Chapter 60: Achievement achieved—comeback!
Shen Miaomiao knew the first-day performance of "Phasmophobia".
Just over two thousand copies!
It was even worse than the sales results she had predicted!
That's why she was so confident in leaving Golden Wind aside and staying at home for a week to work on her thesis.
After all, even if Phasmophobia could maintain sales of 2,000 copies per day, its weekly revenue would be at most around 650,000 yuan, and after deducting the commission, it would only be around 500,000 yuan.
It’s still a long way from the cost of two million!
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but feel genuinely happy. She thought that the first thing she would do when she returned to the company tomorrow was to kiss the green fifty-yuan note on her desk!
Then introduce it to others and say that there are many brothers and sisters here to keep it company!
Those brothers and sisters are so beautiful!
Everyone is wearing bright red clothes!
And they come in bundles!
Put that thing in the money counting machine, whoosh—
It is simply the most beautiful symphony in the world!
Shen Miaomiao had even imagined herself swimming in a sea of banknotes.
Then, I heard a crisp sound in my mind!
[Ding! Time is up! This round of investment settlement is completed! ]
[Project: Phasmophobia]
【Project investment amount: 2 million yuan】
[Project rebate amount: 0 yuan]
[Remaining time for settlement: 0 (settled)]
[Ding! Detected that the host has turned a loss into a profit! Achieved the hidden achievement - Comeback! ]
[Achievement Reward: Super Guaranteed Card]
[Rewards have been issued, the host can use them at any time! ]
Shen Miaomiao still had a smile on her face, but her whole body was petrified.
It's like being disconnected from the game Earth Online.
ah?
Has it started?
It's over.
My brain crashed for two minutes!
Shen Miaomiao raised her hand stiffly and mechanically logged into the enterprise backend of the Yiyou platform on her computer to check the data.
Just look at the title of "Phasmophobia" in the "Latest Releases" column, followed by its current sales data:
Real-time sales: 55,557 units
Total sales amount: 2500065 yuan
Looking at the two lines of numbers, Shen Miaomiao effortlessly calculated in her mind the final profit of "Phasmophobia" after deducting the commission for the seven days -
2000052 yuan.
Not much.
It would be like the total investment amount increased by fifty-two dollars.
Without the slightest hesitation!
Shen Miaomiao acted completely out of instinct!
"I am a frog in the sun!!!"
Bang!
Shen Miaomiao slapped the laptop shut!
This is such a rip off!
With over 2,000 copies sold on the first day, how did it manage to sell over 50,000 copies in just one week?!
This is almost catching up with the sales of medium and large-scale motion sensing cabin games!
Shen Miaomiao is going to go berserk!
In fact, if she had just failed by losing money, she wouldn't have reacted so strongly .
Anyway, this is not the first time I have lost money and failed along the way.
The point is that this bastard system is so ridiculous!!!
He even deliberately gave himself an achievement of "making a comeback"!
oh!
I lost five dollars last time! This time I made fifty more!
I'm making a comeback?!
How can I afford this little money!!!
Shen Miaomiao felt that the system was maliciously mocking her!
certainly!
The most hateful thing is not the system, but the mastermind who interferes and maliciously increases the sales of my game!
Two thousand on the first day, fifty thousand in a single week. Shen Miaomiao is not a moron, of course she can see that there is something wrong!
I immediately concluded that during the week when I wasn't paying attention to the company, there must have been some external factors involved!
Otherwise, the game sales would not have increased so suddenly!
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao turned on the computer again and typed "Phasmophobia" into the search engine.
Click.
Soon, a flood of news appeared on the pop-up web page:
《Horror is coming! Many evaluation websites give extremely high scores to phobia of ghosts! 》
"Over 9.5 ratings on all platforms! Pseudophobia creates a new genre of horror games!"
"What kind of game has received so many high scores? An exclusive feature takes you through an in-depth analysis of the design essence of Phasmophobia!"
《……》
Review?!
Shen Miaomiao was full of question marks!
She had heard about this kind of promotional method from Gu Sheng before.
It is said that this is a very powerful promotional method, and is very popular among players!
But the problem is that, generally speaking, mainstream professional media review teams only choose major works for review.
Works like theirs that cost around a few hundred thousand dollars are simply not worth anyone's attention!
So... where does this so-called review come from?
