Chapter 241: The Situation Is Not Good! (Happy New Year to all!) )
Shortly after the development of "Zodiac Guardian", Moya Technology's new handheld was officially sold online.
This handheld is named MGC2, which means the second generation of MobileGameCube, and at the same time, a large M logo highlights both "Mobile" and the logo of Moya Technology.
There are three escort games for the first time.
The first game is "Endless Tower" developed by a game company in the Huaxia region, which is an RPG game from the perspective of God, with tower climbing as the main gameplay, with the game content of brushing and brushing, which is very suitable for playing anytime and anywhere on the handheld.
The second game is "Dream Home" developed by a Western game company in the second district, which is a simulation management game, mainly through some mini-games to unlock various areas of the home, and plan and simulate construction, which is also more in line with the characteristics of the handheld.
The third game is Dark Dawn developed by JAGames, another Western game company in the first district, which is a regular over-the-shoulder Western fantasy RPG with more than a dozen large scenes and more complex boss battles.
Moya Technology obviously put a lot of effort into finalizing these three games.
Among them, JAGames, the developer of "Dark Dawn", has strong R&D strength, and it coincides with the imminent release of "Dark Dawn", and Moya Technology spent a great price to buy the limited-time exclusive of "Dark Dawn" on handhelds.
A one-month limited-time exclusivity, 15 million directly invested, and this is still the price under various complex terms.
Compared to Zhong Ming's price here, 15 million seems to be quite cheap, after all, JAGames is a big factory, and it is famous all over the world, and Shimmer Studio is a little more famous, and the two cannot be compared.
But in reality this is not the case.
Although "Dark Dawn" was developed by JAGames, it was not made by the company's strongest project team. The quality of the game, Lin Xiaoguang has seen and played, and compared with the 3A masterpieces of first-class manufacturers, there is indeed a big gap.
Otherwise, it is impossible to buy a limited-time exclusive for 15 million.
But then again, Moya Technology doesn't actually have any good ways here, and there are better works, but they can't afford it at all. Many good works are exclusive to several companies, and the quotation has also been speculated to 350 million, or even hundreds of millions, Moya Technology has this money, and it can't be spent like this.
Because Moya Technology, including Lin Xiaoguang, is not too sure about this handheld, the only generation who bought a game smashed into 50 million, or even hundreds of millions, and only sold 50,000 or 60,000 units when he sold the handheld, didn't he lose all his pants?
What's more, many better masterpieces are actually developed for the functions of mainstream console devices, and this handheld may need to be emasculated to run, and those well-known game manufacturers are not willing to cooperate at all, and it is very difficult to negotiate.
Therefore, these three first escort games are already the limit that Moya Technology can bear.
Of course, in addition to these games, Moya Technology also has some other games, such as some bracelet games developed by Huaxia Company, or transplanted games of the previous generation, etc., purely from the game library, there are a lot of them, but there is no one that can play.
It's just these three games, and you can still get a little bit of it.
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In the past few days, Lin Xiaoguang hasn't slept well, and he is very worried.
MGC2 is a handheld machine, from project approval to research and development, it is also quite a lot of twists and turns, from the overall design to the procurement and quality control of various components, there is no less worry. It can be said that this handheld is the key to Moya Technology's turnaround in the host field, if it is cold, then basically one foot has already stepped out, and it will be difficult to come back.
Lin Xiaoguang looked at the data provided by his employees, and the global reservation data of the MGC2 handheld machine was in the early 60,000s.
There are still some gaps from what he imagined, but it is barely acceptable.
Lin Xiaoguang's expected sales in the first month are 100,000 units, all over the world.
This expected sales volume is actually not high, after all, many popular hosts are in many developed regions, and the first month sales of just one district have two or three hundred thousand, and the global sales are all rushing to millions.
There are only 60,000 units of global reservation data, which is really a bit shabby, and even the bracelets of some second-rate bracelet manufacturers in Huaxia can easily sell this sales.
What's more, this is still Moya Technology in the early stage of a lot of advertising, to promote the advantages of its own handheld, after slowly accumulating the number of reservations, to put it mildly, next month, it is estimated that the sales will be lower, and the halving is light.
