Chapter 435: Blizzard's Current Situation

The property Liu Wei is talking about is located in Beverly Hills, which has the title of "the world's most exclusive residential area", whether it is the security here or the luxury here, it is definitely the best in the whole of Los Angeles.

After arriving at the place, Zheng Yan and the three of them had long been accustomed to seeing all kinds of luxury cars and mansions, so they didn't feel anything, Zheng Peng didn't make a fuss because he had seen Zheng Yan's villa in Hong Kong City, only Nicole, even if the room had been arranged, it was still a little unbelievable.

Beverly Hills, as the most luxurious residential area around Hollywood, is almost every actor's dream to live here. Nicole never imagined that after getting the role of her dreams yesterday, she would live in the place she has been longing for for a long time today. Ever since I came in, I've been looking here and there.

"Third brother, I see two cars parked in the garage, anyway, you are not usually in Los Angeles, just drive the car for me. ”

While Nicole visited, Zheng Peng was always by her side, but the two had different purposes. Nicole was purely curious, while Zheng Peng was looking for what he needed, and soon locked on his target in the garage.

"Don't you think your car is good? Why, after only such a short time, you are empathetic and don't fall in love?" Liu Wei teased at Zheng Peng.

"Look at what you said, I couldn't help it. Besides, I'll live in your house in the future, and I'll drive a tattered pickup truck in and out, which won't be appropriate. ”

I have to say that Zheng Peng is very similar to Tang Hao in terms of brazenness, and the pickup truck that was still good in his mouth just now turned into tatters in a blink of an eye.

"Even if you make sense, the car keys are in the drawer in the living room, go get them yourself. "It's just something outside the body, needless to say lent it to Zheng Peng, even if it is given to him, Liu Wei's eyes won't blink.

"What do you kid want to do? The car can't run there, so tell me about the current situation at Blizzard. As soon as Zheng Peng picked up the car keys and was about to drive his new car out for a lap, he was stopped by Zheng Yan.

Despite some reluctance, Zheng Peng still took out the computer that he had prepared a long time ago and said: "After I came back from Hong Kong City, I obtained 55% of the company's shares for three million US dollars, and then the company officially changed its name to Blizzard, which you already know. ”

"During this time, we released our first game on Super Nintendo, Superman: Desperate Encounter, under the new name Blizzard. It's just a pity that although this game didn't lose money, it didn't bring any profit to the company. ”

"Later, we analyzed that Superman: Desperate Ground is a fighting game, and there are already a series of excellent fighting games on the market, such as Kombat Whirlwind, Iron Fist of Fury, etc., and we don't have any advantages in this area, so it's not surprising that we failed. ”

"After that, we focused on the development of a real-time strategy game, namely Warcraft: Humans and Orcs. Since the game was launched, it was quickly recognized by the market, and finally after statistics, the sales exceeded 500,000. ”

"The success of this game also made us aware of a problem. In the past, the reason why it was difficult for the games developed by the company to be recognized by the market was because there was the same situation, that is, they would unconsciously imitate some classic games. ”

"And Warcraft: Humans & Orcs is a success not only because it's so well made, but also because it's an original from Blizzard. For all game lovers, this is a brand new game, a brand new mode. ”

"So since then, we've focused more on developing real-time strategy games. At present, the upgraded version of "Warcraft: Humans and Orcs", "Warcraft 2: Kuroshio", has been completed and successfully launched to the market. ”

"Warcraft 2: Kuroshio has only been on the market for two months, and because of the user base of the first version, the sales volume has approached 300,000. Not only that, but another upgraded version, Warcraft 2: The Dark Gate, is also almost complete, and I believe it will be officially released in a month or two. ”

"But we also understand that a company can't survive with one game, so we also have a plan to develop new games. Very early on, our colleagues in the company designed a game similar to the Warcraft series, and we named it StarCraft. ”

"In the past, the development was put on hold because the company lacked funds, but with the $3 million I brought back, the development plan was put on the agenda. However, after all, it is a brand new game, so the development of StarCraft is still in its infancy. ”

"In addition to real-time strategy games, we are also working on an RPG game called Diablo. This time we learned the lessons of the past and did not imitate any such games, all the level design, character plots, etc., were all designed by the company personnel. ”

"At the moment, Blizzard has so many development plans, and the profitability is very good. But I have to thank you, brother, if it weren't for your $3 million, the company would have been yellow a long time ago. ”

When Zheng Peng introduced the situation of Blizzard, he said it clearly, knew how to analyze the reasons for failure, and also knew how to summarize successful experiences, Zheng Yan can be said to be very satisfied, but Zheng Peng's last sycophant ruined the overall feeling.

"Not bad. Zheng Yan commented.

For the three million US dollars invested at the beginning, whether it was a profit or a loss, Zheng Yan didn't care very much. In Zheng Yan's view, as long as Zheng Peng can learn something in the process, it will be worth it. This time, it's not so much about understanding the situation of Blizzard as about Zheng Peng's changes.

"Since you think it's good, brother, can I take Nicole out for a ride?"

Although Zheng Yan's evaluation was only "good", in Zheng Peng's ears, it was already a high evaluation, so he was very satisfied, even a little proud, and then a little forgetful.

"I ran all the way from New York to Los Angeles, and you think you can send me away with just these two sentences? The Warcraft series you're already selling is really good, and there is still a lot of potential to be tapped if you continue to develop it. ”

"In addition, I also saw the game design of StarCraft at the beginning, and if the design is good, it will not be worse than Warcraft. As for Diablo, I would say that the design of RPG games is far more important than this game. ”