Is it not a galgame?

Chapter 35 35. We need Teacher Guyuan Chunqiu!

Throughout September, the sales of "Famous Academy" can be described as Waterloo.

Although the dealers bought 5000 copies from pokeni, they failed to sell even 1200 copies after two weeks.

The sales performance on the first day was pretty good, mainly because many people were new fans of the previous "Onmyoji" and wanted to try it after hearing that pokeni had released a new game.

A large part of them saw that it was not a restricted game, so they directly persuaded them to quit.

Only some people bought "Famous Academy" with the mentality of giving it a try. After returning home, although they said that the game itself was interesting, they always felt that it was not what they wanted.

So the ratings given are relatively low.

So under such circumstances, without the word-of-mouth effect, instead being dragged down by the previous work "Onmyoji", "Famous Academy" seemed to be stuck in a quagmire and couldn't struggle at all.

"400 copies?!"

When Hattori Hiroyuki heard the sales results of "Famous Academy" in his game store, he was shocked.

"Yes, President." The secretary, Ms. Fujiki, pushed the glasses on her face, expressing great regret, "Even if we put "Famous School" in a favorable sales position, there are still not many customers willing to patronize it."

"Maybe...pokeni itself lacks the potential to make high-quality games?"

"Now I can only think so." Hattori Hiroyuki covered his eyes with his hands, only feeling his head buzzing.

From this point of view, the success of "Onmyoji" may be just a coincidence, or it may be said that President Tsuda contributed to the flames behind. In fact, Qing Zhiyuan does not have the talent to make games.

So when DUN withdrew from the investment and President Tsuda did not participate in the game development, did pokeni show its true colors? !

After thinking for a long time, Hiroyuki Hattori couldn't find any other more reasonable explanation.

"Ah~ What a fool. I would actually trust a half-assed guy like Qing Zhiyuan, thinking that if he could make one hit, he would be able to make a second one. Am I really too naive?"

……

"Ah~ How stupid, I actually gave up the galgame game."

After learning about the sales performance of pokeni, Takaya Mizutani, the main planner of the competitor Bluwins, showed a happy smile.

Yes, there is nothing in this world that makes him happier than seeing his old club play Waterloo.

Originally, the "Street Picking Up" developed by Mizutani was frantically complained by players, and the sales were also sluggish, which made him often suffer from insomnia during this period, and his mental state was not very good.

Although the president didn't say much, Mizutani could clearly feel the disappointment in his bones.

After all, Bluwins recruited him to make money, not lose money.

It's just that I haven't been able to find the right time and reason to persuade Mizutani to leave.

But well...

Seeing the poor sales of Pokeni's "Famous School", Mizutani finally found a little bit of comfort and confidence.

Can make a work like "Onmyoji", but the follow-up is so bad, I don't know what to say.

"If it were me, I would definitely not give up making galgames."

Since the results of the first game are so good, it's time to strike while the iron is hot.

Qing Zhiyuan's brain circuit is really strange, how did he think of changing the game category?

"It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous."

But in this way, it won't look as bad as "Street Talk".

Mizutani thought to himself.

The president of Bluwins happened to pass by the corridor, and saw Takaya Mizutani in his eyes.

The brow furrowed involuntarily.

You still have the nerve to laugh at others?
Isn't our "Street Picking Up" also a mess? !
This guy really has no self-esteem at all.

"Huh? President, why are you here?" Takaya Mizutani was taken aback when he saw Shigeru Kobayashi from the corner of his eyes.

……

at the same time.

Tokyo.

Pokeni Co., Ltd.

Inside the president's office.

There was a groan.

"Nani?! How could this be?"

It shouldn't be.

Qing Zhiyuan couldn't believe the statistics from the operation department at all.

You must know that the game of Famous Pocket Academy in the previous life had millions of downloads, how could it fail to sell even 2000 copies in this era?
In the past few days, the feedback given by dealers is not very satisfactory.

Not only is it not ideal, it can be described as bad.

"President, this is the player survey questionnaire we made." Kazuma Takahashi, the manager of the operation department, brought a bunch of materials to Qing Zhiyuan.

The player questionnaire is a good way to review the game, which is convenient for the company to accurately and quickly understand the shortcomings and advantages of the product, and facilitate future adjustments.

Qing Zhiyuan took it and carefully flipped through the pages.

The more you look at it, the more incredible it becomes.

The more you look at it, the hotter it gets.

[The game itself is still very playable. As a simulation business game with a Q version of pixel style, I think elementary school students can experience the fun of this game very well. 】

[However, as a pokeni company's work, it is obviously not what I want.What I hope is to get an experience similar to "Onmyoji". 】

Kazuma Takahashi stood beside him silently.

In fact, the words written in the questionnaire were already beautified by colleagues in the operation department, and the real players were more angry than what they saw.

"We asked, what kind of experience do we want to get?
The player replied:

Just beautiful girls, great plot.

It must be a galgame game. Kazuma Takahashi added.

Qing Zhiyuan frowned severely.

Ah, how can it be repaired!
I changed to "Famous Academy" just because I wanted to go ashore!

If I continue to make galgames, why do I have to work so hard?
Continue to look at the comments of other players, most of them are bad reviews:

[It's not so much unsatisfactory, it's better to say it's disappointing.I don't quite understand why a good producer such as Guyuan Chunqiu is not used, but Qing Zhiyuan, a half-baked guy, should be the new producer. 】

[Just do it, but why give up the good galgame and change it to a simulation business? 】

[Pokeni company's high-level decision-making is obviously problematic, they don't understand what players expect from pokeni at all. 】

【We need Teacher Guyuan Chunqiu! 】

Turn another page.

The following concluding remarks are still——

【We need Teacher Guyuan Chunqiu! 】

……

Seeing this, Takahashi Kazuma next to him didn't dare to say anything, he couldn't bear to hold back his laughter.

Qing Zhiyuan took a deep breath and felt his brain buzzing.

Ah, Xiba...

This is not a player I know.

This shouldn't be the result!

……

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To clarify, so as not to be misunderstood:
The main genre of the main works in the early stage of this book is galgame, in order to conform to the title and selling point of the book.

The midway development of the famous school Waterloo may make some readers feel that it is deliberately set as a failure.

But the author has an explanation: because of the label and imprint of galgame, players are less able to accept that the next game of a successful work will jump too much.

For example, if a restaurant originally specializes in Chinese food, and then suddenly changes to French food, there will always be some dissatisfaction and discomfort.

But it doesn't mean it's not a good game, it just appears at the wrong time. (It can be revitalized through other operations in the future)

Here, what the author wants to express is that even if you are a time traveler, you should actually respect the background of the times.

In addition to the game itself, there are many factors that can affect success or failure.

Such as interpersonal relationship, time point and environment, etc.

In this way, the performance is more real, instead of using the writing method of worshiping all living beings when any work comes out.

——In the future, game production will definitely be more diversified, and there will be more and more types of games produced. Galgame is just leading the way, not all of them.

——The ambitions of the protagonist and author in the book are not limited to galgame.To be number one in the world is the most important thing.

Thank you all.

(End of this chapter)