Chapter 310 Microsoft surrenders! (New leader Yike Ludanz)
(Congratulations to the new leader, a stewed egg z, thank you for your money) Because it is not a sequel to the original series, "Fallout: New Vegas" was not promoted as much as "Fallout 3".
But this is almost the time when "Fallout" game fans around the world are the most hungry. It has been two years since the release of Fallout 3. Although the global sales volume has not exceeded 20 million copies so far, the accumulated number of players is far more than 20 million.
Fallout 3 is so good that they've played it over and over again for hundreds of hours.
Ergou Studio is now working on "The Last of Us", so it is very likely that they haven't even started creating a new folder for "Fallout 4". Who knows when it will be.
At this time, "Fallout: New Vegas" has become the holy water to quench the thirst of countless game fans.
Historically, this game has received good ratings, with several mainstream media ratings of around 8.5 points. Although it is not as good as "Fallout 3", it is still excellent.
This time, neither Ergou Studio nor Obsidian Studio did any deliberate public relations.
However, it was unexpected that after the ratings from the world's mainstream gaming media came out, they were actually higher than in history, and much higher.
IGN gave it a high score of 9.2.
"This game is undoubtedly the biggest surprise of the year, even more than Resident Evil 5."
"Fallout 3 achieved unprecedented success, but Ergou Studios did not continue to work on the Fallout series. Instead, it concentrated all its manpower on producing The Last of Us, and handed Fallout: New Vegas over to Obsidian Studios for development."
"I believe that after this news comes out, it will bring a sense of division to players around the world. Because we have to admit that since the release of Fallout 3, this IP has been split."
"Part of the Fallout flavor still belongs to the original IP, which once belonged to Black Isle Studios. And the other part of the Fallout flavor belongs to Ergou Studios."
"Fallout 3 almost completely reinterpreted the Fallout IP, giving it new attributes and flavors, and making it completely accepted by game fans around the world. However, now that the IP is being handed back to Obsidian Studios, does it mean another tear? How can the Ergou style and the Obsidian style be integrated? This will be the biggest challenge for the entire game."
"Obsidian's Fallout is more hardcore, more demanding, but also more niche. Ergou's Fallout is more interesting, more massive, and more plot-based."
"So in the eyes of many people, Ergou's decision to give the game development rights to Obsidian is more like a money-making activity, which makes people worry that it will overdraw the vitality of the IP."
“And now the answer has come out.”
"It was a brave attempt, and it was also an almost perfect attempt."
"Because the two flavors of radiation blend together so well."
"You can clearly feel the flavor of Black Isle, the father of Fallout, even from beginning to end. But you can feel the flavor of Er Gou, the new father of Fallout, even more, especially at some key points."
"After playing this game, we talked to Fergus Urquhart, the founder of Obsidian Studios, and he made it clear that as the boss, Er Gou gave them a huge amount of creative freedom, but he was very persistent on a few points."
"That is to elevate the structure of the two camps, increase the mystery and ritual of Caesar's Legion, enhance Caesar's Legion's weapons and equipment, and add more epic scenes."
"And this is exactly why we gave this game a higher score. As a spin-off game, the development difficulty of Fallout: New Vegas is actually very high, because it cannot be the same as Fallout 3, but it cannot lose its essence."
“If it was done exactly as Obsidian Studios planned, it would still be a very good game. But after Er Gou raised the game script and the game world view, the game became full of shocking power.”
"Especially when the two camps were engaged in the final battle, the magnificent scene, the overwhelming force of troops, the feeling of countless black hawks falling, was so shocking."
"As the old Chinese saying goes, Master Ergou's contribution to this game has completely elevated it to the level of perfection."
"Of course, this game also has a huge surprise point, which is the further exploration of the game's graphics. The graphics of Fallout 3 were already the best in that year, and even this year it is still top-notch, but Fallout: New Vegas has still improved in this regard, so it is still the game with the best graphics at present."
“If you are a Fallout 3 player, you should buy it without hesitation. It will bring you a huge surprise and even a completely different taste.”
"If you're not a Fallout 3 player, we recommend you give it a try because it's really cool."
GameSpot gave it a high score of 9.1.
"It turns out that the collision between Master Ergou and Obsidian can produce such a strong chemical reaction!"
Eurogamer gave it a score of 9.3.
