Chapter 352: The Birth of the Online Game Controller
The first test of King of Fighters continues to be hot, and some people immediately took advantage of the craze to sell their accounts after trying out the game, and on Taobao, this kind of account that has been activated has been fried to more than 3,000, and the business of account rental is becoming more and more common. There are many stores on Taobao that operate this kind of account leasing business, renting the activated account to players who do not have an activation code at a price of one or two yuan per hour, so that players without an activation code can play the king of fighting in advance.
Tencent opened the beta test of Activision Blizzard's new work "Titan" more than two months ago, and it has also attracted many players who love mecha combat, since 14 years Respawn Entertainment (Rebirth Entertainment) produced "Titanfall" has been a big hit on the Xbox platform, mecha games have received the attention of quite a lot of sci-fi fans, and the attention of this "Titan" is not low.
However, in front of the popular fighting king in China, the game Titan seems to be dwarfed.
Exquisite graphics, beautiful characters, more humanized task system, NPCs have a certain amount of intelligence, almost the same moves as martial arts in reality, and fighting is no longer a brainless face-scrolling keyboard...... All of this makes the game King of Fighters a new favorite among players.
Compared with mecha fans, fighting fans have a wider audience and a larger number, coupled with the hard work of the mythical group, the movie "The Legend of Qingqiong" adapted by the protagonist of the game, "The Legend of Qingqiong", has a high box office in the whole world, all these factors have led to the activation code of the king of fighters is difficult to find.
The game operation department has adjusted its focus to the king of fighting, Guo Weiwei and his staff are in full swing to formulate a plan for the operation of the king of fighting, and strive to become a hit in the Huaxia and World Fighting worlds, becoming the game with the largest number of registered players and paying players in the whole world since the World of Warcraft.
Game manufacturers from all over the world have come to Shancheng to discuss matters related to the king of martial arts, especially several game countries have come to several powerful game manufacturers at the same time, and they are fighting for who can represent the king of fighting. Because they all know the Dao, with the quality of the King of Fighting, it will definitely be sold in the whole world, and whoever acts as the King of Fighting means that he can make a lot of money, who is not tempted by such a good thing?
Since there are many game manufacturers competing for agency rights, Mythical Group is naturally happy to watch the show on the side, the more fierce they quarrel, the greater the profit of Mythical Group, and the amount of agency fees and shares will rise.
Li Haoyu did not watch a large amount of money flow into the pocket of the Mythical Group in the mountain city, he is in the headquarters of Yangcheng Beitong at the moment, at this time 60% of the shares of Beitong are already in the hands of the Mythical Group, it can be said that Beitong is already a company controlled by the Mythical Group, although the Mythical Group does not participate in the daily operation and management of Beitong.
"Chairman, hello, welcome to Beitong inspection!" Wang Feng said with a smile.
Li Haoyu also smiled and greeted the founder and president of Beitong, and said: "Mr. Wang, this is the first time I have come to Beitong, you have to take me to see the headquarters of our first game peripheral brand in China." ”
Wang Feng's compliments to Li Haoyu seem to be very useful, although he can be regarded as a master in this field, but he really has no qualifications to put on a score in front of Li Haoyu, and now that Li Haoyu can compliment him a few words, he immediately feels flattered.
"The chairman has won the award, please come with me." Wang Feng made an inviting gesture.
After visiting Beitong's production base, Li Haoyu asked him the main purpose of coming to Beitong this time: "Mr. Wang, I heard that Beitong has developed a special handle for online games, can you let me have a look at it first?" ”
Wang Feng said: "This is natural, please come with me, chairman." ”
Coming to a small building of five or six floors in the production base, Wang Feng said: "Chairman, this is our Beitong R & D base, new products are designed and tested here, any new product must be repeatedly tested to confirm that there is no BUG, which will be sent to the production base for mass production, sometimes if the production capacity is insufficient, we will also ask OEM." ”
Li Haoyu nodded, followed Wang Feng into this small building, and found a middle-aged man in his early forties on the third floor, who was sitting in front of the computer, using his controller to play with the Monster Hunter OL who had just been represented by Perfect Time and Space from Capcom not long ago.
Wang Feng was about to call that man, Li Haoyu grabbed him, the last time Liu Yong reported to him, he mentioned a Beitong engineer named Wu Jun, he is the main person in charge of developing a special handle for online games, this middle-aged man should be that Wu Jun, he seems to be using Monster Hunter OL to try out this strange handle in his hand.
After a few minutes, Wu Jun used this handle to flexibly control the character in the computer screen to kill the boss, and then put the handle down and wrote something in a notebook in front of the computer desk.
