Chapter 409 Switch
January 1st.
The first day of the new year.
Peria’s press conference, with a big move.
A person who had never appeared at Peria’s press conference before, replaced Peria’s president and announced Peria’s upcoming new works.
Two reboots of IP works from the 8-bit era!
A new work from Peria’s first-party ace studio!
And a bunch of small-scale exclusive games.
Some of these games will be released this month, and some will be released in February.
In short, the release time almost covers January and February.
In addition, just yesterday.
Another console manufacturer Hardcore also held a press conference, also released several new works, as well as reboots of classic IPs.
The power of the two console manufacturers that have been operating for many years has been fully revealed.
In the eyes of many players, the two sides are really fighting like gods...
and overseas players watched the two press conferences in a row, and were very excited to see the reboots of those old IPs.
Peria and Hardcore, for a while, were the talk of the town.
As for the consoles of Linmu Studio.
It was so crowded that there was no sound at all...
Many overseas players have forgotten about this.
After all, in the past two days, the two major console manufacturers have taken turns to appear on the stage, rebooting a bunch of classic works, which is too attractive...
Their foundation is really too strong.
Even Reflecta, which has been in the limelight recently, has no sound now.
However.
Overseas players have forgotten.
Domestic players still remember that Linmu Studio is about to hold a press conference.
It's just...
they are a little pessimistic...
"Forget it, it's obviously a sniper, let's talk about it later."
"Yes, I just browsed NeoGAF, the largest overseas game discussion website, and it was full of topics about Peria and Hardcore... I searched for a long time before I found a post from Linmu Studio."
"No, you've kept us waiting for so long, and you're telling me to change the date? No."
"Yes, believe in Linmu Studio, go, go!"
"The current situation is really not good."
"It's indeed not good, but Lin Yao probably can't do anything about it. They have been painstakingly marketing for a month. If they announce it on a later date, many players will be dissatisfied. And after letting everyone down this time, it's probably difficult to have such popularity. Now that it's been sniped, the popularity is getting higher and higher..."
"What's the use of high popularity? If the console is announced now and it can't be sold, it will fail!"
"How miserable..." "..."
"... "
Many players advised Linmu Studio to change the date.
But this is only relative.
More players don't pay attention to overseas news at all.
Linmu Studio's one month of marketing has already raised their expectations to the highest level.
They are now eager to see Linmu Studio announce the console, and they are willing to believe in Linmu Studio.
If Linmu Studio postpones, they will probably be scolded to death...
This is also the reason why Hanzawa Hideo is sure that Linmu Studio will not change the date.
Of course,
Lin Yao did not change it either.
On that day,
the countdown for the press conference was still hanging high.
And that night, after midnight,
the day on the countdown also became a specific time -
12:00.
...
January 2nd.
10:20 in the morning.
The atmosphere in Linmu Studio was a little tense, even a little low pressure.
Some staff who had to work overtime during the holidays because of the console would look at Lin Yao's position with concern when they passed by.
But Lin Yao was not there today...
Most of the senior executives were not there.
Early in the morning,
they all went to the press conference site.
At the same time,
not far from Linmu Studio, a few kilometers away, in a community.
Meng Caiyi opened the Vaporwave game platform and clicked into the live broadcast jump window on the homepage.
At this time.
The live broadcast of Linmu Studio's press conference has already started. There is a countdown in the upper left corner, and there is still more than an hour left.
This press conference live broadcast is not only available on the Vaporwave game platform, but also on major live broadcast platforms.
I heard that many game media and players were invited to the scene.
In short, it can be seen.
Linmu Studio attaches great importance to this press conference, or it should be said that it attaches great importance to the products to be released at the press conference.
But the more Linmu Studio values it.
Now that Meng Caiyi has turned on the live broadcast, the more he wants to sigh.
"...If you value it so much, just change the date."
He looked at the live broadcast screen and couldn't help but complain.
Meng Caiyi is an international student and a senior console player, compared to most other players.
He has a more intuitive feeling about the discussion caused by the two major console manufacturers Peria and Hardcore's announcement of new games overseas. It
's really overwhelming...
The reboot of classic IP masterpieces, coupled with large-scale publicity, has already made many European and American players climax on the spot.
In this case.
Let alone the new console.
Even Reflecta is a younger brother, and they are all similar consoles. The childhood bonus is really too buggy.
At this time, who would go to offend?
Yes.
Linmu Studio has strong game production capabilities.
But the new IP is really not enough for the other party to beat.
Unless there is some amazing innovation.
But the console thing is like this. If it is really so easy to innovate, the other two consoles would have innovated long ago.
"... I thought that there would be a console manufacturer in China, and I could buy a domestic console."
