Chapter 484 If nothing unexpected happens, Yun Wei will have an accident

Alien: Endless Tides" was launched on the first day and attracted heated discussions! The novel game mode makes the game experience more enjoyable! 》

《A tribute to the classics, bringing L4D-like games back to life》

"Sales exceeded 700,000 copies on the first day! "Alien: Infinity War" created the best sales performance of the year for Yunwei Games!"

"The sixth generation of Dream Engine leads the industry's innovation trend! The single-week sales of the first-to-launch works are expected to exceed 3 million copies!"

"Exquisite "augmented reality" technology points the way forward for the development of a new era of games"

《……》

The next day!

Reports about "Alien: Endless Tides" flooded in and made the front pages of major gaming media!

When the news came, Yunwei’s internal staff were naturally excited and their morale was boosted!

good!

Good! Good! Good!

Codick was so excited that he said "good" three times!

"I said at the beginning that there would be absolutely no problem with our project!"

At the data summary meeting on the first day of the project, Kodick was beaming with pride:

"It is produced by our Spitfire Studio, and supported by the exclusive Dream Technology.

"Most manufacturers don't dare to compete with us. Even some short-sighted companies, after making some moves, have quietly withdrawn."

"And this also indirectly proves our dominance in the gaming industry..."

Kotick spoke passionately, with spit flying everywhere.

Although at the meeting, Kotick did not mention any names.

But all the executives attending the meeting knew who the "shortsighted company" the president was referring to was.

It's strange to say.

Clearly, when Yunwei announced some time ago that it was using the latest Paranormal Activity VI engine to produce "Alien: Infinity War", Golden Wind responded quickly and immediately followed up with a project called "Rainbow Six: Siege", intending to engage in a head-on confrontation with them.

result.

Just when they thought a fierce battle was about to begin and had made all preparations to face Golden Wind head-on, Golden Wind's "Rainbow Six" no longer made any movement, as if it had disappeared without a trace, completely concealing its edge.

It looked like it was actively avoiding their Yun Wei.

This practice has been discussed by the media not only among their internal executives, but also in the gaming community.

And the opinions of most media are also similar -

Since the technological innovation of Fantasy VI is too powerful, and Yunwei has sent out its top general, the Flamebird, this time, even Golden Wind does not dare to offend and force a collision with Endless Dark Tide.

after all.

Judging from the current situation, this is the only and most reasonable explanation.

This situation was not unexpected by most people in the industry.

After all, the gap in strength between the two sides is there.

"Alien: Infinity War" launched by Yunwei this time can be said to be the project with the largest publicity and promotion in recent years.

The development cost alone exceeded $355 million, and the subsequent publicity and promotion costs increased by 150%. ….

Even though the game has just been released.

But as of now, this project has already burned nearly 550 million dollars!

But this is no longer important to Kodick.

If burning $550 million can reverse the downward trend of the past two years and successfully suppress the momentum of Golden Wind, they can return to the dominant position in the game.

Not to mention 550 million dollars, he would not hesitate even if it doubled!

After all, the achievement of being able to contain the golden wind is so precious and rare!

"More than 700,000 sets in a single day!"

After a passionate speech, Kodick was a little out of breath, and after calming down a little, he continued:

"I know that this achievement is a sign of our resurgence after a long period of silence, and it certainly makes us excited,"

"but,"

"I think our fighting spirit shouldn't stop here!"

Speaking of this .

Kodick slowly put away his excited look and said in a deep voice:

"700,000 units sold per day, 4 million units expected in the first week, this is just the beginning!"

"In the coming period, we will continue to increase investment in this project, strive to reach new heights, and firmly establish our position as the overlord of the gaming industry, so that some pretentious companies can face reality. I also believe that they will soon -"

…

“I’ve learned my lesson…”

Early in the morning!

Chu Qingzhou took a stack of reporting materials and went to see their president who was sitting in the central military camp.

To be honest, she didn't quite understand how Mr. Gu could sit so steadily.

