Reboot the age of gaming

Chapter 242 The situation is not good! (I wish you all a Happy New Year!)

Shortly after the development of "Guardian of the Zodiac", Moya Technology's new handheld was officially launched online.

This handheld is named MGC2, which means the second-generation product of MobileGameCube. At the same time, a big M logo not only highlights that it is "Mobile" (movable), but also highlights the logo of Moya Technology.

There are three first escort games.

The first game is "Endless Tower" developed by a game company in China. It is an RPG game from the perspective of God. Take it out to play anywhere.

The second game is "Fantasy Homeland" developed by a western game company in the second district. It is a simulation business game. It mainly unlocks various areas of the homeland through some small games, and carries out planning and simulation construction. Features of the handheld.

The third game is "Dark Dawn" developed by JAGames, another western game company in the first district. This is a conventional western fantasy RPG game with an over-the-shoulder perspective. There are more than ten large scenes and more complicated bosses in the game. war.

When Moya Technology finalized these three games, it obviously put a lot of effort into it.

Among them, JAGames, the developer of "Dawn of Darkness", has strong research and development capabilities. Just as "Dawn of Darkness" is approaching its release, Moa Technology paid a huge price to buy the game "Dawn of Darkness" on the handheld for a limited time. exclusive.

For a one-month limited-time exclusivity, 1500 million yuan was directly invested, and this was the price after signing various complicated terms.

Compared with Zhong Ming's asking price, 1500 million yuan seems quite cheap. After all, JAGames is considered a big company and is well-known all over the world, while Weiguang Studio is only a little more famous, and the two cannot be compared.

But that's not the case.

Although "Dark Dawn" was developed by JAGames, it was not made by the company's strongest project team.The quality of the game, Lin Xiaoguang has seen and played, compared with the 3A masterpieces of first-class manufacturers, there is indeed a big gap.

Otherwise, it is impossible to buy a limited-time exclusive for 1500 million.

But having said that, there is actually no good solution here at Moya Technology, and there are better works, but the monopoly is simply unaffordable.Many good works are monopolized by several companies, and the quotations have been fired up to 5000 to [-] million, or even hundreds of millions. Moa Technology has this money, and it can't be spent like this.

Because Moya Technology, including Lin Xiaoguang, is actually not very sure about this handheld. Buying a single generation of a game cost 5000 million, or even hundreds of millions, but it only sold five or six times when selling the handheld. Wantai, didn't you lose all your pants?

What's more, many better masterpieces are actually developed for the functions of mainstream host devices. This handheld may need to castrate some performance. Those well-known game manufacturers are not willing to cooperate at all, and the negotiation is very difficult.

Therefore, these three first escort games are already the limit that Moya Technology can bear.

Of course, in addition to these games, Moa Technology also has some other games, such as some bracelet games developed by Huaxia Company, or the transplanted games of the previous generation, etc. From the perspective of the game library, the number is quite a lot, but It's just that there is no one who can fight.

With regard to these three games, they are still a little bit better.

……

In the past few days, Lin Xiaoguang didn't sleep well and was very worried.

The handheld MGC2 has a lot of twists and turns from project approval to research and development. From the overall design to the procurement and quality control of each component, there is no less worry.It can be said that this handheld is the key to Moya Technology's turnaround in the console field. If it gets cold, one foot has already been taken out, and it will be difficult to come back.

Lin Xiaoguang looked at the data provided by his employees. The global reservation data for the MGC2 handheld is in the early 6s.

There is still some gap with his imagination, but it is barely acceptable.

Lin Xiaoguang's expected sales volume in the first month is 10 units, including the whole world.

The expected sales volume is actually not high. After all, many popular consoles are sold in many developed regions. The sales volume in the first month in just one area is 30 million. The global sales volume is all about one million.

The global reservation data is only 6 units, which is a bit shabby. Even the bracelets of some second-rate bracelet manufacturers in Huaxia District can easily sell this sales volume.

What's more, this is the number of reservations that Moya Technology has slowly accumulated after investing a lot of advertisements and promoting the advantages of its own handheld in the early stage. To put it bluntly, next month, the sales volume is estimated to be even lower. is light.

