Time has entered December, and there are more and more news about the return of the national server, especially the well-known Blizzard game V Huang Xudong has repeatedly broken the news about the progress of the return of the national server. From the beginning of the negotiation of several companies, to the present has been signed. Even after the turmoil on December 15, Huang Xudong still did not change his words.
Huang Xudong once again mentioned the problem of the return of the national service in the latest live broadcast, and at the same time subconsciously said NetEase's "When the word was about to blurt out, Huang Xudong also found a problem, so he quickly changed his words and said that Blizzard would come back in the future.
Although Huang Xudong repeatedly said that this was just a slip of the tongue and not a revelation, the melon-eating players obviously didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, so it became Huang Xudong broke the news that the agent of the real hammer national service was NetEase.
In fact, the reason why players think that NetEase is more likely to renew the contract is mainly because NetEase's recent actions are indeed very suspicious.
For example, NetEase's "NetEase God" APP, when the national server was closed, released the news that the agency contract between NetEase and Blizzard expired, and there was no update after that.
As the time entered mid-December, the NetEase Dashen APP started the update again, and the news of the expiration of the agency contract announced before could not be seen. Even the well-known Blizzard blogger "Snow Storm" has begun to update synchronously on the NetEase Dashen APP, this situation is obviously very abnormal, if there is no movement, it is impossible to update it suddenly.
In addition, one of the previous lawsuits between NetEase and Blizzard was in September 2024, but the results were suddenly advanced to January 2024 in the past few days, and it is obvious that the two parties plan to settle the lawsuit as soon as possible, and it is even possible to withdraw the lawsuit directly at a certain point in time (the lawsuit can be withdrawn without a trial).
Players have high hopes for NetEase to continue to act as an agent for Blizzard games, after all, according to the previous point of view, NetEase can open the national server as soon as possible, but if the new regulations for online games are implemented, it will also have a certain impact on the return process of the national server.
There are two provisions in the Measures for the Administration of Online Games (Draft for Solicitation of Comments) that have an impact on the return of the national server:
1. Online games are not allowed to use the method of public beta to open the server directly.
As we all know, the national obedience did not apply for a version number after version 7.0, which also caused Zakun to stand guard from version 7.0 to version 10.0. If the new online game regulations do not land, then NetEase can also use the previous version number to open the server directly, once the new online game regulations are implemented, then the national server needs to reapply for the version 10.0 version of the version.
Perhaps this is also the reason why NetEase has advanced the lawsuit in September 2024 to January, so that it can complete the return plan of the national server before the new rules for online games are implemented.
2. Online games are not allowed to buy and sell version numbers.
Some professionals have analyzed it before, if the new agent of the national service is not NetEase, then if you want to start the service quickly, you are likely to buy the version number of NetEase. However, after the new regulations for online games were implemented, buying and selling version numbers was clearly prohibited, and if you want to open a server, you must apply for a version number.
In 2023, imported games have been approved three times, namely in March, August and December, and the new version of World of Warcraft after the closure of the national server has not made subsequent harmonious changes, and it is really uncertain how long it will take to apply for a version number.
In short, judging from all aspects of the news, NetEase is the most likely to continue to act as an agent, even if there is no Huang Xudong's revelations, many trends are also pointing to NetEase, and what needs to be waited for now is Caldecott's resignation.
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