It was clearly planned in a meeting before that Rainbow Six would be released right after Yunwei's Dark Tides, and the opponent would be dealt a fatal blow with the most powerful sniping method.

However, just five hours after the release of Endless Dark Tide!

Mr. Gu immediately halted the release plan of Rainbow Six and asked all parties to wait for the opportunity and listen to his notification.

Chu Qingzhou didn’t understand, and even Lu Bian didn’t understand.

So early this morning, Chu Qingzhou went to Gu Sheng with a pile of reporting materials, without even having time to eat.

But the only answers he got were "Do you want breakfast?" and "Yun Wei is about to suffer."

"No thanks, Mr. Gu..."

Chu Qingzhou rolled his eyes and complained secretly, thinking, you didn't even plan to ask me to have breakfast with you, did you?

Otherwise, would you swallow an egg in two bites, as if I was trying to steal your breakfast?

Also, how did you determine that "Yun Wei is going to suffer"?

The current public opinion is obviously not in our favor, okay? Everyone says that we are avoiding the sharp edge, but in the end we met a tough opponent and recognized our own weakness.

besides.

Please take a look. The sales of "Endless Tides" have exceeded 700,000. Conservative estimates show that the weekly sales will exceed 4 million . It is even possible to reach more than 5 million!

How can we talk about "suffering"?

Chu Qingzhou was full of questions and stood there waiting for Gu Sheng to give a reasonable explanation.

But Gu Sheng waved his hands, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Chu Qingzhou's heart skipped a beat.

Masaka... Is the invincible Mr. Gu going to fall too? ….

"Mr. Gu, who are you?"

"water--"

Gu Sheng's expression was a little painful:

"The egg——choked——"

Fuck me——!

Chu Qingzhou wanted to stuff Gu Sheng into the water dispenser, but he had to turn around and get a glass of water, and handed it to the gentleman respectfully, sighing helplessly and speechlessly:

"So, Mr. Gu, what should we do...?"

“Phew—much better, thank you.”

After swallowing the choked tea egg down with the water, Gu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest:

"You don't have to do anything, just wait. We will probably be able to release the R6 next week."

ah?

Chu Qingzhou made a confused and stupid cat expression, his mind was a little confused:

"Just...wait?"

"Just wait,"

Gu Sheng nodded:

"If nothing unexpected happens, Yun Wei will have an accident..."

Talking about it!

Gu Sheng took the information from Chu Qingzhou and waved his hand for her to sit down.

Gu Sheng has a special feeling for Chu Qingzhou.

Of course, this kind of feeling has nothing to do with love between men and women. It can be said to be trust, appreciation, or even...appreciation.

Although this sounds strange, after all, Chu Qingzhou is three or four years older than him.

But there is no doubt that little Nezha, the delicate sister who was personally assigned by Old Shen to his beloved daughter, is a rare and prudent handsome talent.

Capable, steady and neat.

From the time Golden Wind was put into operation until now, Chu Qingzhou has never made any mistakes, from large-scale operations such as staff deployment, project promotion and marketing arrangements, and integration of various media activities to small-scale operations such as restocking claw machines, answering calls and receiving visits, and accompanying guests to events.

For more than four years, no matter big or small, we have accomplished our mission without any mistakes.

His execution ability was as precise as that of a precision machine, and his extraordinary intelligence that allowed him to remember everything he saw and apply it to other situations even made Gu Sheng feel a little creepy at one point.

To give a very small example - Chu Qingzhou even remembered the birthday of Lu Bian’s ex-girlfriend, just because three years ago, when the two had not yet confirmed their relationship, Lu Bian changed his mobile phone and mentioned it unconsciously when he was clearing messages.

Oh my God!

This is fucking horrible!

It is also thanks to Chu Qingzhou's gentleness, intelligence and high emotional intelligence, otherwise God knows what kind of miserable life Lu Laoer would have lived!

That's why!

In many things, Gu Sheng was willing to explain in depth to Chu Qingzhou the "why" and "how to do it".

Even when it comes to work matters, he knows everything about Chu Qingzhou and is even more detailed than he is with little Nezha.

