Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 48: The Foundation Shakes

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“If there was only one game you could play in your lifetime, I hope you’d choose this one!”

Has it reached the level of being the one and only game of a lifetime?

Lincoln feels a bit embarrassed while reading this, but looking at the comments from netizens, most of them seem to agree.

“A week ago, I thought ‘Game Base’ was also bribed, giving high praise to ‘Traveler of the Wind’ when no one else was. I apologize!”

“Shouldn’t an apology involve showing your belly? Isn’t this common knowledge?”

“Shouldn’t an apology involve showing your chest? Isn’t this common knowledge?”

“Are you guys too desperate? At least check the gender of the ID on the profile page! It’s a guy!”

“Isn’t that better?”

“I often feel out of place with you guys because I’m not twisted enough…

“Don’t derail the topic! Repeat after me: What is professionalism? What is attitude? What is media conscience?”

Excluding comments from netizens who are just fooling around, the remaining comments are almost unanimously praising ‘Game Base’.

This is because a week ago, almost the entire internet was filled with unfavorable opinions.

In this world of game media, there has always been a “pre-scoring” mechanism. Before a game’s official release, the game’s development team, whether it’s a sequel, the time invested, disclosed information, trailers, and demo versions, etc., will be taken into account for a preliminary score.

Nominally, it is to provide a reference for players’ purchase in advance and prevent them from being deceived by developers and buying games that are good on the outside but rotten on the inside.

However, Lincoln has always suspected that this pre-scoring mechanism was influenced by some big corporations. It’s just that as more and more game media joined, the big corporations could no longer monopolize the sky.

But as long as you’re willing to pay, you can still influence many scoring media to a certain extent.

This time, Lincoln’s ‘Traveler of the Wind’ received an average pre-score of less than 5 points, with a large number of media giving it 2 or 3 points.

Moreover, due to the ambivalent attitude of online players, these media gave even lower scores without any scruples.

However, amidst this storm of low scores, ‘Game Base’ stood out by giving it a “10 points” rating, and their article also unreservedly praised the game.

They even received complaints from many netizens and sarcastic comments from other media, but this never changed their attitude.

Now, with the overnight change of ratings on the internet, it is even more evident that ‘Game Base’ displayed a commendable persistence in the face of a

massive wave of doubts and pressure from public opinion.

Receiving praise and applause like mountains and seas now is considered a return for their persistence.

“But…” Lincoln’s doubts lie in, “It’s only the second day since the game’s release. Are you guys already so excited from playing it?”

“Mavis knows what’s going on!”

For any question Lincoln has about the Internet, Mavis always seems to have the answer.

“Super Tomato, a top anchor on P Video Station, also bought the game The console was delivered to Magic City in the middle of the night yestk and he rushed to the delivery station to pick up the package while live streaming. And after taking it home, he started live streaming the gam didn’t rest at all except for a few short breaks for eating and drinking.”

P Video Station, also known as Bilibili or Little Video Station, is a video

Although it is best known for video uploads, their live streaming platform has also gained popularity, with the top anchors having huge influence.

“Huh? Is the live streaming industry really that competitive? How far has he played?” Lincoln is curious.

He thought that “not ending the stream until finishing the game” was something small anchors did for attention, or something like what “Yi” from last night did out of necessity due to his unique style.

He didn’t expect top anchors to do so too?

“Mavis also thinks it’s amazing!” Mavis nodded in agreement with Lincoln’s words, “He’s already passed it, and hasn’t gone offline yet. He’s already working on collecting all the runes in his second playthrough.” “Were there many people staying up late to watch last night?”

“Very-many-!” Mavis elongated her voice to emphasize her affirmation, “The live broadcast room’s heat set a record, with the real number of viewers possibly reaching a million.”

“So, there were millions of people staying up all night to watch his live stream of the game’s completion!? Don’t these people sleep?!”

“Mavis doesn’t know. But Mavis knows that this anchor directly scored a perfect score on the ‘RANK-Popular Game Rating’ list for ‘Traveler of the Wind’. His audience and fans rushed to this website to vote, and the score has already been pushed up to 9.8 points, which is an unprecedented high score since the establishment of the website!”

“How does this website calculate its scores?” Lincoln was curious about this.

“Real-name user ratings, with a longer account activity time, carry more weight when rating. In addition, users who have played the game, after providing proof, will have a significantly higher weight bonus for their ratings.”

“What was the score before?”

“Only 3-5, but the number of ratings was less than one percent of what it is now.” Mavis whispered the answer to him.

“Wow, a jump of 6.3 points all at once? Is this the legendary opinion leader?”

“Basically, all anchors who have played the game have called on their fans and audiences to give high scores!” Mavis said proudly. “It’s all thanks to Mavis’ help!”

“Hehe!” Mavis giggled happily upon hearing the praise.

Unlike Lincoln and Mavis’s leisurely happiness,

Richard felt like he was about to explode, sitting in the meeting room with a icy cold expression.

“Can someone explain to me, why, after spending over a million in the past week on hiring Water Armies and stuffing money into the media, everything was wasted in just one day? Was this money meant to be thrown into the water for a bubble show?”

“A bubble show would at least make a sound!”

Henry, who finally managed to secure the main planning position for “Blaze 3”, was also furious. But at the same time, he was somewhat panicked.

He started to worry that this last opportunity would be messed up as well.

If that happens, let alone adding a feather to his cap, he might even have to share the blame, especially since he is the Chief Planner now. It was his suggestion for “Blaze 3” to take advantage of the publicity from “Traveler of the Wind”, which led to the current situation.

Now, with the reputation of “Traveler of the Wind” taking a drastic turn for the better, being praised as heaven on earth, the pressure suddenly shifted to “Blaze 3″?

When “Blaze 3” is released, if the score isn’t as high as “Traveler of the Wind”, players will almost certainly lash out at the game.

But how can they win? How can they surpass a 9.8 score?’

Can humans achieve that score?

If Lincoln were to make another game, would he be able to reach that score again?

If Lincoln were present, he would definitely tell him: I can’t do it either.

“Assassins’ Alliance” was not made in pursuit of high scores in the first place.

However, since the situation was already like this, despite all the grievances and frustrations in Henry’s heart, he couldn’t voice them. He could only join the others, quietly listening to the boss’ rage.

“Speed up the progress of ‘Blaze 3’!” David said finally, “We can’t let the reputation of ‘Traveler of the Wind’ continue to ferment. Try to launch it before Cloud Dream’s second batch of consoles go on sale. We must shift players’ attention as soon as possible! Make them take their attention away from the new consoles!”

“Everyone! Buck up! For each new console Cloud Dream sells now, we might sell one less ‘Flying Dragon’ in the future! The console’s ownership represents our strong foundation!”

“And now, our foundation is shaking!”