My rebirth is different

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"Probably not. Even if it loses money, the Facebook game can survive. But if the operation mode is suddenly changed, players will not be able to kill them!"

"I think it's better for everyone not to jump to conclusions. After all, CSOL has only been online for one day, and no one can see what will happen next. What if... players are suddenly willing to spend money?"

"Don't dream, you can play for free, who would be willing to pay for it? I bet that CSOL won't rush to open new areas in the future, just maintain these few large areas, so that every time players want to log in to the server, It takes a long time to queue. Then some VIP card may be launched. Players who pay for the VIP card can skip the queue and directly enter the server, charging in disguise. My idea is good. If the Facebook game adopts it, please pay for my planning Fee, thank you."

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Effie doesn't know about these outside discussions, and she doesn't care.

In the past two days, she has been busy coordinating the CSOL publicity and promotion of the brother company and various departments.

The failure on the first day, to be precise, was a failure in revenue.

It made Effie realize that the Facebook game is not yet fully responsive, and the company still needs to continue to work hard to improve.

The "permanent free" mode launched this time is definitely not a whim of hers, but a decision made by Effie after she has an in-depth understanding of the entire game industry over the past year and after careful consideration!

Effie believes that free is the most powerful promotional slogan and the most attractive for the majority of players at any time.

And a game, especially an online game, the number of players determines the upper and lower limits of the game.

She also learned a lot from leaders in various fields of the Internet such as Facebook and WeChat. These two companies do not make money, at least not currently.But no one can question their influence and prospects!

A company that does not make money, but keeps burning money, but everyone is optimistic about them. What is the reason?

The most fundamental, of course, is that they all have a huge user base!

Online games, in essence, can also be regarded as an Internet software. The biggest difference from stand-alone games is that in online games, everyone can have more interaction between people, which is the so-called "social attribute". "!"

Since it has Internet attributes, the number of players determines the future fate of this game!

So what is the most effective way to have more players?

Without a doubt, it's free!

By attracting a large number of players for free, when the player base reaches a huge number, it basically forms a monopoly in this type of game, which is also a blow to competitors invisibly.

Because the player's time is limited, he may have five hours of free time to play games every day, so when he spends five hours on CSOL, he naturally has no time to play other games.

Effie understood what a monopoly position meant.

Therefore, even if the first day of CSOL's launch was bleak, it didn't have any impact on her insistence on taking the free route.

What Effie considers is how to increase the payment rate of players on the basis of expanding the player base, but to reduce costs and limit the number of players.

"Aren't the current players not good? No! In my opinion, the current players are the best players! For the games they like, they can invest a lot of time and energy, and they don't hesitate to spend money. There are not enough players like this good?"

In the conference room, Effie straightened her body, stood at the end of the conference table, and scanned the heads of various departments.

Today's meeting is to discuss how CSOL will take the next step. Someone just suggested that the current player quality is not good enough, and we should limit the speed of opening new servers to save money.

"So, continue to open new regions! The number of CSOL players is definitely not just a few million, but should be tens of millions or even hundreds of millions! The operation and maintenance department should make a purchase plan as soon as possible, based on the scale of [-] million players , make a server purchase plan, contact the server manufacturer in advance, and make preparations for the purchase." Effie turned her head and ordered.

The person in charge of the operation and maintenance department got up immediately and replied: "No problem! Mr. Ai, I will make a plan immediately after the meeting, but... how long will it take to reach the scale of [-] million players? Because of this time issue, I need to communicate with the server manufacturer in advance."

Effie thought for a while, and said firmly: "Within half a year! If the number of CSOL players does not reach [-] million within half a year, it will be our failure!"

This time, Effie took a big risk in her decision.

Because the number of servers that can accommodate hundreds of millions of players is definitely not a small number!

Moreover, in the computer room of the Facebook game, all IBM high-end blade servers are used, and one machine costs more than 20 yuan!

Counting, a single server of CSOL can accommodate [-] players, and [-] servers form a large area, which can accommodate millions of players.

In other words, every time CSOL opens a new large area, the purchase cost of the server alone will be about 500 million!

Chapter 778: Justify Your Name

Now Effie is talking about preparing to purchase servers in [-] regions, so the purchase budget will be as high as [-] million!

For any game company, this is not a small sum.

Moreover, Facebook Games does not only operate an online game like CSOL, World of Warcraft also has a high demand for servers.

So in the recent period, Facebook Games has become the largest customer of IBM's server department. Every purchase is directly connected with Facebook Games by the senior vice president in charge of global marketing at the headquarters.

Of course, because of Yuwenfei's acquisition of IBM's personal computer business unit, IBM is also more friendly to Facebook game companies.

High priority has been given to price, supply speed, and technical support, and the cooperation between the two parties is still very pleasant.

Another point to note is that Star Technology only acquired IBM's personal computer business unit, and did not acquire IBM's server division.The reputation and status of IBM's servers in the industry is no less than that of THINKPAD laptops in the field of personal computers!

Even more than that!

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If a few hundred million is invested and the revenue is dismal, this will put a mark of failure on Effie's resume.

Some directors of the company's board of directors should also have objections to her.

But Effie didn't seem to take these risks seriously, and continued to promote CSOL's free model unswervingly, even more resolutely than before the game went live.

Other executives in the company may not understand, but Effie knows that at this time, she must not admit defeat, let alone regret it.

CSOL's permanent free model must be successful, and it can only be successful, otherwise, my future will really be bleak.

It is not that she has not considered the risk of this free model before, but the great success of the 2003WCG Commemorative Edition skin box made her firm in her mind.

I think that in online games, launching this kind of free mode is feasible and will be groundbreaking!

In the game industry, Effie has just entered the industry for a year, although people in the industry regard her as a big boss because she is in charge of the Facebook game.

Effie knew in her heart that others respected her only because she was the president of the Facebook game company, not because of her, Effie.

Perhaps behind the scenes, many people would mock him, saying that he was lucky, or even had some shady relationship with Mr. Fei, so that he could get from a college dropout to where he is today.

Effie's contribution to Facebook and Facebook games is naturally known to Yu Wenfei and all shareholders, but outsiders don't know much about it.

Because from an outsider's point of view, Effie really hasn't made any big moves, and her promotion speed is so fast that people have to doubt it.

In fact, Effie has been holding her breath in her heart, she doesn't want to be underestimated like this.

And since as the CEO of Facebook Games, she is considered a big figure in the game industry, then she has to do something that truly fits her status, so that everyone will remember her.

It should be a good choice to change the charging mode of online games and create a new mode...

Therefore, this time CSOL's permanent free mode is not only a question of whether a game can make money, but also Effie wants to justify her name!