MTL - Game Designers: You Don’t Understand Charity-Chapter 20 Is Fantasy Island free?

   "It's hard to make money, it's hard to make money!"

  In Fengyun studio, Lin Tian stood up excitedly, his eyes shining.

  The moment the number of people online on Rainbow Island exceeded 10 million, Henry Zhang, who had been paying attention to this for a long time, told everyone about the shocking data.

   No matter how you look at it, this is a miracle.

   And all of this is not unrelated to the collapse of Penguin Fantasy Island.

   "I don't know if Penguin is crazy about money and wants to make such a brainless new version."

  Besides the joy, Lin Tian couldn't help complaining.

   "It's not that they didn't do a good job, it's just that they didn't expect it." In the studio, Yun Feng shook his head lightly.

   "They haven't touched the free game at all."

   “I copied Rainbow Island’s operating model, but I didn’t realize that the profit concept of free games and buyout games is fundamentally different.”

   "When blinded by greed, it deserves such embarrassment."

  Although she feels a little sorry for Penguin's showy behavior, Yun Feng will not sympathize with anything.

   After all, it was all asked for by the other party.

   "It's the major live broadcast platforms, it's interesting now." There was a funny look in his eyes, and Yun Feng could already see a lot.

  Tonight, Yun Mumu's live broadcast room is no different from usual, still full of popularity and harmony.

   It’s just that for some reason, the popularity of the live broadcast room has once again ushered in a surge.

   While interacting with the audience in the live broadcast room, Yun Mumu was puzzled for a while while honestly doing the mission of turning around in the dungeon.

  Since his popularity has stabilized, such a situation has not happened for a long time.

   Besides, isn’t the new version of Fantasy Island launched today? Why did these people come here instead?

  On a certain fish platform, the live broadcast room of several top anchors is already full of smog, and the sky is turned upside down.

  Sometimes, the audience in the live broadcast room is just so arrogant and unreasonable.

  This game is rubbish? It's okay, but it's your fault that you dirty our eyes when you broadcast live.

   What's more, before the broadcast, according to the agreement with Penguin, these anchors will inevitably bring goods to Penguin during the live broadcast, which is also a normal situation.

  But now, they are like dumb people eating coptis, their mouths are full of bitterness.

  Who would have thought that, you are a penguin, the game can be developed so rubbish.

   Playing with people!

  The foundation of a game anchor depends on the audience base after all.

  During their live broadcast of Fantasy Island, the number of fans lost, and their popularity plummeted even more.

  The losses caused by today’s live broadcast cannot be made up for no matter how many times you speak for Penguin.

  Compared to this, it is Wang Daze's program effect of being overwhelmed by mentality, which makes the turnover rate much smaller.

  Secretly, these anchors scolded Penguin countless times.

  But without exception, the more well-known the anchor, the more obvious the impact on the live broadcast room, and even some second-rate anchors who followed the trend of live broadcast today also fell into a big stumble.

   They still have Penguin to cover their losses, and those second-rate anchors are forced to suffer from dumb losses.

  For a while, the exposure of Yun Mumu, who has a unique style, increased greatly, and the number of fans increased again.

  In the Penguin conference room, there were dark clouds.

   "Have the statistical results come out?" Qian Fang's gloomy voice sounded.

   "According to statistics, players who apply for refunds now account for a full 70%."

  "Half of the pre-registration players at the beginning of the line choose to refund, and the newly added players will be refunded for all."

   "There are still a large number of players who are already dissatisfied with the refund conditions and still refuse to let go, complaining on the customer service phone, feeling extremely emotional."

   A little timid, but the data support personnel still had to bite the bullet and report to Qian Fang.

  This is also normal. Generally, players who are not satisfied with refunding the game are loyal to Fantasy Island at the beginning, and it is understandable to be overly emotional.

  If it is not handled properly, it will have a great impact on Penguin's reputation.

   "Tell me, what should we do now." With a gloomy face, Qian Fang naturally asked Wang Qiming and Xie Xing.

   It's just that both of them lowered their heads at the moment, not daring to speak.

  Dead silence enveloped the meeting room, and no one could utter a word.

   "Okay, let's go."

  Qian Fang's tired words made everyone feel relieved, but they didn't dare to show it. They stood up slowly and walked towards the exit of the meeting room.

  No matter what they are, they are just ordinary employees.

  Although the failure of the game project this time will greatly reduce their respective bonuses, they do not need to bear the subsequent responsibilities after all.

   "Xie Xing, you stay." Qian Fang's next words made everyone who hadn't left to move. Xie Xing, who had expected it earlier, had a complicated expression and raised his head.

  Looks of pity or schadenfreude fell on Xie Xing. Before leaving, Wang Qiming looked at Xie Xing and Qian Fang with some doubts, and Wang Qiming closed the door of the meeting room.

  The door was closed tightly, completely isolating the hustle and bustle of the studio, and the meeting room was quiet.

  Qian Fang put his hands behind his back, paced slowly, and looked at Xie Xing with a slight hesitation in his eyes.

   "Xie Xing, I made a mistake in this game because I missed it."

   "I shouldn't let Wang Qiming take control of this matter, but now, it's too late to say anything."

   "I know you have a lot of thoughts in your heart, I just want to ask you, is there any way for you to save this mess?"

  With ambition burning in his eyes, Qian Fang looked at Xie Xing with piercing eyes.

  If it was before, it would be fine. The excellent performance of Fantasy Island once gave him further hope, but now everything has become a bubble illusion, so how can he be reconciled!

  He can see that there are not many people in the department who really do hard work, and the only one who can count on is Xie Xing in front of him.

   Xie Xing was silent.

  He knew that while this was a difficult question for him, it also determined his future.

  If it can't be solved, in Qian Fang's eyes, he will be reduced to Wang Qiming's first-class, and he will no longer be reused, and it is not impossible to even kick him out immediately.

  And if he can change the situation, or even go a step further, then after that, no one in the department will be able to question his authority.

   Going further in the future is just a matter of certainty.

  Qian Fang didn't urge him, but just looked at him quietly, with hesitation in his eyes.

  Actually, when the popularity of Fantasy Island dropped before, he did not stop the loss in time, which was regarded as his own decision-making error as a minister. In the situation where the new version and Rainbow Island lost all games, whether to continue to gamble also made Qian Fang feel in a dilemma.

  Time passed slowly, and the invisible balance swayed in the hearts of the two. In the end, Xie Xing had a decision in his eyes, and he raised his head and spoke.

   "Fantasy Island must be revised, and it is a major revision!"

   "Oh?" Qian Fang asked with interest in his eyes.

   "How to change the law?"

   "First of all, those paid items in the mall will be greatly reduced, and the price will also be reduced to a price similar to that of Rainbow Island."

   Xie Xing seemed to have a draft in his mind, and he spoke a little faster.

  “The main reason why players quit the pit is that our expectations were too full at the beginning, and the existence of the mall seriously affected the gameplay.”

   "Compared with computer games, vr games have advantages after all. As long as they can grasp the scale, players will still be willing to play."

   "Well, this is fine." Qian Fang thought about it seriously and didn't have much opinion.

  When the game has already lost a lot of money, he really doesn't care whether it can make a profit from the mall.

   "It's just, what can we do to bring back the players who passed away?" Qian Fang asked.

  You must know that the sales of Fantasy Island are not increasing but decreasing, and nearly 70% of the players have been lost.

   As time goes on, this ratio will only increase.

   "Here lies the key!" Xie Xing looked ahead calmly, and finally blurted out the words that had been brewing in his heart for a long time.

   "We must learn from Rainbow Island and open Fantasy Island for free!"

   "All players can play for free!"