Minecraft suddenly exploded.
Although Wang Yi's popularity had given it a boost, that popularity had merely thrust the game into the spotlight ahead of time.
With the game's quality and originality, most players who downloaded it immediately and gave it a serious try were drawn in. Its retention rate was terrifyingly high!
Then came the videos Wang Yi's slacking employees had prepared in advance and revised by Lin Shiqin, along with Lin Shiqin's multiple waves of spectacular builds and figurines.
Combined with promotion from Yuzhong Media's many lovely ladies, videos from all corners of the internet exploded.
It rose from Little Broken Station, swept across Certain Bean and Youku, and spread through Official Accounts, Weibo, and Tieba.
In the shortest possible time, it sparked an enormously sensational nationwide phenomenon.
It could be said that anyone who liked games, anyone who followed gaming news, would see information related to Minecraft during this period.
Yang Le Le Yang had also been hugely popular before, and Jump Jump was steadily gaining traction now.
But with the conflict Wang Yi himself had created, the popularity generated by multiple successive confrontations, the lingering heat from Yang Le Le Yang's final sacrifice, and promotion that broke beyond its usual circles—
Minecraft had become an instant hit in an incredibly short time!
After all, it was a high-quality game to begin with. Even players who did not play as Block people or like this style would not deny its excellence in the future.
The sudden explosion in popularity left the employees of World Cultural Entertainment Game Company dumbfounded.
They knew this newly released game was good, since they themselves had played online together many times during work.
But most of the company's employees had families to support. They thought the game was fun, but they would not