In later generations, the domestic online game circle fell into this strange circle for a considerable period of time.

Since then, everyone regards private servers as a normal phenomenon like piracy, and there is no way to combat it. Moreover, private servers have become a mature industrial chain after they were alive. Especially the legendary private server, even if the later Shisheng ambassador has cracked down on a large number of private service providers, it still can't stop the phenomenon of private servers blooming everywhere.

Hearing Chen Jiayi mention the private service, Chen Tianqiao was also a little helpless, and then said, "Now Shanda has not come up with a suitable way for the time being, so I can only hold more online activities during this period, give away double experience, etc......."

These small activities are effective, but how can they be hindered by the temptation of private services. At that time, the launch of the Ethereal Journey, even if a large number of games implemented 7 days of double experience, the GM online equipment delivery activity still had no effect. The reason for this is that there is one thing that attracts them more.

"These activities are not very useful, but they still have to be carried out."

Hearing Chen Jiayi say this, it seems to be agreeing, but in fact, it is a euphemistic disapproval, Chen Tianqiao felt that Chen Jiayi was not satisfied with this plan. Actually, he wasn't satisfied. It's just that Shanda Company has no way to come out of this private server, so Chen Tianqiao explained, "The private server is under the banner of free, and our legend has no competitive strength at all, unless, we are also free." ”

At this time, Chen Tianqiao shook his head and said bluntly.

"Very well, we don't like to see it for free."

Chen Tianqiao's complaint actually said Chen Jiayi's strategy?

"Free?"

Hearing what Chen Jiayi said was free, Chen Tianqiao was a little puzzled, and then immediately remembered, so he said, "What Mr. Chen means is to make the legend the same as Bubble Hall, and change the point card fee to a props + monthly card charging model." ”

"Yes, otherwise how can I deal with these private servers."

When the private service appeared, it really confused Chen Jia at the beginning. Because, having been doing online games for many years, I know the dangers of private servers. Now that the legend has a private server, Chen Jiayi at that time couldn't think of any way. It wasn't until after chatting with a few classmates that Chen Jiayi's train of thought was opened.

Now that private servers have just appeared, they are far from forming a commercial industrial chain as in later generations. If you are just a freshman in the private service, give him a hard blow. Then, the domestic private server will also be like the 1999 network Genesis. Because not many people play, or, not many people spend money to play. Private service investors will naturally withdraw automatically after no profit.

This truth is actually very obvious.

The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.

Merchants are profitable, if there is no profit, they will not have enough to eat and have nothing to do, fiddling with those private clothes every day.

"Let me think about it."

Hearing Chen Jiayi say the free strategy, Chen Tianqiao felt feasible at first. Because, from the recent operation of the bubble hall, it has made a lot of money. Countless players are crazy to buy a lot of beautiful decorations and gorgeous items. Even if these things are just a decorative effect, they will not be beneficial to the game competition at all. However, there is still a large number of people who flock to it.

This is the essence of the prop charge.

It's just that Bubble Hall is a casual competitive game. It's okay for you to sell decorations and props, but Legend is an RPG role-playing game, and most players don't play game skills, but level plus strength. If you want to level up strongly, you can only improve it through leveling or equipment.

If it's free, the cost of items will definitely affect the balance of the game. Without sacrificing balance, Legends simply can't make a profit. In this case, Shanda has to find ways to grind on the props, brush the level of the members in disguise, and brush the equipment of the members in disguise. As a result, Chen Tianqiao said, "If you enable prop charging, the balance of the game may be destroyed." ”

Hearing Chen Tianqiao talk about balance, Chen Jiayi didn't show anything, but said directly, "Balance is relative, we can only achieve a balance between various professions, and we can't guarantee the balance of game operations." ”

Based on Chen Jiayi's understanding of games, he has seen through online games.

If a game has always been balanced, then his game is not an online game, but a competitive game. For example, like Bubble Hall, Counter-Strike. In fact, after the operation process of the game, as the level increases and the equipment increases, the strength of those who have money and those who do not have money will be immediately separated. If a rich man can't be better than you after throwing money at it, is it strange that he will play this game?

Seeing that Chen Tianqiao didn't understand, Chen Jia said, "Mr. Chen, do you think that private servers are free and balanced?" ”

"It can't be."

With the current operation strategy of private servers, he has brought this unbalanced model to the extreme. However, there are still a lot of ordinary players who just don't want to spend money to play games. Even if you are abused by a master, you can feel at ease. At the very least, I didn't spend any money, and I didn't hurt my self when I was abused. And the players who spend money abuse a lot of people, but also get spiritual enjoyment.

