A real cheat was blocked, and the game industry was rectified with a backhand

Of course, if you don't give in, you still have to express your demands.

So during this period of time, Naughty Cat has been making strong official statements to the game business department of Juying Company, demanding that the game be restored and put on the shelves as soon as possible.

As for the Juying Company, it also pretended to be just and impartial, pretending that it had no other thoughts.

On the left, there's a line like "Airport massacre clip scares children", and on the right, there's a line like "Call of Duty is not humanistic at all", highlighting the idea of ​​practicing Tai Chi.

We have fought countless verbal battles and sent each other countless lawyers' letters of warning, but it is still useless.

The XGame version of Call of Duty is still blocked and the multiplayer mode is still unplayable.

As the days passed, the players gradually became anxious.

What a fool!

It has been such a long time, and those who have made fast progress and are able to grind have already reached level ten of the pass.

Some players who were busy with work may have logged in a little later, only to find that the game had been removed from the shelves, leaving only Modern Warfare.

Luckily, I still played it.

Not to mention the multiplayer mode, everyone is equal and no one can play.

[No, XGame is sick. Battlezone 9 also has so many severed limbs and internal organs scattered all over the floor. Why isn't it removed from the game?]

[Can't Naughty Cat be faster? Is it so difficult to change an insignificant scene so quickly when making a game? ]

[Can Naughty Cat pay more attention to the players? How many people have bought the game but cannot play the multiplayer mode? 】

[Do you need to think about it? Isn’t this just the XGame and other console platforms making trouble again? In the past few years, they have suppressed many potential games in this way to make way for their own first-party games]

China's gaming environment is affected by historical factors, and the scale of the game is actually not that large. The vast majority of players choose to buy the PC version.

As for why so many Chinese Call of Duty players appeared overnight.

The reason goes without saying.

Two days, three days, four days

As almost a week passed, the players' emotions could no longer be suppressed.

Who can tolerate watching others enjoy the game they bought at the same price while they can only watch?

Affected by this incident, the public's attention to Baofeng Entertainment has declined.

"Warzone 9" took the opportunity to release a few patches to repair the game to some extent, and promised to launch many free DLC patches, which prevented the stock price from continuing to fall, but instead rebounded.

West breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the stock price of Storm Entertainment today.

"It's not bad. I'm not a complete idiot, but I think I've made up for my mistakes."

As for the stock price of your own company?

West has nothing to worry about.

Giant Game Company is a behemoth, and unless there is a drastic turmoil in its gaming business, it will not affect the company's stock price.

Next, move on to the next document.

The above reports on Naughty Cat’s recent movements and public opinion trends, as well as the content of the conversations and discussions between the two parties.

"Heh, you are indeed a naughty cat. You are still holding on at this time? But, you are about to give up, right?"

West sneered, thought for a while, and wanted to notify the work by email, but he still made the call in person.

"Hello? Boss."

"Don't keep playing Tai Chi. Give them a way out. As long as Naughty Cat is willing to make changes, even if the loss is reduced a little bit, the game will be allowed to be put on the shelves again. But a warning is issued. In the future, Naughty Cat should pay attention to the impact of the game and not make such bad and inhumane game clips. At the same time, remind them that there are many inappropriate game scenes in previous works. Let them check themselves. If Naughty Cat agrees, you can give them more preferential treatment in terms of profit sharing. Carrot and stick, you understand?"

"Understood, Boss."

"Okay, let's get to work."

Having done this, West put it behind him.

As to whether it will succeed.

Of course, is there any need to say more?

Why do we make games? To make money!

This is a business!

Since it's a business, there's no reason Naughty Cat would refuse.

If you agree, you can gain the friendship of one of the two major console platforms, the XGame platform.

You can also gain advantages in terms of profit sharing.

All we have to pay is some small concessions on the game release time and the need to cooperate with XGame's pace.

Why did you refuse? On what basis did you refuse? I can't think of any reason.

As for the complete removal of Naughty Cat games.

Let's say that.

