The Creator of the Second Dimension

Xiao Xiao, an independent game producer, routinely logs on to the steam platform after get off work to see the income. After the first wave of sales, his game sales have stagnated for a while, probably selling one or two copies a day. degree.

In May, the contact person on the steam platform contacted Xiao Xiao, saying that there might be a price reduction and discount activity in the near future, and asked Xiao Xiao's wishes.

When signing the agency contract, the steam platform gave two options for the discount.

The first is to hand it over to the steam platform agent completely, but the platform guarantees the creator’s income, so the discount will not exceed the platform’s share at most. , but the game can only be discounted by 20% at most.

The second is that the creator's income will also be reduced simultaneously, and the platform's share will be drawn proportionally, that is, if there is a 50% discount, both the creator's and the platform's income will be halved, but the discount limit of the game itself can be very low, of course , if this mode is to be discounted, the steam platform must contact the creator in advance.

Although Xiao Xiao's game doesn't have much money, he still chose the second one, which is relatively safe.

In the end, he decided to give his game a 50% discount based on the sales situation. Today is the first day of the discount.

After clicking on the steam platform, the green words of summer specials came into Xiao Xiao's eyes, which was very refreshing to see in this hot summer.

Taking a casual glance at the discounted items, Xiao Xiao's eyes widened, wondering if she opened them in the wrong way.

He originally thought that this kind of discount was the same as discounts in supermarkets. They were usually products that were about to expire, that is, old games. Games that no one bought would be discounted, but he didn't expect that the first thing he saw was "Champion Football 11".

This game is a football game released at the end of last year. It is released every year and has sold more than 10 million on the console platform. It is a veritable masterpiece.

On the steam platform, "Champion Football 11" with an original price of 350 yuan has a 40% discount, and you can buy it for only 210 yuan.

"Although I bought it on SN4, it seems that the special effects can be higher when playing on the computer?"

Thinking of this, Xiao Xiao added it to the shopping cart.

Just after ordering one, he saw that the discount was even more exaggerated.

The RPG masterpiece "Martial Arts 3" of Zhongyuan Games, the original price is 280 yuan, 20% off, and it can be bought for only 56 yuan. This game is the sequel to the classic RPG game "Martial Arts 2". It was released early last year and is very popular in the RPG field. Praise, the mainframe is also a work with tens of millions of sales.

"Holy shit, fifty-six yuan, isn't this the same as Bai Jian, buy it, buy it, buy it."

Xiao Xiao added it to the shopping cart again.

Just after reading it, he discovered another good thing.

This is a collection of speeding game manufacturers. This company has produced a lot of decent side-scrolling action and platform jumping games. There are a total of six games in this collection. The original price is 638 yuan.

"It's so cheap, it's not a human if you don't buy it."

All kinds of games that Xiao Xiao can't think of are discounted, and most of the discounts are very attractive. Originally, if the original price of these games were placed in front of Xiao Xiao, he probably wouldn't consider them, but now that the discounts are so big, he I can't help but have the idea of ​​buying it back and playing with it.

Such a cheap price, it would be a loss if you missed it!

After Xiao Xiao finished shopping, the text messages on his mobile phone came one after another. At this time, he hurriedly checked the balance, and found that he had bought almost 1,000 games in just over half an hour of shopping for discounts.

"I'll go, I really can't stop buying this."

Xiao Xiao suddenly had the idea of ​​chopping up his hands. If he continues to buy like this, he will probably be poor.

He had never understood why girls liked online shopping so much, and many of the things they bought were useless at all. Now Xiao Xiao understands that the point is not what is bought, but that the act of buying makes him gain The pleasure of "owning".

In order to prevent herself from continuing to buy games, Xiao Xiao opened QQ to see the reactions in the group.

[Stuffed Fried Rice]: Absolutely, the four strategy games of Contradiction Games only sell for 300 in a package. What's the difference between this and free, buy, buy, buy.

[Braised Corn]: I thought it was a random discount, but I didn’t expect so many games to be discounted. Hey, I bought so many games, and I don’t know if I have time to play them.

[White Windmill]: Why do I spend time playing games I bought with my own abilities?

[Desert Coastline]: Think about it, a 100 game is 40% off, if you buy one, the steam platform will lose 40 yuan, if you buy two, you will lose 80 yuan, the more you buy, the steam platform will lose more, You made a profit, and Xu Rui lost money to eat instant noodles.

[Fat House Happy Meal]: It’s too real. To be fair, the money I make selling games on Steam is not enough for me to buy games.

[The puddle under the umbrella]: I just remembered after I bought it. I don’t have that much time to play. I want to lie down and touch fish every day when I go home. Why can’t I control my hand?

Seeing that everyone in the group couldn't help chopping their hands, Xiao Xiao suddenly felt that she hadn't bought enough, so she went shopping in the store again.

After that, he picked and downloaded a few games that he was more interested in, only to realize that he wanted to see the benefits.

Looking at the backstage, Xiao Xiao's eyes widened again, wondering whether her opening method was wrong again.

The game, which could only sell one or two copies a day, sold a hundred copies on the first day of the summer sale.

You know, adding up all of Xiao Xiao's games, she hasn't sold a thousand copies in total.

"The data is wrong?"

Xiao Xiao then searched for the game she sold the most, only to find that this game was included in a game collection called the Indie Game Charity Pack. There are 20 independent games, and the steam platform promises that all the revenue from the game collection platform will be donated to poor children in the mountainous areas of the Midwest, so the sales volume is very high.

In addition, if the player already owns some of the games in the collection, the price of the collection will be reduced by the corresponding part, making it cheaper.

After all, there are more than 20 games, and each game is only five or six yuan on average. A breakfast is more than this price, and it can also be used for charity. Of course, players are willing to pay.

It can be said that Xiao Xiao snatched this charity bag.

Although calculated as a share, his income from this one hundred games may only be two or three hundred, but thinking about it from another perspective, his game has been bought by a hundred new players, even though most of them may not necessarily be able to play the game. Xiao Xiao's game, but as long as one or two people download and play it with a curious attitude, it will be a success for Xiao Xiao.

Thinking of this, Xiao Xiao suddenly felt better.