87: Chapter 87 Five hundred million in three days, that's real high revenue!

Listening to Old Ma's voice on the other end of the phone, Little Ma frowned.

"What do you mean by this?"

"Who exactly is behind Riot Games that makes you speak up for them again and again?"

In Little Ma's view, the other party calling so quickly could only mean one thing: the investor behind Riot Games who found Old Ma likely had a significant background.

That was why Old Ma could have such high attention on league of legends in such a short time.

But facing the inquiry, Old Ma remained silent for a moment on the other end of the line.

Then he spoke.

"So, you thought I was reminding you because of that?"

He paused, then sneered.

"You're overthinking it."

"I have no idea who is behind Riot Games, nor has anyone come to plead with me to speak up for league of legends in front of you."

Hearing this, Little Ma was stunned, and a lot of doubt suddenly arose in his heart. If so, what was Old Ma's reason for contacting him?

"Then why do you want us to stop?"

"You have to know that it was you who told me about the top-up records of league of legends a few days ago, yet now you are persuading me to stop?"

Although everyone in the meeting room knew it was a call from Old Ma, they couldn't hear his voice.

But seeing Little Ma's changing expression and hearing this strange remark, they still realized something was wrong and exchanged uneasy glances.

The other end of the phone was silent for a few seconds.

Old Ma's voice sounded again.

"You need to know, I am on your side; I just don't want to see you, Tencent, get stepped on by others in the gaming field again."

Old Ma paused.

"Do you know?"

"Do you know how much revenue league of legends has made domestically in these three days?"

Little Ma's fingers gripping the phone tightened, and a vague sense of unease rose in his heart.

"How much?"

"Three days."

There was a hint of shock in Old Ma's voice.

"Four hundred million."

"After league of legends launched a series of events a few days ago, they had four hundred million in top-up records within three days, and that's just domestically!"

In the meeting room.

Hearing this, Little Ma froze in his chair.

His expression froze on his face, unchanged for a long time, only instantly turning deathly pale, devoid of color.

"No, impossible!"

"How is this possible?"

At this moment, the others in the meeting room, although they still didn't know what had happened, could tell from Little Ma's expression that it was likely huge bad news on the other end of the line.

However, although everyone looked anxious, they didn't dare to interrupt Little Ma at this moment.

And Old Ma's voice continued.

"I only found out yesterday, too."

"I haven't been paying attention to league of legends payment data these past few days, but one of my subordinates noticed something off and reported it, and I have already verified it."

"The data is real."

"If you include overseas revenue."

"I estimate that in these three days, the total global revenue of league of legends has exceeded five hundred million!"

"Do you know now why I told Tencent to keep a low profile yesterday and not target league of legends anymore?"

"You're on your own now."

The call hung up.

Little Ma placed the phone on the table, his fingers trembling slightly.

There was a deathly silence in the meeting room.

Everyone was looking at him, but no one dared to ask. Little Ma simply closed his eyes and leaned back, remaining motionless for a long time.

A few minutes passed.

Sun Qiang finally couldn't help it.

"President Ma, what happened?"

Little Ma opened his mouth, his voice hoarse.

"You guys, keep an eye on the official Weibo of league of legends. They definitely won't hide this news; they might even announce it today. After all, just a moment ago, I had dota 2 issue an announcement mocking them."

After saying this.

Little Ma stood up, pushed aside his chair, turned around, and walked out of the meeting room, swaying slightly.

He really couldn't accept it. Why, why did the casual players, who their model predicted had little spending power, have such exaggerated spending power!

The door to the meeting room closed behind him.

Everyone looked at each other.

"What exactly happened? President Ma is never like this."

"Quick, check Weibo to see if there's any movement from league of legends."

"The official Weibo of league of legends hasn't posted anything yet. What on earth is going on?"

Although the official Weibo of league of legends was still quiet, they didn't dare to chase after Little Ma to ask, so they could only browse Weibo in the meeting room and contact their subordinates to keep an eye on league of legends' updates.

