This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 102 - 98: This Hero is Too Steady

The sales of "Divine Grace Continent" come from a wide range, with the domestic sales accounting for only about 60%.

The rest all comes from overseas players.

Among these, the personal version priced at 68 for a permanent purchase and the flagship version priced at 88, which includes bundled DLC, dominate the majority of sales.

By the end of July, the cumulative total sales of the personal and flagship versions across all platforms were closing in on 2 million copies, making it the best-selling game in the history of Tianba Studio.

But it’s also almost at its peak!

According to the data provided by Lu, when the sales of "Divine Grace Continent" surpassed 1.8 million copies, the average daily installation rate dropped sharply.

This means the game’s potential has been almost exhausted, and further sales would require gradual improvement through discounts.

The professional version, however, has shown stable performance.

The professional version, priced at 999 yuan per month, isn’t the focus in terms of sales, as it’s not even a fraction of the personal version, so there’s no special mention needed.

The key is stability!

Apart from some individual players who spent money just to try it out but couldn’t fully utilize the professional version, more companies and studios have purchased it for use.

After these users experienced the full features of the professional version, they almost all renewed their subscriptions for a full year without hesitation.

In the short term, the professional version indeed does not generate as much revenue as the personal version, as the personal version sells too much.

But in the long term, the professional version of "Divine Grace Continent" will be Tianba Studio’s second largest source of continuous income after "Xianyu Digital".

"It’s a pity that the customization service hasn’t launched yet..."

Chen Ba sighed.

The intention of launching a customization service was to make some money off those animation companies, but who knew they were all so shrewd and wouldn’t fall for it at all.

Some companies did inquire about the customization service, but they were all tentative, without much sincerity...

Sincerity, naturally, means the price.

Chen Ba thought, an animation production involves millions to tens of millions in investment and is likely to turn out to be rubbish, so charging a part of it shouldn’t be excessive, right?

But the animation companies couldn’t accept it.

This is a conceptual conflict, as the animation companies found the proposal from Tianba Studio to be too expensive.

Although the service was very comprehensive.

In the customization plan, they only needed to provide the character design, background setting, script, and voice acting—trivial parts—and the rest was handled entirely by Tianba Studio.

The biggest selling point of the customization service, and also the aspect most valued by these animation companies, was the "NPC" intelligence and real-time simulation.

In traditional animation, aside from the protagonist and a few characters around the protagonist, all other passersby are merely background points.

This also leads to a created world in animation that feels very "fake" and not real enough!

But with the intelligent NPC simulation in "Divine Grace Continent", the world created in animation instantly becomes "vivid and lively", with a stronger sense of realism.

"They need a reason."

Yang Dong explained, "Without someone to lead the charge, everyone hesitates, doubting whether ’Divine Grace Continent’ can achieve the effects we promised."

"You mean..."

Chen Ba frowned and said, "We need to create a sample project to let others see the finished effect, only then will some big spenders show up?"

"Exactly!"

Yang Dong nodded affirmatively.

The reason no one was willing to pay for the "Divine Grace Continent" customization service, and why it hasn’t launched yet, is primarily due to the lack of a "proof of concept".

With such a high price tag, we need to provide some confidence to everyone, right? But in the market, there simply isn’t an animation made using the "Divine Grace Continent" customization service!

With no precedent and such large investment involved, it’s normal for animation companies to take a wait-and-see approach.

"Then should we do it ourselves?"

Thinking of the industry tradition where real estate developers often furnish a model home to sell houses, Chen Ba suddenly had an idea.

Since everyone is so hesitant, why not Tianba Studio take the initiative and demonstrate through actual work that the customization service of "Divine Grace Continent" is indeed impressive!

"Sounds good!"

Yang Dong had no objections to this, but he still had a doubt: "However, we only know how to make games, not animations..."

Oh right!

Chen Ba’s expression froze.

Although Tianba Studio dabbled in various businesses, they really hadn’t done animation, nor did they have anyone with relevant experience.

It’s different from ordinary animation.

Ordinary Divine Grace Animation can be done by anyone, but Chen Ba wanted to create a model home, and since it’s a model home, it must be better than ordinary Divine Grace Animation.

With just a few people from Tianba Studio, they really couldn’t produce a good "model home".

"I have an idea..."

"Let’s hear it!"

"Didn’t some animation companies show interest in our ’Divine Grace Continent’ customization service before?"

Yang Dong explained slowly, "We can choose one from these interested animation companies to cooperate with, not charge them, only take a share of the revenue, and set an example for other companies."

First, make a name for ourselves!

Once this "model home" is built, and everyone witnesses the power of the "Divine Grace Continent" customization service, business will naturally come to us.

"Makes sense!"

"Then go and ask, see who is willing to cooperate with us, to be the first ’hero’ to try..."

Chen Ba was in agreement with this.

Although he didn’t know much, he understood the principle that you can’t catch a wolf without a kid goat. Even scammers know to let people taste some sweetness before luring them in.