Chapter Seventy-Seven: Restarting the Worldview
The online adaptation of Chiba games can actually be said to be very successful. At the same time, the number of people online was the highest, not to mention breaking through the five million mark. Even the second-level interface of indie games is staggering in terms of daily views. It can be said that in the independent game area, it is never that there is not enough fear of wandering, as long as the game is fun enough, there will be a considerable number of people who buy a game.
Many of these indie game producers are like game companies that entered the Chiba game system in the early days of the red and white machine era. Tasted the taste of getting rich overnight.
It's a real overnight rich, you may have been unknown the day before, but after a game is released, your life can change dramatically in just a few days. If you buy a game for ten, twenty, or thirty dollars, and sell 10,000 copies, it's $100,000, and if you sell 100,000 copies, it's $100,000.
If an indie game can sell millions of copies, then the ratio of investment to revenue is enough to envy most game companies.
You know, the current situation is basically that only big productions will make big profits. That's why there are more and more blockbuster games.
Even though they know that indie games are very profitable, they can't follow the trend of making indie games. Because, their volume is there.
They need to sell enough copies to keep the company running. Indie games don't have to be like this, an indie game just needs to grasp the hearts of a small group of people and fit in with their hearts. It's very good to be able to live.
Because, indie game production teams, in general. There will be no more than five people. There are also no fewer independent game studios for one person.
For example, there is a very popular simulation game recently. It's called Stardew Valley, and it took a person a year to make it.
This game doesn't have too high-paced combat. It's just the kind of game that is good at raising animals and farming. It is very similar to "Ranch Story" launched by Chiba Games a long time ago.
This game, though it doesn't seem to be particularly fun. However, in a short period of time, more than 100,000 copies were sold at a price of $30.
Even if Chiba Games, as a platform provider, took half of the sales. But that's nearly two hundred thousand dollars in revenue. It's dazzling enough.
Even in the United States, there are not many jobs that earn more than $100,000 a year. Most Americans are in a relatively low income state.
Due to the high labor costs in the United States, they are reluctant to hire people to mow the lawn at home and change the engine oil in the car. Because, hiring someone is too expensive.
The United States may not be seen much elsewhere, but as a low-end labor cost. It's really, really expensive.
This is also the reason why ordinary people in many third world countries want to work in the United States. Even if they only take half the salary of native Americans, it is an astronomical income for them.
Generally speaking. The lower the standard of living, the greater the degree of improvement in life after entering the United States.
In addition, the United States is consciously promoting the American Dream. So, there are many people who have never been to the United States. They all have a great deal of yearning for the United States.
In fact, there are many illegal immigrants in Japan. These are the people who will be needed in Japanese society at a time. You can work silently and do what the locals don't want to do. And once they are no longer useful, they will be immediately arrested and then sent back to China.
It can be said that these workers who illegally smuggled over are very involuntarily.
However, they are used to coming again and again. After all, the income here is higher than when you are at home. Although they were a little more tired, and despite the different people taking their heads, they still worked very hard.
In fact, the relationship between Chiba games and the governments of various countries is basically quite good. On the one hand, it is because Chiba Games is a big profit and tax company, and on the other hand, it is because Chiba Games is willing to build factories all over the world to help them increase local employment.
Now it's not even an assembly plant for game consoles. It can also be used for outsourced processing of games.
Even, there are many places that have begun to build high-tech industrial parks.
There is a better place to do the outsourcing work of video games, that is, software processing, that is, there is no need for upstream and downstream supporting facilities. As long as there are smart enough employees, some computers will do.
Unlike building a factory, at least perfect hydropower and highway conditions are required.
Therefore, in a country like India, where it is difficult for Chiba Games to even build a game console assembly plant, it is very good to outsource.
The relevant personnel went to investigate. Although the overall level of education in India is not high. However, because the population base is so large, there will be many excellent people who stand out.
Of course, for various reasons, these talents cannot actually help India to take off little by little, starting from the basics. However, software outsourcing is not very difficult to do, but it is very attentive and powerful.
There is often a stereotype of Indians that Indians are lazy. It's true that most Indians are really lazy. However, that's because they don't have a hope of life. The caste system has nailed them firmly to their place, and no matter how hard they try, they will not have a better life.
And those who come from higher castes are more educated, and they also have more motivation to work upward.
However, if they want to change India, there are too many intertwined interests that they cannot break. However, they are still very attentive to doing some software work.
In fact, as the software industry in the United States grew, so did Japanese video games. India, which is vigorously developing software outsourcing, can be said to have a better and better life in recent years.
Of course, this kind of goodness is also relative. points and who to compare. However, compared to the previous ones, it is really, really good.
The outsourcing that is stronger than India is probably the outsourcing of video games in China. Compared to India, China has more people, and almost all of them are educated. So, there are more talents.
And. The most important thing is that Chinese learn things not only quickly. It's hard work. The reason why China's outsourcing is behind India.
It's because these Japanese game companies, on the Chinese side, see the smell of threats. Although, the outsourced things are just some low-tech peripheral things.
However, the level of game production by Chinese teams has indeed been on the rise recently. Moreover. This rising system has made these Japanese companies feel a great threat.