Meng Caiyi thought of this, sighed, and shook his head: "Now it seems that even if I buy it, it will probably not last long... If the sales volume does not meet the standard, I guess they will have to cut the budget and cut the game. Tsk, you can't do this even if you have confidence! Why bother!"
Meng Caiyi became more and more angry as he thought about it.
I hate iron for steel!
Although he respected Linmu Studio for being a man who chose to fight hard at this time...
but business is not playing house, and Linmu Studio was too impulsive...
he even couldn't bear to watch the live broadcast.
After all, after the momentary brilliance of the press conference, Linmu Studio's console might fall, just like fireworks...
this was too much for him as a console player...
but Meng Caiyi moved the mouse cursor to the cross, stayed for a long time, and finally couldn't click it.
...
11:07.
12 o'clock in Japan.
Peria headquarters.
"Hanzawa-kun, this is top-grade sake...you performed well at the press conference."
Kawabe Mikio handed a goblet to Hanzawa Hidekazu, and at the same time praised the other party's performance at the press conference yesterday.
Peria's press conference yesterday was very successful!
Even if the sniping was put aside.
The public opinion caused by Peria's new work alone
made Kawabe Mikio very happy.
So he specially opened a bottle of good wine and rewarded the increasingly likable hero in front of him.
"It's all thanks to the president."
Hanzawa Hidekazu bowed his head and took the cup respectfully, then raised his head and smiled: "Is this the most traditional brewing method, 'Natural Toto Brewing', brewed with Myoka Ranqu?"
"Yes."
Kawabe Mikio nodded, poured himself a cup, and then drank it all.
Hanzawa Hideaki followed suit and drank it all, then flattered; "It's worthy of Myoka Ranqu, rich and sweet, good!"
"Of course."
Kawabe Mikio smiled when he heard it, and then picked up the bottle again.
Hanzawa Hidekazu was flattered, and quickly bent down and lowered the cup.
Kawabe Mikio poured Hanzawa Hidekazu another half glass of wine, and then suddenly said: "Speaking of which, the other party's press conference is about to start, right? Let's open it and take a look. Although there is no suspense, I still want to see how they brag and are full of confidence. I think it will be a good topic of conversation."
"Yes."
Hanzawa Hidekazu immediately put down the cup when he heard it and turned on the overseas live broadcast of Lin Mu Studio.
"..."
He Fu Ganfu also put down the bottle, then picked up the cup and looked at the projection screen on the left side of the office.
...
11:45.
Press conference site, backstage.
"Are you nervous?" Mu Wanqing looked at Lin Yao beside her and asked.
"...Not nervous."
Lin Yao took a deep breath, then patted her chest lightly and shook her head.
"Senior sister, are you nervous?"
Zhu Nianqiao suddenly appeared from nowhere and asked the same question.
Lin Yao shook her head lightly and continued: "Not nervous."
"Lin Yao, don't be nervous."
At this time.
Zhong Xiu and Bao Liangzhe pushed the door in and said this to them.
Lin Yao glared at the two of them and said unhappily: "I'm not nervous! Is it over? Give me the host..."
After that.
She took the host directly from Bao Liangzhe, then took a deep breath again and left the backstage.
Prepare to go on stage.
...
11:56.
Press conference site, offstage.
There are still four minutes before the press conference starts.
Cheng Kangjian, a game media reporter, raised his wrist to check the time.
"It's about to start." The photographer next to him suddenly said.
"Well, this is the first time that Linmu Studio has held a press conference. I'm looking forward to it now." Cheng Kangjian thought that he might as well have a few minutes to spare, so he started chatting with the other party.
"Yes, they are quite big, but this is my first time attending their press conference."
"It's just that the occasion is not right... They still insist on announcing the console in this situation, which is really bold... I don't know if it will be the last time."
"In fact, we can't be 100% sure it's the console, right?"
"What else could it be? It's 100% confirmed."
Cheng Kangjian shook his head, and then changed the subject: "Speaking of which, the game logo of Linmu Studio has not been announced today, right?"
"Hey, it will definitely be announced on the last day. Wait, I'm more curious about what that shelf-like thing on the stage is?"
The photographer pointed to the shelf-like thing on the top of the stage.
It doesn't look like a product, but it's conspicuous.
Hearing this, Cheng Kangjian turned his head to look at the stage, but at this time, the time had come to 11:59. He didn't care about the shelf-like thing on the stage and said, "It's about to start, you get ready..."
He didn't finish his words.
The time was up.
The time came to twelve o'clock.
The lights on the stage dimmed immediately.
Then, the screen lit up.
Seeing the screen dimmed.
Cheng Kangjian thought that the classic click opening sound was about to appear.
But unexpectedly.
What appeared on the screen was not the click opening.
The melodious music slowly sounded.
Then.
A letter Z slowly emerged, and then a simple long sword crossed the entire letter.