With such appointment data, Lin Xiaoguang must not have a good night's sleep.
But it's not to the point of complete irretrievability, at least after the release, players get the machine to play it, and then experience the escort game, and word of mouth may be able to counterattack.
If everyone is satisfied with the game, and the performance of the handheld is really good, then maybe the sales in the future can be slowly raised, which is not necessarily.
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On April 10th, Moya Technology's MGC2 handheld was officially released!
On the day of the sale, Moya Technology placed advertisements on many shopping websites and invited celebrity endorsements, and the battle was not small.
In the week after the release, Lin Xiaoguang has also been paying close attention to the sales data and the evaluation of this handheld on the Internet.
In terms of sales, in addition to the more than 60,000 people who made reservations, there are indeed many people who choose to buy, and on the whole, it seems that there is still a drama to complete the goal of 100,000 units in the first month.
As a result, what Lin Xiaoguang didn't expect was that the evaluation of this handheld on the Internet was not very good!
"I received the goods, the quality of the machine itself is good, the feel is also good, and the configuration is also OK, but I feel that the games above are not very durable, and I have played three games in a day, and I feel that I have no motivation to touch it again, and I have a premonition that I want to eat ashes."
""Dark Dawn" said that it was produced by JA.,It turns out that it doesn't feel interesting to play.,Maybe on the one hand, the handheld screen is too small.,On the other hand, every time you change the picture, you have to read the strip.,It's very easy to get sleepy.。 However, "Endless Tower" is quite fun, and it is a good pastime as a game to pass the time. ”
"Yes, I also think "Endless Tower" is good, although it is not nutritious, but it is not tired, and it may be the only game on this handheld that I am willing to open and play."
"Isn't it too much for you to say that 'Dark Dawn'...... I think this game is actually okay, and it's good if it's posted on other console platforms and don't read the note for so long. ”
"Are you just ignoring 'Dream Home'...... I think this kind of casual game is still good, and it suits my appetite very well. ”
"Dream Home? Are there still few similar simulated casual games on the bracelet, I paid nearly two thousand oceans to buy a handheld just to play this? ”
Lin Xiaoguang casually swiped a few comments, and he felt angina pectoris.
It's not good!
Looking at the players' ratings of these three games, it feels even cooler.
The Endless Tower, 7.5 points.
"Dream Home", 6.8 points.
"Dark Dawn", 6.9 points!
Unexpectedly, the highly-anticipated "Dark Dawn" only got this score, and it was not even as good as "Endless Tower".
In fact, strictly speaking, the quality of "Dark Dawn" is definitely higher than this rating, but many players who came to this game were very disappointed and gave low scores, so the rating of this game was very low.
Because most of the players who came to the game "Dark Dawn" are veteran console players, who have one or even two mainstream consoles at home, and are used to watching the characters' hair on big TV.
And this handheld machine,Although it is4K picture,But compared with a TV as big as a wall,It's far behind。 And the function of the handheld is limited after all.,It's also loaded.,The host may be fooled by a real-time calculation of the cutscene.,The performance of the handheld is not good.,You have to read the bar.。
Read the strip and read the strip, and the player's mentality can easily explode.
After all, what age is this, technology is so developed, and it is still loaded into the map by reading strips, very lo!
What's more, "Dark Dawn" is not the work of JAGames' core team, there is a name, many players come to visit, and as soon as they feel cheated, they retaliate against bad reviews.
This back and forth has lowered the rating of the handheld!
On shopping websites, many of the bad reviews under the handheld are in this style:
"The machine is not bad, the logistics are also very fast, but the game is not very fun, and I am ready to send it to a friend."
Lin Xiaoguang looked tired for a while.
Who can withstand this!
The worst fear happened, there was nothing wrong with the machine, but it was dragged down by the exclusive game!
After all, handheld is different from bracelets, as long as the bracelet is technically excellent, there is no game incompatibility, and many people buy bracelets for normal office use, and playing games is just a subsidiary purpose. But the only value of a handheld is to play games, and if there are not a few fun games on it, who will buy them?
Lin Xiaoguang called the assistant next to him: "Did they reply to the revision comments from JA?" ”
The assistant hesitated: "Replied." However, Mr. Lin, what they mean seems to be that they don't change ......"
