In June 2015, the flagship mobile game "Fate: Grand Order" created by Yuanxi Interactive Entertainment finally hit the national stage.
Before the public beta was launched, this game was once criticized;
Because it has already been released on the Japanese server, some veteran players and industry insiders have already come into contact with the game content, and the comments they gave are also very sharp -
[It's just a card-drawing game using the FATE skin]
[Unfortunately, Yuanxi Interactive Entertainment is no longer the Ximilu game it once was]
[“Cloud Journey” may become a swan song—“Son of Light” Mei Fang and his 10 billion business empire]
Some dissatisfied emotions have emerged in large numbers in the comments of promotional videos on many online platforms and even on Mei Fang’s old nest, Station C. Mei Fang expressed understanding of this, but will not correct it.
It's not a science fiction film. If you don't make money from these big IP works that have been proven to have the ability to make money in the past, what else can you do to pursue your dreams
When making games, you always have to consider some practical issues, such as making money, such as the salaries of hundreds of my employees, five social insurances and two housing funds, team building funds, afternoon tea every Thursday, commuting subsidies, rental subsidies, joining annuities, birthday gifts, dinner expenses, etc.
Besides, FGO is not fun. I have a lot of fun drawing cards, building lineups and assembling equipment!
Mei Fang was cleaning the glass in his CEO's office. Xia Yuan came over to look at Mei Fang, then bumped his head from behind in disgust:
"Fang, the server is about to be launched, why are you still playing on the beta version? Hurry up and prepare to play on the public beta server."
"I'm only one egg away from collecting them all, right away."
"Which Heroic Servant is Goudan?"
"That's it, Sakata Kintoki."
"You like such an ugly non-mainstream character?"
"All achievements are a kind of belief, do you understand? Just like those platinum trophies in our console games."
"You say that..." Xia Yuan poked his head on Mei Fang's shoulder and laughed, "Most of the platinum trophies were won by You Xi, right?"
"I was the one who beat my wife."
"Youxi is not your wife yet, she is my wife now."
After Xia Yuan and Mei Fang made a fuss for a while, Mei Fang pulled Xia Yuan and carried him to the super cool space capsule gaming sofa that he had recently purchased with his own money.
This custom-made space capsule has a cool three-seat six-screen design. The armrest in the middle can of course be opened. At this time, Lin Youxi was taking a nap with a blindfold on the side. Seeing that she was disturbed by the noise of the two people, they were so scared that they didn't even dare to breathe.
Although FGO's server maintenance is not Lin Youxi's job, the server is under a lot of pressure after all, so she, as the chief technology officer, still has to keep a close eye on it.
Lin Youxi had been working overtime with his technical department staff to fix bugs without any rest last night.
Although Xia Yuan and Mei Fang also came to accompany Youxi to work overtime, Xia Yuan took a nap in Mei Fang's office after finishing Yuanbao's live broadcast, while Mei Fang insisted on staying until the late night but was called by Lin Youxi to accompany Xia Yuan.
Lin Youxi hadn't slept until the two woke up, and only started to rest after being urged by the two.
"I guess... I didn't wake Youxi up, did I?"
"Well, no."
Mei Fang and Xia Yuan were checking Lin Youxi's reaction while they were kneading Yuan Yuan's balls as usual:
"Yuanyuan, when you were pressing on me just now, I felt it... Have you become swollen again recently?"
"I feel like it's because you rub it every day..."
Xia Yuan pinched Mei Fang's cheek in annoyance: "Didn't I say before the game that the heroines of some anime works are portrayed in this way."
"You said it was an anime, who would believe it..."
"In any case, don't keep wanting to rub it. You have to control yourself."
Xia Yuan criticized Mei Fang, "It doesn't matter when you're shaking, but you can't make it a habit when you're kissing. Also, it's not okay when you're hugging like this..."
"OK, then I won't move anymore."
Mei Fang decisively let go of his hand, which surprised Xia Yuan:
"This time... why are you so decisive this time? Didn't you always act like a spoiled child and beg me for a long time before?"
Mei Fang nodded and put on a serious attitude: "Because I think you are right, this is enough for now, Yuanyuan, you can't be so arrogant anymore."
"snort… "
Xia Yuan glared at Mei Fang angrily, then snatched Mei Fang's phone and started playing with Mei Fang's beta version account.
"Fang, why don't you just ask the operations department to get the resource data for you? Why are you spending Saint Quartz to draw it yourself?"
"How's your luck with the card draw?"
"Basically, about 80 to 90 percent of the goods are sold..."
