Otherworldly Architect

Because of this promotional activity, many people who don't play games suddenly paid attention to this game, and they all fumbled into Bluestar's forum.

The warm and hospitable Mingjiao, of course, opened the Amway mode for the first time.

"Friend, have you heard of League of Legends? You must have!"

"Then you must have heard of the Assassin's Way, yes, yes, the one that dominated the hot search recently..."

"Come, come, come, read our teachings, and read to me: produced by Blue Star, it must be a high-quality product!"

"Let's find out about the Knight Card Contest! That's right, it's playing cards. Our fund pool is now more than 80..."

In this world, strictly speaking, there is basically no one who has never played games.

The definition of games can be very broad, including those virtual bubbles on electronic devices, of course, but it can also include competition on the green field, and it can also include the glass balls you flicked when you were young.

The game is a paradise version of life, in which: all efforts will be rewarded, all waiting will only take a few seconds at most, everything exists around the protagonist, and all regrets can be easily recovered ...

No one doesn't like games.

Of course, for the industry, anyone who has never been exposed to traditional video games can be called a "light player".

can you hear me!It's still a player!

The difference is that he hasn't opened his e-wallet generously yet.

It's not that "light players" don't like games, they just lack an opportunity to understand.

In many cases, the first game that leads them into the electronic world will become the "emotional masterpiece" on the tip of their hearts.

For example, the first "Ni Tian Jue" by Tu Long Bao Dao Studio, although it is a vulgar money-making work, after six or seven years, the first batch of players are already old, and they began to spontaneously miss the old days. My own sweat...and money.

No matter what can be plated with a layer of gold by memories, this is called feelings.

Let these players recall now, then they themselves don't know how they fell into this pit, why did they suddenly become intoxicated and addicted?

Sure enough, it's because the game is so fun!

Each of Bluestar's games is a masterpiece with a full score or close to a full score, and its inherent appeal is completely beyond other entertainment methods.

"Light players" only need to understand a little bit, as long as they have watched the promotional video, and as long as they enter the game experience for 1 minute, they will not be able to pull out at all.

After the advertisement of "Dragon Hunter" was launched, within a few days, the sales of Blue Star Studio's previous works suddenly increased slightly.

Everyone understands very well: because the new game hasn't been released yet, it's completely normal for hungry players to choose to play other games first to satisfy their hunger.

Moreover, several AR games next door also suddenly increased a lot of registered users.

After all, AR is an old-fashioned technology, and government support for such projects has continued for many years.

In this market, there are already several classic AR works.

Because of the support of the government in the past few years, although these works are not popular, they have a high tax exemption threshold, which is equivalent to a good business ability.

In order to get tax-free quotas, there have also been many big companies vying for shares.

The current situation has almost stabilized, and the biggest winner in the AR game market is Cruise Capital.

Cruise Capital can be regarded as an old acquaintance, as early as when Blue Star was just emerging, their keen and greedy businessman's eyes had already fallen on Blue Star.

This behemoth has always done things this way, so it's no surprise that Cruise has almost bought AR products, and even gobbled up the production teams behind these games.

The current AR game market is dead silent. Even the top-ranked "AR Bee" has a fraction of the number of online players.

When doing market background research, Mingyan personally played this "AR Bee" and found that it is just a shooting game with AR technology added.

Its content is basically to let the player hold a gun to shoot various monster targets randomly appearing around, and then calculate the score.

The advantages are lackluster. Although having a stereoscopic projection can provide a good sense of immersion, this point is basically overwhelmed by other world games;

The disadvantages are numerous, because it has almost no gameplay at all, it is just a gun battle simulator, all the player can do is adjust the muzzle and press the trigger.

Of course, many games of the Star Age are emulators like this.

The release of the promotional video of Dragon Hunter suddenly ignited the enthusiasm of many players for AR technology.

And Cruise Capital also responded quickly, and immediately took advantage of Dongfeng to re-promote "AR Bee", which really attracted many players to download and play within a short period of time.

Huge traffic may bring seemingly good performance to the propaganda department, but in fact these players will not stay in the game for long at all.

After the initial novelty of shooting guns in real life wears off, they quickly tire of the stuff.

"It's a projection ad on a treadmill, like hanging a carrot in front of a donkey. Trying to trick me into exercising? It doesn't exist!"

"It's boring, I'm going back to play League of Legends."

"My hands are sore, just to give me an extra [-] points in the end? There is no sense of accomplishment at all, as if I have been insulted!"

