Chapter 316 The final DLC

"Global Evolution" movie version is really good, and has received praise from many fans of the original and passers-by, and the box office is also rising steadily.

As of one week after the movie was released, the cumulative box office has exceeded 2 billion yuan, which is already a very good result.

Little-known fact! The domestic film market has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, and the box office potential is unprecedented. In the past, a movie with a total box office of over 2 billion yuan was considered a hit.

Movies like "Wolf Warrior 2" and "The Wandering Earth" with box office revenues of 4 or 5 billion are simply invincible.

But now...

The top five domestic films have all surpassed the 10 billion mark in terms of cumulative box office. In other words, a 2 billion weekly box office is only good, but still a little short of being invincible.

Chen Ba estimated that the cumulative box office of the movie "Global Evolution 1" should be around 4-5 billion by the time it is taken off the screen.

Any higher is unlikely.

But then again, this movie has already made a lot of money at the box office. With the first movie having such a good reputation, there is no need to worry about the subsequent "Global Evolution 2" and "Global Evolution 3" not being able to come out.

The huge changes in the film market are actually related to many factors, such as the per capita income level, the improvement of comprehensive national strength, etc.

But the most crucial factor is probably that young people nowadays tend to be more "bad-tempered".

How to describe it?

Young people nowadays do not like to carry heavy burdens and prefer to enjoy the feeling of “live while the wine is here”, so they are willing to spend money on entertainment and enjoyment.

More than just movies.

As one of the entertainment industries favored by young people, games have also benefited from this wave of dividends. The development of domestic games has also shown a trend of taking off in recent years.

Chen Ba felt deeply about this.

The first game he made, "Study Simulator", sold millions of copies at that time, which was a level that he "could never dream of".

Why do you say that?

Because at that time, the total number of PC or console players willing to pay for stand-alone games was actually very small, and sales of one million was an insurmountable milestone for domestic games.

But times have changed.

As time goes by, especially with the expansion and changes in the market, sales of millions are no longer the dream of domestic game producers.

What everyone is looking forward to now is sales of tens of millions, and sales of millions are not even worth looking at.

"It's strange..."

Luo Ji couldn't help but mutter, "A few years ago, the PC game market was clearly shrinking and was once considered a sunset industry. How come it's only a few years later that the PC game market has picked up again?"

"You have to look at this in the context of the overall situation. Why did PC games shrink in the early years while mobile games became so popular?"

Chen Ba explained: "At that time, the culture of playing games was popular. People were so busy at work that who would be willing to go home and play a few games on the computer after a busy day?"

At that time, mobile games were a fragmented form of leisure and entertainment, so they were very popular because, compared to PC games, mobile games could be played anytime and anywhere.

Of course, another very important reason is that there were actually quite a few "newborns" at that time, and there were a lot of children.

What they have access to more are mobile games, which is why mobile games are so popular, and a certain King of Glory has been dominating the charts for many years.

But what is the situation now? The birth rate is declining year by year, there are fewer and fewer children, and young people generally advocate the idea of ​​lying down, so fewer and fewer people are willing to be the king of the roll.

Everyone has given up on being the king of gamblers. Although they earn less money, the psychological pressure is not that great. Besides, if they have no money, they have no money. They can always pay for the internet fee to play games.

This also led to a brief recovery in the PC gaming market in the new era after a long period of downturn and shrinkage.

Of course, mobile games are still great! Smartphones have evolved to a point where they are really amazing, and combined with the portability of mobile phones, the mobile game market is still very broad.

However, today's mobile game market is no longer about "pigs chopping trees and getting equipment". Most of the popular mobile games are high-quality and hardcore boutique games.

Players are also starting to get picky.

After some high-quality stand-alone games were ported from consoles or PCs to mobile phones, more and more players began to hate and reject those brainless, cash-grabbing mobile games of the past.

“That’s a good thing!”

Chen Ba said with emotion: "The opportunity that Brother Qing mentioned will probably come soon."

Tianba Studio should also prepare for the arrival of a new era. Perhaps we can try to port the full version of "Star Emperor" to mobile phones? "Ah? Will this work?"

Luo Ji was very surprised. The full version of "Star Emperor" was ported to a mobile phone? Is it sure that the performance of current smartphones can handle it?

“It should be possible!”

Chen Ba thought about it and felt that with the current mobile phone hardware performance, it would be unrealistic to fully support "Star Emperor", but it would definitely be able to run it.

Disable "Ultimate Sublimation", and the mobile version should be able to run smoothly at a stable 60 frames with the highest image quality, so you can play it.

