinded them. Regardless of how Legend performed in the Oppa country, in Huaxia, it was undeniably the number one game.
It was heard that Tianxing Investment Company had been consistently seeking to purchase servers. The night shift personnel had only one task: expansion, continuous expansion. They had no rest time on duty.
It could only be said that the game Legend was too popular. Its position in the entire Huaxia online gaming industry was irreplaceable. Now, it seemed that Legend players' stickiness was still very high.
This discovery shocked everyone. What was most important in online gaming? It was player stickiness. As long as player stickiness was present, the game would definitely be popular.
It could be said without exaggeration that the current recognition of Legend players was extremely high. Therefore, everyone could see that the era of Legend had arrived. Unlike the popularity of Millennium before, Huaxia's online gaming had entered a brand new era.