“The best game this year, bar none!”
Similarly, this game still abandoned the Xbox 360 platform and chose to be released first on PC and PS3.
Because it is not a main series, neither Sony nor Ergou Studios have such high requirements for sales. They just want it to enrich the entire "Fallout" universe.
result……
A week later, sales (including pre-orders) exceeded 6 million! After this data came out, Lin Xiao and Ergou Studio were once again in disbelief.
This is not only much better than the historical sales, the key is that its first week sales exceeded that of "Fallout 3"! I'm crazy! Where did these sales come from? Then I looked at the backend and saw that the sales in China were 1.8 million! Holy shit! In China, the first week sales exceeded the entire cycle of "Fallout 3"? You know, in China, there are almost no physical game stores, and all users buy them on Facebook.
And this game is very expensive, 299 RMB in China and 60 USD abroad.
Moreover, many users have posted in various communities.
"Well, I admit one thing. I played Fallout 3 and The Witcher as pirated copies. This time I bought the official version of Fallout: New Vegas."
"2012 was awesome, so I'm going to buy Fallout: New Vegas."
"I felt like I owed Master Ergou something, so I bought it."
After reading these posts, Lin Xiao had only one deep feeling.
The delay in restoring reputation.
When he was working on "Fallout 3", he tried his best to cram a large number of Chinese elements into the game. The protagonist was even half Chinese, and there were even many plots involving Chinese forces.
As a result... it failed to please domestic game players, sales were average, and word of mouth was not explosive. It only became popular in traditional gaming regions such as Europe, the United States, and Japan.
What I didn't expect was that there really wasn't any Chinese element in Fallout: New Vegas. Although there was an authentic simplified Chinese translation and professional Chinese dubbing, neither the game forces nor the plot had anything to do with China.
As a result...it sold like hotcakes in the country.
Moreover, this popularity actually occurred along with "2012".
Half a month later!
The game has sold over 9 million copies worldwide, and over 3.3 million copies in China! Suddenly, a new sales miracle was born, and no one expected it.
It even boosted the sales of "Fallout 3" on Facebook.
Because many players played "Fallout: New Vegas" first, and then as if the door to a new world was opened, they played "Fallout 3" and "The Witcher".
Then Facebook in China inexplicably discovered that it had become the country's largest stand-alone game sales channel, and it was... leading by a cliff.
The monthly sales of just three stand-alone games exceeded 1.5 billion RMB.
Because the incident happened so suddenly, there wasn't even time to discount Fallout 3 and The Witcher, so they were still at their original prices.
Not only domestic game developers, but even global game developers are a little confused.
Isn’t China a desert in the stand-alone game market?
How come he suddenly became so awesome?
How far are we from here? In a few years, the Chinese market will become the world's largest single-player game market, accounting for nearly one-third of the market share.
Sony's Kazuo Hirai was surprised to find that the originally flat sales curve of PS3 had become steep again.
The biggest project for Sony's platform this year is "Resident Evil 5", and this game did not disappoint, with sales of 4.4 million copies in March and 570,000 copies in April. So far, sales have exceeded 6 million copies.
However, "Resident Evil 5" was not exclusively released on PS3, but was released on both XBOS360 and PS3 platforms.
But "Fallout: New Vegas" was still very stubborn in excluding the Xbox platform, so before the end of August, the sales of this game on the PS3 platform exceeded 3 million copies, bringing Sony a net profit of 60 million US dollars.
This is just the share of the game sales, and the increase in sales brought to PS3 is not taken into account.
Kazuo Hirai called Amy Pascal at Sony Pictures.
"How much is the global box office of 2012?"
"860 million U.S. dollars." Amy: "The key is that the upward momentum is still there. Now all authoritative organizations predict that the film will eventually exceed 1.1 billion U.S. dollars at the global box office. You have seen that Sony's stock price has been rising."
Kazuo Hirai sighed.
Amy Pascal: "Still no results from Sony Ericsson?"
Hirai Kazuo: “No.”
At this time, both of them were cursing in their hearts.
Because until now, Sony Ericsson still has not made a decision on smartphones. The chairman of Sony Group came out to say that it would support X operating system and quantum technology. However, the boss of Sony Ericsson directly denied it. Then, under the pressure of the group, it said that it would actively promote it. As a result, there is no sign of a mobile phone equipped with X operating system.
