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"Need for Speed OL" official announcement suspension of service ——
On October 28, "Need for Speed OL" officially issued an announcement to inform the outside world that the game was about to be discontinued. Speaking of Need for Speed, I believe that players who like racing games will certainly not be unfamiliar with it, as a first-class well-known racing IP in the world, Need for Speed has brought players a lot of fine masterpieces in the 23 years since its launch, and this so-called "Need for Speed OL" is officially a network extension of "Need for Speed".
In 2010, EA launched the worldwide testing of Need for Speed OL. In April 2016, Tencent won the national service agency right of "Need for Speed" OL.
At first, as soon as the news of free play need for speed was exposed, it immediately caused a big sensation in the country, and a large number of racing enthusiasts have entered the tour to experience, but unfortunately the good times are not long, because according to the description of the official announcement, Need for Speed OL has closed the download and registration channel on October 27, 2022, and will officially shut down the server on January 27, 2022, that is, four days before the Chinese New Year's Eve night.
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Transformers, Call of Duty, Need for Speed—
Although I have not played the so-called "Need for Speed OL", but looking at the suspension of another AAA masterpiece national costume, my heart will inevitably be somewhat touched, as to why I will say again, because as early as "Need for Speed OL", including "Transformers", "Call of Duty" and other well-known AAA masterpieces represented by Tencent have also announced the suspension.
To tell the truth, whether it is "Need for Speed" or "Call of Duty", this is a well-known game IP that is well-known around the world, according to common sense, the national service of these well-known IP masterpieces should be very popular with players, but somehow, they are one after another official announcement to stop serving, what is going on? Is it because these games are not fun? I don't think so.
Being sought after by hundreds of millions of players around the world is enough to explain the success of these games, but as for why the national costumes of these games have not made greater waves in China, I think this is inextricably linked to "popularity and fame".
As you all know, in the field of racing and shooting, the domestic game market has actually been occupied by games such as "Crossfire", "Reverse War", "QQ Flying Car" and so on, although games such as "Need for Speed" and "Call of Duty" have the blessing of popularity, but when they come to China, in addition to ashes-level enthusiasts, other ordinary players are really not necessarily willing to play.
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Summary——
Nowadays, the national costumes of games such as "Transformers" and "Call of Duty" have been suspended, and the suspension of the national costumes of "Need for Speed OL" is also an irreversible thing, rather than waiting until the official suspension and then regretting it, it is better to take advantage of the fact that it has not stopped serving now and have a good time.
On the whole, it is not that domestic players do not like the online game of AAA masterpieces, but on the basis of many old games in China that already have a large number of players, it will be very difficult for new games to come in and share a piece of the pie.
So the question is, have you ever played Need for Speed OL? Do you prefer the normal stand-alone version or the online game version?