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A turn-based online game that hadn’t been updated for half a year, had a development budget seven times that of its competitors, yet only made a tenth of their revenue—a total failure. A game t...

Chapter 159 Only six bucks

Chapter 159 Only six bucks

NO.1 won.

This was what everyone expected in a sense.

Because they were more "e-sports", both their playing style and tactics met the definition of e-sports players by ordinary players.

FEIREN, on the other hand, felt like a friend playing games together, and was more casual in temperament.

But if you say the game was not exciting, that's nonsense. Although FEIREN's temperament was like a friend playing games together, their skills were really strong, otherwise they wouldn't have made it to the finals.

And it was precisely because of their different temperaments that they were always able to come up with some unexpected operations.

For example, the four snipers in the middle gate that caused a lot of discussion in the finals...

but in the end they still lost.

You said there was something wrong with their play, but the audience didn't see it. They had tried very hard and finally dragged it into overtime. These guys were very resilient.

Was there anything wrong with Lutai in the last game? No, he kept his mind steady and waited for the other side to move.

But he still lost.

All I can say is... it was just a little bit short.

So in addition to congratulating NO.1, everyone showed goodwill to FEIREN.

The scene where the group of people hugged each other even though they lost in the end reminded many people of their college days, which was great.

Some malicious words could not be said.

And this final was definitely a hot topic, whether it was the opening, the back and forth between the two teams in the game, or the four snipers in the middle of the game and the sniping between the core characters of the two teams at the end, all made players talk about it with relish.

And surprisingly, many players were also particularly interested in the opening music and asked Linmu Studio to broadcast it again.

Of course,

the center of the topic

was still NO.1.

This team came from a wild background, and the players came from all over the world. In the end, they won the championship.

It was also inspiring.

Their photos appeared in the official newspaper the next day.

"The final of the international top event Breakout Challenge was successfully held, and the NO.1 team won the championship."

The next day, Lin Yao also saw the news.

But this was not what Mu Wanqing wanted her to see.

"Look at this."

Mu Wanqing pointed below.

Lin Yao looked down and then read it softly.

"The pioneer of e-sports formalization... Linmu Studio... Industry innovation and development... Pengcheng City Culture, Radio, Film and Television Tourism Bureau issued the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Innovation and Development of Cultural Industries", supporting green and healthy original game products with cultural characteristics and independent intellectual property rights, supporting the holding of high-level e-sports events such as the Breakout Challenge, and supporting the development and export of high-quality games and derivatives such as "Breakout"..."

"..."

Lin Yao raised her head after reading it, showing a surprised expression.

"We are famous." Mu Wanqing smiled at her gently, somewhat happy.

"Indeed, we are famous..."

Lin Yao nodded. This kind of report mentioning Linmu Studio and the games under the studio is essentially a kind of recognition.

But this is indeed quite embarrassing.

It's not Lin Yao who is embarrassed.

It's Tianhu who is embarrassed...

Because Tianhu is also in Pengcheng, and they are currently the largest online game company in China, but in the end, there is no mention of them, but a small studio is mentioned twice.

Everyone would feel embarrassed...

"Are you unhappy?" Mu Wanqing noticed that Lin Yao's expression was strange, and immediately put away the happy smile on her face, smoothed her skirt, squatted down, and asked softly.

"No, I'm very happy."

Lin Yao put down the newspaper, smiled, then turned around and lay on the table, hiding her chin in her arms: "I'm just a little tired, Miss Mu, we won't hold the competition for the next year, it's really too tiring."

It's really tiring.

One and a half months of tossing.

We have to find a way to ensure the smooth progress of the competition, consider the warm-up stage, and finally negotiate with Zhang Jianghu.

For this event, Linmu Studio has stopped updating the game.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Mu Wanqing comforted her softly while standing up again and gently rubbing Lin Yao's shoulders: "The holiday will be here soon, so take a good rest then."

"I can't rest."

Lin Yao tilted her head slightly and said in a muffled voice: "We haven't started making money yet, how can we rest? If we rest, the competition will be in vain."

