As soon as these two news were announced, they immediately triggered a big discussion in the entire game industry.
Not only the players, but even the major game manufacturers were very surprised. Is Chen Mo crazy
Chen Mo said that he would subsidize 10,000 U.S. dollars for each matrix game pod, but in fact, he further reduced the profit margin of the matrix game pod. The various costs of the game pod, including research and development, promotion and other expenses, are about 250,000 yuan per game pod, while the actual selling price is 300,000 yuan.
And now, the price of the matrix game cabin has dropped by 100,000 yuan. The original price of the game cabin is around 300,000 yuan. Now during the promotion period, the price of the game cabin is just over 200,000 yuan!
Although for those players who can't afford it, whether they can afford it or not, for those players who have been hesitating, this is a very, very powerful discount, because the price is close to the traditional high configuration VR game pod.
All players know that the traditional high-end vr game cabin, no matter how high the configuration is, it is absolutely impossible to compare with the next-generation vr of the matrix game cabin!
I haven't heard of any new technological innovations, nor have I heard that the price of raw materials for the game cabin has dropped. That is to say, Chen Mo is probably selling it at a loss to promote the matrix game cabin.
For those manufacturers of traditional vr game cabins, this is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue, because the only advantage of traditional vr game cabins compared to matrix game cabins may be that they are a little cheaper, but now even cheap This advantage is also gone.
However, for game developers all over the world, Chen Mo released another great news, that is, he did not desperately guard the money tree of the matrix game cabin. On the contrary, Chen Mo decided to open source the matrix game cabin editor and The artificial intelligence template means that he welcomes game developers from all over the world to join the Thunder Game Platform, and even welcomes game developers from all over the world to share the next generation of vr games.
Of course, the games developed by these game companies will definitely provide Chen Mo with a lot of revenue when they land on the Matrix game cabin and the Thunder game platform. This is a matter of mutual benefit and win-win. But being able to open source these things very generously still made everyone sigh with Chen Mo's broad mind.
These two decisions seemed chic, but in fact Chen Mo also endured a lot of pressure.
He had to make several trips to the game committee to repeatedly explain to these people the benefits of the price reduction of the matrix game cabin, as well as the significance of open source development tools and enriching the library of next-generation vr games.
It is unavoidable to use a few wisdom-reducing halos casually.
However, Chen Mo open sourced the development tools of the next-generation vr, just to allow more manufacturers to participate in the development of next-generation vr games, so that the matrix game cabin can be promoted faster. For some special fields in the next generation of VR, Chen Mo will never let go.
For example, the catering field in the virtual world.
Fields like this that involve the future "lifeline" of the virtual world will never be open. In other words, the games made by other game companies are just games. For Chen Mo, "Oasis" is his real trump card.
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With the help of Jarvis, the efficiency of making games has been greatly improved.
Although the cost of using Jarvis may be more expensive than raising half a R&D team, there is a big advantage after all, that is, it is fast.
When it comes to game production, time is money.
Just as some real estate companies adhere to the "fast" concept and require the design institute to produce design drawings overnight, all projects are desperately beaten like chicken blood, nothing more than to rush for time.
Of course, this kind of development concept is very unhealthy and oppressive for employees, but it has to be admitted that it is very effective.
The same is true for the game industry. The reason why traditional conscientious developers all adhere to the attitude of "slow work and meticulous work" and "sharpening a sword in n years" is mainly because under the original technical conditions, "speed" and "quality" are often not enough. To have both, in order to ensure quality, we have to sacrifice speed as a last resort.
But for players, under the premise of ensuring quality, the faster the better.
Think about the torment of waiting for a sequel, think about the fear of being dominated by infinite delays, think about the loss of waiting for a game result for a year or two before clearing the level in a few hours...
For Chen Mo, the accelerated research and development speed brought by Jarvis is something he could not have wished for, because the most luxurious thing is time.
When it comes to developing a game, you can never be too fast.
Before the real next-generation vr game "Oasis" goes online, he still has a big hole to fill.
Before starting to fill in this big hole, he still has a surprise for the players.
Very, very big surprise.
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On July 14, without warning, Chen Mo released another promotional video on Weibo.
Why do you say "again"
Because less than a month has passed since the release of the promotional video of the last game "Iron Man".
There is a new game a month, and it is a high-quality and top-notch work. The biggest emotion players feel when they are overjoyed is: it's over, the game is almost unplayable!
Have to spend more than 1,000 yuan every month to buy games? Can't make it through this day
But fortunately, for players who have a matrix game cabin, they don't care too much about the money for buying games. On the contrary, most people just think that there are too few games.
"The promotional video of the new game is out! Isn't this speed too fast?!"
"How can this game be updated every month? This is at the same speed as some masters of online novels!"
"Is this the "Iron Man" that I just saved and bought last month? I don't have time to play it and I'm still eating dust. A new game will come again in a blink of an eye?"
"A local tyrant with a matrix game cabin still needs to save money to buy games? Hehe, I don't believe it at all!"
"Let's see what the theme of the new game is?"
"Oh shit..."
"This, this damn!"
"Farewell! Farewell!"
After seeing the beginning of this promotional video, the players became restless and left one after another.
Several players were emotional and said, if I buy this game, I will be a dog!
Some players said: Get out! Roll with me with Dark Souls!
The fans of the major anchors are celebrating together and telling each other, and they are even happier than Chinese New Year.
And many anchors on the Moyu live broadcast platform are already thinking about what reason should be used to ask for leave in the days when the game is released.
The promotional video released by Chen Mo is not long, less than five minutes, and a large part of the material in it uses the real scene of the game.
But it is precisely the real scene of the game that allows the players to instantly understand the pissing nature of the game.
Yes, the name of the game is:
"Bloodborne Curse".