Reborn in another world as a game

Chapter 596 Refusal to be squeezed; the thoughts of the four top manufacturers
The game "Counter-Strike" caused a great sensation in the game circle just after the public beta.

Need to know——

In this era, because of the [Bright Pearl Project], Internet cafes have directly inherited 80% of the players in the game hall, far more than the console players.

Coupled with the spread of the Internet age, a good online game can easily become popular on the Internet, which is several times more terrifying than making money from arcade machines in the past.

There are many players willing to support FPS shooting games like "Counter-Strike".

Even during the public beta period, there are a large number of players doing tap water, driving more players to play and experience this game.

The number of users of many Internet cafes across the country has also increased, which makes many Internet cafe owners overjoyed, especially those large chain brand Internet cafes, feel that this is full of interests, and even proposed to cooperate with [Storm Games].

As for how to cooperate, I am afraid that only they themselves know.

……

"Reject all."

Tian Moyun said casually: "Games like "Counter-Strike" don't need to cooperate with them. By the way, I would like to warn you that if you want to make more money, then leave the market to others."

It is normal for game companies to cooperate with Internet cafe chains for mutual benefit.

Third-party game companies that develop end-games often cooperate with domestic Internet cafe chains to promote their new games.

Also known as ground push.

But [Storm Game] is different. As Tian Moyun's first-party giant, he doesn't need to cooperate with any Internet cafes at all.

For example, some of their online games are almost all popular games in Internet cafes.

Users come for these games, not for Internet cafes, so...it's not that they depend on Internet cafes, but Internet cafes depend on them.

at the moment.

"Counter-Strike" has just been tested publicly, and the owners of some chain Internet cafes saw the signs, and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make money, and wanted to negotiate with [Storm] to jointly promote cooperation.

It even hinted that if there is no cooperation, "Counter-Strike" will not be able to log on to the system desktop of the Internet cafe. Players can only download it by themselves, which is time-consuming and cumbersome.

To put it bluntly, I just want to ask the game company for money.

This kind of thing is normal. Chain Internet cafes have a large number of terminals (computers, customers), which is very important for the promotion of games. It is for in-store promotion to obtain traffic for game manufacturers.

Tian Moyun didn't bother to care about it. After all, it was a deal between the two parties, but they found a first-party company like [Storm]...

It can only be said that I think too much.

If "Counter-Strike" is a non-distinctive game, maybe it really needs to cooperate with these chain Internet cafes.

But the problem is, an FPS game like "Counter-Strike" is the only mature FPS game on the market. There is no rival in the market at all, so why do you need to cooperate with Internet cafes?
If some chain Internet cafes are unwilling to let this game go online, then they simply don't open it.

"Some people are like that, blind and ignorant, don't understand the fundamentals of doing business."

Zhou Yunteng said softly: "Maybe it's because of the cooperation with those third parties, let them taste the sweetness, and want to get rich from us... Do you need to teach them a lesson?"

"lesson?"

Tian Moyun looked at him.

"Yeah, we have all the permissions of [Starry Sky OS Commercial Edition], and it's very easy to teach them a lesson."

Zhou Yunteng said casually: "Just block them for 30 minutes and say it's for system maintenance... that's all, so they will naturally know who is their master. Otherwise, these Internet cafe owners will always feel that the Internet cafe belongs to them. .”

【Bright Pearl Project】

All the computers used are [Starry Sky OS Commercial Edition]. This kind of system has the advantage that the terminal can be controlled remotely through source commands.

What did the bosses of the chain Internet cafes do before?
Most of them started their businesses, and these entrepreneurs always feel that the things they buy belong to them.

This is not the case.

For example [Starry Sky OS Commercial Edition], this thing not only requires them to spend money to buy it, but after buying it, they just get a rental qualification.

It's like renting an apartment.

You rented a house with money, and this house has nothing to do with you. You need the landlord’s permission to do anything with the house, but what the landlord wants to do does not need your permission.

Don't talk about the law/contract, it's useless, there are too many ways to avoid it.

Moreover, even if it cannot be avoided, the contract can be forcibly revised to restrict Party B to the greatest extent.

Even if Party B sees it, there is no other way but to pinch his nose to recognize it.

This is also called the Overlord Contract!
He knew that he would suffer a loss if he signed it, but he had to sign it. The so-called free contract law is completely nonsense.

