Chapter 173 Everything is going well, but the game can't be sold...
April 21.
Linmu Studio.
In the conference room.
Lin Yao and the core staff of the studio sat at the conference table.
The atmosphere was a bit solemn.
It could even be said to be low pressure.
"Which test player cracked the game package?" Zhong Xiu gritted his teeth and said.
"I asked all the players in the last round of testing, but they all said it was not them." Mu Wanqing lowered her head slightly and replied softly.
"I also remotely checked the integrity of the files in the test player's computer, and none of them were touched."
Zhu Nianqiao also shook her head: "Of course, there is a possibility of copying, but the scope is so large that it can't be confirmed at all."
"Who is it then?" Zhong Xiu still gritted his teeth: "Don't let me find it! Damn it, otherwise don't even think about playing Linmu Studio's games with your ID card in the future!"
No one else present said anything when they heard this.
The feedback from the new game test did not meet expectations, and now this incident has happened again.
Players have expressed that they will not buy it.
No one can feel good.
"Are you a primary school student?"
Lin Yao looked at Zhong Xiu and finally spoke, a little helpless.
"..." Zhong Xiu met Lin Yao's gaze, then turned his head, his eyes somewhat evasive.
"Since it has already happened, impotent rage can't solve any problems."
Lin Yao said softly: "We can only accept and make amends. As for accountability, we can do it, but it's not the players who cracked it? We harass the test players over and over again, which shows that we don't trust them, which will only backfire."
Zhong Xiu was stunned, and then said: "You mean..."
Lin Yao shook her head: "I just said a possibility, don't mention things without evidence."
"...It's my problem."
Zhong Xiu lowered his head again and whispered: "I should have removed the encryption file when testing the installation package."
"It's none of your business. It's actually not a problem. I just happened to run into it."
Lin Yao still shook her head.
Who knew that someone would use encryption to infer that the new game is a buyout system.
And it also caused resistance from the players.
No one knows.
"Forget it, since it's been exposed, just admit it openly and prepare to launch the platform and the game, including the Greenlight Project."
Lin Yao thought for a moment, and said calmly: "But in the current situation, the game's promotion plan needs to be changed. The level of the in-game pass will be lowered by one level, and the legendary skins and gun skins of the highest level rewards will be taken out as rewards for players to pre-order the game. We have two levels. Players who pre-order the regular version can get the skins and guns of the original highest level rewards of the pass, and the more expensive deluxe version pre-order can get the electronic collection of original paintings and electronic collection of music on the basis of the regular version."
"As for the price... 78 for the regular version, 98 for the collector's edition."
"..."
Zhong Xiu was silent for a moment, nodded: "I understand, but Lin Yao, you also have to be mentally prepared, because the news was leaked in advance, the players have no vigilance, and the resistance is very strong, and the final pre-order figures may be ugly. In fact, if you think..."
At this point.
He paused.
Hearing Zhong Xiu's words.
Everyone present looked at Lin Yao.
"Don't worry, I'm not as fragile as you think."
Lin Yao smiled at them: "I can accept whatever the game is like. After all, I made a mistake in judgment at the beginning, and the responsibility is on me. The game has been made, and I don't want everyone's efforts to go to waste, so I will release it as usual."
"Okay."
Zhong Xiu sighed, and then changed the subject: "I have an idea. Now the future of the new game seems uncertain, so can we also launch the pass in "Breakout"? "Breakout" is just about to update new gun skins and characters during this period. This system feels like a good revenue point..." "
The pass is launched in "Breakout"?"
Lin Yao pondered for a moment, and then replied: "Yes, we can balance the rewards. As long as the player reaches the maximum level, the same amount of gold coins will be returned..."
...
In early May.
Just when players were speculating whether Linmu Studio's new game was a buyout system.
Linmu Studio came out.
And admitted it openly.
And on the same day, the game platform was directly launched.
And the only game on the game platform mall is Linmu Studio's new game-"Battle Royale". It
is currently available for pre-order. The game
will be officially launched on May 10th.
As for the price, the regular version is priced at 78,
and the deluxe version is priced at 98. The game platform
has just been launched. Related discussions have appeared on the forum.
Most players said that it was as expected, and they were shaking their heads.
On the first day of pre-order,
"Battle Royale" only sold more than a thousand copies...
It was terrible.
This is also related to the platform.
Linmu Studio's game platform was just launched, and the new game failed. The public opinion was not ideal, so the largest traffic of the platform came from the other two online games under its umbrella...
Lin Yao's initial idea of promoting the platform through games failed.
So it is not surprising that such a result was obtained in the end.
But it is indeed miserable.
After learning this number, everyone in Linmu Studio felt bad.
And the next day.
The pre-order data of the new game is still bleak.
But Linmu Studio did not stop. On this day, Linmu Studio launched the Greenlight plan on the game platform, and at the same time, "Breakout" launched the pass system.
Unexpectedly. The
pre-order of the new game is bleak.
The pass system of "Breakout" has received unanimous praise from players!
Because even if you don't charge money in the pass system, you can get new gun skins and new characters, not to mention charging money! The advanced pass actually directly rewards gold coins. Some players calculated that if the pass is upgraded to the highest level, the recharged money will be all returned with the returned gold coins! It is equivalent to a free pass!
Of course, some players know.
