Chapter 59: The Wrath of the Pure Love Warrior
"Quickly check, how are the sales now?"
Honghuang Studio.
Just half an hour after the game was released, Lao Song hurried over from a distance.
This game is an important project that their Dawn team has spent a lot of effort to produce and tested countless times.
Plus, other colleagues are waiting to laugh at them.
Even he was very nervous at this moment and couldn't wait to ask about the sales situation.
"Boss Song, the situation doesn't seem optimistic..."
The employee in charge of collecting market data hesitated a little and opened the game sales background on his computer.
Just one glance.
Old Song saw the red deficit.
Not only did the sales of "Need for Speed" not increase, they actually decreased!
"What's going on ? Sales are down?"
Old Song frowned and looked a little ugly.
"It should be that the pre-sale refunds and the number of game purchases offset each other." The employee said after a moment of hesitation.
"You mean the sales volume in half an hour can't keep up with the number of pre-sale refunds?" Old Song's voice suddenly rose a few notches.
"Yes... yes, this is the only possibility."
"Damn it!" Old Song cursed, "It seems that our market forecast for racing games is too optimistic."
They invested a lot in this game.
For example, customized music, original illustrations, model materials, and labor all cost a considerable amount of money.
If they suffer losses, it won't cause any serious damage, but it will slow down their pace and be very unfavorable for subsequent market changes.
"You continue to collect data first, I'll go find Mr. Chen!"
After saying this, Lao Song rushed towards Chen Lin's office in a hurry, leaving a group of employees looking up with worried looks on their faces.
The previous few games were so successful that they almost forgot the fierce competition in the game market.
Now that the results of "Need for Speed" have come out, it has undoubtedly given them a blow, waking them up from their pride and complacency.
…
"Haha, let me tell you, releasing the game at this time is simply courting death, isn't it?"
"Honghuang is too arrogant this time. They don't even look at how many manufacturers are preparing to release new games at the end of the year. Players are holding their wallets tightly and waiting to see."
"You are still too young and destined to become a victim of this wave of competition."
Many game manufacturers who have been paying attention to industry information received the news of the failure of the Honghuang Racing game and began to gloat over it.
Those colleagues who were worried about the sudden rise of Honghuang could not help but laugh out loud, and their worries were instantly swept away.
However.
But they don't know.
At this time, a large number of players who received the news were gathering in the major racing and anime live broadcast rooms, and the scene was extremely lively.
"Hurry, three more episodes of CG animation have been released, let's take a look."
"After waiting for a week, the animation is finally released. I can't wait any longer."
"I even skipped my afternoon classes just to see the ending."
"If the plot continues like this, it should be almost time for the final showdown, right?"
"Today will determine who will descend Akina Mountain the fastest!"
“Go, go, go!!”
This day is destined to be a carnival for gamers and also for anime fans.
As soon as the news of lifting the ban was released, a large number of players and anime fans were already waiting in the live broadcast room, looking forward to it.
Even the host Ouyang Xiao, who knew nothing about racing, had his eyes light up at this moment and quickly clicked on the page to follow the series.
She doesn't watch this animation for the racing.
Instead, I was deeply attracted by the love plot in the animation.
It’s just a racing animation, but it depicts three completely different love lines.
The male protagonist and the girl sitting in the Mercedes-Benz are young and innocent but suffer the pain of being a green tea girl.
The second male lead was moved by the girl he just met, but they gradually became distant because of a man-made car accident.
Then the mediocre third male character meets the female driver, and finally finds out that she is a top racer. The huge gap brings about unwillingness and escape.
Each relationship doesn't last long.
But the character's transformation is portrayed vividly.
Ouyang Xiao couldn't help but start to like this animation.
"I am also looking forward to the next plot. Since everyone is here, let's watch it together."
After speaking to the camera, Ouyang Xiao directly clicked the play button to project the CG animation into the live broadcast room in full screen.
Beyond everyone's expectations.
The plot before the final battle was actually the scene where the male protagonist saw a girl getting out of a Mercedes-Benz.
When the male protagonist stood in the distance and stared at the Mercedes-Benz for a while, then left silently, the entire live broadcast room was boiling.
"Oh my gosh! She's really a green tea girl!"
"Oh, this. I always thought the father the heroine called was her biological father, but it turns out he was her godfather?"
"So, I went to see my father three times in the previous month, doesn't that mean..."
"She is being kept but she still flirts with the male lead and pretends to be so innocent."
"Pure Love Warrior is furious! (Rage)"
Even Ouyang Xiao did not expect that the protagonist's love story would end in this way, causing the audience to curse wildly.
Fortunately, the episode ended here, so she quickly clicked to play the next episode and entered the final episode.
Upon seeing this, the originally enthusiastic audience gradually calmed down and immersed themselves in watching the anime again.
When the competition is finally about to begin, all the characters gather at the top of Akina Mountain.
After all three episodes have been played, the familiar prompt pops up again.
[Playback failed. You can play all the content only after you complete the first ten levels of the game "Need for Speed: Drift". ]
“??? Is this the end?”
"The game has just started, this interruption is too painful!"
"Damn it! Did the designer learn this fragment from the author of Qidian!?"
“The last three episodes were included in the billing, so they couldn’t be broadcast live.”
"No, I have to see the end today. It's just a game, I'll buy it!"
"It's like we're getting free access to the anime, and buying the game is like buying a premium membership."
The audience cursed in their mouths, but their bodies were honest. They left the live broadcast room one after another and ran to the Steam platform to buy games.
As more and more people watch the CG animation, more and more people are flocking to the Steam platform.
After all, in their opinion, although 198 yuan is not a small amount, being able to buy a game and an entire animation at once is already a very good deal.
So very quickly.
A strange scene happened.
The game's sales, which had been gradually declining, actually began to gradually recover one hour after its release, and the increase was getting bigger and bigger.
…
"Mr. Chen! Director Song! It's up, the game sales are starting to increase!"
The shout filled with surprise interrupted Chen Lin and Lao Song who were discussing in the office.
The employee in charge of compiling market data rushed in with a freshly printed form.
"Sales increased? What's going on?"
Chen Lin and Old Song both looked up, appearing a little surprised.
They were just discussing how to increase game sales.
Because even Chen Lin himself could not guarantee that the CG animation method would work. After all, he could not control the players' thoughts.
But now it seems.
It seems he made the right bet again.
What we need to see next is whether their games can retain players.