"Not changing?" Lin Xiaoguang was stunned, "The agreement stipulates that they will cooperate with us to optimize the game, how can they not change it?" ”
The assistant replied: "The other party said that the optimization stipulated in the agreement is to optimize the performance of the game and ensure that the game can run smoothly on our handheld...... It doesn't make sense, they say, either. ”
"Then go to the legal department!" Lin Xiaoguang was angry.
The assistant said timidly: "I have found it, and the opinion of the legal department is that the winning rate of the lawsuit in this regard is indeed not large, and it offends JA, a big factory, and the gains outweigh ......the losses."
“……”
Lin Xiaoguang was speechless.
As soon as the handheld console was released, Lin Xiaoguang collected some players' strong opinions on "Dark Dawn", saying that the reading time was too long, which seriously affected the rhythm of the game, and in some combat designs, it was obvious that he was cutting corners, so he was very dissatisfied.
Lin Xiaoguang asked people to sort out these comments, wrote a revision and handed it to JAGames, hoping that they could make improvements to Dark Dawn in subsequent versions, especially focusing on solving the problem of long reading times.
As a result, JA didn't pay attention to it at all!
The reason on JA's side is also very good.,We've moved "Dark Dawn" to the handheld platform according to your request.,No lag.、Normal operation.,As a result, you're now asking me to remove the reading bar as much as possible??
The long reading time is not the function of your handheld, and there is no such long reading time on other consoles!
JA that's also a big factory.,Although this game is made by a small project in a big factory.,But if it's really torn up.,It's really hard to clean up.。
Lin Xiaoguang was desperate.
However, there is not much that can be done.
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The other side.
Everyone in Shimmer Studio is more or less paying attention to the performance of the MGC2 handheld.
"It's not good, I feel like this handheld is a little cool." Jia Jia said.
Although there is no specific sales data here, but if you look through the major shopping websites, look at the evaluation under the product, and then look at the discussion of this handheld on the Internet, you can basically guess it.
"What to do, or ...... Let's take advantage of the fact that we haven't signed the contract yet, so let's hurry up and get out of the way. Zhou Sen said.
Obviously, seeing the performance of this handheld machine so dismal, everyone is afraid of being dragged back.
According to the current trend, MGC2's sales in the first month are estimated to be in the order of more than 100,000, and the research and development of "Zodiac Guardian" will be completed next month, and the sales data will be released next month, and by that time, the MGC2 handheld machine sold worldwide is estimated to be 300,000~400,000.
Even if Moya Technology is still constantly releasing new games for this handheld, but the escorted games are all cold like this, and it is difficult to make much improvement in the future.
All handhelds have only sold three or four hundred thousand units in total, so the sales of "Zodiac Guardian" are estimated to be 200,000 at most, so everyone who bought a handheld can't buy "Zodiac Guardian", right? That's so unreasonable.
In other words, the sales of the handheld have already stuck the sales ceiling of "Zodiac Guardian", so what is the significance of the signing of the gambling agreement?
It's still too late to slip away.,Anyway, after the game is made.,Just find a console platform and send it.,It's the same.。
Zhong Ming smiled: "Don't worry. Tomorrow I will take the demo to Mr. Lin to see, or we will only sign a limited-time exclusive agreement, or we will knock him again. Now Mr. Lin should be as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and he needs us to save it. ”
Zhou Sen was a little square: "Save him?" I think it's a bit too much, so let's take care of ourselves first......"
"It's okay, you don't have to worry about these things, concentrate on doing the game well." Zhong Ming said.
To be honest, Zhong Ming was also a little surprised when he saw this sales volume and evaluation.
It's so spicy chicken......
When Sitch was released, the first month sales of Neon alone in China alone had more than 300,000 sales, and the global sales reached more than 2.4 million.
As a result, the quality of the MGC2 handheld is not bad, but it has only sold less than 100,000 in the world, which is still under the premise of a lot of advertising, which is too much to play.
However, looking at everyone's evaluation, the key is to lose in the absence of a reliable game, and everyone is still satisfied with the function and quality of this handheld console.
In that case, there is still the possibility of salvation.
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