The "Hero King" calculated the time, went out now, and should be able to arrive tomorrow. It's just that tomorrow is Sunday, and I don't know if I can see Wang Buful. It's okay to wait until Monday, it's a big deal to skip class for two days.

His newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, and as requested on the phone, he brought a bunch of things that proved that he was the author of "Radiance of the Republic", from the previous design of the game to the chat history when making the mod. Then I went out and talked to my parents, ready to leave immediately.

His parents opened a snack bar not far from their home, and they were surprised to see that their son was suddenly going out of the house. Elders will naturally worry about a lot of things, being cheated, robbed of money, or something. The "Hero King" grinded for a long time before he was able to make the trip.

Getting on the train, he began to think, what is the result of going to Nanjiang this time? Wang did not pay a lot of money to invite him to create a new "Glory of the Republic"? It was so good that he didn't believe it himself.

Probably the best way to use his designs in Air Combat Vanguard, right? He thought to himself.

……

After Wang Buyi made the decision to invite that person, he stayed at He Qingyan's house until the afternoon before returning to the champion's hometown.

Before he went back, Wang Buyi received a call from Zhou Yi.

"Great God, there are many revisions to "Red Alert 2", among which "Gonghui" is the one that has done quite poorly. Why do you value that maker? There are people who do better than him! ”

Zhou Yi is still in the United States. E3 is over, but they're still in the United States. This is arranged by Wang, they are the most capable group of people in the entire game business group, which can be regarded as a benefit to them.

Zhou Yi is in the United States. While having fun, don't forget to learn about the situation in the country. knew the sales of "Air Combat Vanguard", and also heard that Wang Bufu invited the producer of "Glory of the Republic" to Nanjiang.

He felt that Wang Bu had really lost his eyes this time. The person who does "Gonghui" is not qualified to step into the Celadon Building at all.

"Red Alert 2" uses a modern background, and for Chinese players, it is a pity that there is no Chinese camp. As a result, various revisions came into being. "The Roar of the Red Dragon" or something, it's all sorty. Among them, "Gonghui" is the most famous, but compared to other works. The quality of "Gonghui" is simply not as good as the fame it has obtained.

Imbalance. There are many bugs, and many designs don't make sense. Cuncui is in a way that is not shocking and endless, attracting the attention of players.

Moreover, the version of "Gonghui" has been widely circulated. But the reputation on the Internet also stinks.

Zhou Yi thinks. Wang lives up to the author of "Gonghui". Just because of the fame of the mod. Wang may not have actually played those revisions, so he doesn't know what's bad.

Zhou Yi didn't wait for Wang to speak, and chattered a lot of other "Red Alert 2" mods. He also said: "Great God, these are all Chinese revisions, you can get two of them and take a look!" Which one is better than 'Gonghui'! ”

Wang Buyi listened to those names full of middle and second degrees, and thought of his junior high school days with shame. At that time, Wang Buyi still asked others very angrily: "Your "Red Police 2" is not in China, is it pirated?" ”

It took a lot of effort for Wang to put aside the shame of recalling the black history, and said to Zhou Yi: "I know that 'Gonghui' is not the best. But the quality of the production is the quality of the production, and there must be a reason why the content can be disseminated so widely. ”

"What is the reason? Isn't bad money driving out good money? Zhou Yi said very arbitrarily. He was afraid that Wang Bucheng would get that person into the game business group, so he smashed the brand of "Celadon Technology only produces high-quality products" and made a bunch of rags.

"No, I think the author must have some kind of talent. And this is exactly the ability that Celadon Technology needs at present. Wang said.

“…… Make a good mod maker, you don't need their abilities, you need that person's abilities? Zhou Yi's contempt for "Gonghui" was deep-rooted, and he didn't understand Wang's intentions.

"Do you know where the riskies are when you're making games? It's just that it's hard for makers to make works that satisfy players. Sometimes, the needs of players are unexpected by the producers. Wang said.

He added: "For example, we all think that a well-balanced game is of high quality. But this is a misconception, if players just need to relax, then a well-balanced game will make it more difficult for them to have fun. For that part of the gamer, the higher the balance, the less fun the game will be. ”

"The reason why Gonghui can become popular is that the balance is terrible?" Zhou Yi asked incredulously.

"It's not just that. But overall, the Radiance of the Republic had to meet the player's expectations in a way that no one else had used, and that's why it became a hit. Wang said.

China's game market has unusual rules. Games like CF have risen in China and are thriving. If you use normal logic to analyze it, you can't figure out the truth at all.

Wang Bufu also has his own analysis. Even if that kind of game is complained about a lot, it can continue to make profits, and he feels that it actually happens to grasp a "quality benchmark". This quality is not only the production level, but also includes a series of things such as graphics and gameplay.

