Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

So even during the summer sale, sales were still quite good.

Moreover, in the two days since its release, he noticed that the game's review page has already received thousands of comments from players.

He didn't know what this meant, but it's quite rare for a game to get thousands of player reviews within two days of its release.

"As expected of my favorite indie game developer, this game is incredibly addictive. I've been playing it for a whole day and night."

'Damn it, I know this game isn't a big deal at all, but I just can't put it down.'

"I was listening to online lessons while playing this game, and I was amazed to find that I was completing both the game tasks and the lesson content simultaneously!"

Some of these comments were quite outrageous.

It seems that you can play this game while also concentrating on doing other things.

Is it really so amazing?

He felt that there was some exaggeration involved.

Moreover, seeing these comments lowered his expectations for the game even further.

Since this game allows you to do other things while playing, it's likely that the game itself isn't particularly high quality.

However... the overall reviews for this game are indeed very good... reaching an 89% positive review rate.

Okay, I'll buy it and take a look.

After purchasing the game, he clicked to download it and then used the time to check who had released it.

Nintendo is the world's ruler, isn't it?

That name sounds familiar... Oh right, it's the person who created Dead Cells!

Not long after, the player remembered one of the games that haunted his dreams.

This is his favorite indie game of his gaming career.

So it was him who did it...

Chapter 973 Summary of the Carnival

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Dead Cells is a game that this player really enjoys.

He has played this game for over 400 hours across handheld consoles, home consoles, and Battle.net.

Even now that he's in a state of electronic ED, he still occasionally picks up a handheld console and plays a couple of rounds.

However, because I've played this game quite thoroughly, I'm starting to find it less interesting now.

This time, they've released a new game, which is definitely worth playing.

However, this game is clearly not a Metroidvania type game, but a completely new gameplay.

Judging from this, the game is relatively mild.

The game is not large and downloads quickly, then you enter the game's main interface.

The game's interface is also very simple, with only "Start Game," "Continue Game," and game options.

Then you can directly enter the game by clicking on it.

The tutorial level in the game was preceded by a motorcycle, which Zhu Youxing thought might be easier.

He later decided to stick with the original game's tutorial level, using a van as the tutorial.

There are too many motorcycle parts, and using it as a tutorial level would likely frustrate players, so it's best to leave it for later.

For vans, it's simpler; you only need to wash certain areas.

Hold down the mouse button, and the cleaning nozzle will start spraying cleaning fluid, thoroughly cleaning the designated areas of the van.

Is it really that simple?

The player was surprised.

What could possibly mean?

He now finally understands why those commenting players said they started doing other things while playing the game.

This kind of game is indeed perfect for chatting with others while playing, or for watching a movie at the same time.

People who play this kind of game generally think this way; it's an instinct.

So he switched to his computer desktop and randomly clicked on Facebook's movie and video website. He happened to have a few TV series he wanted to watch, but he had been a bit lazy before. Now it seemed like a good opportunity to catch up on them.

Everything went very smoothly. When he finished watching the entire season of the TV series in one go, he found that he had unknowingly played the game for seven or eight hours.

This game... I wouldn't say it's terrible, but it's really not stressful to play.

Although he occasionally felt very upset because a certain area couldn't be cleaned to 100%, he was eventually able to find those areas that hadn't been cleaned.

The game's guidance is quite good in this regard, using highlighted displays to tell players which areas haven't been cleaned properly.

Moreover, the zoning system is quite user-friendly, allowing people to know that at least a certain item or area has been cleaned thoroughly, eliminating the need for repeated checks.

If a large house needs to be cleaned later on, and there's no such zoning design, he would definitely give the game a huge thumbs down.

As for now, he is willing to give the game a positive review.

However, he felt that this could not cure his electronic erectile dysfunction. He felt that the game was just a pastime when he was bored, and he would not feel that he had lost money by buying it to play.

I never expected that simply rinsing and playing could be so interesting; I must have underestimated the fun of rinsing before.

