Chapter 176 The game behind the two games
Potato Brothers is not like those games on the market that require all your time and energy as soon as you get started.
It is more like a supplement, just like short videos, it can occupy your fragmented time all the time, so that you can have it when you are bored.
But one thing that is very similar to short videos is that once you play it, you can’t stop easily.
It obviously felt like I had only played a few times, but time slipped away like water.
And on the surface, this game looks like a very unique lawn mowing game, but after you actually play it, you will find that this game still has some difficulties.
If you blindly invest all your resources in attacking, you will easily be killed by monsters because your fault tolerance rate is too low.
When you put all your resources into defense, you will fall into a strange tide because you can't invite monsters.
You may be able to survive one or two waves, but being unable to kill enough monsters means that your resource acquisition will also be reduced. Subsequent development cannot keep up with the strength of the monsters and you will be killed suddenly.
But does dividing bonus points evenly result in every game being mediocre?
Of course not.
Among the Potato Brothers, the differences between the different characters are quite huge.
As a ranger you cannot equip melee weapons.
When you play a Pacifist, all you need to do is stack all your attributes on life, and then swim among the monsters.
There are also engineers, who can build turrets.
Coupled with the high randomness of the Meat Pigeon game itself and the sufficient number of types of props and weapons, this results in many times when you cannot perfectly get the weapons and props you need.
In this process, the core "choice" of the meat pigeon game emerged.
Whether your decision is excellent or not determines whether you can successfully win this game.
In addition, the factors that determine whether a meat pigeon game is fun enough are whether it can be played happily enough after it is built.
This is also true among the Potato Brothers.
Anyone who has used the Mechanic's six nuclear bomb launchers knows how it feels to clear the screen, and the performance of Lucky Star picking up a prop to kill the whole screen is also extremely cool.
Some of the responses in the steam evaluation area can be said to be quite vivid:
"You can use one hand to wasd and the other hand to hold your head OVO."
"It's even better than hand brewing, one of the top batches. Changing the character is a different game, but this game has dozens of characters, and for this price, it's over without any brainwashing."
"There is no problem with this style of play. I just had bad luck, but I will come back with the next one!
There is no problem with this style of play, but the initial positioning is not good. Another hundred million!
No playing before going to bed! ”
So, what’s the point of talking so much?
Why don't you come and treat the Potato Brothers quickly!
In just three days.
In the beginning, it was just a bunch of Dota ladder anchors playing, and then it started to spread like a virus.
The data from Chuxin shows that the group with the widest coverage of this game is actually office workers!
"I bought this game during the holidays and put it down after playing it for 20 minutes. I play it for at least four or five hours a day when I'm at work. It feels so good to fish!"
"Haha, the stupid leader was having a meeting in front, and I was playing Potato Brothers down below. He thought I was taking notes seriously and praised me hard."
"It's a very useful game to kill time. It's a good and cheap game."
Compared with the domestic player group, the foreign player group actually places orders faster.
On the one hand, due to the lack of information, they actually did not know that this game was actually made by Pu Xingyu, and they did not wait and see without thinking. They just entered without thinking when they saw "chuxin".
Um... On the other hand, I am also taking advantage of mirror.
Among the games currently released by Chuxin, Mirror is the cheapest, and then there is Potato Brothers.
Although the name seems to be a serious game, the introduction is also a serious game, and the preview is also a serious game.
But if it is really a serious game, you still have to buy it and taste it.
This led to the fact that although many European and American players found out that this game was a serious game after buying it, they scolded it for a while, and then it became really popular.
As the week goes by.
While "The Legend of Mountains and Seas" has squeezed out all its potential and is still aiming for 300,000 sales, Tudou Brothers' sales have almost exceeded 3 million.
Although the profit is small, the sales are high!
Ten times the difference, the main thing is crushing.
That's all.
Soon, the news that Dongxin Network and Chuxin, a well-known domestic mobile game transplanting company, will carry out a full-platform transplant of "Tudou Brothers" from the PC side, spread throughout the gaming circle.