"What the hell, there is no VR game stimulation at all, I was fooled."

Some people uninstall the game and go back to their original entertainment in disappointment.

Another group of bored players continued to return to the Blue Star Forum, but their expectations for "Dragon Hunter" were also greatly discounted.

[AR games are not fun at all, tired and boring, let’s go back and play VR shooting games. 】

[There is a reason for the decline of AR! 】

[Don't look at the Dragon Hunter ad well, but there are only a few rainbow soap bubbles, and it's really annoying to play in practice. 】

[I think these companies don't want to make games at all, they just go for the government's tax exemption policy! 】

It has to be said that the eyes of the masses are discerning.

Cruise capital is aiming at the tax-free policy. They have to buy an AR game studio every year, and then they can sell other products with policy benefits.

Every year they can benefit a lot from this, and of course this year is no exception——

They directly knocked on the door of Blue Star Studio, wanting to discuss cooperation with Blue Star!

The person in charge from Cruise Capital, as if he didn’t know there was a dispute between the two companies, still smiled and complimented him repeatedly, and said: “We have a lot of experience in the production of AR games.”

On behalf of the cruise line, he wanted to invest in the "Dragon Hunter" project.

Blue Star doesn't need to pay anything else, just nods, and can get a lot of money; and the cruise line can get an extra tax-free quota from this AR project as long as it pays.

The plan was perfect, but it was a pity that Ming Yan said with a blank face: "But I refuse."

Of course, the person in charge of the cruise ship would not give up easily. He started to save the country with curves, and became a clear-cut licking dog.

He gave presents every day, even the big golden retriever Sisi, who did what he liked to please Horace, and then went on to coax Ling Xiaoman into a smile with his tongue full of love.

Ling Xiaoman was shaken, and said in the group: "This seems to be a win-win thing. They won't interfere with our project, they just take an extra quota, and this quota was wasted."

But Mingyan firmly refused.

As the legal person in charge of the studio, his decision is the decision of Blue Star, and the person in charge of the cruise ship can only leave in dismay.

Before leaving, he also said to Ling Xiaoman earnestly: "AR games themselves violate the needs of players. They force players to get up and exercise. Of course, the final result is to be abandoned by players and eliminated by the market. AR technology is really at the end of the road." If you have the opportunity, please persuade Master Ming. You will really stumble on a project that cannot even be saved by the cruise capital. Don’t regret it at that time. "

Only Xia Cheng probably knew what Mingyan was thinking, and asked him, "Are you worried that foreign capital will affect the quality of the game?"

When talking, Mingyan is still experiencing other AR games in the world.

He thought for a while before saying: "They operate AR games as commodities, and of course what they make is just commodities, without a soul. These games...too bad! Really too bad, they are overdrawing players trust!"

He sat down, took off the AR glasses, and drooped his head in disappointment.

Xia Cheng sat next to him, lending his shoulders understandingly, and said, "I know, I know. Only pure gamers can make the best games."

Mingyan leaned on his shoulder and said: "Profits can overwhelm everything, and it will make investors forget about it. They force the gamers who have devoted themselves to research to leave. Those who sit in that seat and make games become assembly line copying machines. In the end, they rush to work. If those cookie-cutter products are used to make quick profits, the most downstream players will suffer.”

This process can be as short as a year or as long as decades.

Just like the cancer in the past, it is often when the disease is terminal that the pain is felt at the end of the nerve, and the players realize that something is wrong, but it is too late.

Players have already lost confidence in AR games.

Even among the Ming Cult, some people began to post earnestly to persuade them:

[It's better not to invest so much in new games, I beg the leader to start other projects sooner. AR technology is a pool of stagnant water, which cannot be saved.This thing can't be used as a game! 】

[Such a good-looking promotional video, it would be great to use it as a VR RPG game, let us directly fight against dragons! 】

【I pessimistically estimate that this game is small anyway, and it is quick to make. It may really be the worst game of Blue Star. 】

[Brothers, don't be so sad!Don't you even believe the leader? The products from Blue Star must be high-quality products!The new game has at least 9 points, and if it is less than 9 points, I will run naked on my head, and I will post it as an oath! ! ! 】

[It's not that we are mourning.Look at the AR made by Vayela next door. It was advertised well at the time, but it turned out to be a lump of mud. In the end, it was sold at a low price. Now the number of players can be counted on one hand. 】

For a time, it seemed that the whole world became pessimistic.