Chapter 159: Primordial Desolation? Aren’t they doing stand-alone games?
"Bang!"
A loud bang echoed in the ICQ company headquarters.
A man in a suit and tie looked gloomy as he looked at the phone call that had just been hung up.
"A mere game studio dares to negotiate terms with us? I really don't know how to spell the word death!"
As one of the major chat software companies in China, Miracle Company also has a considerable share in the online game market.
Even among the popular online games today, two are operated by them.
A small game studio, with some achievements in the stand-alone field, thinks it can be on par with them. This is too self-conceited.
In the entire gaming industry, who doesn’t know that the online gaming market is bigger and has more say than the stand-alone gaming market?
"Go, cancel the contract we negotiated with Honghuang. 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.
"But, what about the other companies..." The subordinate hesitated.
"Don't worry about it. The prices offered by those companies are higher than ours. Honghuang is even less likely to accept it. If they are not stupid, the best way is to give up the online game market and go back to continue making their own stand-alone games."
Since the birth of the gaming industry, the entire industry has been divided into two areas: online games and stand-alone games.
Compared to the flourishing of single-machine games.
Online games clearly pay more attention to the accumulation of word-of-mouth, the accumulation of players, and long-term operational capabilities.
That is why the market is controlled by many large companies.
Many stand-alone game manufacturers fail in entering the online game market, sometimes not because their games are not good , but because they lack the accumulation and resources.
The man is so confident because he is sure that Honghuang lacks this prerequisite.
"Forget about them. I heard that Shengqu has recently won the game agency of a large foreign company. Several other companies are also ready to take up more market share. We can't relax either. We have to quickly negotiate the sale of that large online game. This is our top priority."
Another reason for raising the price of Honghuang is that they are already discussing larger cooperation projects.
At this critical time in the competitive market, he had no intention of wasting time on the little game Honghuang.
Let the talks break down, there's nothing to lose anyway.
After saying.
The man ignored her and picked up the phone to dial another number.
His originally stern face was suddenly filled with smiles, as if he had become a completely different person.
"Hello, Mr. Wu, the game agency project I discussed with you a few days ago..."
…
Honghuang Studio.
Chen Lin and others who were busy had no idea about the reaction from Miracle Company.
After rejecting their request, we contacted several other companies to inquire about the final result.
The response we got was that the price couldn't be lowered any further.
"Okay, if we can't negotiate, then we can't negotiate. This way we can avoid being restricted everywhere and have to give up part of the game share to them."
Chen Lin sat in the office, frowning as he looked at the report handed over by Old Song.
The one who offered the highest price not only demanded a huge agency fee, but also asked for a 50% share of the game.
They simply don't treat them as human beings.
Or they just don't want to do this business at all.
"I think they must have more important projects to discuss, otherwise they wouldn't offer such a high price." Lao Song analyzed rationally.
"You're right. If I'm not mistaken, they are probably negotiating with several large foreign companies about game agency, preparing to introduce foreign games into China."
"Game agent? How do you know?" Old Song looked surprised.
"I guessed it." 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 somewhat different, the nature of capital will not change.
As long as I can 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 emerge.
They have to hurry up and gain a foothold in the online game market.
Otherwise it will be difficult to get in again if it’s too late.
"By the way, how is the game production going? Have you encountered any difficulties?"
Chen Lin changed the subject and started talking 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. However, there is one design that I feel is a bit unreasonable.”
"Which design?"
"Fatigue value."
Old Song answered without thinking.
"Nowadays, online games basically want players to be online all day. If you add this fatigue value, players will have nothing to do after they use it up. Isn't this just driving people offline?"
Although he has never worked in online games, he is very knowledgeable about online games. What matters is the online rate.
With more players online, you can naturally earn more money.
Who would use something like fatigue value to push players out?
"You are wrong. Fatigue value is a must. It is the key to revitalizing this game."
"What do you mean?" Old Song was slightly surprised.
"Think about it, if there is no fatigue value, some players will definitely reach the maximum level in a short period of time and occupy the rare resources."
"In order to catch up, ordinary players have to invest more time, and over time they get bored with it, and quit."
"Our game was initially designed as a casual and lightweight game. The fatigue value is to limit the gap between players so that they don't feel like they are being chased and can fully immerse themselves in the game content."
Chen Lin spoke in a calm voice as he talked about the advantages of setting the fatigue value.
In addition to the points he mentioned, there is another more important point.
That is the anti-graduation mechanism.
As a game that is more focused on character development, the most taboo is to graduate too quickly.
Because once it is too easy to graduate, players will not have much sense of accomplishment while playing the game, and their expectations of becoming stronger will be greatly reduced, eventually leading to quitting the game.
And the fatigue value.
It’s a perfect solution to this problem!
"I see. There is actually such knowledge here."
After listening to the explanation, Lao Song finally understood, which somewhat refreshed his previous concept.
"If you say so, we can definitely start with the number of professions, so that if players want to play again after playing with their first account, they can create a new account to continue playing."
