Shen Miaomiao knew the results of "Phobia" on the first day.
Just over two thousand copies!
It’s not even as good as her previous sales forecast!
That's why she put aside the golden wind so confidently and spent a week at home studying for her thesis.
After all, even if Ghost Fear can maintain sales of 2,000 copies every day, its revenue per week will only be around 650,000 at best, and after deducting commission, it will only be around 500,000.
It’s still far away from the cost of two million!
When she thought of this, Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but feel sincerely happy. She thought that the first thing she would do when she returned to the company tomorrow was to kiss the green fifty dollar bill on her desk!
Then introduce it to it and tell it that there are many brothers and sisters coming to accompany it!
Those brothers and sisters are so beautiful!
Everyone is wearing red and bright clothes!
And they all come in bundles!
Put that thing in the money counting machine, hoo-la--
Simply the most beautiful symphony in the world!
Shen Miaomiao had even thought of the scene of herself swimming in the ocean of banknotes.
Then, I heard a crisp sound in my mind!
[Ding! Time’s up! This round of investment settlement is completed!]
[Project: Ghostphobia]
[Project investment amount: 2 million yuan]
[Project rebate amount: 0 yuan]
[Remaining time for settlement: 0 (settled)]
[Ding! The host has been detected to turn a profit! Achieve a hidden achievement - make a comeback! 】
[Achievement Reward: Super Guaranteed Card]
[The reward has been distributed and the host can use it at any time!]
Shen Miaomiao's smile was still on her face, but her whole person was petrified.
It's like being disconnected in the game Earth OL.
ah?
Has it started yet?
It has ended.
My brain was down for two minutes!
Shen Miaomiao raised her hand stiffly and mechanically logged into the enterprise backend of the Yiyou platform on her computer to check the data.
Just look at the "Latest Release" column after the title "Haunted", followed by its current sales data——
Real-time sales: 55557 sets
Total sales amount: 2,500,065 yuan
Looking at the two lines of numbers, Shen Miaomiao effortlessly calculated in her mind the final seven-day profit of "Phobia" after excluding commissions——
2000052 yuan.
Not much.
For example, the total investment amount is 52 yuan more.
Without a trace of hesitation!
Shen Miaomiao acted completely out of instinct!
"I - the frog in the sun!!!"
Snapped!
Shen Miaomiao closed the laptop with a slap!
This is a scam!
There were more than 2,000 copies on the first day, how could it produce more than 50,000 copies in just one week?!
This guy is almost catching up with the sales of medium and large-scale somatosensory cabin games!
Shen Miaomiao is going berserk!
In fact, if she just lost money and failed, she would not have such a big reaction.
Anyway, this is not the first time that I have lost money and failed.
The key is that this bastard system is so ridiculous!!!
He also went out of his way to give himself a "comeback" achievement!
oh!
I lost five yuan last time! I made fifty yuan more this time!
I just made a comeback?!
How can I afford this money!!!
Shen Miaomiao felt that the system was maliciously mocking her!
certainly!
The most disgusting thing is not the system, but the man behind it who maliciously increases the sales of my game!
Two thousand on the first day and fifty thousand in a single month. Shen Miaomiao was not mentally retarded, so she could certainly see that there was something wrong here!
I immediately concluded that during the week when I didn’t pay attention to the company, there must be some external factor involved!
Otherwise, game sales would not have suddenly increased!
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao reopened the computer and entered "Phobia" in the search engine.
Bada.
Soon, overwhelming news appeared on the pop-up web page——
"Terror is coming! Many evaluation websites have given high scores to ghost phobia!"
"The evaluation of all platforms exceeds 9.5! Haunted Creation creates a new type of horror game!"
"What kind of game has achieved countless high scores? An exclusive feature will give you an in-depth analysis of the design essence of phantomism!"
"..."
Evaluation?!
Shen Miaomiao's head was filled with questions!
She had heard Gu Sheng say this method of announcement before.
It is said that this is a very strong publicity method, and it is very recognized by players!
But the problem is that generally speaking, mainstream professional media evaluation teams will only select masterpieces for evaluation.
Works like theirs, which cost around a million dollars, cannot be judged by others at all!
So...where does this so-called evaluation come from?
Shen Miaomiao continued to scroll down -
"Yiyu announces the creation of an exclusive theme for ghost phobia! Two steps to teach you how to get it quickly!"
