The strongest game producer

In Stella's meeting room, the high-level expressions were a little dignified.

"In general, our game has a good reputation, but the sales volume is not as good as the previous one." Al concluded.

Leon crossed his hands on the table, and said deeply: "In Huaguo dialect, it means whether it sells well or not."

Al glared at Leon and said, "Are you an active atmosphere?"

Leon put away his gloomy face, resumed his usual carefree expression, and said, "I already know the reason for this situation. We were jointly arranged by other game companies."

Speaking of this, Leon also showed a helpless expression on his face: "We ignored the most feared factor in the plot and the game."

"Spoiler." Al has obviously reacted, "Because the previous publicity was too high-profile, many players had a rebellious mentality, and they decided to wait and see for a while before buying the game. By the time many players were ready to buy the game, the end was over. Spoiler protection period."

Leon sighed and said, "That's right. Although Doomsday is also a good shooting game apart from the plot, if it is normal, there will be many players who buy it. It's just that there are too many games of this type during this time."

Combining the tragic core contained in Xianjian with modern society, not only Stella thinks so, but also designers of other game companies think so.As a result, the plots of this type of game are similar, and they are more or less influenced by the fairy sword.Although Stella is confident that his game is the best, but this excellence will not be known until players play it.Once the spoiler comes out, once the player has the feeling of "similar to the XXX I played before", the desire to buy will be reduced by a small half.

"Another point is that the Huaguo market, which used to be one of the important markets, has suffered from poor sales this time." A senior executive in charge of sales added.

Leon crossed his hands behind his head this time, laying on the chair and said, "Because the release time is after Honghuang, right? It's not just Huaguo. After the release of Honghuang, the sales of our games dropped rapidly."

"Yes, before Honghuang's release, the sales of our games gradually increased due to the good reputation, and the momentum was good." The senior executive in charge of sales sighed.

"I think this is not just Stella, but the entire game industry is similar. It's just that Stella's game is the latest to be released, and it is the closest to the prehistoric." Al pushed his glasses and laughed at himself, "Who would have thought that Red Dog could be so Get out the game soon. No, even if we thought about it, we wouldn't think about avoiding Red Dog's edge. But now the sales have already paid off, and it doesn't matter financially. Forget the sales, since it's applauded for the end There are a lot of players, so our next focus will be on winning prizes."

Other high-level executives nodded one after another: "The awards of the World Games Club now definitely tend to be plot-oriented games. Although Honghuang is fun, it abandons the main storyline and has no depth. Moreover, Immortal Sword has already booked the best of the year, so they should not be allowed to win again. .”

A smile appeared on Al's face: "Then let's continue discussing this issue. Leon, do you have anything to add?"

"No, it's nothing, let's continue." Leon said in his heart, it's not that there are no games produced by game companies that won the best of the year for many times, as long as the game quality greatly crushes other games.Who will be the best winner of the next year is still uncertain.

But at this time, it is better not to speak out to discourage everyone's enthusiasm.

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In addition to Stella, other game companies are also meeting to discuss that Honghuang almost dominates the current game market.

When the fairy sword appeared, it only caused a sensation in Huaguo.Later, through publicity, overseas players knew about Xianjian, but the sales of Xianjian did not squeeze the market share of other game companies. After all, in terms of gameplay, Xianjian is similar to or even slightly inferior to games in the mainstream market today.It's just that everyone knows that the best of the year is gone.

But Honghuang is really unconvincing.No one has ever said that Red Dog got here just by luck, and game companies all regard Red Dog as the next Stella.

What makes them even more helpless is that Red Dog's current situation is much better than Stella's.When Stella appeared, there were already many major game companies in the United States, and they were under much greater pressure than Red Dog.It can be seen from the acquisition of Stella.

Although the Red Dog also encountered some suppression, when it initially showed its potential, it was protected by the Hua Guo government like a son, which is really unenviable.

This kind of envy is useless.They held meetings one after another to analyze the case of Honghuang's popularity, hesitating whether to continue to follow suit, and if so, how to follow suit.

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"For these big companies, it's easy to follow suit. Because they have multiple studios under their umbrella, they can throw a few studios to test the water. Only Stella will have a little headache, because almost all of their games are Leon Flory planned it alone, and it was Leon's one-way house. From this point of view, I hope you will grow up quickly, and don't let me take the lead alone." Xiao Gou half-jokingly said, "Zhang Tan, Wu Haoyu, the two of you run the business. The current momentum of mobile games is very good. While operating well, don’t forget to make new games. If you don’t have time to operate, you can also hand over the game to other operators. Now domestic operators should also be willing to cooperate with us.”

