"I didn't expect that this game with less than 400M would have such great charm."
Looking at the sales data that was constantly refreshing in the background, Li Zongzheng's face was filled with surprise and emotion.
When Hao Yun talked to him about the new game project "Minecraft" before, he was actually not very optimistic about the market performance of this game.
After all, with regard to the performance of current home PCs, the pixelated style of painting has long been outdated.
However, the players' reaction was beyond his expectation.
Jiang Lexeng, who was sitting aside, yawned and said.
"I think this game is quite fun. I didn't go to bed until two o'clock last night after playing it."
Judging from the thick dark circles under her eyes, she obviously stayed up late last night.
Du Ziteng on the side also nodded.
"I also think it's quite interesting... Although I haven't had time to play it yet, I see that many people in my circle of friends are playing this game."
"Right?" Jiang Lecheng smiled proudly and said, "Let me just say, how can the games made by our Mr. Hao not be fun! Let's make some fun ones!"
Listening to the conversation between the two, Li Zongzheng looked confused.
Am I not keeping up with the times
Or are today’s players getting nostalgic
As if seeing through the confusion on Mr. Li's face, Du Ziteng coughed lightly and continued.
"Actually, I feel that the main reason is that the current games are not interesting anymore. The games on our creative workshop are not bad. I looked around at the games on the Dianqu platform and couldn't find any playable ones."
After a pause, he continued in a helpless tone.
"Many games are just a different version of the game. The same gameplay is covered in different shells... In contrast, Minecraft is probably an unconventional one. Although there is no fixed gameplay, it provides players with The possibilities are endless.”
"When you say that, I seem to feel the same way," Jiang Lexeng nodded and said thoughtfully, "For example, yesterday I found a treasure server, and the server owner made the world a maze-like scene. , and then the mining function was disabled, and the entire game became an RPG maze style. There were more than a hundred people online at that time, which was very lively."
"Ah, that server you are talking about, I have also searched for it on the creative workshop before. The server owner is indeed a talent. It is a pity that he did not join our company." Liu Ye, who had been silent, said with a smile.
Jiang Lexeng said with a smile.
"Let's form a group and play black together some other time."
"Okay! Let's wait until after get off work."
"Take me with you." At this time, Li Zongzheng, who was stroking his chin in deep thought, suddenly raised his hand and said with a serious face, "Listen to what you said... I think I need to re-understand this game."
"Well, actually I think it would be better if we didn't play this game with such a serious mood." Looking at Mr. Li who stood up seriously, Liu Ye coughed lightly and said, "This is originally a casual game, it's too serious. You can’t feel that kind of fun if you play on the ground.”
Jiang Lexeng nodded and said.
"I think too... How about, Mr. Li, would you like to watch the live broadcast first?"
"live streaming?"
Jiang Lexeng said.
"Yeah! Many casual game anchors have been broadcasting this game recently, and it's quite interesting to watch."
This sounds like a good idea.
Li Zongzheng thought for a while, nodded and said.
"Okay, you can show me the live broadcast room later..."
As a professional game designer, he felt that he needed to figure out what was so fun about this game and why it had achieved such unexpected success.
At this time, Li Zongzheng suddenly remembered what Mr. Hao had said to him before -
“Happiness doesn’t have to be achieved in complicated ways.”
"Players themselves are born and the best game designers."
His intuition told him that if he could understand the principles, it might be the key to breaking through the bottleneck in his career as a game designer!
…
At the same time, Rice Entertainment Headquarters.
Standing in front of Mr. Xu's desk, Wu Jianhua, the head of the marketing department, reported the latest sales of "Minecraft" to Mr. Xu.
"So far, one million people have downloaded "Minecraft", and the search popularity on major search engines is also continuing to rise. According to the assessment of analysts in our marketing department, "Minecraft" may further open up the domestic market In the PC casual game market, the game studio under Sea Lion Group has launched a similar new game plan... "
After listening to Wu Jianhua's report, Xu Qianshi lightly licked his tongue and couldn't help but sigh.
"The price of a game is 56, and one million copies is 56 million..."
And the sales figures are still growing.
The most critical thing is that the development cycle of this game is less than one month, and it will be released almost in the second month after PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was launched.
Yunmeng Group probably hadn't finished counting the money they made on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, but another large bundle of banknotes was placed in front of them.
The speed of making money is almost the same as a money printing machine!
At this moment, there was a knock on the door. After getting permission, a secretary in professional attire walked in.
"Mr. Xu."
"What's wrong?"
"New mail from you."
"I see."
The office door closed again.
Xu Qianshi turned on the computer, logged into his mailbox and checked his unread emails. About five minutes ago, an email was sent from the parent company of the group.
After reading the content of the email, he raised his eyebrows slightly.
Wu Jianhua, who was standing opposite the desk, noticed the expression on Mr. Xu's face. Although he was curious about what was written in the email, Mr. Xu did not speak and he did not dare to ask more questions.
Just when his mind was filled with thoughts, Xu Qianshi, who had read the email, suddenly spoke on his own initiative.
"Yunmeng Group has made another move."
"New action?" Wu Jianhua was stunned for a moment, then said in surprise, "Is it that Biohazard—"
"No." Shaking his head, Xu Qianshi interrupted him and continued, "This time they plan to enter the hardware field. The name of the product is 'Dreamland-1'. Judging from the function, it should be AR glasses."
"AR glasses?" Wu Jianhua frowned and asked confused, "Is there a market for that thing...?"
As early as ten years ago, many domestic electronics industry giants launched AR glasses products. However, sales were not optimistic. Basically no new products have been released in recent years. The group's main research and development efforts are also concentrated on mobile phones and new energy vehicles. .
"The AR glasses they launched are a bit special. It is said to be controlled by brain waves..." Xu Qianshi continued with a strange expression on his face, "And looking at this number, it seems they are planning to release a series?"
A series? ?
Wu Jianhua was stunned.
Isn’t Yunmeng Group an Internet company
How did you start studying hardware
"... In any case, the parent company of the group seems to be very optimistic about this cooperation with Yunmeng Group. It feels that this cooperation may be able to break the deadlock of AR projects that have been unable to advance, so it has given us a greeting in advance and asked us to try our best to maintain the Friendly relationship with Yunmeng Group.”
Tapping his index finger lightly on the desk, Xu Qianshi frowned and said thoughtfully.
"But I always feel that Hao Yun is playing a big game."
Wu Jianhua nodded and said silently.
"I also have this feeling."
"I even have a hunch... If they continue to develop, it won't be long before not just games, but the entire electronic entertainment industry will undergo earth-shaking changes."