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Oss was now somewhat embarrassed.

Because of his outburst, everyone in the break room looked at him, but they had no choice but to back down.

"I'll call your boss directly."

After saying that, Os actually turned on his phone. It's a pity that if he could have called Lin Li, he wouldn't have needed to fly to China himself.

"Os, I thought you could actually get through to President Lin, hahaha."

As one editor at Game Informer quipped, just as game developers compete with each other, review media outlets naturally have their own intricacies.

They appeared very united when they were on the same side suppressing Xinghuo.

However, as Spark completely ignored their suppression, its internal conflicts deepened, because IGN's Oss was the most active in the whole affair.

When they suppressed Spark before, Oss stood out. Now that everyone is targeting Spark, Oss is still acting like this, which is naturally annoying.

"Oss, didn't you always say you wanted to make Spark pay? How come you're sitting here with us now?"

A reporter from Polygon also joined in the banter.

Os felt a surge of anger upon hearing the teasing, but he knew he couldn't lose control here, so he took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

"Gentlemen, there is no need for us to be so hostile. Our interests are aligned, and we are all in the same boat."

"Oss, what are you saying? We're not on your side."

Chapter 393: Getting out of the circle

While downstairs, Os and others were queuing to get their numbers.

A star-rated hotel next to the Xinghuo Building was bustling with activity at the moment.

Everyone at the hotel reception stood in neat rows, as if undergoing an inspection, but if you listened carefully to their conversation, it was quite interesting.

"Why is Baldy Wang here so early today?"

"What else could it be? I heard that Xinghuo next door is holding an event here today, and President Lin is coming over..."

"When is Mr. Lin coming? My legs are getting sore from standing..."

The hotel staff complained, but they had smiles on their faces.

While walking around the lobby, Wang Xiang, whom they called Bald Wang, who was also the owner of the hotel, was personally greeting the guests at the entrance.

Today, the Summer Spark Games Festival will be launched at this hotel.

Unlike previous summer game festivals.

Although Summer Spark also has the word "summer" in its name, it's different from the previous Summer Game Festival. Players have a much higher level of anticipation for this summer.

Thanks to the online and offline events of last year's Summer Spark, the event received high praise, and various swimsuit cosplay videos, related fan creations, and edited footage frequently made it to the homepage of Bilibili.

Just a few days ago, a compilation video of last summer's Starfire swimsuit cosplay topped the charts.

The reason it topped the charts wasn't because of its high video quality, but because of its catchy title.

[Spark, you bastard, you didn't invite me to your party this year?]

Many players were making jokes in the comments. After all, it's already September, and summer is almost over, but the official Spark team still hasn't released any information.

The wait has left many players anxious, and rumors are circulating that the Summer Spark event will be canceled this year because Spark is hosting a Summer Game Festival, which only adds to the unease.

Therefore, the viral video is essentially an emotional outburst from players towards Spark.

It's not just players who are anxious about this; the developers are also very anxious, as last year's Summer Spark brought them considerable profits.

Many manufacturers started preparing for this year's swimsuit events at the beginning of the year, hoping to capitalize on the surge in player spending.

But they waited and waited until July when Spark issued the application form for the event. The manufacturers cheered and excitedly filled out the application.

In August, Spark released another event plan for Summer Spark, along with details on the implementation of various discounts, coupons, and skin packs.

At this point, many manufacturers felt that it was almost time.

However, even after Galaxy Park was launched in September, Xinghuo still hadn't announced a specific time or started selling tickets. At this point, the manufacturers couldn't hold back any longer.

Fortunately, amidst the clamor from players, Spark finally convened the mainstream manufacturers of the Spark platform today.

As soon as the invitation to the Summer Spark Launch Conference arrived, almost all the manufacturers became incredibly excited, as this launch conference was aimed at manufacturers.

So it was held at the hotel next to the Xinghuo Building.

Around 10 a.m., the hotel entrance began to gradually become lively.

