Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

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After the system redirects to the in-game store, a small notification box appears indicating that the player's points have been credited to their account.

However, the selection of several popular maid skins in the store clearly reveals the official's intentions.

However, Zhou Shenlin didn't care about any of that at the moment. Without even looking at the price of the Type 95 Maid skin, he clicked to buy it directly.

After buying it.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The emotions that had been building up since I started playing the game today were finally released at this moment because of the purchase of the skin.

Zhou Shenlin then took a closer look at the pricing of skins in the game.

The Type 95 maid is priced at 68 yuan, but after using the 39 yuan bonus points, Zhou Shenlin actually only spent 29 yuan.

"It's worth it, it's totally worth it."

Then Zhou Shenlin looked at another gift pack in the store, a maid skin collection gift pack for 648 yuan.

A collection of 13 popular humanoid maid skins.

These skins are sold individually for 68 yuan each.

However, when combined, the price becomes 648, meaning the original price of the skin collection was 884, but it's only 648...

to be frank.

648 is still a bit of a burden for Zhou Shenlin, after all, he is a student.

Just when he was confused.

Old Wang suddenly asked a question.

"Hey! There's a part-time job this week, wanna go?"

It's normal for college students to do part-time jobs to earn money, whether it's tutoring, distributing flyers, delivering food, or working on campus networks. If you want to do it, you can always earn some money.

Zhou Shenlin had never considered doing part-time work before.

But this time, after Old Wang spoke, he actually started thinking seriously...

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"Let me tell you, in situations like this, don't overthink it, just follow your instincts."

"Place your order directly."

"That's so generous, 13 skins for 648... and they're not just reskins, each character has a unique design."

"If you don't spend money now, when will you?!"

Compared to students like Zhou Shenlin.

Huang Wenfeng, a video content creator, placed an order without hesitation.

Huang Wenfeng is a full-time content creator on Bilibili.

Although he doesn't have many fans, he can't be considered a top-tier content creator.

If I get a sponsored video, then I can live a carefree life for a while.

If I can't get any sponsored videos, I just eat instant noodles and drink soda.

But with the rise of mobile games in the past year or two, Huang Wenfeng has had more and more opportunities to make money.

Therefore, he was quite generous during the live stream.

However, his main job is not live streaming.

Instead, they create game guides.

For example, today's "Girls' Frontline: Comrades"

After the live stream, he still needs to spend a lot of time recording materials and making videos.

After a year or two of experience, he also discovered some secrets to traffic generation.

That means for games with good reputations, you should try to promote them. The more you promote them, the more players who like the game will give you likes and coins.

As for those games that are of poor quality.

Then curse, the harsher the better.

Traffic generation is simple in some ways, but difficult in others.

Because just praising it isn't enough; you have to actually provide something to demonstrate why the game is fun.

However, compared to those games that take money and then hype themselves up, Spark Games finds it the easiest to get commercial orders.

On the one hand, the game is indeed fun.

Even without any special orders, Huang Wenfeng practically spends all his money on FGO and Battlefront Girls without a second thought.

Moreover, there is another major advantage to doing business with Spark Games.

Basically, players can't tell that this is a commercial order.

For example, Girls' Frontline: Together

He barely spoke during the live stream today, yet the chat was filled with positive feedback.

He can come up with a whole bunch of points to make without even thinking.

In Huang Wenfeng's view, even setting aside the plot, which is something that cannot be spoiled, as long as the details of the various battles in the game can be broken down and explained in detail, it is still possible to achieve great success.

They can at least give a detailed explanation.

However, these things naturally won't be mentioned during the live stream.

Near the end of the broadcast.

Huang Wenfeng glanced at the time in his hand again; it was 7 PM.

He suddenly remembered something.

In the group chat of the content creators, there was a mole in the afternoon who said that the Girls Frontline would announce a preview of the 1.5 version update at 7 pm tonight.

So before the broadcast ended.

Huang Wenfeng subconsciously checked the official website of Xinghuo Games.

"!!!"

"Holy crap, they really released an announcement!! Version 1.5 is here!? Update tomorrow!!?"

"Whoa, this really doesn't give the spread bomb any chance at all!"

