I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me! Chapter 19 - 19 9 The Arenson Effect Applied in Games2

Chapter 19: Chapter 9: The Arenson Effect Applied in Gas!_2 Chapter 19: Chapter 9: The Arenson Effect Applied in Gas!_2 “Whimper… has this ga been priced openly?”

“Yeah.”

“Then, is it particularly attractive to players?”

“You could say that. At least there are no other competing products in the sa league on the market right now.”

“Is it a big ga?”

“Not big, you could even say it’s quite small.”

“That’s not surprising then. First, it’s about the player’s curiosity, and second, sympathy.”

“Sympathy?”

“Yeah, the unique sympathetic nature of humans, which can evoke feelings of pity and care when faced with sothing weak. The reason for this, Darwin explained in his book ‘Origin of Species’. In essence, humans are a highly social species, and individual strength was very insignificant in the primitive environnt back then. Developing this trait helped humans to help each other, making the whole species more united and better adapted to the environnt. This characteristic has thus been carried forward as a positive aspect in our DNA.”

“Are you saying that they find pitiable, so they recharge for ?” Ke Jin stroked his chin, pondering for a mont.

That didn’t lack reasoning.

It seed the girl had a sound foundation.

OK, she passed the test phase.

Next, onto the main topic.

“Now, I have a ga that takes pleasure in tornting people…” Ke Jin hadn’t finished speaking when he heard Wen Zhiyin softly ask.

“Tornting people? Can I try it…”

Ke Jin: “…”

How badly does your heart yearn to torture others…

“This tornting isn’t about others; it’s about tornting oneself.”

“Then you must really enjoy playing it,” Wen Zhiyin blinked her eyes.

“I told you I’m not a masochist! Don’t force your fantasy persona onto !” Ke Jin cracked another whip, producing a sound like a firecracker hitting the ground: “Don’t interrupt, back to the main topic.”

“For such a ga, if I don’t want the players to recharge, what should I do? To add a detail, there’s an industry standard that requires setting up a recharge interface or indicating a one-ti purchase price.”

“Did you design this ga yourself?” Wen Zhiyin asked.

“Yeah.”

“You made the ga, but you don’t want players to spend money in it?” Wen Zhiyin gave Ke Jin a puzzled look: “Isn’t that still masochistic?”

“Don’t worry about that, just tell the conclusion. Everyone has their little quirks.” Ke Jin wasn’t worried that Wen Zhiyin would tell others about his strange behavior of deliberately not wanting players to spend money.

After all, they were both in the sa boat now, privy to each other’s secrets.

Worst cos to worst, we’ll just blow it up.

You can reincarnate after death, but social death is worse than not living.

“If that’s the case,” Wen Zhiyin pushed up her glasses and after thinking for a mont, said, “I suggest you consider the Arenson Effect,”

“The Arenson Effect?”

“Yes, this psychological effect can be quite complex to understand, but I’ll give you an example to make it clear.”

“Behind a school dormitory building, there’s an abandoned truck where a group of children gather every afternoon after school to jump around and make noise. Living in the building, little Ke was annoyed by the racket, so at first, he yelled out the window, telling the children to be quiet.”

“Obviously, it didn’t work; the kids got even louder. Therefore, the next day, little Ke tried a different approach. He bought a remote-control car and told the children that whoever jumped the highest and shouted the loudest would get the gift.”

“The children participated with great enthusiasm and decided on a winner who took the remote-control car ho triumphantly. Little Ke promised that there will be a prize at the sa ti, at the sa place, the next day. The children were naturally very happy.”

“So, the next day, the children showed up as promised. But this ti, little Ke downgraded the prize, replacing the original car with a lollipop. The enthusiasm of the children was noticeably dampened, but they still managed to determine the most active winner. Little Ke told them there would be another prize the next day.”

“By the fourth day, the prize was downgraded again, this ti to a small handful of sunflower seeds. Little Ke cheerfully told the children that there would still be a prize on the fifth day… Now, what do you think happened?”

“On the fifth day, no children ca?” Ke Jin was absorbed in the story, especially since the protagonist was nad after him, so he answered.

“Exactly,” Wen Zhiyin said with a smile: “On the fifth day, the abandoned truck regained the long-absent quiet. He wanted the children to co, but none of them did.”

“This is the effect proposed by the foreign psychologist Arenson. People are more interested in constantly upgrading rewards/praise/affection, and show a lack of interest towards continuously decreasing rewards or praise.”

Upon hearing this, Ke Jin’s eyes brightened a bit.

Miss Wen, I think I’ve had an epiphany!

If we explain it using this effect.

The reason why “Origin of Species” has so many rebellious players is mainly because there is only one pricing tier for in-ga purchases.

Without a reference system, there’s naturally no talk of ‘upgrade rewards’ or ‘downgrade rewards’.

If the rich man spends, he just spends; it’s no big deal.

So, what if I apply the effect Wen Zhiyin ntioned into my ga “iwanna”?

I could set up multiple tiers for in-ga spending as well.

But unlike other gas.

Other gas offer more discounts the more you spend, the more you recharge, the better the deal.

I’d do the opposite.

The first tier would be quite affordable, but subsequent recharges would beco increasingly unfavorable! And the rewards would plumt dramatically!

Wouldn’t this cut off the players’ thoughts of recharging for the second, third, or even more tiers?

At that ti, I would just need to set the price of the first tier very cheap, like a one-yuan first charge or sothing.

Force the players’ total in-ga spending to stay under ten thousand yuan.

Basically, I would have them right where I want them.

Damn, I’m a genius!

Ke Jin, suddenly enlightened, put away the little whip in his hand and said with a smile, “Miss Wen truly deserves to be a provincial-level psychological expert. You’ve opened my eyes with just a few words.”

“It’s getting late, can I go now?” Class over, Wen Zhiyin nervously packed the little whip back into her bag and stood up.

“How about so fruit before you go? It’s scorching hot outside, and you’ve worked hard, Miss Wen. There’s so sliced waterlon in the fridge.”

The ntion of waterlon made Wen Zhiyin sense sothing was off.

First, you use as a punching bag, and now you’re offering waterlon?

You think your place is a plantation, huh?

“No, no way.” Wen Zhiyin just wanted to leave this devil’s lair as quickly as possible.

It would be best if she never ca back to this area again; best to seal away the past.

Ke stood up as well and escorted her all the way to the front door, waving goodbye with a smile.

“Miss Wen, do co again; I really like your psychology classes. Your deanor when you’re focused on teaching is truly graceful and captivating,” he said.

“Haha…” Wen Zhiyin laughed ambiguously but did not agree.

Co again?

That’s a joke!

I’m just a domineering personality; I don’t have Stockholm syndro; how could I possibly co back!

“Next ti, let’s not interact in these roles, let’s be friends instead,” Ke Jin said.

Upon hearing this, Wen Zhiyin stood there stunned, turning her head to look at the boy whose smile was as warming as the spring breeze.

The sunlight shone perfectly on his earnest face.

The breeze gently tousled the hair on his forehead.

She found herself nodding unwittingly and blurted out, “… Okay.”

I didn’t want this either.

But…

He said let’s be friends.