Although "Minecraft" was originally received by a group of core players who like to hunt for curiosities, due to the easy-to-use nature of this game, it quickly occupied a place in the majority of player groups after it spread widely, which is very surprising.

Especially elementary school students and children in the younger age group love to play this game. Tracing back to the source, the last thing everyone found is that "Minecraft" is an online version of Lego, and since children like to play Lego, they will naturally like to play "Minecraft".

What's more, "Minecraft" is too cheap compared to Lego. A set of ordinary Lego is a few hundred dollars, and "Minecraft" is only nine and nine dollars, unlike a set of Lego, which can almost only form one thing and one scene, the nine and nine dollars "Minecraft" has almost unlimited possibilities.

Since Lego is mentioned, I have to mention that there is a group of adults who like to play Lego. This is a bit strange at first, but it's not so strange compared to the adults who like ponies and "Pretty Girl of Light" later.

What's more, the professor of architecture who originally asked Ryosuke Fujiwara and Masaki Kimura to produce "Exiled City" has discovered the usefulness of "Minecraft" again.

So, it didn't take long for some super-large "Minecraft" works to circulate on video websites on the Internet.

Some of these works are buildings and complexes that exist in reality, and some are classic buildings in fantasy games.

You know, if you want to do this, how much manpower is required, just 20 times the speed of video editing, it takes dozens of minutes to know how long the production process is.

This is of great help to architecture students. Although, in "Minecraft", there is no very real physical system.

Even, a block hanging in the air will not fall, Newton would not have been smashed by an apple if he was in this world, and the law of gravitation has been discovered.

Of course, in the real world, Newton didn't necessarily get hit by an apple, just as Washington didn't cut down a tree as a child.

Rather than the boring and obscure research of well-known people, the general public prefers to listen to stories, which are easy to understand and have a distinctly chicken soup flavor.

Therefore, many well-known scientists, everyone knows him, generally because he has a relatively famous story. It's like Tong Dizhou and Toad.

The long-term sales of "Minecraft" are even more excessive than other works. By the third month after its release, the cumulative sales of this game have exceeded 5 million.

This achievement is already a half-line work. You must know that the ace game of Chiba Games, once launched, the sales volume is only about 10 million.

Just like the sales of the entire series of "Mario", it only stepped on 450 million, which is already the best-selling game series in the world.

Other game series, with the most cumulative sales, have not exceeded 100 million.

The sports series with the most cumulative sales within 100 million are basically those sports series in the electronic arts industry.

After all, players change every year, and even if the game doesn't make major updates, just updating the stats of these players, updating the uniforms, is enough to make avid sports fans pay.

After all, in some countries, sports and surrounding industries are already the largest industries in their country.

Therefore, those children in the slums also prefer to change their destiny by playing football. After all, there are almost no other channels for upward promotion for them.

In Lin Yan's final account, "Minecraft" will not launch a follow-up version. In other words, Minecraft will basically not be serialized.

Even if it is serialized, the ontology of "Minecraft" will not move. Maybe something in story mode will be introduced. Well, it's like directing a stage play with Minecraft as the stage.

For example, the "Super Large Project" series presided over by the professor of the Department of Architecture, in fact, has its own customized material package. After all, there are some architectural styles that can't be expressed just by using the elements brought in "Minecraft".

With the launch of the "Super Project" series, some people later directly used "Minecraft" to make cartoons. Although the cube man doesn't look good, there are still many people who like to watch it.

In addition, the cost of making cartoons in this way is low, so the frequency of updates is also very fast, so it didn't take long to circle a large number of fans.

If it is true to the real character, things have gradually gotten out of the control of Ryosuke Fujiwara and Masaki Kimura. They didn't expect the game to be such a hit, and it would become such a phenomenal product.

You know, in the current "Minecraft" game, the green, exploding monster has almost become a mascot.

A batch of creeper boxy pillows made by them were basically sold out as soon as they hit the shelves.

Even, the two of them had to find more foundries to make peripheral toys.

Of course, in fact, the ownership of the peripheral toys is in the hands of Chiba Games. You know, in addition to the game itself, another major source of revenue for game companies is the sale of these peripheral toys.

For example, Chiyo, games and animations are actually just a means for them to promote their products. Their main business is not to sell models.

With the mature distribution channels of Chiba games, Minecraft's peripherals will soon be covered with various stores related to Chiba games all over the world.

Although it is said to be blessed with copyright, the price is not very expensive, but compared with those knock-offs, it is not cheap.

After so many years of statistics, Chiba Games clearly knows what kind of peripheral products are the most profitable.

For example, the kind of niche core game, not only the game itself is expensive, but also the peripherals. This is because such games have a small audience, but as long as they are audiences, they are basically loyal fans. Don't let them spend as much as they want, but it's easy to let them spend a "little" amount of money to satisfy their hobbies.

And those games that are more popular are generally priced cheaper, after all, although the audience is wide, but the loyalty is low.

Therefore, the dolls of "Minecraft", as well as various commercial cooperation, are sold and licensed at a relatively low price.

It is precisely because of this low price that, for a short time, almost the whole world was filled with things related to Minecraft.

This is actually beneficial to Minecraft itself, and basically, it can be regarded as a win-win cooperation.

