October 3rd …
Three days had passed. Pei Qian kept a close eye on Repent and be Saved after it was released.
After all, he had high hopes for this game. He could not afford to lose it.
First, he looked at the netizens' comments. They were basically as Pei Qian had expected.
All in all, the game was being scolded badly!
Especially under the official Weibo account. Gamers were making all sorts of sarcastic comments.
On the game's details page on the official platform, many gamers were giving one-star negative reviews.
The arguments on the forum were also very intense. What's more, they were polarized.
TPDb had already collected many reviews of the game, including comments from consumers and netizens.
Repent and be Saved's rating on TPDb was 7.2. Consumers and netizens' comments had obviously pulled down this rating.
As for the media's ratings, it was still too early. Most of the games media could not finish the game so quickly. Thus, the ratings were not out yet.
Pei Qian was not very confident about this. After all, the media would not focus on the game's difficulty. Instead, they would consider all aspects, such as the game's quality, content, and so on.
The games media might still give Repent and be Saved a good rating because of its high quality. Then, the TPDb rating might still rise.
However, no matter what, the game's reputation among ordinary gamers was already showing signs of collapsing. Pei Qian could say that this had already met his expectations.
It did not matter if the TPDb rating was high or not. As long as the game did not make money, it was fine.
Pei Qian looked at the situation of gamers refunding the game. Less than thirty percent of them were refunding the game. He was a little disappointed about this.
What's the meaning of this? I've already told you to refund the game, but the refund rate is less than thirty percent?
The small monsters in the mass grave, the elites with machetes, the epitaph that appears when you die, and the last few minutes of the notification … you guys actually survived all of that?
That doesn't make sense at all!
What's more, the thirty percent refund rate had to be considered for marketing reasons.
Many people came to play Repent and be Saved because of Tengda's reputation. Many gamers who did not want to suffer had also entered the game by mistake.
After discovering that the game was actually a masochistic game, these gamers' first reaction was to refund the game.
Even so, the refund rate was less than thirty percent. Pei Qian was very unhappy.
Of course, Pei Qian did not have any good ideas.
He had already gone so far. If the gamers did not refund the game, it meant that they really did not want to. Pei Qian could not possibly point a gun at the gamers' heads and force them to refund the game.
He could only continue reading.
Although the thirty percent refund rate did not meet Pei Qian's expectations, it was already very high compared to other games. Coupled with the mixed reviews of the game, the situation was still relatively good.
Pei Qian also paid attention to the situation on Aili Island.
Some people had already uploaded videos about Repent and be Saved on video-sharing websites. However, there were no complete and comprehensive walkthroughs. Most of the videos were recorded as they fought. Thus, the quality of the videos was not high, and they were not very popular.
That was within Pei Qian's expectations.
In any case, as long as Teacher Qiao did not release a walkthrough video, everything would be fine!
These new players would need at least a week to figure out Repent and be Saved. Teacher Qiao would also only post a video a week later.
By that time, the players who stayed would be loyal to the game, and it would be fine to let them watch the walkthrough video. Most of the players who were dissuaded would not come back.
"En, it's a good start. I hope it can continue!"
Pei Qian switched off his computer and walked out.
It was Sunday. He had promised to treat Lin Chang to a meal at Ming Yun Private Kitchen.
Lin Yu was busy with work and had already left Jingzhou. Lin Chang looked a lot more free. That was probably because the two of them were in charge of different businesses. Their workload was also different.
…
At Ming Yun Private Kitchen …
Pei Qian happily chewed on a crab leg. He was in a good mood.
Lin Chang, who sat opposite him, was eating with relish as well. He was full of praises.
However, as the two of them ate, the topic turned to Lin Wan.
"Boss Pei, have you thought about the matter that I asked you to do?
You don't have to think about perfection. If you have any ideas, you can tell me. We can think about them together. "
Lin Chang was quite concerned about this matter. It was obvious that the old master was giving him a lot of pressure.
He had to get Lin Wan back as soon as possible so that he could feel at ease.
Pei Qian pondered for a moment. "I'm thinking about using business expansion as an excuse to arrange for her to work on other businesses."
Lin Chang was stunned. "You're not letting her continue to work on games?"
Pei Qian nodded. "Yes, I'm not letting her continue to work on games.
"That's because it's too risky to continue working on games!
"She has just led Shang Yang Games' employees to create a very popular mobile game. Her work enthusiasm, the employees' state, and the outside world's evaluation are all at the peak. If she continues to work on games, the chances of her next game succeeding are still very high.
"If she creates another successful game, the situation might be completely out of control."
Lin Chang agreed deeply. "Yes, that makes sense!"
Lin Wan had only created one game, and she was already showing off in the family chat group. If she created another game, wouldn't she be very cocky?
He could not afford to fail this time!
