Chapter 689 Tengu Shokugetsu

"Ha ha!"

After listening to Kevin Turner's report, even Dunn couldn't stop laughing out loud.

On November 1, Blockbuster officially launched a monthly subscription system for members. Following the model of Netflix, members can enjoy three convenient services - no expiration date, no late fee, and no express postage.

The monthly membership fee is only $15.95.

As a listed company, Blockbuster should be responsible to its shareholders. Knowing that the past late fee policy was strongly opposed by the market, it did not dare to ban it lightly.

However, with the split of Blockbuster and Viacom, Blockbuster encountered an unprecedented crisis of survival, and the pressure of huge debts indicated that if Blockbuster didn't work out, it would have to die.

John Antioco broke the boat and established the online disc rental platform total_access in an attempt to defeat Netflix with Blockbuster's strong position in the disc rental industry.

As a result, a big joke happened.

Blockbuster's status and strength in the industry are indeed not comparable to Netflix.

The total_access platform has been online for three days, and almost all netizens in the United States have logged on to this website to confirm the emergence of low-cost monthly subscriptions.

Then... the total_access platform crashed four times in a row.

In the shortest time, the maintenance took 26 minutes; in the longest time, the webpage crashed for more than 7 hours.

It became a big joke.

Blockbuster split from Viacom in September, and launched an online rental platform in November. In just two months, according to normal Internet habits, there is not even enough time for internal testing.

Go online in a hurry, no problem!

Seeing that Tang En was in a good mood, Kevin Turner jokingly said: "When our special effects department gets started, it is estimated that within 3-4 months, Blockbuster's online platform will not stop! John Antie It’s okay for Aoke to engage in traditional industries, but to play on the Internet...he’s too immature!”

In the past few days, the collapse of the total_access platform was caused by Blockbuster itself. The traffic was too high and the server crashed.

This problem is not difficult to solve.

However, the rise of Internet companies is definitely no less original sin than traditional companies!

Piracy, copyright infringement, copycats, and imitations are all secondary.

Black eats black, is the deepest water.

In this era, computer technology has not yet been popularized, and the status of programmers is supreme, far from being comparable to the later "code farmers". In this process, programmers with excellent coding skills are not only responsible for the company's products, but also responsible for safety.

That's right, in this era, hackers are everywhere!

Mark Zuckerberg was able to hack into the Harvard campus network, which is still a trivial matter. There have long been hackers who have hacked into the Pentagon!

But what happened?

Not only was he innocent, but he was also hired by the US military with a high salary. The euphemistic name was to enhance the security index of the firewall.

How ironic?

This is true for the Department of Defense, and even more so for Internet companies. Under every powerful Internet company, there is a mysterious special technology department.

To put it bluntly, it is a group of hackers.

Competition in all walks of life has never lacked blood!

As a sufficiently mature Internet company, Netflix is ​​a hundred times stronger than Blockbuster in terms of network operations!

Even if Blockbuster solves the minor server crash problem, will they be able to withstand the attack of Netflix's "stunt department" in the next few months?

Crashing every now and then is enough to drive Blockbuster crazy.

Internet supervision at this time is far from being as strict as later generations.

Tang En waved his hand, and said indifferently: "It doesn't matter to us how much they collapse. As long as our products are good enough and have a better user experience, that's enough."

Kevin Turner said with a smile: "On the 20th of this month, Netflix will be able to implement a price reduction. At that time, Blockbuster can wait to die. We have better algorithms and sufficient data statistics. They have What? Their staff can only do on-the-spot investigations and adjust the collection of discs based on population data, and they can't even distinguish the types."

Tang En said: "Bestec is about to die, and the cheap version of the monthly subscription system they launched is just drinking poison to quench thirst! As long as we also lower the price, there will only be more and more users who will defect!"

Kevin Turner said: "Silicon Valley has never lacked new concepts. In 1995, some people wanted to engage in streaming media business, but the problem is that the development of technology cannot keep up with the creation of inspiration. The premise of new concepts can make money , It must be that the technology has developed in place, and Netflix has only started to make profits in the past one or two years. Blockbuster wants to eat a fat man as soon as it opens its mouth, it is really overthinking."

Tang En smiled, and his voice was excited and sonorous: "That's right, in the next three years, there will be a big scene where the dog eats the moon! Let Netflix counterattack all the way!"

Even if Blockbuster owns 10,000 stores, more than 60,000 employees, and has been the world leader in the industry for 20 years, so what?

The era of the Internet is a challenge for emerging companies to traditional forces!

Moreover, behind Netflix, there is Twain!

...

