Lin Yan didn't care much about artificial intelligence or something.

He was wandering leisurely through the streets, perhaps because he was old and liked to reminisce about the past. It's like wandering around the streets, and he's been more fond of doing it lately.

There is a big difference between the Japanese streets in '96 and the streets in '83. On almost every street, you can see the existence of arcade machines. It can be said that the popularity of arcade machines in Japan is very high.

This is also thanks to the video game league's innovation regarding rental arcades. So that almost every department store, can have an arcade machine.

Lin Yan went to the nearby arcade hall to take a stroll, and the nearest arcade hall was already the world of fighting games. In front of various fighting games, there are always a lot of people around.

The arcade market is also thriving because of fighting games. On the other hand, in the home console market, fighting games are not as popular.

This is mainly because the home machine lacks that piece of discussion, as well as the heart of competitiveness. If a person fights with a computer, he will not be able to spark no matter how he fights, he will not work hard to study technology, he will not be overly proud because of victory, and he will not be excessively disappointed because of defeat.

Because, on the home machine, the object of the battle is the computer, not the real person. Even if it's connected to the Internet, it's separated by a screen.

It's not like being in an arcade hall, facing real people, if you can't fight, you can't beat, if you lose, you lose, there is no other reason.

It is precisely because of this competitive competition that the arcade has prospered again.

Another very key point is the fighting game model, which is very suitable for the consumption model of arcades.

To know the traditional arcade games of the past. There will always be a problem with the growth of the game's launch time. There will always be people who have accumulated enough experience to play a game for a long, long time.

And if it's a game, it's too hard. will also be scolded by the player, and in the end all players will stop playing.

For example, there is a game that can be played in a loop, and you can start from scratch after clearing the level. If this is played by a master, he can play this game for a week with one coin under the condition that the power is not interrupted and his willpower can be persevered.

You know, if you play like this, the arcade will end sooner or later.

Fighting games, on the other hand, are more in line with the operation model of arcades. To know. A battle is only ninety-nine seconds. Losing is losing, and there are no excuses.

Because, you're not playing against a computer, you're playing against a real person. I can't beat the computer, so I can say that the computer is too difficult to set up. However, if you can't beat someone, you can't say that others are too powerful.

Everyone has two eyes and two hands, why should others be better than themselves.

Plus, such a machine. But when two people play together, there will be failures no matter what, and there will be continued challengers.

If you add a selection, you can play for two minutes for 100 yen. This rate of profitability. It is the arcade hall owners and arcade manufacturers who are most willing to see.

So. It didn't take long for most people to like this. The type of game that manufacturers also like has occupied almost all of the arcade market.

Those old arcade machines. Basically, they were eliminated from other places, such as shipping overseas to make way for these fighting arcades.

Lin Yan entered an arcade hall, watched for a while, and learned the moves of the current fighting game.

Fighting games are a game that tests reflexes and IQ. In the eyes of the uninitiated, isn't this game just a little bit of a fool?

However, in the eyes of insiders, there are many doorways.

For example, words such as "true reverse" and "eye" will always be muttered in the mouths of martial artists.

Of course, people who always mutter about these things are generally just getting started, and a bottle is less than half a bottle of shopping.

"Definite counter", which refers to the confirmation of counterattack, is that the opponent releases a skill, such as Long's "fuel heel" in "Street Fighter". Although this skill has high damage, it has a big flaw, as long as you prevent this skill, you can output a skill on the horse to counter the dragon who is going to the sky.

"Meong" is a word that probably refers to the rhythm of input. You know, it is difficult to press the skill without rhythm. Therefore, to master the rhythm of a move, it becomes the basic skill required by a fighting player.

The right time, the right operation, all the operations are entered into the arcade machine smoothly. Then, you can see that the opponent is dead.

The game "Street Fighter", in fact, has a place where players are more prone to disputes.

For example, if a failed character is defeated by others, he will have an image of a blue nose and swollen face, and it will look like he has been beaten up by fat.

This is nothing more than to make players have a stronger sense of substitution, want to win back, and spend more money.

Lin Yan is not as dominant in fighting games as he was in the original games. lined up and played a few games with the masters in the ring, all of which ended in failure.

He's not a genius, you have to know that fighting games are profound, but even a character's skill, a total of several frames of animation, all have to be calculated.

What's more, some operations that require charging, you can cancel the previous action, and then charge up in advance to perform combos or something.

Although Lin Yan probably knows a little bit about it, it is only on paper. Chiba Games' own fighting game,In fact, it has been simplified in the direction of the mentally handicapped,Because Chiba Games' own "Chiba Game Smash Bros.,There is a one-click move. In other words, there is no need to contact at all, even if it is a blind press, you can make a big move.

After all, Chiba Games' positioning of its own player base is that those who are in the majority of light players, they may like to play some games, but they don't like it to the point of madness.

For example, a fighting game player may spend thousands of yen in an arcade all day to practice a combo without regrets.

This is very unreasonable in the eyes of light players.

Because, they are just after work. After the family finished eating, they played games together as a pastime. More time. What they need to do is not play games, but to earn money to make ends meet.

It's like the kind of office worker who first supported the arcade hall. They're in such a state. It's not, the kind of student or vagrant who has a lot of time to play games.

Of course, another major user group of Chiba games is housewives. They have terrible spending power and a lot of free time.