Zhang Tan and Wu Haoyu quickly responded.

"I think the people in the company have already gotten used to it, and I think we should recruit people again." Qiao Hong said, "Your positions will also be adjusted accordingly. The company will not be too busy during this time, if anyone wants to take a vacation , you can apply in turn in the next two months. Remember to leave enough manpower in each department.”

The conference room began to cheer.

For Red Dog employees, vacations are a luxury.

Xiao Gou smiled and said, "Don't worry, Red Dog will have enough manpower in the future. It must not be a dream to not work overtime during the nine-to-five dual-study holidays."

The Red Dog employees laughed.

But Xiao Gou was not joking.After recruiting another batch of people, Red Dog's current manpower should be relatively sufficient.But Xiao Gou and Qiao Hong were not idle, because the hardware factory started to get busy.

Hong Huang proved that Red Dog's server is really easy to use. Orders from all over the world, as previously speculated by the media, buried Wenda's office like snowflakes.Wen Da is happy and in pain, because now he finds that there is a shortage of people.

Wen Da even joked that Red Dog has a curse, and that curse is lack of staff and overtime.Originally, he thought that his factory had a lot of people, but when he saw so many orders, he was instantly discouraged.But at this time, recruiting requires training, and it is impossible to start working immediately, so everyone can only work overtime to catch up with orders.Moreover, because the quantity of the order was underestimated before, the number of accessories ordered by the factory was not enough, and additional orders had to be made, which was another troublesome matter.

It's much easier to sell game design software than it is to sell servers.However, for the sale of game design software, Red Dog almost only took a little labor fee to help sell, and handed in the rest. Red Dog hardly made any money.

The cost of high-tech products is mainly derived from the development cost, just like pharmaceuticals. It is said that the production cost may be very low, but the development may cost a lot of money, and these research and development costs must be spread on the product price.

Xiao Gou's blueprint is given by the system, which saves the research and development costs, so the profit of the server is very terrible.Therefore, just the deposit has already made Red Dog a lot of money, and Xiao Gou wanted to make a new holographic game, which was photographed by Qiao Hong.

"Please slow down your work pace." Qiao Hong said seriously, "Even if you have a lot of ideas in your head, even the machine has to stop to cool down and refuel. If you plan to keep spinning, you should also consider your employees."

Xiao Gou was taught with an open mind, so Qiao Hong in the conference room asked everyone to take a good rest in the next two months.

However, Red Dog's employees are going to take turns to rest after they are busy recruiting, but Xiao Gou really can't wait to make a new game.Although he can't pull his subordinates to do it together, but he can get out the concept draft first.

There is a reason why Xiao Gou is so active, not because he is a workaholic.

The reason for this was that the system's quest chain on the sales volume of holographic games was finally completed, and he got another super awesome blueprint.This drawing is the drawing of semi-virtual reality glasses.

Semi-virtual reality glasses, also known as extended reality glasses, had similar existence in Xiao Gou's previous life.Google once developed a pair of glasses with functions similar to smartphones, but because of the high cost, too few applications, and some people’s concerns about the privacy violation of wearable smart devices-the first two points are the main reasons, Google stopped Development of a consumer version of Google Glass.

The market's response to Google Glass has also been mediocre.In addition to the above three reasons, consumers also think that Google Glass is distracting and unsafe.Some people even think that this kind of smart device that is easy to wear and use has the risk of addiction and makes people dependent.

These are the same arguments that were made when the smartphone was first launched.

However, the world is much more tolerant of wearable smart devices, and devices similar to Google Glass have already appeared.However, these are devices that assist smartphones. There are not many entertainment applications on them, and they have not developed to the point where you can see 3D projections in reality.

Because the technology in this world is more advanced, the price of wearable smart devices is not too high, which is about two thousand Chinese coins.It includes functions such as map navigation, answering calls, prompting text messages, health monitoring, etc. Many trendy young people have already accepted this device, just like Xiao Gou's smart bracelet in his previous life.Each country also has relatively strict regulations on the part of this device that violates the privacy of citizens. For example, when the camera and video functions are turned on, there must be obvious sound prompts and obvious changes in appearance. Wearable smart devices enter.

Therefore, it is easy for Xiao Gou to promote his semi-virtual reality glasses, without worrying about the market rebound.

