I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 619 - 194: New Ideas to Push into the TOP 3 that Force Players to Spend!_2

Chapter 619: Chapter 194: New Ideas to Push into the TOP 3 that Force Players to Spend!_2

It was only after pouring in a substantial amount of capital that they created the illusion of a booming success.

So what phenomenon does this illustrate?

Without capital, you’re nothing.

Though I curse it, Ke Jin can’t help but get a headache about how to set up a strategy to avoid pay-to-win this time around.

And this time, the conditions are even more harsh than before.

First off,

With "Elden" positioned to kick the Europe and America gaming market’s ass, there was no way we could price it as ludicrously as we had before.

Ke Jin truly wanted to come up with something like "pay just 8.8 and take Lani, your wife, home," or "just 9.9 and Melina will immediately go with you."

But that kind of pricing wouldn’t regenerate any revenue.

Spending 20 billion to buy out Nplay already squeezed First Player dry as could be.

Desperately in need of an elixir to replenish funds.

So,

In need of earning some money back, keeping the price low, and still garnering praise from gamers worldwide,

Mr. Ke is left with very little room to maneuver.

However, Mr. Ke, being a man, is especially good at finding loopholes and exploiting them! Then squeezing through the cracks for all he’s worth.

Don’t assume this path is secure and hidden.

Once Mr. Ke probes around a few times, he just might carve out a wide, comfortable road to travel on at will.

Oh, of course, here we’re only talking about Mr. Ke researching ways to force pay-to-win.

After a brainstorm, Ke Jin’s eyes opened, and a determination to succeed shone through!

"I’ve got it!"

The plan goes like this.

You see, now First Player is also charging into global battlefields.

Since there’s no "Great Firewall" abroad, games released on Nplay’s platform theoretically can be easily purchased by players from all over the world.

So, when it comes to global purchasing, we can’t help but whip out the shared ID card of global gamers—the people of Turkey.

Yes, the previous life’s Steam gave Ke Jin a massive inspiration.

If I pick some poorer countries where the price of my "Elden" is really cheap, maybe ten times cheaper than the original price in Europe and America...

And what if the news of this was "accidentally" leaked by First Player’s official channels...

How would players respond?

All previous pay-to-win tactics were of the type where the player had no choice.

Whether it was about paying to increase game difficulty, or having ads blocking the pay-to-win page.

Or even paying to blow up the servers.

If you think about these tactics carefully, you’ll realize,

Players could only choose between paying or not.

Those tycoons who want to pay, you can’t stop them, and those who don’t, there’s no point in trying.

But this time, I give players a choice!

The same game, but I’m selling it at different prices.

You can buy the pricier version in Europe or America, or you can buy a very cheap version in Turkey or Argentina.

Either way, the money you spend more or less, you get the same content experience.

Paying pigs are only dumb, not stupid.

If you can officially pay 68 for 648 value, who would still choose to pay 648?

And this way of setting prices has a very solid reason behind it, Brother Tong Zi couldn’t accuse it as a sloppy job.

After all, in many poor countries, the gamers are also human, but they don’t have much money to buy well-made games.

I’m putting myself in their shoes, wanting to let them enjoy fun at the lowest price possible, equally with other players, what’s wrong with that?

What? Are you saying Argentina doesn’t actually have a population of 1.3 billion?

How should I know, you should ask Argentina’s bureau of statistics. Why are you looking at me? I’m not the director.

Hey, this move is really nice!

Though Brother Tong Zi’s tactics are a dimensional strike if compared to Zhizi, but he’s got nothing on Mr. Ke’s brilliant mind.

Ke Jin feels that this time the strategy will turn the traditional play on its head, and might even make it into Mr. Ke’s top three genius ideas!

This is a resounding kiss!

With everything in place, Ke Jin began to wait quietly for "Elden," after its final adjustments, to be launched simultaneously worldwide!

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CzCu is one of the popular game streamers on the Twitch platform.

His streaming style is somewhat abstract, with no regard for his image, often acting the fool or silly, and his mood fluctuating unpredictably—one second he’s laughing, the next he’s slamming his desk, one moment he’s exuberant and the next he’s holding his head in tears.

Coupled with the right game scenarios, this often makes his streaming explosively entertaining.

Besides, CzCu enjoys viewing risqué photos or videos with his bros and openly critiques anything he finds unattractive, unafraid of the political correctness issues outside Huaxia Nation.

Having built up a substantial fan base over years of streaming, with fans spread all over the world, many Huaxia Nation gamers also often climb over the firewall to watch him do his stuff.

Today, CzCu decided to try out the new 3D blockbuster "Dark Domain Realm" for his regular stream.

The latest ARPG from Hope Flute.

Before the game even launched, various gaming media outlets competed to hype it to high heaven, with scores above 9.

But after playing for two hours, CzCu furrowed his brows, puzzled, and spread his hands to the camera.

"Exm? How does this game dare to be priced at 200 bucks?"

"As an action role-playing game, its combat system is standard, and the impact feels decent, but you know, it’s just decent. There aren’t many remarkable aspects."

"The only thing worth praising, perhaps, is its up-to-date graphics, nice character modeling."

"But then the question arises, am I here to play a game, or just to look at models? If I merely wanted to appreciate character modeling, why wouldn’t I just download some damn 3D erotic game instead?"