Chapter 435: The team disbands! Konami's big victory!
"First of all, let me say something frustrating - the current engine development work is basically at a standstill,"
The whistleblower immediately delivered a strong response:
"No way, this forum is full of insiders, I believe everyone knows how difficult it is to make breakthroughs in engine technology."
"Let alone achieving the technology, even thinking of a breakthrough direction is difficult,"
"Since the project codenamed PD (Payday, internal codename PD), we have organized more than a dozen meetings to discuss the development direction,"
"Originally the boss (I won't mention his name , everyone understands) said that he would directly target Huanmeng,"
"That's why this engine is so balanced, with the same strengths and weaknesses,"
"But the actual results are not ideal. Not to mention comparable to Fantasy 5, the current level is at best at the level of Fantasy 4, the level four years ago."
"If the results are mediocre, we have to seek breakthroughs,"
"But the current engine market is obvious to all. Whether it is picture performance or physical sense shaping, each engine has its own strengths."
"If we're not careful, we'll become a low-end alternative to other engines and won't be competitive,"
“Even now, when I post this, the breakthrough level is still in the discussion stage, or basically half-shelved,”
"Because Moufeng exchanged opinions with the top management, they turned their attention to the film and television adaptation of the game."
"The basic internal consensus now is to go to CJ with the existing technology, and then promote an FPS game as the main product, and continue to cooperate with the film and television adaptation to create topic discussion,"
"As for the engine, it is benchmarked against Ziao by default, and in the future it may focus on the engine supply for the medium-sized game market,"
"Time is short and we started late, so this is the only way,"
"The reason I posted this is to tell my brothers that we are all family, so don't have too high expectations at the CJ show. Just be gentle, and understanding is the best~"
So far.
End of the explosive post.
Well-reasoned.
Not only did we start with a wave of pictures and truth.
Afterwards, internal details and the progress of the engine development, which is what everyone is most concerned about today, were revealed.
At the end, he even specifically stood from the perspective of the self-developed engine team and said, "Long live understanding."
After reading it, I have to say one sentence——
…
"It's true. It's really true."
Golden Wind.
In the president's office.
Gu Sheng held the tablet and looked through the relevant information compiled during this period.
You can see it.
This time , Vivendi really put in a lot of effort and used their brains to deal with them.
First, a "Chinese" editor wrote an article that seemed to be well-reasoned, sober and calm, directly attacking the "weakness" of their Golden Wind and pointing out the "root cause" of their engine's weakness.
Afterwards, they mobilized the media and took advantage of this public opinion to set the pace.
Finally, let an "insider" make a revelation in the voice of an internal developer with "pictures and truth".
At the same time, it uses the help of internet trolls and platform comment control to create an atmosphere of public opinion that "the golden engine is weak and unable to compete with international giants at the CJ exhibition at the game level. It can only settle for the second best and overdraw emotions to make side deals to maintain its popularity."
Very impressive.
And what’s amazing is that from the beginning to the end, the initiators of these key rhythm points all spoke from the standpoint of “being good for Golden Wind”.
This makes it multiply more credible.
Of course, you said that after this series of operations, there are no flaws?
have.
Of course there is.
Not to mention anything else, just the so-called "explosive post" that claims to have "pictures and the truth" is like a sieve, full of holes.
but.
Internet public opinion, who cares about those loopholes?
We are all just fence-sitters, those who like to watch the fun don't mind the trouble. No one really cares whether the matter is true or false, and will use a magnifying glass to trace the root of the problem.
For the vast majority of people, these rhythms and revelations are just a vehicle for them to vent their personal emotions.
What's more, this carrier is now in the golden wind in the eye of the storm in the global gaming industry.
so.
From a macro perspective.
This public opinion offensive organized and launched by the new Konami executives is perfect!
If I had to pick out a tiny flaw in it, it would only be——
"These bastards didn't get our information..."
Gu Sheng smacked his lips.
What a pity.
If you say!
The situation is exactly as Konami's top executives judged - the Golden Engine is still mired in mediocrity.
This wave of offensive, not to mention killing the game directly, is enough to make Golden Wind extremely anxious. They need to expend enormous energy to reverse such negative public opinion before the CJ exhibition begins.
but!
Gu Sheng wanted to laugh.
I have a special skill, man!
This feels like the Gulf War.
When everyone thought that the US army at that time would engage in a fierce tug-of-war and difficult advancement with the target in Baghdad, and be stuck in a quagmire of fierce fighting.
The US military's new strategies and tactics, including long-range missiles, air, space, sea and land four-dimensional operations, armed helicopters, amphibious leapfrog tactics, decapitation operations, and reconnaissance and strikes with an accuracy of less than 5 meters, have taught the world a good lesson.
That was an unprecedented military deterrence.
It is a modern combat mode that has never been imagined.
It is no exaggeration to say that it is a dimensionality reduction attack.
But now, the Golden Wind has transformed itself into a great power.
Konami is confident of its strong forces and, based on its current inherent understanding of the direction of engine development, it judges that Golden Wind is unlikely to achieve any engine breakthroughs.
