Chapter 25
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Ma Yang frowned deeply.
"Brother Qian … is our game really that trashy that no one is interested in it …?"
"I've seen other people's new games get tens of thousands of downloads on the first day. Why are we only getting tens of thousands of downloads on the first day …?"
Ma Yang was dealt a huge blow.
Ever since the game was released, Ma Yang would head to the official platform to look at Ghost General's statistics every few minutes to check on the downloads and gamers' comments.
In the end, one hour passed, three hours passed, five hours passed …
However, the statistics did not change at all!
That was because Ghost General was only a corner recommendation spot for the time being. The name itself was nothing special and there were no beautiful promotional images either – who would notice it?
The Lonely Desert Road was discovered by Teacher Qiao because he was a UP Master who specialized in dissing standalone games and would regularly head to the standalone games section to search for new games.
It could be said that this was the exception of the exceptions.
Most mobile gamers would not look for new games on a regular basis unless it was a game that was extremely popular and popular.
For a new mobile game like Ghost General, there was a 100% chance that it would be buried in the early stages without proper promotional measures.
"It's alright. That's always the case for new games. Just wait patiently," Pei Qian consoled.
Just wait patiently?
Of course not!
Even though Pei Qian looked as anxious as Ma Yang on the surface, he was actually elated deep down.
It was normal for there to be no downloads – there was no way for the game to be exposed at all – where would the downloads come from?
Even if it was a week or a month later, no one would be interested in the game, let alone a day or two!
Right now, Pei Qian was just waiting for the week to pass quickly. By then, Ghost General would have dropped from the corner recommendation spot on the game platform and its popularity would have died down. Once the system settled, the 300,000 System Funds would be converted to his Personal Wealth.
How wonderful!
Pei Qian's consolation did not have much of an effect as Ma Yang's expression was still gloomy.
"Sigh, let me look at the statistics again. I wonder if there are any changes after three hours," Ma Yang said as he opened up ESRO's official platform to search for Ghost General.
When he reached the details page of the game, Ma Yang was stunned.
He rubbed his eyes, thinking that he had seen wrongly.
He had checked a couple of times before and the downloads were always in the tens. But now, it was more than two thousand!
Ma Yang thought that he had seen wrongly. However, when he checked the ratings and comments, he confirmed that he was right.
Indeed, a group of gamers had discovered the game!
The first thing Ma Yang saw was the game's rating – it was a ridiculous 9.7!
Ghost General's comment section was initially empty without a single comment. But now, there were hundreds of them!
Why is it selling at 10 yuan? Why is it even more expensive than Qute Three Kingdoms? "
"Previous poster, you're not in the game, right? You're complaining that 10 yuan is too expensive? It's too cheap, too kind!"
"I played it seriously, this is a card game full of sincerity! The key is that there's only one permanent card sold in the game. All the expenses in the game add up to only 40 yuan! "
"Forty RMB to play, everyone's equal, there's absolutely no top-up or spending traps. I'm shocked, is this still a mobile card game?"
"The quality of this game is pretty good. As a loyal player of mobile card games, I've finally found a unique mobile card game!"
"What left a deep impression on me is the characters in the game! I never thought that the characters of the Three Kingdoms could be portrayed in such a strange way. These characters are all unconstrained. Although it is full of absurdity, it is refreshing! "
"The original art is amazing! I'm definitely going to spend money on this game just for it! What? I can't spend money? I'll have to give it a 5 star review then! "
Ma Yang's hands were trembling in excitement. Flipping through the comments page by page, he couldn't even find a single bad review!
The reason why there were no bad reviews wasn't entirely because the original art was good looking and the price was reasonable. There was another important reason – the first batch of gamers were here for the original art!
After Chen Qi and the other artists posted the original art on Weibo, it garnered a large number of likes as many people searched for it based on the name of the game.
Even though many people were disappointed that Ghost General was a mobile card game and not a standalone or large-scale online game, they were too embarrassed to give it a low rating after playing it for a while.
That was because the game truly looked too kind!
The quality of the game was pretty decent. Be it art or music resources, Pei Qian had spared no expense and gave a good first impression.
Furthermore, the fact that the game did not require spending money garnered a good impression from passersby.
That was the reason why Ghost General's reputation was off the charts after the first batch of gamers arrived!
Ma Yang popped his head down from the top bunk excitedly and said to Pei Qian, "Brother Qian! We've got it! Our game's downloads have increased! There are many reviews and all of them are 5 star reviews! "
Pei Qian was drinking water when he spat it out and coughed for more than a minute after choking.
"What did you say?" Pei Qian thought that he had heard wrongly.
Ma Yang repeated excitedly, "The number of downloads has increased to more than two thousand! Furthermore, everyone's reviews of the game are really good and some of them even praised my character design! "
Pei Qian was dumbfounded.
Downloads had increased by a few thousand?
How could that be? Where did the gamers get the news from?
Furthermore, all of them were 5 star reviews?
That didn't make sense. The game was just a generic template for mobile card games without any innovative gameplay. How was that worthy of 5 star reviews?
If this was someone else's game, Pei Qian's first reaction would be that the game developer had hired fake reviewers to manipulate the ratings!
However, this was Pei Qian's own game.
How could Pei Qian not know if he had hired fake reviewers?
There was only so much money and he had already spent it all. Where would he have the money to hire fake reviewers?
Furthermore, even if he had the money, Pei Qian wouldn't have used it to hire fake reviewers and manipulate ratings. What he wanted was for the game to die out as soon as possible. How could he do something like that?
Could it be that other companies hired fake reviewers to manipulate the ratings wrongly?
That couldn't be either. Which fake reviewers would be so bad that they could manipulate the ratings wrongly?
Could it be that … the same coincidence as in the previous game had happened again?!
Pei Qian hurriedly logged into ESRO's resource website and took a look at the game's statistics.
Ma Yang wasn't lying to him – the game's statistics had indeed skyrocketed!
Furthermore, the reviews of the gamers were the same as the fake reviewers – all of them were praising Ghost General for being so kind!
The number of gamers who had downloaded the game was increasing as well.
The number of people who had purchased a permanent membership card was increasing as well!
Pei Qian was in a daze as he looked at the two numbers that were jumping continuously.
What was wrong with this world?!
What was the problem?!
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