The conflict between Sony and Ericsson is becoming increasingly intense, and Sony's proposal for a full acquisition is still in an endless wrangling.
Therefore, some people suggested that the acquisition negotiations should continue, but the pace of developing smartphones should not be stopped. Sony Ericsson agreed with this point.
However, there is an endless debate within Sony Ericsson as to which operating system to use.
Sony insists on using the X operating system, while Ericsson insists on using the Android system.
In fact, the current trend is already very clear.
The mobile phone market will definitely move towards intelligence in the future.
In recent months, sales of iPhone 3GS and Quantum phones have exploded, and even the much-criticized Samsung I7500 has exploded in sales.
Lin Xiao's radical strategy made the smartphone wave, which was destined to come, arrive ahead of schedule.
The trend is so strong that all manufacturers involved benefit from it.
Typical blue ocean effect.
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The domestic market, on the other hand, is caught in another carnival.
The box office of "2012" in its first week was 460 million, which was already very shocking.
The box office in the second week was 560 million! Everyone knew that the 1 billion RMB box office mark had to be passed.
But no one expected it to be so fast? So fierce, so unstoppable and so direct.
After two weeks of release, the box office reached 1.02 billion.
This brought about a carnival in the entire market and the entire public opinion.
The only two product placements in the movie are Quantum Mobile and WeChat.
The peak sales of quantum mobile phones in China have passed. Although this movie has created a new wave, it is extremely difficult to be particularly intense.
But it does have a certain impact on WeChat.
The number of daily active users has finally risen strongly again.
However, neither the Lightning Group nor Lin Xiao dared to hold higher hopes.
Because as long as it is WeChat on the computer, it will not cause much trouble in the end.
The reason for continuous investment in advertising and overwhelming publicity is more to implant an idea.
This concept allows the flower to not bloom now, or even this year, but it can bloom next year, the year after, or the year after that.
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At this time in California, the lawsuit between Google and Quantum Technology is still in full swing.
Obviously, there will still be no results in a short period of time.
However, as the lawsuits continue, the entire court and even the entire technology circle have gained an understanding of the issue.
X operating system has indeed registered many, many patents around the world.
The real situation now is that it is not just Android and X operating system that are infringing on each other's patents, but IOS, X operating system, and Android system are infringing on each other's patents.
It's just that IOS is hiding aside and making a fortune quietly, watching the two brothers Android and X operating system fighting in a civil war.
At this time, the judges in the Northern District of California actually had an idea in their minds that Android had infringed on more patents of the X operating system.
Therefore, this lawsuit will continue for a very long time, and there is no possibility of reconciliation between the two parties.
At this time, Google and Android are both in pain and happiness.
Due to the early arrival of the intelligent wave, the sales of Samsung i7500 continued to soar, and the more it was criticized, the higher its sales volume.
The obviousness of this trend has made many mobile phone giants determined to accelerate their transformation to intelligentization.
So, more and more mobile phone manufacturers are contacting Google.
The core reason is that Google does not produce mobile phones itself, while Quantum Technology not only promotes operating systems, but also produces mobile phones itself.
In the eyes of many people, you are not only an athlete, but also a referee, which is not acceptable.
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In late August, another mobile phone from the Android camp was launched.
Motorola Droid!
This is the most important product in the entire Android camp.
Many people may have the idea that Motorola was eventually ruined in the era of smartphones, so its first smartphone was a failure.
On the contrary, it is because of brand inertia and its own product strength.
The sales of this mobile phone are very good. Historically, its product strength far exceeds that of Google's G1 and Samsung's I7500, so its sales are also far higher.
Historically, it was the most popular Android phone of the year, and its sales volume was second only to the iPhone.
Perhaps because of Motorola's arrogance and strength, it still maintains its own pace.
It uses Texas Instruments' OMAP3430 SOC, which has nothing to do with quantum technology. It is the sole property of Texas Instruments and can be sold to other manufacturers.
There is no doubt that Texas Instruments is the biggest ally of quantum technology. The two parties have cooperated to develop the X1 chip and the X1.5 chip. They are currently developing the most radical x2 chip, which is designed directly according to the 32-nanometer process technology. At present, TSMC, the foundry, has not even mastered this technology.
