Agreed to make bad games, What the Hell is Titan Fall 141
by adminChapter 141 You’re Robbing Us Blind!!!
2024-07-17 Author: Bulufen Warrior
Chapter 141 You’re Robbing Us Blind!!!
Damn!
I never thought…
Wang Xiaoming seemed ordinary, but the wisdom in his little head is astounding!
Cancel the skin’s enhancement attributes!
Shen Miaomiao was about to burst.
You might as well just say “cancel the players’ spending points”.
You know!
Ever since the day “in-app purchases” existed!
In-app purchase items have been linked to attribute enhancement!
Even, in some games, the reason why players choose to spend money on in-app purchase items is not because they look good!
But because their attributes are overpowered!
But now!
Wang Xiaoming’s suggestion turns this logic upside down!
He believes in-app purchase items should win over players with their excellent quality, making players willingly pay!
Completely reversing the order of things!
It’s simply the ultimate fantasy of an idealist.
The plethora of freeloaders in the market will surely teach him a lesson.
However!
These are just thoughts in Shen Miaomiao’s mind.
After all, this suggestion perfectly meets her requirement of “theoretically profitable, but difficult to implement in practice”!
You don’t care if I can make a profit, you just tell me if I have the means to profit, right?
Yes, right?
Then I’ll tell you to mind your own business and create the sub-project for me!
This is what they call a fantastic opening!
Shen Miaomiao is almost flying with joy!
A perfect win-win model!
Players gain the respect and consideration they deserve!
Gu Sheng and Golden Wind gain the reputation of having conscientious designers and manufacturers!
And this CEO gains money from the system’s rebates!
Three birds with one stone!
Win-win!
An overwhelming victory!
Immediately, she waves her hand.
“No wonder Director Gu insisted on having Manager Wang attend the meeting,”
Shen Miaomiao sincerely praises:
“Manager Wang is truly brilliant!”
“Putting players first, giving players the utmost respect, is the secret to the sustainable development of Golden Wind!”
“As they say, sincerity is always the killer move, Manager Wang’s suggestion…”
“Good!”
Pointing out the praise!
Wang Xiaoming is slightly overwhelmed:
“CEO Shen is too kind, CEO Shen is too kind, I’m just speaking my mind, boldly suggesting, thank you for the praise, CEO Shen…”
Seeing this, the project department staff look at each other and shrug their shoulders.
Originally!
Everyone was quite worried about Wang Xiaoming’s proposal!
Is this idea good? Good! Of course, it’s good!
Manager Wang’s in-app purchase suggestion is a truly green in-app purchase model!
No forcing, no deception, fully respecting players’ individual wills.
In fact, the in-app purchase model should always be this way.
But!
Will this idea make money? It’s hard to say!
Without the core spending point of attribute enhancement, relying solely on skin quality to attract players to spend money?
It’s not impossible.
It’s just that, so far, no one in the market has done this, so there are no successful examples.
Whether the 【Ordinary Little Wang】mod making group can replicate its extraordinary success in Left 4 Dead in a paid environment, no one knows.
So!
Everyone originally wanted to persuade Director Ou again, to make her reconsider this highly praised but potentially unprofitable business model.
But unexpectedly!
Director Ou simply approved it with a snap of her fingers!
What else can we say?
After all, once this is released, the players’ praise will be overwhelming, the praise and appreciation for the APEX project team will definitely surge!
Praise! It’s a done deal!
As for whether or not it will make money…
Director Ou isn’t worried, why should I worry?
Anyway, since joining Golden Wind, my salary and benefits have never been reduced, they’re always paid early, never late.
The boss isn’t afraid of losses!
Players praise me!
Everyone says I have a conscience!
Creating a milestone in in-app purchases!
Why bother complaining when I have such a good thing going?
Just do it, brothers!
Just like that!
This Titanfall spin-off project – APEX, which Shen Miaomiao fully participated in and strictly controlled all details, was officially launched!
And Shen Miaomiao couldn’t wait any longer, she immediately created a system sub-project in her mind!
At the same time, this is the first sub-project she’s created since the system upgrade!
【Sub-Project: APEX】
【Project Investment Amount: 50 million yuan】
【Project Settlement Time: 7 days (+0 days)】
【Project Return Rate: 11 times (+0 times)】
【Current Revenue Amount: 0 yuan】
【Estimated Return Amount: 550 million yuan】
【Remaining Settlement Time: Waiting to Begin】
Creation complete!
Seeing the settlement time, Shen Miaomiao was stunned.
Only seven days?
This time seems unexpectedly short.
Originally, Shen Miaomiao thought that this project, due to its absurd business model, the system would extend the settlement time to three or four weeks.
But unexpectedly, the time is so short.
As long as it doesn’t break even within a week, she’ll consider the investment a failure, and the rebate will be paid!
This is truly heaven’s help!
With this short time frame, Shen Miaomiao is even more confident!
This time! I’m going for a sure win! I didn’t add a single minute to the basic settlement time!