"Supernova treatment! Yiyou released a major event, and the somatosensory cabin was released on the topic of ghost phobia game!"
"..."
I looked at the screen for two seconds!
Shen Miaomiao did not hold back, she was laughed out of anger on the spot!
Pointing to the words "Yiyou" on the screen, he gritted his teeth:
"Good boy, you fucking..."
It’s you again!
Shen Miaomiao sighed deeply in her heart!
A dog takes a mouse!
Shen Miaomiao was such a smart person, she immediately realized that it was the extra 80,000 yuan she gave that made Yan Sheng misunderstand!
Brother, can you please stop thinking...
I just want to raise the production cost within the allowable range of the system...
You said you always wear a full vest to cooperate with me...
but!
Then I thought again!
Isn't it right?
Before, Lao Gu told her about media evaluation, saying that it was an extremely powerful double-edged sword publicity method.
Once the game is good, reviews will elevate the game to a pedestal and drive sales up.
But if the game is not good, the reviewers will point out the problems unceremoniously, which may even be counterproductive to the sales of the game!
and!
Those mainstream evaluation media are very fond of feathers.
You can spend money or ask them to help you do the evaluation through connections, but you have no control over the results of the evaluation!
Good is good, bad is bad!
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao scratched her head a little.
Because in her opinion, "Haunting" is completely an anti-mainstream work, and to put it bluntly, it fundamentally destroys the established model of horror games!
Why do everyone still applaud unanimously???
Shen Miaomiao really couldn't understand.
So I randomly clicked on one of the most popular reviews and read through it carefully——
"Black Box Review: (Phobia) A ghost card that redefines horror games (9.8/10)"
Shen Miaomiao grinned looking at the high score of 9.8.
So high!
Turn the screen and look down, and you will see the review saying——
[It is no exaggeration to say that this is the best horror game I have ever played on the somatosensory cabin platform in the past five years, bar none]
[The reason why I say this is because it created an unprecedented "online horror game" type]
[Secondly, and most importantly, it creates a new branch of horror games from scratch]
[We call it - psychological horror]
[It cancels the usual weapon settings of traditional horror games, leaving players defenseless and experiencing panic at all times]
[It cancels the stereotyped and lengthy process of traditional horror games, shortens the tasteless foreshadowing, and presents the excitement immediately]
[It cancels the vast map inherent in traditional horror games and creates a cramped space, which is full of tension]
[From Vampire Survivor to Haunted Mania, Golden Wind once again proves their unique understanding of games]
[From the graphics to the sound effects, from the environment to the many settings, this game seems to be reminding you all the time - there is a ghost here, but there is nothing you can do about it]
[And this is precisely the most subtle point of psychological horror]
【……】
Looking at the lines of comments, Shen Miaomiao could not help but frown slowly——
These blown-out settings...
Why does it look so familiar to me?
Look at the player comments below——
‘Pertinent, to the point, well-founded (like)’
‘Not to mention anything else, the lack of weapons is a real trait. After entering the game, I was really panicked (angry)’
‘The short-process setting greatly reduces the lengthy foreshadowing of the game, and it gets straight to the point, and the design is really awesome (i got it)’
‘You spent 45 yuan to play for five minutes and you kicked me, I’m stupid (yeah)’
‘This game is really blood-pressure-inducing, and the switching of the sense of space is so scary (scaring)’
‘9.8 is quite pertinent, worthy of being a box girl (opening Coke)’
‘…’
One review after another, all are real feedback from players.
Check out the comments section and read the reviews.
Look at the comments section again, and then look at the reviews.
Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but utter a question from the depths of her soul -
ah?
No weapons, short process, small map, multiplayer...
Isn’t this a big pitfall that I listed one by one at the beginning!!!
this moment!
Explosive thinking!
Where did I come from and where will I die? Why do I appear in this world? Did the world choose me or did I choose the world? Is there an end to the universe? Is there any length of time? Where does the past time disappear? The future time Where does it stop?
Who killed me?
And who did I kill?!
a long time!
Scroll to the end of the review page.
Look at the seven dazzling words [New flagship of horror games] at the end of the review!
Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but let out a cry of despair in her heart!
damn it!
Is...I killed me?!
What a sin!
