Chapter 1192 A Malicious Removal From the Shelves Has Occurred!

Soon, other people also spoke.

"Shit, I didn't notice it before, but after you said that, I realized that the disrecommendation rate of our game has reached 47%. This... is about to be taken off the shelves!"

"Is our game so bad? On other platforms, there are obviously more than 80% positive ratings!"

This is the main planner of another game company in Jingzhou. Unlike the previous game, this is a stand-alone casual mobile game with a buyout system and a fee.

It stands to reason that the reputation of stand-alone games should be better, but the problem is even more serious!

Yan Qi clicked on the Chaolu game platform page and saw that, sure enough, the non-recommendation rate of these two games was very worrying, one was 44%, and the other had reached 47%!

There is no such thing as a score on the Zhaolu game platform, only very straightforward "recommended" or "not recommended". If the non-recommended rate reaches 55%, then the game will not pass the trial period and will be taken off the shelves directly.

And if the game has passed the trial period, but the non-recommendation rate reaches 65% for some reason, the game will still be removed from the shelves.

In just a few days, the non-recommendation rate has already passed the 40% warning line, which can be said to be very dangerous!

Yan Qi felt a little puzzled.

Shouldn't it?

He knew that although these two games were old games, their operations on other platforms were basically stable, and their reputation was not bad.

The first game is the Krypton Gold mobile game. Although it is definitely not comparable to those excellent masterpieces, in the circle of domestic mobile games, how can it not be reduced to such a high non-recommendation rate of 44%?

The second game is a stand-alone game with a buyout system. The overall reputation in the game circle is not bad, and the non-recommendation rate has reached 47%, which is even more outrageous!

When Yan Qi signed the contract before, he noticed that the Zhaolu game platform had such a regulation that if the non-recommendation rate exceeded 55%, it would be removed from the game directly, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

On the one hand, it is because half of the money can be refunded without too much loss, and on the other hand, because there is a special weighting algorithm in the non-recommendation rate, Yan Qi feels that it is unlikely to fall to this point.

According to the regulations of the Zhaolu game platform, the specific recommendation rate and non-recommendation rate are not calculated based on the number of players, but are calculated after assigning weight to each player.

To put it simply, players who spend more time playing games on the game platform, spend more, and buy more games of a certain type have higher weights when they click to recommend or not to recommend.

There is a very important indicator here, which is the playing experience of a certain type of game. For example, if there are two players A and B, player A spends more, but player B plays a lot of action games, then when judging action games, player B’s recommendation or non-recommendation will take up a higher weight .

Generally speaking, this is a relatively objective and comprehensive evaluation mechanism, and even if there is a certain deviation, it will not be too big.

But... at present, this mechanism does not seem to be working properly, does it?

Others in the group were also alarmed, and they all expressed great concern.

Because this mechanism of the game platform will also affect them!

These game publishers have signed an agreement with Chaolu Game Platform. After the game is launched, there will be a one-week "trial period". If the non-recommendation rate exceeds 55%, it will be taken off the shelves!

At the beginning, everyone thought that this should not be difficult. After all, the recommendation rate of the game is less than 45%, which is almost equivalent to a score of less than 2 on the 5-point scale on other platforms.

There are not many games with 2 points on other platforms, right?

Coupled with this weighting algorithm, as long as the game is of acceptable quality and has no bugs, isn't it normal to get a passing score during the period when it is just launched?

But looking at the situation of these two games now, things are obviously not that simple.

"What's going on? Why is the rate of non-recommendation so high?"

"Is this weighting algorithm not working? After all, the Zhaolu game platform has just been opened for a short time, so players' information on this platform is very scarce. This weighting algorithm can't clearly distinguish players."

"It's possible! Moreover, it may also be due to the small number of players and small samples, so there will be a large deviation in probability, resulting in inaccurate scoring."

"It's not right, players have to buy the game before they can comment. Players who don't like this type of game won't buy it at all. How can they choose not to recommend it?"

"Anyway, we have to improve this rule quickly. Our game's bugs will be fixed soon, and it will be online in two days. What if it is also taken off the shelves?"

Everyone was very caring, while helping to analyze, while x-on:集主想法.

As a result, the group owner hadn't come out to express his opinion, and the person in charge of the original game spoke again.

"Due to the lack of player data on the new platform, the inaccurate weighting algorithm is indeed a problem, but it is not the main problem!"

"I wondered at the beginning, why the rate of non-recommendation is so high. Later, one of our employees lurked in the player group, and only then did we find out what was going on!"

"It turns out that some game guilds are taking advantage of the loopholes. After recharging in the game, they want to use this method to get half of the refund!"

"Because the game is taken off the shelves, other players can also benefit from it, so there are still many players supporting it, and now the rate of non-recommendation is getting higher and higher!"

The person in charge of that stand-alone game also suddenly realized: "So that's the case! Then it can explain why our game is a stand-alone game with good quality, but the rate of disapproval is so high!"

