Chapter 412: War Without Gunpowder

This Wang Qian is really scared of the air! "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" scares "The King of Songs", "Glory of the Emperor" scares "Sword Immortal 2", and now "Grand Theft Auto" is going to scare "Fantasy World 15"!

"Boss Wang, has the sales time been set? On the 25th of next month, are you sure it will not be changed again?" Xie Yuanming publicly confirmed to Wang Qian in the WeChat group.

"Don't change it, do you want to learn from Boss Yang to cut a JJ bet on the number of copies sold on the first day?" Wang Qian asked Xie Yuanming.

"The samurai of our Dai-Nippon Empire don't cut JJ, if you want to cut it, you cut it. Xie Yuanming replied to Wang Qian, after working in a Japanese-funded company for a long time, Xie Yuanming has forgotten his identity as a Chinese.

"Boss Xie Yuanming wants to bet on seppuku with Boss Wang? Just take the number of copies sold on the first day to bet!"

"It's too boring to bet on seppuku or something, Mr. Wang bet with people twice before, and in the end it didn't materialize, so it's better for us to bet on the company's shares! In this way, we make a contract between the two parties, "Grand Theft Auto" and "Fantasy World 15" will be sold at the same price, if the number of copies of "Grand Theft Auto" in the first month is higher than that of "Fantasyworld 15", Niso will sell 51% of the shares to Blizzard at the price of the international professional appraisal company, if the sales of "Grand Theft Auto" in the first month are lower than the number of copies of "Fantasy World 15", Blizzard will sell 51% of the shares to Nisol at the price of the international professional appraisal company, what does Boss Wang think?" Xie Yuanming mentioned it to Wang Qian.

"It's not that I look down on you, can you do this kind of thing?" Wang Qian made a sneer.

The group was silent for the time being, this kind of thing is indeed not something that Xie Yuanming's assistant can decide.

"Teacher Wang, don't go, I'll make a call. Xie Yuanming dared to say that just now, it was really not hot-headed.

Niso company used to be involved in a wide range of industries, but with the rise of the Chinese electronics industry, Niso company's living space has been repeatedly compressed, this life of Niso company to the later almost all the energy focused on the game industry, "Fantasy World" each generation of sales have increased, but can not withstand the growth of labor and all aspects of costs, this life of Niso company in the game production is actually at the end of the road, barely relying on the console platform to support the entire company.

After the meeting, the company's senior management believed that Niso's sales in the European and American markets have been saturated, and with the strengthening of China's copyright awareness and the prosperity of the game industry, there is no doubt that the main force of the future game market will be in China. Japan and China are very close, the two countries belong to the same oriental culture, and Japan has been learning Chinese culture since ancient times, and knows Chinese culture very well, so it is eager to open the Chinese market.

Blizzard has sprung up in China this year, becoming the largest game company in China in a few months, and its profit exceeds 60% of the entire Chinese game market.

Xie Yuanming knew that Niso attached great importance to the acquisition of Blizzard, and if he could win the acquisition of Blizzard with a gamble, the company's senior management should not refuse such a good thing.

In Xie Yuanming's view, Blizzard, a company that makes mobile games, cannot surpass Nisol's "Fantasy World" series in any case, so they will win this bet, and Blizzard's shares will also be decided. Although Nisso's company is now in decline, the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and it will definitely be no problem to find a suitable investment company to eat Blizzard in one fell swoop.

"Okay. Wang Qian did not mean to leave with stage fright.

Niso wants to eat Blizzard and enter the Chinese market, Blizzard also wants to eat Nisso's entry into the console market, you must know that Niso occupies half of the console market, and their HS4 host only has a slightly hard H-BOX in the world to compete, once Niso is eaten, just like Blizzard ate the Weixin game platform, Blizzard has its own console platform, Wang Qian transplanted many classic games from the previous life to this life, and he does not have to worry about occupying the international game console market.

In this life, the sales of "Fantasy World 14" are only three million copies, "Fantasy World 15" has been changed to a sandbox game, and the sales may not be as good as "Fantasy World 12", even if it doubles, it is only six million copies, although "Fantasy World 15" has European and American styles, but only some Europeans and Americans like this aesthetic fantasy style, and the main sales group is still in Japan.

