I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 508 - 168: A Messy Account!_2

Chapter 508: Chapter 168: A Messy Account!_2

Even though Hattori Hiroshi immediately held a press conference with a face full of shame, with all of SE’s top executives facing the cameras and bowing at a 90-degree angle to apologize,

Repeatedly saying "I’m really sorry!"

It still didn’t win back the players’ hearts.

Facing the standard Japanese-style apologies from SE’s top brass,

Neon Country gamers found that cursing them in their local dialect just wasn’t satisfying enough.

It would be better to learn from the straightforward and crude approach of the gamers from Huaxia Nation.

So,

gamers from Neon Country began to express their opinions on SE’s apology video time and again.

"Damn you SE! Completely messed up!"

Ah! To speak one’s mind, how utterly refreshing!

Just five short words that expressed their outrage and also summarized the results they expected to see.

Why hadn’t it occurred to them before that the curses from Huaxia Nation were so useful?

Even within Neon, this incident sparked a mini-trend of learning to curse in Huaxia language.

Meanwhile in Huaxia Nation,

SE’s subsidiary, Silver Brilliance Game, had been struggling even more lately.

When Huaxia Country’s gamers unleashed their anger, they were far more forceful than the mild curses of the Japanese.

They started with questioning their ancestry, followed by sarcastic comments, soul-crushing criticisms, and a series of parallel sentences.

"Silver Brilliance, are you out of your mind? Selling a shoddy console for 5199, is that to fund a grand funeral for your CEO? You never fix bugs in your games, only keen on your damn loot boxes. I’m puzzled, why is giving you guys a suggestion like making a wish at your CEO’s grave; it’s never acknowledged or responded to?"

This combination of blows was just shy of cursing the souls out of Silver Brilliance’s executives.

This time was somewhat different from the past.

In the past, gamers complained but had no other choice; after ranting, they would still make purchases if they needed to.

So, when there was an uproar, companies could just play dead and get by.

But now,

there was the mobile game "Cloud Top" ahead,

and behind, the Switch launched with four new titles.

The pressure was unrelenting from both the mobile and console fronts.

Silver Brilliance’s overall revenue started to plummet.

Even more desperate was that,

when the wall falls, everyone pushes.

The mobile gaming companies that initially agreed to join Silver Brilliance in boycotting Head player were now all running for the hills at the first sign of trouble.

Some even turned turncoats, tearfully exposing on platforms that ’Silver Brilliance’s top brass threatened them, not to join the boycott would mean cutting off their livelihood’.

Although there was some exaggeration,

in these critical times, it was ’as long as you curse at Silver Brilliance, then we’re all brothers.’

It didn’t matter whether the accusations were true or not; blame was cast and that was the end of it.

Tengjing and Netcom also quietly took the opportunity to add to the chaos, shifting some of their own negativity onto others.

Suddenly, Silver Brilliance, a gaming giant that had been solid in Huaxia Country for over a decade, was suffocating under the weight of public denunciation.

Partners were fleeing overnight.

The stock market value began to fluctuate wildly.

Zhu Yue was so anxious lately that he was almost on the verge of going to Head player headquarters to kowtow and admit his wrongdoing.

But truth be told,

even if Zhu Yue really dared to do that,

Ke Jin wouldn’t be able to help him.

At this juncture, it was no longer an issue that Head player could resolve by just stepping in and speaking a few words of reconciliation.

Even Tengjing and Netcom might not have been able to withstand it,

but at least they had the backing of their headquarters, which was also located within Huaxia Nation.

Your biggest backer, SE, has recently been facing just as fragile a situation in Neon, barely able to save itself, let alone care about you.

As for the impending collapse of Silver Brilliance,

Ke Jin had no sympathy.

On the contrary, he even felt like saying ’serves you right.’

Of course, Silver Brilliance might not even have a moment’s time for a ’serves you right.’

Because the four new games from Head player had already been launched to all players.

While there were still discussions about overseas markets, at least domestic sales faced no barriers.

With the launch of the games, Ke Jin’s backend tasks were refreshed.

For these four games, the launch month’s minimum sales should not be less than ten billion.

Ke Jin did some quick math.

Even if "Spire" selling at 79 sold a million copies, it would not even reach one billion.

But as the market for dove-themed games was approaching saturation and the audience for card games was not as large as imagined,

Ke Jin, even with a pessimistic estimate, expected only about six or seven hundred thousand copies sold at most in a month.

If being a little more optimistic, perhaps only one or two hundred thousand copies could be sold, which was indeed pleasing.

Next, regarding the exclusive Switch titles,

exclusivity itself would help to mitigate some of the sales impact since those willing to spend over 2000 on a Switch were definitely fewer than those willing to spend a few hundred on games or microtransactions.

Paying 648 might be done reluctantly, but a 2K+ handheld console would indeed require some hesitation.

And the sales of handheld consoles would affect the sales of game cartridges.

The current prices for the three game cartridges were Kirby 198, Penpen 198, and Mario Leak 233.

Compared to the prices in his previous life, it was nearly a quarter cheaper, accommodating the average gamer while also giving a lift to the competition.

If it were not for the notion of leaving some space for competitors, Ke Jin would have liked to lower the prices even more.

But further price reductions would inevitably lead to a monopoly.

And this kind of monopoly was not one of quality.

It was an even more frightening profit monopoly!

Meaning, other manufacturers couldn’t survive doing this, only you could make money from it.

Because other companies still had to bear one problem that Head player didn’t have to worry about—the cost of trial and error.