Wang Xiaobin was stunned: "Open a new server?"
It is not troublesome to open a new server. The only problem is whether there are players to play.
"War Hymn" has been deteriorating. It has no money for publicity and promotion, and it is not on any charts. There is no new player inflow.
Those who are still playing now are all old players who have been persisting for a long time. It can be said that they will never give up regardless of rain or shine.
These people have accounts in the old server and have spent a lot of money and time on the old account. Even if a new server is opened, who will come to play?
However, Wang Xiaobin still raised his hand and made an OK gesture: "No problem, it will be fine soon."
Anyway, the game is almost out of date, and it doesn't matter whether it can open a new server or not. the difference.
Ye Zhizhou immediately went to the new server and created a small account, and then waited silently.
Within a few minutes, the world channel of the new server suddenly became lively!
“A new server has actually opened!”
“Ahhh, I feel so bad that I didn’t get the sofa!”
“Is there a guild? ++ ++"
"Comrades, look here! Our guild develops harmoniously, is united and passionate, and is invincible! We specialize in helping fallen grandfathers and grandmothers. We welcome you to join us. Grandma, cross the road!"
"The slogan is copied and pasted, right? There are no rich people now, how can we lead the team?"
"Why don't we know how to do it? The rich man said that if you join the guild, everyone’s daily stamina potions will be included!”
“Holy shit! Join me!”
One after another, Ye Zhizhou even I can hardly see it anymore.
"Our game...there are actually so many people playing it?"
Ye Zhizhou was stunned. He just saw that there were more players calling for new servers on the World Channel. , so I just opened a new server to test the waters.
I never expected that so many people would come to play on the new server!
What are they trying to do? Don’t want the old number anymore?
Ye Zhizhou felt that this was a bit strange. He hadn’t seen this kind of enthusiasm for a long time!
In the past, "War Song" often opened new servers. After all, server rolling is one of the common marketing methods for games similar to krypton gold.
But no one can compare with the popularity of today’s new server!
While Ye Zhizhou was leveling up, he was considering finding a big guild to go undercover and collect players' opinions on the new version immediately.
As a result, it suddenly got stuck while playing. The screen kept showing "Loading resources" and the screen became stuck in a mosaic.
However, this lag quickly resolved and the game became smooth again.
Ye Zhizhou was just about to ask what was going on when he heard Wang Xiaobin shouting over there: "Holy shit, too many players at once caused the server load to be too high? The new server is actually full?"
< p>Ye Zhizhou quickly opened the background to check.The popularity of the many old servers that were originally operated has plummeted, and there are basically no people left. However, the popularity of the newly opened server has skyrocketed in an instant, and it is overcrowded!
New players can no longer enter and can only queue outside.
Ye Zhizhou was shocked because he had never seen a queue on the server since he came to Yangyang Games!
Now he understands that these players who filled the new server are all from the old server!
Players were originally scattered across dozens of servers, so each server seemed deserted.
But now, the players who are still active are flocking to the new server, and they are all gathered together, so it is naturally more lively.
Ye Zhizhou hurriedly said: "Brother Wang, hurry up, open a new server!"
Wang Xiaobin quickly operated the mouse: "Get it done now, the latest server will be opened when it is full. Automatically open a new server."
He whispered again: "It's really weird. Are the players so enthusiastic about the new server? Is it possible that our changes are really effective? The results were immediate."
Everyone in the design team was excited. Many people had not played "War Hymn" for a long time, and this time they also registered an alt account for the first time.
“Everyone goes to different servers so that we can observe the situation of different servers.”
“It’s best to join a big guild and get into their chat groups to see whether there are local tycoons or ordinary people. What are the players’ feedback on this version update?”
Ye Zhizhou was very excited. He quickly assigned tasks to everyone in the design team and lurked into each new server to observe players’ feedback on this new version!
When Lao Liu was in charge of planning, he never did these things because it was meaningless in his opinion.
Just look at the data and modify the game. What’s the use of gathering opinions bit by bit among the players?
But Ye Zhizhou doesn’t think so.
He has always felt that as a planner, he must play the games he makes and go deep into the player community to obtain the most authentic feedback.
If the designers themselves don’t like their games, how can players like them?
After playing for a few minutes, someone invited Ye Zhizhou to join the guild, and then invited him to join the chat group.
