Although the electronic game industry in Xia Kingdom has just started, it has been developed quite vigorously because it is regarded as a powerful tool for cultural export and has been supported by policies.
As the largest single-player game download platform in China, the Dianqu platform has a complete set of recommendation mechanisms and game listing and delisting mechanisms, ensuring that fresh blood is continuously input into this blue ocean market.
Take indie games as an example.
Any game submitted as an independent game producer with a comprehensive production cost of less than one million will be classified into the independent game section after passing the system review.
Games classified into this zone will have the opportunity to enjoy a series of support policies prepared by the Dianqu platform for independent game producers.
For example, information flow recommendations on the platform’s main page.
This is almost the most exposed recommendation position on the entire platform. It can be listed as long as the sales volume reaches 100 within 24 hours.
Under normal circumstances, most of the works that can reach this recommendation position are masterpieces of excellent quality. Especially in this world where picture quality is king, even if there are no exquisite CG animations, there must be at least a few money-cheating game screenshots.
However, 2048 is undoubtedly an anomaly.
There is no picture to speak of. In this information flow recommendation full of exquisite CGs and screenshots, it is like a white lotus emerging from the mud but not stained.
The graphics are so rough that they can be ignored, the gameplay is so simple that it's mentally retarded, and even the final "Congratulations on winning" is so sloppy.
Even though he has been in the gaming industry for many years, this is the first time that Zhang Xiang has seen such a perfunctory work being recommended on the information flow of Dianqu, the largest gaming platform in the country.
"Isn't this so fucking boring?"
Looking at the rankings that popped up in front of him, he was stunned after wasting half an hour to clear the level. He even suspected that there was something wrong with his eyes.
That's it
A rubbish game with no screen, no story, and so simple that the operation only requires four keys, up, down, left, and right. Not only has it been recommended on the information flow of the Dianqu platform, but the number of downloads is also rising.
As of the last time he watched it, more than a thousand people had downloaded it.
It’s less than three hours since the game was released.
What's even more boring is that there are still people who have reached 131072 points.
"... It doesn't matter if the auditor of the Dianqu platform has a broken head, will the taste of the players be lowered as well?"
When he thought of the epic masterpieces that he and the audience had worked on, one by one, they had all been dumped on the street, an unknown fire was ignited in his heart.
Why the hell is this!
no!
In order to maintain the healthy development of the industry, he felt that it was necessary to complain harshly in the live broadcast room.
certainly…
The main reason is to make sure that it is not my own taste that is the problem.
Glancing at the time when the broadcast was almost here, he pressed on the keyboard, switched to the desktop, and opened the live broadcast tool.
As a well-known up in the B-station live broadcast and game area, nicknamed Brother Xiang, he can be regarded as a veteran in the game critic field, but his reputation is not very good.
According to legend, there is no game in which he is immortal, so he is often ridiculed by players as the number one poisoner in the gaming industry.
The greatest joy for the audience every time in the live broadcast room is to watch him flatter and praise a certain masterpiece that has not been released yet, crazily eating, and then suddenly dying unexpectedly.
Over time, whenever he promotes games in the live broadcast room, some fans will jump out and laugh at him for losing money.
At first, he resisted, arguing that he was generating electricity for love and had never received any money. However, the developer who cheated him couldn't stand it any longer and sent an "insider" to complain about it, saying that Brother Xiang couldn't get paid. As a matter of fact, I didn’t do any serious promotion at all, and attached a screenshot of the bank statement of “transferring money”, which later became a hot search.
Later, more and more people followed Feng Hei. Seeing that no matter how hard he struggled, it was useless, he simply stopped resisting.
After all, traffic is money.
If there is traffic, there will be food.
This is indeed the case. Developers were still willing to pay at the beginning, after all, the traffic was there.
But gradually, no one looked for him anymore.
Although metaphysics is not trustworthy, it is accurate!
No one wants to end up with a bunch of poisonous milk buffs as soon as their game is launched. What's more, some anti-fans are so powerful that they smear any game they recommend, making the comment area a mess.
In this way, popularity has become a burden to Brother Xiang.
If you can't take off this hat, it means you can't make bad money. If you can't make bad money, you can't pay the rent.
Zhang Xiang, who has only a few fans but cannot monetize them, wants to take off this hat all the time. However, his mouth is so poisonous that no game can resist his mouthful of poisonous milk.
Until one day, he finally got the opportunity he had dreamed of.
An epic masterpiece that has been announced for a whole year and cost hundreds of millions. According to rumors, the half-finished demo was so shocking that the CEO of Dianqu Group stood up and applauded at the press conference. The trial version has been launched with everyone's eagerness.
Holding the demo version of the CD, Zhang Xiang bet the rest of his career, and for the only time he made the most ruthless and vicious oath he had ever made in his life for Ai Power Land.
"I blew it so hard!"
"If this awesome and explosive masterpiece hits the streets, I, Zhang Xiang, will eat two kilograms of shit on the spot!"
The subsequent results were obvious.