If the quality is lower than that game, it will be thunderous. If the quality is high, the song will be high and low.

Add to that the "Matthew effect" and everything makes sense.

Games that are close to the quality baseline can attract a lot of people in the early stage, causing a trend, and then attracting more people to join. Other games are in a quandary due to low popularity, unable to increase freshness through self-improvement, resulting in player churn. Lost players flock to popular games, with the strong getting stronger and the weaker the weaker.

The "Radiance of the Republic" is the best proof of the Matthew effect. The makers just casually put the game out without much promotion. After some players downloaded it, they found that this game is short and fast, and compared to those mods that pursue balance to grind and chirp to win, "Gonghui" is simply cool. And so it spread out one by one. The more players there are, the more difficult it is to shake the status of "Gonghui".

However, this theory has not been applied to Wang Bucheng so far. None of the games he released came close to the baseline, and the quality was far ahead of its time, so it stands to reason that the risk of becoming niche was high.

It's like "Frenzy" is too dark. The gameplay of "My Anti-Japanese" drags on. The two works "Stunning Rivers and Mountains" are not masterpieces. "Air Combat Vanguard" is essentially a simple mini-game.

Especially in "Counter-Strike", Wang Bufu deliberately emphasizes balance. The better he does with the balance, the more he strips the player of the thrill of shooting. Judging from the future trend of the game market, this is a design that outweighs the cost.

But those games were all big sellers. The main reason is that Wang Bu Bu skipped the step of accumulating popularity in the early stage, and created a hot atmosphere before the game was released.

From the boot pop-up window in "Frenzy" to the emotional offensive when promoting the game box, Wang Bubu has exhausted all means every time and skipped the initial accumulation of popularity. Every time the game is released, the momentum is hot. Naturally, there is no need to think about what quality baseline.

But Wang does not necessarily have to be able to roll up the storm every time. Moreover, there are also Korean games that are very close to the quality benchmark and are eyeing up. Wang Bu had to be prepared.

What Wang does is to make a "good game" of absolutely excellent quality and satisfying him according to his ideas. But Wang Bucheng didn't think he was a genius, and he couldn't grasp that datum. If he doesn't use his kung fu outside of the game, he won't be able to capture the market.

Just as he said at the literary symposium when he was in the capital, under the "luxury", there must be "daily necessities" to occupy the market. This is where the king is lacking at present.

Wang Buful's previous was to mark the price of cabbage on luxury goods with a small audience, and then desperately coaxed players to make them think that this was a daily product that everyone needed.

In the past competition, the games represented by Longyou were essentially luxury goods. So the king never lost. But in the future, in the face of those games made by Koreans that are really close to the baseline and meet the needs of players quickly and accurately, Wang Bucheng may not be able to win all the time.

Therefore, Wang Buyi also needs to have the ability to make those games, just like "The Glory of the Republic", the quality is not the highest, but it bypasses some traps that are big and easy to be mistaken for fun, and directly scratches the itch of players, so that ordinary players can get the greatest coolness at the minimum cost.

Wang does not have this ability, so he can only bring in new powers. Of course, he can directly copy the games in the future, but the popular games in the future are in line with the quality baseline in a few years, and they may not be able to play now.

Wang Buzhu did not hide his secrets, and told Zhou Yi these things completely through a transnational phone call. Zhou Yi is one of his core right and left hands, and for the cognition of these things, Zhou Yi must be consistent with Wang Buful.

By now, Celadon Technology is more than just a game company. It is admirable to do a good job of the game according to your own ideas, but the market is not obliged to agree. It's like BioShock Infinite, the production team disbanded after the game was made. Die-hard gamers can only stand on the corpse of an idealist and be sentimental, and that's the brutal market.

Wang Buyi has been using various classic Internet marketing cases in the future to reduce the difficulty for himself now. But there are limits, and it is impossible for Wang to put every game that is ahead of its time forever.

Therefore, Wang Bufu needs to be able to design a game that meets the quality benchmark. The author of "The Glory of the Republic" may have the ability that the king needs to live up.

Zhou Yi opened his mouth in the United States, and listened to a lot of Wang Buful's words, but he was still skeptical: "Can he do it?" Does he have experience? ”

"He's probably really talented. For example, if we go to tease a cat, someone who understands the habits of cats can make the cat very happy with a reed pole. But for those who don't understand, it's useless to buy a cat teasing stick for a few hundred dollars. We can't just stare at the difference between the reed rod and the cat teasing stick, whether there is the real ability to tease the cat, it is more important. Wang said.

After saying this not too appropriate analogy, Wang Buyi said: "He can make a design that caters to the player, and that's it." With us, through learning, we learned the way we make games, and combined with his talent, it may bring us surprises. (To be continued......)