Similar incidents were not limited to this one. It wasn't just NetEase pulling these kinds of stunts.
Overseas companies like Tencent and 370, as well as foreign ones like Konami and Nintendo, all reached out to the top fifty players without prior agreement.
And the players all ended up with the same miserable result.
Capital was truly ruthless. It was a textbook case of losing both the wife and the soldiers.
One chinese player, after being tricked by Tencent into deleting his game, was so furious that he posted online and unleashed a tirade against both Tencent and New World Studio.
He was met with merciless ridicule from peoples.
[I have no problem with you cursing Tencent, but why are you cursing New World Studio?]
[Exactly. I don't know where you get the nerve to blame New World Studio!]
[I can only say New World Studio did a great job!]
[Haha, you completely deserved this!]
The trolls not only showed no sympathy for the player's misfortune, they all burst into laughter.
Thanks to the antics of various game companies, nearly half of the fifty players ended up having their game files completely deleted.
They could only swallow their anger and accept the loss.
This was the price of breaking their promises.
At eight o'clock that evening.
After eating and drinking her fill, Jenny sat down in front of her computer right on time.
Her livestream room hadn't even opened yet, but the number of people waiting in the backend had already reached a full three hundred thousand, and it was still climbing steadily!!!
"Tsk tsk, this is the power of a new game. With this many people, it's already comparable to an League of Legends tournament."
Jemny couldn't help but marvel at the backend numbers. She cleared her throat and opened the livestream. "Good evening, Chat!"
[Stop greeting us already, just start the game!]
[Yeah yeah, start the game! We've been waiting for ages!]
[Hurry up! Let us see New World Studio's new game!!!]
[Stroking it btw.]
↳ [How are you not banned yet?]
↳ [I'm built different.]
However, Jenny had barely gotten one sentence out before the trolls ruthlessly cut her off.
This left Jenny feeling a bit depressed. In the past, viewers only disliked her voice but were still quite interested in her body.
Now, they were annoyed by her entire person.
She had been reduced to nothing more than a tool for livestreaming New World games.
Still, as long as she could make big money, these were all minor issues.
"Fine fine fine, I'll start playing right now!" Jenny walked over to the VR platform and began putting on the motion-sensing suit as she spoke.
"I've already learned some information about Subnautica from the person in charge at New World Studio."
"This game is an underwater open-world adventure game set in the future. During an interstellar voyage, humanity's spaceship suddenly suffers a catastrophic accident.
The astronaut we play as escapes from the ship and ultimately crashes onto an alien planet whose surface is entirely covered in water."
"The player must find a way to survive on this unfamiliar planet. That's roughly the premise."
The viewers immediately began discussing:
[Future world? Nice, nice! I love futuristic-themed games!!!]
[Wait a second, did I just hear underwater?]
[Holy shit, I thought the game would take place on the ocean surface. So it's actually set underwater!]
[Damn, this is getting interesting!]
In the past, ocean-themed games usually had stories that took place on the sea surface. Truly underwater settings were rare.
"Alright, let's officially begin the game!" With that, Jenny launched the game.
The screen first went completely dark. In the darkness, a line of text appeared: [Produced by New World Studio]
Then the image flashed, and the view became clear.
The next moment, Jenny found herself inside a small, enclosed, pure white room.
Before she could carefully observe her surroundings, she felt the floor beneath her feet begin to shake violently, making it hard for her to stay standing.
At the same time, an urgent female voice sounded in her ears.
"Warning, warning! The Aurora will make a forced landing in five seconds. All escape pod crew members, please secure yourselves in the safety seats. The escape pod is about to be ejected!"
"Holy shit! What's happening!"
Jenny looked around nervously and quickly spotted the safety seat fixed to the wall ahead.
She hurriedly ran over and sat down. The safety belts on both sides of the seat automatically extended and fastened her tightly in place.
"These safety belts fasten themselves automatically. Pretty high-tech!"
Jenny had just finished her thought when a loud bang rang out beside her ears!!
Immediately after, she felt the room she was in flying off. Her entire body entered a state of intense weightlessness!
"Holy crap, I think I'm falling!!!"
Jenny screamed. Through the transparent glass door below, she suddenly saw a vast expanse of blue ocean!
And this ocean was getting closer and closer. It looked like it was about to smash directly into the room she was in!
"Ahhh! I'm really falling!!!" Jenny couldn't help but let out a sharp scream. Her heart tightened subconsciously.
BOOM!!!
A massive explosion suddenly detonated in her ears. Jenny's vision went black once again, accompanied by her helpless and terrified shout:
"Fuck!"
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