Shen Miaomiao continued to scroll down the mouse——
《Yiyou announces to create a special theme for phobia! Teach you how to get it quickly in two steps!》
"Supernova treatment! Yiyou launches a major event, launching a game topic on phantom phobia to win a somatosensory cabin!"
《……》
I looked at the screen for two full seconds!
Shen Miaomiao couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing on the spot!
Pointing at the words "Yiyou" on the screen, he gritted his teeth:
"Good boy, you fucking ..."
It's you again!
Shen Miaomiao let out a long sigh in her heart!
The dog is catching the mouse!
Shen Miaomiao is such a smart person that she realized immediately that it was the extra 80,000 yuan she gave that caused Yan Sheng to misunderstand!
Bro, can you stop imagining...
I just want to increase the production cost a little bit within the range allowed by the system...
Why do you always wear a vest to cooperate with me?
but!
Then think again!
Something's not right?
Before, Lao Gu told her about media reviews, saying that this was an extremely powerful double-edged sword promotional tool.
If the game is good, the reviews will elevate it to the top and drive sales to soar.
But if the game is not good, the review will point out the problems bluntly, and it may even have a negative impact on the sales of the game!
and!
Those mainstream review media are all very careful about their reputation.
You can pay money or use your connections to ask them to help with the evaluation, but you have no control over the results of the evaluation!
Good is good, bad is bad!
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao scratched her head.
Because in her opinion, Paraphobia is a completely anti-mainstream work, and to put it bluntly, it fundamentally destroys the setting mode of horror games!
Why are everyone cheering unanimously? ? ?
Shen Miaomiao really couldn't understand.
So I randomly clicked on the most popular review and read it carefully——
"Black Box Review: Phasmophobia: A Ghost Card That Redefines Horror Games (9.8/10)"
Shen Miaomiao grinned as she looked at the score of 9.8.
So high!
Turn the screen and look down, and you will see the review says:
[It is no exaggeration to say that this is the best horror game I have played on the somatosensory cabin platform in the past five years, without a doubt]
[The reason for this is that it created an unprecedented type of 'online horror game']
[Secondly, and most importantly, it created a new branch of horror games from scratch]
We call it psychological horror
[It cancels the weapon settings that are common in traditional horror games, leaving players unarmed and feeling panic at all times]
[It eliminates the stereotyped and lengthy process of traditional horror games, shortens the boring preparation, and presents the excitement instantly]
[It eliminates the spacious maps inherent in traditional horror games and creates a cramped space, which maximizes the tension]
[From vampire survivors to phantom phobia, Golden Wind once again proved their unique understanding of the game]
[From the graphics to the sound effects, from the environment to the many settings, this game seems to be reminding you all the time - there are ghosts here, but you can't do anything about it]
[And this is precisely the most subtle aspect of psychological horror]
【……】
Looking at those lines of evaluation text, Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but frown slowly——
These blown-up settings...
Why do you look so familiar to me?
Check out the following player comments:
'Pertinent, to the point, well-reasoned (thumbs up)'
"Apart from anything else, the fact that he doesn't have any weapons is really a jerk. I was really panicked after entering the game (angry)"
'The short process setting greatly compresses the lengthy foreshadowing of the game, and it gets straight to the point right away. The design is really awesome ( i了i了)'
'I spent 45 bucks playing for five minutes and got kicked out, I'm an idiot (Yeah)'
'This game really makes me so excited. The switching of the sense of space is so scary (scary)'
'9.8 is pretty fair, worthy of being called a box girl (opening a Coke)'
"……"
Each and every review is real feedback from players.
Check out the comments section and read the reviews.
Take a look at the comments section, and then take a look at the reviews.
Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but ask a question from the depths of her soul -
ah?
No weapons, short process, small map, multiplayer...
Isn't this the pitfall I listed one by one in the beginning? ! !
This moment!
Thinking burst!
Where do I come from and where do I go after I die? Why do I appear in this world? Did the world choose me or did I choose the world? Does the universe have an end? Does time have a length? Where does the past time disappear? Where does the future time stop?
Who killed me?
And who did I kill?!
a long time!
Scroll to the end of the review page.
Look at the eye-catching seven big words [New Flagship of Horror Games] at the end of the review!
Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but let out a desperate cry in her heart!
damn it!
I killed me?!
What a sin!
