Chapter 757: The Second Party
Their question for Jester is mainly whether he really spent $200 million on his own to develop a game.
After all, this number is simply too high and too high.
What kind of spirit is it to invest such a huge amount of money when you know that this game may not have any returns? Of course, considering Jester's identity, it's not impossible that he would be able to do such a thing.
Some people think that what Jester said is true, because Jester's attitude towards the game has always been to keep improving, if you want to do it, you must do your best, otherwise it is better not to do it, there is a great possibility, it is Jester according to the game he wants to do, compared to the parameters of the new console, there is no way to achieve the grade he envisioned in his mind.
That's why I decided to redevelop the host.
That seems reasonable.
Of course, the reason for disapproval is also very simple, that is, this is 200 million US dollars, this is not 20 million US dollars, and Jester's personal property announced by Forbes last year, counting all the shares, all the movable and immovable properties add up, that is, it is only between 300 and 40 billion US dollars.
However, he invested 200 million in one game.
This is 20,000 cash research and development funds, not any movable property, and during this time, Jester has not sold his assets.
Also, it is said that he still has a lot of investments abroad.
This money, many people don't believe that Jester can spend it directly for a game.
Of course, they didn't doubt Jester's ability to come up with $200 million in cash. I just don't believe that Jester is just investing so much for a game that is destined not to be profitable.
This two sides argue with each other. No one can convince anyone.
Then they immediately moved on to another question - that is, Jester answered a reporter's question, about Enix's announcement that the next generation of DQ will only be on PS2, although it was not explicitly stated, but it was very vaguely mentioned that they also have a third-party exclusivity, this third-party exclusivity, not only Sony.
Players in the U.S. don't know much about DQ. After all, this game is also popular in Japan, in Europe and the United States. The game is not much liked and is far less influential than Final Fantasy in Europe and the United States.
However, there are always a small number of people who can accept this kind of Japanese game, plus. The quality of DQ's successive generations is superb. Therefore, once you accept this setting, you will naturally become addicted to DQ, and there are many supporters.
Moreover, some games only need to understand his popularity and influence before they can start the discussion.
Basically, netizens came to the conclusion that this incident is for the promotion of the host of Mars Entertainment in Japan. Extremely disadvantageous because of DQ's influence in Japan. It can be said that it is unbeatable.
Mars Entertainment can compete with DQ in the Japanese market, probably only the Balotelli series, but don't play, Dreambox3 will be released a year later than PS2.
The gap that has been saved in the Japanese market this year is basically irreparable.
As for Jester said that they also have an exclusive third party, it should also be a Japanese game company, and Japanese game companies have a good relationship with Mars Entertainment, and many small workshops that used to be small can develop to the current scale, which has a lot to do with the support of Mars Entertainment, so the loyalty of these companies to Mars Entertainment can be trusted.
However, because these companies are not big, and in addition, Mars Entertainment will not force these companies to take the initiative to do monopoly, they don't look down on the games of these companies, and they are unlikely to give up the possibility of the whole platform, so it should not be these small companies.
After thinking about it, they quickly set their sights on a company.
It was this company that was the same company at the beginning, when Mars Entertainment and Nintendo officially started a war in the Japanese market, and it was judged from Nintendo's camp to Mars Entertainment's camp.
Capcom.
The more these people discussed, the more they felt that it was possible, because Capcom was indeed the most likely.
I didn't think it before, but now through the analysis of some news, it can be seen that the cooperation between Mars Entertainment and Capcom in this area should not have started now, from a few years ago, Mars Entertainment sent a group of technicians to Capcom under the pretext of technical support to develop a game.
At the time, the news did not attract enough attention.
Because this kind of Mars entertainment is a common thing for some of its partners, but now that I think about it, I find that this game Capcom has not been announced to the public, and someone has asked before, Capcom's reply is very simple, this is a game they developed for the future.
What is the future?
Without a doubt, it's the new console.
Of course, this is unlikely to be recognized by Martian entertainment.
There are even people who are not worried about the situation that Mars Entertainment will face in the future, especially in the Japanese market.
Although DQ has a huge influence in Japan, there are many excellent third-party manufacturers that have a lot of influence, and Mars Entertainment is rich enough, even if their first-party Japanese studio can't, they can still spend money to buy some second-party ones.
The second party is a relatively new concept.
As we all know, for the first party and the third party, gamers with a little knowledge can understand the meaning, in fact, as the name suggests, the first party refers to the game developed by the studio of the host manufacturer, and the game will only be released on the host company's platform, and the third party is an independent game studio that has no relationship with the host company, and they can choose to sell the game on any platform.
Therefore, some people will wonder, since there is a first party and a third party, then is there a second party?
Of course there is.
Generally speaking, as long as it is a game issued by the host manufacturer, and the game is only sold on this host platform, it is a second-party game, but there is a problem here, since it is not a studio owned by the host manufacturer, why let the host release it, anyway, it has nothing to do with the host manufacturer, wouldn't it be good to publish it yourself, and it can also be a full platform, why can it be a second party?
There are two situations, one is cheap, for example, the later Capcom, he was so cheap that he took the initiative to bring his own dry food as the second party of Nintendo, which is despicable.
There is a second case, which is the most prevalent type of second-party situation.
That is, a third-party studio, but he took money from the console to develop games specifically for the console.
Because the game is exclusive and the copyright also belongs to the host, but the developer is a third-party studio, so, in order to distinguish between first-party and third-party games, this situation is called a second-party game.
For example, "Bloodborne".
This is the most prevalent type of second-party situation. (To be continued......)