We will look back and see the situation later, and gradually open up options such as ultimate sublimation, the path to immortality, and the method of transforming into a free emperor. Sooner or later, we will be able to play the "authentic" "Star Emperor" on mobile phones.

"Okay, I'll think about it."

Luo Ji nodded, then slowly left Chen Ba's office with the task of porting the complete version of "Star Emperor".

Not long after he left, Yang Dong came.

As soon as Dong Ge arrived, he put a lot of pressure on Chen Ba, showing off excitedly and proudly that he was going to be a father.

"cut!"

Chen Ba curled his lips, feeling very unhappy with Dong Ge's ugly face.

That's it? You're just going to be a father soon, is there any need to come and show off to him? I thought you were going to be a grandfather!

"Haha, you're jealous!"

Yang Dong laughed happily and couldn't help but joked: "Hey, it's okay. There are no outsiders here. You don't have to pretend to be so strong. If you want to cry, just cry."

"I'm crying for no reason..."

Chen Ba rolled his eyes and asked, "You came to me just to tell me about this, right?"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"Of course not!"

Speaking of business, Yang Dong's expression returned to seriousness and he said, "I came here to ask you whether the services of the two games, "Hard Study Simulator" and "Living under Others' Fence Simulator", will be discontinued in the future?"

"Stop the service?"

"Well, there aren't many players left for these two games now, so I think it's time to stop supporting features like updates, cloud saves, and feedback channels."

Yang Dong said that although the operation team has shifted its focus to other games, it still has to designate one or two people to be responsible for the connection between the two games "Study Simulator" and "Living Under Someone else's House Simulator".

This is also a huge waste of resources.

After all, no one plays these two games now, and it is a bit of a waste to continue to assign someone to be responsible for the operation.

It would be better to just issue a statement to put a perfect end to these two games and inform all players when the game will stop all services, so that it can be said to have a beginning and an end.

"Let me issue the statement."

Chen Ba did not object to Yang Dong's proposal, because he also knew that it was indeed time to put an end to it.

Take "Study Simulator" as an example, how many players are still playing it? There is no need to arrange special customer service and corresponding services for such a small number of people. Do you really think that human wages are free?

Almost every game that reaches the end of its life is dealt with in this way: shutting down the servers, announcing the cessation of subsequent services, and only retaining the stand-alone part... and then quietly fading away forever.

only.

"Study Simulator" has a very special meaning to Chen Ba.

Because of this, regarding the last announcement of "Hanchuang Kustu Simulator", Chen Ba did not want to let others write it for him, but planned to write it himself.

But……

When he really picked up the pen, scenes from the past emerged in his mind, including the "Cowherding Sect" which was the most difficult for him. For a moment, he didn't know how to say goodbye.

People are nostalgic.

It is impossible for Chen Ba to have no feelings for the Cowherd Sect after fighting for so many years.

Although he had been saying that "the end of the Cowherd Sect has come" and wished to destroy this sect that had always disgusted him to ashes, when the end of the Cowherd Sect really came, he found that he could not do it.

“…Thank you very much for your support and companionship along the way. As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. Although we are very reluctant, it is time for us to say goodbye.”

As he was writing, Chen Ba suddenly frowned and pressed the backspace key to delete all the text he had just written.

It's not right, it's not right! It's so sentimental and tearful, as if it were the funeral of the leader of the Cowherd Cult. This is too much.

Although Tianba Studio has stopped all services, the game "Study Simulator" is not dead. Players can still play the stand-alone version and keep those beautiful memories in their hard drives.

So, why create this atmosphere of "parting life and death"? Why not be more straightforward? "The new sales of the game are almost zero, there are not many players, and the continued operation is not enough to make ends meet, so I can't hold on any longer. I hope you guys can understand!"

Chen Ba thought about it and felt that this was quite sincere. Most players would understand it. After all, "spending more than income" was a fact. It couldn't go on like this forever, right?

Unless "Study Simulator" can become popular again and see a new round of sales growth, otherwise there will be no new players joining in and old players will be lost completely, so what's the point of operating it?

"It's impossible to become popular again."

"But it may be too early to say goodbye now..."

Chen Ba tapped the table with his index finger and soon came up with a unique idea: to make a DLC for "Study Hard Simulator" to say goodbye to all players! The content of this DLC is probably about the story of the protagonist who studied hard and got out of the mountains to have a new life.

The name is "The Death of the Old Ox"! (End of this chapter)