Although the group moderator had repeatedly promised that they would solve the problem of players purposely not recommending or taking games off the shelves, the bosses, producers, and chief planners in the group were clearly not convinced.
That was because they did not have much hope for it!
As game designers, most of them did not believe in the self-awareness of the players.
It wasn't that they had any misunderstandings or stereotypes about human nature, it was mainly due to the experience accumulated from the operation of most games, as well as the bloody lessons learned.
After all, games were not the real world. Many people would pursue a special experience in games, regardless of the cost or consequences.
Some lawful players might play some tricks in the game, such as purposely not following the recommended flow of the game, wanting to see if there would be any difference. Or they would repeatedly jump around within the rules to see if they would trigger a bug or something interesting would happen.
Some players who were more malicious might use bugs in the game for profit, or even cheat in online games, seriously destroying the gaming experience of other players for their own pleasure.
Long-term benefits? Maintaining the game environment?
To many players, that was not important at all.
Since there were so many games on the market, it was just a matter of changing accounts or playing a different game.
As the designer of the system, the game designers had to think of ways to prevent such things from happening at the very beginning of the design.
The corresponding restraint system had to consider the players to the extreme, and anticipate the worst possible situation in advance.
Just like the laws of ancient times, the highest standards of punishment could not be missing.
Therefore, most of the designers did not approve of Morning Dew Gaming Platform's approach. It was obviously overestimating the players' self-awareness, and overestimating the limits of some players.
Morning Dew Gaming Platform's current decision was nothing more than giving these games a chance to be resurrected, but this resurrection had a long cooldown time.
By the time it could be put back on the shelves in a month, it would be too late.
This system of letting the players decide which games they could take off the shelves was obviously unreasonable. It gave the players too much freedom, and there was no corresponding system or responsibility to restrain them. Therefore, the entire environment was in chaos.
That was why everyone felt that this was something that only a layman would do.
The real boss behind Morning Dew Gaming Platform probably did not understand games at all, and was blindly messing around, bringing the platform into an abyss of no return.
However, no matter how much the crowd protested, the group leader did not budge.
Obviously, the internal department of Morning Dew Gaming Platform had already come to a conclusion about this. It was most likely decided by a big boss or upper echelon behind the scenes.
The designers in the group also knew that there was no point in making things difficult for the staff, so they could only go their separate ways after a long discussion.
Those who were more optimistic continued to fix the bugs in the game, hoping that the platform officials could really deal with this problem. Those who were more pessimistic had already given up on the platform and planned to find another way out.
The group gradually fell into silence.
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What these designers did not know was that Li Yada had decided on this after consulting Boss Pei.
Earlier, Pei Qian had been binge-watching dramas in his office when he suddenly received a call from Tang Yishu.
"S-Senior, this is bad. Something has happened to the platform!"
"Two games are about to be maliciously removed from the shelves by gamers. The people in charge of the gaming companies that work with our platform are making a fuss in the group."
"Right now, there are all sorts of negative comments about our platform online. Sister Yada can't make up her mind either."
"Meng Chang said that we should call for instructions on such matters."
"Senior, what should we do?"
Tang Yishu briefly explained the current situation, her tone a little flustered.
Obviously, this incident was completely beyond her ability. Li Yada could not give a 100% solution to the problem.
Thus, Meng Chang asked Tang Yishu to call and ask.
Pei Qian could not help but look surprised as he listened to Tang Yishu's report.
There was such a good thing?
Recently, Chao Lu Gaming Platform had been full of good news!
First, a large number of game manufacturers were persuaded to quit because of bugs. Then, the publicity effect was extremely poor. Then, the number of bugs aroused players' doubts. They felt that Chao Lu Gaming Platform was deliberately hyping things up.
Now, they were even being maliciously removed from the shelves?
This was simply too surprising!
Previously, Pei Qian felt that even with this system, the possibility of a good thing like a large-scale removal of games was slim. That was because most players were not paramecia. Under the premise of a weighting mechanism, the game's rating would eventually be fixed at a relatively reasonable level.
However, Pei Qian now realized that he had overlooked a very important point when making such an assumption — the problem of the player base!
One had to talk about the base when talking about probability. That was because the larger the sample, the closer the true probability would be to the expected probability.
On the other hand, if the sample was small, there would definitely be a huge deviation.
As a new game platform, the group of players that Chao Lu Gaming Platform attracted in the early stages was rather special. Most of them did not have a specific game platform and did not have any sense of belonging to the platform. Most of them came with the mentality of freeloading.
They would only consider how much fun they had in the first one or two months. They would not consider the overall environment of the platform!
What's more, this mentality would become even more serious without intervention.
This was just like the fleecing parties on shopping platforms. They were all organized. If a product was priced wrongly, these people would immediately swarm forward and directly make the shop cry.
Once these players realized that Chao Lu Gaming Platform could use this method to buy games at half price, they would attract more players to join this ranks. Over time, the composition of the entire platform's players would become even more unbalanced.
Happiness came too suddenly. Pei Qian could not suppress his joy.
Didn't this mean that Chao Lu Gaming Platform, the money-burning tree, had succeeded?
Based on the current situation, he could continue to advertise and burn money. He could contact other game companies to put games on the shelves to burn money. In short, he could create all kinds of things! In any case, the gamers would help him take all these games off the shelves!
The most perfect situation that he had imagined had really happened?
Pei Qian was overjoyed.
However, he did not get carried away by this good news. Instead, he suddenly realized a problem.
Since the perfect situation had appeared, he had to adjust the previous measures slightly.
This was the mechanism of taking games off the shelves!
The rule that Pei Qian had set previously was that games that did not pass the trial period would be taken off the shelves permanently and could not be put on the shelves again in the future.
On the surface, this rule was too one-size-fits-all. It might accidentally kill many games that had been modified later. However, on the other hand, it was also a protection mechanism.
The consequences of taking games off the shelves during the trial period were too serious. Thus, gamers had to think carefully before deciding to take games off the shelves. Objectively, it raised the threshold.
At the moment, gamers were taking some old games off the shelves. Most of these games would not be updated and no new blood would be added. Even if they were taken off the shelves, it would not affect the old gamers much. Thus, these gamers were relatively unscrupulous.
However, if there was a high-quality online game that continued to operate and update in the future, would gamers still be so unscrupulous when it needed to be updated and new gamers needed to improve the game experience?
I'm afraid that won't happen.
Thus, Pei Qian felt that he should tear the rules wider in order to stabilize the current good situation.
The game would not be taken off the shelves permanently. Instead, it could be put on the shelves again after modification!
However, this mechanism had a certain cooldown time.
That way, gamers would not have to consider the consequences when taking games off the shelves. They could mindlessly take games off the shelves. In any case, they would be put on the shelves again in the future!
At that time, a small number of gamers might regret it. They would make up for the difference in price and continue playing. However, many gamers would have long run off after enjoying themselves.
Wouldn't that be more of a loss?
Moreover, changing the mechanism of taking games off the shelves would seem to be beneficial to these game companies on the surface. It would not arouse anyone's suspicion.
Yes, perfect!
Pei Qian told Tang Yishu about this solution directly. There was the sound of typing on the keyboard. Obviously, she had memorized everything.
"That's it for now. Is there anything else?" Pei Qian asked.
Tang Yishu hurriedly said, "Ah, Senior, is that all? This only alleviates the problem of malicious removal. The other problems are still not solved, right? "
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