Does the Mirage Game Kit count as part of the marketing budget for "Kings of War"?
It seems... it could?
This hardware does greatly enhance the gaming experience of "Kings of War" and effectively amplifies the game's promotional impact.
At the same time, users who activated the Mirage Game Kit did contribute a significant proportion of the purchase data in the first wave of sales—
Currently, out of the million total sales of "Kings of War," a full 4 million come from users who activated the Mirage Game Kit.
The purchase rate reached an astonishing 66%!
The spending power is amazing!
So, if you insist on saying that the production and sales of this hardware are also a part of the "Kings of War" promotion, it's not entirely unreasonable.
But...
"Did you only calculate the production costs and not the profits generated from it?!"
Two-thirds of the Mirage Game Kit sales are in Xia Country.
And these are not very profitable.
—Early stage was purely money-losing, selling one set meant losing one set. Now it doesn't lose as much, but it doesn't make much either.
Overseas prices are higher, but logistics costs are also higher, so the profit isn't much.
At first glance, it seems like a losing business.
But the accounts can't be calculated like that.
Just look at the rising revenue of the "Frost Snow Project" and the increasingly popular VR content, and you'll understand—this investment is actually very profitable!
Once your own platform is established, forming a hardware moat, the benefits are endless.
But the current problem is—
The system seems to only be calculating the hardware costs, and not the additional revenue generated by the hardware—such as the revenue from the "Frost Snow Project"!
It seems to only be calculating the sales and profits of "Kings of War"!
"No way..."
Xu Meng lay on the bed, sighing weakly.
At the same time, he couldn't help but want to calculate how many copies "Kings of War" would have to sell if it were really calculated that way.
—He was already starting to regret selling the game so cheaply!
"Xiao Meng!"
He called out to the little housekeeper while lying down.
"I'm here, I'm here! What's wrong?"
The tablet on the bedside table automatically lit up, and Xiao Meng bounced out with boundless energy, shaking her little head.
"Help me calculate, if..."
Just as Xu Meng was about to describe the task, a golden exclamation mark suddenly lit up above Xiao Meng's head in the tablet.
The little one put away her smile, and pink and blue intertwined code flashed quickly in her pupils.
—Initially it was green code, but Xiao Meng didn't think it looked good, so she spent a lot of effort carefully adjusting it to the current macaron-colored pink code.
Seeing her expression, Xu Meng was also stunned: "What's wrong?"
"Master, someone has [Broken the Window]!"
Xiao Meng's pupils no longer flashed code, but instead turned into a little person standing in front of the window, as if she was looking at someone.
Xu Meng knew that she was indeed looking at someone—
The [Window Breaker].
"Wait for me, I'll be right there!"
Xu Meng didn't bother calculating any costs or system tasks, quickly lifted the quilt and got up, put on the silver-white haptic gloves, and buckled on the VR glasses.
Xiao Meng's laughter rang in Xu Meng's ears.
Very close!
He opened his eyes and saw that Xiao Meng, wearing the same pajamas as him, was already hugging his arm and speaking close to his ear.
However, Xu Meng only wore the gloves, so naturally he couldn't feel her closeness.
Xiao Meng blinked, seeming to realize this problem, so she picked up Xu Meng's right hand and placed it on her head.
Xu Meng smiled silently and gently rubbed the little one's head.
Xiao Meng then narrowed her eyes contentedly and giggled.
Only then did Xu Meng turn his head to look at the main culprit—
At this time, he and Xiao Meng were standing in the air in the future city—Creeping Metropolis. Directly in front of them was a floor-to-ceiling window with a large hole broken in it.
On the other side of the big hole, the [Window Breaker] was staring blankly at the view outside the window.
Of course, she couldn't see Xu Meng and Xiao Meng in their invisible state.
What she was looking at was the future city outside the window that was within reach!
While Xu Meng was inquiring about the female player's identity, he asked Xiao Meng: "How did she break the window?"