Everyone was stunned and realized.
Yes, the game Potato Brothers is actually very suitable for mobile devices.
Although computers are now very popular, the advantage of mobile is convenience. This is also an important reason why the previous batch of major online game companies have switched to mobile games.
This is also a real money-maker!
Players also expressed their support:
"Although I bought Potato Brothers on Steam, this game 22 is indeed a huge profit, and I will definitely support the mobile game."
"After seeing those videos on the short video, I have long wanted to play Potato Brothers, but it is still inconvenient for me without a computer. Now that there is a mobile game, there will definitely be a wave of support."
As the only original game that has blossomed on both PC and mobile terminals.
The project "Potato Brothers" is undoubtedly a huge success.
Suddenly, Pu Xingyu's name was once again mentioned by all players and game media.
This time, all doubts disappeared.
"Who said that I, Brother Pu, can't do it? I have been around the old thief for so long, so I must have some real talent!"
"I have never played any of the games before Chuxin. They are all too difficult and I can't understand them. But this time I really like Potato Brothers."
"We will also support the game that Brother Pu makes next time, come on!"
While everyone was greatly appreciating this rising star game producer who had made a sweeping appearance in the game market for the first time, some good people also gave Pu Xingyu the title of "Little Luo Bai".
It also debuted with a very cheap game, and it swept the entire Internet just when it was released.
Everyone seems to have seen another talented game developer rising in the sky.
This kind of thing should have been a good thing, but gradually, due to the emergence of some remarks, it gradually became a bit unpleasant.
"Brother Pu, why don't you break away from your original intention and go it alone? If you are so talented, you can only have internal conflicts with Mr. Luo in your original intention, and you will have better development after you come out."
"In my opinion, Pu Xingyu's game "Potato Brothers" alone is enough to prove his talent. He is no worse than Luo Bai. There is no need to succumb to others."
"You said a "Potato Brothers" can rival the old thief? Are you kidding? You Pu Xiaozis are almost there."
"Luo Xiaozi is almost the same. You brag about your master everywhere every day. There are countless game producers in the world who are better than Luo Bai. You are the only ones who want to brag about being the best in the world every day."
To be honest, Pu Xingyu was secretly watching the positive reviews of "Potato Brothers" on the Internet.
He is very happy when others praise him.
But when I saw these remarks, everyone became numb.
He hurriedly ran to Luo Bai and said that he would contact the media and hold a press conference immediately to publicize that the idea of "Potato Brothers" came entirely from Luo Ge.
But after Luo Bai heard this, he didn't react at all. He just typed on the keyboard intently and asked Pu Xingyu a question that made him confused.
"Have you received a call from the headhunter?"
"Ah? No? Why do you ask?"
Pu Xingyu scratched the back of his head, brainstorming for a long time, and finally figured out some flavor,
"Brother Luo, you mean someone wants to poach me?"
"Isn't it obvious?"
Luo Bai poked half of his head out from behind the monitor,
"Not to mention mirror, when I finished Ori, I made more noise than you do now, right? Why didn't you see anyone on the Internet bragging about me like this?
It's just that I had too much trouble with Tianxing at that time, which was equivalent to severing myself from the domestic gaming circle. These people didn't want to poach me.
It’s just a Potato Brothers, its revenue is not as good as these guys, and it’s not a particularly IP-worthy work, so it’s not worthy of such bragging..."
Luo Bai had just finished speaking when Pu Xingyu's cell phone rang.
"Strange Magic City Phone Number."
Luo Bai closed his mouth and gave Pu Xingyu a look.
Pu Xingyu also answered the call with understanding and turned on the hands-free button.
"Oh, good afternoon, Mr. Pu. Congratulations on the sales of "Potato Brothers"!"
"You are?"
"It's like this, Mr. Pu, our boss wants to treat you to a casual meal. I don't know if it's appropriate..."
On the other end of the phone, the person was talking nonsense. As long as Pu Xingyu is willing to go, he can arrange any grand banquet between the sea and the sky.
