We are doing AMAZING but we have to keep things in perspective as well! (Long Read)
I know itโs been over 2 months. I know silence is exhausting. But we need to look at this the way a company looks at it, not the way our feelings do.
Infold doesn't care that we're hurt and tired, two months of reports doesn't mean it's necessarily enough for them. July was the first month of the boycott and peak controversy but they were prepared to eat the loss and stuffed the month with re-runs to avoid new banners flopping too much. August however is nothing short of a gut punch as everything new flopped to hell. Time wise though? It hasn't been that long yet and it is possible they will test things further as they weigh their options, though of course we hope for the best.
Before you keep spiraling about Infold not crawling back yet lets take a look at where their genius choices have gotten them so far, because Valkyries are NOT playing around.
Antis: "Look! A $7m increase! They're recovering!"
Girl. Have you ever lost ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ข๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐? Because that's what happened. Let's break things down.
Everything that ran in July: Edge of Continuum re-run, Wander In Wonder Re-run, Promise re-run. (+2 last days of June banners)
Everything that ran in August: New Caleb Solo, New Rafayel Myth, Most anticipated Sylus re-run NDZ, New Promise and final days of old promise, New Paid Clothing Packs, first and most lucrative day of Zayne's birthday.
Obviouly the revenue was going to get a bump but that's not recovery.
Let's compare the monthly revenue that included LSG $๐ฑ๐ฒ.๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ vs VMG $๐ญ๐ณ.๐ณ๐ฎ๐ first. That's a $๐ฏ๐ด.๐ฒ๐ด๐ gap.
*If you look up the initial GachaRevenue post it will show 53.65M but, in next month chart you can see it's been adjusted to 56.40M
But different months have different banners and packs so let's also use the ๐ญ๐ฎ-๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ.
Aug. 2026 came in at $๐ญ๐ณ.๐ณ๐ฎ๐ total revenue. The 12-month average from July-25 to June-26 before the boycott began is $๐ฐ๐ณ.๐ฒ๐ด๐ . That's a $๐ฎ๐ต.๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ!
*July-25 (not shown on graph) is $64.75M
And let's not forget Day 1 of Zayne's Birthday last year: $๐ญ.๐ต๐ฐ๐ vs this year $๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ.๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ธ
If you were an investor would you feel fine and dandy losing that much money? And remember this is ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ , not profit. It doesn't include overhead costs like development, marketing, or taxes.
Do you see how iconic this boycott is? That it is literally making game-industry history right now?
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ-๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐น ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ.
Global is being serious:
- Followers keep dropping steadily no matter what new content they drop
- Global spent LESS in August with new content than in July that had nothing new. The rest came from CN.
- Downloads are estimated to have almost halved since July for both CN and Global
They want global expansion and instead..downloads fall, trust gone, reputation so low that new content is bringing them zero growth.
Sources:
https://t.co/13pUOVrVmk
https://t.co/xJwNspxeJg
https://t.co/vIWo73l2sL
# revenue-updates in https://t.co/sMqOx3IUcG
*The estimates calculated by GachaRevenune use SensorTower data + x1.75 multiplier to estimate the Chinese android market since they don't have googleplay.
#BringValkoBack #NoValkoNoMoney #ValkoWasPromised
Yall like SM productions, not the artists. It is time yall admit that.
You like the SM sound. You like the SM product. You like the artist as an SM product.
Nothing is out of your league or too good for you. read that again!!!! The dreams, the life, the opportunities, the love, the rooms you keep admiring from afar. You are allowed to have them too. You deserve the world.
Close your eyes (don't actually, then you can't read) and imagine it.
Server resets. You open the game. It is updating. Valko is plastered on the event previews. You get inside, your usual LI welcomes you. The Main Story has the little "New" on it. You open it. New chapter. Tameless Game. You open the character select. You see Valko, he's just locked. Your ingame mailbox is flooded with freebies. There's a SoloBanner running for him.
All is right in the world.
#ValkoIsLoved #ValkoWasPromised #BringValkoBack
Penelope waited 20 years for Odyssey to come back and here I am waiting for Valko for two months and feel like I've aged 20 years already... how the hell did she do this?
Itโs so funny because literally anything happens and half my timeline is like โITS SO OVERโ and the other half is โWEโRE SO BACKโ and theyโre on the same side somehow #BringValkoBack#LadsIs6
Look how Infold turned my girlies from lover girls to detectives, investigators and the matrix ๐ญ This game was meant to be about thirsting over hot fictional men