Chapter 174 I Won It
has been nearly half a month since Linmu Studio launched its game platform, and the new game has been unblocked for almost five days.
Although the game platform named Vaporwave of Linmu Studio has received good reviews, the users are still limited to its two online games, and the new game still has no attention.
Occasionally, someone posts on the forum to talk about their feelings about playing a new game.
But such posts are quickly covered and do not cause any waves.
On the contrary, the pass system launched in "Breakout" has been a great success. Not only has it received rave reviews from the game player community, but even many peers have realized the power of this pass system.
Some people did some calculations.
They immediately discovered the cleverness of this pass system.
Soon they had the idea of imitating it.
For example, Li Guangsheng.
The boss of Tianhu, the largest online game company in China, downloaded a game platform as soon as Linmu Studio launched it, and was more eager than the players.
Of course, he also paid attention to "Breakout".
During this period, he logged into Linmu Studio's game platform almost every day
to see if there were any new updates on the game platform.
At the same time, he was familiar with the existing functions of the game platform.
He waited cautiously for more than half a month, and confirmed that the game platform of Linmu Studio would not be updated in the short term, so he called the person in charge of the production of Tianhu game platform.
"Have you used the game platform of Linmu Studio?"
Li Guangshang sat behind the work desk, looking at the person in charge of the platform standing not far away, and asked.
"I have used it." The person in charge nodded.
"Tell me what you think."
"...I have to say that Linmu Studio has a lot of ideas."
The person in charge glanced at Li Guangshang's face, and then continued: "The built-in forum, evaluation system, and cross-game friend system are all urgently needed for our game platform. After all, we have more games under our brand. And the function of pushing the latest game updates in real time is also a genius idea. This can make players feel that the platform is useless. After all, if you want to play games, waiting for updates is a very torturous thing."
"That's right, but you missed one point. The forum is also urgently needed."
Li Guangsheng tapped the table with his fingers: "Don't underestimate this thing. It is an important way to understand the players' ideas and an important way to control the players' public opinion."
In fact, he had long been dissatisfied with those game forums that were independent of Tianhu.
"...I understand."
"In addition, there is the evaluation system. You don't need to add it in the early stage, especially for online games. You have also seen the consequences of Linmu Studio adding the evaluation system. A evaluation system has made their new game more and more embarrassing. I don't want our game to become like this. They have ideas and want to help those independent game production teams understand the evaluation of their games. It's a good thing.
But before we have a set of effective control processes for the evaluation system, our games will not be added to the evaluation system."
"...I understand."
The person in charge was stunned and wanted to say something, but at the last moment, he thought of something, swallowed the words on his lips, and nodded.
He wanted to say that it was necessary to add a review system.
But he suddenly thought that most of the online games on the Tianhu game platform are online games.
If a review system is added to these online games... it will probably embarrass Tianhu.
After all, most of Tianhu's online games are not as famous as the two online games under Linmu Studio.
"Okay, go out and work. The other party's platform has already been launched, so we have to hurry up."
Li Guangsheng heard the other party's reply, nodded with satisfaction, and waved his subordinates to go out: "And call your boss in."
"Got it."
The person in charge of the game platform bowed and left the office.
Then the person in charge of the product department came in.
"I took a look at the new pass system launched by "Breakout". Have you paid attention to it?" Li Guangsheng looked at the person in charge of the product department.
"I paid attention to it. It's interesting. By distributing the updated things to the players in different levels, and dividing them into two levels, ordinary and advanced, so that ordinary players can benefit, and then attract ordinary players to buy high-level passes through more rare props. It's a genius idea."
"Yeah."
Li Guangsheng nodded, and then stopped talking.
The person in charge of the product department also understood and nodded: "I actually have similar ideas, but they were always vague before. Now I have some ideas."
"Okay, then you go out and get busy."
Li Guangsheng waved his hand again.
The person in charge of the product department also left.
Li Guangsheng looked back at his computer screen, looking at the game platform called Vaporwave of Linmu Studio on the screen, he was silent for a moment, and shook his head gently.
Both subordinates said that Linmu Studio was very thoughtful.
This evaluation was really high.
Even he had to admit that the other party was indeed very thoughtful.
This studio did have a unique charm.
If their new game was successful and had the influence of "Breakout", they might really help the other party to build a game platform.
But unfortunately, the other party made a wrong decision.
There is nothing to say.
Now the other party's game platform is only used by users of its two online games. Although the user base is not small, it is dwarfed by the online game base of Tianhu.
And relying on those small games in the light of love.
It will not achieve anything big.
The winner is already decided.
At the same time, Li Guangsheng was also convinced.
The buyout system and stand-alone games really have no future.