Therefore, if you can generally choose to let the Indians outsource, you will not let the Chinese outsource. However, because the asking price of Chinese is generally relatively low.
Therefore, it is inevitable that some enterprises still prefer to outsource in China. Another advantage is that China is geographically close. There are fewer barriers to communication.
In addition, the United States often says that China is about to collapse. Many people who have never been to Japan think that the situation in China is actually similar to that of India. So, I didn't worry too much.
Because, any business activity. All in a relatively stable area. If, China collapses. Even these people have no matter how powerful they are. What's the use of that?
Perhaps, at that time, we will be able to absorb many excellent human resources on the condition of immigrating to Japan.
After all, the Soviet-Coalition has been dissolved, and China will be far away.
Actually, since the collapse of the USSR. The United States is in a state of loneliness and no adversary. And for various reasons, they need an imaginary enemy.
And China, which has a large land area, has become their target. However, there are also contradictions in the American propaganda system.
On the one hand, they talk about China's threat, and on the other hand, they talk about China's imminent collapse.
This is certainly not because the American propaganda department is chaotic and incompetent. Rather, the groups that send out their messages are different. Some say that the more powerful China is, the more money it spends. Others are hoping that China will collapse so that they will be able to reap the benefits.
It's like the disintegration of the Soviet Union, which has filled the appetite of many people. Among them, the beneficiaries are actually China.
Once, there was a very famous businessman in the Chinese business community, called Mou-Qi-Zhong. This threatened to blow up the Himalayas and let the warm wind from India blow into the southwest of China, making it another Jiangnan in China.
Although he didn't really blow up the Himalayas, he spent almost nothing. On the one hand, he relied on the mortgage of the sale of the aircraft by the Russian side to make the airline believe that he could buy the plane, and on the other hand, he used the airline as a guarantee to borrow money from the bank to buy enough light industrial materials and ship them to Russia.
As a result, the Russian pilot, who really drove the big Russian plane, landed on the airfield.
All these things he did were praised by many. The person who can use this level of empty gloves for the white wolf is really not an ordinary person.
Recently, though, he made a failed investment. It is to sell satellites, and to launch satellites yourself. However, due to policy reasons, the original buyer did not buy it. Therefore, his business failed.
Then, for some reason, he also went to prison - prison. However, behind bars, he has never lost his optimism about life and has always maintained a good attitude.
Having said that, Lin Yan's "Bomberman: Rebirth" and "Tank Wars: Infinite", although these two works are both "similar to "Meat Brother" games, but the difference is quite big.
Each has its own characteristics.
Among them, "Bomberman: Rebirth" adopts a darker world view, and the game is more difficult. It's basically the same as "The Marriage of Isaac" in another world.
Lin Yan made a difference between "Bomberman: Rebirth" and the previous "Bomberman", saying that this game restarts the worldview of the world of "Bomberman".
In fact, there are not many companies that do this. Because, for various reasons, the company's early works can seem contradictory.
Therefore, when the company matures, it will restart its worldview and integrate all the well-known characters into the same world framework.
The reason for doing this is actually very simple, it is to make the most of the fans of each work.
Just like a Japanese pop idol group, people who like a single star in a group often support the group's activities. Bring even more popularity to this group. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is bundled.
This is also the reason why later, beautiful girl groups of dozens or hundreds of people were able to become popular in Japan again. Of course, although these beautiful girl groups seem to be huge, they are called national idol groups. There are many businesses that advertise with girls in the group.
However, after a period of time, they figured out the reality of this girlless group. Because, there are too many people in the group. Therefore, often the first girl endorsement of a single girl does not match her price.
Even the main ones in this group are no exception. Therefore, after a few years of madness, the national beautiful girl group is not so national.
After all, everyone around you can become an idol, and watch the little girl grow up little by little and become an idol. Actually, it's also a kind of idea, when everyone gets tired of this idea.
When there are so many beautiful girls, some people have broken out of the black history, in fact, many people have a fever.
Even, there is a beautiful girl who used to make that kind of film before she entered the national girl group.
It caused a big shock.
After all, the core consumer groups of beautiful girl groups are those dead houses that are difficult to contact with girls. Otherwise, the handshake roll would not sell so well.
For these dead houses, their love is pure. Therefore, in the contract of the beautiful girl group, there is also a clause that you are not allowed to fall in love.
Because, if you're in love, the fans will blow up.
You must know how much negative impact this former deep-sea girl has had on this combination. Also, the kind of girl who had an affair with a school teacher before entering the group was exposed to the black history. I make the image of this combination, and it falls quickly.
Lin Yan once jokingly said that there was something he couldn't accept. Think about it from another angle. The original stumbling girl actually became an idol through her own efforts. What an inspirational story.
It's like a nightclub girl who works hard at night and studies hard during the day. It's very inspiring, okay.
Of course, Lin Yan's words are heard by die-hard fans, and he may be hacked to death. After all, Lin Yan has never had that kind of star-chasing experience.
His jokes about these stars often become a reason for fans to pick up kitchen knives. Therefore, Lin Yan does not speak very well in front of unfamiliar people.
Who knew that he didn't say that right, and he was chopped into meat sauce. He understands this truth very well.
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Sorry for the wrong chapter name in the previous chapter. (To be continued.) )