The popularity of "The Walking Dead" is still sweeping the United States.

In media reports, even Marvel's masterpiece "Ant-Man" is not as sensational as this American drama.

With the broadcast of the second episode, the heat is even higher!

In the second episode, Lori, the protagonist Rick's wife, had a "lightning love" with his best brother Sean, and then sparks broke out in the forest full of zombies, and a vigorous "war" came ".

The boldness of starz TV shows the cloud and rain in Wushan, who is wandering on the edge of life and death, on a huge scale.

The surrounding zombies kept wandering around, as if they could rush over at any time, and bring this pair of men and women who ate in the taboo to justice.

Sean is a friend who is really loyal.

When Rick's life and death are uncertain, he has already climbed on the body of his friend's wife, trying his best to comfort him... It's really ironic!

As the plot unfolds, "The Walking Dead" gradually presents more of the theme of the TV series to the audience.

In a catastrophe, the dark side of human nature will be exposed to the maximum.

Mourning is everywhere, zombies are everywhere, and human beings are lingering in it. What brings destruction and harm is not only the walking dead, but also the fighting among the living...

The profound torture of human nature, the undisguised large-scale scenes, and the exquisitely crafted screen shots have become the biggest highlights of "The Walking Dead".

Even at the end of Blizzard's press conference, Twain accepted a question about "The Walking Dead".

That's right, it's Blizzard's press conference!

"Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne", released on July 1, has sold more than 2 million sets in North America!

2 million sets, doesn't sound like much?

The official price of each set of games is 68.8 US dollars!

In other words, this game has been on the market for 4 months, and Blizzard has already earned more than 100 million US dollars in revenue!

This is enough to offset Blizzard's huge investment in research and development in the past few years!

Like... World of Warcraft!

At this press conference, Blizzard officially revealed to the outside world the research and development plan of "World of Warcraft".

It is expected that the closed beta will start in March next year. In November, it can be officially released in North America.

You know, the download speed is still very slow in this era.

If you want to play a large-scale game like "World of Warcraft", it is basically impossible to download it from the Internet, so you can only buy a disc to install it. There is no doubt that this is another huge income.

Anyone with a heart can see it.

Don't look at the fact that the STA TV network became famous all over the United States because of the broadcast of "The Walking Dead".

But in terms of potential, maybe ten STAs are not as good as one Blizzard.

The scale of Starz TV station is too large, which means that this TV station can only survive in a small specific area.

But Blizzard is different.

Games are the common language of the world! And the adhesion to users is much greater than that of TV dramas!

Twain's ability to attend Blizzard's press conference in person and stand for Blizzard is enough to show that he attaches great importance to Blizzard.

"This is Blizzard's press conference. Logically speaking, I don't need to answer questions about "The Walking Dead". But since it was brought up, I can also say a few more words."

Tang En was wearing a light blue suit and black-rimmed glasses. Among the group of Blizzard executives on the stage, he looked particularly eye-catching.

""The Walking Dead" is an excellent TV series. I know that more TV viewers are watching NBC's "Friends" during this time period. However, anyone who has watched it knows that "The Walking Dead" is the same as "Friends". It’s a can’t-miss classic. I can tell you the good news that filming for the second season of The Walking Dead has begun.”

"However, I hope that everyone will not put all their attention on "The Walking Dead". Starz TV will launch more and better high-quality TV dramas in the future. Next year, there will be another large-scale drama with heavy investment. An American TV series has been produced and aired, and it is a TV series based on the background of the game "Warcraft."

"This TV series will be supervised by Peter Jackson, the director of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. He will bring the original production team of "The Lord of the Rings" to carry out the post-production of "Warcraft", and strive to present a perfect The visual effects. "World of Warcraft" will be officially released in the United States in November next year, and the same TV series will also be broadcast on Starz TV, everyone will wait and see."

Tang En's answer was impeccable, and he quickly returned to the topic of this press conference.

The alert reporter quickly asked again: "Mr. Walker, will "World of Warcraft" refuse to cooperate with Blockbuster just like "Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne"?"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of several Blizzard executives on the stage sank.

Tang En didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "That's a good question. Games are different from DVDs. Every set of genuine games has an exclusive CDKey. Game rental will break the rules of the industry. This is unfair to the developers. .Players can go to Wal-Mart, or Carrefour to buy."

"That means... you won't work with Blockbuster, will you?"

"right!"

Dunn thought for a while before replying.

There is still a slight possibility of reconciliation between him and Lei Shidong, but between Netflix and Blockbuster, there can only be one!

At this time, there is no need to be soft! (https:)

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