The argument between him and Mou Feng proved that he was the right one.
"...Haha."
Thinking of this, Li Guangsheng suddenly couldn't help laughing. He picked up the phone next to him and called Mou Feng.
The phone rang twice and was connected.
Mou Feng's voice came: "Hello?"
"Did you see it?"
"What?"
"Linmu Studio's new game, I paid special attention to the number of pre-orders, nine thousand people."
Li Guangsheng sighed softly: "Nine thousand people, what can they do?"
Mou Feng did not answer his question, but asked back: "... Was it you who broke the buyout system when the crack was exposed?"
"Does it have anything to do with me?"
Li Guangsheng smiled and said: "If I say it was me, do you believe it? And do you really think it's a problem with the crack? Is there no problem with the other party's decision? But you told me at the beginning that suppression is useless. If I admit that I did it, does it prove that I am right? Is suppression useful?"
Mou Feng was silent for a moment, and changed the subject: "...I took a look at the games in the Greenlight plan of their game platform. There are indeed many games with novel ideas."
"What's the use? Do you think you can accomplish anything with just those small games? Don't be silly, Afeng, you are too idealistic. You always think that you can accomplish something with just a dream or an ideal, but the reality is not that simple. Even though the first two games of Linmu Studio were a huge success and accumulated a large number of fans, it was even once hailed as the best studio in the country.
With such hype, they may even believe it themselves, and finally force a buyout game for the game platform, or a game of the same type as "Breakout". What will be the consequences? The number of pre-orders is only a few thousand, and the final sales may not even be 20,000. They made a failed product! This is reality!"
Li Guangsheng sneered and continued: "As I said before, the other party may be able to move faster with their sense of smell and the talent of their boss, but they are destined not to go far! Because they are idealists like you. The game platform function is well received? Wait, when Tianhu's game platform is launched, you will know how vulnerable these things are."
Mou Feng heard this and did not speak for a long time.
"When I told you that Tianhu was going to transform into a stand-alone game, you were wrong. You argued with me at the time and even left Tianhu. I said I would win, and now I have won. Whether it was then or now, I have won."
Li Guangsheng left the last sentence.
Then he hung up the phone.
...
Mou Feng sat in his study, took the phone off his ear, and sat there for a while.
I don't know what he was thinking.
After a long time
, he came back to his senses, sighed faintly, turned off the introduction page of the Greenlight Plan on the screen, and turned to open the introduction page of Linmu Studio's new game "Battle Royale".
In fact, until now.
He has not played this game.
Because he also saw the dismal pre-order figures of "Battle Royale" at the time.
And this is a devastating blow to him, who returned from overseas and was ready to make a big splash in China.
Because Linmu Studio gave him an answer with naked experience.
Overseas where console culture is popular, paying for games can be successful, but in China, there is no future.
Even Linmu Studio, which was so popular that it was once pushed to the altar, couldn't do it.
Although this was related to the decision of Linmu Studio, such as the wrong timing, the game it launched collided with "Breakout", and there were also people who interfered and deliberately cracked the game package to trip up Linmu Studio, etc.
But in the final analysis, the game can't be sold, it just can't be sold.
This made him quite depressed. He
was pessimistic about the games in the Greenlight plan launched by Lin Yao.
Li Guangsheng's call just now gave him the final blow.
Could it be that he was really wrong?
Mou Feng asked himself.
It seemed that he was indeed wrong.
But he suddenly felt a little unwilling.
Although the decision was wrong, and although there were various external factors.
But is the new game of Linmu Studio really so vulnerable?
Is it really only at the level of selling 20,000 copies?
He didn't believe it.
Although he didn't have a good impression of Linmu Studio at the beginning, he even thought that it was a studio without ideals.
Just like Tianhu.
But the stunning launch of "Breakout", Linmu Studio's dedication to the competition, and the launch of the Greenlight program
made him feel that although this studio was engaged in online games,
it still retained its ideals.
"Then let me see how the new game is? At least let me know the answer."
Mou Feng thought for a long time, slowly breathed a sigh of relief, held the mouse, and clicked to buy.
...
An hour later.
Because there were too few people.
It took Mou Feng half an hour to queue up.
But in the end, he still played the game, the game of Linmu Studio that was praised as a failure by Li Guangsheng.
Seeing the prompt of the end of the game.
Mou Feng slowly loosened the mouse he was holding tightly, then put down his hand and wiped the sweat from his palm on his trouser leg.
This was the sweat from playing the game.
Then, he looked at the screen again and fell into deep thought.
After playing the game, the haze in his heart suddenly became much less.
At the same time.
He suddenly felt that his friend might be happy too early...
(End of this chapter)
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