“We’ll know in two days after we see the players’ feedback.”
Pei Qian didn't pay much attention to this matter. As long as Meng Chang was still working hard to pursue commissions, he was trustworthy.
It is still unclear whether this publicity plan is feasible or not.
Although the news of "Ghost Commander 2" has come out, and the actual demonstration video has been released, which has also triggered some reactions among the "Ghost Commander" player group, after all, the popularity has not spread yet.
Most of the people who are looking forward to "Oni Commander 2" now are old players of "Oni Commander" and fighting game enthusiasts. This group only accounts for a small part of the player base, and their attitudes mean nothing.
The investment in "Oni General 2" is huge. Whether it can recover its investment depends on how far it breaks the industry and how many non-fighting game players it can attract to willingly pay for it.
If only fighting game players like it, then the best result is that they won’t make any money at most.
Therefore, Pei Qian is not in a hurry and plans to observe further.
At this stage, he still has many more important things to be busy with.
"Let me see how Safe and Civilized Driving is going?"
"Um……"
"The game is very popular, but the sales are not bad, a little better than I expected."
Pei Qian first looked at the sales of the game "Safe and Civilized Driving" and found that it was not as popular as many other Tenda games.
The game "Safe and Civilized Driving" itself has a huge investment, and with these sales, it is true that the cost cannot be recovered in the short term.
As for why sales are relatively optimistic, Pei Qian has roughly guessed it.
The main thing is that this game mode has made great achievements!
Most of the racing games currently on the market are similar. They are very easy to get started in the early stage and can be controlled relatively well with both keyboard and controller.
Even some particularly hard-core driving simulation games will at least incorporate a driving assistance system so that players can smoothly complete the entire process after entering the game.
But "Safe and Civilized Driving" is not only a very hard-core driving simulation game, but also innovatively adds a driver's license test link!
This link can be said to be the ultimate persuasion for controller and keyboard players.
Of course, some keyboard and controller masters can pass the driver's license test with their superb micro-control skills, but such masters are in the minority after all, and they also have to spend a lot of time and effort.
Therefore, this driving license test has discouraged many people.
I took the driver's license test several times but failed every time. Then I looked at the time and it happened to be within the refund time.
So why are you hesitating? Get your money back!
This time there is no official ridicule like "Return to the Shore", and players are very determined to refund their money.
After buying a steering wheel and passing the driver's license test, the experience of this game will indeed skyrocket, but most players cannot persist at this step.
Spending thousands of dollars to buy a steering wheel just for playing games means that if you give me a dish of vinegar, I will also make a meal of dumplings?
Many people have this mentality, so they would rather choose to be cloud players and watch anchors fail the driving test time and time again than suffer in the game themselves.
So the current situation has emerged: many keyboard, mouse and controller players have been persuaded to quit, and there are still many players who are hesitant to buy a steering wheel and are waiting to see.
Although the game "Safe and Civilized Driving" has aroused heated discussions on the Internet, for the time being, it has only attracted the attention to the live broadcast circle and the hard-core driving simulation player circle, and has not been able to truly break out of the circle and reach the level of some racing games.
"National Game" level.
After reading this, Pei Qian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Okay, okay!
After the previous collision results of Pashat came out, Pei Qian was worried for a long time, fearing that the collision function of this game would trigger a terrible chain reaction and cause the game to explode.
But now it seems that the situation is not that bad, right?
Although the popularity has indeed increased, it seems that it has not affected the sales of the game for the time being.
Although many people on the Internet are making fun of the Pasat incident, which has dealt a heavy blow to the sales of the new Pasat in China, most people will not be upset because a certain game exposed the quality problems of the Pasat.
Choose to buy it?
Pei Qian couldn't help but feel a little more at ease.
"How are the sales of the Let Me Kangkang Safe and Civilized Driving Simulator?"
"Well...it's not bad."
Judging from the sales data, there is no sales boom like the fully automatic lifting machine and smart fitness clothes drying rack. There is no shortage of goods on the product details page, so it seems to be pretty good.
“It’s perfect!”
Pei Qian couldn't help but be a little surprised. The current situation was beyond his expectation.
The game didn't explode, and the simulation devices didn't explode, so wouldn't that be a huge success?
Now Pei Qian no longer expects good things like the sudden death of the game. He doesn't want the game to be ignored. As long as it remains within a very niche range, it doesn't matter how high the reputation is. There is no way to break it anyway.
circle, it is impossible to recover the huge cost of investment.
Given Tenda's current size, every new project is fully invested, so the definition of the concept of "success" is getting higher and higher. It can only be achieved to the extent that an average small company can achieve.
Not quite a success.
"In this case, can we rent or buy a few more large warehouses?"
"I have to go check out the situation at the warehouse!"
Pei Qian decided on a whim to check the inventory.
Tenda has several large warehouses and many warehouses in Jingzhou. The warehousing system is a mesh layout: there are large warehouses in the suburbs of Jingzhou City in different directions, and then there are smaller ones near the Tenda physical industrial complex centered on Moyu Internet Cafe.
warehouse, and finally there are some goods stored in Nifeng Station.
Other cities are similar and are planned according to this plan.
This three-level storage layout is like a series of dams in the upper reaches of a river, which can ensure that headwind logistics can deliver products to customers as quickly as possible, and at the same time, it can also do its best to ensure that there are no shortages.
