I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 404 - 144: Host, can you perform that again?_1

Chapter 404: Chapter 144: Host, can you perform that again?_1

[Detected "Assassin’s Creed: Ezio" is now available]

[Issuing adaptive concomitant missions based on game’s overall evaluation!]

[Regular mission: Within the first month of the release, total player online duration must reach no less than 1,000,000 hours]

[Special mission: On the premise of completing the regular mission, keep the revenue below one hundred million yuan]

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The moment the game was listed, Ke Jin also received corresponding prompts from the system in his mind.

The regular mission of 1,000,000 hours was easy to achieve.

On average, probably around two to three hundred thousand players could take care of it.

And whether it was due to unlocking some hidden privileges upon reaching level 9, Brother Tong Zi had upped the ante for his special low consumption once again.

One hundred million yuan of revenue, divided by the total price of 198.

It would take selling a full 500,000 copies at 198 each to break the one billion mark.

If it was a direct purchase release, Ke Jin estimated that 500,000 copies would really be a small affair, given the number one player’s current following of two to three million.

In one month’s time, it would surely be devoured.

But you see, he had tinkered with the Chapter-by-Chapter payment.

The 198 was split into 10 Chapters, plus the free content given at the start, totaling 11 Chapters.

Each Chapter was priced at 19.8 yuan independently, and the difficulty of recharging would gradually escalate afterwards.

By the time the final Chapter was unlocked, it would require a marathon!

Even Ke Jin felt this strategy was a bit inhumane.

But for the sake of his ultimate gift package, he couldn’t worry about that!

After all, players who really didn’t want to run could just wait for a month to directly unlock the full payment option.

After this combination of punches, Ke Jin estimated that the number of players playing the first Chapter for free might be around a million.

Then, by the second Chapter, half of the players would be directly dissuaded.

When it came to the third Chapter, another half would be discouraged!

By the fifth or sixth Chapter, the number of players still persisting might only be in the tens of thousands.

Tens of thousands of players, even if they paid in full, would only amount to around ten million or so.

They couldn’t break a billion no matter what.

Alright, alright, go ahead and spend your money without worries.

I’m off to make waves!

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"Brothers, stop rushing me! I’m here, I’m here!"

Right at the moment "Ezio" went live.

PDD’s phone was trembling non-stop due to the countless private messages from the Shark Platform’s backend.

One of the benefits of being one of Shark Platform’s top game streamers is that whenever a highly anticipated game hits the market,

he almost doesn’t need to look up the information himself, as fans would come to remind him like crazy.

After all, there are many office workers and students who can’t afford or are not in a position to get their hands on the game as soon as it’s released.

Watching live streams has become a very important channel.

He started the stream quickly.

As the game was downloading, PDD started chatting with the bullet comments.

"Brothers, let me tell you, I had surgery before, right? And after I recovered enough post-surgery, the doctor told me to exercise more and that my weight was very unhealthy. At first, I thought so too,"

"But damn, once I get back home it’s a whole different story, you know. Every day after waking up, the auntie has my favorite meals ready, don’t need to bother about clothes or cleaning, then just play games all day, sleep when I’m tired—life is just incredibly lazy. Ya’er, really can’t muster the energy."

"Someone in the comments is offering 100k? Hah, even if you gave me a million right now and asked me to run 500 meters, I couldn’t do it—I value my life too much."

"Yo, the game’s downloaded, let the killing begin! I heard this is a stealth action game? The concept of ’stealth’ always conjures up the image of a pervert sneakily following behind women for me, and pairing it with the suggestive term ’action,’ man, don’t suddenly turn my stream all raunchy, my little live room might just skyrocket into oblivion!"

What relieved PDD was,

the login screen illustration of the game was a man wearing a white coat, donning a peculiarly shaped beak hood, revealing a short sword from his sleeves among a noisy crowd, gripping a dead man with one hand while staring coldly at the screen.

But from the player’s perspective, his face was not clear, only the interplay of light and shadow on his chin outline, exuding an indescribable cold and handsome aura.

Immediately after, the words "Assassin’s Creed: Ezio" appeared.

Just one login screen illustration made PDD suddenly widen his eyes.

"Ya’er, it’s so handsome?"

"This outfit, I wanted to have it custom-made offline the moment I laid eyes on it! It sort of resembles those magicians from fantasy novels, but it’s sharper and cooler than those robes. Anyway, it’s just different, you know what I mean?"

"The number one player’s aesthetic is strong, I tell you! If they were smart, they’d immediately partner with a clothing manufacturer offline to make and sell these clothes as merchandise! They would for sure sell like hotcakes!"

It wasn’t just PDD’s personal taste.

Just when this illustration was presented, the amount of bullet comments in the live room surged.

"Really handsome."

"Truly a stunner at first sight! The number one player’s perception of game art always rubs my G-spot just right!"

"Baby Ke knows G-spots ... ah no, Baby Ke has good taste!"

"How much is this game? I was still observing, but that entry illustration shocked me. Feels like if it’s not too expensive, I might consider buying it."