Extra: Console iteration
[The most surprising game of this generation! "Super Smash Bros!" The best love letter from Linmu Studio to players!]
The largest game forum in China.
This post has been on the front page for half a month.
The highest number of replies created by "Modern Scrolls" some time ago.
As expected, the record was broken by "Super Smash Bros.", which is also owned by Linmu Studio.
In fact,
even though it has been nearly a month since the announcement of "Super Smash Bros." at the Linmu Carnival.
Until now, this post still has countless players replying to it every day.
Players are extremely excited to talk about their joy, and their enthusiasm is so high that it is terrifying.
There is no way.
Because this game is really... too unexpected for players.
Although the development history of electronic games is not very long, countless game IPs have been born during this period.
Some of these game IPs have become famous all over the world after only one work, some have been unknown after several sequels, some have been gradually eliminated by the market, and some have become a blockbuster after being restarted.
Among so many game IPs, no matter what type of player, there are a few characters that are impressive.
Some of them are from Linmu Studio, some may be from old third-party games, some may be the protagonist, and some may be the supporting role.
Now Linmu Studio tells players that in the future, most players will be able to control their favorite characters to fight against other game characters in a dream-like duel...
Let alone the fact that players can experience the "Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong" gameplay that almost every player loves in this game. Just... the hottest players of Linmu Studio's games and veteran game stars will join the battle together and appear in the same game, forming an extremely luxurious lineup.
It is enough to make players excited.
Because... there really has never been a game that did this before.
None.
Before "Game Stars Smash", there was no game that could provide such a special opportunity to allow so many characters from famous works to compete on the same stage.
The theme of this year's Linmu Carnival is "Love Letter".
If players were still a little confused about this before the Linmu Carnival was held.
When Ready Player One was announced after the Easter Egg Adventure, Super Smash Bros. was announced at the opening ceremony of the Linmu Carnival, followed by Minecraft, Bloodline, The Witcher 2, and many other masterpieces.
All players understood why the theme of this Carnival was "Love Letter". Because all the works announced
during this Linmu Carnival were love letters to video games and to all players. This is a consensus. And it is not only a consensus among players, but also the consensus of most producers in the industry. I don't know how many producers sighed after reading the content announced at this year's Linmu Carnival... This June , or this year, will all belong to Linmu Studio. When the Linmu Carnival ended... Linmu Studio had already become the undisputed number one game company. After the Linmu Carnival ended and before the release of Ready Player One, a game review media even made a ranking of game companies for the first time. They are not afraid of offending people at all, and they analyze the current status of various game companies from multiple dimensions. Then. Without a doubt. Linmu Studio won the first place with a score of 97. And no player expressed any objection to this result. On the contrary, many players felt that the reduction of three points was too much... and the second place... only had more than 70 points. It is conceivable. How big a surprise Linmu Studio gave to the entire gaming circle. As for why Linmu Studio scored 97 points instead of 100 points. In fact, the game review media also gave a reason for this. The only item that Linmu Studio was deducted from was the home game console. Linmu Studio does have a home game console. When their switch was first announced, I don’t know how many people were amazed. But now it has been a long time since the release of switch. During this period, the level of hardware has been advancing by leaps and bounds under the promotion of Linmu Studio and the trend of qualitative change in the gaming industry. The function of switch. It is indeed a bit behind the times. The other three console manufacturers have announced the next-generation consoles at the end of the year before last. And the switch is still in the previous generation. Although the game is really good. Players have indeed enjoyed the fun of the games produced by Linmu Studio, which is enough to completely ignore the console functions. But in comparison, especially when the game graphics of Linmu Studio's own PC department are getting better and better. In terms of home game console hardware, Linmu Studio is indeed a little behind. And home game consoles can be said to be an indispensable part of the game industry. After all, before the emergence of the Vaporwave game platform, the majority of console game sales were basically on consoles. It is not unreasonable to reduce this aspect by three points.
This is also a regrettable part of Linmu Studio.
In fact,
some players have begun to look forward to the replacement of Linmu Studio's host.
Of course,
there are not many people. After all
, the current situation is
that the Linmu Carnival has just ended.
Nothing can compare to the "love letter" that Linmu Studio gave to the players.
However,
players are players.
The staff inside Linmu Studio cannot be like the players.
After the end of the Linmu Carnival, each department celebrated briefly and then returned to work.
Because Lin Yao has been on vacation.
In the end, she left an extremely rich "foundation" for the entire Linmu Studio and set up a shining "golden signboard".
Next,
how to prevent this "golden signboard" from being stained is a problem that all staff members need to think about urgently.
Although the staff are reluctant, everyone... actually does not want to pull their boss back from vacation.
Therefore, the success of the Linmu Carnival did not let the staff of Linmu Studio relax, but instead made them feel like chicken blood and work harder.
With Lin Bing, Lin Yao's father, reluctantly taking over Linmu Studio,
everything is back on track.
That is, most staff members can't help but turn their heads to take a look when they pass by Lin Yao's office.
After all, once some things become a habit, it is really hard to adapt to sudden changes in a short period of time...
...
Linmu Studio, Kaishan Research Institute.
Platform Technology Development Department.
Zheng Xin sat in his seat and was secretly reading the player forum.
Although Kaishan Research Institute is also under Linmu Studio, they are the department least affected by Lin Yao's vacation.
Because Lin Yao is good at games, not hardware, and Zheng Xin's department is relatively independent, there are fewer opportunities for "touching the scene" and the impact is of course the least.
Of course, relatively speaking, because it is far away from the front line of development.
When they face their own company's works, they are actually no different from the players...
"For the fighting game genre, arcade players need to quickly get to know a character and start the game, but in the home console scenario, the game needs more vivid characters and worldviews..."