"However, Boss Pei, there's a problem." Lin Chang looked hesitant. "Making games is Ah Wan's dream. If you use business expansion as an excuse to arrange for her to work in another department, would she be willing?"
Pei Qian said confidently, "She can't make it too obvious.
"What's more, Lin Wan would not be willing to completely give up her work in the games department.
"Since that's the case, why don't we put her in charge of games and another department at the same time?
"There's a lot of work to do on both sides. If she can't split herself up, the chances of failure would naturally increase."
Lin Chang's eyes lit up. "Eh, that's a good idea!
"However, what business should we choose? What reason should we use? We still have to think about this carefully. Ah Wan is very smart. We can't let her suspect anything. "
Pei Qian nodded. "That's right. I have a few considerations, but I'm not sure yet."
Lin Chang was very interested. "Tell me about it."
Pei Qian picked up a piece of sushi. "Here's what I think.
"First, we have to keep Lin Wan as the director of Shang Yang Games. Let her be in charge of creating a game in name.
"If we don't let her be in charge of anything related to games, it would be too obvious. She would easily be suspected, and it would easily cause her to feel conflicted.
"On this basis, we can find her a new job.
"This new field must be related to games. That way, we can legitimately tell her that we have to enter the XX field due to the needs of business expansion because this field is beneficial to the development of games.
"At the moment, I have two fields in mind. One is live-streaming, and the other is cell phones."
Lin Chang could not help but praise. "Brilliant."
Pei Qian's plan was very clear. He had to tell Lin Wan that they wanted to develop live-streaming or cell phone businesses in order to better promote the game. She would be in charge of this new business.
That way, Lin Wan would have to take on two jobs. She would definitely not have enough energy. Whether it was live-streaming or games, the chances of failure would be greatly increased.
Lin Chang also knew very well that Lin Wan was actually a very proud person. She would definitely accept the task that Boss Pei gave her even if she felt that it was difficult to complete. She would not shirk it.
Wouldn't that be a success?
Lin Chang was very happy. "Boss Pei, which business do you think is suitable? Live-Streaming or cell phones? "
After some thought, Pei Qian said, "Cell phones might be better."
It was not that Pei Qian had not thought about other fields.
For example, bicycle-sharing would definitely incur losses.
However, he could not let Lin Wan be in charge of this field. Bicycle-Sharing had nothing to do with games. There was no reason to let Lin Wan do it.
On the other hand, live-streaming and cell phones could be said to be expanding the moat for the game business.
The barriers to entry for these two industries were not low.
For live-streaming, the bandwidth alone would cost forty million yuan to reach two million people online at the same time.
After all, live-streaming and games were not the same. Online games did not cost much in terms of bandwidth because the amount of data transmitted was much smaller than live-streaming. Naturally, the bandwidth costs were not the same.
On the other hand, the major live-streaming platforms that came later had six to seven million people online at the same time. The bandwidth costs were easily hundreds of millions.
Of course, it would be fine if they played the game in a poorer way. They would just have to spend less money on bandwidth. However, no matter how little they spent, they would have to invest at least thirty to forty million yuan.
If they prepared too little money, they might not be able to produce anything and get stuck in the settlement. That would not be worth it.
On the other hand, investing ten to twenty million yuan in cell phones would be enough. After all, coarse grain cell phones only cost ten million yuan when they first started.
What's more, in the current market environment, live-streaming had not become popular yet. It was considered a blue ocean. On the other hand, the cell phone industry was developing much faster than in Pei Qian's previous life. It was considered a red ocean.
Shenhua, Pineapple, MSC, and many other big manufacturers had already started fighting. The next few years would only become more and more difficult for small cell phone manufacturers. Failure was almost inevitable.
What's more, Lin Yu was in charge of Shenhua's cell phone business.
When Lin Wan came up with a new cell phone, Shenhua would come up with an even better one.
Wouldn't that be perfect?
Lin Chang naturally understood this very quickly. He could not help but clap his hands in glee. "Boss Pei's plan is perfect indeed. It's flawless!
"I owe Boss Pei another huge favor."
"Don't worry, Boss Pei. If there are any difficulties in the process, we will do our best to cooperate!
"That's right, Boss Pei. I see that your new game's reputation is not very good. How about it? Have you considered censoring it or something? Weibo seems to be trending as well. Should I help you remove it?
"Don't worry, I'm very familiar with them. As long as you say the word, I'll do it in minutes."
Lin Chang was in charge of Shenhua's entertainment department. Naturally, he was familiar with this.
He probably felt that he had received too much help from Pei Qian and wanted to make it up to him.
Pei Qian quickly raised his hand. "No, please don't!
This is part of the plan. "
A realization dawned on Lin Chang. "Oh, I understand. Then, I won't interfere. In any case, Boss Pei, if you have any requests, just tell me. Your matters will be my matters in the future. I will definitely not shirk my responsibilities! "
()
Complete copy
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