Some people didn't understand, and asked: "Huh? But what's the benefit to the players if the game is removed from the shelves? Don't they also not be able to play it?"

Someone immediately reminded: "No, even if they are taken off the shelves, players can still play, but there will be no new servers, and there will be no follow-up maintenance. But the problem is that there will be no follow-up updates and updates for the current games. Maintained!"

The group is full of people in charge of various game companies, and they don't know too much about the inside story of these aspects, so they quickly analyzed the truth of the matter.

Obviously, this refund system was taken advantage of by players!

According to the regulations of the Zhaolu game platform, if the game’s non-recommendation rate is too high, it means that the game has serious problems. It is a responsible behavior for players to remove the game and partially refund it.

But now, players obviously order not because the quality of the game is not good, but because of the refund!

Of these two games, one is a krypton gold online game that has entered the end of its life. On the first day of opening the server, some game guilds settled in.

After these people studied the mechanism of the platform, they suddenly discovered that it seemed to be more beneficial to them to remove the game from the shelves!

According to the platform's regulations, they can continue to play the game after it is taken off the shelves, but there will be no new players joining, and there will be no version updates for this game in the future.

But for this old game, there will be no version update!

Even if it is updated, most of it is some content that is not painful or itchy, and it does not have a great impact on the fun of the game itself.

Moreover, mobile games are all operated by small servers, and a new server is opened every two or three days on average. Therefore, for these old players, whether new players come or not will not affect their game experience, because even if new players come, they will not be able to enjoy the game. Will go to the new server, not the old server.

Taking the game off the shelf means that players who recharge can get half of the refund.

Don't underestimate this half of the refund, how many krypton gold games will engage in this kind of unlimited, undifferentiated 50% promotion?

Now that I have enough money in one breath, I will get half of the rebate after the game is off the shelf, and I will not be able to recharge the game in the future, but I can completely rely on the previous money to stay ahead of other players and continue to act like a majesty Fu go down.

And the players of that stand-alone game obviously also did it for the same purpose.

For them, there are even fewer restrictions, because this stand-alone game has also entered the end of its life, and it is difficult for the developer to recover the cost of investing resources in developing a new version, so it is better to develop a new project.

Therefore, taking this game off the shelves can directly save half of the money for these players without any negative impact.

Since you can do it by clicking the "not recommended" button, why not just click it?

Moreover, as many people have analyzed, the new platform cannot well determine the real weight of players, and the players who have just been diverted are some players who are more greedy for immediate interests. These two points further contribute to this phenomenon.

So it developed into what it is now.

Soon, the group leader came out to speak.

"Everyone, don't be impatient, we have noticed this problem."

"The platform had an urgent discussion and decided to make some changes to the agreement. After the game is taken off the shelves, it can be revised and applied for re-listing, but there is a time limit."

"After being removed from the shelves for the first time, you need to apply again after one month; after being removed from the shelves for the second time, you can apply again after two months, and so on."

"For games that are re-launched after being removed from the shelves, old players who have already evaluated them before will not participate in the evaluation, and the original evaluation will only be used as a record, and will not affect the data of the trial period when it is re-launched."

"If the game still doesn't pass the trial period, it will continue to be taken off the shelves according to the previous rules, and the next application will be extended to two months later."

"If the game has passed the trial period, old players can regain the latest version of the game by making up the difference."

Yan Qi carefully analyzed this new regulation, and found that some loopholes have been plugged.

At least the game will no longer be directly sentenced to death, but can appeal again.

It is equivalent to changing from the previous instant sudden death to unlimited resurrection.

After some games that have too many bugs and incomplete game content are removed from the shelves, they can be re-launched after modification; those games that have been maliciously removed from the shelves by players, after the next release, the previous players will no longer be able to comment, but will It would be more fair to change a group of players.

But the problem is... this method seems to be a palliative but not a permanent solution!

Sure enough, someone in the group quickly raised objections.

"This method won't work. The most profitable time for a mobile game is the first one or two months. After being maliciously removed, it will take a month before it can be launched again. Isn't this a full delay? This time is too long!"

"Yes, and changing a group of players may not necessarily solve the problem. If most players on the entire platform want to use this method to prostitute games at half price, wouldn't most of the games be removed? Can't open it!"

"Don't blame me for being straightforward. In my opinion, this method is too amateurish. It was obviously thought up by someone who doesn't understand games."

"Yes, this measure won't work at all, so just cancel it! It's fine if you don't give recommended resources to games with low ratings, there's no need to take them off the shelves! It's also a loss for the platform!"

However, the group owner was unmoved: "Sorry, the rules are the rules, and this cannot be changed."

"For the problem of players deliberately not recommending and maliciously removing the game, we already have countermeasures, but we can't announce it yet. Don't worry, everyone, we will definitely give you a satisfactory answer soon!"