"boss, the number of active players in our STM has dropped by more than 70% in this week, and the number of active players in Half-Life has also decreased by more than 50%!"

"The current situation is very dangerous for us, our platform users have all been snatched away by QPIC, their game library is more complete, and the popularity is higher, we must find a way as soon as possible, otherwise we can only go through the traditional game sales."

"Our new game is now on sale, but the sales are terrible, the popularity of the game is so low, there is no way to grab too much heat online."

“……”

In the Villefort company, G was fat and pale, listening to the report of his subordinates, his brows furrowed tightly.

This time.

He's not doing well.

STM, or Villefort, has been subjected to unprecedented repression, even worse than when it was in a lawsuit with Xuele Mountain.

Originally, it had a falling out with its own publisher, although the lawsuit was settled at the end of last year.

But offended the big publishers.

In itself, it is a conscious back-road.

And now, they have also encountered an unprecedented opponent, a super corporation with huge capital.

The other person doesn't just let themselves live in their shadows.

And.

After QPIC was launched, it directly showed the bayonet, and it was a crazy output at STM.

As a result, the daily activity of STM has dropped rapidly.

As for the many games that Villefort is proud of, they are also stretched thin when facing the penguin and three-body games behind QPIC.

After all.

It's just a super battle, and they have already thrown off Villefort a lot, although in addition to super war, they don't have a better single machine masterpiece for the time being.

But......

There are enough games in QPIC, and the quality is even better than theirs!

Come to think of it.

G fat has a feeling of killing a dog.

At the beginning, these big game manufacturers were not interested in this kind of online PC game platform at all, and many of them were lobbied by him personally.

Outcome.

The results that should have belonged to themselves have become bullets that hit themselves.

No one will ever be happy about this.

Of course.

These games are actually on their STM platform as well.

But......

I can't sell it at all.

In terms of product optimization and production, STM has no competitive strength at all compared to QPICs that have been prepared for a long time and have more complete functions.

I can't find the slightest advantage!

The games you have, others have, and other people's platforms are better than yours.

Players are not fools.

They know how to choose.

Don't......

Do you really have no advantage at all?

"Discounted!"

"We're on sale too!"

Finally, G Fat shook his teeth and said.

"This ......" subordinates hesitated: "We are discounting now, I'm afraid the effect will not be too good, QPIC started the discount promotion earlier than us, and even this time they even discounted some big games, and we haven't negotiated a contract with these big manufacturers for game discount promotions......"

"Big factories have also joined?" G Fat was stunned, a little incredulous: "Didn't they be optimistic about the online PC platform before, and they want to protect the rights and interests of console players?" Why is there a sudden support discount? ”

"This ......" subordinate hesitated.

"Say whatever you want!"

"This is the credit of the Penguin platform, they opened the discount in the Dragon Country first, and at that time, the big games didn't join, and in just a week, the big games changed their minds."

The subordinate glanced at G Fat a little helplessly, hesitated and said again:

"Because of that discount promotion, the sales of discounted games were very high, and QIPC took that data to find the game manufacturers again."

"Game manufacturers have recognized this model, so they have signed contracts and signed up for discount activities for their own games."

"After all......"

"No one will pass up the opportunity to make money."

Hearing this, G Fat's eyes suddenly widened: "How do I feel...... These are the words you say...... Sound familiar? ”

"This ...... This is the plan you told me before...... boss" The subordinate said bitterly: "It's just that we haven't started the first wave of discounts yet, and QPIC has already talked about it." ”

Moment.

G fat feels like the world is spinning, and the whole person is not good.

Gan!

This damn shadow has reappeared!

It's always one step ahead of myself!!

"Let's talk!" Holding back the depressed feeling of vomiting blood, G Fat waved his hand:

"Now that these major game manufacturers have joined QPIC's promotional activities, then we will negotiate more smoothly, you can use the fastest speed to win the promotional contracts of these games, and start discounting immediately!"

The subordinate reminded: "But boss, in this way, our advantage is not too big, the function of our STM is not perfect, compared to QPIC can only be regarded as a semi-finished ......"

Truly.

STM now has no social function, no rating function, and only a discussion community for player groups, but it is certainly not as open as QPIC.

Every feature costs time and money.

Now want to add.

It was also too late technically and timely.

In this case, their advantage is still not great.

"That's a cheaper price than them!" G Fat gritted his teeth and said: "Our promotion is more intensive, and the price is lower than QPIC!" ”

"Doesn't the player come naturally?"

Yes?

The subordinate was taken aback: "Other manufacturers will not agree, the contract has a minimum discount percentage, unless it is ......"

"Unless what?"

"Unless we're willing to burn our own money and lose money."

"Then burn!"

"But ......"

"What's it again?" G Fat was a little annoyed, his eyes were red, and he was full of anger.