But in fact——
…
《Golden Wind announces the dissolution of the "Golden Engine" development team》
Just after all kinds of news and arguments that were pessimistic about the golden trend had been boiling for half a month!
A piece of news released in the early morning once again caused an uproar in the global gaming community!
Golden Wind, which had remained silent amid various doubts and speculations, released a message in the early morning of that day.
The message was very short and the subject was concise:
The Golden Engine development team was disbanded.
In fact, this news is nothing big.
Everyone knows that the team developing the "Golden Engine" has more than 2,000 people. It is led by Golden Wind and jointly developed by 17 other Chinese game companies.
This is equivalent to Golden Wind hiring seventeen groups of mercenaries.
Golden Wind is the sole owner of and enjoys the absolute copyright of Golden Engine.
And those companies can't always keep their people in the golden wind.
So it is normal for a team to disband.
As the saying goes, no matter how long you travel a thousand miles, all good things must come to an end.
but!
You must know!
This time, Golden Wind simply said "the team was disbanded".
But they didn't say why they disbanded.
and!
The news was announced at this time - just one month before the China CJ Show.
An unclear dissolution notice.
A time of reverie and disbandment.
So, why did the Golden Engine team disband?
Is it completed during the normal development phase, and subsequent development will be done by the Golden Wind recruiting team?
still……
…
"…It's useless to delay any further. Since there's no need to cover up the shortcomings any more, we have no choice but to give up now in order to avoid unnecessary losses."
Bang!
A wisp of snow-white wine mist emerged from the black bottle of Dom Pérignon Reserve Vintage Champagne.
The cork was unscrewed, and Nakamura Masakazu poured his treasured champagne into the goblet. He knelt on the tatami in the wine house and waved his hand:
"Please fill your glasses, everyone. Let us toast together to celebrate this unprecedented victory!"
And hear the words!
The Konami executives sitting around the long table also laughed and thanked him repeatedly, filling their glasses with wine.
"Thank you, President!"
"The president is really amazing!"
"Without the president, there would be no great victory today!"
"The president is really generous today!"
“…”
A group of senior executives were talking at once, and the private room of the wine shop was filled with a happy atmosphere, which was very lively.
Big victory!
An undoubted victory!
Right at this moment!
There is only one month left until the China CJ Show!
After three rounds of concentrated offensives and 50 days of public opinion guidance and siege!
The Golden Wind, which had remained silent time and again, finally couldn't hold its teeth anymore, gave in, and raised the white flag!
From the beginning of the year to now, more than 150 million US dollars have been invested, and a development team of more than 2,000 people from 18 groups has taken a full five months to build the "China-developed Engine" - the Golden Engine.
Announce the disbandment of the team!
And at this point in time, the news was announced in such a short and concise official tweet.
This undoubtedly means that the development of the golden engine has come to an end!
Everything was just as they expected.
The A-test work of the Golden Engine, "Payday", is the extreme form of the engine.
Although the success of "Payday" is unquestionable.
But at the same time, its huge shortcomings in industrial quality are also objectively present.
The siege lasted for fifty days.
The Golden Wind is silent, silent, and silent again!
The real situation has become clear.
Look at the uproar in the gaming community now that Golden Wind’s official Twitter account has announced their disbandment!
《Failed and stranded? Ended in vain? The Golden Engine team suddenly disbanded, the situation is critical! 》
《Unprecedented failure! Golden Engine may announce development is shelved!》
[In the early hours of this morning, Golden Wind suddenly announced the disbandment of the Golden Engine development team. The specific reason for the disbandment is unknown. Based on long-standing speculation and revelations from relevant insiders, the situation does not seem optimistic for this disbandment...]
[The long silence and the sudden announcement of the disbandment of the development team, as well as the lack of news on the main works, the black haze seems to have enveloped the Golden Wind, and also the Chinese game circle, which is the host of the CJ exhibition...]
"Isn't this too sudden? What's going on? Why did they suddenly announce their disbandment? The CJ exhibition is about to start, and they are doing it now?"
"You can't hold on any longer. I expected that. After all, there has been no response for such a long time. I have said that it is not easy for China to develop its own engine. Now it will embarrass itself in its own country..."
'You are a wise man after the event, right? You are pretending to know everything. Can you let the top four and the bottom eight crush you repeatedly? Are you happier to see your own company in decline than to see NM remarry?'
"Brother Dong is like this. When things are going well, you won't see him cheering. But he is more active than anyone else in taking advantage of others' misfortunes. Please understand him. After all, his family is 100% helpless and isolated..."
"Alas... But to be honest, Xiao Huang is really a bit difficult to deal with this time... There is no news about the main promotion yet..."
"It looks good, maybe it's a surprise for the old thief."
"There has been no news for two and a half months. I feel weak, brother..."
'indeed……'
Media reports, industry discussions, and players’ panicked speculations!
For a time, public opinion about Golden Wind was in chaos!
Although the CJ exhibition has not started yet!
But Konami seems to have won this "battle of revenge"!
And then, they only need to think about how to avenge themselves and take revenge on "Sekiro" in mainland China!
