Deep Space Corporation's plan to host the World Video Game Competition soon caused a sensation.
E-sports competitions are of course nothing new. E-sports competitions have already appeared in the early 1970s. The "Spacewar" competition held by Stanford University in 1972 is regarded as the earliest e-sports competition.
Later, major game manufacturers held similar competitions, such as the "Space Invaders" tournament held by Atari, which attracted more than 10,000 players to participate.
Nintendo holds world championships in nearly thirty cities.
But there has never been an e-sports competition with as much momentum as Deep Space Company. According to Deep Space Company, in order to host this world e-sports competition, they have prepared a fund of 10 million US dollars.
And unlike previous competitions, the competition held by Deep Space this time included some of the most popular games at the moment, and was not held by manufacturers to promote their own games like before.
Although there are also games under the Deep Space banner such as "Escape", no one raised any objections, because "Escape" is not less popular than other games, and it ranks among the top in terms of sales. It has full potential
Qualify as a project.
In addition, Deep Space will give away all tickets for this competition, directly giving up the ticket income.
The deep space tribe received tens of thousands of comments in just one day.
Although many of them are duplicate comments, there are still a lot of people signing up.
In fact, for most Americans, the reduced ticket price offered by Deep Space is nothing, because the cost of a trip to China far exceeds the ticket itself.
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Unlike most people, Hakohn and Mars started busy applying for visas and buying plane tickets the day after they announced the news in deep space.
They don't care whether they can get free tickets from Deep Space Company, no matter what, they have to go to the scene.
Even if there is no way to enter the venue to watch the game, Hacohen still has to attend the Deep Space Annual Conference. He has made up his mind to get a signed album of Jay, and if he is lucky, he can also get a signed book of YU.
.
Besides, even if they don't get free tickets, they can still buy them from others.
Mars believes that not everyone who submitted an application in the post will be able to go to China to watch the game, and the tickets in their hands will most likely be sold eventually.
As long as someone is selling it, Mars is confident that he can grab it. He doesn't believe that no one is willing to sell a ticket even if he spends hundreds or thousands of dollars.
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The actual situation is similar to what Mars predicted. After the Deep Space Company gave away tickets, merchants on Amazon listed the tickets for sale.
Deep Space has long known that this situation would happen, so when selecting candidates for giving away tickets, we specifically selected those users with better financial conditions and who usually pay more attention to games.
But even so, a lot of votes still came out.
Some people have no choice but to transfer their tickets because their plans have changed and they are unable to go to China. Others sell them just to grab free tickets.
When tickets were first posted, they were very expensive, with the cheapest one costing more than two hundred dollars.
Later, those "scalpers" discovered that the market was very good, so they began to increase the price. The most expensive ticket sold on the market reached more than 1,800 US dollars, but that was because they met a rich man who was not short of money. Under normal circumstances, after reselling
In the market, the price of a ticket is stable between 500 and 900 US dollars.
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Deep Space Company originally planned to announce the acquisition of Vivendi's game division after some time, but within a few days, Vivendi took the initiative to publicize the matter.
On that day, the news that Deep Space Corporation spent US$180 million to acquire Vivendi’s gaming division made headlines in the economic pages of major newspapers.
No matter which company launches an acquisition worth $180 million, it will make headlines, let alone if it is Deep Space Corporation.
In the past year or two, deep space has been the focus of major financial media. Nowadays, every move made by Deep Space Company, whether big or small, will affect the hearts of countless people.
If any other company had spent US$180 million to acquire Vivendi's game division, those investment analysts would have immediately jumped out and ridiculed them, saying that they were taken advantage of. After all, the people in Vivendi's game division
The combined value of several companies is now only $100 million at most, and deep space cost nearly twice that.
Just look at Vivendi's attitude. They are all going crazy with joy because of this deal. It is absolutely normal for Vivendi to be happy. No matter who this matter is placed on, everyone will laugh wildly.
But this investment was made by Deep Space Company, so those investment analysts should be cautious and not dare to fire shots at will, for fear of making a wrong judgment and suffering backlash later.
Microsoft was the first major company to jump out to comment. Their company executive Ed Friesen expressed congratulations to Deep Space. He believed that Deep Space had made a very good investment.
Although Ed Friesen's post was a congratulation, it still sounded a bit sour. This is because Ed Friesen tried to acquire Blizzard twice, but failed each time.
There is no other reason for failure than the lack of money.
Vivendi took over companies such as Sierra Mountain and spent 100 million US dollars. Microsoft lost to Vivendi, proving that they were not even willing to give 100 million US dollars last year.
What Fries means is very obvious, that is, Blizzard and Sierra are indeed good companies, but they definitely cost more than 180 million US dollars.
But no matter what, the acquisition of Deep Space has directly boosted the reputation of several companies such as Blizzard, and many investors have begun to focus more on the game market.
At the same time, the heads of several companies also breathed a sigh of relief. They obviously prefer the new owner of Deep Space to Vivendi.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Jimmy’s comment to Vivendi is just three words: a shit stirrer.
This is not Jimmy's bias, but the consensus of the industry. Vivendi's thinking from the beginning was how to operate capital, rather than developing the game business.
Otherwise, Xueleshan would not have resigned from two to three hundred employees in just over a year.
Compared to Vivendi, Deep Space's reputation is much better.
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In a small office, Mike Mohan, Alan Adham and Frank Pierce sat around a small table.
Although the company has grown to nearly a hundred people, Mike Mohan's office is still very simple. The three founders of the company often get together to discuss the future development of the company.
Since the company was acquired by Vivendi, such meetings have become more and more frequent, but the atmosphere of the meetings has changed from passionate in the past to a room full of complaints.
