Chapter 23 Official Version Released
"Hello everyone, I'm Xiao Hei!"
"Welcome to the 185th Steam Weekly Historical Low Game Recommendation. First of all, I wish you all a happy National Day. Without further ado, let's get started with this week's historical low inventory..."
"Study Hard Simulator, originally priced at 18, now only 9 yuan, a new all-time low!"
“As a domestic independent game that was just released during the summer vacation, the first discount is 50% off, which is really sincere!”
“You may not have heard of it, but among simulation game enthusiasts, Hard Study is definitely a masterpiece. Its touching and inspiring plot and remarkable gameplay have won unanimous praise from players!”
"The Steam platform has received rave reviews, and the new record low price is not to be missed. Xiaohei strongly recommends it!" - The temptation of 50% is really great! When the discount promotion of "Study Simulator" was launched, the sales curve, which was originally flat, suddenly rebounded from the bottom.
On the first day of the discount, "Study Simulator" entered the top ten of the Steam platform's domestic best-selling list.
Although it only stayed in the top ten for one night and fell out of the ranking the next day, more than 18,000 copies were sold in that day, which is comparable to the sales volume in a normal half month.
I have to admit that discounts are indeed a panacea for game manufacturers, and they work every time! And this is just -50%.
What if it was -60%, -70%, or the most terrifying -90%? Chen Ba didn't dare to think about it.
A 50% discount attracted so many new players to buy the game. If you are a little bolder, you can directly discount it by 88%. The game originally priced at 18 yuan is now only 2 yuan...
Then he dared to imagine a cumulative total sales of 500,000 or even 1 million! Of course, this was impossible.
The original price of "Study Simulator" is very low, less than 20 yuan. If it is directly discounted by 10% or 80%, it would be no different from giving it away for free.
This kind of large discount will not mean much to Tianba Studio unless it sells hundreds of thousands of copies at once, achieving the effect of "small profits but quick turnover".
50% off is the lowest price this year!
As for lower prices, that is, new historical lows, that may have to wait until next year, at least not in the next six months.
“You sold so many?”
Yang Dong also saw the backend data and looked a little surprised: "The sales gap between the 50% discount and the original price is so exaggerated, the difference is almost twenty times!"
“The discount is like this…”
"There's no need to focus too much on this. Our focus is still on Living With Others Simulator, which will be the main source of revenue in the next few months."
Chen Ba shook his head and said, "Every copy of the official version of Living Under Someone Else's Roof Simulator, priced at 25 yuan, is equivalent to three discounted copies of Studying Hard Simulator."
The price difference is nearly three times! This means that if the Simulator for Living on Someone’s Fence is sold for a few thousand copies, the revenue generated for Tianba Studio can crush the Simulator for Studying Hard, which is on a 50% discount.
Thousands of copies is not difficult.
After all, with the fan base established by the previous work, as well as better game graphics and more outstanding gameplay, it will definitely sell better than the previous work.
After studying hard throughout the entire life cycle, the sales volume should be around 300,000 to 400,000 copies, which is much higher than expected.
According to the estimation of Chen Ba and Yang Dong, with its better completion quality, the cumulative sales of Living Under Someone Else's House Simulator may exceed 100,000 copies within 15 days of the official release.
This is not arrogance.
Rather, it is a reasonable speculation they made after combining game quality, player feedback and market research.
The previous work had a very good reputation and also accumulated a lot of potential players for "Living with Other People Simulator".
Once the official version is released, it will definitely convert a large number of fans of the previous work. This is just like when a famous online writer starts a new book, a large number of old fans will come to support him after hearing about it.
And this time, Chen Ba, who has a certain amount of financial resources, is also prepared to spend money on promotion when "Living Under Someone Else's House Simulator" is released.
The promotion effect is difficult to estimate.
But what is certain is that a new game released with promotion is definitely better than without promotion, and getting off the ground will definitely not be as difficult as the previous one.
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Saturday, October 4th.
Tianba Studio released an announcement about the official launch of the new game "Living under Someone Else's Roof Simulator" on official communities, fan groups, Weibo and other platforms.
At the same time, players who were originally in the early access stage also received push messages for the "official version update".
Guo Mo, who had heard of this game a long time ago and had been waiting for the official version to be released, was chatting with fans in the live broadcast room.
"I just arrived, why is the host's face red?"
After reading a sentence, Guo Mo in front of the camera said expressionlessly: "Please understand, small anchors can't afford good equipment. This is a camera I bought from a scrap yard."
"Hahaha!"
The new viewers thought the host was quite pitiful, but the old viewers in the live broadcast room all laughed like crazy when they heard this.
Guo Mo’s red temperature camera, this is an old joke in the live broadcast room.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Old viewers all know that Guo Mo is clumsy with his hands but tough with his mouth, and he can always perform all kinds of brain-stirring operations no matter what game he plays.
He loves to interact with the comments, and it is normal to argue with each other until his face turns red and his neck becomes thick in the live broadcast room. Only new viewers will believe his excuse that "the camera is broken".
He just played a game of Apex, and after hitting the enemy once, he lied and said "he was seriously injured" or "only a little blood", causing the death of two teammates.
It was clearly her own fault, but she insisted on arguing with the comments, and then, as expected, she became popular...
"Forget it, I'm too lazy to argue with you!"
“I can only say that anyone who knows how to play the game knows how awesome the streamer is. It’s not your fault if bronze and silver players can’t understand the streamer’s moves.”
After putting the blame on the barrage as usual, Guo Mo quit the game, opened the Steam platform, and looked at the download list.
"It's OK, it's finished."
"Apex is a rubbish game. I can't even play ranked games. Let's try a different game today."
As he was talking, Guo Mo opened the "Living under Someone Else's Roof Simulator" that he had just downloaded and installed.
"A new game?"
"Stop it! Keep shooting. Didn't you say you'll get gold today?"
"What's so fun about this game? I might as well continue playing Apex!"
"Isn't it time to harvest rice?"
The comments in the comments were not very familiar with "Living under Someone Else's Roof Simulator" and did not understand why Guo Mo wanted to play this game. They questioned whether he had received money from the game manufacturer and was specifically promoting it through live streaming.
"Harvesting rice?"
When Guo Mo saw this comment, his face, which had returned to normal, turned red again. He laughed in anger and said, "Brother, do you have any misunderstanding about me? Am I worthy of receiving money with such a small number of fans?"
The barrage is so funny.
As a Pili Pili anchor, Guo Mo has only 32,000 fans in total, and there are only a few hundred active viewers in his live broadcast room.
He wanted to collect money for promotion and blast the old man's gold coins, but the question was, was he worthy of it? The reason he played this game was mainly because he had played the previous game and heard from his friends that "Living with Others Simulator" was okay, so he bought it to experience it.
(End of this chapter)