Shen Miaomiao gritted her teeth, as if she had eaten a bite of nine-turn large intestine that retained its original flavor.
but!
While feeling annoyed, Shen Miaomiao also decided to learn from her mistakes!
no!
We can’t keep losing money aimlessly like this!
She needs to find the root cause of her failure and lose money, and try to avoid it in her next work!
Otherwise, if you just think about it and act accordingly, you may end up losing money in the future!
Loss! Have a plan!
Think of this.
Shen Miaomiao took the pen and began to record and analyze on paper——
First of all! The gameplay type!
From Cat Leo to Who's the Daddy, and from Vampire Survivor to Phagrophobia.
These games are either abstract in gameplay or unpopular in genre. They are the ones that I "carefully selected" and seem like they are sure to fail!
but!
It is precisely because these games are of unpopular genres that they have no rivals in the market!
And this situation is very scary!
Because once such a game becomes popular, it will easily monopolize the market!
Shen Miaomiao, who graduated from a top financial engineering program, knows too well the horrors of monopoly.
Any industry, whether it is watches and jewelry, breakfast restaurants, or even junk picking, once it monopolizes the market, the profits it brings will be astronomical!
Um!
Shen Miaomiao nodded.
It seems that my previous thoughts were really dangerous.
The next work will be a change. I will try to do the opposite and specifically look for popular game types, such as guns, cars, and balls.
The competition in that industry is fierce, it is difficult for them to stand out, and the probability of failure is even higher!
Swish, swish, swish——
Shen Miaomiao wrote it down in her little notebook.
Secondly, it’s about the attitude of publicity!
Before, I had always been too conservative and extremely resistant to publicity and promotion.
But it was precisely because of this that Yiyou frequently misunderstood and made random assumptions, which resulted in her getting into a bad situation!
hateful!
I get so angry when Shen Miaomiao is mentioned!
What's more, if you don't announce that you have no money once and say it twice, what will happen next?
Eight or ten times, thirty or fifty times, and never announce it?
Although Gu Sheng's resume showed that he was just a smart guy with no working experience, Shen Miaomiao always felt that there was something wrong with him, and he looked like a veteran in the gaming industry.
After a long time, there is no guarantee that he will not be able to see some tricks.
so!
For the next game, I should find a publicity agent. This will not only make it look more normal, but also tell Yan Sheng, the scary whale, openly: Stop making your own strategies!!!
Swish, swish, swish——
Shen Miaomiao wrote down her thoughts in her little notebook again.
Third! It’s game investment!
There is nothing much to say about this.
The higher the investment, the slower the cost recovery. It’s a simple and easy to understand truth.
She only hated that Comrade Lao Shen was unwilling to give her a penny.
Otherwise, she would have to invest Shen’s capital in it!
By then, the system rebates will be astronomical figures, and may even directly affect international monetary relations!
"well……"
However, let's just think about this in our mind, Shen Miaomiao sighed.
You should be more pragmatic and start making changes from small aspects.
Be down-to-earth, take one step at a time, open your mind, be pioneering and enterprising, and lose money in an orderly manner!
Think of this!
Shen Miaomiao threw the pen aside and looked at her little notebook with satisfaction——
"Hmm... big fire type... gun, car and ball... increase the difficulty of the competition..."
"Well...propaganda appropriately...make a show...reduce the chance of accidents..."
"After that, invest more money!"
Perfect!
Shen Miaomiao clapped her hands!
Since I succeeded in stealing before, let me get beaten openly this time!
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao's mood also brightened up, and she snapped her fingers - snap!
"System! What on earth is that comeback reward card of yours? Take it out and let me see it!"
[Ding! The "Comeback" achievement reward has been retrieved for you: Super Guaranteed Card]
[Note: After use, the rebate rate of the next investment will be increased to (withdrawable) times]
[Note: The extraction rate will not be lower than the inherent rebate rate, the upper limit is 100 times]
See here!
Shen Miaomiao's eyes lit up!
Good stuff!
Previously the time was reduced, this time the rebate rate is increased!
“Extract!”
Following Shen Miaomiao's crisp shout, the magnification began to rotate and finally stopped at the golden glittering number 100!
“Wuhu!”
Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but cheer and jumped up from her chair!
“I got it! I got it! I got it!”
"One hundred times! First prize!"
"This time, I really am going to make a comeback hahahahahahaha..."
