A high-end restaurant near the experience store.
With the first month's sales of Diablo, everyone felt at ease, and people who were worried that the investment would not be able to recover the cost were also relieved.
This sales volume is properly regarded as a big sale.
The main reason is that this is only the first month. With the continuous expansion of the player base, it will take at least two or three months to maintain this level. By that time, the cumulative sales of Diablo will run to five or six million. There is no problem at all. , this game will definitely become the same masterpiece as Warcraft, which is both popular and popular.
Although this dark and terrifying art style dissuades a small number of players, Diablo is an rpg game with a fragmented gameplay and excellent production. It is a sure thing that the sales volume will surpass Warcraft.
This time it was a celebration banquet, and Chen Mo was not stingy. He directly asked his assistant Lin Xiao to find a nearby high-end restaurant with a per capita consumption of more than 600 yuan, and asked everyone to eat openly.
Before, Chen Mo didn't care much about these things. After all, Su Jinyu and Zheng Hongxi were half-employees and half-friends, so they could be relatively casual. Moreover, Chen Mo himself was a bit of a nerd and didn't bother to go out.
But now that the team has expanded, we still have to look like a serious company in front of these new employees, and we can no longer be as casual as before.
Of course, there is no need to have as many rules as some departments. This kind of gathering is between a friend gathering and a business banquet, and it is mainly for fun and celebration. So if you want to drink, drink some wine, and if you don’t want to drink, drink .
Chen Mo raised his wine glass: "Thank you very much for your hard work in the past six months. Diablo sold 1.87 million sets in the first month, which is already a very good result. These are inseparable from everyone's hard work and close cooperation. We A toast to everyone, we have a happy cooperation."
Everyone raised their glasses.
"Regard the store manager."
"Congratulations to the store manager, the game is a big seller."
“The store manager is very creative”
"Yes, we belong to the kind who follow the store manager and call 666."
"cheers"
The toasts are staggered, and the cups are exchanged.
Everyone ate very happily. After all, the game was a big hit, and everyone got a bonus, which added a brighter touch to their resume, and gave them a lot more to talk about.
Zhou Hanyu raised his glass to Chen Mo and said, "Shop manager, I would like to offer you a toast. At first, I thought it would be the same as before, and the things I made would not be too different. But now I realize that this place is really different from those companies outside. It's really surprising that I can still learn something here. Diablo's art style can be achieved. I really didn't expect it, I can only say I admire it."
Chen Mo raised his glass and said, "It's outrageous to say this. It is everyone's joint efforts to make the game popular. Take art and music as an example. I just give a general idea. The specific work is done by you and Guangnan. Go and finish. This game would not be as popular as it is now without anyone here, so don't be restrained, just open up and eat."
Chen Mo himself was quite happy. Diablo had gone through many twists and turns in entering the country in his previous life. Although the game set a sales record of 30 million in the international market, it was considered ill-fated in China.
Chen Mo wasn't sure whether this thing could pass the review, and whether the players would accept it. Now it seems that his worries are a bit unnecessary. This game is more than enough to support him as the first step towards rpg.
Zheng Hongxi said: "Shop manager, in the past month or so, the first batch of players who bought Diablo God of Destruction have been a bit annoying. Do we have to take some measures to improve it?"
Zhao Yunting, who is in charge of the operation, said: "I don't think it's necessary. This is a stand-alone game with a buyout fee. It can be played for a month. The game's duration is already very good. Do you still expect players to play for a lifetime?"
Su Jinyu said: "You don't know the store manager just by looking at it. Plants vs. Zombies and Warcraft are both stand-alone games. The store manager who is not very playable will definitely develop a follow-up version to extend the life of the game."
Chen Mo smiled: "Goldfish is right, there will be a follow-up version, and dlc has to be sold."
Qian Kun clapped his hands: "That's good, sell a dlc, and get another two million sets"
Chen Mo said: "About the follow-up development version, I will tell you in detail tomorrow. To put it simply, there are two goals for the next step. One is to develop the dlc version of Diablo, adding two new occupations, one New chapters and seasons, new ways to play expert mode. The other is to develop a small production game."
Su Jinyu asked: "Do two games at the same time"
Chen Mo nodded: "Yes, our manpower is relatively sufficient now. The dlc thing can be done with more than half of the manpower. Don't worry, it can be done within three months. Others can develop some relatively small ones at the same time. games made."
Qian Kun said: "Shop manager, I think it's better to use large-scale games. Think about it, large-scale games make more money and have a good reputation. Why should we make those small games again?"
"You can't think like this." Chen Mo said, "Big games have the advantages of big games, and small games have the advantages of small games. Bird's nest and shark fin are good, but you will get tired of eating them after a while. These small games can be used to change everyone's thinking. .”
Zhou Hanyu said: "Okay, anyway, whatever the store manager decides to do, we will do it. It will never be wrong to follow the store manager."
Fu Guangnan was speechless: "Wow, forcibly flattering is not advisable"
Chen Mo smiled: "You don't have to be so outspoken, I have emphasized to you before, I am more pragmatic, I don't like to play those fake games, the most important thing for me is to do the game well, other things That’s all the minutiae.”
"Before I told you that leading you to make money lying down is definitely not empty talk. Of course, making money is not the only purpose. I also hope to make some interesting small games to give players some inspiration. I hope everyone will understand this point. Consistent with my thinking, earning money is just a matter of chance, our first goal is to make fun games, okay”
Everyone nodded: "OK"
The next day, the studio.
In the conference room, everyone was present, waiting for Chen Mo to explain the development plan for the next stage.
Chen Mo already mentioned it at the celebration banquet yesterday. This time, two projects are going on at the same time. One is the follow-up version of Diablo, and the other is a new game.
On the projector screen, the title of the document appeared: Diablo: Reaper of Souls concept setting.
Chen Mo explained: "This new version is called Reaper of Souls. In this version, two new professions, a new story chapter, and some special gameplay, such as season mode and expert mode, will be opened."
"Next, I'll talk about them one by one."