The PC version of The Sims is definitely not close to big productions in terms of the number of people involved in the production, and even falls short of so-called medium-sized productions. But in terms of cost or cost, it has surpassed many medium-sized productions.

The development cost of making a game is generally divided into two types, hardware cost and labor cost, and the cost of software is generally attributed to the cost of hardware.

Although there is no expenditure on the labor cost of the production of "The Sims" this time, it can be said that it has exploded in terms of hardware cost.

You must know that most of the start-up teams that make games are not very rich. For example, the company Silicon and Neural Bonds was founded on a $30,000 loan from the grandmother of one of the founders.

This is already very generous in a start-up company. More often than not, it's just one or two people and two or three hundred dollars to start making games.

Among them, there are also successful people, and these successful people can even be said to be a true portrayal of the American Dream, embodying the American Dream.

Of course, there are countless people who have failed behind them.

Samples of the PC version of The Sims have been sent out and have not been heard from since. You must know that now 10,000 households in North America are also the number one publisher in the United States.

The number one in the row means that there are a lot of people who contribute to them, and this submission of the PC version of "The Sims" takes the normal submission route, and it is normal to have a reply after a few months.

However, although the production of "The Sims" is over, Lisa and Richie are still ...... often No, it's the home of Takahashi and Xiao Ai every day.

Lisa came here to play The Sims, and Richie came here for Lisa-senpai, but he said that he was pursuing technology.

As an American programmer, Rich can definitely be regarded as one of the first programmers to come into contact with 10,000 graphics cards.

And, like the core developers of those large companies, he also has access to some of the core technical documents of Wanhu graphics cards.

When he found out that this graphics card could be used to display three-dimensional pictures, it was like discovering a new world.

And, when he saw the built-in 3D DEMO, he could be described as shocked. You must know that although three-dimensional graphics look a little simpler, they have incomparable advantages over two-dimensional pictures.

Richie, who has itchy hands, tries to develop a three-dimensional game on his own.

However, since the graphics card has only one trillion video memory. Richie doesn't let himself go as much as he wants. Every bit of video memory is used with great care. Richie, who has always had some rough nerves, can't stand it.

If Takahashi sees the problems that Richie had when he was making 3D games, he will be reminded of his first days at Hudson.

Maybe if Shin'ichi Nakamoto had been asked to make a 3D game, his meticulousness would have come in handy.

It's a pity that this is Nintendo's nest, and it's the nest of a Japanese-style console.

Although Takahashi is also interested in promoting computer expansion graphics cards, many of today's computers are not IBM compatible machines, and they are not personal PCs, but some similar things.

If there is only one such machine, it is possible for Wanhu to adapt, after all, the market is not small.

However, there are no less than five types of such machines. And the amount of use of each is not particularly large or small.

Wanhu is not the kind of company with unlimited human resources, so it can only concentrate on the world's mainstream computer standards and make hardware for the entire standard.

Takahashi hasn't been idle these days, and what he's been doing every day lately is observing Richie and observing how Richie develops games with the three-dimensional features supported by 10,000 graphics cards.

Even, he bought a notebook and made a "Rich Observation Diary".

He didn't want to observe Richie's teaser, but how long it takes for a programmer to get started with the software related to 10,000 graphics cards.

After all, there are two main groups of computer accessories to deal with, one is the user and the other is the programmer.

What the user is looking for is the aspect, preferably plug and play, and what the programmer is pursuing is actually the aspect, and it is best to have zero learning cost.

However, this is not possible with the current state of the art.

Although Wanhu has worked hard to do it.

"Richie's Observation Diary" was kept every day, and finally on the evening of the seventh day he came into contact with this feature, he finally made a three-dimensional model of the first figure.

This speed cannot be said to be fast, nor can it be said to be slow.

Takahashi summed it up, and he felt that there was still a lack of specialized development tools to support it, so the bar seemed a bit high.

However, a special 3D model development tool has also been made by 10,000 households, but there is still some time before the graphics card goes on sale, so it hasn't flowed out yet.

Takahashi's graphics card was also pressed earlier, so it is also missing in the software.

However, this graphics card is perfect for 2D support.

The reason why The Sims PC has excellent 2D graphics is also due to the support of 10,000 graphics cards.

Although Takahashi felt that his visit to the United States this time was for a vacation. But he's a student after all, plus he has to make games every night.

Therefore, although it is said to be a vacation, in fact, it is not very idle to count the hairs on the body every day

However, this is easier than the president's job.

After all, he prefers making games to administrative work.

Lisa-senpai plays The Sims differently, and she doesn't really like to follow a planned route. Instead, he likes to add drama to himself.

Because The Sims is a relatively open game, Lisa-senpai can also make some interesting rules without making large-scale changes to the game.

For example, the game content that Lisa-senpai has been trying to play recently is to start with the creation of a game character and continue to play until the tenth generation of children and grandchildren of this character.

On a realistic scale, this is at least two hundred years.

It is likely that a dynasty has experienced both rise and fall in the past two hundred years.

Two hundred years is likely to have passed long ago.

Although The Sims doesn't support such an advanced system, the environment hasn't changed much. But in this relatively fixed environment, different people, not generations, have completely different fates.

Lisa-senpai even used this kind of gameplay to play "The Sims" with a zen feeling.

It has the meaning of seeing through the red dust.

However, when Xiao Ai saw Lisa in a trance, she still persuaded her that a game is a game, and life is life.

Lisa exclaimed, "The game is life!"