Under Luo Bai's handwritten hint, Pu Xingyu declined, but his attitude of refusing to welcome was clearly revealed because he didn't add enough weight.
"There are so many famous people, Brother Luo."
Pu Xingyu looked at Luo Bai in front of him with a wry smile.
"Stop messing with those useless things. If you have time to deal with such nonsense, why not sleep on it? I will deal with this kind of thing, you don't have to worry about it."
……
Two games released at the same time, with such a big sales gap, and there are still grievances, they will definitely be pulled out and trampled by evildoers.
Of course, Li Si himself didn't care about this.
When it comes to things like porcelain's original intention, winning is a matter of blood, and losing is what you deserve.
Among the frenzied spats among a small number of internet trolls, the mainstream voices are still relatively sane.
“Both games are pretty good games. Originally, the fundamental purpose of Mr. Luo’s creation of the ‘Original Aspiration Breeding Plan’ was to support the development of domestic games.
There is really no need to make the fuss to this point. Didn’t I say nothing in my original intention? ”
"We are playing games, not game developers. There is no need for people like Li Si to affect your mood when playing games.
I play both games. When I get bored with Shanhai, I play Tudou. When Tudou gets frustrated, I turn to Shanhai. There is no need to quarrel with others. ”
"It's true, doesn't Li Si himself have a long memory?
After he was trolled, those who originally wanted to fix in-app purchases stopped doing so, which shows that he is still a guy who corrects his mistakes when he knows they are wrong. ”
Vomit roar.
It’s okay if we don’t talk about in-app purchases. When we talk about in-app purchases, everyone will remember it.
Didn't Li Si say at that time that he wanted to make in-app purchases for the game "The Legend of Immortals in Mountains and Seas"? Why did the game become a full buyout game after it was released?
Now that you have changed your past, why did you reject your original intention?
It is normal for both parties to have differences on the buyout system and in-app purchases, and everything can be discussed.
From this point of view, it seemed very abnormal for Li Si to directly disclose to the media that he had differences with Chuxin.
If at the beginning, some netizens felt that this matter was not right and speculated behind the scenes, the subsequent follow-up has shocked countless netizens.
“It is suspected that behind Li Si’s studio there is capital injection from major domestic manufacturers!”
"A sniper operation against original intention!"
"The driving force behind the failure of domestic stand-alone games to develop!"
The people who broke the news are basically the melon-eating accounts on the Internet who specialize in breaking news. No one knows where they got the inside information.
These exploding melons speak very like the Riddler.
He doesn't mention him by name, and he never talks about the key points. When netizens ask about him, they just give him left-and-right comments.
But there is no doubt that these targets are all pointed at the major game manufacturers in the industry.
"This is Luo Bai's counterattack. Just give up on Li Si. It's almost enough if the game between the two parties reaches this level."
"Okay, I will ask Li Si to launch the Yuanying version as soon as possible."
"By the way, how is the contact with Pu Xingyu?"
"He is quite ambiguous. He seems to have agreed but also not agreed."
"Conditions are not a problem. If we can capture him, we will undoubtedly be able to break Luo Bai's arm. This is enough."
……
"What?! The latest Yuan Ying version will be launched soon?
The game Shanhai still has potential, and its current reputation is not bad. I feel that there should be no problem in reaching half a million sales..."
Li Si defended with a dry mouth and wanted to make a final struggle.
The game currently has a good reputation, but if the current version of Yuanying is actually launched, it will be completely ruined.
No one wants their reputation among players to completely turn into shit.
"Li Si, the contract in black and white is here. If you don't want to get a penny, you'd better be obedient."
Therefore, on March 20, half a month after the official release of "The Legend of Mountains and Seas", a new version of the game "Huaying" was officially launched.
Li Si himself fulfilled the decision he had made long ago and introduced the in-app purchase system into the game.
Then... the player exploded instantly.
"Li Si, you Moroccan pancakes! I'll fuck your whole family!
