Chapter 202 If You Dare to Move, I Will Send You In
"Honghuang and Steam are openly collaborating?"
"Great! I'll make an appointment right away!"
The players who received the news were both surprised and surprised.
The public announcement of the cooperation means that the game has been confirmed to be launched on PC, but the time has not been determined.
At the same time, they also smelled an unusual scent.
Given Honghuang's current relationship with Xbox, the new game probably won't cooperate with console platforms, at least not on Xbox's Xbox.
This has caused some console players to start worrying.
"Does Hong Huang really want to give up such a huge benefit to do this kind of thing?"
"No way? I'm still waiting to play that game!"
"I don't think so. The console market is so big that even if the relationship breaks down, they will quickly make up in the face of interests."
"Businessmen are all profit-driven. What's going on recently is nothing but hype. Wait, the console platform will be announced ."
Since the Big Three entered the domestic market, many manufacturers have begun to transform, and the console platform is taken into consideration when producing games.
After all, no one is willing to give up such a big market.
The main reason is that the game "Red Dead Redemption" is so awesome that they must play it no matter what.
If it’s not released on console platforms, then wouldn’t I have to go to PC to play it?
If that's true.
I guess all Xbox players would curse the game to death.
"Look! Hong Huang has also issued an announcement!"
Suddenly, an exclamation interrupted everyone's discussion.
The players who were still discussing the issue were shocked and quickly clicked on the homepage of the game section.
However, when they saw the announcement above, they all froze.
[Honghuang Studio: We are very happy to cooperate with @Steam Platform. "Red Dead Redemption" is already in production and has made great progress, but due to some reasons, we have to cancel the console launch plan for this game. We hope you can forgive us. For new game reservations, please look for the official account of Honghuang on Steam Platform. 】
???
Cancel the host launch plan?
When the players saw these words, their eyes widened with expressions of disbelief.
"What's the meaning?"
"Honghuang doesn't plan to go on the console platform!?"
"Oh shit! It's PC exclusive!"
"Doesn't that mean that new games won't be available on consoles?"
“Ahhhh!! How can this be possible!?”
"We are going to fight this tough guy to the end!"
At this moment, all players and even manufacturers were stunned.
In their opinion, no matter how unhappy Honghuang Juhan was, he would never give up such a huge benefit.
But who knows.
Honghuang actually did this!
And it’s done very directly.
Not only is it not available on the extremely powerful Xbox, it is not available on all console platforms!
This news was undoubtedly a bombshell for them.
Because everyone knows that as long as a platform gets this game, it will attract a large number of players.
For a platform, that is real money!
As expected.
As soon as this news was released.
The number of account registrations on the Steam platform suddenly surged that day.
A large number of console players poured in, which is three times the usual increase!
"Thanks to Juying, we have gained such a strong ally. We will no longer be at the bottom of the Asia region's financial report next year."
Hansen, the steam manager, had a smug look on his face as he read the messages.
As one of the earliest game platforms to enter the domestic market.
They are different from those arrogant guys in Juying and they have long been very familiar with the domestic market situation.
Especially Honghuang Studio, which has been rising rapidly since its establishment. They have all seen it and it cannot be regarded as an ordinary studio.
Hansen originally thought that his life was over when he was transferred to the Asian region, where the gaming industry was lagging behind, a few years ago.
But unexpectedly, the rapid development of the domestic gaming industry in China in the past two years has brought him hope again.
It wasn't until he saw the game "Red Dead Redemption" that he knew his chance had come.
He immediately convened an emergency meeting to focus resources on East Asia, and personally visited Honghuang Studio.
I have to say.
The surprise that Honghuang brought him was really too great.
After only learning about it for half an afternoon, he resolutely decided to make that game the focus of promotion for next year.
To do this, he was willing to give up his profits.
Increase Honghuang’s share from 70% to 80%!
Finally, we succeeded in obtaining the exclusive rights to this game for half a year.
Hansen believes that this game called "Red Dead Redemption" will bring him greater surprises.
Maybe it can help him escape the curse of being at the bottom of the financial report.
…
The online discussion continues.
The news that the new game Honghuang was exclusive to PC quickly spread throughout various gaming circles, causing a sensation.
A large number of players flocked to the Steam platform to search for the game name.
In just one hour, the number of reservations exceeded three million, and it was still skyrocketing.
The rapid momentum shocked the manufacturers.
They only have a handful of games that have sold millions of copies, so where have they ever seen such an explosive scene?
If this trend continues, I'm afraid the number will reach tens of millions.
No!
Ten million is probably too little!
"Tens of millions of sales, and there are only , and they are all top IPs from major domestic and foreign manufacturers."
"We still underestimated the appeal of the game Honghuang to players."
"It seems that as long as the quality of the game is good enough, players will still pay for it."
Looking at the rapidly increasing number of reservations, manufacturers finally began to think about the importance of game quality.
Because for them, the game Honghuang is undoubtedly epoch-making.
It may well be a signal that the traffic market is shifting to a quality market!
If you want to survive in this gaming industry that is changing every day, you must keep changing with it.
certainly.
These are not what the players care about.
The only thing they care about now is when Honghuang’s new game will be released.
Especially those who have watched the live broadcast are even more itchy at this time.
"The pre-orders are open, when will the game be released?"
"I don't care which platform you go on, I have to play it today!"
"Please, the game isn't finished yet, you can just upload the demo first."
"I agree! I'll buy it anyway when the trial version comes out!"
"I'm here, open the door and let me in!"
Not only is the number of reservations on the reservation page skyrocketing, but the comments are also skyrocketing.
When I clicked on it, I saw that almost all of them were about urging people to go online, and there were hundreds of pages of them.
The spectacular scene stunned all the Honghuang employees in the studio, and they quickly reported the matter.
“So many people have made reservations?”
When Old Song received the report, his face was full of surprise and a little regretful.
"It's a shame that this popularity has been lost. If our game is well made now, it will probably sell well."
During this period, their Dawn team mobilized almost all of their manpower and has been working hard to produce this game.
But the design plan given by Chen Lin was too huge.
Even though he had urgently recruited more staff, he was unable to complete the task in a short period of time and could only watch the popularity go to waste.
"Which chapter are you on now?" asked Chen Lin beside him.
"I just finished the third chapter, and only optimized the first two chapters." Lao Song replied.
He is very familiar with the team's production progress.
"Chapter 3?"
Chen Lin muttered to himself and looked at the comments that kept refreshing on the page.
After a while, he finally made a decision: "Let's put the first two chapters online and let them try it out."
"A trial in advance? That's fine." Old Song's eyes lit up, "What about the price? How should it be determined?"
"It's half price first, and we'll make up the price after all the content is online to unlock it."
hiss!
Old Song gasped.
Two chapters of content, sold at half price?
You should know that their game has a total of eight chapters.
It sells for so much money after only a quarter of the content is released, will players really buy it?
After being stunned, he quickly said, "Are you sure you want to do this? If the subsequent content does not meet expectations, players will scold us, and other manufacturers may also take advantage of the situation."
Although Honghuang seems to be in a prosperous situation now, it is also at the center of controversy and many manufacturers are watching them.
Once something goes wrong.
Those guys won't be polite to them.
"It's okay. It's just a pre-sale at most. It doesn't mean we can't get a refund if it's not fun. Our main concern now is to finish . Is there any problem with the personnel?"
"One of our core members was poached, but it's not a big problem. I've already arranged for someone to replace him."
When it comes to personnel issues, Lao Song immediately becomes serious.
Everyone is profit-seeking, especially when facing a wealthy and powerful company. Even he cannot guarantee the loyalty of all his employees.
"What about data security?" Chen Lin asked again.
"There is no problem with security. Liming now has each group responsible for a part of the content. Even if the information is taken out separately, it will be useless to them unless the entire core team can be poached."
On this point, Lao Song is still very confident.
If you want to join the core team, you basically have to sign the highest level of confidentiality agreement.
With an investment of over 1 billion for this new game, even if Giant Entertainment is willing to spend money, it will definitely not invest so much money to compensate them.
And their game information is all on record.
Once the giant device is used, it will be considered an infringement of trade secrets, which in China is not as simple as a fine.
If a foreign agency dares to do this.
Then Chen Lin dared to send those people in!
This is the premise.
The two of them quickly finalized the precautions, and Lao Song hurriedly left the office with the documents.
…
Half an hour later.
A new announcement appeared below the official account.
The news that the first two chapters of the new game Honghuang will be launched at the beginning of next month spread quickly in the gaming circle like a hurricane.
"Oh my god! The content of the first two chapters!"
"Is this real? I am dreaming!"
"I remember that during the previous live broadcast, we had only just finished the prologue."
"That's enough. Two chapters are enough! It's better than nothing!"
"Great! It's worth it that I waited so long!"
"Just for the movie-level picture quality, I'm going crazy!"
"Hong Huang finally gets to be a human being, awesome! (broken voice)"
