Rustling.

At this moment, there was a lot of whispering and whispering in the Comella conference room.

Seven people, including Kamigoshi Keimasa, there were eight people in total.

And now these eight people are the top level of Comella, the shareholders' meeting that holds the power of life and death.

As Tetsuya Moritani said before.

In Neon, so-called "managing directors" like him usually have no equity and at best participate in dividends.

It is the shareholders' meeting composed of shareholders that truly controls the company's major decision-making power. This is the real board of directors.

And today!

The reason why Comella announced the convening of a top-level shareholder meeting on such a day when things were not right and wrong.

The main reason is that the losses of "Torii" are really too serious!

About half a month ago, as the official trailer was released, "Torii" started pre-sales.

This 3S-level masterpiece with a total investment of 245 million U.S. dollars is priced at 78 U.S. dollars per copy. The overall response during the pre-sale stage was good. As of the launch of the video game festival, a total of more than 800,000 copies have been pre-sold.

Pre-sale sales of more than 800,000 copies are absolutely great news for any game.

Comella is naturally no exception.

A quarter of the cost has been recovered during the pre-sale stage.

It can be said that the success of "Torii" is almost certain.

However!

It is said that God does not fulfill people's wishes.

Since the opening of the video game festival, Comora's nightmare has begun.

First, they were crushed by the Golden Wind in terms of numbers, and then the reviews of the actual game demonstration plummeted to the bottom!

Launched in just two days!

The pre-sale of Torii has fallen into an embarrassing situation that has almost stagnated.

But it's not over yet.

Starting from the third day!

As the reputation of "Torii" on the Internet is getting worse and worse, the pre-sale sales of the game have gradually begun to decline, and there are even refunds during the pre-sale stage!

'The quality gap between this and the trailer is a bit too big...'

‘It doesn’t feel as good as a wolf to me, so I’d better wait and see’

‘If I had to choose one, I would choose a wolf’

‘Isn’t this live demo just for fun? How on earth did they create such monotonous game content?’

‘Oh my God, this is a game disaster’

'I regret the pre-order and have already canceled it. It is better to wait a little longer and wait until the official version comes out before deciding whether to buy it...'

‘…’

There are so many comments like this.

Under the influence of such criticism, in just four days after the opening of the video game exhibition, the pre-sale sales of "Torii" plummeted from 800,000 copies to less than 600,000 copies!

A full 200,000 pre-order players will be refunded!

The overjoyed data turned into an unprecedented disaster almost instantly!

And that time!

Moritani has resigned as head coach, and Koizumi is in the hospital again, and he does not have the authority to mobilize large-scale public relations.

So since the Game Festival, the announcement of the Torii project has almost come to a standstill.

And this time!

Kamikoshi Keimasa had already realized that he was going to be a bad guy!

No.

Not to be bad!

This is so bad!

After all, whether it is 65 dollars per serving for Sekiro or 78 dollars per portion for Torii, it is by no means a small number for most players.

In other words, in this confrontation, most players can only choose one of the 3S-level masterpieces.

And the situation at this time is so unfavorable for Torii!

The situation took a turn for the worse, and the words 'done' were almost slapped on Yue Jingzheng's face!

Seeing that the situation is not good!

Joey Kage made the right decision at the right time!

You must make a plan to abandon your pawns to protect your commander!

Once the game was released, so far, the actual sales situation was just as he had expected, full of the bitter taste of failure——

Pre-sales and official sales totaled 720,000 units.

Nearly a month!

720,000 units.

Sales revenue was $56.16 million.

Only 22% of the total cost was recovered.

Moreover, their sales speed is still decreasing every day, and it is estimated that it will stagnate in about another month.

what to do?

There are strong enemies outside, but no leader inside!

Under this heavy pressure, Kamigoshi Kagemasa couldn't help but feel angry and evil in his heart.

Gritting his teeth and stamping his feet, he simply stopped doing nothing and stopped all promotions of "Torii" by default!

Kagemasa Joeshi is worthy of being a ruthless businessman.

Since we can't turn defeat into victory, we might as well make the trap bigger, and it's best to alert the shareholders' meeting!

Because this way!

The "pawns" he discarded in order to "preserve his commander-in-chief" are more likely to be accepted by the shareholders' meeting!

And the situation.

Just as he expected!

Less than two weeks after the game went on sale, it came to a standstill. The total cost recovery was less than one-third, which caused an uproar among the shareholders!

And today's meeting is naturally the shareholders' meeting to come to Yue Jing Zhengxing to question him!

"Then President Joetsu,"

After a while of whispering discussion, a man with white hair and a slightly stout figure in the shareholders' meeting asked:

"Since we are so well prepared, why is this the result now? Huh?!"

These people in the shareholders' meeting don't care about your preparations or the project.

For them, making money is good, not making money is bad, and losing money is even worse!

Kagemasa Kamikoshi must have an explanation!

"...It's because the plan can't keep up with the changes."

For this, Joetsu Kage was well prepared!

"In fact, we have always been in a favorable situation during the game's announcement stage,"

Joetsu Kagemasado:

"But! Due to Kazuo Koizumi's improper choice of real-machine demonstration, he failed to fully demonstrate the characteristics of the game. Instead, he chose a relatively bland section for demonstration,"

"This has an extremely negative impact on us,"

"This directly led to the unfavorable evaluation of our development,"

"This will lead to the subsequent word-of-mouth game being at a disadvantage."

Speaking of which.

He saw Shangyue Jingzheng groaning, lowering his head and looking apologetic:

"...I also have a responsibility,"

"I did not control and finalize the project in detail,"
To be continued...