As he inquired, the female player's basic information quickly appeared before his eyes:
[Player ID: Zhu Mo]
[Player Real Name: Li Guanyan]
[Registration Time: 2025-08-28 17:22]
[Game Time: 518h33min]
[Last Login Location: Creeping Metropolis]
[Current Status: Online]
"?"
Xu Meng looked at this short message, and a question mark immediately appeared on his head.
518 hours? ? ?
Girl, have you been spending 8 hours a day in the game for the past two months?
Are you here to work in the game? ? ?
Xiao Meng also traced back the data to figure out how this girl broke the window—
"It's the [Door Key]."
Xiao Meng shook Xu Meng's hand, telling him the answer.
The [Door Key] is content that was updated along with the [Login Space].
This is an exploration of the way players log into the game by Xu Meng—
As long as a certain [Collectible] is set as the [Door Key] for a certain game and placed in your own cabin.
In the future, if you want to log in to the game, you don't need to operate the panel—just touch the [Door Key].
In his plan, when there are more games in the virtual world, the [Door Key] can not only make the player's login process more ceremonial, but the act of obtaining a [Collectible] and setting it as a [Door Key] will itself become proof of the player's effort invested in the game.
[Collectibles] can prove that players have done certain special things in the game world, which is a kind of alternative "medal" system.
In order to make the [Collectibles] valuable, they will naturally not be too easy to obtain.
—Before today, only [Ultimate Death Bluff Tournament] had issued some [Poker] collectibles.
"What is her [Door Key]?"
Xu Meng asked.
Xiao Meng pointed to the female player's right hand.
Xu Meng took a closer look and realized that the girl was holding a pure gold grenade in her hand.
"? ? ?"
There were even more question marks on his head.
"This is... a pure gold series collectible unlocked by 10,000 kills?"
He was a little incredulous.
"That's right!"
Xiao Meng nodded vigorously, saying admiringly, "This sister is so amazing!"
Xu Meng was a little speechless.
The [10,000 Kill Series Collectible] is an achievement collectible in "Kings of War."
Using any weapon—whether it's a rifle, pistol, grenade, or a sledgehammer, shovel, bayonet, as long as you get 10,000 kills with this weapon, you will unlock the corresponding golden collectible.
This collectible can not only be used to look at, but also can be actually used in the game.
Theoretically, in the later stages of "Kings of War", players can use a full set of golden collectibles.
Carrying a golden rifle, golden pistol, golden grenade, golden shovel, golden bayonet on your body is equivalent to carrying 50,000 kills in battle!
Anyone who sees it will shout, 'Big Boss, awesome!'
—But that's a matter for the later stages.
"Kings of War" has only been open for two months, including the Demo.
This girl has used grenades to kill 10,000 people in two months? ? ?
That's too fierce!
Moreover, before today, there was no [Hell on Earth] or [War Zone] kind of large-scale conflict.
In other words, she only relied on the squad conflicts in the Demo to use grenades to brush at least 9,000 kills! !
"What grenade immortal..."
Xu Meng couldn't help but complain.
"So, she set the golden grenade collectible as the [Door Key], and then used this grenade to blow up the glass in her own house?"
"Mmm, mmm, mmm."
Xiao Meng nodded repeatedly, affirming his guess.
Xu Meng looked at this girl supporting the top of the floor-to-ceiling window with one hand and shielding her eyes from the high-altitude wind with the other, surveying this virtual city, and immediately looked at this girl with new eyes.
The name is gentle and refined, and it's "Zhu Mo" and "Guanyan", as if she is a weak woman who plays with ink, but in reality, she is a bombing maniac?
The next second this thought appeared, this grenade immortal skillfully pulled the pin on the grenade and threw the grenade out the window.
Xu Meng, in his invisible state, watched the grenade quickly zoom in in front of him, and subconsciously raised his hand and grabbed the grenade.
"? ? ?"
Xu Meng didn't know how many times he had question marks on his head.
The next second, the golden grenade exploded in his hand!
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