I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 722 - 224: Thank you, it’s all been printed out!_1

Chapter 722: Chapter 224: Thank you, it’s all been printed out!_1

Six months is not particularly long, nor is it short.

The time flew by in the blink of an eye.

Although the gaming industry did not experience any major earthquakes.

There were still quite a few changes.

In addition to the mergers and acquisitions among big and small companies, the buyouts, and the transfers of ownership.

More and more game developers started to focus on game quality and reduce the standards for microtransactions.

After all, the gamers of Blue Star today are no longer the naive youths they were four years ago.

Those who have truly experienced great games are no longer willing to be fooled by rubbish plus marketing anymore, and few are buying into it.

And as the consumption of microtransactions decreases, it leads to a shrinkage in the industrial scale of individual companies.

But this is equivalent to forcing a dominant company to spit out more profits.

These profits can sustain many more small game companies.

Thus, within this half-year, even more small and individual game developers sprouted like mushrooms after rain, both domestically and internationally.

The total output of games also increased rapidly within these six months.

This was particularly evident in Jianglin City.

In specific terms,

Subway and bus stops in other cities, as well as various types of official advertising spots, would usually display ads for real-life products.

But in Jianglin City, ads about all kinds of games were densely arranged everywhere.

The new landmark building "E-sports Stadium" would be teeming with people every weekend.

As the world’s first official major e-sports venue,

Many large and small competitions would also regularly kick off there.

Tourists from other places and even from abroad flocked to the venue.

Incidentally boosting Jianglin District’s tourism economy and the virtual economy of the electronic industry.

According to the half-year report published by Jianglin City Hall,

The gaming industry’s share of Jianglin’s total GDP has reached a staggering 3%.

At first glance, 3% seems negligible.

But in reality, with Jianglin’s annual GDP of around 2 trillion,

Just the gaming sector alone can reach a scale of 600 billion.

And this is without taking into account the other derivative economies driven by gaming.

The industry was stable and thriving, flourishing.

As for Ke Jin, the founder who has had a significant impact on the gaming industry for this era and beyond,

He found himself in a bit of an awkward position recently.

The quality of "Breath of the Wild" goes without saying; it’s a hit from launch and you could guess that even with your eyes closed.

Therefore, Ke Jin hoped that while focusing on the project proposal, his staff could also work on improving the graphics.

The biggest complaint about "Breath of the Wild" in the past life was the poor resolution; apart from that, it was flawless.

But that was under the circumstances that the SW’s performance itself was not up to par.

In this life, Blue Star’s SW may not be capable of handling Elden Ring,

But running a battle royale or Eternity is no problem at all.

The graphics of "Zelda" could also be relatively improved.

As a result, under Ke Jin’s demand for high quality and refinement,

Blue Star experienced its first ’vacuum period’ where it didn’t release any new games for half a year.

Originally, this vacuum period wouldn’t have been a big deal.

After all, the industry isn’t experiencing the game droughts of old.

Many game developers have started to gradually realize the importance of game quality.

Even if innovation is temporarily out of reach,

They could still imitate existing successes.

Pigeon clone, Magic Ring-like, open world, tower defense, farming, battle royale, and other series of new genres pioneered personally by Blue Star.

Various genres are spliced together, plus their unique concepts and creativity.

The resulting games may not be very fun, but at least they serve as an adequate placeholder for the players waiting during Blue Star’s transition period.

However...

The biggest problem was,

Some little brat in their own company accidentally leaked the promotional image for the Elden Ring DLC "Shadow of the Golden Tree."

Originally, Ke Jin had planned to wait until reality caught up before discussing the DLC.

Brother Tong Zi’s Features were mighty and could extract all derivatives of a game.

So Ke Jin made sure his staff made that "Shadow of the Golden Tree" promotional image in advance.

But a DLC that was never announced got hyped up during this half-year.

Every month, players were shouting.

"Damn! ’Shadow of the Golden Tree’ is coming!"

"So excited!"

"Am I not too lucky? Just finished Elden Ring and now I can play ’Shadow of the Golden Tree’ right away?"

"Yes, it’s your lucky day; I felt the same way two years ago when Blue Star announced they were working on ’Song of Silk’ /angry/angry"

And every month, the expectant players were led on a wild goose chase.

The anticipation gradually turned to disappointment.

And eventually, the disappointment transformed into urging for updates and engaging in antics.

What really got to Ke Jin was a fan-made video.

The title alone was outrageous:

"Song of Silk’s Latest Real Gameplay Footage Leaked!"

Upon clicking,

The damn player had simply taken the model of Hollow Predecessor from Hollow Knight and superimposed it over the Fading One.

So much so that when players controlled it, it felt as if they were controlling Hollow Predecessor.

But the scene was from the Ansel River area in Elden Ring,

The area that caused numerous female streamers to panic and scream at the sight of the giant ants.

However, the veteran brothers in the comment section had long been battle-hardened and were not surprised.

Instead, they started joking,

"A suffering game that also has insects, even a Skill called Insect Silk, it’s definitely the ’Song of Silk’ I’ve been eagerly waiting for /Dog Head."

"Is Damn trying to secretly tweak Bumblebee?"