With the release of the trailer, to help everyone better understand pokemon, besides the official occasional releases of pokemon and world-building introductions, the pokemon animation, which had been in production since the beginning of the year, also began airing.
Players had initially intended to click on the animation to satisfy their craving, but after watching it, they became even more impatient. The adorable pokemon were so tempting that people didn't want to wait another second.
In the three months since the ar glasses were released, information about pokemon appeared on the hot search list almost every day, with three or four entries. On the day the Battle Arena was completed, the topic directly dominated the charts.
With Anti-Entropy's behind-the-scenes push, their ar glasses and pokemon almost completely suppressed the popularity of the other two companies. What made Schicksal and Shencheng Technology even more uncomfortable was that the Anti-Entropy glasses were priced the same as theirs, like a regular mobile phone, affordable for most people. In just a few days, the pre-order numbers on Anti-Entropy's official website were already more than double the combined total of the two other companies.
This naturally made the relevant personnel at Schicksal and Shencheng Technology anxious. Couldn't everyone just share the market happily? Why would you suddenly do something like this?
Regarding the design of pokemon, on the day the trailer was released, the R&D personnel of Schicksal and Shencheng Technology began an all-night study, finally concluding: "Too late, no hope, just wait for death."
Such an outrageous level of completion simply couldn't be achieved in a short time. Even if a similar one were replicated now, it would not only become a laughingstock online but also be completely outmatched in terms of quality.
What to do if you can't win?
Naturally, seek cooperation. Schicksal and Shencheng Technology simultaneously offered generous terms, just to be able to port pokemon to their ar glasses. But unless Anti-Entropy's people were fools, they would never agree.
Everyone is in competition, right? Now that they have a huge advantage, how could they give it away?
Unable to reach an agreement with Anti-Entropy Headquarters, they tried to contact the game designer. For those few days, Yǔ was so annoyed that he simply kept his phone off, making Fairy Miss, who wanted to chat with him but couldn't reach him, furious.
Later, after Yǔ promised to send her two ar glasses with all special editions, Fairy Miss calmed down and thoughtfully sent him some rather revealing selfies.
Finally, the time came to late night on December 31st.
Countless users had already opened Anti-Entropy's official website early. Even though the initial release in the North America region was a full twenty million units, everyone dared not relax their vigilance, clutching their mouse tightly and staring intently at the time in the bottom right corner.
Offline stores were even crazier. Many people started queuing at Anti-Entropy stores a day in advance. Outside every Anti-Entropy electronics specialty store, lines stretched as far as the eye could see, scaring most of the police into deploying. On one hand, they maintained order, and on the other, they prevented zero-dollar purchases.
Of course, some police officers also wanted to join the queue and buy one for themselves.
Anti-Entropy was a major financial power in this country; their salaries depended on these capitalist lords.
When the hour, minute, and second hands all pointed to zero, the ar glasses were released precisely on time.
Buzz!!!
In just a few seconds, Anti-Entropy Group's servers immediately wailed with all their might, like a female knight falling into a goblin nest.
Over a hundred million purchase requests almost crashed the servers. From several offices away, Yǔ could almost hear the frantic roars of the relevant supervisors. It was easy to imagine the programmers in a frantic state. If they messed up at this critical moment, not to mention generous bonuses, their unissued year-end bonuses for the entire year would probably be zeroed out!
Finally, the full wailing of the servers began to subside. The supervisors and programmers immediately breathed a sigh of relief. The supervisors' positions were saved, and the programmers' year-end bonuses were also secured. Not only that, they could already foresee a very generous bonus beckoning to them.
Yǔ and his group naturally didn't go home today. The four of them gathered in the office, squeezed onto one sofa, waiting for news with nervousness and anticipation.
"Brother, how long will it take for twenty million units to sell out?"
To ease the tension, Seele tightly gripped her brother's hand and asked softly.
"I don't know, probably less than an hour..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly heard enthusiastic cheers from somewhere. As the few of them were still a bit dazed, Cocolia's call came in.
Yǔ quickly answered and put it on speaker. Four heads huddled together, and they heard Cocolia's voice, tinged with excitement and a slight tremor: "Ten seconds, sold out in ten seconds!!!!"
"Hiss~"
Four gasps of cold air made an outstanding contribution to global warming.
Five million special editions, fifteen million regular editions, gone in ten seconds?
"That fast?!"
"That fast. According to the backend data, there were nearly a hundred million purchase IPs from North America alone."
"Then what do we do?"
"We can only ask those contract manufacturers to work more overtime. As long as the money is sufficient, it's not a difficult task."
After a few brief words, Cocolia hastily hung up the phone.
She had already estimated pokemon's potential very highly in her heart, but she never expected it to bring such unimaginable surprise. Some things that were originally not quite feasible now seemed like they could begin.
Looking at the dazzling neon lights of the entire city below through the floor-to-ceiling window, Cocolia's lips curved into a smile.
Beep.
The call ended. The four of them looked at each other.
The next moment, the three girls simultaneously hugged Yǔ, cheering excitedly. Overwhelmed with excitement, they quickly pulled Yǔ home after a brief celebration.
When Seele, Bronya, and Kaguya pulled him into the same bedroom, locked the door, and pushed him onto the bed, Yǔ, who was a little over-excited, finally came to his senses.
Looking at the three pairs of burning eyes in front of him, Yǔ's throat moved, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.
It's over.
He thought to himself.
It wasn't just them; in the offices outside, everyone quickly received the news and cheered boisterously, especially Rin's voice, which was the loudest. It was unclear why she, not an Anti-Entropy employee, was so foolishly happy.
That night, the entire company was immersed in a sea of joy. Even the old doorman received a thick red envelope and, infected by the atmosphere, excitedly performed a Thomas flair on the spot.
On the other side, in the Far East, the current time was two in the afternoon.
During this holiday, it should have been Sirin's game streaming time, but today's stream interface had changed.
"Outdoor Stream: pokemon Playtest!!"
The short title of just a few words filled the screen with question marks.
[No way, according to Far East time, it's only released at 2 PM. Puffer, you're playing at 2:01? Is Anti-Entropy your family's company?]