Speaking of which, it is equivalent exchange. That's it, it's hard to buy me happy.

In order to be happy in the game, how do they spend money.

The journey of later generations is the most prominent example of the successful operation of this prop charging model. A RMB master can even PK hundreds of players. That's why gaming equipment is so valuable, more than ordinary houses. However, it is such a game that many people consider unbalanced, and millions of people are actually online at the same time.

Some people may say that playing that game is purely brain-dead. However, we ask, are more than a million people brain-dead?

"Yes, it can't be."

Chen Jia nodded, and then said, "There is actually no difference between private clothes and official clothes, if you want to say the difference, in fact, one is legal and the other is illegal." In addition to this, there is now another obvious difference, and that is for free vs. paid. As long as we squeeze the free crotch of the private server, there is no room for the private server to exist at all. ”

The biggest dependence of the private server is not that he upgrades quickly, nor does he equip cattle, nor does it provide good service, but that he is free.

A lot of online games in later generations have adopted a free strategy, which may also be related to private servers. My games are free, and I see how many people play on your private server...... And this strategy has indeed turned off a lot of private servers. Only a small number of private servers are still open. However, these private clothes are all played by some children, and they can't become the climate, and there are not many people playing.

If the space where the private server exists is blocked, then the private server will not exist. This strategy can eliminate private servers at the root.

What's even more powerful is that as long as Legend is announced to be free, then Legend is the first RPG online game in China to implement free. This trick can instantly pull countless players to the legend. Not to mention that the legend is now up to 500,000 online, even if it rushes to 1 million online at the same time, it is possible to ......"

After the legend of the future is free, countless players are crazy, and some of them have a little money in hand, and it is not unusual to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars a month. Perhaps, you say, he's crazy? You're wrong, he's crazy to have a ghost, when hundreds of thousands of yuan are in his eyes, it's like a dozen yuan, what if you smash it in?

The first free-to-play RPG online game in later generations was the 3D game Bloody Jianghu from South Korea. Speaking of which, this game is unconventional and nothing new. However, it was precisely because of this game that Bloody Rivers and Lakes suddenly became a popular game at that time. For another example, the perfect world launched by Perfect Time and Space in the later generations was originally charged for point cards, and not many people played it at all. Subsequently, the version was revised and a Perfect World International version was launched, which was a free-to-play model, and the flow of people was crazy in an instant.

That's the beauty of free.

On top of that, there are a lot of games that have been successful because they're free. Like Zhu Xian, Journey, Dream Zhu Xian, Dungeons and Warriors...... and so on, but the only successful paid games are the Fantasy Journey to the West, Journey to the West, and the like. By the way, there is also a relatively strong World of Warcraft. The most regrettable thing is Swordsman Romance 3, TMD still insists on charging until now, and sure enough, few people play.

As soon as the era of free Internet opened, who would dare to charge.

Even if the developer of the game is doing well, he does not dare to charge. The game "Nine Yin True Scripture" in later generations is very good, and players are looking forward to it very well, and there are a bunch of dead friends. Even so, he did not dare to impose a fee. I'm afraid that a large number of ordinary players don't want to spend money to come in, and the essence of online games is to have multiple people interact online. There are no ordinary players, how to reflect the tallness of member players. Without ordinary players, how can the madness of member players be reflected? If you don't have ordinary players, you won't want to open this game...... Now Chen Jiayi wants Legend to become the first free-to-play RPG online game.

"I see."

Chen Tianqiao is a smart person, and Bubble Hall has already used the prop charging model before. For the understanding of prop charges, in China, he may only be under Chen Jiayi. Confused at first, just didn't turn the corner. Now think about it, what the balance is unbalanced. There is no way to maintain balance in the game, the developer can only achieve the balance of the game's career, and no one dares to prove the rest. After all, there are a lot of paid games that spend money on equipment.

Subsequently, Chen Jiayi discussed some things with Chen Tianqiao about Actoz.

The next day, a shocking news broke out on the domestic Internet.

"South Korea's Actoz Company unilaterally terminated Shanda's legendary agency rights."

If for others, this is just an ordinary legal case. However, for the domestic Internet industry, he is the first incident in China in which a R&D company unilaterally terminates the agency rights of an agency company. As soon as the news was released, there was a lot of noise on the Internet. Major portals have reported on this incident.

The TT official website directly ignited this incident with the situation of a pop-up window.

The article pointed out that South Korea's Actoz Company announced that it would unilaterally terminate Shanda's legendary agency rights. And explained that the reason was that because Shanda owed South Korea Actoz the legendary royalties, South Korea's Actoz had no choice but to terminate the agency contract with Shanda Network......

(To be continued)