Recently, the mobile game "Peace Elite" developed by Photon Studio Group has been mired in controversy again. A number of netizens posted questions on Weibo, Black Cat Complaint and other platforms, saying that in the upcoming Spring Festival event of "Peace Elite", the original price of more than 200 recharge the game props "Rocket Girl 101 Suit" sent by Tencent** annual fee members now need to recharge nearly 20,000 yuan and draw to get the drawings, and the props may not be able to be redeemed in the end. On the black cat complaint, some netizens questioned the game party for inflating the value of the giveaway and asked for the product to be removed from the shelves. In response, its customer service responded: "This activity is a bonus activity with a recharge, and does not involve any violations of laws and regulations." ”
The limited edition ** returns to attract attention
In February 2018, Photon Studio Group launched a combat training mobile game called "PUBG: Exciting Battlefield". Later, suspected to be due to the version number, the game announced on May 8, 2019 that the test had officially ended. On the same day, "Peace Elite" was launched, and its gameplay and art design are similar to "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: Exciting Battlefield", and even the game icons are the same, which is considered by many players to be the latter's "stand-in". And the controversial "Rocket Girls 101 Set" was first launched during the S3 season of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds".
It is reported that in August 2018, "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: Exciting Battlefield" cooperated with the "Rocket Girl 101" combination that debuted in the talent variety show, and only need to recharge the Tencent** membership annual card (188 yuan for Android users, 233 yuan for Apple users), you can get a permanent 101 suit** or pink firearms ** in the game, limited to 200,000 sets.
After PUBG: Exciting Battlefield ceased operation, the "Rocket Girls 101" group also disbanded in June of the same year. As the saying goes, "what you can't get is always in turmoil", due to a series of reasons such as copyright, this set of games, known as "old Rocket Girl 101", has become very rare, and it has also become a "difficult peace" for many players. On the second-hand trading platform, the ** was once sold for more than 5,000 yuan.
On February 5th, "Peace Elite" released "New Year Surprise Reward Lucky Lottery Ticket!" Divide the Rocket Girl 101 set synthesis blueprints! ", officially announced the official return of this set of "old version of Rocket Girl 101" game**. It was originally a long-awaited "surprise", why did it cause controversy?
Recharge nearly 20,000 yuan may not be able to get the "white moonlight"?
According to the rules of the event released by "Peace Elite", in this special event for the New Year, players will recharge up to 9888 bonds (equivalent to RMB 988.) each time8 yuan), you can receive 1 lucky lottery ticket, up to 20 tickets. The lucky ticket can participate in the Supreme Treasure event and have a chance to share the Rocket Girl 101 set synthesis blueprint. That is, the player recharges 988 20 times8 yuan, and you may not be able to get the drawings.
After obtaining the blueprint, players also need to consume 2400 Elite Combat Readiness Points to craft this "Rocket Girl 101" set. If you don't have Elite Readiness Points, you'll need to spend 2,400 bonds (equivalent to 240 RMB) to craft. On the event screen, the words "The more lucky tickets you have, the better your chance of getting the set synthesis blueprints". And in its official tweet, there is also a reminder of "only this one return, don't miss it".
As soon as the rule was issued, it caused a lot of controversy. On the black cat complaint platform, some netizens said that the ** of this set of "Rocket Girl 101" is far higher than the value of a giveaway, and "Peace Elite" clearly pointed out that "only this one return event" is suspected of inducing consumption. On Weibo, Xiaohongshu and other platforms, many netizens believe that this event has problems such as exceeding players' reasonable expectations and inducing players to recharge.
On the other hand, there are also players who believe that this event is actually a regular accumulation activity. Because the "Peace Elite" game itself has a recharge mechanism, players can buy various items in the game with recharged bonds, and the lucky ticket is just a giveaway, giving players a chance to draw "Rocket Girl 101". "Isn't it normal that if you have a budget to recharge, you can draw it, and if you don't have a budget, you won't recharge? ”
On February 7th, "Peace Elite" mentioned in the answer to the rules of the "Supreme Secret Treasure" event that this event is to recharge players to give additional New Year benefits, and each stall of the recharge will be given props, and the lucky lottery ticket is recharged 9888 coupons (9888 yuan) is one of the free contents of the stall. When the reporter consulted its official customer service for related disputes, the customer service responded: "This activity is a bonus activity with a recharge, and it does not involve any violations of laws and regulations." ”
Author: Read Terong **Reporter Gao Lingling).