“Congratulations! Your game ‘Ghost General’ has been selected for the mobile game section’s ‘Hottest New Game of the Month’ recommendation. During this period, please try not to update the version to avoid unknown bugs affecting the gaming experience…”
Seeing this message, Pei Qian felt utterly devastated.
Here we go again, here we go again!
A chain reaction, misfortunes never come singly!
Whether it was “Lonely Desert Highway” or “Ghost General,” they both became popular because of low-probability events.
“Lonely Desert Highway” was because Qiao Laoshi made a critical video, while “Ghost General” was because Ruan Guangjian’s original artwork went viral in the artist circles on Weibo.
If it were just these events alone, the consequences wouldn’t be so serious.
Because these two low-probability events only affected a small group of people.
Without subsequent popularity, the games would eventually cool down.
But the key problem lay in the automatic recommendation mechanism of the ESRO official platform!
The ESRO official platform would compare the data of games launched during the same period, and games with better data would naturally receive better recommendation positions.
Whether it was “Lonely Desert Highway” or “Ghost General,” after the data surge from the low-probability events, the official platform determined them as genuine data, and they naturally moved to better recommendation positions.
And the inherent qualities of these two games made their data rise again after obtaining those recommendation positions…
With this, the situation completely spiraled out of control!
Now, “Ghost General” had even made it to a major recommendation in the mobile game section, the “Hottest New Game of the Month.” With this recommendation, the number of users pouring in every minute was extremely considerable!
Add to that the high ratings of “Ghost General” and the unanimous praise in the comment section…
The consequences were unimaginable!
Pei Qian didn’t even dare to look at the backend data anymore, because the more he looked, the more desperate he felt!
He wanted to tell the officials, “Could you please stop giving me game recommendation spots? Please!”
But he couldn’t do that.
Because the official platform’s recommendations were automatically based on data, and such behavior would be considered a violation that would trigger a system warning.
Pei Qian now deeply felt the truth in that saying:
When you’re in the game, you’re not in control of your fate!
…
Standing alone on the rooftop of the dormitory building, Pei Qian was filled with mixed emotions.
He didn’t want to stay in the dorm because it was almost settlement time, and he was afraid he might cry out loud and let Ma Yang hear him.
The system light screen automatically appeared in Pei Qian’s vision; it was time for the wealth conversion system settlement again.
【Wealth Conversion System】
【Host: Pei Qian】
【Profit conversion ratio 100:1, Loss conversion ratio 1:1】
【About to settle…】
【System funds: 514723.5 (↑214723.5)】
【Personal assets: 224.6】
【Settling…】
【Performing wealth conversion…】
【System funds: 514723.5】
【Personal assets: 2371.8 (↑2147.2)】
Looking at these figures, Pei Qian felt somewhat desperate.
He had never dreamed that a card game could be so profitable!
Of these five hundred thousand, a part came from the subsequent income of “Lonely Desert Highway.” After all, that game was still operating, and the accumulation of one yuan income was quite substantial.
But that was only a small portion.
Most of this income came from “Ghost General”!
Pei Qian roughly calculated with his very limited mathematical knowledge.
In one week, the net income of “Ghost General” was about 500,000, which meant the total revenue was 1 million.
Next week, as the popularity continued to ferment and more players poured in, the income would only be higher!
Even if this game had few payment points and weak subsequent income, given the large market, it would take at least two or three months to show signs of fatigue!
And according to these calculations, the monthly revenue of this game could very possibly reach 5 million or more!
A mobile game with a monthly revenue of 5 million was just an average level. For a small company of twenty or thirty people, it would probably just be considered moderately prosperous.
But it was different for Pei Qian—this game was made by him alone from start to finish!
Ma Yang was only paid a salary of 3,000 per month to help fill out a requirements form, while other program templates, art resources, etc., were all purchased, totaling just 300,000.