Tokyo: Being coveted by my wife, I just want to play games

The popularity of Qingyin Girls has swept throughout December, but players are not only paying attention to Qingyin Girls.

The famous TGS Winter Show and the TGA Awards Ceremony, the Oscars of the gaming industry, are both in December.

However, this year is a small year for gaming.

On the one hand, there are no top-level masterpieces, but also because the next-generation new machines from console and handheld manufacturers such as SATE, Juyin, NICO, and Shanmu have all entered the final stage of research and development.

The release of a new machine must be accompanied by a masterpiece. Therefore, the first-party signature studios of these major manufacturers all make games based on the development progress of the machine. In fact, they are not only first-party studios.

Typical examples are NTsoft and NICO.

As a third party, NTsoft does not have to forcefully match the launch time of NICO's new machine. However, NTsoft does not have a console business, so it has been deeply bound to NICO for a long time, and shareholders of both companies have cross-shareholdings.

Asai is willing to spend so much money to make him a wolf for Fuyukawa Che, and even if he is defeated, he does not dare to get angry and cause trouble for him Fuyukawa Che. There is actually the influence of NICO behind it.

Consoles generally only iterate once every seven years. Although there will be upgraded versions and youth versions in the meantime, in most cases, the sales volume after the initial version is released will largely determine which company can succeed in the next seven years. Gain a voice in the host market. The sales volume after the release of the first edition was supported by exclusivity, or at least masterpieces that could be exclusive on the console platform.

NICO wants Sekiro to protect their next-generation console.

but

That's just for the game Sekiro.

They are currently showing no kindness to Fuyukawa Che who is preparing to fly solo.

When Cheru Fuyukawa was confirmed to be absent from this year's TGS Winter Show and TGA Awards Ceremony, an uproar instantly erupted within NTsoft!

Although Fuyukawa Che has not yet made a top-notch masterpiece worth 20 to 30 million yuan, this year is a small year for games!

His four works are very likely to be nominated for TGA or even win awards, but NTsoft did not allow him to participate in the awards ceremony!

And it's not just TGA.

Sekiro will be online in the first quarter of next year, and before that, the TGS Winter Exhibition can be said to be the largest exposure channel. The large amount of publicity funds Fuyukawa Teru applied for at the time will also be spent on this exhibition.

This is an opportunity for huge exposure, but NTsoft actually asked the neutralist Minister Komiya to host this exhibition.

Not just NTsoft employees.

At that time, the wheel of time moved forward slowly, and when the time came to the day of the TGS Winter Exhibition, the audience and colleagues in front of the screen found that the huge exhibition hall of Sekiro was no longer showing the figures of Fuyukawa Teru, Miyano Miwa and others. After a little old man introduced the gameplay of Sekiro to everyone, the entire gaming world became agitated!

The first is the players.

Although Fuyukawa Tetsu basically does not publicize himself, for some serious gamers, Fuyukawa Tetsu is a name that cannot be bypassed in the gaming industry this year. Even if Che Fuyukawa doesn't make any announcements, serious players still know his name, especially those who look forward to Sekiro!

Puzzled, they don’t know why Fuyukawa Che suddenly disappeared, and everyone is asking questions on the barrage. But except for some gamers and navy fans, the fandom atmosphere in the game circle is actually not that strong, and the focus is mainly on Game quality.

As Sekiro's promotional video starts to play, as the sound of iron strikes sounds, as the grand scenes, rich and diverse monster categories, and exciting BOSS battles appear, the players' emotions are also attracted.

Yes, grand scenes and BOSS battles!

Strictly speaking, the game Sekiro is just a trial work by Hidetaka Miyazaki.

Although this game won the 2019 TGA Game of the Year and is extremely popular, its sales of five million in just three years after its release really illustrates the problem.

Compared to the protagonist of Dark Souls, the protagonist of Sekiro has far superior mobility than previous Souls-based protagonists, including double jumps and hook locks. As a result, the design of the iconic Box Garden map of the Souls-based series has been severely weakened, and the difficulty is mainly Focusing on the elite monster and BOSS battle stage, it loses the tension and excitement of running away from the Dark Souls series.

At the same time, because it focuses too much on sword fighting, it is impossible to add points and change weapon types. Compared with previous Souls-based games, although Sekiro can get a strong sense of accomplishment from bombing to execution, the threshold for getting started has been greatly raised, and players' growth in the early stages has been greatly improved. Feedback is also greatly weakened, but that's all at the core.

Although Sekiro is a hit but not a hit, there is another very critical problem, that is, the monsters are too skinny and the graphics are not very expressive.

This is mainly due to lack of money.

Although the soul system later became famous, before Sekiro, the soul system was a niche category with a very good reputation. Even speaking of it, Miyazaki Hidetaka himself said in an interview that his sales forecast for Elden's Ring is "I will be very satisfied if five million units are sold".

After Sekiro's reputation exploded, the estimated sales of Elden's Ring were still only five million units. It is conceivable that his sales estimate for Sekiro at that time would only be even lower.

If the estimated sales volume is not high, the investment amount will not be high, and without money, you cannot make more things, so you can only change the skin. Not only are the elite monsters changing skins like crazy, but the art style of the entire scene is actually just like that. Although it should be said that the Japanese Warring States Period was not grand in nature and was jokingly called [Village Fighting] by many people, the art style is crucial!

Ghost of Tsushima is also set in ancient Japan, but the visual impact of that picture is different. The art standard of Fuyukawa Cheru's production of Sekiro is to benchmark Tsushima, and it also uses the latest game engine!

The current Sekiro far surpasses the original in terms of visual expression, and he has also modified and adjusted some BOSS battles.

The visual impact is extremely strong!

As the "Sekiro" episode progressed, the comments about "Why Fuyukawa Tetsu wasn't there" gradually became less frequent. When the enhanced version of Sakuraryu appeared, all the viewers couldn't help but exclaimed!

Restless!

The player community was restless, coupled with NTsoft's publicity resources, the discussion about Sekiro on major websites began to soar crazily. Almost all players who pay attention to stand-alone games began to discuss this game!

And it’s not just NTsoft and players, Sekiro is also regarded by NICO as one of the escort masterpieces for the new console. As the top game industry giant that has a certain degree of control over NTsoft, NICO has a strong influence on both promotion channels and distribution capabilities. Far more than NTsoft, and when they saw the popularity of Sekiro, they also poured a lot of money into it!

For the official promotional video on the Xiaopo website, the number of barrages directly exceeded the 50,000 mark in a short period of time!

The number of views of the official promotional video on YouTube also quickly exceeded the 80 million mark!

The whole network is talking about it and the whole network is looking forward to it!

But compared to players and companies, game industry practitioners are more concerned about Fuyukawa Che himself.

Not only because Sekiro's scheduled promotional video was so effective, but also because Cheru Fuyukawa did not appear.

This kind of thing is actually not uncommon in the industry. They all understand that Che Fuyukawa was hidden by NTsoft.

For other people, hiding in the snow means big trouble, but for Fuyukawa Che, being hidden in the snow means that the day when he submits his resignation is not far away!