I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!-Chapter 68 - 42 Mr. Ke is my arch-enemy_1
Chapter 68 -42: Mr. Ke is my arch-enemy!_1
Chapter 68 -42: Mr. Ke is my arch-enemy!_1
Jinpeng Entertainment Company, Director’s Office.
Yu Xiao’s fingers intertwined as he stared intently at the real-time sales numbers on the screen before him, his brows furrowed tightly.
As one of the subsidiaries of Netcom game—one of the top three gaming giants domestically—and one at the lower end of the strength spectrum among its numerous subsidiaries,
Jinpeng Entertainment actually didn’t have many games that could be considered showcases.
Among these, the most well-known game was the restaurant simulation management game “Rushing Manager.”
The gameplay was quite simple, with players taking on the role of a chibi avatar manager, attracting cute female staff to serve food to customers.
Earning money to unlock more restaurant seats, floors, and even expanding to chain stores, and evaluating restaurant rankings constituted a series of gameplay elements that are at the core of this game.
And the most critical paid feature was the classic, enduring loot box system.
Different cute waitresses brought different restaurant bonuses, and rare decorations like tables and chairs could also give a score boost to the restaurant’s revenue.
All of these could be included in the loot boxes.
Given that restaurants are inherently urban and well-known, plus the satisfaction of operating one and watching it grow and expand, provided a solid thrill for the players.
With good-looking waitress characters, high skill bonuses, sweet voice acting, and the incessant calls of “Manager” from the staff, players were overjoyed.
Therefore, since its launch last year, this game has consistently topped the simulation management genre’s charts.
The monthly sales were around 50 million yuan.
It was thought that it could continue running for at least another year or two before declining.
But this month, a major upheaval occurred unexpectedly.
A simulated management game called “Urban Skyline” appeared out of nowhere.
It too, was a simulation management game.
However, players could get it entirely for free, and there were even no options to make in-game purchases later on.
The company adopted an ad-based revenue model, so they weren’t shearing the players.
In just a week, “Rushing Manager” nearly got beaten to a pulp.
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Your game lets you manage a restaurant?
The other game lets players own a whole city full of restaurants!
Your game has cute waitresses?
Theirs has equally exquisite character models, and from a godlike view, players can zoom in and out at will, discretely observing.
Want to improve restaurant profits in your game? You need to charge up the manager?
The other game lets you burn the in-game manager at a crematorium to generate electricity for the city, and at best, the manager will only say, “Don’t generate electricity here.”
Whereas your manager just wants the players to recharge even more.
Just on this last point alone, you can immediately tell who’s superior, thus killing the competition.
Better to be a famous mad mayor than a little manager holed up in a restaurant!
As a result, the impact was massive.
“Rushing Manager” saw a nearly 30% drop in weekly revenue compared to last week,
and it’s still continuously falling.
Particularly for some players in “Rushing Manager” who gambled away their wits without getting the characters they wanted, they were heading towards a definitively doomed gaming life.
They might as well just bounce.
I’m done serving you! Off I go to take office as mayor!
Online public opinion has also begun to frequently compare “Skyline” with the current leader in simulation management, “Rushing Manager.”
As the project director of “Rushing Manager,” Yu Xiao was naturally watching with great concern.
If he didn’t take action soon,
it wouldn’t just be a matter of concern.
It would be an integral part of his worries!
“But how to do it…” Yu Xiao pondered deeply.
Start a media push?
No, that won’t do.
With the current public opinion fully in favor of “Skyline,” it was already good enough if “Rushing Manager” could keep a low profile. Jumping out now and trying to sway public opinion could spell disaster.
Unless it was about some personal scandal of the game designer Ke Jin—maybe that could work better.
But with just two months since his debut, the public really didn’t know much about him.
The only negative article about him online dug up by a netizen was his small account on the NAA forum with a profile picture of a small yellow chick wearing overalls and sporting a middle part, which seemed to suggest a popular internet star.
But this scandal was far too weak, hardly enough to end the competition, let alone start off on a winning streak.
It might even make his already enthusiastic fans like him more.
“Damn, this guy is a bit tricky, how did I get stuck with someone like this…” Yu Xiao frowned.
Such a short time since his debut and he’s already threatening the flagship game of Jinpeng Entertainment.
Mr. Ke truly is our archenemy at Jinpeng Entertainment!
“Eh?” Soon, Yu Xiao noticed something else online.
There was a holy war-initiated by a tycoon group against “Skyline.”
After spending half an hour organizing the information and understanding the context, Yu Xiao’s eyes shone with joy.
This incident could be exploited ruthlessly!
Since these players were few and lacked influence, their complaints were fruitless.
But his identity was different.
As the director of Jinpeng Entertainment games, he could speak a few words with the Game Supervisory Bureau.
“Yes! That’s the way to do it!” Yu Xiao thanked the tycoons for giving him a great idea.
And he immediately set about gathering evidence for the complaint.
The best would be to manage to get this game taken down in one shot!
With no similar free competitors left, wouldn’t the players have no choice but to come back as loyal subjects in my realm?
What reason to use for the complaint—Yu Xiao seriously considered this for a moment.
Going at it with the ‘irrational charging interface’ point raised by the tycoons seemed a bit weak.