Zheng Xin looked at the grand occasion on the forum and saw that countless players were still replying to express their excitement until this moment. While sighing... he remembered the conversation between Lin Yao and Zhu Nianqiao that he happened to hear when he went to the console department.
At that time, he didn't feel much about Lin Yao's words.
But at this moment, seeing the reactions of the players, he really understood.
What exactly did Lin Yao mean by this?
Yes.
"Game Stars Super Smash Bros." is a fighting game.
And the situation of fighting games in recent years has not been good.
Many players will be discouraged when they hear about fighting games, because fighting games often mean a long list of moves, and a lot of practice is required to get started...
In short, it is difficult and niche.
But the pre-order sales of "Super Smash Bros." have exceeded 10 million, and are even approaching 15 million... This is an absolute miracle in the fighting game genre where even 2 million copies can be considered a big hit.
Zheng Xin believes that this can be considered a miracle for many veteran fighting game manufacturers...
because it is too exaggerated.
Thinking of this.
Zheng Xin couldn't help but mutter: "We need more vivid characters and worldviews... just add a fantastic cast of characters to broaden the audience of fighting games."
"Fighting games are too difficult, so streamline the operation, add interesting rules, fun content, and adopt a design concept that is completely opposite to the complex operation methods of existing fighting games... Let everyone get started easily, while retaining the possibility of hardcore, really... too amazing!"
Although Zheng Xin is not a game producer.
But he is in Linmu Studio, how could he not like the game.
And precisely because he is also a player and a staff member of Linmu Studio... so he knows better than any other player how powerful Lin Yao is.
Zheng Xin looked at the forum and was really full of thoughts.
After a long time.
He just closed the discussion thread of "Super Smash Bros." that broke the reply record, and prepared to continue working.
But the moment he closed the webpage, a post suddenly caught his sight.
It was the post about the ranking of game companies...
Although he knew the answer.
But Zheng Xin couldn't help but click in to take a look.
When he saw the score of 97 points for Linmu Studio, and the deduction items.
He was stunned, then smiled bitterly, closed the webpage, and opened OA.
Then he opened the internal email he had received not long ago.
As for what the internal email said... It's very simple, a substitute for switch.
Inside Linmu Studio, the hardware related issues of the host department were actually noticed.
In fact.
The last thing Lin Yao paid attention to before the holiday was the hardware iteration problem of the host department.
However.
She didn't give an answer until the end.
But whether Lin Yao is there or not.
The console department has reached a consensus.
That is... the hardware does need to be upgraded.
Although it is not the top priority.
After all, the switch here has not reached the level of Lin Yao's previous life.
But it is indeed necessary to start planning.
At present, the console department is too busy.
As for the executives... Lin Yao made it clear before the holiday that they rarely intervene in the product.
Lin Bing has just taken over and is still in the stage of understanding the operation of the company.
Therefore, the platform technology development department led by Zheng Xin in the early stage is the only one in charge.
And this is where the problem lies.
Zheng Xin currently has no idea about the new console...
or rather, no good idea.
First of all.
Switch iteration is certain, and he agrees with this.
But how to iterate specifically has become a problem.
Should it still make a handheld and console switchable form, and support an enhanced version of the switch that is backward compatible?
Or start from scratch, give up backward compatibility, and directly make a traditional console?
Zheng Xin initially preferred the former.
But when Zheng Xin thought of the situation when Lin Yao held the switch press conference, he began to back off.
Because if it is just an enhanced version of the switch... there is no surprise at all.
It is hard to say whether the new machine will be good at the commercial level, but the lack of surprise is already a big problem.
What about traditional consoles?
Not to mention the surprises... and there are more problems. Let's not talk about the compatibility of old games. How to solve the exclusive problem of the console?
Traditional consoles are not like the switch, and Linmu Studio also has a Vaporwave gaming platform.
Because of the existence of the Vaporwave gaming platform, mainstream players already have a PC... If Linmu Studio makes traditional consoles and is exclusive, it will undoubtedly force users of the Vaporwave gaming platform to buy consoles.
This is too much.
Therefore, Linmu Studio can only make traditional consoles rely on the Vaporwave gaming platform as a vassal.
But what's the point?
Zheng Xin thinks... Linmu Studio should not release such a mediocre product.
"Ah..."
Zheng Xin leaned back, looked at the screen, and sighed: "Perhaps the enhanced version of the switch is the best choice for console iteration. After all, it can solve the urgent problem... But I am still unwilling to give up." "It would be great
if the switch could launch a product that can really surprise players while launching iterative products."
Yes.
In fact, deep down in Zheng Xin's heart... he wanted to make an iterative switch, and also wanted to make a product that would amaze players, just like the amazing product that Lin Yao proposed for the switch.
Because this would not only retain the user base of the switch, but also allow Linmu Studio to have more possibilities.
This is his small ambition.
"But how easy is that..."
Zheng Xin thought of this and smiled helplessly: "The enhanced version of the switch has not been confirmed, and the other way, after thinking about it, it seems that there is only one way, the traditional console, ah..."
He leaned back and spread his arms on the chair. The feeling of pride he had at the beginning because of the "love letter" project instantly disappeared.
Although the iteration of the next-generation console is far from urgent at present.
But it's like an invisible boulder pressing on Zheng Xin's heart... It's uncomfortable.
If Lin Yao were still there... there must be a solution, right?
Uncontrollably, an idea came to his mind.
Zheng Xin looked at the ceiling and couldn't help but smile.
"It seems that the hardware department is not without any impact... Forget it, let's do what we can first and consider the direction of the enhanced version of Switch."
He muttered to himself, then sat up, rubbed his face, and returned to work.
(End of this chapter)
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