Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

If he were efficient enough, he felt he could make a million or two million dollars before the cyberpunk craze died down.

Here, he has to thank the god of games, Zhuyouxing.

It was he who spearheaded the rise of video games.

It was him again who made cyberpunk culture, which was originally somewhat marginal and niche, popular.

It was him who consistently and intensively expanded the audience of cyberpunk culture, allowing more people to understand and appreciate this culture.

Without him, I wouldn't have earned so much money.

If possible, he would like to set up a special place for Zhuyouxing in his home and worship it every day!

After vomiting away from a night of heavy drinking, he seemed to have sobered up considerably, and at least for the time being, he wouldn't be able to sleep.

Then he saw that there were still many people lying in his house. These were his cronies who had come here to play yesterday.

By this time, he was already somewhat disgusted with these people, feeling that they were too low-class.

He is now a millionaire who can earn millions of dollars, and he will go down the high-end route in the future.

He staggered out of bed and went to his computer.

Since you can't sleep right now, why not take a look at your future money-making machine?

He wanted to see if he had earned tens of thousands of dollars overnight.

He skillfully clicked to enter the game promotion backend of the Battle.net platform, which was somewhat different from the Battle.net game platform that players usually played.

The backend contains a lot of detailed sales data about the game.

The game's daily sales records are displayed, along with the sales distribution by region, age group, gender, and more.

Developers can then use this displayed data to roughly estimate their game's target audience.

Once the target audience is identified, the game production process will be much smoother, and developers will find it easier to identify the right direction.

Of course, the most important thing is the daily sales revenue.

With a smile, Hanlaidi clicked on the daily sales figures.

Then, his expression gradually began to stiffen.

Because there is no data in the daily sales section at this time, it is only indicated by a forward slash.

This means that the game has not sold any copies.

That's not right. I checked the sales figures yesterday afternoon. There should have been at least $30,000 to $50,000 in revenue yesterday.

But why has it turned into a slash now? There's no data at all?

Hanlady felt there must be some error in the backend, so he refreshed the page again.

However, it's still a slash, nothing has changed.

Moreover, he has now noticed that it's not just the revenue column that's turned into a slash; daily sales and daily game visitors have also been turned into slashes.

Regarding the daily number of online players, the average number of online players in the previous days was several thousand, but this number is now only one percent of the previous number, which is only a few dozen.

Something's not right, something's definitely not right!

Hanlady started to panic.

Because the profit/loss position is currently empty.

Where is my money?

Where is all that money of mine?

Hundreds of thousands of dollars!!

Now they've all become slashes.

This was the biggest blow to Hanlady.

Everything else is fine.

He didn't care about the evaluation data, the number of concurrent users, or most of the player feedback.

Because he clearly understood that he was there to make quick money.

But this quick money.

Gone.

It was gone in just one night.

what's the situation?

I borrowed money to host several celebrations.

All of this money was borrowed!

Without the in-game rewards, he would immediately be heavily in debt.

This left him no choice but to panic.

Oh, right! Battle.net's official customer service!

Hanlaidi remembered the customer service contact information on the back end, so he quickly picked up the phone and prepared to dial that number.

"Hello sir, is there anything I can help you with?"

When I dialed the number, a very sweet female voice came from the other end of the line.

"Hello, I'm the game developer of Cyberpunk: 2078. I have some questions. Why has my game disappeared from the Battle.net platform? And why have all my previous earnings disappeared?"

"Please wait a moment, sir, let me check for you..."

Three minutes later.

"I'm sorry, sir. I have just checked the detailed information about your game. According to our official report, your game seems to have been removed from the platform, and we have begun refunding those who purchased the game. The funds you currently have in our official account will be frozen and will be used to refund the money to players who purchased the game."

"What? Why?!" Hanlady finally panicked.

Why was a refund issued?

He had never heard of such a thing before!

"That's right, sir. There is a refund option for the game on the Battle.net platform."

"Of course I know about the refund option, but aren't the players whose money has already been deposited into my account already confirmed to be non-refundable?"

"That's true, but that only applies to qualified games. If a game is deemed unqualified by our Battle.net platform, it will not be subject to the two-hour refund policy. Players can request a refund at will, and we also have the right to remove your game from the platform."

"This is an unfair contract! You've stolen my money! Give me back my money! It's all my money!"

"I'm sorry, sir, this money doesn't belong to you, or even to us at Youxing Electronic Entertainment, until it's officially deposited into your account. It belongs to the player who purchased the game. So, it's inappropriate for us to return the money that belongs to you."

"I'm going to...I'm going to sue you! You'll be facing legal trouble!"

"Yes, sir, all of this is reasonable and legal. We strictly abide by the laws of each state in the United States. We welcome you to sue us, as this will also promote the improvement of the law."

"you……!!"

Hanlady was absolutely furious.

The money that was almost in my hands just vanished.

He's going crazy.

What the hell is going on?!

Meanwhile, there are at least a hundred other game developers in similar situations to Hanlady. They are all developers who are just trying to capitalize on the cyberpunk trend and whose games are not very well made.

They had been having similar dreams to Hanlady not long ago, but they never expected that their dreams would be shattered in just one night.

Chapter 1051 Outrageous Demands

"Battle.net has gone mad. They're ruthlessly eliminating game developers. Any game that doesn't meet their standards can be removed or deleted at will. This is outright monopolistic behavior! It's trampling on free trade!"

"That's right! Battle.net platform... no, it's Youxing Electronic Entertainment that's using its position as the world's largest game distribution platform to disrupt the market and undermine market freedom. We must resolutely resist this behavior and absolutely cannot allow Youxing Electronic Entertainment to continue to run rampant like this!"

Within a few days, numerous articles and posts denouncing Yuxing Electronic Entertainment suddenly appeared on Facebook, many forums, and some social circles.

These are all developers who created content to capitalize on the cyberpunk trend.

They tearfully denounced the shameless actions of Youxing Electronic Entertainment, arbitrarily trampling on the free trade market.

"I suggest completely abolishing the Battle.net platform and making it completely public. This kind of platform, which controls absolute resources, should not be controlled by a single capital group, but should become a more equitable and open platform!"

"Divide it up! Take it public!"

"Give us back a free Battle.net platform!"

……

This time, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's actions touched a nerve with some of the most troublesome guys, dealing them a fatal blow.

Companies like Surui Electronics and Mikefu were also somewhat taken aback.

Unexpectedly, Youxing Electronics Entertainment acted so irrationally by directly removing the games created by these game developers from the platform.

As expected, this is a game company that doesn't play by the rules.

If a typical listed company dared to do this, its current CEO would probably have been impeached by its numerous shareholders long ago.

This behavior could easily trigger a small wave of public criticism, which is not a good thing for Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

This is actually a good thing for Surui Electronics and Mikefu.

Because they can take this opportunity to heavily promote their game platform for being free enough to give game developers more room to maneuver.

However, just as they were eager to recruit these game developers, they discovered that these developers were a bunch of guys who were just jumping on the bandwagon and making reskinned games.

They then realized that Youxing Electronic Entertainment was eliminating the bad apples.

Getting rid of these people would actually be beneficial to the gaming industry.

If they recruit such game developers to their platform, it might actually damage the reputation they have worked so hard to build.

They are not as domineering as Youxing Electronic Entertainment. Youxing Electronic Entertainment's core business is not affected by public opinion.

Their positions in the gaming market were all precarious, so Surui Electronics and Mikefu decisively chose to stand aside and watch the show, without getting involved.

However, they don't mind taking this opportunity to boast a little about their products.