Although many players nowadays purchase digital versions of games, physical discs are still irreplaceable. This is the sentiment of many console players and what they value most. Many people even play consoles just for the physical discs.

Now in all physical disk stores, the most conspicuous place after entering is the Naughty Cat game area.

If all Naughty Cat games are removed from the shelves, none of the large number of employees in the gaming department will be able to receive performance and year-end bonuses.

There may even be layoffs.

Because there are so many Naughty Cat players on the platform and they encounter many problems, in order to solve the considerable number of new console players who only play Naughty Cat games, we have also expanded the customer service team.

However, when the time comes, Juying will suffer losses, and Naughty Cat will not be much better off.

"Juying lost the company's money, but you, Naughty Cat, lost your Lin Mo's money. I don't believe you are willing to do that!"

He praised his plan happily and continued to work.

"At the Federal Trade Commission, Chairman Rebecca's son Slaughter seems to be running for mayor of New York this year. How much campaign funding should he provide? If this damn woman is not fed, she may not pass the antitrust review easily."

Before the acquisition is officially announced next year, preparations for the acquisition will be of utmost priority.

The time lasted until the afternoon.

Although West is relatively young among his peers, being less than fifty years old, he has more physical strength and energy, and can even play games all night without affecting his work the next day.

"Well, the antitrust review may have been affected by the popularity of the Warzone series. But now there is Call of Duty. Damn it, should I thank Naughty Cat for making it easier to pass the antitrust review?"

Just after I cursed, I heard my cell phone ringing.

After looking at the name on the phone, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if he had foreseen the good news that the other party would bring.

"Hey?"

"Boss, Naughty Cat replied."

"Okay, I get it. Then let's put Call of Duty: Modern Warfare back on the shelves and give affected players a $5 coupon."

Hearing this, the person on the phone was obviously stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Boss. Restore the shelves? Should we admit defeat?"

West was about to continue working, but was visibly stunned when he heard this.

No, what do you mean?!

He quickly asked, "Didn't Naughty Cat agree to modify the game content?"

"No. Naughty Cat responded very firmly, saying that as long as the Chinese censorship agency says there is no problem, the game will not modify the content for any reason, and is not afraid of any threats."

Not afraid of any threats

Hearing this, West narrowed his eyes and sneered.

"What a confident person! Not afraid of any threat? Ha!"

"What about the boss?"

West said expressionlessly: "Doesn't Naughty Cat claim to never engage in false advertising? And Big Hard also never tolerates any problematic game content!"

“So I really want to”

"Take it off the shelves! The entire Naughty Cat family bucket has been removed from the XGame store! Without rectification, it cannot be put back on the XGame console! All Naughty Cat game physical discs have been discontinued and removed from all direct sales channels!"

After these words were spoken, there was a brief silence on the phone.

"Boss, can you reconsider this? Naughty Cat has too many games and they are too big."

"Don't think about it, just do it! If Naughty Cat continues to grow up like this without restraint, it will sooner or later cause trouble."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

After this phone call, West lost the mood to continue working.

Standing by the window, watching the people coming and going like ants downstairs, he muttered to himself: "I just don't believe that you, Lin Mo, are really willing to give up half of the overseas market."

in the afternoon.

This piece of news instantly triggered the outrage among many XGame players who were already very dissatisfied.

Naughty Cat family bucket, removed from the shelves! It can be said that the entire army was annihilated, not a single one was left.

XGame took the unprecedented step of using various media to report on this incident.

"Resident Evil", bloody and terrifying, has been taken off the shelves.

"Monster Hunter: World", animal abuse, removed from shelves.

"Cyberpunk 2077" actually has a plot about killing black people. It is racial discrimination and is being removed from the shelves.

"Persona", incitement to theft, removed from shelves.

Even "It Takes Two" was labeled a children's cult and was taken off the shelves because of a plot in which a toy elephant was torn in half.

Except for games like CS:GO which were never originally on consoles, and Plants vs. Zombies which are really flawless and are still available, most games were not spared.