With such appointment data, Lin Xiaoguang must not be able to sleep well.

But it’s not completely irreversible. At least after the release, players get the machine to play with it, and then experience the escort game. Word of mouth may be able to counterattack.

If everyone is satisfied with the game, and the performance of the handheld is really good, then maybe the sales will gradually increase in the future, these are not certain.

……

On April 4th, Moya Technology's MGC10 handheld will be officially released!
On the day of the release, Moya Technology placed advertisements on many shopping websites, and also invited celebrities to endorse, and there was a lot of trouble.

In the week after the release, Lin Xiaoguang has also been paying close attention to the sales data and the evaluation of this handheld on the Internet.

In terms of sales, in addition to the more than 6 people who made an appointment, many people did choose to buy it. On the whole, it seems that there is still room for completion of the goal of 10 units in the first month.

As a result, what Lin Xiaoguang didn't expect was that the evaluation of this handheld on the Internet was not very good!
"Received the goods, the quality of the machine itself is good, the feel is also good, I feel that the configuration is also good, but I feel that the above games are not very durable, I played three games in a day, I feel that I have no motivation to touch it again, I have a hunch Eat ashes."

""Dark Dawn" is said to be produced by JA, but the result is really boring to play. On the one hand, the handheld screen is too small, and on the other hand, it is very easy to get sleepy because you have to read the text every time you change the picture. But "Endless" "The Tower" is quite fun, and it's good as a game to pass the time for a little bit of entertainment."

"Yes, I also think "Endless Tower" is good. Although it is not nutritious, it is not tiring to play. It may be the only game on this handheld that I am willing to open and play."

"Isn't it too much for you to say "Dark Dawn"... I think this game is actually okay. If it is published on other console platforms and it doesn't take so long to read the article, it is still pretty good."

"Have you ignored "Fantasy Homeland"... I think this kind of casual game is still good, and it suits my taste."

""Fantasy Homeland"? There are not many similar casual simulation games on the bracelet. I spent nearly two thousand oceans to buy a handheld just to play this?"

Lin Xiaoguang randomly scrolled through a few comments, feeling angina pectoris.

The situation is not good!

Looking at the players' ratings for these three games, it feels even cooler.

"Endless Tower", 7.5 points.

"Dream Home", 6.8 points.

"Dark Dawn", 6.9 points!
Unexpectedly, "Dark Dawn", which had high hopes, only got this score, and it was not even as good as "Endless Tower".

In fact, strictly speaking, the quality of "Dark Dawn" must be higher than this rating, but many players who came here for this game were very disappointed and gave low scores one after another, so the rating of this game was pulled very low.

Because most of them came for the game "Dark Dawn", and most of them were experienced console players. They had one or even two mainstream consoles at home, and they were used to watching the characters' hair on the big TV.

And this handheld, although it has a 4K screen, but such a small screen is far from a TV as big as a wall.Moreover, the functions of the handheld are limited after all. It is also loaded, and the host may be fooled by a cutscene real-time calculation. If the performance of the handheld is not good, you have to read the text.

After reading and reading, the player's mentality can easily explode.

After all, what age is this, and the technology is so advanced, and it is very low to use the method of reading the article to load the map!
What's more, "Dark Dawn" is not the work of the core team of JAGames. It has a name for nothing, and many players come here especially for it. When Shin first started, he felt that he was cheated, so he gave a bad review in retaliation.

After going back and forth, the score of the handheld is also lowered!

On shopping websites, many of the bad reviews under the handheld are in this style:

"The machine is not bad, and the logistics is also fast, but the game I brought is not very fun, and I am going to give it to a friend."

Lin Xiaoguang looked tired for a while.

Who can stand this!

What I was most worried about happened. There was no major problem with the machine, but it was dragged down by the exclusive game!
After all, a handheld device is different from a wristband. As long as the wristband has excellent technology, there is no case that the game is not suitable for it. Moreover, many people buy wristbands only for daily office use, and playing games is only a subsidiary purpose.But the only value of a handheld is to play games. If there are not a few fun games on it, who will buy it?

Lin Xiaoguang called the assistant next to him: "Did they reply to JA's revision opinion?"

The assistant hesitated for a moment: "I replied. However, Mr. Lin, they seem to mean that they will not change..."