The same is true for [Starry Sky OS Commercial Edition].

As Party A's [Star Technology Company], it is obliged to provide protection for the computer system of Party B (Internet cafe), such as security maintenance, vulnerability maintenance, etc., and Party B must cooperate with Party A unconditionally.

Such a seemingly simple one can directly kill those Internet cafes that are not pleasing to the eye.

For example:
I think the system of your Internet cafe needs to be updated and maintained. Is it okay to take up a few hours?

I finished the maintenance yesterday, and I took a look today, huh?Still have bugs?Then it won't be illegal for me to maintain it for a few more hours, right?

Look tomorrow, the previous BUG has not been fixed?Then I will fix it again and force an update for you.

The day after tomorrow, it was finally repaired, but there was a bug in another place, and it cannot be used normally without repair, do you want to fix it?
……

"You are too insidious."

Tian Moyun shook his head.

Zhou Yunteng laughed dryly, and was about to speak when Tian Moyun continued.

"For those who are disobedient, just find the most representative one to punish. Time... 30 minutes is too little, let's say 300 minutes, and choose the time when the attendance rate is the highest to enforce maintenance."

Hearing this, the smile on Zhou Yunteng's face froze.

Also said that I am insidious, how can I be insidious with you?
The most representative... the one with the highest popularity and turnover?
Then, when the business was at its best, it was cut off for 5 hours... The loss was at least tens of thousands, and if the impact of this matter was included, the loss would be doubled.

Just because the other party hinted softly, you made him vomit blood, and you have the nerve to call me sinister?
"Also, do a good job of appeasing."

Tian Moyun continued: "Except for this one, the other disobedient ones will be released, and then the "Counter-Strike" prize-winning event will be held to cooperate with these offline Internet cafes to benefit the Internet cafe owners. By the way, I will hint at this matter , tell them to be more obedient and restrained in the future, and don't cause trouble for me."

The owners of Internet cafe chains with a small scale may have established a small alliance secretly.

Otherwise, they would have no way to "blackmail" those game companies.

However, this kind of small alliance is just a mess. Tian Moyun only needs to pick out the leader and kill the small alliance, and the small alliance will be defeated in an instant.

"Okay, I know what to do."

Zhou Yunteng nodded: "If there's nothing else, I'll go back and get ready."

……

Tian Moyun didn't pay much attention to this matter.

He pays more attention to the feedback of "Counter-Strike".

After reading the comments on the Internet and the tens of millions of downloads, Tian Moyun stopped reading.

There is no problem with the quality of the game. Although many bugs were detected in the public beta, they are not major problems.

The launch of the official version of "Counter-Strike" will not have many obstacles, and it can proceed smoothly, and there will be nothing for him in the future.

then--

Tian Moyun went directly to [Happy Games] and worked with Su Qiong to develop "Final Fantasy".

He is looking forward to the novel experience this game will bring to players.

of course.

It is still a bit difficult to make the revised design draft of "Final Fantasy".

The graphics processing capability of [Thunder 2] is much higher than that of all the mainstream high-end computers on the market, which is enough to create a 1080P resolution game screen.

As for "Final Fantasy", which has been placed with high hopes, of course, the functions of [Thunder II] must be fully utilized. Only in this way can players/manufacturers know the power of this console.

……

Now some manufacturers already know the strength of [Thunder 2].

That is the four top giants who came to cooperate with them.

Before, Lu Wenbo, the president of [Thunder Games], took them to visit the hardware configuration of the new generation console, and then gave them the development kit.

The bosses of the four top manufacturers are very confused.

A game console with a 64-bit processor?

What a joke, last year the world's top game manufacturers released the latest consoles that were only 32-bit.

There is a huge difference between 32-bit and 64-bit.

If the performance of a 32-bit host is a lake, then 64-bit is an endless ocean.

Chen Guohua and others never expected that [Thunderbolt 2] is actually a 64-bit game console. They thought it was the one with much higher performance than [Dragon Scale 2], but it turned out not to be.

In terms of performance, the power of [Thunder II] caught them off guard.

"If you want to squeeze out the performance of this game console, the development cost must be terrible."

They all thought so at the time.

Of course, it's just thinking about it. For a game, fun is the first priority, and everything else is secondary.

In the era of 8-bit/16-bit machines, sometimes they wanted to make a masterpiece, and they often needed to squeeze out the performance of the game machine, because of the limited performance.

