Chapter 194: Chapter 143: Studio Formalization
A new day begins with deep-fried dough sticks and soy milk.
Chen Ba opened the developer backend of the Steam Platform early to check the sales changes of various gas under Tianba Studio.
Yesterday afternoon, the Steam Platform launched a developer autumn sale event.
What an honor!
Tianba Studio beca the main focus of this developer sale event, aning the entire event page featured only gas from Tianba Studio.
Gfat really gave us face.
You know, this kind of developer sale event is usually exclusive to global ga giants.
Only they have the strength and influence to support a sale event. If it were so other developer, putting up gas that players have never heard of, who would show up?
Tianba Studio originally didn’t qualify for this.
After all, to host a developer sale, you need at least ten gas on sale, right? If not ten, at least seven or eight?
All of Tianba Studio’s gas on the Steam Platform add up to just five, with "Star Emperor" having even turned into a free ga, so it clearly doesn’t et the criteria.
But Gfat had his plans.
He heard sowhere that Tianba Studio was developing a major racing ga, and it seed that Tianba Studio was also operating their own "official" channel.
Oh no!
The Steam Platform had made a lot of money from Tianba Studio, so upon hearing that Tianba Studio was growing wings and considering setting up their own platform for solo flights, it naturally wanted to retain them.
This developer sale event was the perk they offered.
Besides, they also promised to provide Tianba Studio with the sa profit-sharing benefits as top-tier ga developers, removing the usual 30% cut.
With Gfat showing such goodwill, Chen Ba was very pleased.
As the PC ga distribution platform with the highest market share globally, Tianba Studio couldn’t leave Gfat yet; setting up their own platform was just a small side project.
With the Steam Platform expressing friendliness, Chen Ba went with the flow and accepted the goodwill.
The developer sale really had an impact.
In just one night, the sales curves for "Divine Grace Continent," "Love Advisor Departnt," and the previous two simulator gas all showed a sharp rise.
Among them, "Love Advisor Departnt" and "Divine Grace Continent," being the latest gas, saw the most significant growth in sales, with nearly 300,000 copies sold in just one night.
"Great, great, great!"
Chen Ba took out his online-purchased calculator, tapped away, and reached a conclusion: "Divine Grace Continent" has beco the most profitable ga in the studio’s history!
This is without including the professional edition and customization services.
If you add those in, the profit from "Divine Grace Continent" becos even more staggering, possibly surpassing all the other gas combined.
After all...
The reason "Divine Grace Continent" is so profitable isn’t because it’s priced highly or has sold an enormous number of units.
It’s because, for every animation produced with "Divine Grace Continent," Tianba Studio charges a "toll fee"!
This is absolute profit!
Many people think that Apple’s major earnings co from their various hardware products like phones, tablets, computers, and watches.
Indeed, these hardware products are profitable.
But what’s even more profitable is their "extrely low-cost" and "effortless" software marketplace commission, commonly known as the "Apple Tax"!
Apple’s software marketplace generates over a trillion US Dollars in revenue annually, and although the majority of it belongs to the developers, Apple also takes a toll fee from it.
Guess how much they take?
"Divine Grace Continent" isn’t as powerful as Apple, and the Divine Grace Animation market isn’t as vast.
According to authoritative statistics released by the Divine Grace Animation Association, the specific market "Divine Grace Animation" has an annual output value of about 4 to 5 billion.
This is the annual output value, not representing specific revenue data, nor is it the target for Tianba Studio’s toll fee collection.
The actual toll fees collected amount to about a billion per year, and after taxes, it’s around eight hundred million.
"Brother, this is outrageous."
Wang Kun nearly fainted upon learning of these astronomical figures.
Doing nothing for a year and still making tens of millions, what kind of divine ga is this?
"Is it that outrageous..."
"You know, Kings of Glory alone makes tens of billions in revenue every month! Compared to mobile gas, we’re really nothing."
Chen Ba didn’t find it exaggerated.
In recent years, the money-making potential of mobile gas has greatly expanded his perception limits.
Compared to the exaggerated achievents of mobile gas with monthly revenues of several billion, his yearly earnings seem minimal, to be honest.
"You can’t compare it like that!"
Wang Kun explained, "’Divine Grace Continent’ is a PC single-player ga, not in the sa league as mobile gas."
"And for gas like Kings of Glory, they have to release skins, host events, and constantly update and maintain things. What did you do?"
Did nothing, just collected money.
Considering the minimal effort and the inco, these tens of millions indeed feel quite nice, mainly because the toll fees co too easily.
"That’s true."
Chen Ba nodded and said, "By your logic, ’Divine Grace Continent’ is indeed the highest return ga for Tianba Studio."
"Star Emperor" cos next.
Although it keeps a low profile, Star Emperor has been quietly generating decent revenue.
Xianyu Digital is making a lot of money too.
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