All the devices provided by the system are related to games, and the semi-virtual reality glasses it gave Xiao Gou are naturally not the auxiliary wearable smart devices sold on the market, but game consoles.Said to be semi-virtual reality glasses, in fact, the glasses are only a part of the device, and it is also equipped with earplugs and bracelets, which are important components of the game console.The price of the full set is about 3000 Chinese dollars given by the system.

The next system task is to design a game exclusively for semi-virtual reality gaming devices.

Xiao Gou guessed that the next task must be related to this semi-virtual reality game device. The next task may include how many models of this device are sold, and the number of online gamers or sales exclusive to this device.

It is very challenging to promote a game device that no one else has seen before, but Xiao Gou is very confident.

Most of the games in the previous life were exclusive to consoles, and it was not seen that players bought less.As long as the game is interesting, 3000 yuan is just a small amount, which is the price of a smartphone with general configuration.In his previous life, he was equipped with a set of PS4 plus virtual game equipment, which cost at least tens of thousands.

He looked at the design drawings. The appearance of this device is very fashionable. If the exclusive game it carries is fun, it will not be difficult to sell well.

As for the design of such equipment, it is not difficult.All the board games in the previous life can be designed as semi-virtual reality games, such as card games such as "Yu-Gi-Oh", "Magic: The Gathering", "Hearthstone", "Three Kingdoms" and so on.

Pokémon, a game similar to pet raising and fighting, is also good.Xiao Gou originally planned to make Pokémon into a holographic game, but now it is also possible to make a purely pet raising and fighting game.The two do not conflict.However, after Xiao Gou prepared to make a holographic version of Pokémon, players became enthusiastic about raising a few Pokémon to accompany them in "reality".

So the semi-virtual reality game that Xiao Gou wants to design now is the card game "Hearthstone".

"Hearthstone" is a card confrontation game based on the World of Warcraft view.Before Xiao Gou died from overwork, its online audience had already exceeded [-] million. It could be regarded as a phenomenon-level card game, and it was also listed as one of the e-sports events.Although the server of the national server of the pig farm agent is terrible, there are still many people playing the national server of Hearthstone. "Hearthstone" is easy for novices to get started, and people who don't know the world view of Warcraft can also enjoy it. Although they still can't escape the evil planning of new generations of gods and generations of cutting XX, its strategic playability is indeed It is one of the top card games.

In fact, there are many card games with a wide audience, such as "Yu-Gi-Oh", which used to be Xiao Gou's childhood, and is now very popular abroad; cards are considered to be the most valuable, and it is difficult for newcomers to enter the pit, but the cohesion of the circle is very strong Gao's earliest collectible card game "Magic: The Gathering"; "Three Kingdoms", which became popular throughout Huaguo in his previous life... These are very good card games, and they will be very popular.Xiao Gou wanted to take the lead in developing "Hearthstone" because under the big world view of World of Warcraft, he would also make new games.

In Nuan Nuan's time travel dungeon, players already know some basic events and characters of World of Warcraft, and are curious about this world.Many players have speculated that Nuan Nuan's time travel dungeon will eventually be made into a game, and the fairy sword can be regarded as evidence.Players are no strangers to World of Warcraft, so "Hearthstone" is easier to promote.After "Hearthstone" is booming, it can warm up for the future "World of Warcraft", making everyone look forward to "World of Warcraft" becoming a large-scale holographic game.

After comprehensive consideration, Xiao Gou decided to make Hearthstone first.

Of course, apart from the above, Xiao Gou also has selfish motives.He just bought a pre-sale card pack for "Hearthstone", and died of overwork before he could open it. This made him a little obsessed, and he wanted to open the card pack in this world to have fun.

Xiao Gou started to design the concept draft of "Hearthstone" with great enthusiasm. He has almost forgotten the details of the plot missions of the planet Azeroth, and he has not drawn the relevant game modules, so he can only rely on his memory to assemble again.As for the character model, leave it to Qiao Hong.Even if he got the game modules related to World of Warcraft, Qiao Hong would never agree with him to use those models of World of Warcraft, because it did not conform to Qiao Hong's aesthetics.

Seeing Xiao Gou devote himself to work again, Qiao Hong was a little bit angry.

It's hard to relax a little bit, he was planning to travel alone with Xiao Gou, to enhance their relationship, but this guy locked himself in the studio without saying a word.

Qiao Hong finally understood some of his elders and friends' good-natured ridicule after he found a boyfriend who was a programmer of science and engineering.