This is not a BUG, this is a game feature

"Hello everyone, I'm Xiaohei!"

"Welcome to the 185th issue of Steam's weekly all-time low game recommendations. First of all, I wish you all a happy National Day. Without further ado, let's start directly with this week's all-time low inventory..."

"Hanchuang Study Simulator, originally priced at RMB 18, is now as low as RMB 9!"

"As a domestic independent game that was just released during the summer vacation, the first discount is 50% off, which is very sincere!"

"Perhaps you haven't heard of it, but in the circle of simulation game enthusiasts, Hanchuang Kudu is definitely a masterpiece. The touching and inspiring plot and remarkable gameplay have won unanimous praise from players!"

"The steam platform has received rave reviews. The new record is not to be missed. Xiaohei strongly recommends it!"

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The temptation of 50% is indeed great!

When "Hanchuang Kudu Simulator" launched a discount promotion, the sales curve that was originally flat suddenly bottomed out.

On the first day of the discount, "Hanchuang Kudu Simulator" entered the top ten on the steam platform's national best-selling list.

Although it only stayed in the top ten for one night and fell down the next day, more than 18,000 copies were sold in that day, which is comparable to the normal sales volume in half a month.

I have to admit that discounts are a universal medicine for game manufacturers, and they work well every time!

This is only -50%.

What if it is -60%, -70%, or the most terrifying -90%?

Chen Ba didn't dare to think about it anymore.

The 50% discount has attracted so many new players to buy the game. If you are braver, you can directly reduce it to 88%. The original price of the game is 18 yuan, and now it only costs 2 yuan...

Then he now dares to imagine the cumulative total sales of 500,000 or even 1 million!

Of course, this is impossible.

Originally, the price of "Hanchuang Kudu Simulator" was very low. The original price was less than 20 yuan. If you directly discounted it by 10% or 20%, it would be the same as giving it away for free.

This kind of large discount will not mean much to Tianba Studio unless it sells hundreds of thousands of copies in one go and has the effect of "small profits but quick turnover".

50% off is the lowest ever this year!

As for the lower price, which is the new lowest price in history, it may not appear until next year, at least not in the next six months.

"Sold so many?"

Yang Dong also saw the data in the background, and his expression was a little surprised: "The sales gap between the 50% discount and the original price is so exaggerated, the difference is almost 20 times!"

"The discount is like this..."

"There is no need to pay too much attention to this. Our focus is still on "The Survival Simulator", which will be the bulk of the revenue in the next few months."

Chen Ba shook his head: "Every copy of the official version of "The Living Simulator" priced at 25 yuan is equivalent to three discounted copies of "The Cold Study Simulator"."

The price difference is nearly three times!

This means that if a few thousand copies of the Yirenqixia simulator are sold casually, the revenue created for Tianba Studio can overwhelm the "50% off promotion" Hanchuang Kushu simulator.

It’s not difficult to make thousands of copies.

After all, with the fan base established by the previous game, as well as better game quality and better gameplay, it will definitely sell more popular than the previous game.

Hanchuang studied hard throughout its life cycle, and the sales volume should be around 300,000-400,000 copies, which is much higher than expected.

According to estimates by Chen Ba and Yang Dong, the cumulative sales of Renrenqixia Simulator may exceed 100,000 copies within fifteen days of its official release due to its superior finishing quality.

This is not arrogance.

It is a reasonable guess based on their combination of game quality, player feedback and market research.

The previous game had a very good reputation, and it also accumulated many potential players for "Simulator".

Once the official version is released, it will definitely convert a large number of fans of the previous work, just like when a famous online author opens a new book and a large number of old book fans come to support it after hearing about it.

And this time, Chen Ba, who has certain financial resources, is also planning to spend money on promotion when "The Survival Simulator" is released.

The effect of promotion is difficult to estimate.

But what is certain is that it is better to launch a new game with promotion than without promotion, and the start will definitely not be as difficult as the previous game.

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Saturday, October 4th.

Tianba Studio released an announcement on the launch of the official version of the new game "Simulator" in the official community, fan groups, Weibo and other platforms.

At the same time, those players who were in the early access stage also received the "official version update" push message.

Guo Mo, who has heard about this game for a long time and has been waiting for the official version to be released, is chatting with fans in the live broadcast room.

"I just came here, why is the anchor's face red?"

After reading a barrage, Guo Mo in front of the camera said expressionlessly: "Understand, young anchors can't afford good equipment. This is a camera I bought from a scrapyard."

"Hahaha!"

The new viewers thought the anchor was quite pitiful, but the old viewers in the live broadcast room all laughed like crazy when they heard this.

Guo Mo’s red temperature camera is an old joke in the live broadcast room.

Old viewers all know that Guo Mo has a weak hand and a tough mouth. No matter what game he plays, he can always perform various brain-hemorrhaging operations.

And he loves to interact with barrages, and it is a normal thing in the live broadcast room to yell at each other until they blush. Only new viewers will believe his "camera is broken" rhetoric.

He had just played a game of Apex, and he just hit the enemy with a single shot and lied about "a big handicap" and "a trace of blood", causing the death of two teammates.

It was obviously my fault, but I had to be tough with the barrage, and then Hong Wen suddenly fell into disgrace...

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to argue with you!"

"I can only say that anyone who knows the game knows how good the anchor is. I don't blame you for Bronze and Silver not being able to understand the anchor's operations."

As usual, Guo Mo quit the game, opened the steam platform, and looked at the download list.

"It's okay, it's finished."

"Apex is a rubbish game. You can't beat ranked dogs. Let's play another game today."

While talking, Guo Mo clicked on the "Household Simulator" that he had just downloaded and installed.

"new game?"

"No! If you keep shooting, don't you say you will get gold today?"

"What's so fun about this game? Why not continue playing Apex!"

"It's not about harvesting rice, is it?"

The barrage didn't know much about "The Simulator" and didn't understand why Guo Mo wanted to play this game. They questioned whether he had received money from the game manufacturer and specifically promoted it through live broadcasts.

"Harvesting rice?"

When Guo Mo saw this barrage, his face that had returned to normal turned red again, and he laughed angrily: "Brother, what misunderstanding do you have about me? I don't deserve a lot of fans like this?"

The barrage is so funny.

As a PILIPILI anchor, Guo Mo has a total of 32,000 fans and only a few hundred active viewers in the live broadcast room.

He would like to collect rice for promotion and blast the old man's gold coins, but the question is, is he worthy?

The main reason why he played this game was because he had played the previous game and heard from his friends that "Household Simulator" was good, so he bought it to try it out.