Let you make games, you directly shoot blockbusters?

"boom!"

A loud noise echoed in the headquarters of Miracle (ICQ).

A man in a suit and leather shoes looked gloomy, looking at the phone that had just been hung up.

"A mere game studio, dare to negotiate terms with us? I really don't know how to write dead words!"

As one of the largest chat software companies in China, Miracle also has a large share in the online game market.

They even operate two of the popular online games today.

A small game studio has made some achievements in the stand-alone field, so it thinks that it can sit on an equal footing with them, and thinks highly of itself.

In the entire game industry, who doesn't know that the online game market is bigger than stand-alone games and has more say?

"Go, cancel the contract with Hong Huang before, I want to see how they can gain a foothold in the online game market without our support!"

The man whispered to his subordinates beside him.

"However, the other companies over there..." The subordinate was a little hesitant.

"Don't worry about it, the prices of those companies are higher than ours, and Honghuang is even more unlikely to accept it. If they are not stupid, the best way is to give up the online game market and go back to continue to make their own stand-alone."

Since the birth of the gaming industry, the entire industry has been divided into two areas: online games and stand-alone games.

Compared with the single machine, a hundred flowers bloom.

Online games obviously pay more attention to the accumulation of word of mouth, accumulation of players, and long-term operation ability.

That's why the market is dominated by many big manufacturers.

Many stand-alone manufacturers fail to enter online games, sometimes not because their games are not good, but because they lack this accumulation and resources.

The man concluded that Hong Huang lacked this prerequisite, so he was so confident.

"Forget about them, I heard that Shengqu has recently recruited game agents from major foreign companies, and several other companies are also preparing to take more market share. We can't relax, and we have to hurry up to negotiate that large-scale online game. , that’s our top priority.”

Another part of the reason for raising the price of Honghuang is because they are already talking about larger cooperation projects.

In this critical period of competitive market, he has no intention of wasting time on Hong Huang's little game.

Talk about collapse, let's talk about collapse, there is nothing to lose anyway.

finished.

The man ignored it and picked up the phone to dial another number.

The originally stern face was suddenly filled with a smile, as if it was a different person.

"Hey, Mr. Wu, the game agency project I talked to you about a few days ago"

Honghuang studio.

Chen Lin and the others, who were busy, did not know the reaction from Miracle Company.

After rejecting their request, they contacted several other companies to inquire about the final result.

The response is that the price cannot be lowered.

"Okay, if you can't talk about it, you can't talk about it, so you don't have to be restrained everywhere, and you have to give up part of the game share to them."

Sitting in the office, Chen Lin frowned at the report handed over by Lao Song.

The one with the highest price not only required a huge agency fee, but also demanded a 50% share of the game.

They simply don't treat them as human beings.

Or they just don't want to do the business at all.

"I think they should have more important projects to discuss, otherwise they wouldn't ask such a high price." Lao Song analyzed rationally.

"You're right. If I'm not mistaken, they're probably negotiating game distribution with several big foreign companies, planning to introduce foreign games into China."

"Game agent? How do you know?" Lao Song showed surprise.

"I guess." Chen Lin smiled mysteriously.

How does he know?

Of course I saw it with my own eyes.

Although the development trajectories of the two worlds are not the same, the urine nature of capital will not change.

Just make money.

They don't care whether the game is made by themselves or imported from abroad.

Calculating the time, capital has entered the market for more than half a year, and the agency trend should be about to rise.

They have to seize the time to gain a firm foothold in the online game market.

Otherwise, it will not be easy to go in later.

"By the way, how is the game production progressing? Have you encountered any difficulties?"

Chen Lin changed the subject and talked about games.

"There is no problem with the production. Without changing the original style, the image quality and modeling have been improved to a very high level, but I feel that there is a design that is a bit unreasonable."

"Which design?"

"Fatigue value."

Lao Song replied without thinking.

"In today's online games, you basically want players to be online all day long. If you add this fatigue value into it, players will have nothing to do after they run out. Isn't this driving people offline?"

Although he has never done online games, he still has a good understanding of online games, and he is particular about the online rate.

The more players are online, the more money they will earn.

Who would use something like fatigue to push the player out?

"This is wrong, the fatigue value must be there, it is the key to revitalize this game."

"How to say?" Lao Song was slightly surprised.

"Think about it, if there is no fatigue value, some players will definitely reach the full level in a short time and occupy rare resources."

"Ordinary players have to invest more time in order to catch up. Over time, they will feel bored at work and get out of the pit."

"Our game mainly took the casual and lightweight route at the beginning. The fatigue value is to limit the gap between players, so that they will not have the feeling of being chased, and they can devote themselves to the game content."

With a calm voice, Chen Lin talked about the advantages of setting the fatigue value.

In addition to the points he said, there is a more important point.

That is the anti-graduation mechanism.

As a game that is biased towards character development, it is the most taboo to graduate too quickly.

Because once it is too easy to graduate, players will not have much sense of accomplishment when playing, and their expectations for becoming stronger will be greatly reduced, which will eventually lead to getting out of the pit.

And the fatigue value.

It is an excellent solution to this problem!

"So that's how it is. There's actually this kind of knowledge in it."

After listening to the explanation, Lao Song finally realized something, which refreshed his previous concept a bit.

