Pei Qian was dumbfounded.
Ocean Stronghold's numbers were so different from what he had expected. Something must have gone wrong somewhere.
Even if a new batch of players entered the game, there was no reason for them to buy the Red Kilin so crazily. There must be a key reason!
Pei Qian carefully observed the game's statistics and realized that not only had the top-up figures increased, but the number of active players had also increased significantly. What's more, the average playtime of players had also increased!
One could say that Ocean Stronghold had become more hardworking.
That was very strange.
Logically speaking, the downloadable content this time did not have any new gameplay that required hard work. The story mode could be completed in a few days, and the PvP mode was still the same. There was also no activity such as bonus packs to increase the time spent online.
However, the average playtime of players had increased!
Were players suddenly in a good mood and wanted to spend more time playing the game?
Impossible.
The statistics behind the game would not lie. Pei Qian could vaguely sense that this was the key to the sudden increase in income!
Pei Qian sought help from Qiandu once again to find the root cause of the huge increase in Ocean Stronghold players' activity.
Finally, Pei Qian found the answer in a post.
"I've heard of speculating in stocks and real estate, but this is the first time I've heard of speculating in accounts. I'm impressed!"
"When Ocean Stronghold was first updated, I scolded them as well. Why are they only selling five hundred Barrett Doom? Are the officials crazy? Are they not earning money or what? "
"However, from the looks of it now, Tengda's schemes are really deep!"
"Yesterday, a friend who has never played FPS games asked me if I wanted to play Ocean Stronghold. He even wanted to add me as a friend and play Resident Evil mode together."
"At the time, I was quite confused. He had never touched FPS games before. Why did he change his mind?"
"After asking, I found out that he wanted to earn money!"
"The original Barrett Doom on the trading platform was already priced at two to three thousand yuan, and there was still no stock! After all, there were only five hundred of them every month. Many people were planning to buy them for themselves or to continue hoarding them to see if the price would increase. If ballers wanted to buy them, they would have to pay a lot more! "
"Many scalpers were overjoyed. They spent a lot of money to buy them and then hoarded them. In any case, there were still only five hundred of them next month.
This thing would retain its value! "" In the end, the officials gave a patch. In the future, everyone would be able to make reservations based on their credit rating! "
"The higher the credit rating, the higher the probability of an appointment."
"Moreover, it's not like normal people don't have a chance. As long as you're a real player and not a scalper who registered an account just to snatch the Barrett Doom, you'll have a chance at the lottery!"
"What's even more ridiculous is that with every increase in credit value, the chances of winning the lottery increase by a tiny bit!"
"Although this is quite unreliable, this is metaphysics!"
"That's why everyone is racking their brains to increase their credit value. They play the game, play the story mode, and rush up the rankings. Some people even realized that topping up their accounts can also increase their credit value greatly. Many rich new players just clenched their teeth and bought Red Kilin!"
"After all, this gun looks good. I can show off in the game, and I can also increase my chances of getting a Barrett Doom …"
"Someone in our player group managed to snag a Barrett Doom. He sold it for more than 3,000 the day before yesterday. There was also a big shot with a level three credit level who sold his account because of work. In the end, it was bought by a nouveau riche for 15,000!"
"Now, level two and three accounts are worth more than Barrett Doom. After all, there will be more and more epic weapons in the future. These accounts can be seen as money trees!"
"I've already asked three people in my dormitory to play this game. I've asked them to play two a day to maintain their activity level. As long as we can get a gun next month, we'll be rich!"
…
After browsing through the post, Pei Qian fell into a state of shock.
He finally understood what the problem was.
"… I was too naive."
"I thought that as long as I limited the number of purchases, the game's income would not increase …"
Pei Qian understood now. The problem was with the limited number of Barrett Doom!
Because this gun was too popular, the price of the 500 guns per month was immediately inflated to sky-high prices. As long as players obtained one and sold it, they could earn one to two thousand yuan!
If one had a level three account with a Red Kilin or a Barrett Doom, the value of that account would be even more difficult to estimate.
Many players could not resist such a temptation.
What's more, Ocean Stronghold was a free game to begin with. It had a lot of content. Many people had been hesitating on whether to play the game. This piece of news was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Originally, players would not have been this enthusiastic. That was because scalpers and studios dominated the market. However, Pei Qian could not stand scalpers. Thus, he created a credit system that gave every ordinary player a chance to buy a Barrett Doom!
Thus, players became unprecedentedly enthusiastic. Taking into account the official platform's strong promotion, Li Zhengwei, Teacher Qiao, and the others' strong promotion of Ocean Stronghold …
This week's income had skyrocketed!
What's more, it was not just this week. In the next one or two months, Ocean Stronghold would definitely earn a lot of money.
Then, Chen Lei came to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to sing for a few more days …
Pei Qian realized a rather painful truth.
It was impossible for them to incur losses this cycle.
Pei Qian slumped into his chair, feeling like he had nothing left to live for.
Thinking about it carefully, who was to blame this time?
It seemed like no one else was to blame …
Pei Qian was the one who asked Chen Lei to go to Shanghai.
Pei Qian was the one who asked Chen Lei to limit the number of Barrett Doom to five hundred.
Pei Qian was the one who asked players to buy the Barrett Doom based on their credit value!
The only problem was that Pei Qian did not explain clearly to Lin Wan what the credit rating system was and how to increase one's credit value.
Lin Wan immediately told Lu Mingliang about this and asked him to think about it.
Thus, Lu Mingliang naturally included the spending records of his account into his credit value.
This was a very natural thought process. A baller spent 888 yuan on a Red Kilin and did not even calculate his credit value. That was too unreasonable.
Thus, the current problem arose.
Many players who did not intend to buy the Red Kilin also bought it in order to increase their chances of getting a Barrett Doom.
Now that they had spent money and increased their credit rating, their chances of getting a Barrett Doom would be much higher when it was sold next month.
Thus, many people spent money in this last week to buy the Red Kilin. This caused Ocean Stronghold's income to skyrocket!
This was probably what they meant by 'a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow'.
What was even more painful was that this mistake could not be undone.
Now, Pei Qian was going to release the limit of five hundred weapons? Sorry, players would buy them all at once.
What's more, he could not do something that went against his word. If players scolded him to death, Pei Qian and Tengda's image would be ruined.
Thus, Ocean Stronghold could only continue down this path.
There was no solution!
Boss Pei felt terrible.
Boss Pei wanted to drown his sorrows in alcohol.
"Forget it. Let's go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for a drink or two.
"In any case … there's no way we can incur losses."
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