I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 717 - 222: Baby Qing Volunteers to Fight! I Shall Shatter the Darkness with Thunderous Might!_2

Chapter 717: Chapter 222: Baby Qing Volunteers to Fight! I Shall Shatter the Darkness with Thunderous Might!_2

But damn it, what kind of traffic are you leading to me?

Hope Flute, you’re really like Spider-Man riding a dead horse, dragging Peter through the muck.

Ke Jin wished he could grab an AK and raid the Hope Flute headquarters by himself!

Die! All of you, die!

Now, look at this.

Gamers all around the world now believe that the top player isn’t making any money.

In reality, the top player is making money.

The development cost of "Elden" was only about a hundred million dollars, which roughly converts to six or seven hundred million RMB. (Disclaimer: The protagonist’s company has different time cycles and trial-and-error costs, so there’s no need to compare it with the actual Elden Ring production costs. The same goes for subsequent games.)

But in just 25 days, revenues already soared to nearly 4 billion, there was never a question of making a loss.

Yet as the saying goes, it’s easy to spread rumors but hard to debunk them.

People always tend to believe the first thing that gets reported.

An anchor harassing female students would obviously become explosive news, but even if the anchor is later proven innocent, no one will pay attention to that.

It’s the same right now for the top player.

Once global gamers have been psychologically primed to believe that the top player is losing money on "Elden,"

even if the top player later disclosed their revenue situation, it wouldn’t get much attention.

"The biggest issue right now is that Hope Flute’s PR strategy has been somewhat successful..."

"So much so that many gamers are even being swept along with it."

One could feel this just by looking at the sharp increase in recent daily revenue figures.

And if you closely examine the distribution of the revenue,

you’ll find some gamers who initially bought the game at a low price, then went back to their own country’s store and bought additional tickets.

This further illustrates that Hope Flute’s all-encompassing publicity has really taken root in people’s hearts.

Although they can’t immediately profit from it,

as long as they stabilize the market price and get players to accept the standard game prices,

it’s equivalent to paving the way for DFgame’s future.

This move is very cunning.

It made Ke Jin furrow his brows slightly.

After much thought, he came up with a method to break this pattern.

Old players bringing in new ones!

The current market sentiment is all about supporting games at their original price, right?

This sentiment will coerce a portion of players who like to follow the crowd, making them feel compelled to perform the equivalent of a loyalty test by purchasing games at the original price.

This phenomenon mainly stems from the hero worship effect.

That is, people subconsciously mimic the actions of those they deem better or stronger than themselves.

This is also common in real life.

For instance, some nouveau riche who suddenly find themselves flush with cash but clueless on how to spend it.

The luxury goods they once scorned become items they purchase in abundance.

Because these are things that truly wealthy people recognize.

So, in their desire to be seen as genuinely wealthy, they imitate these purchases.

But if,

the rich at the top don’t acknowledge these pricey luxury goods, and even decide as a group to boycott and stop buying them,

even if the prices of the luxury goods don’t change, the nouveau riche wouldn’t follow suit.

The same principle applies here.

Right now, apart from a portion of players who are buying the games at original prices to support the top player,

another group of gamers does so in order to be accepted within the circle.

This acceptance, though it may come from the general public,

in a gaming circle, usually the wealthiest gamers have the most say.

If these rich gamers were to lead by supporting budget games,

it would surely puncture the current ’original price equals prestige’ notion.

Though this thought process mainly originated from wanting to restrict mission revenue,

Ke Jin considered it and felt that,

even without the system mission,

he would do his utmost to make it happen.

Although it’s a bit regrettable that in the past three to four years he hasn’t managed to acquire the ultimate gift package or unlock all the great games,

the top player had now grown significantly.

As a company with substantial influence in the industry,

he no longer lacked fame or money.

So, whether he could set a positive precedent for the future development of the gaming industry had become more important to Ke Jin than completing the ultimate mission.

Games always maintaining their original price is clearly not the best option for gamers when you think about it.

This battle is also crucial.

"But who should I approach to play the role of this rich man...?"

After considering his options, Ke Jin realized,

he didn’t really know any truly rich people.

At best, he knew some rich second-generation folks from business dealings,

but those were just commercial connections, not true friendships.

After much deliberation,

he found that the only wealthy heiress he knew was Yuan Qiaoqing.

"Hiss..."

Ke Jin suddenly felt an awkward inhale.

How could this not be awkward?

The little heiress had just confessed to him over a month ago,

but he had gently rejected her.

Since then, he hadn’t heard a peep from her...

Even her top player ID hadn’t logged on again.

This indicated that Yuan Qiaoqing was already heartbroken and disappointed.

Perhaps she had even withdrawn from the gaming circle already.

And now, when he needed her help, he would have to ask her to come back...

It did seem a bit like ’fair-weather friends.’

After gulping down several mouthfuls of water, Ke Jin ultimately decided not to contact Yuan Qiaoqing.

He just couldn’t bring himself to do it.

Although the top player had developed to its current state, if one really had to say,

without the support of the little heiress, based on the quality of the games alone, it would have eventually become popular.

But it’s undeniable that the little heiress had contributed significantly to the rapid development of his company.

Not to mention the distant past, just talking about the nearly 70% completion of the top player Dream Factory that is happening right now.