This time! I’m controlling the details! Confirming that this is a “research-style” project, dancing on the edge of a knife, even Gu Sheng is unsure about it!
This time! I’m taking advice! Precisely seizing Wang Xiaoming’s brilliant suggestion, making the business model as unrealistic as possible!
This time! I’m doing everything! Three birds with one stone, making the project well-received but not profitable, taking care of the face and the wallet, everyone wins!
This time!
I, Shen Miaomiao!
Must lose!
…
After the project was established, everything started to be prepared at a rapid pace.
Of course, the first thing is personnel adjustments.
“Attribute-free in-app purchase model” was proposed by Wang Xiaoming, which made Gu Sheng very satisfied and happy.
And as he said.
The reason why he quickly agreed to Wang Xiaoming joining Golden Wind was because of this day.
Perfect business model concept, coupled with his impressive performance in Left 4 Dead Creative Workshop.
Gu Sheng temporarily transferred him from the operations team.
Assigned to Jiang Yun’s “Planning Group”, specifically responsible for the design and setup of the in-app purchase system.
And Wang Xiaoming did not disappoint Gu Sheng’s expectations.
Just two weeks later!
The proposal for the in-app purchase model was sent to Gu Sheng’s desk.
During lunchtime, the three giants were eating in Gu Sheng’s office, Lu Bian flipped through the proposal while marveling:
“Damn…”
“Damn! This guy is truly amazing!”
“Looks ordinary, but his heart is so dark,”
“He’s a real scumbag!”
“Hey! What the hell are you saying?!” Gu Sheng scolded Lu Bian: “Not at all united and friendly!”
“No, I’m… praising,”
Lu Bian was more and more shocked as he read the proposal:
“Sincere praise, this in-app purchase model is truly amazing.”
Lu Bian wasn’t lying.
He was genuinely shocked!
According to his understanding, and the practice of almost all free-to-play games.
In-app purchase is simply opening a store, adding all the goods, and then selling them according to their effects and attributes, from high to low price.
Everyone does it this way.
At most, they’ll have a lottery or limited-time sale when a particularly powerful item is released.
All items are here, players can buy them whenever they want.
But!
Wang Xiaoming’s in-app purchase model is different!
This guy actually came up with something called a 【Season Pass】!
He said he wanted to do this in PUBG a long time ago.
But before he could bring it up, APEX was launched, so he incorporated the idea.
What is this Season Pass?
Simply put, it’s a task manual that requires money to purchase!
The Season Pass has 100 levels, players can accumulate experience through gameplay or by simply and brutally spending money to upgrade their level.
Every time you level up, players will receive free game rewards.
There are suit skins, weapon skins, in-game sprays, dance moves, skydiving effects, and so on…
Of course!
Just these items wouldn’t be enough to fill 100 levels of Season Pass rewards.
So!
This guy came up with something called a ‘Loot Box’!
The boxes are divided into five tiers: Common, Rare, Epic, Legendary, and Heirloom.
The odds of drawing each tier decrease accordingly.
If you purchase the Season Pass, you’ll get 20 Loot Boxes.
Of course, if you didn’t draw the item you want, you can also pay to buy it.
“I’ll take his money, combo punches!”
Lu Bian couldn’t believe his eyes:
“The key is these two sentences, hey, see if these are personal words…”
“First: The full-level Legendary skin in the Season Pass is unique to the season, limited edition, never returned,”
“Second: Except for the Season Pass Legendary skin, all Legendary and above skins are not sold in the basic store, they can only be obtained through Loot Boxes,”
“What the heck!!!”
He finished.
Lu Bian himself was blown away!
“Gu Sheng, Gu Sheng, you have to see this!”
“You picked this guy, and you still say other manufacturers are greedy?”
“Damn, aren’t we the biggest profiteers?”
“Don’t even mention the players, if this form comes out, I want to draw a few times!”
“Then, let’s make the opening effects and content better, what player won’t be tempted to draw a few times?”
Too ruthless!
The key is!
Players can’t even scold them!
Come on, I’m just selling skins, it doesn’t affect the attributes, you can still enjoy the game without opening them.
As long as you don’t care about other people’s cool weapons, don’t care about other people’s legendary effects surrounding you, don’t care about other people’s flashy trajectories, don’t care about other people’s fancy taunts, don’t care about other people’s dazzling exhaust fumes…
That’s it.
“…Anyway, I definitely can’t resist.”
After careful consideration, Lu Bian said with certainty:
“After all, being strong is temporary, but being handsome is for life.”
Pfft.
Hearing this, Gu Sheng almost sprayed out the tea he had just taken a sip of.
Such a classic noob statement.
“So,”
At this point, Gu Sheng put down his teacup and looked at Da Jiang:
“Da Jiang, this requires your art department to put in more effort,”
“Since we’re not selling attributes, we rely entirely on skin quality to attract people,”
“This needs you and your junior sister to communicate more with Xiaoming, try to make players see the preview and can’t help but spend money.”
