\u201cWhy don\u2019t you stream on Gamerville?\u201d asked Jenny11, on the stream chat. \u201cThat\u2019s where all the gamers are.\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alice repeated the question out loud, and still hadn\u2019t thought of a good response. \u201cWell,\u201d she pondered, \u201cdo my subscribers feel the same way? Please let me know in the chat, please.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The five people in the chat were discussing the latest episode of Attack on Titan and didn\u2019t respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alice breathed in deeply and continued the match. It was some noob, so she could continue multitasking at high capacity. She commentated and predicted the opponent\u2019s pattern well, beat the shit out of them, then returned to the question: \u201cI have to wonder if there\u2019s a point to moving though. Do I even get anything out of it? I\u2019ve spent a while building up my audience here on 3Vid. I went to Gamerville once and my stream was… dead.\u201d She went silent for effect and stared at the lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019d be affiliate, ez pz\u201d wrote Eren2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYeah, get that e$port$ ca$h!!!\u201d posted another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGamerville sux, 3Vid works better\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t like the chat there, toxic males all over.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSftu simp\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The chat erupted into a heated discussion about trans rights and safe places to talk. This time, Alice stayed out of it, trying to play her match and trying to figure out which would make money. She knew Gamerville would give her the chance to monetize her channel in the same way as 3Vid, but her 3Vid had way more views due to the vlogs and random memes she had uploaded before. Gamerville also required her to stream regularly. 3Vid just wanted her to have a minimum of followers. Right now, she could meet neither requirement, and she was still figuring out how to get paid without involving her parents. Parent, she corrected herself. Ah, <\/em>she thought. Maybe he could actually count as a parent here and actually be useful. Hmmm.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n What the fuck now<\/em>, thought Hideki, as Charles pointed to the slide, which showed some high numbers next to Steam and similar numbers next to Playstation, and Xbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo, as you can see, we had similar numbers of players across all the platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo shit, Sherlock,\u201d said Hideki (using an equivalent expression in Japanese). \u201cGet to the point.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Looking at the floor, Charles put a closed hand to his mouth and cleared his throat, even though his throat was cancer-free and clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe numbers show publishing Fighter Freedom 19 across platforms was a success. It seems like a clear follow up would be to release Fighter Freedom 2X in the same fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hideki extended his index finger, pointed forward and then pressed into the table, as if Charles were directly underneath. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFighter Freedom 2X is a much older game. It\u2019s been nearly two decades. The player base will be much older now, with less time to play. I assume you\u2019ve done your research?\u201d Hideki twisted his finger into this blameless spot on the desk, as if extinguishing a cigarette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes, Sir. Our market research shows these players don\u2019t have time to play and don\u2019t have fast PCs and have a console next to the TV that they just want to quickly play from time to time.\u201d Charles held back the desire to shit himself. \u201cThey also don\u2019t like the continual updates on Steam.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThen why are you recommending releasing on all platforms?\u201d Hideki was on the brink of bending the top of his finger beyond its folding point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBecause, the players that bought Fighter Freedom 19, are actually mostly new players, younger players with new PCs with higher spec, still living with parents, students etc.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hideki paused. \u201cSo there\u2019s still a risk, but essentially our three markets are shifting with their different needs.\u201d He pulled back his finger and clasped his hands together, up to chin. \u201cAnd of course, if we let this younger segment get bored, they will move on to other games, so, now\u2026 if we time this correctly\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Charles took a risk here to chime in. \u201cWe can bring in more income\u201d he said, gripping his pen, \u201cto cover our Fighter 20 interim development costs and reduce our loan debt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cExactly. Good.\u201d said Hideki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before Charles could celebrate, Hideki darted another finger to the desk with an almost metallic clang. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHowever,\u201d he said, elongating the last vowel. \u201cWhat does the latest data say about the segmented release dates? Was one year too late to release the game on PC? Did we get more data on how many players moved to PC?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat wasn\u2019t easy to identify. We got an approximation of 25% of PS4 players moved to PC and bought another copy\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c25% isn\u2019t great. And are we sure they even bought a copy? Did they pirate it? Or wait for a sale?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe last sale did relatively well, it did sell 10k.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c10k? That\u2019s all? At 12,000 yen a pop?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes,\u201d replied Charles, not mentioning how that number included free copies and giveaways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo, after deductions that will leave us with 100M yen. What are we supposed to do with that? How do we pay all our employees? That would last maybe three months? How are you going to pay your rent and feed your kids, Charles?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are relying on them to buy DLC, which is not on sale, of course.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe need more contingency plans. Yes, a PC port would be good timing now. Alright, send me this data to look over and I\u2019ll make a decision by the end of this week.\u201d Hideki looked up, \u201cGood work Charles. Let\u2019s keep it up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Charles smiled and nodded. He was used to Hideki staring at him as if he had trodden on his foot, but this time he was sure there was an actual commendation. His sphincter relaxed, for now. The devs would have some work ahead of them, if this plan went ahead, but the players would be sated, until the next drama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCan they please release the fucking game on PS4 for fuck\u2019s sake mannnnnnn,\u201d posted Coach, \u201cafter all that bullshit with Steam that happened with FF19, we just need to stay on one platform, it just makes common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWtf are you talking about? I\u2019m on Steam lol PC master race ftw\u201d replied Mboy<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cListen m\u2019 boy,\u201d replied Coach, proud of his punning, \u201cI bought the game on each fucking platform, and one month after each release, the online activity was just freaking dead the same way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYeah but the PC release was one year late\u201d said Mboy, adding \u201clolll\u201d, although he wasn\u2019t laughing nor was there anything remotely funny in the post, \u201cGAFY messed this right up, what were they thinking?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cShould have put it on Switch\u201d interjected Goku26, who everyone assumed was a prepubescent troll, and was duly ignored, even though Goku26 was being deadly serious as he howled into the void about how he definitely would have bought it. He certainly would have; all he wanted was all his favourite games on one device, whatever that happened to be, as it changed every five years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter what platform they put it on,\u201d posted JojoS1best#BLM#transrights \u201cit\u2019ll be dead without rollback netcode.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Coach was finally intrigued.\u00a0 What\u2019s this now?\u00a0 Rollback? Unlike the average idiot, he went off to do some research before responding. Now this, was all very intriguing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cWhy don\u2019t you stream on Gamerville?\u201d asked Jenny11, on the stream chat. \u201cThat\u2019s where all the gamers are.\u201d she wrote. Alice repeated the question out loud, and still hadn\u2019t thought of a good response. \u201cWell,\u201d she pondered, \u201cdo my subscribers feel the same way? 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