"No change?" Lin Xiaoguang was taken aback, "It is stipulated in the agreement that they have to cooperate with us in optimizing the game, how can they not change it?"

The assistant replied: "The other party said that the optimization stipulated in the agreement is to optimize the performance of the game to ensure that the game can run smoothly on our handhelds, and the optimization we proposed involves the underlying structure of the game and the basic gameplay design. If It was too much work for them to change, and ... they said, it didn't make sense."

"Then find the legal department!" Lin Xiaoguang was very angry.

The assistant said timidly: "I've looked for it, and the legal department's opinion is that the chances of winning a lawsuit in this area are really low, and offending JA, a big company, the gain outweighs the loss..."

"..."

Lin Xiaoguang was speechless.

Immediately after the release of the handheld, Lin Xiaoguang collected some strong opinions from some players on "Dark Dawn", saying that the reading time is too long, which seriously affects the rhythm of the game, and in some combat design, it is obviously cut corners, so very dissatisfied.

Lin Xiaoguang asked people to sort out these opinions, and wrote a revision opinion to JAGames, hoping that they can optimize "Dark Dawn" in subsequent versions, especially focusing on solving the problem of long reading time.

As a result, JA ignored it at all!

JA's reasons are also very good. We have moved "Dark Dawn" to the handheld platform according to your requirements. It does not freeze and runs normally. Now you want me to remove the reading bar as much as possible? ?

The long reading time is due to the poor function of your handheld machine, and there is no such a long reading time on other hosts!
JA is also a big factory. Although this game is produced by a small project in a big factory, if it is really torn up, things will really be difficult to clean up.

Lin Xiaoguang was desperate.

However, there is no way.

……

the other side.

Everyone in Weiguang Studio is more or less paying attention to the performance of the handheld MGC2.

"It's not very good, I feel that this handheld is a bit cold." Jia Jia said.

Although there is no specific sales data here, but looking through the major shopping websites, looking at the reviews under the products, and then looking at the online discussions on this handheld, you can basically make a guess.

"What should we do, or... let's run away before we sign the contract," Zhou Sen said.

Obviously, seeing the poor performance of this handheld, everyone is afraid of being held back.

According to the current trend, the sales volume of MGC2 in the first month is estimated to be in the order of 10. The research and development of "Guardian of the Zodiac" will be completed next month, and the sales data will be released next month. By then, the world's sold The MGC2 handheld is estimated to be 30 to 40.

Even if Moa Technology is still continuously releasing new games for this handheld, the escort games are so cold that it is difficult to make much improvement in the future.

All handhelds have only sold 40 million units, so the sales volume of "Guardian of the Zodiac" is estimated to be 20 at most. Can't everyone who bought a handheld buy "Guardian of the Zodiac"?That's so unreasonable.

In other words, the sales of the handheld have already stuck the sales ceiling of "Guardian of the Zodiac", so what's the point of signing the gambling agreement?
It’s still too late to sneak away, anyway, after the game is made, it’s the same if you just find a host platform to distribute it.

Zhong Ming smiled: "Don't worry. I'll show Mr. Lin the demo tomorrow, or we can just sign a time-limited exclusive agreement, or knock him out again. Mr. Lin should be in a hurry now Ants, we really need to save them."

Zhou Sen was a bit generous: "Save him? I think it's a bit too much, let's take care of ourselves first..."

"It's okay, you don't have to worry about these things, just concentrate on making the game better," Zhong Ming said.

To be honest, Zhong Ming was also a little surprised when he saw the sales volume and evaluation.

Too spicy chicken...

When the Switch was released, Neon’s domestic sales alone reached more than 30 in the first month, and its global sales reached more than 240 million.

As a result, the quality of the MGC2 handheld is not bad. As a result, less than [-] units have been sold worldwide. This is still on the premise of a lot of advertisements, which is too bad.

However, judging from everyone's evaluation, the key is that there is no reliable game. Everyone is generally satisfied with the function and quality of this handheld.

That being the case, there is still the possibility of salvation.

　Send it out in advance, I wish everyone a happy new year, no more red envelopes, everyone rewards two recommended monthly tickets!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)