Minecraft is selling more. And the studios of Ryosuke Fujiwara and Masaki Kimura do not have the task of developing new games, they are responsible for the later update and maintenance of "Minecraft".

In fact, the depth of the game "Minecraft" is not deep, and if you look at it from the traditional game perspective, the life cycle of this game will not be long.

However, because he allows players to create what they want to create as they like, the life cycle is actually beyond everyone's expectations.

And all this did not surprise Lin Yan. Although he doesn't seem to pay much attention to "Minecraft", almost all the things he plans are based on "Minecraft".

The development of this world is almost all part, which is not subject to the subjective will of man.

In Lin Yan's heart, there is an ultimate game he wants to make, and he calls it "Penglai". That's right, it's the name of Penglai Immortal Island.

The game is like this, a game that straddles the virtual and the real. Players can live in this game, and the real world is not important to them.

The game is divided into planets after planets, each of which is actually a theme park. For example, there are sci-fi planets, which are full of postmodern buildings with all kinds of things.

A player can choose to be an adventurer as in a traditional adventure game, or, as if living a life, living an ordinary life in this game, and the money earned in the game can be spent in the game or in the real world.

Lin Yan even imagined that perhaps, one day, there would also be an education star in "Penglai", that is, this planet is dedicated to education.

The reason why Lin Yan thinks this way is because, in fact, the distribution of educational resources in the real world is actually very uneven.

There are only so many good teachers, and there are so many students who need to be educated. Teaching in "Penglai" is actually a bit similar to an online course, which is a one-to-many, far more than a classroom where one teacher is much more than dozens of students.

However, one of the bad things about online teaching is that it is not immediate. It is not a live broadcast, and there is no interaction between students and teachers, so students cannot communicate with the teacher immediately if they have questions, so the teaching effect is a bit poor.

However, if the game "Penglai" is realized, then all these problems will be solved. It not only solves the problem of online teaching, but also solves the problem of space and time in the real world, and it is possible for anyone to enjoy the most high-end educational resources, which was unimaginable in the previous era.

Of course, all this, under the current technical conditions, still looks like a dream. After all, if you want to reach the level required by Lin Yan's "Penglai", you must at least solve the technical problems of virtual reality.

At this stage, in addition to the substandard hardware, another difficulty in virtual reality is actually a problem in the input mode.

To play traditional video games, or computer games, you can use a mouse and keyboard controller. However, none of this is acceptable for virtual reality.

Because of virtual reality, what is needed is an almost completely immersive experience.

In addition, it needs to match the skills of the body. Otherwise, someone will get dizzy in virtual reality.

After all, visually you're moving, while in the real world, you're not moving.

The body is adapting to what you are moving, so the body is prone to some stress reactions.

Of course, these things are not out of the question. Just like a person with motion sickness, if you sit in the car more, you will not get dizzy.

Perhaps, if you play more in virtual reality, you won't be dizzy.

However, it will be uncomfortable to reason, or because of these things, the technical level is not up to par.

Lin Yan had such an idea, so he told Chiba Yuki that he wanted Chiba Games to support the development of technology.

After all, only the initiative is in one's own hands, and there is still the possibility of successfully achieving this goal. If we only wait for the technology to mature, those who are engaged in technology will not have the motivation to do this.

After all, these technologies are very demanding, and if no one pays for them, they are difficult to monetize, so why should they bother to research these things?

The world of scientific research has never been a world full of idealism, on the contrary, it is even more realistic than ordinary society. Because, if you want to make achievements in the scientific research community, you must have money.

Can you get results without money? Yes.

However, the odds are as slim as the orangutans becoming humans.

You know, if you have the money to buy an expensive machine, even the record of playing with this big toy can be published as a paper.

In addition to the theoretical field, most of the remaining scientific research projects require sufficient financial investment.

Nowadays, even in the field of theory, in fact, it is more and more used in mainframe computers or supercomputers.

The cost of using supercomputing, just like going to an Internet café to surf the Internet, is charged by the hour and by the minute. Just like there are some people who go to Internet cafes to play with computers and can't afford to buy computers, in fact, most people who use supercomputers can't afford to buy supercomputers themselves.

Because of the expensive price of supercomputing, even if it is rented, the price is not cheap. Therefore, even if it is theoretical, this idea is not exempt from vulgarity.

Now, it is not at all the same as before, when a pencil, a piece of paper, and a brain could be used to engage in scientific research.

Chiba Games' annual investment in scientific research can be said to be huge, so they are the gods of wealth in the scientific research community.

Of course, the vast majority of technologies cannot be implemented on consoles or games. After all, engaging in scientific research is to go down to the river to feel the stones, and no one will ever know whether the stones they touch are what they want.

It's like developing a drug to treat heart disease, and there will always be a drug that makes people feel strong.

In addition to strength, scientific research sometimes depends on luck.

Therefore, Lin Yan also doesn't know if he can realize his ultimate dream and make an ultimate game in the provincial quality inspection.

He barely told anyone about his plan. If there is, it's just Chiba Game and Mayu Riverside.

Of course, these two people were very supportive of Lin Yan and did not regard him as an arrogant madman. (To be continued.) )