C Luo , who is about to turn 38, has not been going well in the past year.
5 times Ballon d'Or , 5 times World Player of the Year , 4 times European Golden Boot award , 7 times Champions League Golden Boot award , Champions League historical top scorer... Cristiano Ronaldo, who has countless honors, has been discussed by the public as to who is better compared with Messi . In 2022, it is really rough.
First of all, this year, he was rejected by the nine major European clubs and faced a situation where he had no ball to play in Europe!
In the just-concluded Qatar World Cup, he had to play as a substitute for the Portuguese team, and finally stopped in the quarterfinals, leaving the regret of not having a World Cup championship in his career.
Why? How did the five-time Ballon d'Or winner get to this point?
Because as the top king in the football world, it is difficult to lower your head and compromise with reality. Even if his net worth is as high as 430 million euros, he is not willing to reduce his annual salary of 27 million euros; even if his skills such as breakthrough shooting are no longer as sharp as they were back then, he is not willing to sit on the bench.
Blizzard , which is about to turn 32, has not been going well recently.
Once upon a time, it was the common understanding of all players that "Blizzard products must be high-quality products."
StarCraft, Warcraft created the most glorious era of RTS e-sports. Human Emperor SKY made the Chinese people understand for the first time that e-sports can also win glory for the country.
World of Warcraft entered China in 2005. The huge integrated world, epic world view and plot, and design with no shortcomings in every aspect make people suspect that it is a game that has traveled back from the future - it is truly a generation ahead of all other games.
However, it is such a game company that once had countless brilliance. The company whose agency rights were once snatched up in China is facing a situation where no one wants its agency rights in China!
htmlOn November 23, NetEase’s Blizzard game national server agency is about to expire, but no one in China has signed a contract for agency rights!
Almost all major Internet companies immediately denied the takeover of Blizzard, including Tencent , MiHoYo , ByteDance and other first-line major companies said they had no plans to take over. Therefore, all Blizzard's self-developed games will be suspended in China on January 23, and there is no timetable for re-opening.
Why? Why does Blizzard, which must produce high-quality products, end up like this?
Because Blizzard and Cristiano Ronaldo are in very similar situations - Blizzard is no longer the Blizzard that can make games that transcend the times. Its games can only be said to be excellent at best, but not top-notch. In recent years, Blizzard games have been rare in TGA game awards.
However, Blizzard's "appetite" and requirements are even higher - requiring agents to change the share from 55% to 37%, requiring agents to pay a sky-high agency fee in advance, requiring agents not to share in markets outside China even if they make Blizzard IP games themselves, and even requiring the provision of domestic players' private data...
Who dares to ask for this? This is simply more outrageous than Ronaldo - if the 37-year-old Ronaldo asked for a salary increase, no one would ask for it!
On the other hand, there is really no shortage of good young players now, and there is no need to build a team around Ronaldo. The same is true for
in the gaming industry. There is really no shortage of good games now, and even domestic games are not lacking in quality.
For example, Genshin Impact is able to outsell Japanese two-dimensional games, selling all over the world and topping the best-seller lists in more than a dozen countries around the world.
Even in the MMORPG circuit where World of Warcraft is located, there are many high-quality domestic games. NetEase is a World of Warcraft agent, and he has developed some skills in making MMOs. In the eyes of foreign players, its " against the water cold " is recognized as the MMO with the best image quality in the world (the second is Black Desert).
A large part of the reason why NetEase will no longer humbly renew its contract is that it can stand up on its own.
Not long after Blizzard announced the suspension of the national server, NetEase made a major announcement: will open a set of "Netease Warcraft Veteran Servers" in "Nishuihan", completely overhauling Nishuihan according to the model of Warcraft, aiming to continue to serve Warcraft veteran players during the period when the national server of Warcraft is suspended.
is such a veteran Warcraft server. The server was launched on January 13th, a full 10 days before the World of Warcraft server was closed! As soon as the news of
came out, it shocked the entire MMO circle. In just one week, more than 300,000 players made reservations for this veteran server, and more than three-quarters of them are not veteran players! This shows that Ni Shuihan's veteran server is still very attractive to World of Warcraft players.
On the one hand, Nishuihan borrowed from the classic World of Warcraft’s pure point card charging, which is 0.6 yuan per hour for point cards, and is self-capped at 90 hours per month, which means you only need to spend a maximum of 54 yuan a month!
On the other hand, Ni Shuihan's PVE and PVP systems have been completely re-engraved according to the World of Warcraft mode. The first version has 50 BOSSs and more than a dozen dungeons, including 6-player dungeons and large groups, both in normal mode and heroic mode.
The most important thing is that the equipment drops completely follow the rules of World of Warcraft - the 6-player version is for entry-level equipment, the group version is for advanced equipment, and the hero group version is for graduation equipment.
completely draws on the essence of the charging model and content system of World of Warcraft, and has better graphics. It is no wonder that it attracts many Warcraft players to try to immigrate.
Now, Ronaldo has found his destination and is ready to share his experience with Asia.
Now, NetEase has taken away the experience of Warcraft. Who else can Blizzard share its experience with in the future?
