Chapter 222:
The Underworld Dragon Supreme, who had been arrogant for half a year in MMORPG, was killed, and the players were overjoyed!
But the death of a Supreme Nether Dragon cannot change the fact that the old game "Star Emperor" has begun to decline.
The number of active players is decreasing year by year!
The GAL League is in full swing and has even become the world's number one e-sports event. Both the prize money and the scale of the event are better than those of League of Legends.
The only thing that is worse than the League of Legends e-sports events is the attention paid to the events and the number of people watching the games.
This is really incomparable...
Although the sponsors of the GAL League are all big names, and although the GAL League is very generous, the transfer fees of popular players start at tens of millions, and the top players even exceed 100 million.
But to be honest, the GAL League still cannot compare to the League of Legends, which has a wider audience base and is more popular among young people, in terms of event attention.
There is no way. The player base of these two games is not on the same level. Even if you give them another ten years, the GAL League will not be able to catch up.
But then again…
As an old game from more than ten years ago, League of Legends is still the world's number one online game. This is really ridiculous.
Chen Ba was also convinced.
He still remembers that a few years ago, when Tianba Studio was just starting out, there were people on the Internet saying that League of Legends was not doing well and that LOL was going to be over.
How come after several years, this crappy game is still No.1 in the PC gaming market, and remains at the top of all the charts?
You call this cool, right? To be honest, the entire gaming industry knows that Riot may not be as good at making games as those top teams, but their level of operating games is really amazing.
Especially when it comes to organizing tournaments, creating game-derived IPs, etc., Riot is simply a god!
Chen Ba wanted to go and learn from him.
You may curse Riot when playing games, but if you really calm down and look back at the PC game market over the past decade, it is not difficult to find that in the field of online games, Riot is like a god.
“They’ve also made an MMO!”
Huang Qing peeled the banana and ate it while saying, "This should be the most successful new game in the MMORPG field in recent years."
"It's just a fist after all..."
Chen Ba thought it was normal. It would be strange if a game released by Riot was not popular.
Instead of being surprised at the popularity of the game, it is better to think about why Riot wants to make an MMORPG game at a time when PC games are declining?
“MMO still has potential.”
Huang Qing didn't say anything, but Yang Dong at the side started to explain: "Do you still remember the [Online Game Literature] that was very popular on the Internet more than ten years ago?"
"Of course I remember. I loved reading them at that time. The titles of the books were all something like Online Game XXX..."
“That’s right!”
Yang Dong nodded and said, "Then do you know why most of these online game articles are based on MMORPG games?"
"Sense of immersion?"
"That's partly the reason, but more importantly, these authors and readers believe that even in the era of 100% virtual games, MMORPGs will still be the king."
Yang Dong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he said this: "In other words, in the eyes of many people at that time, the kind of virtual world games that were played by wearing a helmet or lying in a game cabin had to be MMORPGs to be authentic."
This is a stereotype.
How stereotyped is it? Even today, if a company announces that it has developed a groundbreaking virtual world technology and will launch a game for it, the theme will probably be MMORPG.
No doubt...
If such technology really exists, and if such technology is really to be applied to virtual games, then there is a more than 90% probability that the subject matter will be MMORPG, and not anything else.
League of Legends is popular, right?
Honor of Kings, Dota 2, etc. are all very popular. At first glance, MOBA games almost occupy half of the current PC and mobile game markets.
But if we enter the virtual age, I believe no one would think that games like League of Legends can still be popular.
FPS games may still be able to get a share of the pie in the virtual age with their unique gameplay mechanism. Other types of games will most likely be eliminated or replaced by MMORPGs in the virtual age.
“That makes sense…”
Chen Ba nodded. Yang Dong's words answered the doubts that had been bothering him for a long time.
No wonder all those online game articles back then were about MMOs. The reason behind this was that they thought this type of game would still be popular in the virtual age? "Of course, there were also reasons of the times."
Yang Dong smiled and said, "When online games were popular, the most popular games on the market were MMORPGs, so these authors wrote them that way."
"Look at the recent years, have there been people writing this kind of articles? Aren't they all writing e-sports articles like "I'm a Pastry Player in League of Legends" and "I'm a Triple Crown Champion in League of Legends"?"
The historical context is also partly to blame.
Living in the heyday of MMO, both authors and readers believed that MMORPG was the future.
This idea can't be said to be wrong, nor can it be said to be right!
“Who can predict the future? MMO is not necessarily the future, but relatively speaking, this genre is indeed very tenacious and has a chance to survive into the virtual age.”
Chen Ba commented: "A true virtual game may be another form, not necessarily a traditional MMORPG."
It's hard to say about this kind of thing.
One thing is certain, judging from Riot's move to develop an MMO game set in the League of Legends, this theme does have potential.
Haven’t you seen that the number of online users of Riot’s MMO has skyrocketed and it’s becoming more popular day by day?
That’s a point-card game!
