i really just want to play games

Chapter 347 38 Small Goal

In his vision, Chen Tiancai wants the effect of the Shimmer console to be similar to the virtual reality device in the original novel, and it can provide players with almost the same effects as the real world.

But after a little planning at the beginning, he found that he had reached the limit.

In fact, according to the original plan, when the low-light prototype machine appears, the cost will definitely drop as the technology matures, so Chen Tiancai can still make the low-light host popular as quickly as possible at a price of less than 5000 yuan.

The reality is indeed the case. The cost price of the second generation of the low-light prototype has reached [-] yuan. Even because of the slow progress of science and technology, the world's industrial production capacity is somewhat saturated.

Therefore, in the upstream of the entire manufacturing process, that is, the prices of those raw materials have been in a downturn and are on a downward trend.

In this environment, the cost price of Vivolight’s second-generation prototype is expected to be low for a long time. When it is released in the future, the cost price may be even lower.

According to the calculations of the purchasing side of Anthem Technology, it even counted in advance the large-scale distribution of Vivolight hosts. After mature production on the assembly line, the price of the Vivolight second-generation prototype can even drop below 1000 yuan.

But even if calculated in this way, the cost of the low-light host at that time would never be less than 4000 yuan, and it would probably hover around [-] yuan.

I think that apart from the main body of the Vivolight main unit, the cost of the Vivolight controller "Ruyi Stick" is estimated to be at least [-] yuan.

The matter of the controller is more troublesome than Chen Tiancai imagined, because once it involves ergonomics, that is, to make players feel more comfortable when playing, the investment is huge.

Now just for the development of the 'controller', Anthem Technology has spent 2000 million knives, which is already a huge amount.

"If it doesn't work, just launch another version and make the 'treadmill' a peripheral." Chen Tiancai thought for a long time, gritted his teeth and came up with a last resort idea.

It is natural to make peripherals once and for all, and let players who need them buy them.

But this also realized the principle of price discrimination that Chen Tiancai despised from another level.

And after using the 'treadmill', there must be a lot of differences in the experience among players of the Shimmer console, which will become another trouble.

The inconsistency of the game experience is not only a problem that affects the word-of-mouth of players, but has a greater impact on the game production process.

For a new peripheral, in order to allow players to realize that they did not spend money in vain after buying this peripheral, they have to work hard on this peripheral and game content to create a different experience.

But if there is too much content in this part, it will inevitably affect the experience of players who do not have such peripherals. Therefore, it is actually a very stupid choice to divide it into two versions.

This is not without a solution, that is to follow the cat and draw the tiger, and learn from the experience of the predecessors.

Just like when motion sensing first appeared and became popular, PS and XBOX also launched their own motion sensing peripherals, that is, a camera.

This peripheral is not cheap compared to the host itself, but it also faces the same problem as Chen Tiancai, so the final solution is to provide differentiated content.

In other words, it is to develop a special game for this somatosensory peripheral.

On this point, Chen Tiancai felt that in the age of body sensation, Lao Ren was better than the other two.

Because the wii's original motion sense didn't require peripherals. Although the accuracy is not as high as that of the camera, under the guidance of the old man, playing games is definitely not a problem.

"But without peripherals, it's a bit too silly to play with the low-light host alone." Chen Tiancai still thinks that peripherals are indispensable.

However, the problem he has to face is far more complicated than physical sense.

Because somatosensory is just a matter that can be solved by a camera, the volume is not large, and the cost and price are not that important.

But the peripherals he imagined can assist players and create more interactions for them in the real world created by Shimmer.

Therefore, this peripheral must still be in contact with the player's body, and the size of the auxiliary device must not be small, so it is quite troublesome to solve.

"If it doesn't work, do we still have to continue to dig out black technology?" Chen Tiancai frowned and began to study countermeasures.

He doesn't like to work together. When faced with a problem, as long as he can solve it, he will never delay.

In Chen Tiancai's solution, there are only two problems with the peripherals of the low-light host.

One is to find solutions from existing technologies. The advantage of this is that it takes less time, because there are existing technologies, and the rest is a matter of integration and design.

However, compared with the black technology in the combined platform, the existing technology will definitely lag behind a lot, and there will be a big gap in the finished product in the future.

The development of black technology also requires a lot of time and money. Even if Chen Tiancai comes up with another black technology, the size of Anthem Technology must also be expanded, and the cost of this part is really too great.

"From an objective point of view, is the only way to find it now?" After comparing the two, Chen Tiancai still felt that it was wise to use black technology, and basically gave up this option in his heart.

Apart from the fact that he needs time now, it is best to do it as quickly as possible, and that is a matter of money.

The development of a host may not be the most expensive thing, and the subsequent announcement and marketing of the Vivolight host will also require a lot of money.

Maybe because the low-light mainframe is too dazzling, the announcement of a press conference can have a very good effect, but this part of the money is really just a drizzle for the other part.

The other part is the most expensive part, that is, the cost of manufacturing the retail version of the low-light host and distributing goods in the future.

It's very simple.

In the future, the low-light console is going to be officially released, so before the release, Chen Tiancai will accumulate a part of the low-light console in stock, and then ship it to various distributors before the release date.

Considering the cross-age characteristics of the Vivolight mainframe, the sales volume will inevitably be frighteningly high, which means that no matter how much Chen Tiancai prepares, it is estimated that they will be sold out.

100 million is not too much, even if Chen Tiancai only intends to sell directly through the Internet, this 100 million is definitely not enough.

At present, Anthem Technology estimates the cost of the low-light host at about 100 yuan. Based on this calculation, the cost of 38 million low-light hosts has reached a terrifying figure of [-] billion yuan.

Anthem Network is quite rich now. Chen Tiancai has just checked the company's accounts these few days. Including the income from engine licensing that has just been added in the past year, the bank deposits in the accounts of Anthem Network have just reached the level just now. that amount.

But it is obvious that even if Chen Tiancai asks Zange Network to give Zange Technology a blood transfusion, he can't directly give all the money of Zange Network to Zange Technology.

(End of this chapter)