Chapter 328: Sony's Movements

"Thor Arena will be available in January next year!"

"DLC - Change or Money?"

"Thor Arena will be released at half price as the original, Jester. Lee assures that this DLC is worth the price! ”

"DLC, what the hell is this?"

In the new issue of major game magazines, or game shows, Jester's answer to Thor's Arena at the recent press conference has indeed caused a heated discussion, especially what Jester said, Thor Arena is a DLC of "Thor's Hammer", that is, a special expansion pack, of course, this DLC is of course impossible to be free.

But the price is cheaper than the game, and now the price they discuss internally, is about half that of the original game.

And then there was an immediate uproar.

Many players are dissatisfied, for sure, because they feel that this thing should have been naturally available for free after buying the original game, but Mars Entertainment objected to the forced division of a game into two divisions and made money twice.

Of course, as players with the Shake M attribute, fans also support this behavior of Mars Entertainment.

This makes Jester a little strange, he really can't understand, why do players still have support for them, which is obviously a two-for-one sale, according to these fans, to make the DLC of "Thor Arena", Mars Entertainment has to pay a lot of financial and material resources, this should not have been in the original version, and now it is sold as a new game, and it is only sold at half price, why can't it?

And there are many people who hold this view.

Jester was a little overjoyed, he didn't realize that players in this era were so easy to deceive. If you say a few words to reporters and the media, they will be able to believe it, to put it bluntly, there are many reasons why "Thor Arena" will be sold separately as DLC this time. But the real reason is definitely not because of the difficulty in developing this feature. It can't be launched on time, but Jester believes that the biggest feature of this FPS, and even the way to perfectly extend the life of the game, is this arena mode where everyone is against each other.

In other words, in the future, the Arena mode will be the mode with the most players and the longest time to play, and in this case, how can Jester not think about maximizing profits?

Jester is not a philanthropist per se. He's still a businessman, and no one has done this kind of thing before the original game and another DLC to sell for money, that is, it's a thing that has never been regulated in the industry.

Since there are no obvious default rules in the industry, he is the first to do so, and of course he can make rules.

Of course, this is also because Jester is most confident in the appeal of Quake to players who love Quake, and if most players who have played Quake have little interest in the game, Jester is doing it. That is, it is boring and embarrassing.

In short, no matter what the outside world says. His decision had been made long ago, and he had already begun planning for this in the company.

He didn't bother to worry about these things.

Originally, Jester wanted to contribute to the plan to release "Pokemon" for Christmas, after all, the game "Pokemon" will become a standard for the entire handheld console game in the future, and it can even be said that this game can support the storage of a handheld platform.

But because of a recent incident, he had to temporarily shift his attention to other aspects.

This is a copy of the text given by Samsung, and the text was drafted by Lee Kun-hee, except that inside it is Lee Kun-hee's mention according to Jester's suggestion. He made some brief introductions to the reform of the work and rest working hours of Samsung's 200,000 employees, and sure enough, according to Jester's prediction.

Reform this time. When he first proposed it, it was clearly opposed by many people within the board. However, after Lee Kun-hee insisted and did not hesitate to remove several of his previous opponents, the internal opposition also temporarily stopped.

After all, this is not a reform that will harm the interests of these people.

For the employees whose interests are most seriously damaged, they are extremely dissatisfied with the extra hour of working hours, but these people are soft-spoken, and their bosses no longer fight, especially these people do not stand up, and when no one stands up to speak out, their voices are naturally ignored.

In short, a reform covering 200,000 employees is being carried out in an orderly manner, although there is little resistance at Samsung.

For this reform, Lee Kun-hee is very satisfied.

Of course, this incident does not allow Jester to focus on Samsung's recent focus, but because he has already negotiated with Samsung, which was negotiated a few years ago, before Lee Byung-cheol died, and even during Jester's trip to South Korea, Samsung also had a contact with Jester on this project, and mentioned that it was instructed by Lee Byung-chul.

But then because of the death of Lee Byung-cheol and the purge carried out by Lee Kun-hee in the company after his father's death, this matter was temporarily put aside, and now that Samsung is back on track, this matter that has been discussed a long time ago has been put on the agenda again.

This is the plan to build an amusement park with the theme of Mars Entertainment Games.

Samsung C&T has no problem doing this, in South Korea, they have imitated Disneyland to do the same amusement park, and it is very famous in South Korea, this time with Mars Entertainment on this issue, it just wants to use the international influence of Mars Entertainment, especially in the minds of young children, to expand their amusement park business.

That's why Disney is able to build the main amusement parks all over the world, and the others cannot?

It's nothing more than a matter of recognition and influence.

And is Mars Entertainment now qualified for this? According to a recent Fox survey of Americans' favorite figures, the bearded Western Sheriff Balotelli is even much more popular than Disney's Mickey Mouse.

This also shocked the whole United States, they felt that this was simply impossible, because Mickey Mouse has been popular in the United States for decades, and thousands of episodes of cartoons have been produced, but it is such a character image, and it can even be said that it has long been imprinted in the hearts of Americans, and is regarded by many people as an image that can be equated with a symbol of the United States.

There are not even a few games that have become the most popular character among Americans in less than five years.

This also makes many people sigh that times have changed.

Of course, the most heated discussion now is not the influence of Jester's Balotelli character, this news is indeed very topical, but compared to what Sony is doing now, that is, it is a small thing, and a certain media recently broke the news that Sony is buying Columbia Pictures - this is not a movie company like MGM's down-and-out phoenix that is not as good as chickens, but a real Hollywood giant.

The issue of Sony's acquisition has also been mentioned by some media before, but for Americans, the six giants of Hollywood are the symbol of the United States in their eyes, how can this symbol be acquired, and even if Colombia agrees, this level of acquisition, without the approval of the federal government, is naturally impossible to succeed.

So, for this matter, before, the Americans only saw it as a joke, because none of them thought that it could be done.

But this time it was different, this time it was a very authoritative and professional media that broke the news, this media has always been known for the strict content of the report, and this time, they also used words such as the fact that the acquisition is close to completion, which will naturally be unacceptable to these Americans.

Nima's Brother's Meat Urinal Japan also dares to buy your dad's symbol?

This time the excitement was natural.

Originally, when this situation was encountered, Sony's crisis publicists would stand up to refute the rumors, stating that there was no such thing at all, and hoped that everyone would not spread the rumors, but this time, in the face of the excited Americans, Sony did not say a word.

In a certain way, this is naturally a kind of acquiescence.

The current scene is not chaotic, as far as Jester knows, even in his company, there is a lot of discussion about this issue, although there are not a few Japanese in his company, although most of them are in Japan, but there are also some in the United States, plus the company is usually more united and friendly, even if there are no harsh words.

However, resistance to such an acquisition by Sony is basically the default of all Americans.

It is foreseeable that the opportunity now must be for a more violent outbreak in the future, and Jester can now be basically 100% sure that once Sony announces it to the outside world, then these media who have not yet expressed their position will fire at Sony, and they will do their best to fire at the time of this acquisition.

Hehe, as for whether they are sincere or not, the important thing is that this is a hot information that can be used, and it can take advantage of the kind of common hatred and hatred in the minds of Americans, and the growing hostile situation against Japan, Americans have long been dissatisfied with the encroachment of Japanese products on their market, and if they have such a channel to vent, if they don't use it, they will not be able to be called a qualified media.

As for Jester, he doesn't care, because what Sony wants to do is a multi-billion dollar acquisition plan, and now according to his financial resources, it is impossible to participate in this kind of thing.

And, even if he was qualified to participate, he didn't have the slightest interest. (To be continued) R655