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#119 - Game market share

"Audience friends, a counter-kill," Yu Xiaole manipulated his low-health Fizz, turned around and unleashed his ultimate, followed by a QWE combo, instantly killing the Tryndamere who was chasing him. The Tryndamere didn't even get a chance to use his ultimate.

"Everyone sit down, stop spamming '6', hmph! Basic maneuvers!"

Yu Xiaole is a small-time streamer on Douyu TV, and he was just streaming League of Legends. He had a small highlight play and was showing off.

"Streamer, besides me, no one is spamming '6'."

Yu Xiaole had just clicked to return to base and glanced at the chat, instantly feeling ten thousand points of critical damage. He wisely shut his mouth and didn't respond. Yu Xiaole has been a League of Legends streamer for a few months, and it's different from what everyone imagines.

A small-time streamer like him doesn't even have the qualifications to sign a contract with the website. It's nothing like what outsiders think, making millions or tens of millions a year at every turn.

Bullshit!

Having become a streamer, all he wants to say is this: I haven't seen a single penny, let alone millions or tens of millions.

Sometimes he wants to give up. He perseveres bitterly every day, and not only does he not have any income, but some of the people who occasionally come to the stream to watch are also trolls, saying things like, "You're trash, a waste, do you even know how to play?" which ruins his mood for the whole day.

"Alright, audience friends, that's it for today's stream. See you tomorrow, bye-bye."

As the two blue words 'Victory' appeared on the screen, Yu Xiaole waved at the camera with a smile and closed the stream. As soon as the stream was turned off, the smile on Yu Xiaole's face disappeared little by little, revealing a hint of颓废 (tuí fèi- dejectedness/dispiritedness).

The room he rented was very small, less than ten square meters, not even as good as Fang Cheng's rented room in the urban village back then. Inside the room, besides a bed for sleeping, there was only his streaming desk, chair, and computer.

He didn't study hard when he was in school, and when he came out, he only found a sales job, but unfortunately, he was always broke every month.

Yu Xiaole felt that if things continued like this, he would have no hope in this life, and buying a house in a big city would be out of the question, and even marrying his beloved girlfriend would be a problem.

So, he resolutely quit his sales job and started the currently popular streaming business. Originally, he thought that with his Master tier level in the first server, streaming would be a piece of cake and money would roll in.

But the ideal is full of dreams, and reality is full of bones.

He's been streaming for almost three months, and not only has he not made any money, but he can't even get a contract with the website. To maintain his life, he has to stream during the day and work as a waiter in a restaurant at night.

"Xiaole, your girlfriend is looking for you."

Suddenly, the screen of Yu Xiaole's phone lit up, and a cute anime girl image appeared inside, which was his smart assistant, Ika.

"Answer it quickly! Ika."

"Okay." With Ika's clear voice, the phone was connected.

"Hello, Xiaoling." Yu Xiaole quickly picked up his Redmi phone and happily called out.

"Xiaole..." Listening to the voice on the other end of the phone, his girlfriend Wang Xiaoling's mood wasn't high.

"What's wrong?" Yu Xiaole frowned.

"Xiaole, let's... let's break up."

"What?" Yu Xiaole was struck by lightning and stunned.

For a long time.

Yu Xiaole choked and asked, "Why? Wang Xiaoling. We clearly agreed at the beginning that we would spend the rest of our lives together."

"Xiaole, you're a very good person, really, you're very good to me too," Wang Xiaoling on the other end of the phone also started crying, "But I'm 26 years old this year, you know? I'm 26, I can't wait any longer, I can't wait any longer, do you understand?"

She choked, "My family has arranged a blind date for me, he's a teacher, and his family's conditions are good..."

"Marry me!"

"What did you say?"

"I said I want to marry you, Wang Xiaoling. I don't have a car, I don't have a house, but I have my hands, I will work hard, we've been together for eight years! Before this, I always thought that I could do better before marrying you, but I forgot that you can't wait any longer.

Now, I want to marry you, are you willing to marry me?" Yu Xiaole held the phone and sobbed.

On the other side of the phone, Wang Xiaoling covered her mouth, squatted down, and let out a呜呜 (wū wū - sobbing) sound.

The two of them cried for a full ten minutes over the phone.

"I'm willing, Xiaole, I'm willing!" Wang Xiaoling covered her mouth with one hand and held the phone with the other, shouting loudly with a sob.

Hearing these words, Yu Xiaole held the phone and burst into tears, completely without his usual joking appearance.

Yu Xiaole put down the phone and sat alone in the cramped rented room, silent.

"Ring ring ring!"

The phone suddenly rang with an alarm, startling Yu Xiaole.

"Xiaole, it's time to work!" On the phone screen, Ika appeared again.

"Ika, do you think I'll never be popular doing live streaming here?" Yu Xiaole asked blankly, ignoring Ika's reminder that it was time to work.

"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?" Inside the screen, Ika's voice became serious.

"What do you think?" Yu Xiaole glared at his smart assistant unhappily.

"According to your two months and twenty-seven days as a streamer on Douyu, and you haven't signed a contract yet, it proves that your development here is bleak."

Sure enough, after hearing these words, Yu Xiaole felt that the spiritual pillar supporting him had completely collapsed, and his whole body went limp.

"What should I do?" he murmured, seemingly asking Ika, and seemingly talking to himself.

"Xiaole, I suggest you change the game and change the platform to stream on," Ika suggested solemnly.

"Change platform? Change game?" Yu Xiaole frowned deeply.

"Yes," Ika said with a smile, "You have no future at all streaming on Douyu right now. The competition here is too fierce. Changing to a new, promising platform will be good for you."

"Then why change the game? I don't know how to play other games," Yu Xiaole hurriedly asked.

"Do you think there are many League of Legends streamers now?"

Hearing these words, Yu Xiaole was stunned. There are more than just many League of Legends streamers; they're simply overflowing. It seems like anyone who plays well wants to come to the streaming platform to stream for a while. It makes Yu Xiaole, who sincerely wants to develop in this industry, quite speechless.

"Indeed, there are quite a few," Yu Xiaole agreed with a nod.

"Compared to a few years ago, League of Legends streaming not only has fewer viewers, but also more streamers, which means that the game's vitality is gradually flowing away." Yu Xiaole agreed with a nod.

League of Legends is indeed not as popular as it used to be. Many League of Legends streamers either go to stream PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds or stream Honor of Kings, but even so, a large number of new streamers still flock to League of Legends streaming.

Yu Xiaole is one of them.

"Xiaole, I suggest you go to Elf TV to become a streamer for the mobile game Honor of Kings."

"Honor of Kings?" Yu Xiaole frowned.

He naturally knew about this game. Shameless, plagiarism, brazen-faced. He really wanted to put these words on the head of Honor of Kings, but this did not prevent the game from achieving success in the market.

Currently, the game market share of mobile games, the first is Honor of Kings, accounting for a terrifying 41%, the second is Knives Out, accounting for 21%, and the third is Honor of Kings closely following, accounting for 20%.

It can be said that these three mobile games almost瓜分 (guā fēn - carve up) the mobile game market, leaving only some soup for other mobile games.

Go to Elf TV to stream? Yu Xiaole pinched his chin and fell into thought.

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