GTA5 is different.

GTA5 is a very pure European and American culture, European and American games, GTA5 sales in the last life, as of the end of 2016, has exceeded 70 million copies!

ROCKSTAR's Grand Theft Auto V was an unprecedented success, becoming the highest-selling title in gaming history. More than 70 million copies were sold worldwide. It's rare to find a title that sells more than six million units overall. But with the exception of some popular classics.

For example, the "Persona" series has sold more than 6.9 million units since its release. But Grand Theft Auto V was an unprecedented success, becoming the highest-selling title in gaming history, with more than 70 million units sold worldwide. Six million units were sold in the UK alone. According to the latest data from GfK Chart-Track, the UK's best-selling game, Grand Theft Auto 5 has sold six million units in the UK, which means that about one in ten Britons has bought the game.

Since GFK Chart-Track does not count the sales of the numerical version, the actual figure may be higher. However, this segment does not dominate the total sales.

The violent crime GTA series has been accompanied by numerous controversies, but these have allowed each new installment in the series to surpass the sales of its predecessors after its release. Now, Grand Theft Auto Online, which includes microtransactions, has become a cash sinker for developers, adding to GTA5's enviable profitability.

Five months later, in June 2017, GTA5 sales reached a new level, surpassing 80 million copies!

Analyst Mat Piscatella revealed that this masterpiece developed by ROCKSTAR has been one of the best-selling games in the United States since the day of its release, and it is also the best-selling game in the United States since 1995 in the history of NPD. In his Titter, he said, 'It's not surprising, but it's still incredible'.

Of course, this is not to say that GTA5 surpasses all the big games, but it is just one of the more interesting numbers shared by Piscatella, after all, this is just the company's statistics. As the analyst put it, this result is not surprising, as the latest sequel to the series, although it was first launched on Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles in 2013, GTA5 continued to sell globally until 2017.

Although it was a game for Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles, ROCKSTAR soon launched PC, Xbox One, and PS4 versions, which allowed GTA5 to grow sales even further, and the long-term update for GTA OL's multiplayer mode was one of the reasons for the game's success.

For parent company Take-To, GTA5 contributed a very high level of revenue, with the company's first-quarter revenue of more than $1.78 billion for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017, and just last week, the company's CEO, Strauss Zelnick, said in a speech that the company's level of monetization for individual players is lower than that of the industry as a whole.

With such a sales base in the original world, Wang Qian is not worried about the sales of GTA5 in this world at all, and it is easy to defeat "Fantasy World 15".

Xie Yuanming is worried that Blizzard will not agree to the acquisition plan, and Wang Qian is also worried that Niso will not agree!

After Xie Yuanming called the president of Nisso Asia, the president of Nisso's Asia immediately notified the company's group headquarters, and the company's group headquarters convened a video conference with important shareholders to explain Xie Yuanming's somewhat peculiar acquisition plan to the important shareholders.

Eventually, they came up with a resolution.

"The company's headquarters agreed to our bet, but asked for a formal contract to be signed and written into the contract, and at the same time, the homepage of Nisol and Blizzard had to publish the bet and the acquisition contract for gamers around the world to oversee. Two hours later, Xie Yuanming announced the news in the WeChat group of game production.

Soon, Shan Yao also called Wang Qian.

"No problem, it's better to sign a contract for this kind of thing, so as not to pretend to be deaf and dumb after losing the bet like the previous two bets. Wang Qian expressed his approval of Nisso's conditions.

"Hahahaha...... Boss Wang really has the courage! Then we will make up our minds! "Fantasy World 15" and "Grand Theft Auto" will be sold on the G fat platform at the same time! I wish Blizzard's first game to enter the European and American markets will achieve good results!" Xie Yuanming made a thumbs up.

"Well, hopefully Fantasyland 15 will do well. Wang Qian politely replied to Xie Yuanming.

This is a commercial war, a war without gunpowder, Nisso covets the Chinese market, wants to get 51% of Blizzard's shares, and obtains the control and management rights of Blizzard, in their opinion, this bet must be won.