Chen Ba's eyes almost turned red with envy, point-card-based games were extremely popular, and few people knew what that meant.
Don’t use free games to cheat people! The point card games were the most popular and profitable period. Take “Legend” as an example, it directly created the first richest man in the Chinese Internet industry.
At the same time, both Ma Ge were still outside the top 100, and were still running around to solicit investments for the survival of their companies! Although the richest people of that period seemed to be much less valuable than the richest people who made hundreds of billions later, many people did not recognize them.
But is there a possibility that...
How much money does the richest man have? It can be compared not only with the second place, but also with the monthly salary of ordinary people. With a game, he became the richest man in an era when the monthly salary was only a few hundred yuan. This is the glory that the point card game "Legend" once created, and it is also a scene that many gamers feel shocked every time they think of it.
In addition to "Legend", another well-known point-card game is "World of Warcraft".
The brilliance of this game is unquestionable. I believe no one would object to saying that it is one of the most profitable online games in the world. After all, a lot of game cards have been sold over the years.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Ever since free games became popular and in-app purchases became the mainstream, it has been a long time since a truly popular online game with a point card system has appeared on the market.
Obviously, the League of Legends MMO that Riot has created this time is unique! Chen Ba took a look at their charging standard. It is not a traditional point card system, but a monthly card system. A monthly card costs 60 yuan, and after purchasing it, you can play unlimited games in the month.
60 yuan per player per month! If this game has 100,000 active players, and all of them buy monthly memberships, then the monthly revenue is 6 million, and the annual revenue is 72 million! What about 500,000 or 1 million players?
This is not a one-time deal, but a long-term point-card game. As long as the number of game players does not drop drastically, the money can continue to be collected.
"Unfortunately, we can't do it."
Thinking of this, Chen Ba sighed helplessly.
Domestic players have been spoiled by free games and in-app purchases. Charging for game cards in China is definitely a thankless task. Free games still have more prospects.
“No way, the market is different.”
Huang Qing threw the banana peel into the trash can and said, "Besides, there's nothing wrong with free games. Quick money is still money!"
"So, are we going to make an MMORPG game?"
"I have this idea..."
Chen Ba said thoughtfully, "Didn't we joke before about when we would make a Xianxia game? I think a Xianxia MMO would be quite promising."
“I don’t know if it will work, but the emotions are definitely overwhelming!”
Huang Qing smiled and said, "Xianxia + MMO, a trap for middle-aged and young players?"
No kidding.
In China, if you want to make an MMORPG and move towards martial arts or fairy tales, or buy the copyright of a classic novel, it will basically be a success.
Don’t ask why…
The answer is that the combination of martial arts/Xianxia + MMO perfectly suits the appetite of Chinese players. The market has proven countless times that they only like this combination and nothing else works.
If you insist on doing swords and magic, then you are voluntarily giving up the additional benefits brought by the subject matter, which is not a wise choice.
Xianxia Wuxia MMO, this is a sentimental blessing...
No matter how badly a game is made, even to the point of being unbearable to watch, as long as it is a fairy-tale or martial arts MMO, a large number of sentimental players will come specially to support it.
Don't worry if they play for a few days and then run away. Just tell me if there are people playing the game or not. Just tell me if the game is popular or not! "If we were to make a fairy-tale MMORPG game, do you believe that the whole internet would go crazy as soon as the news was released?"
"I believe it!"
How could Chen Ba not believe it?
If it were him, he would probably pay attention to this kind of news.
Even he is like this, let alone those ordinary players. They can't resist the temptation brought by a pure fairy-tale MMO game.
Not to mention the entire internet going wild, by then all kinds of marketing accounts and self-media will probably be hyping up the news of Tianba Studio's new fairy-tale MMO game 24 hours a day.
A few screenshots, studied and interpreted over and over again, and then written into various manuscripts. The total number of views on the entire network exceeded 100 million, and the number of video plays exceeded 1 million. The editor has to wake up with laughter in his sleep at night.
Don't doubt the authenticity.
This is true! This is a true story. As long as Chen Ba dares to release the news, this kind of thing will definitely happen. It is not impossible that it is even more exaggerated than this.
By then, there will be no need for Tianba Studio to actively purchase any traffic and hot searches. The news will spread all over the country, and all kinds of anchors and internet celebrities will have to come to take advantage of the traffic and popularity.
joke!
When ZhuX World was first announced, wasn’t it like this? A crappy trailer was screenshotted over and over again, and the pictures were patinated but still forwarded. Even the old drivers in the group who posted the pictures were discussing the relevant news.
Unfortunately, the game was messed up.
But the fact that other games are not good does not mean that Xianxia MMO is not good. From the eager eyes of the players and their enthusiasm in discussing such games, it is not difficult to find that as long as such games are well made, the market is really broad.
The premise is that the game must be good! A good game combined with the Xianxia MMO can bring out the greatest power. If the game is not good, no matter how good the topic is, it will be in vain.
(End of this chapter)