“Oh, Sheng, I was just about to tell you about this,”
Hearing this, Da Jiang put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth:
“We’re planning to make a set of universal skins for the first season’s Season Pass Golden Legendary reward,”
“The theme is Legendary Pilot,”
“The suit style is inspired by Captain Lastimosa, the 100-level grand prize is a universal Pilot helmet,”
“Besides changing the UI, some in-game voice lines will also be replaced with BT-7274’s voice.”
Click!
Before Da Jiang finished speaking!
Lu Bian’s chopsticks fell to the ground.
So scary…
These people are too scary…
Aren’t we making a “green” in-app purchase model this time?
What the hell is green about this?
Lu Bian, who is in charge of the main program, suddenly realized that humanity is far more complex than code.
From Gu Sheng to Wang Xiaoming to Da Jiang!
These people are all hypocrites, claiming “we don’t force or deceive you to spend”.
But in reality, they are all more cunning than the next!
From the Season Pass to Loot Boxes to the nostalgic suit inspired by Captain Lastimosa, and that heart-wrenching BT voice!
All of this!
Just 68 yuan!
Am I even human if I don’t buy it?
Will I be disrespecting Lastimosa and BT if I don’t buy it?
For a long time!
Lu Bian finally sighed:
“You guys are indeed not deceiving or forcing anyone to spend…”
“You’re robbing us blind!!!”
…
Project development quickly got on track.
Each department works efficiently, cooperating more smoothly, and developing the game!
This afternoon!
Xu Da Jiang, who had just finalized a version of weapon skins, stretched.
He was just about to get a drink, pack up his things and go home, when he heard Lu Bian call out to him from across the way:
“Da Jiang, Da Jiang, hey.”
“Huh?”
Seeing Lu Bian acting mysterious, Da Jiang was startled:
“What’s up?”
“Let’s go out for a smoke,”
Lu Bian beckoned Da Jiang, tilted his head:
“I need to talk to you.”
“Oh, okay,”
Following Lu Bian out of the office, Da Jiang was curious:
“What’s the matter? So mysterious?”
Seeing Lu Bian look back down the corridor, making sure no one was around, he pulled Da Jiang to the lounge, lowering his voice:
“Gu Sheng’s been acting weird lately.”
“Huh? Sheng’s been acting weird?”
Da Jiang scratched his head:
“What’s wrong with him?”
“You’re an idiot,” Lu Bian rolled his eyes, said Da Jiang wasn’t observant enough: “Haven’t you noticed that Gu Sheng has been leaving on time these past few weeks, not working overtime even once?”
Hiss—
When Lu Bian said this, Da Jiang thought back and realized it was true.
But after thinking for a moment, he waved his hand and said:
“It’s normal to not work overtime, this project isn’t particularly urgent, right?”
“Besides, a lot of stuff is being carried over from TTF,”
“Plus, we have experience with PUBG before,”
“Sheng doesn’t have much to worry about, it’s okay to leave on time, right?”
Da Jiang thought it was normal.
However, Lu Bian smiled slightly, a glint in his eyes:
“Wrong, Xu Da Jiang, you’re totally wrong!”
Speaking of which.
Lu Bian looked toward the corridor again.
Making sure no one was around, he said:
“You forgot, Gu Sheng used to work late even if he wasn’t working overtime, he would stay in the company until 7 or 8 pm before going home,”
“But now, he’s changed, he’s started leaving on time, what does that mean?”
“emmmmmmmm…”
Da Jiang pondered for a moment:
“Does that mean he needs snack coins?”
Lu Bian: …
“Your emotional intelligence… I’m speechless…”
Lu Bian covered his forehead, worried about Da Jiang’s emotional intelligence:
“Does Gu Sheng’s claw machine skills need snack coins? Are you stupid?”
“You’re right,” Da Jiang nodded: “But why then?”
“Because he’s hiding someone at home! Why else!”
Seeing that Da Jiang was really lacking in gossip talent, Lu Bian simply revealed the answer:
“A person cannot be so attached to home without reason, unless there is something he loves in that home!”
“ohhhhhhh—!!!”
Hearing this!
Da Jiang suddenly understood!
“Are you saying… Sheng has a woman at home…?”
Slap!
Lu Bian hurriedly stepped forward and covered Da Jiang’s mouth!
“Can you be a bit quieter, dad? Should I get you a loudspeaker?”
“Mmm-hmm…”
Da Jiang mumbled in agreement, gesturing for Lu Bian to take his hand away, imitating him, lowering his voice, saying:
“Are you saying… Sheng has a woman at home…?”
“Crude,” Lu Bian wagged his finger: “He’s keeping her hidden.”
“It means the same thing,” Da Jiang shrugged, then asked: “So what? What are you going to do?”
“Hehe, what am I going to do?”
Seeing Lu Bian smirk, raise his eyebrows, he said:
“I’m going to find out who has captivated Gu Sheng’s heart,”
“This week, we’ll surprise him,”
“Quietly enter the village, shoot without a sound, do you understand?”
“Yo-shi—!”
Hearing that there was gossip to be had, Da Jiang gave a thumbs up:
“Got it! Got it!”
(End of Chapter)
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