Chapter 387 Smoke Bombs
That night,
the name Linmu Studio became famous in Europe and the United States.
The moment Lin Yao left the stage
, the atmosphere at the conference venue reached its peak.
Cheers, applause, whistles mixed with some roars.
It really gave Reflecta's top management a taste of
what a game conference is...
and when the host came on stage and asked the players in the audience what they thought,
the players were very considerate this time and immediately gave the warmest cheers.
When the top management of Reflecta saw this scene,
they knew without a second thought that this was Reflecta's only chance.
So after the conference,
they immediately held an emergency meeting.
At three o'clock in the morning in China, Zhang Jianghu was called up just after he went to bed.
The top management repeatedly confirmed with him that he had confidence in Linmu Studio, and Lin Yao, the head of Linmu Studio, also had confidence in his new game.
Finally, the top management of Reflecta reached a consensus.
They immediately contacted various channels, prepared to increase funds, and promote their own consoles and Linmu Studio's two new games - "Tomb Raider" and "Battlefield" on a larger scale.
They were determined to let all European and American players know about their consoles and the new games that landed on the consoles before Christmas.
At the same time, they also decided to lower the promotional price of the console.
And they were ready to ask the cooperating disc factory to test-press some physical game discs urgently.
In short, they fought hard.
And their set of actions.
At least hundreds of millions of dollars are needed, not counting the losses from promotions.
They chose to believe in Linmu Studio's new game and directly bet everything on it...
because... they really had no other tricks.
The comparison between the first half and the second half of the press conference was seen by many senior executives.
As long as Linmu Studio's game meets expectations and the console can be sold, even if Linmu Studio no longer makes games for Reflecta... the market share of the console is there, and they can use this to attract more well-known producers to make games for the console, and there is still a chance.
But if they do nothing this shopping season, Reflecta's console will definitely not sell, and the market share will not meet expectations...there will really be no chance.
After all, Reflecta is a listed company, and it has to be responsible to shareholders...or more accurately, the stock price.
This shopping season, the console cannot sell as well as the other two consoles, the market share is not high, the game cannot meet expectations, and the frequent burning of money has little effect.
Then the project can only fail, and the previous investment will be wasted.
The senior executives who advocated the promotion of the console project will also be implicated. Most of the senior executives of Reflecta do not want to see
this situation . They can only fight. Of course. They also kept their promise to Lin Yao. In addition to the European and American markets, they are also preparing to increase publicity in the Japanese market. This matter is not difficult for them, because Japan is a little small, but the number of people is not small at all, and the console market there is also very large. In addition, according to Zhang Jianghu, the background of Linmu Studio's new game "Tomb Raider" is still ancient Japan. That's even easier to deal with. Just go and grab a wave of market. After determining the strategy. Reflecta acted quickly. As soon as the senior meeting ended. That night, advertisements for their console Reflecta Zodiac 1 and Battlefield appeared in midtown Manhattan. On major European and American video websites, promotional videos for the two games Tomb Raider and Battlefield were also launched and hung in the most prominent promotional positions. Then, soft articles, ground promotions, and retail store advertisements also began to be promoted. Posters for the two games Tomb Raider and Battlefield also began to be printed at full capacity. Everything was very fast. Reflecta was also racing against time. Because Black Friday was coming. They had to do more before the other two console manufacturers reacted. And their large-scale publicity and promotion was definitely a good thing for Linmu Studio. Because the game became popular just after the press conference. Under various offensives, soon more and more European and American players knew about the two games Battlefield and Tomb Raider. The game promotional video on the video website was sent to the rankings shortly after it was posted. And in just one hour, the video had more than 300,000 likes! ... Compared with overseas. The situation in China was calm. Until the next morning, when the early-rising players finished washing up and were eating breakfast, they opened the forum to check the latest news. The news that Linmu Studio released a new game was completely detonated.
On the forum,
two posts quickly rushed to the front page.