Mu Wanqing: "..."

"Sticker system, Miss Mu, now that the competition is over, we must launch the stickers for the top eight while it's hot."

Lin Yao straightened up and smiled: "We have been preparing for it before, and it's time to launch it. Call Zhong Xiu, Miss Mu." "

...Okay."

Mu Wanqing smiled helplessly and then went to call Zhong Xiu.

Soon.

Zhong Xiu rushed over.

Lin Yao said seriously: "Put the prepared sticker capsules online, and then launch them together with the promotion of the champion NO.1 team. Because of winning the championship, we will make the players happier. All sticker capsules are 20% off..."

"Okay." Zhong Xiu nodded, because Lin Yao had told him a long time ago, he was mentally prepared.

"Also, I have another idea. We need to modify a few of the game maps. It's a very simple modification. I'll give you the art materials later. After your engine team finishes the modification, you can directly release the new maps and sticker capsules online."

Lin Yao continued, "This update will also be the last update of the year. After this update, everyone should take a good rest. You have worked hard. Let's leave everything for next year."

"Update?" Zhong Xiu was a little curious.

"Yes."

Lin Yao nodded.

...

February 16.

Just as the players were discussing the game the day before yesterday, the opening music, the famous scenes on the field and the young boss of Linmu Studio on the forum...

"Breakout" was updated.

On the homepage of the game, a large picture of the NO.1 team holding the trophy appeared, congratulating them for winning the championship.

At the same time, the game officially started selling stickers of the top eight teams, but not by piece, but capsules... The capsules contain the logos and signatures of all the teams in the top eight, and are divided into three levels: gold, silver and bronze. You still have to draw them.

But players are still very enthusiastic about such updates.

On the same day, the sales of capsules exploded...

Players are not opposed to this form of props.

Because it does not affect the properties and is cheap.

20% off! Only six yuan!

Moreover, the sales will be shared with the teams, which can support both the teams and Linmu Studio, a win-win situation.

Yes.

Many viewers were so impressed by the offline competition that they felt that Linmu Studio had invested a lot of money. While praising them, they were afraid that Linmu Studio would lose money and would not hold such competitions in the future...

After all, the high prize money of the competition is there, plus the cost of organizing the competition, it seems to be really a lot. In terms of sponsorship, the fact that several teams received sponsorship fees was also revealed.

There have been no new activities in "Breakout" during this period.

It seems that Linmu Studio has really lost money, a huge loss.

If we don't consider the crazy increase in the number of online users of "Breakout" and the sharp increase in sales of New Year boxes...

However, even if the players know that Linmu Studio has not lost money, they will support it, because they are actually very simple. If you make a good game and treat the players seriously,

they will give back to the game in return.

And Linmu Studio is a positive example, they really put their heart into it.

On the same day.

The sticker capsules that sell for six yuan in "Breakout" had sales revenue of 6.7 million.

6.7 million.

When Lin Yao heard the news,

she was stunned.

In addition to the capsule, there is another update this time, which is the map.

Many players who played the demolition mode after the update suddenly found that new elements appeared in the two pictures of the previous game.

One is near the middle gate.

There is an extra sticker there, with a man holding four AWMs in the game, ready to go.

Players can see at a glance that this clearly records the four sniper mounts of FEIREN in the game.

The other two stickers are near point B, inside and outside the gate of point B respectively.

The sticker outside is a counter-terrorist, he is sliding on his knees, with wings behind him, holding an AWM, and a crosshair in front of him.

The one inside is a terrorist, he is standing, with wings behind him, holding an AWM, and a crosshair in front of him.

This clearly records the confrontation between the core figures of the two teams in the last game of the final.

Some players noticed this and posted it on the forum. Many players saw it and immediately smiled.

But on the other hand, overseas players were not so calm...

because the update interval was not long.

Soon.

They also found these stickers.

They also watched the game, so of course they knew what this was.

This was another kind of glory!

So in an instant, their defenses were broken.

Because it was really... sour.

(End of this chapter)