I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 716 - 222: Baby Qing Applies to Go to Battle! I Will Shatter the Darkness with Thunder!_1

Chapter 716: Chapter 222: Baby Qing Applies to Go to Battle! I Will Shatter the Darkness with Thunder!_1

Ke Jin discovered a very serious problem.

Today was the 25th day since "Elden" was launched.

But the revenue in the backend...

Had already reached a terrifying 3.8 billion.

This increase was completely beyond his expectations.

Originally, Ke Jin had estimated that they would make 3 billion in the first 20 days and, at most, another 10 billion in the last 10 days; that should have been about right.

But only five days had passed, and they had already increased by 8 billion.

Moreover, according to the revenue curve chart in the backend.

This eight billion was far from the limit of the increase; the curve chart had soared all the way during these five days, without any sign of turning.

As long as the curve doesn’t slip, there are generally more reasons to smile than to cry.

Unfortunately, Mr. Ke belonged to the tier that would cry out loud.

After an urgent investigation, Ke Jin discovered the root of the evil.

He realized that the gaming media in Europe and America had started to stir again recently.

The largest gaming community media "The sound of games"

Had been subtly instilling several notions in numerous articles over the past week.

Cheap games would ultimately destroy the game market, leading to a highly distorted development that is not conducive to future game designers creating more excellent and refined works.

Frankly speaking,

Ke Jin agreed with this point of view.

If most games are too cheap, it means the market value has been compressed to this extent. Once players accept games at this price point, seeing a slightly more expensive game would automatically provoke cries of ’What sort of game are you? Dare to charge this price?’

But if we only discuss the superficial aspect, it’s nothing but blatant hooliganism.

The most fundamental issue in the Blue Star market now is.

They simply don’t have any remarkable games.

The market is inherently bad.

And then they still price them outrageously high.

So for this viewpoint’s implantation, Ke Jin thought these media weren’t truly aiming to save the game market.

They just wanted to save their own piece of the cake.

Secondly, including media like "The sound of games" and a few other major media, were all subtly promoting a concept known as ’the nobility of spending money.’

This approach was also none other than the usual trick used by European and American capitalists.

100% of luxury goods on the market now are valued more for the label than their practical worth.

But the rich man buys it for that feeling.

He wants the prestige.

What status, huh? You poor guys also qualify to use something on my level?

Nowadays, when you go out, if you’re playing a game that costs a mere ten-plus dollars, you’re too embarrassed to even say hello to people!

In the group chat, you’re playing a game you got for ten-plus dollars, do you even have the face to bubble up?

Anyway, all sorts of marketing gimmicks come crashing down.

Then they denounce the Nplay platform and its top gamer for ruining the current market environment.

They’re making it impossible for future game companies to survive!

But just scolding is not enough.

That would obviously be just business competition.

So, these marketing tactics weren’t just for the sake of slandering.

They even took the opportunity to praise the top gamer.

Claiming that Elden Ring is indeed one of the greatest works of this century, and such a work has given numerous game manufacturers hope for the future.

But after some wild calculations on the Hope Flute’s part,

The conclusion was.

The top gamer isn’t making money!

He’s even losing money!

If even such a great work can’t make money, then what is the future path for our game industry?

This set the European and American gaming community ablaze.

"WTF??? Elden Ring isn’t making money? Is that true?"

"It’s definitely true, man. That’s the word coming from Hope Flute after their estimates; can it be false?"

"Indeed, Hope Flute, no matter how bad, is still an old game platform, packed with a ton of professionals and elites from the industry. It makes no sense that they can’t estimate sales."

"Moreover, to take a step back, Hope Flute has no motive to lie. This action of theirs is actually promoting player support for purchasing the genuine ’Elden,’ and it’s of no profit to them."

"How can this be! My God! I can’t stand such a great work not getting the rewards it deserves..."

"Honestly, we are not that poor, and there’s no need to buy such cheap games, right? Supporting the original version costs less than 100 dollars, can’t you even afford that?"

"Stop talking, I’ll take out my retirement savings to support the original!"

"Brothers, I’m making 2000 euros a month from dishwashing, and this game sells for 80 euros in the European market. That’s just a few hours of dishwashing, don’t let a good company like the top gamer feel disheartened!"

"Designer Ke, keep it up! Don’t fall! I’ll wash dishes to support your game development!"

"Hey, Ke bro, go ahead boldly! I’ll deal drugs to support you! — Love from Mexico"

"Making a big fuss, I’ll just donate some oil and it’s done — Message sent from Saudi"

...

Watching the love from players all over the world conveyed through machine translation, packed densely.

Ke Jin was dumbfounded.

Both the corners of his eyes and mouth were twitching, almost like a precursor to a stroke.

No...

Hope Flute, you BYD.

You hold back all this time just to squeeze out this crap for me?

Why don’t you just go die?

Better yet, just die will you!

Moreover, if you want to do marketing, just do marketing, if you want to promote your prestige theory, just go and promote it.

Now the top gamer hasn’t even fully struck back yet. You still have two years of good meals to eat, so hurry up and make some money and that should be enough.