Chapter 25: Is It a Coincidence?

Lin Yan and Xiao Chubby Dun played the game for a while, then separated and went back to their respective homes.

Lin Yan looked at Xiao Chubhubun, becoming more and more confident, knowing that a talented game producer could already begin to show his edge.

Video games are evolving very fast, and it's a privilege to be a part of it and feel how it's changing.

People like Lin Yan who can not follow the current, but guide the direction of this river, of course, are even more honored.

However, with Lin Yan, whether the video game industry can develop normally will have a certain impact in the opposite direction.

Because, he knows where video games are headed, he knows what's wrong and what's right. When other manufacturers are still launching one product after another on the market, they are constantly trying and making mistakes. Lin Yan has been able to launch the most mature products that are most in line with this era.

In this way, Hayashi is a force that can always lead the development of video games. But at the same time, it basically denies the possibility of other companies, as well as some very creative and even failed products that can cause technological change.

This is basically incomprehensible, because Lin Yan is already here. His presence can allow him to be in the camp and reduce a lot of research and development costs.

Take the three video game manufacturers of Video Game Alliance, Chiba Games, and Ren Hell as an example. The average game consumes the highest amount of money per game. That's not to say that the quality of the finished game made by Ren Hell is better than the other two. Rather, it has a lot of sunk costs. Some games have only completed a few percent, and it is not yet time for players to enter the consumer field. It was rejected again and sealed.

There are many, many reasons for this, it may be that the technical level is not enough, it may be that this game does not conform to the game psychology of current players.

In this way, there are many semi-finished products that have been rejected, and even more planning drafts that have been rejected. As for, why doesn't the Chiba game have it. Because Lin Yan is the only one engaged in game production now, perhaps, in the near future, Xiao Chubby Dun will be added.

This cost is consumed invisibly. It's very, very scary. This is why those small manufacturers are more willing to "imitate" than to make an original game that can be upright and straight.

They have their problems. Making an original game is possible and can be a big hit. But more often than not, they die quietly. In comparison, imitating a popular game from a copycat has a lower cost, although it is impossible to catch fire, but there is no problem with eating hot soup.

Don't the game makers of small companies have dreams? Shameless? Apparently not so. However, in order to survive in this industry, it is still worth it. Because as long as you live, it is possible to accumulate strength. Eventually, one day they will make the game they want to make. Moreover, after the precipitation of time and the polishing again and again, they have deep experience, and it is relatively easy to produce a recognized work.

When Lin Yan returned home, it was not very late. Those little kids are here to play arcade again.

In fact, there are many shops now, like the Lin family's repair shop. There are two arcade machines. Because, the benefits of this thing are obvious, you don't have to look at it all the time, and you can make money. It's basically an "extra" income. Places like grocery stores. Not only that, when children are tired of playing, it is good to buy a bottle of soda and some snacks.

Of course, video game arcades. It is impossible to popularize it in this world step by step in the love of the vast number of people. Nowadays, people who are engaged in video game-related industries have basically received the rumors. Yes, the state intends to rectify the video game industry and regulate the operation of video game arcade halls.

Because, there are many, many parents who report that because of the arcade hall, the children come home late. Others were still blackmailed by delinquent teenagers, and they didn't dare to say it with trepidation, so they stole the family's money before giving it to them. After being known by the parents, he was beaten up and found out the reason. It's no wonder that the parents of the little ones don't blow up.

Lin Yan was not surprised by such a result. Generally speaking, the law is sluggish compared to reality. Because it is impossible for the law to open its mind, predict what the future will look like, and formulate legal provisions for this predicted future. Generally speaking, when an industry comes out, there needs to be a law to regulate it, and the law will formulate the corresponding rules.

This is also a question that is sometimes easier to find and more interesting to look at the history of an industry. Why are those people in the early days of the industry able to do things that are obviously not in accordance with the law, and have nothing at all, and now they can even talk and laugh with the head of state, instead of going to prison?

After more than a month of deliberation, the first draft of the law on video game arcades has been prepared.

First of all, the law stipulates that arcades can no longer be open 24 hours a day, but can only operate until 12 p.m. every day, and can only reopen at 6 a.m.

There are two reasons for this regulation, one is that the arcade hall is too noisy, and if it is open 24 hours a day, it is easy to affect the rest of the people around it. The second is that there are more robberies that occur at night, and for the sake of the player, they should also end early.

The second rule is that minors are not allowed to stay in the arcade after 5 p.m. if they are not accompanied by their parents. Some of the reasons for this provision are much simpler. This is the power of housewives, who are afraid that their children will come home late, so there is such a rule.

As for whether children will go home when they leave the game hall, that is what the law cannot stipulate. Could it be that all minors must return home before five o'clock in the afternoon, or they will be shot one by one? This is obviously not reliable.

Although, when Lin Yan heard these two news, he was not surprised at all. However, some people were surprised that there was more than one heat. Chiba Yuki and Haruka Kishimoto, two people who knew about Hayashihiko's plans for a home game console, called him one after the other. I asked him if he had foreseen that such a bill would be introduced.

Lin Yan thought that the god stick was not good, and said that this was all calculated by me. However, even if he says yes now, this girl and a woman will not believe it. After all, a woman's intuition, this sixth sense, is terrifying.

When Lin Yan wanted to engage in a project like a home game console, he wanted to change the development of video game carriers. Home consoles, handheld computers. This is clearly a platform with a wider applicability than arcades. The reason is that, as I said before, no matter how many people like to play video games, it is impossible for everyone to have an arcade machine in their home.