However, this cannot prevent Texas Instruments from cooperating with other mobile phone manufacturers. They cannot just do business with you, and the relationship between Texas Instruments and Motorola is longer in history.
However, under the influence of quantum mobile phones, the screen of this phone has also changed from the historical 3.7 inches to 4 inches.
The resolution is even higher than that of a quantum phone, reaching 854×480, and the display quality of this screen is no less than that of a quantum phone, and the clarity is even slightly better.
Originally, this phone adopted a sliding cover design with a keyboard, but the thickness was still controlled at 13.7 mm, making it the thinnest sliding cover phone on the market.
The failure of Google G1 and the success of quantum phone last year made Samsung and Motorola abandon their original designs, so Motorola also gave up the slider and keyboard and used virtual keys instead.
As a result, it directly controlled the thickness within 9 mm, making it a product thinner than a quantum mobile phone.
Its CMOS does not aggressively adopt 8 million pixels, but instead uses 5 million pixels, but the overall imaging quality is very high, almost on par with quantum mobile phones.
Such product strength, coupled with Motorola's strong inertia among mobile phone users and huge brand power.
So once it was released, this phone became a huge hit.
Especially in the US market, because it was released several months in advance, and the iPhone 4 had not yet appeared at that time.
Therefore, its popularity and sales in the United States immediately surpassed the iPhone 3GS, becoming the most popular mobile phone in the United States.
And unlike the Samsung I7500 which received mixed reviews, this Motorola phone has received more praise than criticism.
At this point, Google is almost seeing the clarion call of victory.
If this continues, the release of these two phones from Samsung and Motorola alone will allow the Android system to surpass the X operating system in terms of market share.
Not to mention that giants such as Lenovo and LG will release new Android phones in the future, and there is also the most important Nexus one.
According to their estimates, by May or June next year at the latest, the Android system will completely crush the X operating system.
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Faced with the strong sales of Motorola's mobile phone, the most anxious is not Quantum Technology, but Microsoft.
It all happened too fast.
Last year, Windows Mobile was doing well and its market share was still very high. How come it suddenly plummeted?
The key is a trend.
In the past year alone, the shipment volume of mobile phones using the three operating systems, Android, Quantum, and IOS, has reached nearly 40 million.
And this trend is becoming more and more obvious.
The instigator of all this is HTC.
HTC has long been the biggest supporter of Windows Mobile, but last year, it suddenly switched to Android.
When a reporter interviewed HTC, he asked the company's CEO if they had abandoned Microsoft and joined Google. HTC insisted that it had not happened and that they were Microsoft's strongest supporters.
The result? In the next two or three years, it released ten mobile phones, nine of which were Android and only one was Windows Mobile.
So a few years later, Microsoft beat HTC to death in the US market and directly banned its sales.
Faced with this clear trend, Microsoft has to make a decision, and it certainly is not to acquire Nokia.
Instead, they want to develop a completely new Windows Mobile system, but... judging from the current situation, it is obviously a little too late.
By the time they come up with operating systems of the same level as IOS and Android, their market share has already been taken up by other operating systems.
And buying Apple? Not a possibility.
Acquire Android? Even less likely.
These two companies are now very powerful, and their market capitalization is almost as much as that of Microsoft.
So the only path left for Microsoft is quantum technology!
And this time is different from the last time. Microsoft has to lower its profile and give in.
So Microsoft called Lin Xiao and asked if he had time. Someone in Lin Xiao's office answered the phone and said they were very sorry. Mr. Lin had been very busy recently and would stay in China, so he probably didn't have time to go to the United States.
I don't believe what you say.
In less than a month, you have come to the United States twice, once for the movie and once for "Fallout: New Vegas".
So, Microsoft held an internal meeting and made a decision immediately.
The chairman of Microsoft personally led a team to visit China.
The most important target of the visit is Lin Xiao’s quantum technology.
In the past, you all came to Microsoft headquarters to pay homage. This time, we have a request, so we took the initiative to visit Quantum Technology. I think this sincerity is great enough.
Mr. Lin Xiao, the face we have given you this time is big enough.
Then, Microsoft called Lin Xiao’s office again and requested access.
Soon, Lin Xiao returned the call personally.
"We are very honored to invite the Microsoft team to come to China and visit Quantum Technology. If Mr. Bill Gates has time, we very much hope that he can come as well."
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