"Isn't that close to a big guarantee? I remember you said before that our FGO has a mechanism that guarantees a five-star prize after 100 draws..."
"That can't be helped. I may have spent my entire life's good fortune on meeting you and Youxi. I'm not very lucky in things like lotteries."
"Your winning the football lottery wasn't luck, it was just your bad mouth."
Xia Yuan cursed Mei Fang, but he was very happy in his heart. He leaned over and kissed Mei Fang. "Speaking of which, Fang, why don't you tell the players directly about the mechanism of guaranteed five-star cards after 100 draws? That way they will feel more at ease, right? If you don't have this mechanism, can't you just rely on luck when drawing cards?"
"Drawing cards is a mysterious thing. If we really use pure mathematical probability, someone could draw a thousand or ten thousand times but still not get a five-star card."
"It's really unfortunate, but there's nothing we can do about it..."
"How can there be no solution? Players come here to spend money and have fun, not to be clowns. These players who easily make thousands of draws can be considered our big spenders. They must like our game enough to spend money."
"If they can't be satisfied after drawing so many cards, then it must be our planner's problem. We didn't serve them well. Of course, I'm talking about ordinary krypton gold card drawing mobile games. When we make independent stand-alone games, the design concept is still different."
"So do we need to add this guarantee mechanism... And we can't let them know that the hidden guarantee has been triggered. Is it to save their face? Don't let them know that they are super unlucky?"
"You could say that... But our domestic players are very smart. The core players will be able to detect this mechanism very quickly."
"Then aren't we wasting our efforts?"
"It's not a wasted effort. As long as the government doesn't recognize it, there can be no such mechanism."
Xia Yuan suddenly realized: "Oh! So that's how it is. I completely understand. As long as we don't tell the players, it will be convenient for us to make secret changes, right—"
While Xia Yuan was talking, Lin Youxi turned around and stretched out her hand as if looking for something. Mei Fang quickly reached out and held Lin Youxi, and Lin Youxi slept more soundly. At the same time, he also covered Xia Yuan's mouth with his other hand. Only after Lin Youxi calmed down did Mei Fang slowly let go of Xia Yuan.
"It's true that we want to make some changes secretly, but for ordinary games, we are not that greedy and won't go to that extent. Because it is easy to calculate the number of the big guarantee by pure 100 draws, so we want to control the big guarantee triggering mechanism through random numbers, otherwise there will be a lack of anticipation."
If the hidden guarantee is randomly controlled within a certain range, then the player will not be able to judge whether he got the five-star because of the guarantee or because of a lucky draw. The hidden guarantee mechanism will also become more difficult to observe, and it can also reduce the player's sense of loss for being a loser.
"Random number... It doesn't have to be 100 draws, can it be 101 draws?"
"It can't be 101 draws, it can only be 99 draws."
Mei Fang explained to Xia Yuan: "Don't let the player's card draw results fall below his expectations and the information he has collected, otherwise he will think that we have made secret changes today and tomorrow, and will go to the stress bar every day to hang us."
"That's indeed troublesome..."
Xia Yuan listened and sighed, "Oh, so it seems like the players are really hard to please."
"You are here to make money from them, how can you not serve them well?"
Mei Fang stroked Xia Yuan's head and said, "It's not shameful for us to make money, but we can't eat it in an ugly way. If we eat in an ugly way, it will be difficult for us to get along in the future."
"That's right. After all, there are many students playing FGO, so we should be more conscientious..."
"Yuanyuan is really a person with a good conscience! Let me feel your conscience again!"
"I just told you not to rub it casually!"
"I'm just trying to get some luck. I'm going to go live and draw cards later. Good luck, good luck. You don't want me to get ten consecutive blue skies and white clouds and be mocked by those gamers, do you?"
"Well, since it's for the company..."
On the day of FGO's public beta, Mei Fang demonstrated the explosion rate during the live card drawing event that night. He got three yellows in the first ten draws, creating three five-star cards, Gilgamesh, Alpaca, and the Village Girl. The screen was flooded with comments like "And you still say you're not a lucky guy", and countless players went crazy.
However, Mei Fang then readily gave everyone 30 stone redemption codes + 1 extra four-star of their choice as compensation, and netizens immediately treated it as if nothing had happened.
FGO's server remained stable after a brief pause within 10 minutes of its launch. Thanks to the concerted efforts of many parties, it achieved an incredible first-day turnover of 50 million, and directly jumped to the No. 1 spot on the national IOS best-selling list.
There is one more chapter today, but I am going to sleep first.
(End of this chapter)