Chapter 52: Simulator Crisis and Solution
The development of the Internet has brought convenience but also trouble.
For example, recently, the legal department of Chiba Games looked at a certain computer file in a daze.
As we all know, the reason why personal computers stand out from the crowd of electronic devices and eventually become the mainstream device used by most people. It's because he's extremely scalable. You can do whatever you want, and with the popularization of the Internet, this scalability has been greatly enhanced. For example, with the recent increase in Internet broadband, video websites have emerged. This kind of video site, although the display screen is particularly bad, is not as good as a video recorder. However, he has the advantage of having a large number of free resources.
Even in the United States, a big country that pays attention to copyright, there are still many film and television works circulating on the Internet. It's not because of anything else, it's just that the Internet video playback industry has just emerged, and the law can't keep up. Those film giants who can't even think of a videotape and want to drive all the audience to the cinema can only look at the Internet in a daze. Then, forcefully pass new law-law changes to make Internet video distribution and under their control.
However, there is one problem that is difficult to solve. It is those who upload it, no matter who they are, whether they are the operators of the video sites or the users. They all claim that this is for non-profit purposes, and I don't use your products for profit, so naturally I won't break the law.
And you don't let me spread it, and you have to change the law. It's imprisoning my freedom. All of a sudden, these made headlines and hyped up for a while.
Ordinary people. There may not be any media people interested yet. It can be said that this is another media.
The problems encountered by Chiba Games are similar to those of film companies. Someone has developed a simulator for the red and white machine. And spread on the web.
That's where the computer comes in, even though its own hardware, and the hardware of the red and white machine, have nothing in common.
However, it is possible to simulate the operating conditions of the red and white machine with software. Although, this kind of simulation requires several times more power than the red and white machine itself.
However, as far as the poor function of the red and white machine is concerned. Eight out of eight computers can run, and the remaining two out of two are old computers.
In fact. Similar technologies have been around for a long time. However, at that time, these technologies were mainly used by some small factories in Taiwan.
After all, at that time, the little genius was Shengtian. Little Overlord and other game consoles. One is only more than five hundred. And a genuine game cartridge costs more than 300 yuan.
Two cartridges can buy a game console. It's not a price that anyone can afford. And since the red and white machine has been launched for quite a few years, the price of raw materials has been reduced a lot. Moreover, there is no need for R&D funds to produce pirated games.
Therefore, soon the pirated version of the cassette came out, and the price was only 100 yuan, so there was still a lot of profit. And as more and more people enter. The competition is getting tougher, so. It didn't take long for the price to reach fifty or thirty. And at this time, the main Chiba game entered the market and ate this market.
At that time, this kind of technology was a magic weapon to make money, so people who knew it would not spread it too widely, let alone share it with others for free. Because, this can be profitable, which means a lot of small fried meat, why teach others to starve yourself.
However, after so many years, things have changed, and the children who used to grow up playing with red and white machines have become young people, and they have knowledge and technology. In addition, it is not difficult to eat well, so they sometimes do things just for fun, not to make money.
Therefore, someone has spent a lot of effort to thank the emulator of the red and white machine, and has made a lot of optimization, so that the resources required for operation are not too much.
And the legal department of Chiba Games is worried about this matter, although they say that they are free, but it damages the interests of Chiba Games.
Although in China, red and white machines have been eliminated in big cities. However, in second-, third- and fourth-tier cities, as well as small towns and rural areas, the sales of red and white machines are still very hot.
Although the price of personal computers is relatively expensive, there are always people in need to buy them, and they can play red and white games when they buy them.
Another difficult part of this problem is that the people who make and distribute this simulator are not the pirate merchants, they are players, and they are just players. If the strong use of the emulator does not spread, it will create a bad impression in the minds of these true love fans.
Good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. The reputation of Chiba games among players will change a lot because of this.
In the end, it was Lin Yan who came here to talk about the problem, and his solution to the problem was very simple.
Anyway, the red and white machine is no longer the main profit point. Well, it's better to launch an official red and white machine emulator "for free".
Note that this free is in double quotes.
Just like Stone Age, although this game is said to be a free game, there are a lot of people who spend money on it.
So, the red and white machine emulator can be emulator free, the game is not free, or even the game is free, but if you spend money, you will get something extra.
For example, Contra's Blue Man has different skins, or some new levels.
On top of that, it's still possible to promote the number of registrations for Chiba Games' live chat. It can also save archives, and has a range of services.
The godson of the personal computer has launched an emulator, and as the new super red and white machine of the current son, it is natural that the emulator will also be launched.
It's still emulators for free, and those games are packaged and sold according to the pricing strategies of each manufacturer.
Chiba games, on the other hand, are very generous to put all first-party games, all for free. Moreover, there are surprise contents for the payment.
Of course, these games have also introduced achievements systems that have kept pace with the times. For example, even Mario eats the first mushroom to become bigger, and an achievement will pop up. And if you eat fifty, a hundred will have more achievements.
If there are achievements, there will definitely be achievements in the party. They are obsessive-compulsive players who don't get all the achievements and feel uncomfortable all over their bodies.
And Chiba Games is also on the forums where these simulators were originally disseminated. A thank you note was sent to thank the player for his selfless dedication. Something as amazing as a simulator was developed.
At the same time, to put it mildly, we have launched an official emulator, and all Chiba games first-party games, all for free. At the same time, there is also a grade system, and an online archive function.