By the way, I can go to the store and buy a car wash machine. My car also needs a wash, and since I'm still enthusiastic about washing it in the game, I might as well try it out in real life.

After closing the game, he glanced at the indie game developer's other games and was pleasantly surprised to find that this release wasn't just the "Just Rush and It's Over" emulator; the indie game developer had several other games in the works.

This production speed is really quite impressive, and looking at the price, since it's the summer sale, these games are also on sale. Even though this game is a newly released title, the discount is only 20%, which isn't much. Plus, the price wasn't expensive to begin with, so the discount only makes it about a dollar or two cheaper. But it still gives you the feeling that you'd be missing out if you didn't buy it.

So he simply bought all the other games produced by this developer at once.

This can be considered a way to support this summer sale.

He actually hopes there will be more of these special sales, so he can try more different games. The lure of cheap prices always makes him more willing to try games he previously didn't want to play because of their high price...

……

The summer sale lasted for two weeks.

Within two weeks, the number of concurrent players on Battle.net, handheld consoles, and home consoles reached a new high of 27 million, very close to 30 million.

Experts predict that the next sale will likely break this record.

What does it mean to have 30 million concurrent online users?

This means that 30 million players are willing to stay on three platforms at the same time, and such users are a huge asset.

Then there's the total revenue over two weeks.

$6.2 billion.

The first two days saw the highest sales volume and revenue for games.

The total number of games sold decreased rapidly later on, but even so, the three platforms still earned a total of $6.2 billion during the sale.

This was just one special sale event.

The revenue from the next sale will likely be even greater.

Among them, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's first-party games made a fortune this time.

If it's your own platform and your own games, then the money goes straight into your own pocket, without needing to share it with anyone else.

The profits from this first-party transaction alone, after deducting taxes from various regions, amount to more than a billion US dollars.

This was a significant recovery.

The Japanese government's tax authorities were taken aback when they saw this data.

This is during an economic downturn, and yet you still have such an incredible ability to make money. Are video games really that captivating?

But that wasn't the biggest takeaway from this trip.

The biggest gain this time was the number of new users.

Prior to this, the total number of users across the three platforms, excluding the overlapping portion, was over 600 million, with Battle.net accounting for half of the users.

This summer sale added over 100 million users across the three major platforms, bringing the total number of users on these platforms to over 700 million.

The more than 100 million new users were not the main consumers during this sale. They were mostly attracted by the low-priced games and only tried them out briefly, with an average spending of less than one dollar. However, their future prospects are promising.

Once they've tried out most of the games they bought, they'll start craving more, which will coincide with the upcoming sales, giving them time to continue their shopping spree.

Chapter 974 Game Slump? Not at all.

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In the gaming industry, the biggest news of 2015 was the mid-year summer sale.

This special sale also helped many game companies that were in trouble to recover their losses.

This allows them to regain their courage and embark on new game development projects, preparing for the next round of game investment.

This is the biggest boost to the gaming industry.

Yuxing Electronic Entertainment won the favor and support of many game developers by not taking a cut during the first Summer Sale, making them more willing to partner with Yuxing Electronic Entertainment.

Even if Surui Electronics offers a better revenue-sharing agreement, it will be difficult to completely sway them.

At least these game companies won't easily give up Youxing Electronics Entertainment's platform just because of Suri Electronics' more attractive agreement.

At most, I'll also log onto Surui Electronics' platform, sell another copy of the game, and earn a little more.

But the lion's share will definitely go to Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

Another big news in 2015 was that Yuxing Electronics Entertainment finally revealed the real appearance of its latest generation of home living room game console.

Yuxing Electronics Entertainment's decision to announce its game console during the year-end annual game awards program can be seen as a way of supporting and endorsing the program.

The overall appearance of this game console is like a square box, about the same size as the original PS4 Pro, but with stronger performance, surpassing the original next-generation game consoles PS5 and XSX.

This is also thanks to the fact that the world's computer semiconductor technology developed faster and earlier than that of the original world.