Chapter 22 (1/2)

It did not take long for the other people in the dormitory to raise the same issues.

“Why is there only a single purchasable item in the shop?”

“You’re only allowed to top up 30 yuan?”

“Also, you’re only entitled to an additional 10 draw chances per day after purchasing it? That seems useless!”

“What about premium systems? Qute Three Kingdoms is already at eight tiers of it!”

Everyone turned to look at Ruan Guangjian.

However, he did not know what was going on as well!

Pondering, he replied, “I don’t know what’s the exact situation. Perhaps I should ask Boss Pei about it. Maybe there’s some special considerations or this might not even be the final version?”

Ruan Guangjian was puzzled as well as he left a message for Pei Qian through the resource website’s contact options.

“Boss Pei, I’ve seen that there’s no premium system or other in-game purchasable items. Is it because the game is still in a testing stage? These options would be added in the final version, right?”

Before long, Pei Qian replied.

“This is the final version.”

Ruan Guangjian was shocked. “What… about in-game purchasable items?”

Pei Qian: “The permanent card is the only thing our game will be selling and we have no intention of releasing any other new products either.”

Ruan Guangjian: “Why?!”

Pei Qian: “Why? There’s no why! Our game’s pricing strategy is to have a single fixed price. The players would have already spent 10 yuan just to purchase our game, how could we implement even more in-game purchases?”

“In fact, my original plan was to not even have that 30 yuan permanent membership card! However, I decided to add it eventually based on the needs of certain groups of players.”

Ruan Guangjian was thoroughly stumped and did not know what to reply for the longest time.

Boss Pei was so compassionate!

The paywall of Qute Three Kingdoms was around 1,000 yuan and only paying whales could obtain the extremely rare cards. As for normal gamers, they had to slog for a long time before they could even get a single purple card.

However, everyone was almost equal in Ghost General! The only difference was a mere 30 yuan permanent membership card!

If this was Qute Three Kingdoms, that amount of money would not even be enough for a single 10 draw!

Ruan Guangjian suddenly felt that he had gauged Pei Qian’s gentlemanly heart with his own mean measure.

He thought that the reason why there was no paywall was because the game was incomplete or due to other reasons.

However, it was only after asking that he realized – Pei Qian had not intended to create a paywall at all! he wanted to make this an extremely fair mobile card game!

He wanted the normal players to be able to enjoy the pleasure of drawing rare cards as well!

Ruan Guangjian’s eyes were brimming with tears as he felt that he had gone overboard for charging Pei Qian 3,000 yuan per set for the original arts.

He should have given a discount for a creator with such ideals and character!

Suddenly, another question struck Ruan Guangjian as he asked hurriedly, “Boss Pei, another thing. The game’s not getting many downloads yet. Is it because you haven’t started the marketing campaigns?”

Pei Qian: “Marketing? Fu, there’s not going to be marketing.”

Ruan Guangjian was stunned. “Why not?!”

What was the reason for creating a game to not market it?!

Even a good restaurant fears being situated at the far end of the street – how would gamers know about this game without any marketing?

Pei Qian: “Because I’ve got no money! I spent a total of 300,000 on this game to purchase the template, art resources, music, sound effects and cloud rental service equipment… basically, there’s no money left.”

Ruan Guangjian was moved to tears.