They charge real money, but the gold coins returned by Linmu Studio are virtual currency, which is essentially unequal.
But the pass is really worth it!
You can get a lot of things, including gun skins, new characters, and new gun pendants.
And the returned gold coins can be used to buy boxes!
Players feel that they have made a fortune.
Therefore, as soon as the pass of "Breakout" was launched, it brought a lot of income to Linmu Studio on the first day.
The players are very enthusiastic.
It is foreseeable
that the pass of "Breakout" will continue to bring income to Linmu Studio.
No one expected such a result, not even Lin Yao.
One can only sigh that things are unpredictable.
On the other hand,
the reputation of the game platform is also quite good.
Not to mention the store.
The simple and clean interface of the game platform, the built-in forum, evaluation system, and the cross-game friend system have all been well received by players.
The function of the game platform also pushing the latest game updates at the same time has received rave reviews.
As the launcher of Linmu Studio's games, the game platform is considered a success.
After all, the players who play Linmu Studio's games are satisfied.
It is also thanks to them.
In the end, the number of votes for Greenlight was very good.
When players open the platform and see the huge Greenlight program advertisement, they will click in to take a look, and some players are still interested in independent games and stand-alone games.
When they saw the independent games on Greenlight that Lin Yao carefully selected and had innovative gameplay, they would vote for the ones they found interesting.
In the end,
the number of votes for some games in the Greenlight program was higher than the number of pre-orders for Linmu Studio's new games...
Well.
Everything was going well.
It's just that the game can't be sold...
This is probably the current situation of Linmu Studio.
And due to the cold reception of the new game, the game platform was finally limited to players of Linmu Studio's other two games, and it was not promoted at all.
...
On May 10th,
the number of pre-orders for "Battle Royale" finally settled at 9,000... It
didn't even break 10,000.
The game was officially unlocked.
On this day, the final sales actually increased a little.
Because some players don't want to spend money and can't play the game immediately, they have to wait for this.
Now that the game is unlocked, they want to see how the new game of Linmu Studio is.
But the final sales of the game are still very bleak.
Because there are not many players, the players who bought the game enter the game and it takes a long time to match a game.
This made some players very angry, and they gave bad reviews to the new game in the review system launched on the Linmu Studio game platform, saying that they bought a game and spent half a day shooting at targets at the shooting range...
After this incident,
the situation of "Battle Royale" became even more difficult.
There was no popularity, no black traffic, and the competition over at Reflecta had already reached the semi-finals, so most FPS players paid more attention to the competition.
So "Battle Royale" was quickly forgotten by the players.
Only a post titled "Linmu Studio's New Game Was Coldly Received" was left on the forum...
It was really miserable.
Lin Yao was sitting in her seat, and since the new game was launched, she had also been paying attention to the news of the new game. In the
end, the dismal sales figures of the game came out.
She was still calm, after all, she was mentally prepared.
Although she was a little frustrated, this emotion did not last long, and she quickly came out and began to sum up her experience.
This time, it was not the problem of the game.
The main reason was that the timing was wrong. I shouldn’t have launched a game of the same type right after Breakout. I was too impatient. In order to get the game online on the gaming platform, I didn’t think of a good promotional plan. If I had followed the Breakout model, made a good PV, and focused on promoting the gameplay, the final result would have been more ideal.
Then there was the buyout system.
The timing was not right at the moment. I was too blindly trusting my past life experience. The world is different now, and I had to wait for the right time.
Yeah.
That was about it.
Lin Yao looked at the problem points she had written down and nodded.
She doesn't like to blame others when she fails, because it's useless.
Compared to complaining, she thinks it's more useful to summarize the experience of failure.
After all, you can correct your mistakes.
You are not a pig...
In addition, she doesn't plan to give up the game "Battle Royale". Although the game seems to have failed now, it's mainly because of the wrong timing and poor promotion.
She plans to design a promotion plan for "Battle Royale" and then update it steadily...
Lin Yao is holding her chin and thinking about the next plan to save "Battle Royale".
The phone rang beside her.
Lin Yao took a look, then picked up the phone, answered the call, and subconsciously asked: "Mr. Zhang, what's the matter? Is it for the new game?"
After all, Reflecta was not brought to the promotion of the new game.
Lin Yao thought Zhang Jianghu was talking about the new game.
But Zhang Jianghu on the other end of the phone was stunned when he heard her words, and then smiled and said: "Mr. Lin, you misunderstood. I am not here for the new game. I am calling mainly for the competition. I want to ask you for a favor. You see that the pass system of "Breakout" is so successful. Can we add the logo of our championship team to the reward? This is also a good reward for players..."
Lin Yao was also stunned when she heard it. After a long time, she replied: "That's no problem."
"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Lin."
Zhang Jianghu smiled and became polite.
Then the two chatted for a few more sentences.
But Zhang Jianghu never mentioned the new game of Linmu Studio from beginning to end...
But since he knew that "Breakout" launched the pass system, it proved that he should also know about the new game, so why didn't he ask about the new game...
Right.
Lin Yao put down the phone and suddenly figured it out.
Her new game flopped... Based on the current sales, the other party would not look down on it at all.
She was being too sentimental.
Thinking of this, Lin Yao blushed slightly, and then gently scratched her slightly hot face, feeling a little embarrassed.
I feel like I'm dying...
(End of this chapter)
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