"Guys, I have to change my previous announcement! Tomorrow we'll only be streaming Bakery Girl for one hour. I'll just take you guys in for a quick look, and then we'll continue playing Battlefront Girl!!"

"Oh dear, I was about to end my stream... but let's take a look at what's new in the 1.5 version of the Battlefront Girls announcement!"

The live stream chat instantly became lively.

These past two days have felt like a holiday for Girls Frontline players. Girls Frontline: Companion was just released, and now there's the major 1.5 update.

Huang Wenfeng was also very excited.

Chapter 167 Can we also make a 95?

"The first batch of 3 physical standard editions and 1 collector's editions of 'Girls' Frontline: Together' has sold out. The official announcement states that pre-orders will be opened within three days, and customers who pre-order will enjoy special bonuses."

"Paying for love? The official Xinghuo Games store launched today, and all kinds of merchandise were snapped up! Popular figurines sold over a thousand a day."

"Spark Games officially launched the annual collection of merchandise for Girls' Frontline, with individual items starting at just 18 yuan."

"The 95-style prize figurines are only NT$95 for a limited time, and the first 1 will receive a free standee. You can still reserve one now!"

Later that day, at the miHoYo building.

Dawei, who was preparing a special version for the Bilibili Mobile Game Festival in May, was scrolling through his phone while having dinner when he came across news about Spark Games.

In the past, news related to Spark Games was always related to games.

But this time, it started at 7 p.m.

But the news narrative shifted.

Players might not feel anything, but as someone in the industry, Dawei is certain that this is a concentrated promotional campaign by Xinghuo Games for its merchandise.

This refers to promotional activities targeting the surrounding area.

Believe it or not, game developers rarely do this.

Honkai Impact 3 also has peripheral products.

But these things are not the main concern for miHoYo.

However, the data generated by Spark Games' promotional campaign gave Dawei a deeper understanding of this area.

"I remember... the collector's edition was 398, right? It included a 95 prize figure and some other things... They actually sold 1 copies in one day? Adding the standard edition, their merchandise sales alone must have reached over ten million today? That's a bit exaggerated."

"Not only that, I checked their merchandise website, and today alone, the sales of the 95 figurines have already exceeded a thousand."

Sitting opposite Dawei is Xiao Anhua, one of the creators of Genshin Impact.

It is clear.

Dawei isn't the only one paying attention to Spark Games today; he's doing it too.

After hearing David tell me about this.

He even opened his phone and went straight to the official website of Xinghuo Games.

This webpage was launched simultaneously with "Girls' Frontline: Together".

The interface is not complicated.

The functions are the same as those of a typical online store, but the overall interface is very clean and uncluttered.

The products for sale are categorized and easy to find.

From everyday life to figurines, prize figures, standees, and more...

very clearly.

"The prices here are so cheap!"

This was David's first reaction.

Prize items are generally 198, figurines are generally 598, and standees and mugs are even cheaper.

The official information also states this directly in the product details.

The price is cheap because the official custom orders are in large quantities.

The quality is fine, please feel free to buy.

In addition to these regular anime-themed items, Spark Games also offers a wide range of everyday items, from cups, mousepads, tissues, mugs, notebooks, and even garbage bags in custom designs featuring the characters of the Battlefront Girls enemies.

These items are generally a little more expensive than regular goods.

"Holy crap, this cup has sold 19 units!? Is that even possible?"

The top-selling item in the mall is a mug with a "95" design printed on it, priced at 19.9 yuan with free shipping during the opening sale.

Besides this, there are also a large number of products with extremely high sales volumes.

"Do players of Girls Frontline have such strong purchasing power?"

David was genuinely surprised.

If Lin Li could see this scene, he would definitely chuckle and think, "What's so surprising about this?"

It's just a matter of low profit margins and high sales volume.

Lin Li set the price this way.

Actually, he was exploring the upper limit of monetizing emotional value, and he felt that the peripheral product strategies of many ACG (Anime, Comics, and Games) manufacturers were very similar to their monetization strategies.

They're all just taking advantage of whales (high spenders).

But in reality, the lower-tier markets completely ignore this.

This actually benefits the manufacturers of counterfeit products.

Just search for "Honkai Mug" on Pinduoduo.