Before the version update, I had the best Dragon Lake Golden Elixir, let alone Nascent Soul, and I could beat it in a dozen forms.
Now, the most rubbish low-grade Nascent Soul killing me is like killing my son!
After being promoted to Nascent Soul, his attributes will explode at an exponential level! ”
"Laughing, this Yingying Dan has thirty-six main ingredients and seventy-two auxiliary ingredients. The refining has such a failure rate!
If you want to keep the materials, you can only use the lucky charms in the system mall.
Okay, okay, Li Si, you know how to purchase in-app purchases. If you uninstall the game and you can’t return it, then I’ll give you a negative review. ”
"Fixed the BUG where the gap between cultivation levels is too big to allow dual cultivation?
Bull! Li Si, you are so awesome!
I finally understand why people’s original intentions are so different from yours. You’ve completely brought over all the bad habits of those domestic junk games, right?
No, why are you? A stand-alone game with a sales volume of only more than 300,000 yuan. Your game doesn’t have the blessing of mobile terminals. Are you worthy of doing this kind of operation?
There are really no idiots who are willing to play this crappy game like yours, right? ”
"Haha, I'm a fool. For my Taoist companion Hongying, I actually spent hundreds of dollars in this game to upgrade my cultivation level.
It turned out that it was even more difficult to move forward after the birth of a baby. All the top-notch skills and constructions that could be easily obtained in the past have now been eliminated.
If you want to become stronger, you can only rebuild new structures. Li Si, your whole family will be in trouble4! ”
In just two days, as the situation escalated.
The entire steam review rate of "The Legend of Mountain and Sea Cultivation" has changed from 90% of the original excellent reviews to 13% of the current negative reviews.
There was originally a downward trend.
However, the continued decline in the praise rate of this game has undoubtedly seriously threatened the status of "Shabiao" as the last one.
The entire Three Kingdoms forum is full of support posts promoting the need to maintain the lowest negative review rate of Three Kingdoms, which has actually pushed Shanhai's positive rating up a little.
It has become a joke among many players.
When Li Si saw this scene, his whole heart was bleeding, but he couldn't help it. The game had been sold to others. If you want to make money, you have to look at their faces.
And the thunderstorm of "The Legend of Mountain and Sea Cultivation" obviously also covered up the previous "sniper's original intention".
Both parties tacitly agreed not to engage in further in-depth mutual pulling of each other's underpants in this area.
They knew what they were doing was not very honorable, so there was no need to make it too embarrassing.
Chuxin doesn't have any extra spare money to keep arguing with these villains.
The development funds for a game like "Two People" are much more terrifying than those of Dark Souls. Without the support of Rotten Orange in the previous life, the developers would not be able to afford this cost.
At that time, there was a villa near the river in the magical city.
Ma Liangcai, who was drinking tea with his father, checked his phone for a while and suddenly sneered:
"He is really worth a lot of money. I used to wish he had made a big fuss."
Ma Bin gently sipped the tea in the cup and looked at his son who was much calmer in front of him:
"When you are weak, you are afraid of underhanded tactics, so you naturally want public opinion to protect you.
Now he is more or less an enemy who is already on the table and can compete on the same stage. He just needs to chase him away. ”
The two of them tacitly did not mention who the stepping stone was, and instead began to discuss with great interest the IP works that their original intentions could be monetized in large quantities.
"Ori, it doesn't count; Darkest Dungeon... I almost didn't mean it, it's too niche; Hollow Knight, it counts; Wanda, Dark Souls both count."
Ma Bin raised his finger:
“Don’t forget the mirror, that thing sells very well when licensed overseas.
Currently, it is the IP work that attracts the most money at first, but it is just not known by the public. ”
"Single-player games are so profitable."
"To make quick money, you still need mobile games and online games. There were too many people in China and the competition was too fierce. There was no way to concentrate on polishing stand-alone games."
"What now?"
"Probably... there are some signs of it. Let's see what kind of waves he can make."
(End of chapter)