"According to what you said, we can completely start with the number of occupations, so that if players want to play after playing the first account, they can open a small account and continue playing."

"That's right, the most important thing in this game is the profession, so the balance of professions is a difficult point. Remember to ask the value group to test it a few more times."

"Okay, I'll arrange it now."

Lao Song has always done things vigorously and resolutely, so he turned and left immediately after speaking.

When I walked to the door, I suddenly thought of something, and turned around again: "By the way, the sales report for the first week of "Warm Snow" has been sent to you, you can take a look at it when you have time."

Coming out so soon?

Chen Lin frowned, and clicked on the report sent by Lao Song to take a look.

In just one week.

"Warm Snow" sold 225,000 copies.

Compared with several other masterpieces with 300,000+ in the first week, although it is a little lower, it also exceeds his initial estimate.

After all, the investment in this game is not large.

Not even a tenth of Resident Evil.

"A little more promotion, and millions of sales should be no problem."

Chen Lin remembered the requirements of the sixth stage of the system, ten games with sales of one million.

There are currently five models that meet the requirements: Monster Hunter, Need for Speed, Humans Fall Flat, Sekiro, and Go Two.

Three between half a million and a million: Braveheart, Slay the Spire, and Overcooked Kitchen.

Yes.

The sales volume of humanity's crushing defeat is actually higher than that of the earlier released Slaying Spire.

The main reason is that this game is enough sand sculpture, and the price is cheap.

Coupled with the promotion of the creative workshop, it has become the first choice for many players to be funny and happy.

certainly.

Because of the advantage of release time.

Slaying the Spire has now sold more than 900,000 copies, which is just a step away from a million.

Braveheart is probably a bit difficult due to the limitation of painting style and subject matter.

Hustle Kitchen has potential, but after all, it was not long after it was released, and it still needs time to accumulate.

That is.

He is still short of three explosive products before he can unlock the sixth stage and get the security firewall reward.

This is crucial to the security of online game information.

Gotta get it as soon as possible.

Otherwise, with their current level of security technology, it would be difficult to block the attacks of hackers.

"Millions of sales, which game should I make?"

Chen Lin stroked his chin and looked at the plan list on the computer.

These are all documents he made by listing those excellent games when he is free.

Some have already done almost, and some are just beginning.

He swiped the mouse and looked at the file list above.

Because of the establishment of the online game team, a lot of manpower has been drawn from the studio, and it will take time to recruit a new batch.

Therefore, 3A games that are too large are not suitable for project approval for the time being.

"Huh? This game."

Suddenly, Chen Lin paused, and his eyes fell on one of the folders.

Through the thumbnail of the folder, you can also vaguely see a beautiful card picture.

When he saw the file name, the corner of his mouth suddenly raised.

"AR and holographic projection have been in hand for so long, and it seems that there is no place to use them, so let's make this one first."

After all, I clicked on the file and started to get busy.

Time flies.

In a blink of an eye, it is a new year of summer vacation.

As the hottest months of the year, the hot temperature did not conceal the enthusiasm of netizens.

Travel travel, travel travel.

Only the workers and the students preparing for the exam still stick to their posts and work silently.

It's as if summer vacation has nothing to do with them.

"Calculating the time, the new games represented by those major manufacturers should be launched soon, right?"

On the Internet, players who have nothing to do are discussing the latest trends in the game industry.

Unlike self-developed games, agency games do not require a lot of R\u0026D and production time.

You only need to get the authorization right, build channels, and then it can be officially launched.

So not long ago, several major online game companies publicly announced that a new game will be launched soon, and the time is right during the summer vacation.

Prepare to take this opportunity to harvest a wave of holiday traffic.

"Brothers, look at the official blog! Those games are about to be launched!"

Suddenly, a piece of news appeared, interrupting the discussion of the players.

While they were discussing who would go online first, several major manufacturers unexpectedly issued an announcement at the same time, announcing that the new game would be officially launched soon.

"I'm Zhuo! It's really an announcement!"

"And it was released by several companies at the same time!"

"Did they negotiate this?"

"Hahaha, here we finally have a new game to play."

"Come on, brothers! Try to be number one on the server!"

"The King's Landing World Guild is recruiting people. If you are interested, chat privately and open up wasteland together."

"The Pinnacle Zhange Guild is recruiting a large number of new players, and has settled in all major players. Come like-minded brothers."

In an instant, the entire Internet was boiling.

Started to prepare for the launch of the new tour.

Because they all know that online games are the most important opportunity.

Entering the game for the first time, and one step faster than other players, it is possible to get precious resources first and widen the gap.

Some game studios are even recruiting staff to prepare to settle in Xinyou.

There is even a team arranged for each game, wanting to take the lead in mining business opportunities.

Because they don't know which of these games will be released in the end, they can only use the most stupid and most effective method to cast a wide net.

"Boss, just released a new game called "Dungeon and Fighter", do you want to open a group?"

In a certain gold-making studio, an employee's shout sounded.

"Dungeon? I haven't heard of it, which manufacturer's game?"

The boss of the studio, who was rushing to prepare, asked without raising his head.

"It seems to be Honghuang Studio." The employee replied.

"Honghuang? It turned out to be them. Aren't they making stand-alone games? Why did they suddenly come to make online games?"