"Dawei, when is Genshin Impact coming out? Galaxy Park is already out."

Most of the attendees at this launch event were top figures in the domestic gaming industry, and as the person in charge of miHoYo, Dawei naturally had to attend as well.

Before he arrived, he had guessed that someone would definitely ask about Genshin Impact and Galaxy Paradise.

After all, Galaxy Paradise has been the hottest topic in the entire Chinese gaming industry these past few days, without exception, and this popularity extends beyond the gaming world.

This is also reflected in the investment community.

Galaxy Paradise's $3 million revenue on its first day was enough to lift investors in the entire Chinese gaming industry off the ground.

$3 million! That's 18 billion RMB!!!

In just one day, the global transaction volume reached 18 billion RMB, with nearly 1 million RMB flowing in every hour, and millions coming in every minute!

Even the most optimistic person couldn't have imagined this result, although everyone knows it's because of Spark's monetization strategy, which is to get players to buy a monthly card on the first day.

Even after the extremely high turnover on the first day, the turnover in the following two days dropped several times over.

The revenue on the first day was truly astonishing, and even after dropping several times, Xinghe Paradise still generated around 300 million RMB in revenue every day.

The best-selling charts still show Honor of Kings crushing the competition.

Finally, don't forget these monthly pass subscribers. Even if only half of them renew their contracts next month, it will still be an astronomical sum.

According to Xinghuo's official poster, at this time, Xinghe Paradise had more than 3000 million daily active players across all platforms worldwide, a number that was not much different from that of Honor of Kings.

However, the difference is that almost all of the daily active users of "Honor of Kings" come from China, while the daily active users of "Star River Paradise" come from all over the world.

In addition, Galaxy Paradise still adopts the global server strategy traditionally used by Starfire, so the chances of encountering foreigners in the deep pit are very high, and there are people from all countries on various rankings.

For Chinese gamers, the fact that they can play games with foreigners, especially domestically produced games, is attracting more and more domestic players to join the game.

To quote a domestic investment institution's original words from its investment analysis on "Who is the No. 1 game in China".

"Galaxy Paradise still has huge room for growth in China, while Honor of Kings has almost zero room for growth overseas."

These assessments have largely become the general consensus in the gaming and investment industries.

Xinghuo has truly broken out of its niche thanks to "Galaxy Paradise".

The entire gaming industry has noticed this, as many games have seen a decline in daily active users since the launch of Galaxy Paradise.

The siphon effect it generates is not limited to anime-style games; its effect is even more pronounced in regular games.

After all, while anime-style games may experience a temporary loss of players, once "Galaxy Paradise" enters a lull period or new events are launched, it can still attract back a portion of its players.

However, once ordinary pay-to-win MMORPG players are hooked on Starfire and start playing Star River Paradise, very few will ever go back.

After the release of "Galaxy Paradise", a wave of copycat games swept through the global capital markets.

Yes, it's not just Chinese capital; many overseas game developers are also interested. A daily revenue of $3 million is simply outrageous.

In this context, miHoYo's Genshin Impact was suddenly brought up again.

As a game that entered testing at the same time as "Galaxy Paradise" back then, and both of them were open-world games, game investors suddenly became interested in miHoYo again.

Chapter 394 The Fire Was Too Fierce

Even though miHoYo wasn't short of money at the time, people kept asking miHoYo if it needed funding.

The attention given to "Genshin Impact" has suddenly increased significantly. Even Dawei himself would occasionally take advantage of the popularity of "Genshin Impact" in his promotional activities.

"We estimate it will be postponed until next year, or maybe November. Given Xinghuo's current momentum, who would dare to go now..."

David sighed, speaking casually, and the person opposite him nodded repeatedly.

"Indeed, the spark has been too fierce, and your subject matter is quite similar, so taking a break is the right thing to do..."

"Yes."

He replied "yes" verbally, but in his mind, Dawei was already recalling the chaotic scene that had unfolded over the past few days, with the entire Genshin Impact development team in complete disarray.