However, they don't like fighting games. There are many games that they like, and these games have become the national games of Japan because of them.

For example. "Dragon Quest" and "Final Fantasy" produced by the third party of Chiba Games, these two series.

In fact, peeling back the gorgeous shells of these two games is essentially a kind of fantasy fiction aimed at housewives.

Housewives, although their social status is generally not high, are the head of the family at home and hold financial power.

Their spending power is really terrifying, and they can send a game they like to the top of the sales list in minutes.

It's like those male entertainment groups that specialize in hitting the attention of housewives. There are also game companies that focus their main efforts on pleasing housewives.

In general, though. They are all intentionally arranged flowers that do not bloom, and willows and willows are planted unintentionally.

"Dragon Quest" and "Final Fantasy" are the first users to want to capture. It's really not housewives. But it is precisely the appetite of housewives, and those games that specifically want to please housewives.

But there is no one. It's as hot as these two.

Lin Yan smiled, if you lose, you lose. Walking out of the arcade without much stress.

A new generation replaces the old, and the guys in the original arcade don't know where to go at the moment.

Perhaps, after they get married and have children, they will get together as a family and talk about the bohemian past.

However, it will not be soaked in the arcade hall all the time, and the remembrance is remembrance, and the reason why it is remembered is precisely because those days are gone.

Those old people are gone, so naturally no one remembers Lin Yan. Lin Yan didn't feel any shame when he lost. If you don't give anything, raise your hand slightly, and others will die.

That's the biggest injustice.

Let's face it.

This is the mentality that Lin Yan feels he should have recently.

He came out for a walk today, and it wasn't a blind stroll without a purpose. It's because he feels that he is too far away from the first-line players. Coming from the masses and then above the masses has no good consequences.

Lin Yan said this at the internal meeting, but these people said that they were not worried at all, they said, what are you afraid of, we have a questionnaire.

However, anyone who has done a questionnaire knows how unreliable a questionnaire is.

Not to mention the problem of fraud, that is, when others see the questionnaire and fill it out, their mentality is different from his usual mentality.

The options are always limited, and those that can be filled in by themselves are often too troublesome for people to fill in.

In short, if you really want to understand what players are thinking and what games they want to play, you have to go deep into them and become a player.

And the places where players gather the most are naturally those stores that specialize in selling games.

Actually, Lin Yan and others don't like these game stores. Not because of anything else, just because he's a game maker.

You know, game stores have a controlling role in the pricing of games to a certain extent.

The source of their pricing power is because they have a large number of second-hand games at their disposal.

Because of the huge profits of the second-hand game, Chiba Games wants to sue the player once or twice, but unfortunately there are many masters among the players.

The free trade game is their freedom and no one can interfere with them.

Therefore, Lin Yan wants to release a digital game, so many people support it.

In fact, there is a recent way to regulate digital games, and Chiba Games has felt that it is feasible internally.

It's about making regular updates, such as eliminating some bad bugs, so it looks like it's responsible to the player, right?

However, if the game is found to be pirated, it will be banned without mercy. If the plot is more serious, you can even ban the host as well.

Of course, this is just another way of saying it. The majority of smart players must be able to understand what Chiba Games is doing this for, and what manufacturers are frequently updating games for.

However, this does have the benefit of being able to patch the game afterwards, and even release a patch pack on the first day of release. That is, you can let this game be released as soon as possible, and if you skip tickets or something, you can basically avoid it.

The game that players are looking forward to can be released at the specified time, although there are many problems, but it can be fixed and fixed according to subsequent updates.

A few days ago, Chiba Games invited most of the third-party manufacturers to have a meeting in this regard.

The consensus was to support numbers games. Because, second-hand digital game trading, these manufacturers can take a cut.

Instead of the original ones, the game was sold, even if there was a second-hand deal, it didn't have a dime to do with them.

It's a huge profit, and everybody is very supportive.

What's more, it can also avoid the original sharing of retailers and wholesalers at all levels. Even, there is no inventory pressure anymore. There will be no such thing as a big sale with a price cut.

You know, in the past, Chiba Games sanctioned a third-party manufacturer, but it did such a thing. Originally, other people's games, Chiba Games were responsible for the completion of production, and they had to be distributed in three batches. However, because of this third-party manufacturer, some things have been done that make Chiba Games unhappy.

Chiba Games took these game cartridges and sold them all at once.

The consequence of this is that the merchant is afraid of the backlog, and sells it cheaply, and in the end, the manufacturer almost loses bankruptcy.

Therefore, Chiba Games has actually weakened its own power to a large extent by doing so.

However, as long as there is a home game console platform, Chiba games are still Chiba games, and they are still the empire of most third-party manufacturers that have no ability to resist.

Lin Yan came to a game store, and since it was not the time for school or the holidays, there were not many people who came to pick up games.

This game store, which seems to be a chain sales store, looks quite legitimate. Due to the development of technology, there is also such a thing as a camera.

Since Lin Yan always walked around and didn't buy games, his whereabouts seemed suspicious, and the clerk even wondered if Lin Yan was trying to steal the games here.

Lin Yan was also made to cry and laugh.

Although he had a certificate of the Chiba game on him, this certificate was carried by the Chiba game investigators in order to avoid unnecessary trouble.

However, Lin Yan didn't want to reveal his identity, so he explained with a wry smile. (To be continued.) )