Chapter 540: Playing the cards very rationally
Chapter 540 is very rational
"Unlikely, right? Although I'm not a game fan, I know that the development of a game is not so easy, Blizzard claims that Blizzard produces it, it must be a high-quality product, and Blizzard doesn't pay attention to ten years of sharpening a sword? Now that this kind of global server has been replaced, according to what you described, its map will have to be remade, and once it is remade, I am afraid it will not be completed in a year and a half, right? Ordinary online games require at least a year of research and development, let alone such a super game? What to do with AMD's CPU? Isn't it ever launched? Waiting for this game? The other senior vice president frowned slightly.
Domino shrugged his shoulders and said: "I just thought that it might have something to do with this, but as for what they think, I don't know, you're right, according to the normal procedure, it's true, how can the development of a new game take several years, let alone such a super game, but AMD definitely can't wait that long, so, I still don't understand what AMD said about the cooperation with ASUS." ”
"Paul, can you call ASUS and ask, does the motherboard with the exclusive wireless network card of the Starfall Group produce our Intel specifications?" One of the shareholders suddenly asked.
Everyone paused slightly, and immediately realized, indeed this is the key, although Thomas said it in the press conference just now, but there are many ambiguities in what he said, who knows what the most lugging thing means, but just call ASUS to know the Dao? Anyway, now Intel and ASUS are also a cooperative relationship.
"I know, I'll call in a moment to consult." Paul nodded immediately, and simply stood up and walked to his office, if the motherboard also produced Intel spec models, then it would not matter. But if it's just the production of AMD's CPU specifications, it proves that there is really a problem with this, and the Starfall Group is likely to use this to make an idea, however, the development progress of this game and AMD's CPU and ASUS's motherboard production progress are undoubtedly not keeping up.
In the computer industry, the performance will be doubled in 18 months, and the speed of replacement is so fast that a game that can only be used after a few years can be used now. Isn't that ridiculous? This is too naïve, Paul thought, as he walked into the office and called the president of ASUS, the result of the call made Paul slightly incredulous, but he soon acquiesced. In any case, Starfall Group has built momentum for its subsidiary. He didn't have much to say either.
I just didn't expect things to be the way they thought. Is that unique motherboard really specialized? Well, let's just say that no matter when the game is available, you won't be afraid that your game users will be disgusted by it? Your game is great, yes, but if you kidnap a player to buy a motherboard and a CPU because of a game, the two things add up to at least $400 to $500, right?
Just because you have to change computers to play a game. Is it even possible to replace it with someone who just bought it not long ago? Paul doesn't know what the players in China think, but for these players in the United States and Europe, they hate this kind of kidnapping and sales! And because of this, according to Paul's conservative estimate. I'm afraid I'm going to lose at least a third of the players, right?
Which is more important? Even if calculated according to the numbers tested by the World of Warcraft, one-third has 10 million players, and the value created by 10 million players is large, or is the sales value increased by this CPU large? Although this Paul can't be calculated, but in this age when the user is God, it is estimated that few people will choose the latter, right? Didn't you see that Microsoft even didn't hesitate to sneak out and sell pirated copies by itself for the sake of gun users?
No matter what Paul thinks, that's the case, but anyway, AMD's press conference is also considered non-mainstream, at least not a positive move, Paul feels a little uncomfortable, it's like, you want to punch the other party hard, but it's like hitting the cotton, there is no force at all, which is very uncomfortable.
It's not just that Paul can't figure it out, Paul can think of things that those reporters think more thoughtfully than Paul, and these reporters can't figure it out, but at this time the reporters' comments are still coming out, including after returning to the conference room, he directly told several shareholders about the situation.
What is Canmore going to do, Paul didn't guess it at first, but when he connected to Canmore's expression just now, after a little thought, Paul suddenly realized, he understood what Canmore was going to do, to make trouble for the Starfall Group, you can not make a positive move now, although the current reporters have not yet reacted, but it is estimated that under Canmore's reminder, these reporters will rush to report.