Originally, Genshin Impact was planned to be released at the same time as Galaxy Park, but this was changed because Honkai Impact 3 lost out to Punishing: Gray Raven in the competition.

This forced Dawei to adjust the operational strategy of Genshin Impact. The changes naturally took time, but fortunately, they worked overtime and still managed to complete a version that could be launched before September.

They were also preparing to clash with "Star River Paradise" in terms of marketing, but unfortunately, before they could even clash, "Star River Paradise" announced its details about its pay-to-win system.

David was completely dumbfounded.

No way, you're playing like this?!

Although Genshin Impact has changed its operational strategy, the various monetization elements have not actually decreased much; it has only increased the rewards from the monthly pass.

The system guarantees that monthly card players will receive 3 draws instead of 1 draw per day, while premium monthly card players will receive an additional 2 draws per day. This ensures that both premium and premium monthly card players can draw the character they want every month.

At the same time, the enhancement of constellations was slightly reduced, while the strength of characters with 0 constellations was increased, allowing most players to have a better experience.

But ultimately, these things didn't change the overall framework, and the differences between the two are even greater compared to "Galaxy Paradise".

In the end, after much discussion, Dawei finally backed down.

Instead of directly competing with "Galaxy Paradise", they chose to delay the launch by one or two months to avoid the brunt of "Spark".

When this decision was made, the entire miHoYo team breathed a sigh of relief.

Dawei felt the same way, but after breathing a sigh of relief, an indescribable feeling lingered in his heart.

Even now, it's still the same.

So after answering the question, Dawei stopped talking.

However, while he remained silent, the people around him did not stop talking.

"Hey, holy crap, Chen Rui's here? Is Bilibili involved in this year's Summer Game Festival?"

David followed the gaze.

Sure enough, it really was Chen Rui. At that moment, Chen Rui was walking inside under the guidance of the hotel owner.

Bilibili (B站) holds a relatively high position in China, especially in the ACG (Anime, Comics, and Games) community, as it is considered an essential channel for the promotion and distribution of ACG games.

Under normal circumstances, Bilibili is indispensable for successful promotion of ACG (Anime, Comics, and Games) content.

Therefore, as soon as Chen Rui appeared, many people immediately surrounded him. Putting aside everything else, figuring out why Chen Rui came to the scene would also be beneficial to them.

Chen Rui strode inside, answering everyone's questions as he went.

"What else could I be here for? I'm just like you, attending the conference."

As soon as Chen Rui said this, the people around him started spreading the word.

"Is there anything related to Bilibili in this year's Summer Spark event?"

"That's what you said."

Chen Rui didn't really want to come, but Xinghuo's momentum has been too strong lately. In just a few days, "Xinghe Paradise" has almost completely dominated half of Bilibili.

From game gameplay videos and voice actor demos to reactions from overseas bloggers, to various MAD (music video) edits, as well as related game variety shows from several Spark divisions around the world, popular character MMDs, and even the dance section was not spared.

This traffic is absolutely phenomenal; it has increased Bilibili's bandwidth usage by several percentage points, which is truly terrifying.

Logically speaking, this traffic should be a good thing for Chen Rui, since it would increase user activity, making it a win-win situation.

But just recently, Chen Rui heard a rumor.

That means the official domestic live streaming channel for this year's Summer Spark will most likely be Douyin instead of Bilibili, which Chen Rui finds hard to accept.

They then hurriedly contacted Xinghuo, only to be told that Bilibili would remain a partner this year.

But Chen Rui couldn't shake the feeling of unease no matter how he thought about it.

It's worth noting that Douyin has expanded at an absurd pace in the past year or two, much like Spark in the gaming industry, and like Spark, it has become very popular globally.

It's not just popular in China; TikTok is also present in Japan, Europe, and America.

Just a few days ago, Douyin released a poster announcing that it has over 17 billion registered users worldwide and over 8 million active users. If Tencent's QQ and WeChat are the main traffic portals in China, then...