Shen Miaomiao gritted her teeth, as if she had taken a bite of nine-turn large intestine that retained its original flavor.
but!
Apart from being annoyed, Shen Miaomiao also decided to learn from the painful experience!
no!
We can no longer lose money aimlessly!
She has to find the root cause of her money-losing failure and try to avoid it in her next work!
Otherwise, if you just think about it and do it, you may lose money and wait until the Year of the Monkey!
Even if you lose money, you have to have a plan!
Think of this.
Shen Miaomiao took the pen and began to record and analyze on the paper——
First! It’s the gameplay type!
From Leo the Cat to Who's the Daddy, and from Vampire Survivor to Haunted Mania.
These games are either abstract in gameplay or unpopular in genre. They are the tracks that you will ‘carefully select’ and seem to be sure to hit!
but!
It is precisely because the types of these games are not popular that they have no rivals in the market!
And this situation is very scary!
Because once such a game becomes popular, it will easily form a monopoly on the market!
Shen Miaomiao, who has a background in financial engineering, understands the horrors of monopoly very well.
In any industry, whether it is watches and jewelry, breakfast restaurants, or even rag picking, once a market is monopolized, the profits will be astronomical!
Um!
Shen Miaomiao nodded.
It seems that my previous ideas were really dangerous.
I need to make a change in my next work, try to do the opposite, and focus on popular game types, such as guns, cars, and ball.
Competition in that type is fierce, it is difficult for them to get ahead, and the probability of overturning is greater!
Swish swish——
Shen Miaomiao wrote it down in a small notebook.
Secondly! It is to declare your attitude!
Before, I had always been too conservative and extremely resistant to publicity.
But it is precisely because of this that Yiyou often gets the wrong idea, blindly makes up her mind, and gives her a crotchless hair!
hateful!
Shen Miaomiao became extremely angry when she mentioned this!
What's more, if you don't announce it once and say you have no money, and you say you have no money twice, what happens next?
Ten times, eight times, thirty-fifty times, will it never be announced?
Although Gu Sheng's resume showed that he was just a smart guy with no working experience, Shen Miaomiao always felt that there was something wrong with him, and he looked a bit like a veteran in the gaming industry.
As time goes by, there's no guarantee he won't notice something fishy.
so!
For the next game, it’s better to find Xuanfa. Not only will he appear normal, but he can also tell Yan Sheng, this scary whale, openly and honestly: Stop playing by yourself!!!
Swish swish——
Shen Miaomiao once again wrote down her thoughts in the notebook.
Third! It’s game investment!
There's not much to say about this.
The higher the investment, the slower the cost recovery. This is a simple and easy-to-understand principle.
She only hated Comrade Shen for refusing to give her a single penny.
Otherwise, she would have to invest Shen Capital!
By then, the system's rebates will be astronomical, and may even directly affect international monetary relations!
"well……"
However, just think about this matter in your mind, Shen Miaomiao sighed.
You should be more pragmatic and start making changes in small aspects.
We must be down-to-earth, take one step at a time, open our minds, forge ahead, and lose money in an orderly manner!
Think of this!
Shen Miaomiao threw the pen aside and looked at her small notebook with satisfaction——
"Hmm...fire type...gun, cart and ball...increase the difficulty of competition..."
"Hmm...properly announce it...make a show...reduce the chance of accidents..."
"After that, invest more money!"
Perfect!
Shen Miaomiao slapped her face!
Since I was successful in sneaking around before, let me get beaten upright this time!
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao's mood became cheerful and she snapped her fingers - snap!
"System! What's that comeback reward card of yours? Take it out and let me take a look!"
[Ding! The "Comeback" achievement reward has been retrieved for you: Super Guaranteed Card]
[Note: After use, the rebate rate for the next investment will be increased to (extractable) times]
[Note: The withdrawal rate will not be lower than the inherent rebate rate, with an upper limit of 100 times]
See here!
Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but her eyes lit up!
What a good thing!
Previously, time was reduced, but this time, the rebate rate is increased!
"Extract!"
With Shen Miaomiao's crisp shout, the magnification rate began to rotate and finally settled on the shining golden word 100!
"Wuhu!"
Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but cheered and jumped up from her chair!
"I hit it! I hit it! I hit it!"
"One hundred times! Jackpot!"
"This time, I really want to make a comeback hahahahahaha..."