Chapter 81

On the Xia Country server side, everything is normal. The server will be paused at midnight for version updates, which are expected to take about seven hours.

After hearing Qin Xiaoyu’s question, Cai Qiu thought for a few seconds before answering.

Since returning from overseas, Qin Xiaoyu had temporarily entrusted him with overseeing the domestic server operations.

Although he had only taken over for a short time, he had already gained a general grasp of the situation.

After hearing Cai Qiu’s response, Qin Xiaoyu nodded and turned his gaze toward Chen Wei: "Awei, lay out the details—Old Cai can listen in too."

As for the Xia Country server, Qin Xiaoyu himself was quite familiar with it—this was just a routine version update, unlikely to cause major issues, so he wasn’t worried at all.

As for the overseas market, Qin Xiaoyu had paid some attention, but his energy was limited; he couldn’t possibly know the details as thoroughly as Chen Wei did.

"Got it, Fish Ge !"

As Chen Wei spoke, he pulled out his laptop and plugged in the projector.

Soon after,

a PowerPoint presentation appeared before Qin Xiaoyu and Cai Qiu.

"Currently, we’ve set up four server groups for the overseas market, corresponding to Sakura Country, Gao Li Country, North America, and Europe. The official websites have been built and the game pre-registration channels opened three days ago."

Chen Wei scrolled his wireless mouse and continued:

"First, let’s look at the data from Sakura Country: as of two hours ago, our game pre-registrations have surpassed seven million, and conservatively, we expect over three million players after launch."

Upon hearing this number, Qin Xiaoyu and Cai Qiu were not particularly surprised.

This was the region where promotion began first and where advertising spending was highest. Combined with the region’s intense anime culture—the strongest globally—such pre-registration numbers, while encouraging, were not unimaginable.

"For the Gao Li server, pre-registration numbers are relatively lower, but have still surpassed two million."

Although this number may sound modest,

it doesn’t mean the game is unpopular there or that player anticipation is low. The main reason is simply that the local population base is the smallest among all regions.

"Pre-registration numbers for Europe and North America are four million and five million respectively."

After speaking, Chen Wei looked toward Qin Xiaoyu.

"Only that many? We spent over forty million on advertising..." Cai Qiu seemed dissatisfied with the numbers for the latter two servers and muttered a complaint.

He had personally handled all the promotional campaigns.

Originally, Cai Qiu had guessed that pre-registration numbers for these two regions, if not breaking ten million, should at least exceed those of Sakura Country.

So,

when he heard four million and five million, he felt a certain letdown.

"Are you not satisfied with this many pre-registrations?" Qin Xiaoyu shook his head slightly and asked casually.

In fact,

in Qin Xiaoyu’s view, nearly twenty million pre-registrations were already absurdly high.

Remember, in his past life on Earth,

Genshin Impact, despite its foundation from the Honkai series and massive promotional spending, had only surpassed ten million global pre-registrations before launch.