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

Although the dealers bought 5,000 copies from Pokeni, they failed to sell even 1,200 copies in two weeks.

The sales on the first day were not bad, mainly because many people were new fans of the previous Onmyoji, and they 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, and they were directly dissuaded to quit.

Only some people bought "Famous Academy" with the mentality of trying it out, and although they said that the game itself was fun after going back, they always felt that it was not what they wanted.

Therefore, the evaluation given is relatively low.

So in such a situation, there was no word-of-mouth effect, but was dragged down by the previous work "Onmyoji", and "Famous Academy" was like a quagmire and couldn't struggle at all.

"400 copies?!"

Hiroyuki Hattori was stunned when he heard the sales results of "Famous Academy" in his game store.

"Yes, President." The secretary, Ms. Fujiki, pushed the glasses off her face and expressed her regret, "Even if we put "Meimen Gakuin" in a favorable sales position, there are still not many customers who want to patronize it. ”

"Perhaps...... Pokeni itself lacks the potential to make high-quality games? ”

"That's all I can think about now." Hiroyuki Hattori covered his eyes with his hands, only to feel his brain buzzing.

From this point of view, the success of "Onmyoji" may be just a coincidence, or President Tsuda is behind it, but in fact, Qing Zhiyuan has no talent for making games.

So when DUN withdrew from the investment and President Tsuda was not involved in the development of the game, was the pokeni side revealed?!

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

"Ah~ It's really stupid, I actually believe in a half-baked person like Qing Zhiyuan, thinking that I can make a hit, and then I can make a second one, am I really too naïve?"

……

"Ah~ It's really stupid to give up the galgame game."

After learning about the sales results of Pokeni's side, Takaya Mizutani, the chief planner of rival Bluvens, smiled happily.

Yes, there's nothing in the world that makes him happier than seeing his old club's game Waterloo.

Originally, the "Street Pickup" developed by Mizutani was frantically complained by players, and sales were also very sluggish, which made him often lose sleep during this time, and his mental condition was not very good.

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

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

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

But well......

Seeing that the sales of Pokeni's "Famous Academy" were so dismal, Mizutani finally found a little comfort and confidence.

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

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

Since the first game had such good results, it was time to strike while the iron was hot.

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

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

But in this way, it won't be as bad as "Street Pickup".

Mizutani thought to himself.

The president of Bluvens happened to pass by the corridor and took in Takaya Mizutani's appearance.

The brow furrowed involuntarily.

Are you embarrassed to laugh at others?

Isn't our "Street Pickup" also a mess?!

This person really has no self-esteem at all.

"Huh? President, why are you here? After the corner of his eye swept to Shigeru Kobayashi, Takaya Mizutani was startled.

……

Meanwhile.

Tokyo.

Pokeni Co., Ltd.

Inside the president's office.

There was a lament.

"Nani?! How so? ”

It shouldn't be.

Qingzhiyuan couldn't believe the statistics from the operation department.

You must know that the game of the famous pocket academy in the previous life has millions of downloads, how can it be put in this era but not even 2000 copies can be sold?

In the past few days, the feedback given by dealers has not been very satisfactory.

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

"President, this is a player survey we did." Kazuma Takahashi, the manager of the operations department, held a bunch of materials in front of Qing Zhiyuan.

Player surveys are a good way to get an accurate and quick understanding of the shortcomings and strengths of the product, and to make adjustments in the future.

Qing Zhiyuan took it and looked at it carefully page by page.

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

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

[The game,The playability itself is still very high.,As a simulation management game.,It's the Q version of the pixel style.,I think elementary school students can experience the fun from this game very well.】 】

[However, as a work of the Pokeni company, it is clearly not what I wanted. What I want is to have an experience similar to Onmyoji. 】

Kazuma Takahashi stood by and was silent.

In fact, the words written in the questionnaire have been beautified by colleagues in the operations department, and real players are more angry than they seem.

"We asked, what kind of experience do you want to have?

The player replied:

It's a beautiful girl.,Awesome plot.。

It has to be a galgame game. Kazuma Takahashi added.

Qing Zhiyuan's brow furrowed fiercely.

Ah, how can it be repaired!

I just wanted to go ashore to change the "Famous Academy"!

If I continue to make galgame games, why should I work so hard?

Continue to look at the comments of other players, most of them are bad reviews:

[It's not so much unsatisfactory as disappointment.] I don't really understand why I don't need to let such a good producer as Furuhara Tsubaki not use, but let Qing Zhiyuan, a half-asser, be the new producer. 】

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

[There is clearly something wrong with the decision-making at the top of the Pokeni Corporation, and they simply don't understand what players expect from Pokeni.] 】

[We need Mr. Tsubaki Furuhara!] 】

Turn another page.

The following closing remarks are still -

[We need Mr. Tsubaki Furuhara!] 】

……

Seeing this, Kazuma Takahashi next to him didn't dare to say anything, and he was very uncomfortable with his laughter.

Qing Zhiyuan took a deep breath, only to feel his brain buzzing.

Ah, damn it......

This is not a player I know.

It shouldn't be this outcome!

……

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To illustrate so as not to be misunderstood:

The main main work in the early stage of this book is galgame, in order to match the title and selling point of the book.

The famous academy Waterloo, which was developed halfway, may make some readers feel that it is deliberately set to fail.

But the authors have an explanation: because of the galgame label and branding, players are not very comfortable with the next game jump of the successful work is too big.

For example, if a restaurant originally focused on Chinese food, and then suddenly changed to French food, there will always be some dissatisfaction and discomfort.

But that doesn't mean it's not a good game, it's just that it didn't happen at the right time. (In the future, it can be revitalized through other operations)

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

In addition to the game itself, there are many factors that can make or break it.

For example, interpersonal relationships, time and environment, etc.

In this way, it is more realistic, rather than using the way of writing that all works come out and are worshipped by all beings.

- The future of game production will definitely be more diversified, and there will be more and more types of games produced, and galgame is just a guide, not all.

- The protagonists of the book and the ambitions of the author do not stop at galgame. To be number one in the world, that's the most important thing.

Thank you.