Chapter 192 The game sells
The release date was finally set at two weeks later, a bit later than Higashino Hirosawa originally planned.
Because the sales department was only established half a month ago, it needs more time to contact physical game stores to distribute products.
Higashino Hirosawa still didn't know enough about consumers in Japan. The hired salesman told Higashino Hirosawa that those who could buy online only accounted for a small part of the total consumers. There were more consumers.
Prefer to buy in physical stores.
Although the popularity of the game was much higher when the final chapter was released than the prologue, the number of people purchasing the game online will not increase much.
Judging from the number of crowdfunders on the crowdfunding website, there is no doubt that sales are correct.
The prologue has crowdfunded more than 30,000 copies, but so far, the final chapter has only raised just over 50,000 copies, which is a bit far behind Higashino Hirosawa's expectations.
If you don't go to a large number of physical stores for convenience and purchase, players who can't buy online will basically choose to download pirated versions.
Following the sales advice, Higashino Hirosawa asked them to visit more stores. At the same time, he also learned the salesman's method before time travel and gave different sales discounts to different channels.
Two weeks passed in the blink of an eye, and the final chapter of the game was officially released. Players who purchased the game through various channels began to play the game one after another.
This time, the final chapter of "White Album II" was dubbed. Takesai Suzune was signed by Higashino Hirosawa more than a month and a half ago to dub Yukina.
Kurosawa Momiji also made a guest appearance as the voice of Touma, but in the final chapter, Touma barely appeared, and Kurosawa Momiji's guest voice didn't take much time.
She spends most of her time practicing "Moon Cocoon".
In addition to these two people, the voice actor of other characters, Higashino Hirosawa, sent notices to various voice actor agencies to explain his needs and asked them to send their voice actors to participate in the audition.
Because the game is for all ages, there is no need to worry about the voice actors. There are many voice actors to choose from.
If it were an H version, many voice actors would not audition for the sake of reputation and for fear of affecting their future job choices.
In addition to passers-by, the main voice actors include Brother Chun, Chiaki, Koharu and Mari.
Because there were original sounds to compare with, it was not difficult for Higashino Hirosawa to choose.
When it comes to voice actors, Higashino Hirosawa is not prepared to save money and chooses those who have solid basic skills and are well-known.
In comparison, Takesai Suzune, who voices Yukina, and Kurosawa Momiji, who voices Touma, have very little qualifications and skills.
Takesai Suzune didn’t know why Higashino Hirosawa approached her, but she undoubtedly cherished this opportunity and had been practicing hard after getting the script.
Those senior voice actors who passed the audition didn't have any special thoughts about this.
Having worked in this industry for a long time, they have seen so many situations where capital has stuffed new people into it.
Moreover, the dubbing of games is much more relaxed than that of animations. They only need to dub their own characters well. If Suzanne Takesai and Momiji Kurosawa don't dub well, it has nothing to do with them. They only need to dub their own characters separately.
Although Takesai Suzune's basic skills are not as good as those of the seniors, she has more time.
If the dubbing was not good enough, she would continue to practice and dub it again before the game was released.
So even though she lacks experience and her basic skills are not as good as those of her predecessors, in terms of the final result, Yukina, voiced by Takesai Suzune, does not perform badly in the game.
Kurosawa Momiji didn't hesitate to make a guest appearance. It's not uncommon for singers and stars to guest voice in the industry. She was just contacted in advance.
Dubbing is also voice practice, and she takes it very seriously.
The final chapter of "White Album II" produced by Higashino Hirosawa has a much higher quality than the original game.
There are six endings in the final chapter of the game, including Yukina's line, Chiaki's normal line, Chiaki's true ending line, Mari's line, Koharu's line, and the Bad End of the skiing line.
As one of the heroines, Touma has very little plot in the final chapter. The only time she appears is in a concert plot.
In the concert plot, options will appear in front of the player, but the option to go to the concert and meet Dongma is gray and will never light up.
Many winter horse lovers initially thought that they had chosen the wrong option in front of them and that they were unable to go to the concert.
After knowing that you can never choose here, many people will get angry and curse.
The original game was originally released together with the final chapter and the final chapter. Only after the Yukina ending is played, the game will enter the final chapter.
Higashino Hirosawa released the game separately, and in order to achieve this effect, he also set that after clearing Yukina's line, he would enter part of the plot of the final chapter, which was used as a game trailer for the final chapter.
The final chapter of the game contains a lot of text, and players who bought the game only posted various exquisite bonuses online.
As for the plot, no one has discussed it yet.
It wasn’t until a day later that more players began to discuss the game’s plot.
"The game is very good, Yukina is heart-wrenching, Koharu is cute, Chiaki is quirky, and Sister Mari is very considerate. But, what about Touma, I am such an older Touma, why is there no plot about her?"