Even. There are also special modes that can be manipulated on a per-frame basis. In this mode, an action can be performed millions of times until it is perfect.
As a result, many of the previous records for the fastest clearance were broken. In video sites. This kind of video of one-life clearance and extreme operation has also been welcomed by the majority of netizens.
After all, this is what many netizens have in their childhood. Also interested in this. Look at this video screen is so powerful. Of course I will.
Chiba Games has also opened a number of Internet video sites around the world. Of course. The situation is different from country to country, and some are building new websites by themselves, brick by brick.
Others are acquiring existing websites and using their original staffing structure.
Of course, domain names are uniform all over the world.
However, for the time being, it is not a video from all over the world, and it can be watched in every country.
In fact, every country is a local area network. After all, broadband across borders and oceans is now available. It's too expensive at first, and video sites are big users of traffic. Even a big player like Chiba Games is a little unbearable in this regard.
And Chiba games have a lot of money and a lot of cash. And, because of Chiba Games' global entertainment's hard work for so many years, it also has quite deep connections in the entertainment industry and film and television industry.
Therefore, on other video sites, they are still taking advantage of the fact that they can spread videos for free and the law is not sound. Chiba Games began to negotiate with those film companies and TV stations about the purchase and sale of Internet copyrights.
In other words, Chiba Games wants to make genuine online videos. Other video sites, it's not that they don't want to buy copyrights, but they have encountered all kinds of problems.
Most of them still have no money and lack of money, and they often choose the back road, which is to sell the entire company and run away when the industry shows prospects.
Therefore, Chiba games and these video sites are fundamentally two people. Chiba games are regular - army on this side, and there are miscellaneous cards that want to run away all the time.
Moreover, video sites are really a money-burning thing. If it weren't for the size of Chiba Games, with so much cash deposits, maybe they wouldn't be able to play.
Chiba Games talked about the copyright of the Internet website, and the copyright on the new super red and white machine.
That's right, that is, if everything goes well, the new super red and white machine will support the movie on demand service in the near future.
There is even the possibility of a television broadcast service.
That is to say,If everything goes well,Xinxin super red and white machine,It is very likely to be made into a TV,You must turn on its multimedia platform。
And the company that wants to talk to Chiba Games is really not small.,After all, the installed capacity of the new super red and white machine is there.。 Even if only one-tenth of the users choose to open this service, it means a large number of new users and new growth points.
Those film companies have actually changed a lot. They no longer have the ability to drive the audience into the cinema to watch movies, so there are really a lot of film companies that are optimistic about Chiba Games and their platform. All that's left is to negotiate the conditions.
Chiba Games, on its part, is also very happy about this change. Because, when the game console is just a game console, as long as you don't have any fun games on the machine, I won't open it.
That's why Chiba Games is so keen on making first-party games. Now it's different, you use it to watch TV shows, you use it to watch movies, you use it to chat, you use it to shop online, you use it to play games. It can be said that this is a degree that is difficult to achieve with other devices.
Of course, this is all a manifestation of technological progress. Adding so many new features doesn't mean that you have to develop the corresponding modules on the hardware as before, resulting in high machine costs.
Of course, this also means that the new super red and white machine, in principle and use, is actually more and more similar to personal computers.
Fortunately, Chiba Games is not listed on the stock market, otherwise the stock and market value of Chiba Games may not be to what extent now.
Chiba Games is so capricious, he is different from most companies that lack money and do not expand. Other companies may have high debts, or they may have much less chance of developing if they are not listed.
However, Chiba Games is not, Chiba Games is backed by the Chiba Group, and the products sold belong to the category of FMCG entertainment.
Therefore, the speed of capital withdrawal is actually very fast. Otherwise, Chiba Games wouldn't have so much money every year, all of which is invested in scientific research.
Now Chiba games have become a rare God of Wealth in the Japanese scientific research circle and even in the world's scientific research circles.
If someone wants to do a project, and the project is strange and doesn't seem very reliable, come to Chiba Games. If Chiba Games thinks it's a trick, it will definitely sponsor it.
Of course, because of business expansion, Chiba Games inevitably recruited a lot of new employees.
However, Chiba Games is very restrained in recruiting.
Even if there are so many projects and such a large stall, the actual regular employees of Chiba Games are less than 5,000 people.
You know, now the outside world has a valuation of nearly $10 billion based on the fixed property owned by Chiba Games, brand wealth, and other messy things.
If Chiba Games goes public, its market value will swell, and it may become the largest company in Japan by market capitalization. Within global companies, it can also enter the top 10 category.
The reason for not recruiting so many employees is actually very simple, that is, once recruited, it means that the employee will be supported for a lifetime. And the value created by low-end talents is always not high.
For example, assembly workers in an assembly plant.
Chiba Games' own factory, there is only one of them, and now it is basically a factory that experiments with new product lines.
The rest is all outsourced. Chiba Games has about 15,000 employees around the world, except for those 5,000 regular employees.
The rest is all labor dispatch. In other words, they were sent by other companies.
Of course, there is a certain number of regular jobs among these dispatched workers every year. Therefore, dispatch workers are not negative at all, and they are even more positive than regular workers.
After all, it is the benefits of employees that make them jealous.
Another advantage of the relatively small scale of Chiba games is that the official-bureaucratic atmosphere is not so heavy. That's why the expansion went so smoothly.
Insiders and outsiders are in the right place at the right time, and the behemoth of Chiba Games is like a giant ship, on the world's oceans, cutting through the waves and moving forward bravely. (To be continued.) )