"You're right. The most important thing about this game is the profession, so the profession balance is a difficult point. Remember to ask the numerical team to test it a few more times when the time comes."
"Okay, I'll arrange it right away."
Old Song has always been decisive in his actions. After he finished speaking, he turned around and left.
When he walked to the door, he suddenly thought of something and turned back: "By the way, the first week sales report of "Warm Snow" has been sent to you. Take a look at it when you have time."
It’s coming out so soon?
Chen Lin raised his eyebrows and clicked on the report sent by Lao Song to take a look.
In just one week.
"Warm Snow" sold 225,000 copies.
Compared to several other blockbusters that grossed over 300,000 in the first week, although it was a little lower, it also exceeded his initial estimate.
After all, the investment in this game is not that big.
It's not even one-tenth of Resident Evil.
"With more promotion, it should be no problem to sell a million copies."
Chen Lin remembered the requirements of the sixth stage of the system: ten games with sales reaching millions.
There are currently five games that meet the requirements: Monster Hunter, Need for Speed, Human: Fall Flat, Sekiro, and It Takes Two.
Three games priced between 500,000 and 1 million: Braveheart, Slay the Spire, and Overcooked.
Yes.
The sales of Human Fall Flat actually surpassed that of Slay the Spire, which was released earlier.
The main reason is that this game is stupid enough and cheap.
With the help of the creative workshop, it has become the first choice for many players to have fun.
certainly.
Because of the advantage of release time.
Slay the Spire has now sold over 900,000 copies, just one step away from reaching one million.
Brave Heart might be a bit difficult to draw due to the limitations of style and subject matter.
Overcooked does have potential, but after all, it was just released not long ago and it still needs time to accumulate experience.
That is to say.
He still needs about three hot-selling products to unlock the sixth stage and get the security firewall reward.
This is something that is crucial to the information security of online games.
Got to get it as soon as possible.
Otherwise, with their current level of security technology, it would be difficult to stop the attacks of hackers.
"With a million sales, which game should I make..."
Chen Lin touched his chin and looked at the list of plans on the computer.
These are files he made when he had free time, listing out those excellent games.
Some have been almost done, while others have only just begun.
He slid the mouse and looked at the list of files.
Due to the establishment of the online game team, a lot of staff were withdrawn 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 establishment for the time being.
"Hmm? This game..."
Suddenly, Chen Lin stopped and his eyes fell on one of the folders.
Through the thumbnail of the folder, you can vaguely see a beautiful card image.
When he saw the file name, the corners of his mouth suddenly raised.
“AR and holographic projection have been in my hands for a long time, but I still don’t see any use for them. So I’ll make this one first.”
After saying that, he opened the file and started to get busy.
…
Time flies.
In the blink of an eye, another new summer vacation is here.
As the hottest months of the year, the scorching temperature did not conceal the enthusiasm of netizens.
Travel if you want to travel, travel if you want to travel.
Only the working people and students preparing for exams still stick to their posts and work silently.
It was as if summer vacation had nothing to do with them.
"According to the timetable, the new games represented by those big companies should be online soon, right?"
On the Internet, idle players are discussing the latest trends in the gaming industry.
Unlike self-developed games, agent games do not require a lot of research and development and production time.
You just need to get the authorization done and build channels, then you can officially go online.
So not long ago, several major online game manufacturers publicly announced that new games 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, check out the official blog! Those games are about to be released!"
Suddenly, a message appeared, interrupting the players' discussion.
While they were discussing which game would be launched first, several major manufacturers actually released announcements at the same time, announcing that the new games would be officially launched soon.
"Oh my god! They really issued an announcement!"
“And several of them released it at the same time!”
"Did they discuss this?"
"Hahaha, ok, now we finally have a new game to play."
"Brothers, go ahead! Strive to be number one in the server!"
"The Junlin Tianxia Guild is recruiting people. If you are interested, please chat privately and explore together."
"The Peak Battle Pavilion Guild is recruiting a large number of new members to join the major new games and meet like-minded brothers."
In an instant, the entire Internet was in an uproar.
We started preparing for the launch of the new game.
Because they all know that online games are the most important first-mover advantage.
Entering the game first and one step faster than other players may allow you to obtain precious resources first and widen the gap.
Some game studios are even recruiting people to prepare for new games.
There is even a team assigned to each game, hoping to be the first to explore business opportunities.
Because they don't know which of these games will eventually come out, they can only use the dumbest but most effective method, which is to cast a wide net.
"Boss, a new game called Dungeon Fighter has just been released. Do you want to start a separate group?"
Inside a gold-making studio, an employee shouted.
"Dungeon? Never heard of it. Which manufacturer's game is it?"
The studio owner who was busy preparing asked without even raising his head.
"It seems to be Honghuang Studio." The employee replied.
"Honghuang? It's them. Aren't they making stand-alone games? Why are they suddenly making online games?"