But when he saw his subordinates bitterly, he said:

"But...... The company's recent funding situation ......"

"It's bad."

"If we continue to do activities like this, our final result may be ...... It could have been worse. ”

Why do you start a company?

To make money, of course.

G Fat's financial situation has not been good in the past few years, after all, they have hardly made any big achievements in recent years, and their strength to make money is naturally not high.

In addition, the lawsuit with the publisher before was even more costly.

Now Villefort.

The financial situation is not ideal, and it will not be a problem if it just develops slowly like this, but if you plan to play the money-burning tactic......

There's no way to do it.

But G is fat, and he doesn't care about it at this time: "Burn, just burn money to death, we've lost a lot of games, I don't want us to lose!" ”

"If the company doesn't have any money, then go for a loan."

"I also have a lot of money in the stock market, and I will take all this money out and invest it in the company!"

He's already decided.

Anyway, it's going to get a game back.

This is not only a battle for the market, but also a battle for his face, obviously he is the founder of the PC game platform, but he is surpassed by others step by step.

Who can stand it?

It must be supported, even if it is lost, it must be dignified to lose!

But......

Sometimes, even if G Fat wants to fight for himself, but the reality is.

He didn't even have the qualifications to fight.

First of all, he found that the few stocks he bought had all plummeted and were trapped in the stock market, and if he wanted to leave the market, he could only choose to cut the meat and stop the loss.

This made G fat feel distressed for a while.

That's all he's saved for most of his life.

But G Fat is also a decisive person, scolding the damned capitalists, and at the same time did not hesitate to withdraw part of the funds.

But this little money.

Not enough!

Then you can only take out a loan.

Fortunately.

Loans are still relatively simple, after all, Villefort's reputation in the industry is still good, and the favorite of the Amilican capitalists is to lend, except for the high interest rate, everything else is fine.

Solve the problem of funding.

And then there's the game.

But right here, something went wrong.

"Ren Hell refused to sign a discount agreement with us, they said that they had signed a discount protection agreement with QPIC, and QPIC threw a lot of money and did not allow other platforms to reduce prices!"

"Konami also refused!"

"Polish stupid donkeys also refused, they had signed an exclusive agreement with QPIC before!"

“……”

Here's the bad news.

The major manufacturers, long ago, signed a low-price protection agreement with QPIC, the content is basically that each company can play their games, but the minimum price of the discount is fixed, and it must not be lower than the price of QPIC.

This is the result of superpowers.

"Gan! They are a monopoly, they are a monopoly, we can report them, we can sue them! Hearing the news, G Fat scolded on the spot.

Dog rich man!

Dog Capital!

Just because you have money, you can do whatever you want?

The subordinates were helpless: "In order to circumvent the monopoly, they signed this agreement for half a year, and they did not prohibit other companies from reducing prices and discounts, but only added a price protection ......"

"That is, they spend money just to level the playing field with us."

"As for monopoly ......"

"At least they didn't step on the line."

G Fat is a smart person, of course he understands the truth of this, and when he listened to his subordinates at this time, he suddenly felt a burst of chest tightness and shortness of breath.

Originally, the platform was not as good as QPIC.

You can't even discount at a low price, and you can't expect to overtake your opponent at a lower price.

Actually, G Fat understands.

If they have abundant funds, what price protection of QPIC is simply nonsense, and they can break through it themselves.

But......

Villefort has no money!

What to do?

What's next?

"Let's get a discount."

"Let's put a discount on it too."

"If we don't do anything, we will only face death, at least so that we can barely survive."

G said helplessly.

Others discount is offense, they discount is just passive defense, and they don't even know if they can defend it.

Myself.

Isn't there a slight advantage?

Wrong.

Have an edge!

Suddenly, G Fat thought of something:

"Our Half-Life, or our Counter-Strike, is still one of the most successful games, and although Super Combat is powerful, the art style is not everyone's liking, and we still have loyal fans."

"As long as these loyal fans are still playing, at least our STM will be able to keep players active, and now is not the most dangerous time!"

"We discount and optimize our products as soon as possible."

"As long as the player does not fall below our bottom line, we have the strength to fight, and it is impossible to solve the battle in the short term, we will stretch the battle line!"

G Fat thought of a solution.

Drag!

As long as your platform is not hanging, you can always be a nail household!

But unfortunately, as soon as these words came out, I saw an employee rushing to the door, his face full of horror:

"Oh no, no!"

"On the Internet, in our gaming community."

"Some players are dissatisfied that our game must be forced to log in to STM, so they are scolding."

"And some players have found a way to crack it!"

"This method of cracking allows players to play Half-Life directly without logging in to STM, and this method is spreading among the player community!"

"Our STM player activity rate."

"Rapidly declining !!"

The moment I heard this.

G Fat's whole person froze in place instantly, and there was only one thought in his heart.

Sky.

Kill me!