The 'chairman' crew (a tongue-in-cheek nickname for dedicated revenue trackers in the Girls' Frontline 2 community) has opened yet another monitoring thread. One player set up a live iOS revenue tracker during the Lantern Festival (Yuanxiao Jie) event, updating screenshots every 3 hours — essentially day-trading app store charts. From Feb 23-25, the numbers drew a nice upward curve, but the comment section's mood was anything but celebratory.
On Feb 23, the OP (Original Poster) started tracking from 6PM through 1AM the next day, with the day's iOS revenue landing at $8,841. For an event launch day, this was mediocre at best.
Feb 24 was the first full event day, and the numbers picked up noticeably. The OP posted screenshots from 9AM to 10PM as rankings shifted throughout the day, closing at $15,838 — nearly double the previous day.
By Feb 25, the actual Lantern Festival day, revenue rocketed to $32,501 — a near-4x increase in just three days. But hold on — is this actually something to celebrate?
The comment section delivered some absolutely savage takes. One user pointed out: "With this many 'shelizi' (舍利子, a nickname for high-value resource packs) on offer, this is basically a full census of every player willing to spend." Translation: the revenue spike came from stacking monetization packs full of upgrade materials, not from exciting new characters — just squeezing the same whales over and over.
An even more brutal follow-up: "Even whales on the dedicated board already said they have nothing left to build after buying all those packs. How are you going to sustain spending when you're only releasing one new character per month?" The core issue: whale warehouses are overflowing, new character releases are too slow, and all those materials have nowhere to go.
Another commenter nailed it: "The solution to players being bottlenecked on core materials and unable to build the characters they pulled? More packs to buy materials. Galaxy-brain move. Oh, and they added PvP too. Hard-core tactical RPG? More like a gacha-version mobile grinder (二次元传奇)!" — comparing the game's new PvP mode to bottom-tier pay-to-win mobile games.
Predictions were split. Some thought the event could push the game into the top 30-40 on the overall iOS revenue chart, especially with PvP incentives and pack flooding. Others countered it wouldn't even break top 140. One user noted that the previous 'maid' banner only peaked at #69 overall. Schrödinger's revenue, truly.
A veteran player took the long view: "I've been following the GFL2 drama since the very beginning, and I plan to keep watching until the bitter end." Interestingly, the Lantern Festival event stayed on the charts longer than the Chinese New Year event — the latter lasted 48 hours, but this one was even longer, prompting the quip that 'the locusts won big' (蝗虫赢麻了, mocking the aggressive spending).
One user wisely cautioned about data delays: "Based on last time, I'd recommend watching all three days — Feb 23, 24, and 25." Platforms like Qimai (七麦) have built-in lag in their rankings, so looking at a single snapshot can be misleading.
And someone couldn't resist throwing shade at operations: "They used to open servers early for events, but this time they delayed by 4 hours? Did they really cut the ops team's last remaining budget?" — even the server launch was a mess.
For now, the Lantern Festival revenue numbers are undeniably better than the norm for GFL2, but the community consensus is clear: this is a short-term cash grab built on aggressive pack sales and PvP FOMO, not genuine player growth. Whether post-festival revenue holds up will be the real test of whether this was a 'bottom bounce' or a 'last hurrah.'
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