However, in the era of 32-bit machines, it is not so simple to squeeze out performance.

32-bit computers can meet most of the development needs, and the capacity of optical disc storage devices is more than a thousand times larger than that of the previous generation, and few manufacturers can use them all.

Of course... If the optimization doesn't work, then that's the manufacturer's business. Even the best hosts can't run a game that optimizes rubbish.

It's fine to raise a bar or something.

……

in a small group.

Hot Game Liu Hongwei: "What are your plans? I was thinking, maybe we can cooperate."

Kuling Games Chen Guohua: "Cooperation? Do you mean joint development? That is to make a 64-bit masterpiece?"

Bai Wenshu of Baiyun Game: "If you want to cooperate, you can cooperate. I plan to independently produce a 64-bit masterpiece. I can afford to pay a maximum of [-] million."

Zhaoyang Games Li Zhaoyang: "I need a meeting here to discuss it. If possible, I would like to develop one independently. By the way, I will invest in it for you, and everyone will share the risk."

They didn't know what to do when they just got the [Thunder 2] development kit.

Originally, I thought that the stand-alone masterpiece in my hand was almost ready, so I just threw it in [Thunder II] to make the first release.

After all, [Thunder 2] and [Dragon Scale 3] both use the same system architecture, and the former is completely compatible with the latter.

Who knew it was actually a 64-bit game console...

In this way, the 32-bit stand-alone masterpieces in their hands are useless.

Of course, it’s not that 32-bit games can’t log on to the [Thunder 2] platform, but that they can’t become the first masterpiece, and they can’t get this bonus.

the reason is simple.

People have released the world's first 64-bit game console. If the first escort masterpiece is only a 32-bit game, wouldn't it be a joke?

What's the point of 64 bits?
Therefore, these 32-bit games can be put on sale in the future, but the first game must be a 64-bit masterpiece.

This also means that if the four top manufacturers want to enjoy this bonus, they must give up all the projects on hand and develop new games instead.

They made the same choice very tacitly.

but--

How to do that is the question.

If you want to make a 64-bit escort masterpiece, don’t even think about it without 2 million to 5 million. This is still the most economical. If you really use all the firepower, it’s not a big deal if you lose 10 billion.

Even for the four top manufacturers, there is a lot of pressure, which requires careful consideration.

What Liu Hongwei thinks is cooperative development and shared pressure.

Chen Guohua's attitude is unclear, but he somewhat agrees with Liu Hongwei's suggestion.

Bai Wenshu chose to spend [-] million to make a new game, but she does not rule out seeking investors, such as [Thunder Games], who don't care about anything, only pay, and only divide the money.

Li Zhaoyang was thinking, he spent more than [-] million yuan to make games, and then invested tens of millions less in Liu Hongwei's games, and the layout on both sides was more secure.

"I do have an idea."

Chen Guohua suddenly said: "It's better for the four of us to make a game each, and by the way, make another one together, making a total of five games, and then pull [Thunder Game] and [Dragon Scale Game] to invest, at least let them share 40 % risk, in this way, each of us can pay about 1 million yuan."

It's okay for the other three to think about it.

1 million is not too much pressure for them, and it is okay to take a small risk. Even if the sales volume is not ideal, it is still within the acceptable range.

So, after a brief negotiation, the four bigwigs planned to discuss in detail.

In the small group, the other bigwigs who watched them chatting trembled and didn't want to say anything.

The four top manufacturers open their mouths to say a few hundred million, or take out a hundred million to test the water... This is not something they can touch, and the two sides are not at the same level.

"You can apply for a development kit, then make a 32-bit game, and transplant the game of [Dragon Scale 3] console to it by the way. The cost of this thing is low, and you can sell as much as you can. Anyway, you can make money."

Chen Guohua gave them an idea.

This is also what Lu Wenbo meant. [Thunderbolt 2] doesn't have a lot of games in its lineup. It's better to fill it with a lot of 32-bit games, and then take your time and figure it out.

This is the best way at present, and it is more beneficial to hardware platforms, game manufacturers, and players.

Especially those players who have been silently waiting for [Thunder 2], I believe they also welcome these 32-bit games to be ported to [Thunder 2].

　Calvin, I didn't save the manuscript... Ahem, it's a little embarrassing.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)