Chapter 595 - A Fatal Tactic from Experiences of Failure (1/2)
Both competitions went as planned, one game after another. However, the more Pei Qian watched, the stranger things looked.
The gap between the popularities of both competitions was getting bigger!
At the start, many people had been watching IOI. However, as more time passed, that number decreased, and the competition became less popular. They were running towards GOG!
Even Pei Qian could barely keep himself from betraying IOI and escaping. Even after keeping his cell phone, he felt the urge to check how GOG’s competition was doing.
He scrunched his nose and watched a couple of IOI games before he found the problem.
The standard was really horrible!
On one hand, IOI’s game mechanism was outdated, and the audience had no affection for the heroes. On the other hand, the teams were of horrible and varying standards, so that the competition became no different from slightly better ranked matches.
Although Pei Qian could keep watching, the teams were poorly coordinated. Instead of looking like one complete team, they looked more like five random players who had been matched together.
It wouldn’t have looked that bad if GOG had not organized a competition on the same day. However, side by side, one was clearly better than the other!
The majority of the audience had already been leaning towards GOG from the beginning. They had only peeked at IOI because they had heard that there would be ‘Sino-foreign confrontation’. Yet, after watching a few games, they lost interest and jumped ship.
Once they did, they didn’t turn back!
Moreover, trolls were repeatedly jumping back and forth between both live streams, just to drag a big group of viewers from IOI’s platform to GOG’s.
The gap between the number of viewers in both competitions continued to widen, and the change was glaringly obvious. The most ridiculous thing was that Pei Qian noticed people secretly leaving the actual venue as well!
After all, the tickets had been sold for very cheap. One could say they had practically been given away. Naturally, the audience would not feel heartache despite leaving early.
Clearly, those people were not enjoying the competition. Thinking that they would only waste time if they stayed behind, they decided to leave.
Pei Qian wanted to vomit blood.
Don’t go! Stay behind and watch!
He really wanted to scream at the top of his lungs, but he knew in his heart that it would be useless. The gamers would only support the game that they liked.
Pei Qian heaved a long sigh and leaned back in his chair, having mixed feelings.
Although the competition would end tomorrow, from the looks of the current situation, the outcome had already been decided. IOI had no hope of making a comeback.
What should Pei Qian do?
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July 24th, Sunday…
Today, Pei Qian did not go and watch GOG or IOI’s competition because the outcome had already been decided. Going to watch would only result in his corpse being whipped again.
Last night, Pei Qian read forums for a very long time. He read the comments that gamers had for both competitions and finally concluded that there was really no hope.
GOG’s competition had completely trashed IOI’s!
As a result, many players were beginning to feel bad for the latter.
“Looking at IOI’s declining viewership really hurts my heart. The organizers must have spent a huge deal on advertising beforehand. Now, all the gamers that they had attracted have become viewers of GOG’s competition!”
“That’s right, a friend of mine used to be a hardcore fan of IOI but is now a fan of GOG…”
“It’s too bad. GOG is too strong. Its mobile and client versions are synced, the game mechanism is fun, and even its professional tournaments are more interesting!”
“Poor IOI…”
“IOI is a successful overseas game of solid quality and fast updating pace, and that puts in a lot of effort in its operations. It doesn’t make sense for it not to be popular after entering the local market.”
“Hmm… if Tengda didn’t exist, maybe that would be true.”
“Actually, the managers of IOI’s local server had done everything right. If they had not been up against GOG, they would have made it by now. GOG is really out of this world. It’s a crowdsourced game that’s been marketed in internet cafes and that has organized a competition…
“What’s more, it linked its mobile and client version from the beginning and organized competition seasons to distribute rewards. It dominated the market a long time ago and could even deflect every single one of IOI’s attacks perfectly. It’s so powerful!”
“Boss Pei is an operational genius.”
“Indeed, with Boss Pei behind GOG, IOI stands no chance.”
“Wait a minute, isn’t IOI being managed by Tengda as well? Shang Yang Games is a fully-owned subsidiary under Tengda Corporation, right?”
“Ai, they’re all related, but there’s a world of difference, understand? Do you know about dog-eat-dog competitions? Are you still unable to tell whose side Boss Pei is standing on?”
“It’s true—Boss Pei will surely lean towards GOG. It’s his biological child.”
Reading those comments made Pei Qian feel exhausted inside.
Whose side am I on? I’m on IOI’s freaking side, of course! That goes without saying!
Yet, the gamers aside, even Shang Yang Games wouldn’t believe him this time. Pei Qian felt helpless. It looked like the entire project had failed.
However, if he looked on the bright side…
Could IOI’s local server incur losses without doing anything now?
Lin Wan likely wouldn’t leave Tengda and inherit her family business anymore. However, after this mess, the winner between GOG and IOI was very clear. If Pei Qian continued to pour money into IOI, wouldn’t he be able to happily make ducks and drakes of it?
To Pei Qian, it was important to adapt to whatever life threw at him.
Since he could no longer help IOI, he could adapt his strategy and turn it into his loss-incurring tool. That didn’t sound like a bad idea!
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As Pei Qian thought about a plan for the future, he walked to the cafe to listen to Qiu Hong’s past failures. Until now, Qiu Hong had already shared a few failures with Pei Qian.
Making a mess of project management…