Combine the above factors. Lin Yan said that he thinks that home game consoles and being able to play games at home are the future development trends.

Uh-huh. His statement was approved by the two female comrades. They all nodded, thinking that Lin Yan was a good boy who was honest and upright.

"The production line has been built, when do you plan to announce it to the public and start going on sale?" Chiba Yuki asked Hayashi Hiko.

Lin Yan said, "Just recently, before the end of the summer vacation. If you wait, the right time for release is when the winter vacation begins. ”

"Why?" Yuki Chiba asked.

"That's the ......," Hayashi began to explain, why launching the machine during the holiday was a good choice.

First of all. To be clear, Japan has a high population density and the cost of travel is not low. Therefore, after the holidays, students are most likely to stay at home instead of traveling around. Read comics, tutoring, writing homework.

However, even if you do all three, you will still have most of your time free. So. Video games, which can kill time, are easily sought after and loved by the student party.

And, as in the comics. Video games are inherently good at generating topics. When students go to school, they can discuss the content of the game as if they were discussing the plot of a manga. In fact, there are many students who don't necessarily like comics. They buy comic books to read. It's more because they don't want to be derailed from the circle he is in and be isolated. In a sense, Japan has a tradition of bullying the weak, and there is really no way to completely eliminate such things as school bullying.

If you are bullied, even if you go to sue the teacher, the teacher is likely to say why they only bully you and not others. Flies don't bite seamless eggs, you are bullied by others, there must be your own reasons.

In this context, many people who don't want to be bullied should start to get in touch with what most people like, and then don't fit in.

As soon as the two bills aimed at arcades were introduced, arcade halls across Japan were all over the country. The screams seemed to ring in the ears, endlessly.

From 12 p.m. to 6 a.m., these six hours were not allowed to open, and the impact on them was huge. Don't think that these six hours are just six hours.

Because video games are so addictive, there are actually a lot of players who are actually in the arcade almost 24 hours a day. They even have a feel to the arcade hall as their home.

And with these six-hour interruptions, the arcade hall had to be cleared, and business will definitely be affected.

Article 2 is equally significant. Video games aren't just for kids, though. In the early days of its existence, players were mostly adults.

But later, underage players still accounted for more than half of the total number of players. This is because, although people like video games regardless of age, they are more likely to be more stressed than adults who are tired of work and use all kinds of social pressure. Children who are still in school tend to have more time.

They can put a lot of energy into the game without distractions. Although most minors don't stay up all night, it's still too early for them to go home at five o'clock.

Just when the industry has not yet digested this information. As the industry's benchmark media, "Game Pass" published such a news.

Chiba Games' home game console is about to go on sale, and it is expected that in two to three weeks, it will be distributed in major shopping malls across the country.

All of a sudden, conspiracy theories were on the rise. Some people say that the formulation of this bill was fundamentally promoted by the Chiba Group. They made it to promote home consoles.

Some people retorted that they were not also engaged in the manufacture and production of arcade machines, and even had their own directly operated arcade halls, why did they do this?

At this time, the guy who used to be a conspiracy theory had the expression that you are really a little white. He said, don't look at Chiba Games, it seems to have a large share of video game arcades.

However, if you take a closer look, you understand that it is only in second place. First place goes to the Video Game League. Do you think that since the Chiba Group has entered the field of video games in a big way, they are willing to be the second child? When they found that they couldn't achieve their ambitions in the arcade field, they began to think of other ways.

It seems like this...... The other player nodded in confusion.

Chiba Yuki would be very shocked to know that someone said this. One is that the Chiba Group has not entered the video game industry in a big way. The current video game industry is still too small for the huge Chiba Group. Chiba game,It's basically Chiba Yuki's own territory.,Although there is also support from the group.,But it's not very strong.。 To put it bluntly, it's for her to have fun.

As for the second item, it was foreseen that it was a conspiracy. Chiba Yuki is completely forceless. Although she knows, basically the initiator of everything is Lin Yan.

To say that Lin Yan is so far-sighted, Chiba Yuki still doesn't believe it. Although that guy does have a good brain, when it comes to business, he is almost like a retarded person.

Otherwise, you won't be kicked out of the video game league. At that time, Chiba Yuki formed Chiba Game, and part of the reason was to pity Hayashi Yan, a poor person. After all, this kid helped her keep the game club and came up with the card game "Game of Destiny", which surprised her grandfather.

Haruka Kishimoto didn't believe it either, it was all planned by Lin Yan. Because, she knows what Lin Yan's background looks like, and she still remembers how he made money with only an arcade a few months ago. To say that such a child who has not yet grown up has such a long-term mind, she does not believe it.

She prefers to believe that this is Lin Yan's own sense of smell for video games. He knows what kind of video game, what kind of video game console is suitable for players. Everything else is just a coincidence.

With the help of Lin Yan, Haruka Kishimoto, who pulled up such a large magazine. Naturally, he wanted to help Lin Yan build momentum and strive to make his home video game console have a better exposure and a good sales.

The folks of the Video Game League are still figuring out how to dig deeper on the video game arcade, and Ren Hell is completely blinded. Because, from various points of view, the home game console launched by Chiba Games is so similar to the machine they are still in the laboratory.

Yamauchi Pu couldn't help but start worrying, and the fate of Ren Hell after the home game console came out...... (To be continued.) )