"You still seem downcast. Are you still thinking about the 'Ming Legend' project?"
Most of my colleagues have already left. The brain-computer interface VR is going to be released tomorrow. Everything that needs to be developed and tested has been completed. Most of the game development department staff have left early these past few days.
The "early" here is only in comparison to when previous projects were rushing to meet deadlines.
Seeing Chen Chi still lost in thought, Chen Ran asked his friend. This was also the project Chen Chi had been most enthusiastic about.
Chen Ran is the type who does his best if he can, but if he can't, then so be it; he'll just honestly work for Tencent.
Chen Chi turned to look at Chen Ran and said, "Yeah, I'm thinking of going out on my own and developing this game."
Chen Ran lowered his voice: "Are you crazy! Do you know how much investment it takes to make a game of this caliber? You could pour all your salary from when you joined Tencent into it and it wouldn't even make a splash."
"Moreover, jobs are so hard to find in the current environment. It's easy to leave but hard to come back. It won't be so easy for you to go back to Tencent."
“Our project is about to launch, and given how much the company values the brain-computer interface VR project, we’ll receive another substantial year-end bonus next month. Why bother with anything else?”
Chen Ran is passionate and energetic, but reason can always overcome these qualities.
Chen Chi realized there were other colleagues around, so he lowered his voice as well:
"The release of brain-computer interface VR is an excellent opportunity."
Are you confident in brain-computer interface VR?
"I am confident that brain-computer interface VR is definitely the best VR product currently available, with entertainment value and playability far surpassing other products on the market."
"From my perspective as an industry insider, brain-computer interface VR can be said to be the culmination of electronic products in recent years."
"But my only concern is the pricing. According to my friend at Kechuang Future, this product will definitely not be cheap."
"According to what they said, it should be priced at the same level as Sony's PS5, or even more expensive."
"Whether we can achieve sufficient sales at this price is questionable. But it will definitely sell well overseas."
Chen Ran thought for a moment and then answered.
There have been claims that Chinese gamers are unwilling to pay for AAA titles, which is why China cannot produce good AAA games.
This argument has some merit, but the reason why domestic players are unwilling to pay for AAA games is that domestic income levels are not yet keeping up with the pricing of console games.
It's not because domestic players have lower moral standards than foreign players; it's simply because their income levels are lower.
A simple example is that the statutory minimum wage in Sweden is 28,000 RMB. A AAA game priced at 300 RMB is only half a day's wages for a Swede.
Among the minimum wage standards in various provinces of China, the highest is only 2,320 yuan, and 300 RMB is the minimum wage for 3 days.
If a AAA game cost a Scandinavian three days' wages to buy, do you think they would buy it?
It has little to do with moral standards.
The number of paying users for free-to-play games in China is relatively small, and those who can spend hundreds or thousands of yuan are even smaller. Most gamers spend no more than 50 RMB per month on mobile games.
Chen Chi nodded and said, "That's right, if the price is too high, it could indeed affect sales."
"But high fees mean that the users are the highest quality and most powerful customers in China."
"These customers largely overlap with the consumer base for console games."
"If brain-computer interface VR becomes a huge success and VR console games sell well, there will definitely be many investors who want to invest in this area."
"As the first batch of people working on Tencent's brain-computer interface VR games, it's easy for us to attract investment. With our resumes, it's not impossible for us to get a share of the pie in this new trend."
"I know the first rule of starting a business: Don't use your own money to start a business."
These days, it's no longer an era where you can attract investment just by talking and putting on a PowerPoint presentation. Education, resume, work experience, and whether you have successful works are all standards that investors need to consider.
The meteoric rise of Kechuang Bio has led to an increasing number of domestic investors willing to invest in hard technologies. What if it becomes the next Kechuang Bio?
After listening, Chen Ran laughed and said, "Very good. Investing with your own money is too stressful, so stressful that it makes you lose your normal level."
“Using other people’s money to start your own business can, in some ways, more easily unleash a person’s potential.”
"But have you considered a very important point? You took our plan and went outside to collaborate with others to start a game company."
"It's fine if it doesn't become popular yet, but once it does, Tencent will definitely sue us. Nanshan Pizza Hut is no joke."
Chen Chi shook his head and said, "No, no, no, you're being too attached to appearances."
"What was the most valuable part of the previous plan? It was the combat system that we painstakingly developed with a lot of effort."
“The Chinese version of Cthulhu is just a skin, and it doesn’t necessarily have to be this skin.”
"The specific story background is not important. The key is whether the game content can make players happy."
"In addition, the currently popular genre of magic is also a great subject."
Chen Ran: "Let's wait until everything settles down before we start looking for investment."
"Moreover, non-compete agreements are a very troublesome thing."
"I need time to consider whether or not to work with you."
It has to be said that Chen Ran was tempted. Brain-computer interface VR is a brand new field that is bound to create a lot of wealth myths.
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