For example, the Starfall Group is ready to kidnap users, and is ready to use these game enthusiasts to do something, similar smears are going to pounce, just like some companies use users to kidnap users to do something they don't like to do, but although some of these companies are smeared, it is not quite different from the Starfall Group, after all, it is not your own family that makes games, not to mention, Yang Yiwei is facing global players.
A Chinese company doesn't have an advantage in the United States, and now there are these media smears, it is estimated that the Star Fall Group will have a headache, but in fact, if you do it now, it will not have much impact, after all, you don't know how long the game has been on the market, you are promoting it now, and players have long forgotten about it after a while, even if the indignation may not be finished now, but maybe it will be time to play again.
It's all something that can't be said for sure, but it doesn't matter now, anyway, AMD doesn't have a specific product out, and there is no way to affect intel, so it's okay to just make AMD some trouble now, and disgust them in advance. Paul didn't think there was anything wrong with this, wasn't business competition all about everything?
Sure enough, Paul's guess was correct, and the next day, there were negative comments on AMD and Starfall Group in the major media in the United States, mainly indicating that Starfall Group may use this matter to kidnap players to buy AMD and ASUS motherboards. This matter is actually a more serious matter in Europe and the United States, and the kidnapping of users is not something that no company has done in Europe and the United States, but it is so obvious not to do it, or at least not to involve huge interests, these users don't care.
But if huge interests are involved, then the repercussions will be more serious, such as the incident caused by the AMD press conference, which kidnapped users to buy five or six hundred dollars of products, which is more serious, and immediately many players ran to Blizzard's forum or simply the website of the Starfall Group to protest, and even some eggs hurt, and more extreme players also ran to the door of the White House in the United States to protest.
But this kind of protest is just amusement, it doesn't matter, there are dozens of people protesting in front of the White House every day, and it doesn't matter if there is one more of them, as for asking the US government to punish this, are you kidding? Regardless of the fact that this is just media speculation, what if it is true? Kidnapping is just an adjective, and it's not someone who really kidnaps you to go to the store to spend money in reality.
When you end up consuming, you're still voluntary, and there's no way to punish this no matter which country it is, of course, as for those who protest, there are a few real players, and how many are dragging, regardless of his death. Yang Yiwei laughed when he saw these news, but Yang Yiwei didn't care, but the media must be staring at the Star Fall Group, after all, this matter is not good in public opinion, any company will definitely come out to explain for the sake of its own company's face, but I don't know when the Lu Dao Star Fall Group will come out to explain.
"I'm sorry, boss." Thomas personally called to apologize for the incident, and after all, Thomas announced the incident at the press conference.
"What does it have to do with you, I asked you to announce this news, okay, you can rest assured, this kind of thing can be resolved with a casual trick, it doesn't matter, you can rest assured, in a few days Blizzard will announce that Titan's new website will be launched." Yang Yiwei interrupted Thomas's words with a smile.
"You can go and prepare things related to ASUS, the transformation of the production line will take about a month, and within a month I will let the company line up the freighter to send raw materials to several major factories, and then you will step up production, and the specific date of listing will be about half a year later." Yang Yiwei gave an approximate date.
Anyway, AMD bought it cheaply, and Yang Yiwei didn't expect AMD to make money for a while. After appeasing Thomas, Yang Yiwei hung up the phone, and then laughed a few times at Mullen and Mike and the others in front of him and said, "How is it?" Mike, Mullen, are you ready to give the world's players a shock?! ”
"Of course!" With Yang Yiwei's question, more than 30 people sitting in the entire conference room directly let out a huge roar, everyone's eyes were red, because they had not rested well during this time, and because of their excitement, everyone was gearing up, although there is still a long distance from the official launch of the game, but just like Yang Yiwei said, they have been ready to give the players of the whole world a shock! (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )