Chapter 328 Titan Recruitment Activity
"RE sold the copyright to Hong Hong Huang?"
Riot company headquarters.
A short and fat man with white eyes and a goblin-like appearance looked gloomy as he looked at the news reported by his assistant.
It's not just him.
Many manufacturers and players from various countries who were paying attention to this matter seemed very surprised. They did not expect Honghuang to suddenly intervene at this time.
"Yes, Mr. Bobby, RE has already given an accurate response, rejecting our acquisition and saying... they will not cooperate with us as long as you are in office."
Bang!
Bobby slammed his fist on the sofa.
The eyes seemed to be about to spit fire, I don’t know if it was because of the prehistoric times or RE, or both.
for a long time.
He then said leisurely: "Honghuang, the company that built the virtual platform, why would they be interested in this game IP ?"
Although the riots are not as severe as before.
But after all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.
Even though Honghuang owns the world's first virtual platform, he only pays attention to it, but has not yet reached the point of being wary of it.
"I heard that they spent a full 1 billion to buy the entire IP copyright and development materials in order to develop a sequel."
"One billion?"
Bobby raised his head, his eyes deep: "Are they crazy? The value of that IP is not that high at all!"
1 billion in funds.
Why don't you develop any other game? Why do you have to compete with them for this mediocre IP?
"Have we ever had conflicts with Honghuang before?" he asked.
"This...it seems not." The assistant hesitated.
Honghuang's main business has always been in China, and it has only recently begun to expand overseas. Logically, there should not be much contact between the two companies.
"Is it because the price we offered was too high last time when we went to negotiate for the agency of World of Warcraft?" Bobby murmured in a low voice.
Then, he slapped the sofa and said, "Forget it. I'll make a note of this. It's just a money-making tool. If there's nothing else, I can find another one. It would be best if I could buy a few more IPs to develop sequels. There will always be someone to pay for it."
Bobby's philosophy is simple.
make money!
In his eyes, game IP is just a tool to make money.
In his opinion, spending several years polishing an IP is a very stupid thing to do.
Game IP is a consumable product, so it should earn enough profit in the shortest possible time before replacing it with the next one.
As for players’ opinions and the life and death of IP?
That wasn't something he needed to consider.
Only the ever-increasing financial reports are what he should pay most attention to, and the only thing he should pay attention to.
"Spending 1 billion to buy an IP will not make any money. Only a fool would do that."
After that, Bobby stood up and left the office.
Didn't pay too much attention to this matter.
In comparison.
On the contrary, the domestic Internet exploded.
Many well-informed people received the news, and it quickly spread in the gaming community.
"Honghuang, bought RE's Titanfall?"
"The game that boasted it would sell tens of millions of copies, but ended up selling less than a million copies?"
"Is this true?"
"This is huge news!"
“Is Honghuang going to develop a new FPS?”
"But why did you choose this IP? Can't you develop it yourself?"
"Titanfall 1" was the flagship game of Xbox that year, but its reputation was not very good, at least it was not very outstanding among many FPS competitors.
The only thing I can show off.
Maybe it’s the mecha gameplay.
That gameplay was indeed very eye-catching for the players at that time and was once very popular.
But along with it come various problems.
The lack of content, high difficulty in getting started, unfriendliness to newcomers, and the conflict in promotion with other blockbusters have all contributed to the game's lukewarm popularity.
Honghuang's decision to acquire this IP did indeed surprise many people.
However, what they didn't expect was that in the afternoon of the same day, Dongrio Company suddenly issued an announcement that it had successfully acquired the game IP of "Real Battlefield" and was preparing to create a new FPS war game sequel.
This time.
The expressions of players and manufacturer executives changed and looked very strange.
Even a fool would know why the card was released at this time.
Not to mention Chen Lin and others who are in the prehistoric world.
"Sure enough , Bobby is just as narrow-minded as the rumors say."
Old Li said with a pout.
"When other companies tried to stop them from acquiring us, they would be hated for years. It would be strange if we didn't hate them for stealing their games."
Old Song shrugged, having expected this situation.
In business competition, everyone has a few rivals.
However, he was a little surprised by the news that Dong Riot had acquired "Real Battlefield".
That game is not only very popular abroad, it also has a large number of supporting fans in China. Its main feature is the most realistic battlefield experience.
If a sequel is developed, it might actually pose a threat to them.
"Did they say they wanted to go to the virtual end?" Chen Lin asked.
Honghuang's virtual engine is open to the public, and foreign manufacturers can also use their engine to create games and upload them to the platform.
"have."
Old Song took a look at the report sent back by the branch and said, "Bobby is a smart guy. He didn't tear his face off directly. He just clashed with us in publicity."
"Then why are you wasting your time? If he dares to act wildly on our platform, shouldn't we just kill him?" Old Li looked unhappy.
As a game maker.
What he despises most is people who use games as tools to abuse their power and kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
"I'm afraid not."
Lao Song rejected his proposal: "We are now the platform. If we blatantly restrict their games on the platform, many competitors will definitely jump out and accuse us of shady operations. It will also affect other manufacturers and make them doubt our fairness."
"Indeed, this will be detrimental to long-term operations." Chen Lin nodded silently, "And there is absolutely no need to do this. Not everyone can compete with us in publicity and promotion!"
Clash of publicity and promotion?