As soon as I joined the group, I was flooded with all kinds of information.
"Hurry up and go to the World Channel to recruit people!"
"We must all reach level 20 today. Our guild must prepare for the national war as soon as possible!"
"Do you have any old friends who have abandoned the game before? Hurry up and bring them over!"
"I will go to the previous group and ask, and try to bring in ten people, all old players and veterans. Driver!"
Ye Zhizhou didn't pay attention for a while, and the message in the chat group changed to 99+, which was hard to read.
What particularly shocked Ye Zhizhou was that this group of people actually spontaneously brought in manyOld players who have quit the game, come and play the new server!
Ye Zhizhou has never seen this kind of enthusiasm from a player, not even when he first entered the Yangyang game and "Hot Blooded War Song" was still at its peak!
Ye Zhizhou looked at the forum posts again.
I still remember that when Lao Liu launched the 888 weapon, the forum almost became a quarrel. Players chased and sprayed the update announcement thread on hundreds of floors. They continued to criticize it for the next two or three weeks. The corpse never stopped.
Later, with the loss of players, the popularity of the forum continued to decline, but it was still dominated by curses.
As a result, the version has been updated, and the entire forum has suddenly changed to a different style!
There used to be posts criticizing dog planning every day, but now none of them can be seen. Players are all discussing in-game issues such as forming guilds and preparing for national wars.
Ye Zhizhou looked at the forum posts and players’ chat groups with some disbelief, thinking about how all this happened.
"Is it possible... that this means putting oneself to death and living later?"
Ye Zhizhou understood somewhat.
The original "War Hymn" was already in stagnant water. Lao Liu and Du Ruijie squeezed out the last drop of blood for revenue, and the game was in critical condition.
The conflicts between players and the design team, as well as wealthy players and ordinary players, have reached an extremely intensified and irreconcilable state.
Because the amount of gold is too heavy, ordinary players are losing a large number of games, and in-game activities cannot be organized. Even if the rich have to spend money, they have no one to play with them, and they feel that their money is not worth it.
As a result, ordinary players ran away, and the rich also ran away. Only a few old players were still struggling, and the game continued to decline.
But now, all payment points have been cut off, leaving only the most basic stamina potion.
This seemingly inconspicuous change has brought about earth-shaking changes to the game environment!
For ordinary players, the game is no longer expensive and they can be played;
All the good things that can only be obtained by recharging are given away;
In the new server, I also have the opportunity to experience the thrill of being a rich man wearing ten in the national war;
This is simply the ultimate big reward, of course I will play the new server without hesitation!
It is true that many wealthy people have retired from traveling, but as Pei Qian said, it’s up to them!
What’s more, not all the wealthy people have run away, but some have remained.
As a result, although the income plummeted by 70% to 80%, the remaining players have completely forgotten the previous unpleasantness and rekindled their enthusiasm for the game!
Ye Zhizhou completely understood.
"Sure enough, Mr. Pei has long seen the problems of "War Song" and knows that simply introducing new gameplay or changing art resources will no longer help, so he has to cut off all payment points!"< /p>
"This is...a strong man cutting off his wrist!"
"Cutting off revenue and saving reputation is the only way to save "War Hymn"!"
A problem that originally seemed unsolvable was solved by Mr. Pei in a simple way After the operation, I immediately saw a turnaround!
Ye Zhizhou couldn't help but admire Mr. Pei even more.
Of course, he knew in his heart that this was just the first step.
Although this operation saved the game's reputation, the price was also huge: this game no longer makes any money!
Without the large recharges from rich people, the income plummeted by at least 80%.
Originally, the monthly income of "War Hymn" was only 30,000 to 400,000 yuan. Now, it's hard to say whether the monthly income can still reach 80,000 yuan.
Moreover, no new payment points can be opened in the future, otherwise the reputation of players will immediately backfire, which will mean that it will be completely cool and Mr. Pei will be hard to save!
Ye Zhizhou feels that it is like a clearance sale now. The popularity has indeed increased, but it is not an option to keep burning money without making a profit!
“Forget it, let’s not consider these.”
“I can think of problems, but Pei will never think of them?”
“These must be all Within President Pei’s plan, all we have to do is follow President Pei’s requirements.”
Ye Zhizhou suddenly felt unprecedented confidence in himself and the prospects of Yangyang Games!