Chapter 192 Don’t be afraid, newbies, we are all good people here!

"Global Evolution" is a game whose popularity is greater than its sales.

To be precise, all games priced over 200 yuan are basically more popular than sold, with far more people paying attention to them than those who buy them to play.

The reason is just one word: expensive!

For a game of this price, everyone will envy its graphics quality, like its gameplay, and discuss its plot setting... but the number of people who are actually willing to pay for it is actually very small.

"This should be the first game from our studio whose overseas sales are greater than its domestic sales, right?"

"Take out the word 'should'!"

Chen Ba was speechless: "The data is displayed so directly, what are you still doubting?"

In one week, the sales of "Global Evolution" on all overseas platforms exceeded 1.1 million copies, and the sales on all domestic platforms were about 500,000 copies, with a cumulative sales volume of about 1.6 million copies and a cumulative revenue of about 550 million yuan.

Looking at the sales share alone, 110:50 does not seem to be such a big difference. After all, overseas sales are only a little more than twice as much.

But if you look at the revenue share data, it is outrageous. The overseas revenue share exceeds 85%!

“The overseas edition is expensive!”

"And to be honest, this sales performance is already relatively poor for a AAA game."

Yang Dong explained: "Normal 3A games have first-week sales several times higher than ours."

Although earning 500-600 million in a week may sound like an exaggerated profit, not all of this money belongs to Tianba Studio. Only the sales revenue from the Nobug platform belongs 100% to Tianba Studio.

After deducting the commission taken by each platform, the actual amount you receive after tax is less than half.

So here comes the question!

Why is Global Evolution, a AAA game, not as popular as other AAA games? It didn’t even sell 2 million copies in its first week, which is a bit embarrassing…

“It’s still a question of trust.”

Yang Dong made a careful analysis and felt that the reason why "Global Evolution" performed poorly in its first week was mainly because most players did not know "Tianba Studio".

If you don’t know them, you will doubt whether they have the ability to make a 3A-level game.

This skeptical attitude, when faced with the standard AAA price of $60, will lead to a thought: If I have this money, why not buy a Red Dead Redemption 3? Wouldn't it be better to buy GTA 6? Anyway, the price difference is not much.

How famous are Red Dead Redemption 3 and GTA 6?

It is definitely worthwhile to buy these two games. However, it is a bit risky to buy a game like "Global Evolution" whose name you have never heard of, you are not sure whether it is fun or not, and you don't even know the developer.

"you're right……"

Chen Ba did not deny that this problem did exist, which was that Tianba Studio was not well-known and had never launched a 3A game before, which led to overseas players not being very receptive to it.

Not to mention overseas players, domestic players are unlikely to buy into it anyway.

In other words, even old fans of old games are skeptical about Tianba Studio's AAA game and have decided to wait and see before buying it. How can ordinary players buy it so easily? Of course, this is the data for the first week.

As time goes by, especially as the bugs in the game become more and more serious and the level bosses evolved by players have caused many jokes, there should be some improvement in the second week.

"I have discovered that many hardcore single-player players who like to play Souls-like games and Souls-like games seem to have been inspired to be competitive by Global Evolution."

"What's going on?"

Because Yang Dong was busy doing major version updates and maintenance for "Need for Speed" these past two days, he did not surf the Internet in time and did not quite understand what Chen Ba meant.

What does it mean to arouse the desire to win? Isn't Global Evolution a role-playing game that focuses on open world exploration and adventure? How is it related to hardcore soul games and soul-like games?

"Here's what happened..."

"There's a bug in our game. Players can evolve into level bosses!"

Chen Ba briefly introduced what happened.

In fact, it is simple to explain. It is nothing more than a group of players who were beaten unconscious by the level boss of "Global Evolution", and then they recorded a video and posted it on various platforms, complaining about the abnormal difficulty of this game.

"This is the level boss of our "Global Evolution". It's really cunning and sly. Do you have this kind of boss?"

When you post a video, you definitely want to attract more attention and increase the number of views and replies to the video.