If league of legends just stayed quiet like this, this group of people probably wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

But soon.

Sun Qiang, who was browsing Weibo, changed his expression and muttered.

"league of legends posted on Weibo."

Everyone looked over instantly.

And Sun Qiang didn't say anything, just turned his phone around. On the screen was the announcement just posted by the official Weibo of league of legends.

Black text on a white background, only a few lines.

"Thank you to every Summoner for your enthusiasm."

"Three days after the launch of the new league of legends event, global revenue has exceeded five hundred million Great Xia currency."

"Among this, the dragon fist Lee Sin skin contributed over three hundred million."

"We believe that every player has the right to spend money on the game they love."

"league of legends, recording every one of your passions."

Inside the meeting room, there was deathly silence.

...

A few minutes later.

A trending topic dropped onto Weibo.

"Five hundred million in three days, this is what you call true high revenue!"

This trending topic rushed upwards at an exaggerated speed, reaching the number one spot on Weibo's trending list in just half an hour, with a "Hot" tag attached to it.

The entries "dragon fist sold three hundred million in three days" and "league of legends revenue crushes dota 2" were also hanging in the second and third spots on the trending list.

Besides that.

Perhaps it was the mischievous sense of humor of someone at Riot Games, but the trending topic from a few days ago about dota 2 was actually bought back up at this moment, hanging at the top.

Many people still remembered this entry, which was:

"Over one hundred million in a single month, why is dota 2 revenue so high."

Previously, many dota 2 players were still frantically mocking league of legends under this entry, but at this moment, under the five hundred million in three days revenue entry, the words of dota 2 from before were just a joke.

Not to mention.

Just a short while ago, dota 2 had specifically issued an announcement mocking league of legends. Not even an hour had passed, and the announcement dota 2 just posted was still fresh, only to be instantly slapped in the face.

You claim one hundred million in monthly revenue is the highest revenue game in Great Xia, so what does my five hundred million in three days count as?

Second place?

It is conceivable how exaggerated the comments section was after league of legends announced the revenue brought by this event; instantly, league of legends players and trolls flooded in..

"That article about dota 2 making over one hundred million a month is still on the front page. I clicked in and it cracked me up; they actually turned off the comments."

"Five hundred million in three days. If players vote with their spending, then there's probably no need to discuss which is the true good game."

"Who said before that casual players don't spend money?"

"dota 2 is still bragging about high per capita consumption, but league of legends earned five months' worth of your money in three days."

"I remember how those dota 2 players were mocking us a few days ago, saying league of legends players have no purchasing power. Where are they now? Come out and walk a few steps."

Under the new trending topic, the dota 2 players collectively disappeared.

The comments section was clean, and not even half a rebuttal post could be found.

All the remarks that previously said league of legends players had no desire to spend, and everyone who laughed at league of legends for low revenue, were silent at this moment.

Five hundred million, three days.

This revenue figure was too exaggerated, instantly leaving all other online games in the world behind.

Overseas, this news also ignited major gaming forums.

"So it turns out it's not that casual players don't spend money; it's that casual players don't spend money in dota 2. No, I should say, dota 2 doesn't have casual players."

"Great Xia players' purchasing power is indeed very exaggerated. After all, skins can be said to be exclusive to them. When will we get a commemorative skin too?"

"People around me who play league of legends, although they aren't interested in the Great Xia commemorative skin, have basically all bought the battle pass."

After the trending topic appeared, from this moment on.

Every player understood.

Whether in terms of daily active users, player reputation, global influence, or revenue capability, league of legends had completely and thoroughly stepped on dota 2.

If it could be said that before, by relying on revenue, dota 2 could still exceed league of legends in some direction, and one could still say this MOBA game war hadn't ended.

But from today onwards.

This MOBA war had its winner completely decided.

And the loser had no possibility of a comeback.