99: Chapter 099 DLC Released
"Yes, Sister Yang, you also know that our current game is called wwii: eastern meat grinder, right? This is the first installment of the WWII series," Zhou Yang nodded and explained.
Yang Ruoxue was a bit surprised upon hearing this: "Did you plan to make this a series from the very beginning?"
"Yes."
"No wonder I was wondering why you named this game WWII; it turns out you had planned it all along," Yang Ruoxue said, pleasantly surprised.
She had originally been a little worried that Zhou Yang might run out of ideas after finishing this game.
It turned out Zhou Yang was well-prepared with a whole series of games.
As long as he didn't mess it up, relying on the popularity of this first installment, the subsequent games in the series would definitely have good sales and reception.
Moreover, Yang Ruoxue felt that there was plenty of content that could be developed for this series.
The world-building within it was vast.
It wasn't limited to just China.
Yang Ruoxue hadn't just been sitting idle these past few days.
While playing the game, she had also taken the time to understand its world-building.
After all, she had GM privileges and could play freely within the game.
Unlike ordinary players, who were thrown straight into missions upon entering the game.
Only after completing the game entirely could they gain the privilege to explore the game world freely.
Of course, free exploration had its limitations.
The timeline would not go beyond the Battle of Shanghai.
"Sister Yang, are you worried that I won't be able to come up with anything later?" Zhou Yang asked with a smile.
"Hmm, a little. I still hope you can create more games, and I'm looking forward to the subsequent series," Yang Ruoxue nodded and said.
She had been playing the game Zhou Yang made all these days, although her skills weren't great, and she only ever got crushed.
But she liked playing it.
If she died once, she would try again; if once didn't work, she'd try twice; if twice didn't work, she'd try three times. If it really didn't work, she would just have to use her Creator ability.
In the current monotonous game market in China, the game Zhou Yang made was a breath of fresh air for her.
This kind of realistic war experience was something she had never experienced before.
This experience wasn't just a realistic simulation of the battlefield like military training.
There was also a story.
It was as if she had truly transmigrated into the body of a soldier in a war era.
She could feel the reality and vitality of the soldiers within it.
"I will. I can't guarantee anything else, but the subsequent games in this series will certainly maintain the standard of the first, if not surpass it," Zhou Yang replied confidently.
"Alright, see you in a few days. It's getting late, I won't bother you anymore."
"OK, Sister Yang, get some sleep early."
After saying that, Zhou Yang ended the call.
The next morning.
At 9:30, Wang Ye logged into the game on time and started his livestream.
Today, he was going to livestream the new DLC.
The new DLC had been brewing for several days, and the audience in the livestream room could hardly wait.
As soon as Wang Ye started the broadcast, many viewers in the livestream room urged him to hurry up and buy the new DLC.
Seeing the requests from his audience, Wang Ye naturally wanted to satisfy them.
He immediately found the purchase interface for the DLC and clicked to purchase it.
He glanced at the price: 12.13.
So cheap?
Wang Ye was a bit surprised.
"Holy crap, why is this DLC so cheap? And it's such a specific number?"
The audience in the livestream room also noticed this and were equally surprised.
In this world, game DLCs were most of the time sold for more than the base game itself.
Some games would even make only half of the content for the base game and stuff the rest into the DLC.
The base game was just enough to play; if you wanted more or better content, you had to buy the DLC.
They would stop at nothing to make money.
DLC prices were often more expensive than the base game, and for some games, the total price of all DLCs could buy dozens of base games.
"Wow, is this charity? Twelve yuan, not even thirteen."
"If the subsequent DLCs are all this price, then we've really hit the jackpot. The base game is only over two hundred, and this DLC is dirt cheap."
"By the way, why is the pricing so specific? Is there some hidden meaning? It's really uncomfortable for people with OCD."
The audience in the livestream room felt that the DLC was priced as if it were free; after all, a single meal for them cost several times this amount.
A DLC wasn't even enough to cover the cost of a meal.
If it were any other developer, they would have charged them 168 or 328.
If there was a lot of content, they could even sell it for double the price.
They had never seen such a conscientious developer before.
If Zhou Yang knew he had become a "conscientious developer," he wouldn't know what to think.
After all, he still felt this price was a bit expensive.
He had originally wanted to set it for free, but then he thought that if it were free, people might not necessarily play it. It would be better to set a low price, which might pique their curiosity.
So he set this price.
Now, it was clear that this price had successfully caught the viewers' attention.
Not only were the viewers in Wang Ye's livestream room surprised, but viewers in other livestream rooms broadcasting wwii: eastern meat grinder were equally surprised.
Those players in the game who were preparing to buy the DLC were even more shocked and speechless.
It was so cheap that if you didn't buy it, you'd be doing yourself a disservice.
They might scoff at something free and dismiss it, but they treated something cheap as a treasure.
Especially since the game was currently so popular, it was hard not to be curious when the first DLC was this cheap.
Was the DLC of poor quality, or was the content too little?
Or perhaps, the developer was giving them a benefit.
As a result, the pricing of this DLC sparked a small wave of buzz online.
Although the Anti-War Competition had ended, the game's popularity hadn't faded; on the contrary, it had become even hotter.
Many people were discussing why this game was able to win first place in the competition.
Some people even started special livestreams or programs to analyze and discuss why wwii: eastern meat grinder was able to become a hit.
Every analysis sounded quite reasonable.
Zhou Yang couldn't help but go check out their analyses, wanting to see what exactly they could figure out.
At this moment, Zhou Yang, who had just gotten out of bed, opened a livestream room, and coincidentally, this livestream room was analyzing why his game was able to become a hit.
Zhou Yang watched as several people who looked like experts were chatting in a broadcast studio in the livestream room.
The content of their chat was all about the first-place winner of the Anti-War Competition.
Zhou Yang listened carefully, wanting to hear what these experts could come up with.
"Teacher Liu Bo, what do you think is the core reason why this game became a hit?"
In the broadcast studio, a middle-aged man looked at the slightly pudgy man next to him who was dressed like an intellectual.
The pudgy man, upon hearing this, immediately smiled and said: "The core reason is naturally that his game realistically portrayed the cruelty of war."
"The direction of this portrayal isn't just from the visuals; he also explained from a deep perspective why we should oppose war. It makes everyone watching feel a strong sense of immersion."