Of course, when these stocks accumulate, the backlog of goods is also very scary. Once prices fluctuate, they have to be sold at reduced prices. Such a large amount of inventory is enough to kill some weak small companies several times.
But this is exactly what Pei Qian wants.
From now on, as long as no one buys the goods at the price of the backlog, it's a win-win situation: Pei Qian wins twice!
Whether he was forced to sell at a lower price and lose money, or whether he refused to lower the price and let the inventory continue to depreciate in the warehouse, Pei Qian won.
Of course, the worst-case scenario is that all these goods are sold smoothly, and the bleeding cannot be stopped no matter how much stock is prepared, which would be terrible.
But that shouldn't happen at the moment.
Of course, these warehouses are not all for driving simulators. They are filled with various Tenda products by category, whether they are new products, old products, digital products developed by Outu Technology, or furniture and home appliances in cooperation with other manufacturers.
The products are all in stock.
Headwind Logistics is striving to achieve the ultimate goal of "delivering goods to your door in the shortest time".
Pei Qian wondered, if all the driving simulators in the inventory were not sold, could he justifiably rent a new warehouse?
The more warehouses there are, the better!
Thinking of this, Pei Qian called Ye Zhizhou and said he wanted to go to the warehouse on the outskirts of the city to have a look.
After seeing the situation in the warehouse, I happened to chat with Ye Zhizhou about the current situation of the game.
…
An hour later, Pei Qian arrived outside Tengda's largest warehouse on the outskirts of Jingzhou.
Ye Zhizhou should already be waiting in the warehouse.
In fact, Pei Qian originally wanted to call Chang You, but Chang You is still suffering on the island and will not be back until the end of this month, so he didn't call anyone else from Outu Technology.
But as soon as Pei Qian got out of the car, he felt something was wrong.
Because there are two large trucks parked at the door, one is unloading and the other is loading!
The large truck being unloaded was loaded with a truck full of safe and civilized driving simulator equipment. There were package versions packed together in large boxes, and small items such as steering wheels and gear levers were packed separately.
Several forklifts and workers were unloading goods in full swing, and the drivers of the two large trucks looked quite young. They found a place to sit nearby, smoking and chatting while watching the loading and unloading of goods.
"Have you played "Safe and Civilized Driving"?"
"What is that? I've never heard of it."
"Haven't heard of it? It's the thing we pull. There are all simulated steering wheel equipment behind it!"
"Is it a game? Why doesn't this name feel right?"
"It's just a game about driving a big truck. It's really fun."
"Ah? You drive every day to haul goods. Isn't that enough? You still have to drive a big truck in the game? Are your brains burned out?"
"Hey, why are you talking like this? It's really different. Just try it and you'll know."
The two of them had a lively chat, but they paid no attention to Pei Qian, just treating him as an ordinary passerby.
But Pei Qian suddenly lost his composure when he heard the two chatting.
What's going on?
Are truck drivers even playing this game?
That’s outrageous!
But then I thought about it, after all, this is a driver who pulls goods for Tenda. Knowing the usefulness of this simulator, I bought it out of curiosity to play with and practice my driving skills when I have nothing to do at home. It seems understandable.
The problem with truck drivers playing "Safe and Civilized Driving" is not big. The key is, why are there still big trucks loading and unloading now?
This is the real reason why Pei Qian is on high alert.
It stands to reason that Tenda has been stocking up on the safe and civilized driving simulator long before it is officially released. After purchasing the goods from the foundry, they are first shipped to several large warehouses of Tenda, and then gradually spread to other cities, including some small businesses.
In the inventory and Headwind Station.
In other words, the inventory should have been laid out long ago and all warehouses should be filled.
What's going on with such large-scale purchases and shipments? Shouldn't there be so many sales?
Continuing to walk inside, Pei Qian noticed that the large warehouse was also busy.
As Tengda's scale grows, the warehouses become more and more formal.
When Tenda first started its own warehousing, it only had a small warehouse, and the shelves were filled with digital products from other manufacturers, such as memory and graphics cards. It was quite adequate.
But now, not only the number of warehouses has increased significantly, but the inside of the warehouse has also changed drastically. It has turned into tall and uniform shelves, where various products are placed in categories, and are loaded and picked up by small forklifts.
There are several small forklifts busy placing various goods.
Ye Zhizhou had already arrived. When he saw Pei Qian coming, he hurriedly greeted him.
"Mr. Pei!"
Pei Qian looked at the situation in the warehouse as if facing a formidable enemy: "Recently...the sales of safe and civilized driving simulators have increased significantly?"
Ye Zhizhou nodded: "Yes, Mr. Pei, you already know?"
Pei Qian was embarrassed and didn't know how to answer the question for a moment.
What do you mean I already know?
I know a hammer!
I guessed it entirely based on the usual urine pattern and the abnormal movements in the warehouse!
Seeing Mr. Pei's expression, Ye Zhizhou suddenly said: "Oh! Mr. Pei, didn't you already know? You had predicted it, right?"
Pei Qian: "..."
While feeling outrageous, Pei Qian was also puzzled that game sales didn't seem to have skyrocketed.
It stands to reason that the number of people who purchase safe and civilized driving simulators should have a certain positive correlation with the number of people who purchase the game. The proportion of players who use steering wheels to play racing games among all players should be roughly stable.
Nowadays, the sales of games have not seen a huge increase, but the number of people buying emulators has soared. What is going on?