It was the first game logo announced by Linmu Studio.
But this time it was not just a letter Z, the entire game name also slowly emerged.
A man with a bow on his back, a sword in his hand and a shield in his hand stood on a hill, overlooking the distance.
The cover and name all appeared - "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
Although many media and players in the scene did not know what happened.
But when they suddenly saw the game screen that was completely different from the previous style of Linmu Studio, they still exclaimed.
And their exclamations have not stopped.
The next game logo appeared.
Five human silhouettes holding hands, the antique font slowly became larger - "Fire" (fire).
Then, the next LOGO appeared.
Thirty days ago.
All the game logos announced by Linmu Studio appeared one by one, but unlike before, this time Linmu Studio no longer hid it, but revealed the game cover and the full name of the game.
And this is slow to say.
But in fact, IOGO appeared very quickly.
After one was finished, the next one was immediately switched.
The first ones were all new games.
But the latter ones
were familiar games.
Various game icons appeared.
And at the end, the icon of the 30th game was announced.
A line of artistic words with a special effect of splashing ink - "Splatoon".
Everyone in the venue was dazzled and hadn't reacted yet.
With the appearance of the last game logo.
Suddenly.
Bright red occupied the entire screen.
Two minimalist blocks appeared in the center, sliding up and down, just like installation.
With a click.
Then they remained parallel.
Only this time, there was an extra word under the two minimalist blocks - switch.
This click.
Finally made the players in the venue react.
"OHH..."
Although most of the people who came were a little worried about the future of Linmu Studio's consoles.
But the appearance of so many games did stir up the atmosphere...
and this wave of cheers hadn't died down yet.
Then .
Even louder cheers rang out!
Because the spotlight suddenly turned on on the stage.
A pretty girl walked out from the backstage.
Of course, the players at the press conference knew who she was.
"Hello, everyone."
Lin Yao put her hands behind her back, as if hiding something, and walked slowly to the front of the stage, then smiled and said, "Nice to meet you all."
"Ohh!!"
The audience in the audience temporarily ignored the console and burst into amazing cheers.
She looked so beautiful when she smiled...
Lin Yao kept smiling and waited quietly. When the cheers were a little less loud, she continued, "I won't continue with the polite words. In fact, you all came here, and you should have guessed what we are going to announce. You may wonder if it's inappropriate for me to come here empty-handed... What about the product? Shouldn't the product be announced first at this time?"
There was a little laughter from the audience.
Cheng Kangjian also smiled, and had to say.
She is really a girl who is easy to make people like...
"Let me keep you in suspense here."
Lin Yao put her hands behind her back, and stood on the stage. Her pretty and round oval face smiled again: "Before announcing the product, first of all, I want to ask you a question. Do you usually... play games?"
"Play!"
There was an enthusiastic response from the audience immediately.
"I play games, too, but sometimes... you know what I mean? It's too inconvenient to play games."
"After all, the PC is so big that I can't carry it around every day, and sometimes, the time I spend sitting in front of the computer is limited."
"When I commute to work every day, I really want to play games to kill time."
"Sometimes I wonder if there is any way to play games on the way to work?"
"I believe that many players have the same idea as me, right? When I go out, I also want to play games."
The players in the audience heard Lin Yao's words.
Finally, they turned their attention back to the console.
Because they felt something was wrong.
"Anyway, I really want to play games on my commute, and I can play games when I go out."
"Like now."
"Like at this moment."
Lin Yao showed a longing expression and continued: "But, I can't just play on the road, then it will become a handheld game console... I think it would be nice if I could switch at any time."
"Yes, a game console that can be switched at any time."
"That is... switch."
Lin Yao smiled and uttered a word.
All the players reacted, looking past Lin Yao in astonishment at the screen behind her.
"Yes."
Lin Yao spoke, attracting everyone's attention again.
She suddenly raised her hand and took out the switch that had been hidden behind her. In the stunned eyes of all the audience, she inserted the switch into the console base in front of her.
With a snap.
"Yes, what I just said is our console - switch."
"This is... switch."
Lin Yao took a step back, then stood on the stage coquettishly, smiling like a flower.
And the moment she stepped back.
The handheld game console was installed on the base and directly switched to console mode.
On the screen.
The game screen of Breath of the Wild suddenly appeared!
Player: "!!!!"
The moment the game screen appeared!
Cheers that seemed to blow the roof off!
It broke out!
Cheng Kangjian looked at the screen, listened to the deafening cheers, and was stunned.
After a while.
He suddenly came back to his senses and turned his head.
The photographer immediately pointed the camera at Lin Yao without his command.
Click.
The picture froze.
One of the most classic scenes in the history of world games was frozen here...
Sorry, I got off work too late... It's so painful
(End of this chapter)
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