"Esports?" In the office, Yang Chen listened to Xu Yu's words and scratched his head.

"With a good balance and good popularity, Yu-Gi-Oh undoubtedly satisfies one of the prerequisites of esports, and it will be a very good way to keep the game hot." Xu Yu looked at Yang Chen very seriously and said, while explaining: "At the same time, Huawei has also promoted the offline VR experience store, and at the same time, Huawei is also developing the duel plate limited equipment you mentioned before. ”

"At the same time, e-sports is also very good for the community structure of a game, such as multiplayer online games or the current mainstream of the industry has two directions, one is to focus on the community level, the other is to focus on the competitive level, "Biochemical Survival" can be said to be a game based on the community level." Xu Yu pushed his eyes and pulled out a data book of about twenty or thirty pages from the folder next to him.

Xu Yu didn't know how to make the game fun, but he was still able to do it through data analysis.

And most game companies do the same, so that the games they make will not be groundbreaking, but they will definitely be 'fun' at that time, because these things are what players like.

So there will be similar formulaic games, whether it is an ordinary mobile game or a large-scale online game, or even a triple-A masterpiece that players have been talking about.

This kind of game has a common feature, that is, the sense of sight is particularly strong, as if carved out of a mold, except for the change in the plot and modeling, from the perspective of the depth of the mission framework and the core gameplay, there is not much change, this is a typical example of using data to make a game.

"We run our own Yu-Gi-Oh competition?" Yang Chen asked towards Xu Yu.

"You can first conduct an online league to test the waters, and the reward does not need to be too high, the champion is 50,000, the runner-up is 30,000, and the prize amount of the third place is 10,000, which is enough, once a month." Xu Yu said to Yang Chen.

Although it was proposed, Xu Yu was still very cautious about e-sports, and the online mode was at most the cost of servers and related staff, as well as bonuses.

The cost of 300,000 yuan is simply trivial for today's Nebula games.

After all, every month's salary is paid, and the expenditure of Nebula Games is more than 10 million.

Offline events can be held, including the rental of venues, as well as the cost of outsourcing, and various miscellaneous expenses, as well as a series of later promotions, etc., which cannot be won without tens of millions.

At the same time, there is a more important point that the loss is small, but the failure of the event is a big damage to the brand of Nebulas Games.

Xu Yu has all kinds of worries, as the current CEO of Nebula Games, he has to be careful to drive the big ship of Nebula Games slowly, and he must be cautious about the unknown ocean.

But Yang Chen didn't think too much about it, on the one hand, the world of "Yu-Gi-Oh" itself in the dream memory has related competitions.

Secondly, for e-sports games, Yang Chen also has a lot of things in his mind.

Originally, Yang Chen hadn't thought about what type of game should be developed for the next game after the Snake Eater and Yu-Gi-Oh that ended the follow-up DLC of "Metal Gear Solid: Phantom Pain".

But after listening to Xu Yu's strategy of testing the waters in e-sports, Yang Chen already had an idea in his heart.

"In terms of e-sports, in fact, the luck component of "Yu-Gi-Oh" is greater, although there is also a saying that luck is also part of strength, and if it is e-sports, I think I can develop a game that is specifically positioned for e-sports." Yang Chen thought about a game in his dream memory and said.

Listening to Yang Chen's words, this time it was Xu Yu's turn to be confused.

Developing a new esports-focused game?

Not only Xu Yu was stunned, but Lin Jiayi, who had been listening to the conversation between the two people next to him, was also a little confused?

If he understands correctly, what Xu Yu just meant should be that he wants to maintain the alternative stickiness of the game community by e-sports "Yu-Gi-Oh".

E-sports is for the game itself, just as a means to maintain the popularity of the game, not to specialize in e-sports games.

"Mr. Yang, this is not very suitable." Xu Yu didn't speak, but Lin Jiayi next to him spoke.

What is the most important point in the e-sports of games?

How balanced is the game?

It's a bit related, but the main thing is that there are not many people playing the game, which is the main core problem.

No matter how well balanced you are in a game, no one plays it, so where do the players come from? Where did the audience come from?

Where does the revenue come from? How to pull sponsors?

Therefore, if a game wants to take the path of e-sports, balance is important, but popularity is more important.

In terms of popularity, with the reputation of Nebulas Games among players today, and its own promotion strength, it can be said that it is not bad at all.

Especially in the minds of core players, Nebula Games is more famous than the Big Three.

It can be said that the core problem of this is not much of a problem for Nebula Games.

But e-sports games are really difficult, and the core problem is that the player stickiness is too high.

Mainstream e-sports such as FPS and fighting, and racing games have basically been divided, and the difficulty faced by latecomers who want to challenge the former is definitely not ordinary.

"I already have an idea in mind, and the genre of the game is very competitive in nature." Yang Chen said with a smile.

"What's next for you?" Turning the topic to Lin Jiayi, Yang Chen asked.

After completing "Resident Evil 2", I will travel around Europe after the year, including the follow-up DLC modes of "Resident Evil 2", which have basically been completed, and it can be said that Lin Jiayi's studio does not have much to do for the time being.

"I have an idea, but it has not yet been perfected, for the time being, we are ready to take over the IP foundry in the industry first." Lin Jiayi shook his head and said.

Unlike Yang Chen, he doesn't have many games with dream memories as a reference, and he has thought about a lot of things on this trip to Europe, and some game design inspirations in the middle are also emerging, but he doesn't have an overall idea.

But the studio obviously can't dare to do anything, including the salaries of employees or something, these are costs, find a manufacturer in the industry to take over the OEM of a game, this is Lin Jiayi's current temporary idea.

At the same time, it is also one of the common survival methods used by game studios.

"Are you interested in OEM a game for Nebula Games? A game set in Europe, and it is also a linkage IP game in the background world of "Red Alert: World War"; A game about the beliefs of the Assassins. Yang Chen said to Lin Jiayi with a smile on his face.

"You've thought about it a long time ago?" Hearing Yang Chen's words, Lin Jiayi showed a stunned expression.

The tone of voice is firm, and it looks like a complete train of thought.

"I had it in mind when I was developing the Red Alert: War of the Worlds expansion." Yang Chen nodded without denial.

"As for the name of the game......" Yang Chen paused and smiled.

"Assassin's Creed"