In the studio, Chen Mo was thinking about the early stage promotion of "League of Legends".
Although the game "League of Legends" itself has strong diffusion properties, the promotion strategy in the early stage is still very important, because the current channel capabilities of the Thunder game platform are still far behind that of Penguin in the previous life.
Moreover, the player base of League of Legends in this world is even worse.
In the previous life, after all, there were dota jewels in the front. When "League of Legends" was launched, it happened to be stuck in a very critical period. Dota was very popular among young people, especially students, but it was limited by the engine, ranking The development is limited due to many factors such as bit mechanism, difficulty of getting started, and cheating.
"League of Legends" has reduced the difficulty of getting started, coupled with Penguin's strong operation and promotion capabilities, it has gradually become popular.
Putting the grievances and hatred aside for the time being, it is an indisputable fact that "League of Legends" has gained dota's glory. After all, dota can be regarded as the pioneer of this market.
But what about the world
Although cog also initially has some prototypes of moba games, it is an imperfect map after all, and it is still far behind dota.
The player base of "Warcraft" is also much smaller than in the previous life, and the players who have really come into contact with cogs are only a very small number of players in the entire player base.
It is conceivable that when Chen Mo launches "League of Legends", the reaction of the vast majority of players will be "What kind of game is this?" rather than "Wow, there is finally a reliable MOBA game."
Therefore, how to promote "League of Legends" still needs to be carefully considered.
While thinking about it, the phone on the table rang.
Chen Mo picked it up and saw that it was an unfamiliar number from Shanghai.
Chen Mo picked it up: "Hello?"
A male voice came from the phone, very politely: "Hello, is this Mr. Chen Mo from Thunder Interactive Entertainment?"
Chen Mo said, "It's me."
The male voice on the other side of the phone said: "Hi, let me introduce myself first. I am the person in charge of the GA Modu branch. You can call me Peter."
Chen Mo frowned, Peter
Although he has an English name, he can speak Chinese very well, so he should not be a foreigner. Chen Mo thought about it again, after all, he is an executive of a foreign company, so it is quite normal to use an English name.
Ga has a branch in Shanghai, which matches the location of the phone number.
Chen Mo asked, "Hello, what's the matter?"
Peter said: "It's like this. We are developing a new game called cog at our GA headquarters. I don't know if you know it well. Because this game was originally a map in your game "Warcraft". There are many resources in the game, so we would like to ask, can you sell us the relevant art copyright? Of course, the price is negotiable."
Chen Mo said without thinking, "Not for sale."
"Ahem." Peter coughed dryly twice, and then said, "Mr. Chen Mo, it's just some art copyrights. In fact, in terms of GA's research and development strength and art level, it is possible to make a game that completely surpasses "Warcraft" The game is not difficult. The reason why we want to buy your art copyright is mainly to continue the player's habit of cog original pictures and ensure the consistency of this game to the greatest extent... "
Chen Mo: "Not for sale, I'll hang up if it's okay."
"Please wait a moment!" Peter was a little surprised that Chen Mo's attitude was so firm that he didn't even ask for the price. "You should know that GA is a company with very strong economic strength. Regarding these copyrights..."
Chen Mo: "Oh, how about a billion heroes?"
Peter: "Huh?"
This time peter is fancy, one billion
Your hero is made of gold? Moreover, even if it is made of gold, it cannot be worth so much money!
Peter tentatively asked: "You mean, soft sister currency?"
Chen Mo: "No, Meidao."
peter: "..."
One billion dollars is a hero, why not grab it! Does that mean that if cog wants to produce 30 heroes, it will cost 30 billion dollars
That's already the valuation of the entire ga company!
Peter was a little unhappy, obviously Chen Mo's attitude was not sincere: "Mr. Chen Mo, although I don't know the reason, but I feel that you may have misunderstood this matter..."
Chen Mo said: "There is no misunderstanding, I have already told you that I will not sell anything from "Warcraft"."
"By the way, tell Raman Clive for me that although cog is a pretty good map, in my opinion it's still far from it. The nerdy Chinese will make a game that completely crushes cog."
Peter: "Mr. Chen Mo..."
Before he finished speaking, Chen Mo had already hung up the phone.
In fact, it is not uncommon to buy and sell copyrights, and it is not a big deal at all. For most game companies, as long as they have enough money, they can talk about anything.
As for why Chen Mo's attitude is so firm
First, the IP value of "Warcraft" is difficult to measure with money, and cog is considered a competitor, and it is impossible for Chen Mo to shoot himself in the foot for short-term benefits; second, Chen Mo is very dissatisfied with these people and is somewhat contemptuous Attitude.
Apparently, Raman Clive and GA look down on themselves a bit too much.
Raman Clive didn't believe that Chen Mo could do well in the game mode of cog, but ga thought it was just the art copyright of a few heroes? It's just a small company in a developing country, just put some money in and buy the copyright.
Moreover, Chen Mo didn't have a good impression of Ga, and he would eventually become an opponent in the future, so there was no need to worry about their feelings now.
However, Chen Mo also knew very well that it would not be difficult for Ga to change a set of art resources, and it would have little impact on cog.
After all, there are not many cog players now. When the time comes to change the hero's name, change the model, and add some new heroes, the players will definitely accept it slowly.
But at least they're going to have to make a fuss.
…
For the next period of time, it seemed a little calm.
Although Emperor Huyu and Shenhuan Game Platform have established the largest distributor alliance in China, there are still many independent game designers who choose to publish their games on Chen Mo's game platform.
In the final analysis, it is because this new big channel lacks a decisive work to prove its great strength.
Just like during the live broadcast platform war, poaching anchors through price wars is only a means, and what can really highlight the background and hard power of a live broadcast platform is to rely on making gods.
It doesn't matter if you poach my popular anchor, I will promote another big anchor in a month or two, even more popular than the one you poached.
The same is true for channel operators. It is meaningless to unilaterally brag about how many players they have. If they can launch a harvest-level PC or VR game masterpiece, then they can prove their strength.
Therefore, before the appearance of such a game, all players and designers are still in a wait-and-see state. Although Chen Mo's Thunder game platform is currently in a very unfavorable situation, the victory of Emperor Dynasty and Shenhuan That's too early.
The key depends on how the next games of Emperor Dynasty and Shenhuan will perform.