This is what he is least afraid of now.
Since the other party wants to confront him head-on, he will just fight him to the end. He is just worried that he has no topics to add to the heat.
Thinking of this, he looked at the two again and said, "Get ready. Once the data is handed over and the contract is signed, we can start production. I'll go draw up a plan first."
I have to say.
The game Titanfall has a really bad fate.
In the previous life, I was promoted and released in the same way as a bunch of big titles, and was completely suppressed. Now I have to go through it again in this life.
Is it fate?
Or just pure bad luck?
I hope that this time, he can completely change the tragic fate of this game.
Finish the work.
Chen Lin turned and left.
Return to the office and start preparing the plan.
Since we are going to use the virtual terminal, we naturally have to make some drastic changes.
For example, the map is flat, there is nothing new in the content compared to the first generation, there are not many types of weapons and Titans, and it is still too difficult to get started.
So he plans to start in stand-alone mode first.
Consider opening an online mode after players have adapted.
"In that case... the Titan control on the virtual side is a problem, and the PC side needs to be improved as well."
Chen Lin looked at the basic information that had just been sent to the computer, and the Titan prototypes, and murmured in a low voice.
The PC version is easy to deal with.
Just need to optimize the physical feedback.
But this is not possible on the virtual side, because players have to operate the machine themselves, which is completely different from the PC side.
If the operation method is too complicated, it will probably discourage a lot of people.
"Joystick control..."
"Or mechanical sensing?"
Two control methods emerged in Chen Lin’s mind.
One is the conventional joystick control, which is controlled by the up, down, left, right and attack buttons, giving the feeling of driving a car.
One is mechanical body sensing, which allows players to control the Titan through neural sensing after entering the cockpit, such as driving with arms.
These two methods are achievable at their current level, they just need to change the control model, but they don't know which one is more suitable for players.
"How about...let the players choose for themselves?"
Suddenly, Chen Lin's eyes lit up and he thought of a good idea.
You, the riot company, take players the least seriously, so we at Honghuang will do the opposite and let the players decide how to play!
Make up your mind.
Chen Lin quickly opened the official account.
After some operations.
A round of voting was launched online.
[Vote: What kind of mecha driving method do you like? ]
【1. Joystick button control】
[2. Neural sensor control]
3. Others
After posting the vote, Chen Lin thought about it and added another activity.
[Collection activity: From now on, the Titan collection activity will be launched to accept players' Titan design submissions and conduct exhibition voting on the event homepage. The top three with the most votes will be made into "Titanfall 2" and will be given a 500,000 design award and a Honghuang job offer. 】
Editing completed.
Send directly.
Then close the webpage and return to the scheme design interface.
But I don’t know.
After these two pieces of news were released, they caused such a sensation in the gaming community that they even set the entire Internet ablaze.
"Brothers! Quick, open the Honghuang homepage and take a look! They just launched a design competition! There is a 500,000 yuan prize!"
In a certain original painting customization group.
A forwarded message of Honghuang Announcement appeared.
The group was silent for a moment, and then suddenly exploded, blasting out countless lurking painters.
"A 500,000 yuan bonus? Is that true?"
"The highest order I ever received was only 5,000 yuan."
"Honghuang? Is it the studio that has become famous recently?"
"Fuck! It's really 500,000!"
"There is actually a job offer from Honghuang!"
“The selected works will also be made into the game!”
"Participate! I must participate in this event!"
"Why mecha? I'm just not good at this style."
All the original artists went crazy, their eyes fixed on the content of the event.
A 500,000 yuan bonus, being made into the game, or a Honghuang offer, no matter which one, has a fatal attraction to them.
Especially those who are good at drawing in mechanical style were extremely excited and started preparing immediately.
Even those who are good at drawing erotic fan art.
They are also ready to give it a try and challenge themselves in areas that they are not familiar with.
Because even if you don’t win a prize, having your work posted on the event’s homepage is an opportunity to advertise yourself, so you definitely can’t miss it.
And this news.
It spread quickly across the entire Internet like a hurricane, attracting countless onlookers.
"Good guy, actually let the players decide the content of the game."
"Is Honghuang going to play such a big game this time?"
"Choosing the mecha control method, can it be true that we need to transplant the virtual terminal as the rumors say?"
"I'm awesome, so can I drive my own mecha?!"
"Drive the mecha! I'm really looking forward to it!"
"Come on, bring us your design drawings. I want to choose the best Titan!"
Players were excited to learn that they could personally control the mecha in the virtual terminal.
Especially those experienced model makers, they were so excited that they almost couldn’t sleep.
I refresh the event page almost every few minutes to see if any mecha prototype I like appears.
The situation that was originally pessimistic about "Titanfall" has become almost one-sided, and many people are urging Honghuang to quickly release the game.
"Is Honghuang so confident in itself that it can give the development decision-making power to the players?"
Overseas, inside RE studio.
Pete and others who had just handed over the game copyright information were dumbfounded and shocked by Honghuang's operations.
As a game practitioner.
They know it very well.
Players’ suggestions are not necessarily correct, as they contain too many personal subjective assumptions.
If one thing goes wrong, it may even cause immeasurable impact on the game.
Honghuang dared to do this, which was undoubtedly a huge risk.
Aren’t they afraid that they won’t be able to make back the 1 billion?
