For twenty-four hours, countless people watched the performance of the Nebula Gas platform closely. They wanted to see if gas not made by Nebula Gas could do well on the platform.
This was sothing every designer in the industry was interested in, and also sothing that major distributors were watching.
The next day at noon, Lucas posted the data he had already collected online.
This data did not include gas made by Nebula Gas.
The best-selling ga was called "Demons and Gods," a new ga made by a small, well-known independent ga studio.
It's a side-scrolling action ga where players can get different skills and buffs as they play. The ga has two paths to choose from, and the skills and buffs you get, along with the choices you make in the story, decide whether you beco a demon or a god.
The ga costs $6.7 and sold 112,000 copies on its first day. It also had the highest first-day sales of any ga released on the Nebula Gas platform.
The second best-selling ga was a simulation ga called "Holess." Players have to play as a holess person and try to survive and improve their life. It has a multiplayer mode and is good for live streaming, which helped boost its sales. Even though it didn't score as high as "Demons and Gods" with players, it still had a good first day, selling 71,000 copies.
There were also so older gas that sold well, such as a text adventure ga called "Love Dream" that ca from a smaller distribution channel that joined Nebula Gas.
It sold 31,000 copies on its first day because of its great characters and story.
The release of this data also surprised many companies in the ga industry.
Before this, many ga designers didn't want to put their gas on Nebula Gas because they worried that even though it looked good, players would only buy Nebula Gas' gas.
But now, the data showed that the Nebula Gas platform was a good place to be.
Of course, so gas didn't do well, but that was because of their quality.
Even if those gas were on SkyNova and NetDragon's platforms, they wouldn't do much better unless they were heavily promoted.
The designers who were unsure before were now excited and rushed to release their gas on Nebula Gas.
They wanted to get good placent because there weren't too many gas on the platform yet.
The major distributors were upset and helpless.
Nebula Gas had a lot of confidence at this point.
Plus, "Minecraft" was extrely popular, so there was no way to compete with it.
Another important reason was that Ga Division even reposted Lucas's official post.
They didn't say anything directly, but the aning was clear.
A week later, the major ga distributors announced their new policies.
They changed their revenue sharing from 50/50, or even 70/30 in favor of the distributor, to 70/30 in favor of the developer.
But even with this change, many ga companies still chose to leave.
With the rise of the Nebula Gas platform, the ti when distributors were king was over.
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The internet was still buzzing, with players and designers discussing the Nebula Gas platform and the changes happening with distributors.
But Lucas was relaxed during this ti.
Nebula Gas would be hiring more people, because as the platform beca more open, the cost of managing the community for the gas would increase.
The custor service for refunds, community managent, and checking user-generated content could mostly be outsourced, but Nebula Gas would still need to do a final review.
Thinking about these things, Lucas took a soda to the break area.
When Lucas arrived, Rachel and the others weren't building dark rooms in "Minecraft," which was unusual. They were all chatting. When they saw Lucas, Rachel said excitedly, "Lucas! Other designers in the ga industry are calling us dragon slayers!"
The other employees agreed.
The huge impact of the Nebula Gas platform on the entire ga industry made them excited.
"Okay, calm down everyone. Being called dragon slayers is just a saying. We may have changed so things in the ga industry, but you have to rember that making fun gas is the most important thing for us. The platform is just so we don't have to worry about what distributors think." Lucas looked at everyone and said seriously.
This was only half true.
Lucas didn't like the distributors in China, but he didn't want to completely destroy them.
Distributors are still important because they give designers who can't promote their gas a place to release them.
But the old revenue sharing model of 50/50, or even 70/30 in favor of the distributor, was clearly unfair.
Does that an platforms don't need to make money?
Of course not.
Lucas didn't want to do charity work.
The 25% cut was sothing Lucas and his team had discussed carefully.
Nebula Gas could still make a profit with this revenue sharing.
And as ga sales increased, the profits would only grow.
Lucas's goal wasn't to get rid of all the distributors. He just wanted to give ga designers a better choice.
He now had the resources, the ability, and the need, so he stepped up.
It was that simple.
"Okay, don't look so serious. Let's have fun making gas and enjoy our bonuses. Don't think too much." Lucas smiled at everyone.
"Also, you were all curious about what our next ga will be, right?"
"I'll give you a hint: the new ga will use our latest AI technology." Lucas smiled at everyone.
Everyone's eyes widened with curiosity when they heard Lucas.
"Using new technology? When will Lucas start developing the new ga?!"
"Yeah, yeah! What kind of ga will it be?"
Rachel and Anna were very curious.
Even though Lucas had said this, they knew they would be having a eting about it soon.
Before announcing the change to the Nebula Gas platform, Lucas hinted that they would be developing large-scale gas for a while.
Saying nothing is one thing, but saying this was like teasing them. They couldn't take it!
"Okay, I'll give you one more hint: the the of the new ga will be hunting." Lucas smiled aningfully at everyone and turned to leave.
(End of The Chapter)
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