For more than a year, every time he was in the small room, Mike Mohan would first complain about Vivendi.
In the past two years, their company has changed several owners. Although it has not actually affected the company's business, everyone in the company is panicking.
News of people being laid off comes every day from Snow Mountain, and many employees at Blizzard are no longer interested in working.
As for Deep Space's acquisition of Blizzard, Mike Mohan and others were the last to know about it, and Vivendi never asked for their opinions from the beginning to the end, just like they were sold to Vivendi before.
When they learned that Deep Space had spent 180 million U.S. dollars to buy Vivendi's gaming division, Mike Mohan and the other three were happy and uncomfortable. What was happy was that Deep Space was willing to spend so much money to buy out several of them.
A company, they must be very optimistic about them. What is sad is that all the money has been made by Vivendi.
If Deep Space can spend less money during the acquisition, can it also invest more money in the company's game production in the future?
More than half a month has passed, and someone from the Deep Space Company has only come once to check in with them on some details of WCG.
"StarCraft" is one of the competitions, and Blizzard will definitely assist Deep Space Company.
Other than that, Deep Space Company didn't take care of them much and just left them like this.
"Frank, why do you think deep space ignored us for so long?" Mike Mohan asked.
Frank Pierce glanced at Mike Mohan and said with a smile: "They don't care about us, shouldn't we be happy? Now Blizzard's development doesn't really need the financial support of the parent company."
"I don't ask for financial support, but since they haven't come to us, I'm a little worried."
Alan Adham scratched his head and said: "Maybe it's because the Deep Space Company has been busy recently. It's the first time for WCG to be held, and there are many things to deal with. And WCG happens to coincide with Deep Space's annual meeting.
, there are a lot of things to be busy with.”
When it comes to the Deep Space Annual Meeting, Mike Mohan held his chin and said, "Do the three of us need to go to the Deep Space Annual Meeting this year? We haven't received an invitation letter so far. I heard that all the guests who went there in previous years will be invited.
letter."
"Do you want to go?" Frank Pierce asked.
Mike Mohan nodded and said: "I really want to take a look. If nothing goes wrong, we will be under Deep Space for a long time. To tell you the truth, when I heard that our company was acquired by Deep Space
, I am very happy, no matter what, Deep Space at least has its own game development team. Moreover, their art skills are very high, and they will definitely be able to help us if they are willing."
"From the perspective of wcg, Deep Space really attaches great importance to the video game business, and YU himself is also a game designer."
Although no one thinks of Yu Dong as a game designer, he did participate in the design of several games.
Let's not talk about "Resident Evil". He is only the author of the original work and did not participate in the production of the game. However, Yu Dong participated in the design of several other popular games in Deep Space and was even the main creator.
Frank Pierce smiled happily and said, "Maybe we will also make a game designed by YU in the future."
Alan Adhan shrugged and said: "Who says it's not the case? The most important thing for us now is to find out early what Deep Space's attitude towards us is, how they want to deal with us, and whether they will interfere with our work."
Mike Mohan nodded and said: "Well, no matter whether we are invited to the annual meeting or not, we will go to wcg. Frank, you stay in the company, and Allen and I will go there. We will go directly to YU and follow
He talks about the future of Blizzard."
"Okay, no problem. With me here in the company, everything will go smoothly."
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In late December, as soon as Yu Dong put his daughter to sleep, the phone in the living room rang. He was so frightened that he quickly covered Yu Yi's ears.
Seeing that Yu Yi was not awakened by the ringing of the phone, Yu Dong breathed a sigh of relief, closed the door gently, and ran to answer the phone.
"Hello?"
Although the door at home is well soundproofed, Yu Dong still habitually lowers his voice. Ever since Yu was born, his family has been accustomed to speaking in a low voice.
But the person opposite was obviously not used to such a volume, so he couldn't help but raise his voice, "Hello, is this Mr. Yu Dongyu?"
The voice was quite unfamiliar, and it was still called Mr. Yu. For a moment, Yu Dong couldn't figure out who the other person was.
"Who are you?"
The person on the other side laughed and said, "Hello, Mr. Yu, I'm Yang Qing from Lenovo Group. I'm calling you suddenly. Please forgive me for any rudeness."
Hearing that it was Yang Qing, Yu Dong raised his eyebrows in surprise. Under normal circumstances, people like Yang Qing should contact Yuliang. How could he call home directly?
Because Shen Kong had several contacts with Yang Qing before, but Yang Qing always ignored them, Yu Dong didn't have a good impression of Yang Qing.
But what should be said in the scene is still to be said, "Oh, it's Mr. Yang. I wonder what order Mr. Yang gave me when he called me?"
Yang Qing said quickly: "Don't dare, don't dare. Mr. Yu's words are serious. Yu Dong has always been a person I admire. I took the liberty to call you this time because I wanted to take advantage of the New Year to say hello to you."
Yu Dong smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Yang, for your concern."
"Mr. Yu must be very busy during this period. After all, this year we will gather together with the World Electronic Game Competition. Although there are people under you who are busy, you must also coordinate..."
"Ahem, Mr. Yang, I'm really busy right now. I'm afraid I don't have much time to chat with you, so if you have anything to do, just talk."
There was a pause on the other end of the phone, and then Yang Qing spoke again, "Mr. Yu is a straightforward person. In this case, I won't go around in circles. I'm actually making this call to ask if your company has confirmed the information used on wcg."
Computer brand?”
As soon as Yang Qing said these words, Yu Dong immediately understood his purpose.
If you were to say what kind of advertising is most suitable for wcg, it must be computer equipment.
Host, screen, keyboard, mouse, headphones... these are all places to advertise.
Of course, Lenovo doesn’t want to miss such a publicity opportunity.
Chapter completed!