"Yes, the production team is so disgusting! Dong Ma came back to hold a concert, and the option was gray. I thought I made the wrong choice, so I immediately deleted the file and started again. But after I tried all the combinations of options, that option was still gray.
, I can’t go to the concert at all!”
"So you guys are not going to the concert? Are the production team so mean? I thought I encountered a bug!"
The most controversial thing about the final chapter of the game is that there is no winter horse plot and you can't go to the concert.
For the Dongma Party, this was a critical blow.
The Xuecai Party was overjoyed, because in the final chapter, Xuecai's plot is the longest. Xuecai's entire character became much more fleshed out in the final chapter, and the number of Xuecai Party members increased dramatically.
And only after clearing the Xuecai line can you enter the preview of the plot of the final chapter, which also made those determined winter horse parties grit their teeth.
Obviously there are many other threads in the final chapter, but it feels like Yukina is the designated heroine.
If Higashino Hirosawa hadn't directly announced in the trailer that the final chapter would be released a month later, the Touma Party might have been unable to bear it and went to the production team's social account to protest loudly.
After the final chapter, players' expectations for the final chapter were immediately heightened.
Because judging from the trailer, the final chapter inherits the plot of Yukina's line.
In the Xuecai line, Xuecai is simply a big victory. In this case, how can Touma make a comeback?
Regarding this, there have been heated discussions on various game forums. The Dongma Party and the Snow Vegetable Party are fighting each other every day.
One week after the game was released, sales exceeded 140,000.
More than 60,000 online and more than 80,000 in physical stores.
This sales volume can be said to be very amazing.
In terms of price, Higashino Hirosawa set the price not too high, with a game priced at 5,500 yen.
Although online sales are only over 60,000, in terms of revenue, it is still more than that of physical stores, because physical stores also deduct about 30% of channel fees.
In the end, the game’s sales in the first week reached an astonishing 630 million yen!
After deducting various costs, the profit was close to 500 million yen.
Higashino Hirosawa was not stingy either, giving bonuses of fifty to one million to all company employees who participated in the work.
This is equivalent to doubling their wages.
The employees in the company immediately started working on the release of the final chapter as if they were on fire.
During the period when the final chapter was released, Higashino Hirosawa did not forget Kurosawa Momiji.
After practicing hard for more than two months, Kurosawa Momiji has become quite perfect in singing Moon Cocoon. In order to be able to sing Moon Cocoon well, Kurosawa Momiji has made obvious progress in the past two months.
Higashino Hirosawa has also been paying attention to news about new animations, new TV series, and movies.
When the final chapter of the game was released, Higashino Hirosawa asked Kurosawa Momiji to spend a lot of money to reserve a very famous recording studio in Tokyo and invited a well-known symphony orchestra to accompany him.
Hirosawa Higashino put great thought into choosing the recording studio and the symphony orchestra.
Because in two months’ time, the third part of the animation “Infinite Moon” will be launched.
In this world, "The Expanse" is a science fiction epic story similar to the Legend of Galactic Heroes.
The story assumes that the earth has been destroyed, and with the destruction of the earth, the moon has lost its restraints and drifted in the infinite universe.
Countless years later, humans were able to establish a foothold in the universe and eventually formed three empires. At this time, the lost moon was discovered.
The three empires had conflicts in many aspects such as ideology, race, and war conflicts. The lost moon became the catalyst for the conflicts. In the end, surrounding the fight for the moon, the three empires launched a fierce cosmic war.
The war lasted for a long time, during which a large number of heroes with distinctive roles emerged in the three empires.
The first and second parts of "The Expanse Moon" both achieved very good results, and are rare works that are more popular than the previous one.
Fans are eagerly awaiting the third animation.
In Higashino Hirosawa's view, the song Moon Cocoon was tailor-made for "The Infinite Moon".
The production team of "The Expanse Moon" did not invite bids for the opening and ending themes, but if they knew about the existence of "Moon Cocoon", they would definitely not let them go.
The recording studio chosen by Higashino Hirosawa, as well as the symphony orchestra, both recorded a large amount of extra music for the first and second parts of "The Expanse Moon".
And just as Higashino Hirosawa expected, after Kurosawa Momiji finished recording "Moon Cocoon" there, Higashino Hirosawa soon received an invitation to discuss cooperation from the production team of "Infinite Moon".
The third part of "The Expanse" will premiere in two months, and they have actually already recorded the ending theme.
But after knowing the song Moon Cocoon, they chose to change it without hesitation.
If an animated sequel wants to gain higher popularity than its predecessor, it requires many factors. Once it starts to decline, it will be difficult to buck the trend and rise again.
Moon Cocoon can obviously help in this regard.
Higashino Hirosawa didn't make any excessive demands, he just insisted on using the version sung by Kurosawa Momiji.
Because the production team of "The Expanse Moon" came to the door themselves, they thought about it and felt that the request was reasonable, and the two parties quickly signed a contract.
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Chapter completed!