Otherwise, if the two of them were just in an ordinary superior-subordinate relationship, Chu Qingzhou would not have asked Gu Sheng why he was so calm.

Just do whatever your boss tells you to do, no reason why.

This is the original duty of a secretary.

Swish——

As he sat down, Chu Qingzhou opened the notebook he carried with him, took out his pen, and listened attentively, waiting for the young president, who was full of tricks, to explain.

"Last night, I talked to Xiao Ming on the phone..."

After drinking a sip of tea, Gu Sheng continued to talk -

It turns out that after confirming the game format of "Alien: Endless Tides" yesterday, Gu Sheng judged that this game would quickly enter a period of weakness without the support of the Creative Workshop. ….

Expected sales of 4 million units?

Kotick is really bold in his predictions.

According to his gaming experience and judgment, if this game continues to follow Yunwei’s current promotion and marketing strategy, the highest weekly sales will be just over 2 million.

Even if Yunwei continues to invest more money and expands its publicity and promotion, its sales volume will at most be just over 3 million sets.

As a game designer and corporate president, Gu Sheng could understand the high development cost of Endless Tides. With new technology and tight deadlines, it would be strange if the cost wasn't high.

However, the price of $80 is too high for players.

Moreover, online games are different from story-based games. The concept of "buy early and enjoy early, buy late and enjoy discounts, and if you don't buy, it's free" is fully reflected in this type of game.

Without regard to spoilers and gaming experience, for a game that costs much more than expected, most players make the same choice:

Wait for a discount on backstab before purchasing.

This applies to both past and present lives.

After all, to this day, whenever Golden Wind participates in a developer's big promotion, "Left 4 Dead", which is often discounted to a huge extent, can still sell a lot of copies.

What Gu Sheng needs to do is to strengthen this concept among the players and promote the rapid decline of "Endless Dark Tide".

At this point, Gu Sheng took a sip of tea:

"You are 'borrowing' from me, so conversely, it's not too much for me to make a game based on your fusion concept, right?"

"Uh... not too much."

Chu

Qingzhou shrugged and shook his head, indicating that this was simply as it should be.

Gu Sheng nodded and then asked:

"You don't have a creative workshop, so I'll be merciful and show you what a creative workshop can do. Is that okay?"

"Yeah, that's not too much."

Chu Qingzhou continued to affirm.

Gu Sheng then asked:

"Then I will release a map in the same format as yours in my creative workshop. If players think your game is too expensive, they can use my game as a substitute for the time being and wait for you to lower the price and give a discount. That's not too much, right?"

hiss--!!!

Speaking of which!

Chu Qingzhou finally understood where Gu Sheng's calmness and confidence came from, as if he was expecting Codick to have a heart attack!

——He secretly instructed Wang Xiaoming to create an OD with the same gameplay and content as "Alien: Endless Tides" in the creative workshop of "Left 4 Dead" in the name of a third party!

In this way, although in terms of overall quality, an OD can never be the same as the original work that Yunwei spent a lot of money to produce.

But don’t forget!

There is also a graphics patch for Left 4 Dead!

And from the perspective of core technology, although Left 4 Dead does not have the latest augmented reality technology, it is equipped with Yiyu’s exclusive full-sensory assistance system!

The perfect lower-level replacement!

The most important thing is——

"Left 4 Dead" is cheap!

When it was first released, Left 4 Dead was priced at only 85 yuan, which is equivalent to about 12 dollars!

And in the most recent discount, they even offered a charity price of 50% off for broken bones!

The original price of "Left 4 Dead" was 85 yuan, but now it only costs 4.25 yuan!

Spend $0.50 to enjoy a lower-end alternative experience that costs $80!

Moreover, this game mode was originally created by G!

This is equivalent to enjoying a shooting experience that has not been surpassed to this day on the most authentic platform!

Add to that the huge price difference which is like the difference between Mount Everest and the Mariana Trench!

Even Chu Qingzhou couldn't help but be stunned for five seconds before slowly raising a thumb:

"Boss Gu, tsk,"