Chapter 151 - Harvest Time (1/2)
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Early in the morning in the experience store.
Wen Lingwei was on the massage chair, saying as she yawned, “Mr heartless manager, when are you going to update I Am MT? I feel that the players are leaving.”
Chen Mo was shocked, “Huh? You’re still playing I Am MT?”
“Yeah, I’m shocked at how long senior has persevered, I ditched the game a long time ago…” said Jia Peng.
Wen Lingwei glanced at him, “Unlucky people like you will never understand the fun of this game.
“Although Warcraft and Wulin Legend were both really fun, I still don’t think it’s as fun as I Am MT.”
“Yeah manager, just look at how many card games there are on the market. All of them copied off I Am MT, and the worst part is that they are doing quite well!” added Qian Kun.
Jia Peng nodded, “Yeah, the players were angry at the start, but as more and more games appeared, high quality ones also appeared. Combined with the fact that there hasn’t been an update for I Am MT for so long, the players are all gone.”
“It can’t be helped, the manager has been working on new games, he didn’t have the time to update I Am MT. The most he could do is add a few cards to make it seem richer. It’s not surprising that the players are sick of it,” added Qian Kun.
“I think it’s a bit sad, and I feel kind of angry that the style of game was developed by the manager first, and the others are having such an easy time making money by copying it!” said Wen Lingwei.
Chen Mo laughed, asking, “The currently most profitable one is Emperor Dynasty Entertainment’s Demon Slayers right? I think it has around forty million RMB in revenue per month.”
“And that’s a lot, way more than I Am MT!” said Qian Kun.
Jia Peng also added, “That can’t be helped, although Demon Slayers were released layer, Emperor Dynasty Entertainment has much better distribution, much better art, and most importantly they update the game much more frequently. They’d push updates every two weeks or so, I Am MT won’t be able to keep up.”
Chen Mo laughed, “Isn’t that just forty million RMB? That isn’t much.”
Qian Kun was shocked, “Huh? Manger, just forty million? I’m really learning how the world works by working with the manager…”
Wen Lingwei got up, “What are you suggesting? Are you saying that you’re about to head back into mobile games and tell these guys how it’s done?”
Chen Mo laughed, “Heh, you think I actually left the mobile game industry? Ain’t happening. I’ll remind them of the terror of scammy mobile games.”
“Wow, the manager is heading back into mobile games? Hurray!”
Su Jinyu couldn’t take it, “Oh no, we’re making scammy games again!”
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It has been more than a month since I Am MT was released. Chen Mo never paid attention to the mobile mobile game industry in this as he focused all his attention onto the PC market.
Warcraft in particular took a lot out of Chen Mo, taking the better half of a year just in the development. He also spent time in promoting Warcraft and developing Wulin Legend, and the best he could do was to make a few new cards, add a few events here and there.
Of course, the players of I Am MT understood, but they still eventually got bored of it, switching to other card games.
I Am MT’s monthly income had fallen to around three million RMB. It had fewer active players, but the ones who played were all hardcore fans and incorporated daily quests into their daily routines.
Games similar to I Am MT were also appearing much more often on the mobile game leaderboards, occupying almost half of the leaderboards..
The first four places of the mobile game best sellers were card games.
The other videogame designers didn’t copy the game exactly either. Games like Demon Slayers made by a big company had made some improvements on the game.
There were more and more different types of artworks with cooler effects. There were even games that made cards into 2D models.
At the same time, designers were also constantly adding to the gameplay. Card games that are new on the market are much more rich in content than I Am MT.