[Linmu Studio's new game "Tomb Raider", with a female protagonist! Launched on November 30th in Reflecta zodiac 1!]
[Linmu Studio's new game "Battlefield", an extremely rare World War I theme! Launched on November 30th in Reflecta zodiac 1!]
"......?"
All the players who saw these two posts slowly put a question mark.
Then they immediately clicked on the posts.
The content of these two posts is actually the clips and game trailers of the game announced by Lin Yao yesterday.
As for the game announced by Linmu Studio, European and American players were shocked, and domestic players were also shocked.
Because it was really... caught off guard.
"What!? A new game!?"
"Holy crap!!! Is Tomb Raider a real game? That's too good!? A girl? So awesome? I'm sweating all over my palms!"
"Shouldn't the more ridiculous thing be the new game from Linmu Studios launched on Reflecta zodiac 1? Aren't they making consoles? Are they not going to make them anymore?"
"This is fake, right!?"
"How can a fake be this expressive? How can game trailers made by other manufacturers be this expressive? And isn't that Lin Yao standing on the stage?"
"No, Linmu Studios has never announced that it will make consoles... You are just guessing. Besides, let's be honest, even if they don't make consoles, the expressiveness of these two games is too awesome! It's a good thing that they only make games!"
"Don't worry about consoles!! Linmu Studios is awesome. I thought I would no longer be interested in shooting games, but now I take that back. The promotional video for Battlefield is too shocking! Who wouldn't want to play it after watching it!?"
"I am more interested in Tomb Raider now. Seeing the heroine carrying a gun, there must be shooting elements. But since there is Battlefield, Linmu Studio will definitely not make two similar games, right? And there are no enemies in the actual footage, it seems more like... adventure games?"
"What a strong expression..."
"Wait, these two games will not only be launched on Reflecta zodiac 1? Exclusive?"
"No, the Vaporwave game platform has been listed on the store page, but it seems to be unlocked three days later!"
"Damn!"
"..."
This morning.
All domestic players who saw the news were stunned.
Because they all thought that Linmu Studio was working on consoles during this period.
The games they are making now are escort masterpieces.
Unexpectedly, they didn't say a word, and they released two masterpieces before there was any news about the console...
It was really unexpected.
As for the sense of gap, it was not big.
Because the two games announced by Linmu Studio looked so awesome...
So after a brief moment of confusion.
Players quickly put aside the console issue and turned to discuss the game.
And the same feeling as the players was Peria's Nakabo Koichi...
However.
Unlike the players,
he just didn't have any mood to discuss the game at the moment.
After watching the press conference, he didn't sleep all night, and kept watching the promotional videos of the two games "Tomb Raider" and "Battlefield" repeatedly
. Then,
he started writing the report. He was particularly concerned
about writing the report that he thought was just a formality. Because Linmu Studio made games for Reflecta, he didn't get any news, and he always thought that the other party was making consoles. So after submitting the report, he might not be able to go back... He could only rely on a detailed report to save some impressions. 8 o'clock in the morning. Peria's domestic headquarters. Nakabo Koichi finally raised his head. He didn't sleep all night, and with dark circles under his eyes, he carefully read his report. After confirming that there was no problem, he sent it to the president's email. Then, he picked up the phone, took a deep breath, and dialed the number. "Good morning..." ... Half an hour later. Nakabo Koichi lowered his head and whispered "yes". On the other end of the phone, there was a commotion, and the noisy sound of tables and chairs being moved came. Among them. There were also the sounds of President Peria slamming the table and roaring. "Assholes!! Linmu Studio is throwing smoke bombs!" "They have long given up on consoles and are cooperating with Reflecta!" "Why don't you know!?" The president on the other end of the phone was furious. Because today is Black Friday. No one could have imagined it. Including President Peria himself. Reflect, which had always been ignored, would suddenly appear and use a big move the day before Black Friday. And the big move... would be that Linmu Studio. Now. This Black Friday, this shopping season, is full of variables. (End of this chapter)
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