Chapter 71:

It's a good idea to renovate the DLC school district house.

But that has little to do with the upcoming version update of Family Living Simulator, at least not yet.

"After this update, there won't be any updates for a long time, right?"

Yang Dong, who had just ordered a cup of milk tea on his mobile phone, suddenly turned around and asked Chen Ba.

"Um!"

Chen Ba nodded: "For a stand-alone simulation game like this, it is normal to update a major version once a year on average."

This is different from online games.

Online games need to ensure "daily activity", so they will constantly update content to increase player activity and the number of people online at the same time.

But stand-alone doesn't care about this.

In other words, there is not even the concept of "daily active users" for stand-alone games. As long as the game is sold, no one will care whether you play it or when you play it.

So… Generally speaking, unless a game developer really cares about a game, they won’t actively update their standalone games.

It's good to update once a year.

Some stand-alone games may only update a major version every four or five years to release some new content to players.

What? You said DLC is released frequently? That stuff can sell! DLC that can't sell, that is, major game updates, how many developers will actively do it? Like "No Man's Sky", there is no gold version or complete version, let alone DLC and season pass. It has been quietly updated for five or six years, and its reputation has been saved from a flood of bad reviews to a rave review. In fact, it is rare.

However, No Man's Sky deserves it.

The pie that was drawn at the beginning was too big and there was no way to realize it. It could only be made a little more presentable through subsequent continuous updates.

"Knowing shame leads to courage!"

"No matter what, the No Man's Sky development team has maintained its bottom line and insisted on updating for so many years."

Talking about this game that was once favored by countless people but disappointed people after its release, and the development team learned from their mistakes and eventually achieved self-redemption, Chen Ba still admires it very much.

At the very least, he couldn't keep updating a game whose reputation had fallen to the bottom for five or six years in a row, and not even make a DLC.

If it were him, even if he wanted to atone for his original "pie in the sky", he would not add all the content to the game for free. He would at least release one or two DLCs to ensure subsequent income.

"Study Simulator" updated two major versions and then stopped updating.

"Living Under Someone Else's House Simulator" is also undergoing its second major version update. After this update, it is estimated that this game will remain unchanged for a long time in the future.

certainly!

This is also the right decision based on the sales growth curve of the two games.

After all, no one buys the game, and the players who have bought it have gradually abandoned it. It takes too much time and energy to continue releasing major version updates.

"We can't rule out a possibility that we keep updating the game, and then one day the updated version suddenly becomes popular, attracting many new players..."

Chen Ba smiled bitterly and said, "It is indeed possible, but the probability is as low as winning the lottery."

It is very difficult to make a single-player game that has already become unpopular become popular again.

And even if it becomes popular again, it is hard to say that it is due to the developer's persistent updates. Most of the time it is caused by external forces.

For example, the derivative animations, film and television dramas are very popular, or anchors like Wang Laoju attract traffic, or just happen to catch a wave of popularity...

In a word, it’s hard to become popular again!

Without external help and promotion, it would be like a pipe dream for a unpopular game to become popular again by continuously releasing new versions and updates.

"In that case, why don't we make a few DLCs while the game still has a large number of existing players?" Yang Dong asked.

He understood what Brother Ba meant.

After this round of version updates, "Living with Other People's Home Simulator" will probably not be updated for a long time.

Since there will be no more version updates, the number of existing players will only decrease in the future, so why not make a few DLCs now to make some money?

"Do you have any ideas?"

Chen Ba is not opposed to DLC. As long as the content is good, there is no harm in making one.

Since its establishment, Tianba Studio has never made a real DLC! The full name of DLC is Downloadable Content, which means additional downloadable content to expand the game content based on the main game.

DLC types are all-encompassing.

Some are skins, some are new characters, some are new plots, and some are new maps, or new game modes...

Considering the nature of the game, there is quite a lot of DLC that can be made for "Living with Other People Simulator", as long as it does not duplicate the existing game content.

“Let’s make a decoration DLC!”

Yang Dong suggested: "Most of the players of "Living with Others Simulator" have bought houses, and more than one."

"There's not much interaction with the houses in the game after you buy them, so I want to expand it so that players can decorate their own dream home..."

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

That’s a good idea!

The house in the game is indeed too low in interactivity. This is the house that everyone bought with a ten-year loan, so why is there only this little content?

"OK!"

Since the version update is going to be done anyway, it would be fine to release a decoration DLC at the same time. Chen Ba has no reason to object.

This DLC is pretty simple.

After all, refer to the interior decoration information and provide players with different decoration styles and different furniture options. After making a selection, let "Tianba Decoration Company" enter.

That’s right!

This decoration DLC does not allow players to do the decoration themselves at all. It just allows players to choose their favorite style, materials, furniture and decorations based on the options provided by the decoration company.

Which decoration company should I choose? Sorry! Tianba Decoration has monopolized the entire industry. There is no other company to choose from except them!

“What’s the pricing?”

After determining the content of the decoration DLC, Yang Dong asked about the pricing suggestions for this DLC.

The game itself is 25 yuan!

Without considering other factors, the price of the DLC must not exceed that of the main game, otherwise it will be difficult to distinguish between the big and small kings. Which one is the main game and which one is the DLC?

"This DLC is relatively simple and does not contain much content. We cannot sell it too expensively. If it is too expensive, few people will buy it."

Chen Ba thought about it seriously, and finally stretched out five fingers and said, "Five dollars!"

The price is suitable.

It is neither expensive nor cheap. Considering the enthusiasm of many players for "house speculation", there should be quite a few people who will buy it.

"It costs five dollars to buy the DLC alone, but if you add it to the game itself, the bundle price is only 28 dollars!" Chen Ba added.

Selling DLC ​​in bundles with the main game is also an effective strategy to increase sales.

Many people choose special versions that come with one or two DLCs when buying games.

After all, by adding just a few dollars, you can get one or two DLCs that originally cost more than ten or twenty dollars. It sounds quite cost-effective. The developers are losing money!

(End of this chapter)