Chapter 1267: Chapter 1143: The Enthusiasm of Casual Players!_1 Chapter 1267: Chapter 1143: The Enthusiasm of Casual Players!_1 Lincoln was victimized again in the reviews.
After getting the response from Lincoln, Cheryl didn’t announce it to the netizens.
She couldn’t possibly announce it.
She couldn’t very well put out a special announcement saying:
[Dear players: In the “The Way Back Home” game, you can roll in the sack with your partner turned pet!
Isn’t it thrilling?
Why not buy it now?!]
That would be way too improper!
Although airing this outrageous selling point could probably instantly earn her several spots on hot searches and give the presale sales a huge boost, Cheryl chose to keep it secret .
She cared about the people in this world and didn’t want to be regarded as a pervert…
So, despite providing the internet trolls a good laugh in the comment section, this outrageous feature eventually faded from the spotlight, returning to the realms of clandestine circles.
The discussion among players also returned to its normal course.
Many casual players unhesitatingly pre-ordered “The Way Back Home,” and received the “The Toxic Girl” figurine.
Even though many players of “A Quiet Place” revisited the second week play-through after this, those who’d remained steadfast in protecting the little girl and left the scientific research base with Little Jasmine were much calmer.
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But even though they were calm, they still found it hard to appreciate the figurine…
After all, even those who’d sped through the game had spent about seven to eight hours with this little girl.
Those who played at a slower pace had spent upwards of ten hours with her, so they had developed some feelings for her.
It was hard to appreciate the sight of the little girl parasitized by an alien plant and dying.
Only those players who didn’t dare to play “A Quiet Place”, or casual players who lacked the ‘gaming power’, had bought the game but hadn’t reached that point yet, happily pre-ordered “The Way Back Home” and admired the newly arrived limited edition figurine.
They didn’t know who the girl in the glass case was, they didn’t know that those flowers were not decorations, and they certainly didn’t know that the young girl was in a state of near-death.
They just thought this figurine was really beautiful, with an artistic content as high as a few floors.
At least, many people @’ed the official account, hoping they could replicate the same figurine in real life.
Cheryl pretended not to see.
There had to be a limit to messing around…
The surging topic heat and rapidly increasing promotional material view count both proved that her “ride the heat” plan had been perfectly accomplished.
Given this, it was time to quit while ahead.
Under the boost of this massive heat, “The Way Back Home,” achieved over 8 million in global pre-sales within two hours of the release of its first promotional video!
By 6pm, this number had skyrocketed to over 30 million!
Admittedly, the price of “The Way Back Home” was just a bit over half of the standard price of blockbuster games, and it came with a bonus limited edition figurine.
However, the sales numbers also fully illustrated the considerable purchasing power of casual players.
——By the way, the initial price of “The Way Back Home” was half of that of other blockbuster games, which is 250 yuan.
But in order to avoid the taboo of Daxia players, it was changed to 248.
Then, realizing that this number was still not particularly auspicious, it was again changed to 268.
Considering that these figures were achieved during the pre-sales stage, a stage with very limited game information, sales of 30 million is already a remarkable achievement.
And this number is still rapidly increasing.
Looking at the potential, it has the ability to rival “A Quiet Place.”
Even the outcome is uncertain!
This is the huge difference caused by different audience bases.
After Cloud Dream fully opened installment payments for the console, Mirage sales experienced another significant increase, and it has now exceeded 750 million.
Converting ordinary users to casual players is much easier than converting them to hardcore players.
So a seemingly casual game like “The Way Back Home” has a far wider audience base than the hardcore horror “A Quiet Place.”
Furthermore, being a hardcore player, which just means having a wider gaming interest, better gaming skills, and higher acceptance, doesn’t mean they won’t play casual games!
On the contrary, they are very enthusiastic!
Like now, many players are already whining:
“I haven’t finished ‘A Quiet Place’ yet!
Are you moving a bit too fast?!”
“I just started the second week’s play!
I still have to finish the optimal ending!”
“No problem, just pull a few more all-nighters, and it should be fine!”
…
Shawn was having a headache.
He was working laboriously on the horror game, but progress was not as expected.
He was still playing the voting game in the fifth chapter to earn points.
Victoria and Queenie took every chance to play the increasingly rich “Survival Mode”.
Their progress was even slower than Shawn’s.
However, their mood differed from Shawn’s.
After seeing “The Way Back Home”, they were both too excited and didn’t hesitate to spend money.
If it wasn’t for the strong disagreement from their live-streamer community, Victoria would have pretended to forget about “A Quiet Place”.
The two chapters at the end of this game, even the few screenshots that were unintentionally spoiled, discouraged her from playing the game herself.
Unfortunately, the more Victoria was afraid, the more excited the viewers were.
There was no chance they would let her off.
Therefore, the uniqueness of “A Quiet Place” after its release was how the more timid streamers, especially the cute-girly streamers, were strongly suggested to play this game by their fans.
If they were willing to play, there would always be generous players who would reimburse the game’s cost.
Famous crybaby anchor Nandong’s live stream grew ten times hotter than usual!
And the frequency of her getting scared and crying was also ten times more than other anchors…
For this, the viewers expressed empathy and invariably said —
“Your cry is so melodious.”
Lincoln also listened.
Indeed, her cry was pretty melodious.
…
…
By the time evening, the internet’s prime timeslot, arrived, discussion around “The Way Back Home” continued to surge and its pre-sale sales continued to soar!
However, players slowly cooled down from their initial excitement.
Then the serious questions occurred: how to play this game?
A travel simulator?
Platform jumping?
Terrain parkour?
Role-playing?
Or adventure fighting?
If you turn into a cat, can you move as flexibly as a cat does?
If you turn into a dog, can you…
what are the advantages of being a dog?
Anyhow, the information was too minimal!
Apart from the main storyline, the promo material basically showed nothing.
Such a whimsical game could sell so well solely thanks to the reputation of Cloud Dream and the stepping stone of “A Quiet Place”…
Even if impulsive players and the wealthy, who would buy the game just based on the graphics style, are numerous, they would not outnumber the rational players.
Rational players would only purchase the game when they confirm the game’s graphics, plot, gameplay, etc.
meet their conditions.
Coincidentally, Cheryl genuinely thought that “The Way Back Home” was super-good, super-awesome, and players would definitely have a lot of fun.
Therefore, she prepared with full confidence to execute the second step in the plan—
Launching a Trial Demo!
Through the demo, the players can better understand the game style and main gameplay of “The Way Back Home”, helping them make decisions while giving the game yet another round of promotion!
Before executing this step, there was one more thing for Cheryl to settle:
The name of the game.
She hadn’t given up on those cute names yet.
Although by now, it was impossible to change the two words “The Way Back Home”, it didn’t prevent her from adding a subtitle, did it?
After some efforts on her part, by two in the afternoon the next day, when the official account of “The Way Back Home” launched the demo, the game’s name had become—
“The Way Back Home: Cat and Dog Mobilization”!
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