Therefore, the content and titles of these videos are suspected of "deliberately provoking war". In short, the various hints in the words and deeds indicate that the level bosses of "Global Evolution" are the most difficult and hardcore, and other games cannot match them.

Naturally, players of Souls and Soul-like games, who have always prided themselves on being hardcore and difficult, would be unhappy when they heard this.

What kind of shit dares to brag about how great it is? And you dare to compare it with my favorite game? Are you kidding me?

This kind of provoking conflict was initially just an activity within a small circle. After all, when some people were recording videos, they really did speak without restraint and said whatever they thought.

"Global Evolution is more difficult than XX game. If you don't believe me, forget it! With your robot boss, you still have the nerve to call it hardcore and difficult?"

As the verbal battle between the two players escalated, the situation quickly escalated.

Souls-type games and players of soul-like games gave the players of Global Evolution the nickname "balls", and they are so shameless that they try to pull them down in all kinds of ways.

The players of Global Evolution were also dissatisfied, thinking that these old guys were completely living in their own world, and that beating the AI ​​BOSS was a hassle! If you have the ability, come to our Global Evolution and fight the level BOSS played by the players. If you can pass it in one go, then I will admit that you are indeed a hardcore player.

“Ah, this…”

When Yang Dong heard this, he had already guessed how the plot would develop.

Is Global Evolution difficult? When the game was first released, it was not difficult at all. You just needed to play it on a simple level and remember a few key points to defeat the bosses in each storyline.

But things are different now! Because of an abnormal bug in the game, some players evolved and replaced the original story level BOSS, so the game difficulty increased immediately.

Playing against bots and playing against other players are definitely different experiences.

At least the AI ​​won't play tricks on you, nor will it use routines or dirty tricks on you. Just follow the strategy and you will definitely pass it by dying a few times.

The level boss that the player plays, although the numbers are still the same, the operation level is completely different...

“That’s right!”

Chen Ba confirmed Dong Ge's guess and couldn't help laughing: "These hardcore players of soul-like and soul-like games bought a copy of Global Evolution with the idea of ​​slapping themselves in the face."

"They originally thought that this kind of game, which only requires hands, can be easily completed in less than two hours. By then, they can not only slap the boss in the face, but also initiate a refund, without losing anything!"

"Do you know what the most perverted thing is? The most perverted thing is that they confidently chose the Hell difficulty level right after they arrived..."

At this point, even Yang Dong couldn't help but smile.

Are you really confident?

He is worthy of being the most hardcore player on the entire Internet, who likes to challenge high-difficulty games the most. His courage is truly extraordinary.

pity……

"Global Evolution" is really different from the games they played before!

The level bosses here are not fools who have no intelligence and only know how to act according to preset logic, but they are insidious and cunning players with bad intentions.

Without a doubt.

These players who wanted to prove that they were hardcore and that they could play Global Evolution with their hands all exceeded the game's refund time limit.

"Brother, I was wrong!"

"You're right. You're absolutely right! Global Evolution is indeed the most hardcore game. I shouldn't have questioned you..."

No matter how tough he was at the beginning, he now felt desperate and helpless when he encountered those player bosses in the hell difficulty.

These player bosses are all like experienced experts, not only do they know military tactics, but they also know how to cheat.

That’s right, using fake moves to trick players into using their dodge and counter skills.

If you are fooled, you will die! The bosses of these levels are all players. They know your life-saving skills very well and can attack you without any psychological burden.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

The panel values ​​of these level bosses are already very exaggerated, and when endowed with human intelligence, it creates an unprecedented difficulty: player level! That’s right!

As more and more hardcore players fail and fall into the clutches of the BOSS, the gaming community usually excludes "Global Evolution" when discussing hardcore and high-difficulty games.

What the hell are we even discussing?

When you are discussing whether the difficulty of the boss in Global Evolution is high or not, the boss of Global Evolution is reading your post in front of the computer. What is the meaning of this discussion? There is no strategy guide.

It’s not that no one has tried to make game guides, but as soon as these guides came out, players immediately discovered that the way to defeat the bosses in these levels had changed.

Players haven't memorized all the weaknesses and precautions mentioned in the guide, but the bosses of these levels remember them better than they do.