Eighty percent of the money for that epic masterpiece was spent on the trial version and PPT, but it died suddenly on the day it was released.
Zhang Xiang, who generates electricity for love, not only received a lawyer's letter from the developer, but also owed the audience two kilograms of shit.
Until now, some viewers have repeatedly called for debts in his live broadcast room. Later, they even used Xiang to refer to shit, reminding him not to forget to pay back the two kilograms of Ollie he owed.
This wave of operations is simply a waste of money.
It was from then on that he gritted his teeth and endured the humiliation, always looking for opportunities for transformation, and made up his mind to never be a game promoter again, but to switch to making complaints about games.
From now on, if any developer doesn't give him money, he will criticize that developer's new work.
Licking someone is not as satisfying as squirting!
If you can't collect promotion fees, I will try another way to charge you protection fees!
Today, it’s time to take action on this garbage first!
"Good afternoon, viewers. I am your Brother Xiang. I am online a little late today because I was delayed by a rubbish game."
[Brother Xiang is on the air! Xiang fans, it’s time for dinner!]
[Brother Xiang, should I pay back the two pounds I owe?]
[Let me translate it for you. What Brother Xiang means is that you, Brother Xiang, need a lot of money today. You wasted some time while licking whatever you wanted. Please bear with me.]
[Must tolerate! As long as the anchor pays back the shit he owes first.]
[Bros! Spend your bad money on the public screen!]
Looking at the barrage on the screen, Zhang Xiang's brows twitched fiercely.
However, the gentlemen in the audience are God, and the gentlemen in the audience are his father. He still understands this simple and easy-to-understand truth, so he did not have an attack, but continued to preach patiently.
"If you think I'm just taking another job here, then you really look down on your Brother Xiang. Your Brother Xiang is here to uphold justice today!"
"The current game industry is really going from bad to worse. All kinds of rubbish can be on the recommendation list of the information flow, squeezing out the living space of the truly high-quality products. Without further ado, I will show you today what boredom is."
As he spoke, he logged into the Dianqu platform and opened the 2048 he had just played.
"The gameplay of this game is very simple. Use up, down, left, and right to add two identical adjacent numbers to arrive at the number 2048."
"And after you spend half an hour to clear the level, you will realize that this fucking game has just begun. As long as you are bored enough, this number can keep increasing."
"Now the independent game section of the Dianqu platform has become degenerate. In the past, you could occasionally find two excellent games. Now, all the garbage is pushed up. I only found out after playing for half an hour that there was no way to refund. It’s not much. Although it’s not much, it really disgusts you, Brother Xiang.”
"Everyone must not play it. In addition to wasting half an hour of your life, this game will not bring you any happiness."
After complaining eloquently, Zhang Xiang felt as if he had spit out a mouthful of phlegm that had been accumulated for two years, and he felt indescribably happy.
However, when he looked at the barrage, he was stunned.
[emmmm... Why are you bored? Isn't it okay?]
[Yes, it feels quite interesting.]
[Although the gameplay is very simple, the fun is not compromised. I will try it next time.]
[Let’s go, I’ll go too.]
Damn it
Zhang Xiang's eyes widened.
Are these people brainless
Where is the joy in this crappy game
Then, an even more outrageous barrage appeared.
[Zhang Xiang might have taken some bad-paying job and started to discredit the family's new production team.]
[Brothers, protect the game comment area, don’t let the evil forces succeed!]
[I will buy 10 copies first to show my contempt for Lao Xiang! I bother! What a waste of money! And uphold justice!]
Looking at the barrage lines on the screen, Zhang Xiang almost spit out a mouthful of blood.
Gan!
When I promote games, I say that I am a bad money maker, and when I criticize games, I also say that I am a bad money maker. This is too much!
However, no matter how aggrieved Zhang Xiang was, it was of no avail.
Rhythm, just like this, was brought up by the barrage. His house manager never paid attention to things, not to mention that it was useless to care at this time.
Without warning, the number of downloads of the game jumped by another thousand, and the whole thing was turned upside down.
The complaints that filled the screen were simply a merciless insult to his professionalism!
Zhang Xiang felt like he was about to cry. In his excitement, he slapped his thigh with his right hand.
"I beg you, please don't buy it! Don't you feel bad buying this garbage game?"
[Hahaha, I want to buy it. It’s not much more than a dollar, so I spent it as I like!]
[Yes, yes, I’m wondering when you will pay back the two pounds of shit you owe us!]
[That is, support one dollar to producers with dreams!]
Seeing the barrages that filled the screen opposing him, Zhang Xiang finally became angry and yelled at the screen incompetently and furiously.
"Eat shit, you guys!"
As soon as he finished shouting, he regretted it.
However, before he could regret it, the screen in the live broadcast room suddenly went black.
Immediately afterwards, a super management reminder popped up.
[Anchors please pay attention to their quality and do not insult the audience.]
Ban time—
72 hours!
Watching the supervisor’s shut-off reminder and the barrage that filled the screen with “great joy” and “justice coming from heaven”…
Zhang Xiang was completely stunned.