[Fuck, XGame, are you crazy? You must be sick! ]

[Luckily I bought the physical discs, so I have no control over the game being taken down, haha]

[Damn it, I usually play Apex on the console, what should I do? ]

[I like playing Monster Hunter online, this is fucked up! ]

Online games account for a large proportion of Naughty Cat games.

It does not affect playing pure stand-alone games with physical discs.

But whether you look at the physical discs offline or in online stores.

Those with a keen sense of smell will rush to buy the goods as soon as possible.

After realizing it late, players who had originally wanted to wait for discounts to buy some games were all confused.

Can’t buy it anymore!

What about physical discs? The price has gone up like crazy.

In just one hour, both new and second-hand CDs increased by as much as 25%.

This left many players who were waiting for discounts in tears.

[I don't believe it!! Is there anyone in this world who doesn't want to play Naughty Cat games? ]

[Shit! I was waiting for the end of the year New Year discount to buy a few games, what should I do?]

[I am dying of laughter. I am waiting for all of you who paid a premium for the Naughty Cats game discs to lose a lot of money. I am putting it this way. This is a farce. It will be put on the shelves sooner or later.]

[Those who chase the rise are just paying the IQ tax, and the unscrupulous businessmen are making money from you impatient people]

Just when a group of players who were very confident in their bets were madly mocking those players who bought game discs at a premium online.

Just one day later, an even more explosive piece of news appeared on the Internet.

@Naughty Cat: Starting today, the Naughty Cat game family will be removed from the XGame console, and subsequent games will no longer be available on the XGame console. Gamers who have purchased "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare", please wait for compensation measures.

A thousand waves were aroused at once.

The players who were just mocking the high prices for the discs were completely confused.

As soon as this news came out, the price of second-hand disks has become higher than the price of brand new disks.

The price of new properties is already twice as much as before, and there is still a trend of rising.

As for some first editions that have not been opened, or collector's editions given as gifts, their prices have skyrocketed.

Some smaller games, such as Plants vs. Zombies, which did not have game discs released, are no longer available for purchase if you didn’t buy them before.

Compared to the profiteers who manipulate prices, most players are completely confused.

What's going on here?

The weather suddenly changed?

In particular, many foreign players who bought the machine because of the Naughty Cat game cursed on social media and sent friendly greetings to all the female members of West's family.

At this time, in the gaming department of Big Hard, West was holding an urgent online meeting.

".So in summary, the complete removal of the entire Naughty Cat family bucket will be a lose-lose situation. As a giant that has been dividing the console market since the advent of video games, we are not afraid of any challenge. Believe me, Naughty Cat will take the initiative to seek a solution. This is a show of strength on the outside but weakness on the inside."

After these words were spoken, many people did not show any relief on their faces, but just nodded symbolically.

It was West's extremely confident expression that made no one question this online meeting.

However, one could still hear a hint of panic in the answers to a few questions.

If you look closely, you can see some sweat stains on the CEO's forehead.

Even he was the only one who could feel it.

Not only his forehead, but also his socks were soaked with sweat because of the anxiety and nervousness caused by the news.

After the meeting.

Looking at the empty conference room, West couldn't help it anymore.

"Fuck! Don't eat the sour radish! How dare you?"

After cursing for a few times, my anger subsided a little and I was able to start thinking about the problem calmly.

At this moment, there is a little regret in my heart.

Is the pressure a bit too much?

The answer is yes, admit your mistakes, but don’t tell anyone about them.

The second question is, why does Lin Mo dare to turn the table like this?

The preparation was so quick that there was even a feeling.

This seems to be within the other party's expectations?

But the question is, why is there such confidence? Where does it come from?

So far, Naughty Cat games are sold on all platforms, which is also a great prerequisite for ensuring sales.

The sales ratio between PC and console is approximately 1:1, with PlaySquare slightly ahead of XGame on the console platform.

Without this platform, game sales dropped by about 24%.

This is an unbearable burden for any game company.

But now it seems that Naughty Cat doesn't seem to care about this.

even

After today's announcement, I'm too lazy to engage in any more war of words with Juying.

It's like saying, I've been waiting for you for a long time.