This guide is equivalent to reading in vain!

But then again, although 99% of the strategies are to help BOSS players to find loopholes and fill in the gaps and are of no use to ordinary players, there are also strategy posts posted by great people that do have a great effect.

This kind of strategy post will not teach you how to defeat the BOSS in a textbook way, but will teach you how to adapt to circumstances and what to do when you encounter some emergency or fatal crisis.

At the same time, we also carefully analyzed the information of the BOSSes in these levels and developed a set of long-range and short-range combat techniques for different BOSS sizes.

It doesn’t matter if these strategies are seen by BOSS players, because they teach operational thinking and adaptability.

Ordinary players cannot copy homework and can only rely on understanding. Not only do they need to understand, but they also need to try more and die more. Only by trying more and not being afraid of death can they pass the level.

"Has anyone already cleared the level?"

"Yes, quite a few!"

Chen Ba explained: "The process of our game is not very long. If it was an easy difficulty, someone would have cleared it a few days ago and started playing the second round."

It's not difficult to pass the level.

Even if the level boss is replaced by the player, it is okay to die a few times if you want to complete the game on easy difficulty.

But after clearing the level, most players will choose to increase the difficulty for latecomers and start a new file to become the game BOSS, which is a bit speechless.

The first batch of players who can clear the game must be very hardcore players with decent operating skills.

They cleared the level by themselves, and then turned to be the boss of the game to stop others from passing the level. This behavior can usually be described in one sentence: because they have been caught in the rain, they want to tear down the umbrellas of those who come later! "It's broken!"

“If this continues, won’t the number of players who can complete Global Evolution decrease?” Yang Dong didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

"How should I put it? I don't know if the number of players who complete the game will decrease. I only know that there will definitely be more bosses in this game than players."

Chen Ba had a worried look on his face.

As the sales of the game increase, there is no need to worry about this problem for the time being. But if the sales gradually stabilize, the number of "unfair" players will definitely be greater than that of ordinary players.

It feels so good not to be a human being!

The BOSS's panel values ​​and strength are much stronger than the player templates of the same level, and it can also advance by killing players, so there is no need to worry about not being able to continue to improve its strength.

But if players no longer behave like human beings, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow and damage to the entire gaming ecosystem.

Just think about it.

By then, out of ten players, nine will have evolved into game bosses, and there will only be one normal person. Is there any need to think about how these nine boss players will "abuse" this normal player? "The good days are yet to come!"

"In other words, Global Evolution is not yet complete. After a while, new players will experience what despair is like..."

What does the complete form look like?

Chen Ba tried to deduce it in his mind, then sighed.

Student Xiao Ming heard that "Global Evolution" was very fun, so he happily bought the game and decided to experience it well.

As a result, not long after entering the game, he encountered a wild BOSS in the wilderness and was beaten so badly that his scalp numbed.

[Newbie reporting, may I ask all the experts, how should I get through the early stages of this game? Where can I find the community's strategy posts? ]

After posting a help thread, Xiao Ming hoped that veteran players would enthusiastically reply to the thread and teach him how to play the game.

However……

"Newcomer? Come on!"

"I smell a human. Haha, it's actually a newbie? If I kill one more player, I can become the King of Sea Beasts. God help me!"

“Hehehe! Don’t be afraid, newbies. We are all good people. It’s very easy to play this game. Just push the main storyline and go through the plot. I’ll be waiting for you at the edge of the cliff!”

"It is our duty to restore the glory of the beasts! Newbie, right? Don't let me run into you, hehehe..."

What was going on? Why did these veteran players think differently from him? Shouldn't they be eager to teach him how to play and send him various guides and tutorials?

Xiao Ming couldn't figure it out.

After he had been playing the game for two days and had been bullied by veteran players, he finally understood why the veteran players on the forum were so excited to see newbies.

Oh no, I’ve been fooled!

Xiao Ming wants a refund and wants to leave this horrible world surrounded by countless old monsters, where newbies are eaten as food by old players.

As it turned out, I couldn't get a refund because the game time exceeded the limit.

This time it was really sent! (End of this chapter)