Li Haoyu looked at the handle that was put aside by Wu Jun, and found that the general appearance of this handle was similar to the handle on the market, and the cross button on the left was still there, but the ABXY function key on the right and the pause and menu buttons in the middle were gone, but became two rows of fifteen or so buttons, which looked quite novel.
Li Haoyu could see that Hunter Xinxi couldn't help but pick up the handle to study, he was a game fan, and he also knew a lot about the handle, and after playing for a while, he had an understanding of the specific operation of the handle, and simply controlled the Monster Hunter OL in the computer screen to start a round of the game again.
As soon as Wu Jun finished writing, he saw someone move his handle, and he was immediately furious, wanting to snatch the handle in Li Haoyu's hand, Wang Feng hurriedly stopped him, and after a sigh, he made a gesture of calmness, and Wu Jun quieted down.
Li Haoyu quickly immersed himself in the game, and he didn't pay attention to Dao Wu Jun's movements at all, he had also played Monster Hunter OL before, and the equipment and techniques were good, but it was the first time to play with a handle, especially this kind of special controller for online games that had never been available, so he was abused by monsters in the first two times.
Soon, Li Haoyu got back the feeling of playing Monster Hunter OL before, plus he already had a certain understanding of this kind of controller, and finally brought back the monster that abused him twice on the third time, and said: "It's really cooler to use this controller to play action games than to use a keyboard!" ”
At this moment, Wu Jun had already learned Li Haoyu's identity from Wang Feng, and asked repeatedly: "Chairman, you used this kind of our latest handle just now, so what do you think needs to be improved about this handle?" ”
Li Haoyu thought about the feeling of playing Monster Hunter OL just now, and said: "Director Wu, I personally think that in the game, especially in the fiercely competitive fighting online game, using the D-pad to adjust the direction is always a bit of a feeling of not being able to catch it, can you change the D-pad on the left to a joystick?" Of course, you can also design it in two styles, a slightly cheaper one with a D-pad and a slightly more expensive one with a joystick. ”
Wu Jun hurriedly wrote Li Haoyu's suggestions in his notebook, and said with a look of hope: "Chairman, do you have any other suggestions?" I'm here to listen. ”
Wang Feng said with a smile: "With your keen sense of the game industry, you can definitely put forward constructive suggestions for our new online game controller, Wu Jun, you can learn a lot." ”
Li Haoyu waved his hand and said: "Mr. Wang is too awarded, I just put forward a little opinion on this handle from the perspective of an ordinary gamer, after all, the handle is made to be sold to gamers, and this handle can naturally sell well if it can please players." Director Wu, I think there are still some things that need to be improved in this handle, and you can refer to it after listening. First, the handle is a little larger, and it is very uncomfortable for players with small palms or female players to hold, so you can consider launching two smaller models. Second, the number of skill buttons on the handle is about the same, but there seem to be some problems with the arrangement, after all, the player holds the handle mainly with the thumb of the right hand to press these buttons, and the arrangement can be considered a little more dense. Third, the keys of the handle seem to be a little stiff, and the player's thumb is easy to get tired after a long time, and the keys can be more comfortable and durable. Fourth, the place where the handle is held with both hands can be considered to use non-slip and sweatproof materials, especially in the summer, the player's palms are easy to sweat, which will affect the player's game experience. Fifth, in the mode of the gamepad, you can consider using the mouse and keyboard together, and some operations in the game are more convenient to operate with the mouse and keyboard......"
Li Haoyu said seven or eight places where this handle needed to be modified in one breath, and Wu Jun couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. There are a few of these things that need to be modified, he has already thought of them, and he is thinking about how to solve them, and there are two or three problems that he has not thought of at all, and listening to Li Haoyu's words made him feel a sense of sudden enlightenment. Wu Jun has been doing game peripherals for more than ten years, and there are at least dozens of handle models he designed himself, and some problems are not as clear as Li Haoyu's layman, he couldn't help but say convincingly: "Chairman, these suggestions of yours are very important for us to complete this online game controller, and I hope I can ask the chairman more in the future!" ”
Li Haoyu smiled: "I'm just making a little comment as a player, I believe that with Director Wu's talent, even if I don't bring it up, you can think of it, I'm just a bystander." By the way, Director Wu, when will this kind of online game handle be finalized? I hope to be able to finalize it within two months, and then start mass production and distribution, and I can buy this controller nationwide before the King of Fighters Open Beta! ”
Wu Jun said confidently: "Chairman, it doesn't take two months, one and a half months handle can be finalized, I estimated, three models of handles can start to be distributed in three months, and this kind of handle can be bought in major cities in the country and even the world within half a year!" ”