Poverty alleviation variety show goes to the countryside, my talent can no longer be hidden

Chapter 474 Only children do multiple choice questions

In his previous life, Zhou Hao was also a game geek, and he preferred stand-alone games.

Among the tens of thousands of dollars worth of inventory on the Steam platform, the game with the longest total gaming time is "Stardew Valley", which is relatively the cheapest.

You want to tell me how fun this game is... I can't really say, but I often play it all day long.

So much so that whenever he heard the BGM of this game, he felt a slight pain in his liver.

This pixel-style game has an extremely low cost, and the original version was even developed by a single person. It is just right to hand it over to Naughty Cat Studio for development now.

The main reason why Zhou Hao chose it as Naughty Cat’s second work is that it is a best-seller.

The last time he saw the relevant news before his rebirth, the global sales of this game had exceeded 30 million copies...

A pixel-style game developed by a single person directly sold 30 million copies.

This return on investment is simply abnormal!
The only criticism of the original game - that it was suspected of "paying tribute" to "Story of Seasons" - does not exist at all in this time and space.

Therefore, once this game comes out, it will definitely be a critical and commercial success, and will basically erase the negative image impact of "Endgame".

Taking all aspects into consideration, this is definitely the most suitable project for Naughty Cat at this stage.

However, for Tang Yong, it is still the same old question - this game... can it really be a hit?

You may say that "End" still has the gimmick of beautiful women selling their bodies, but what is the selling point of this game?

It's already 2018, and 3D games have developed to the point where they're almost indistinguishable from the real thing. Are you taking a step back and making pixel-style games?
How many people can accept it?

How many people can afford to pay?
And this time, there will be no Youying to help with publicity and promotion. How can this game be promoted?

Skull hurts.

Seeing through Tang Yong's concerns, Zhou Hao smiled and said, "Just go ahead and do it. It won't take much resources to develop this game anyway. We'll know soon whether it can be a hit, right?"

"Even if we can't sell it, we won't lose much money."

Tang Yong thought for a long time and finally nodded.

That's all I can think of, what else can I do?

When he brought his planning ideas back to the studio, everyone was as confused as he was.

Making pixel-style games in 2018?
What do you think? !

There were a lot of doubts, but they were quickly suppressed.

What shut everyone up was the sales of "Finished".

Ten days after the game was opened for pre-order, the cumulative sales have exceeded 70,000 copies...

Moreover, the pre-order sales not only show no signs of slowing down, but are even accelerating.

That's outrageous.

When they followed Zhou Hao's advice and publicly recruited trial players online, the game's popularity was rekindled, which in turn led to a wave of pre-order sales...

By the eve of the game's official release, total pre-order sales had exceeded 100,000!

This result shocked the entire Chinese gaming community.

This...isn't it a bit too outrageous?
Although there is certainly the reason that Youying forced the streaming, and there is also the factor that the game itself is cheap enough... but this is a blind pre-order after all, and it is a full pre-order!
How could this kind of electronic waste be so popular?
On the day the game was officially unlocked, the sales of the game instantly experienced an explosive growth - 17 copies were sold in just one day!

Adding the previous 100,000 pre-orders, the cumulative sales volume has reached 300,000!
This result is already a very impressive one in the domestic stand-alone game market.

But Naughty Cat did not rush to open the champagne, but patiently waited for subsequent data feedback, because the sales volume may fluctuate - such as large-scale refunds.

After all, the Steam platform allows players to refund the game if they are not satisfied with the game after trying it, as long as it does not exceed two hours. As expected, there was a wave of refunds, and many negative reviews appeared in the comment section.

"Stupid, I have no idea what I'm playing at."

"It's good for nothing except selling meat. It's a waste of time."

"The actors are sexy, so the question is, why don't I watch Japanese art films?"

“The sadness of the gaming industry.”

"China's single-player games were ruined by a bunch of losers like you."

"Why not just let the actress appear naked?"

…………

There were a lot of negative reviews, but what no one expected was that... instead of discouraging potential buyers, these negative reviews actually brought in a wave of purchases.

What do you mean this game is full of pretty girls? And there are very few of them?

Then I must criticize it!

So when the first day sales statistics came out, everyone at Naughty Cat was stunned.

Although more than 20,000 people refunded their money after trying it, the total cumulative sales still exceeded 300,000 copies!

Many domestic stand-alone blockbusters cost tens of millions of dollars to develop for several years, but in the end they cannot even reach this sales figure!
The development time of this crappy game in their hands was less than half a month at most...the main workload was all on the filming side.

It’s just such a “game”, but it’s sold out…

The next day, as the "negative word of mouth" continued to accumulate and ferment, the game sold even better.

The single-day sales volume increased by 18, which once again surprised countless people.

No, what's going on?

Everyone starts to curse, but in the end they buy more enthusiastically than anyone else, right?

Is it really just like stinky tofu, where you curse its stench but still enjoy eating it?

Unsurprisingly, this game caused controversy in several famous gaming forums.

Some people despise and look down on it - is this even worthy of being called a game?
None of you have ever seen a woman, you are crazy.

A bunch of losers playing with trash, it stinks so much.

Some people are having a lot of fun - the girls here are so pretty, Miss Shen is simply perfect!
Zi Yan is obviously better, so fashionable!
I just like Haohao’s mom, hehehehe…

I like Haohao’s mom as well. Housewives are the most attractive.

Only children do multiple-choice questions, I want them all!

Some people criticize it and some say it smells good, but this has no effect on the game's sales growth at all.

Under the astonished gazes of the crowd, the game broke through the 500,000 mark in just three days, and then accelerated towards the 1 million mark...

In addition to the huge profits made by Naughty Cat Studio, the actresses in the game also made a strong presence and became the objects of YY in the minds of many otakus.

Among them, several 18th-tier female artists who haven't filmed a movie for a long time finally have the opportunity to come out and show their faces in business.

For this, Youying came over specially to thank Zhou Hao, and even quietly hinted - how about inviting those people in "Finished" to come over for a celebration party?
This suggestion silenced Zhou Haogan.

Damn, are you having so much fun?
Can six of them be cooked in one pot?
No wonder so many people are willing to shave their heads to get into the circle...

(End of this chapter)