Before leaving, Sun Peng had one last thing to do.

Early the next morning, he followed Zheng Jia out of the house, and then met the old owner of the new house, Sha Zhanpeng, a pure game merchant, at the real estate trading center.

After completing the formalities, Zheng Jia was asked to go back first, but Sun Peng himself stayed and warmly invited Sha Zhanpeng to lunch.

Of course, Boss Sha will not refuse such an invitation, although he is a rich man with hundreds of millions of family fortunes, he must be able to hide at this time, and refuse if he can refuse, but if the person who invited him is the famous Lao Bai, a person who can earn more than him and earn faster just by relying on the keyboard, Sha Zhanpeng is definitely not wanted!

A restaurant with a good environment, another private room, and after ordering a few dishes, Sun Peng asked straight to the point: "Boss Sha, is it convenient for me to ask a question?" ”

"Of course, Mr. Sun, please speak."

Of course, Sha Zhanpeng knew very well that the other party must have a plan for inviting him to dinner, so he nodded with a smile without surprise.

After thinking about the words for a while, Sun Peng smiled and said: "Boss Sha, since you are engaged in the game industry, you should know about the game "War Frontline", right?" ”

"War front? Of course! ”

After hearing the name of this game, Sha Zhanpeng immediately nodded.

This is the hottest FPS game in the last six months, there is no one, just in North America, China's two major game platforms on the first month of the sale of more than 3.4 million copies, so far the total sales have exceeded 14 million, a proper top masterpiece level. And what makes Sha Zhanpeng even more envious is that not only does the sales of this game continue to grow, but the popularity among players has not subsided at all!

The follow-up of various paid props and peripherals, that is, a steady stream of gold mines.

But......

Looking at Sun Peng, Sha Zhanpeng asked with a smile: "This is this year's masterpiece of the American Ram Games Company, of course we know very well...... But why did Mr. Sun suddenly ask about it? ”

At the same time, Sha Zhanpeng's expression when he looked at Sun Peng became a little strange.

Although this old white teacher is very famous, after seeing a real person, that sense of mystery will naturally disappear. In addition, Sha Zhanpeng also checked the information later, and knew that this guy was at most twenty-five or sixteen years old, a young man through and through.

It's normal for young people to like games.

But even if this old white likes games and likes that "War Front", but why are you asking me about this now?

Just when Sha Zhanpeng was puzzled, Sun Peng asked with a slight smile: "Boss Sha, in fact, the question I want to ask is related to this "War Front", that is, if I want to entrust someone else to help make a similar game...... Hmm, there may be some special features to add, how much does it cost? ”

"What? Do you want to make a game? ”

After listening to Sun Peng's words, Sha Zhanpeng's eyes suddenly widened!

I'm going, what's going on?

Sha Zhanpeng knew that this old Bai teacher was a genius, not only writing well, but also writing scripts, songs, and even picture books for children were also very popular, and it was said that they also sold very well in Europe and the United States, but ......

Game?

He's going to do that too?

Of course, Sun Peng didn't know what this Sha boss was thinking, and said with a smile: "It can't be regarded as whether I want to make a game, but I have recently become obsessed with "War Front", and I have some ideas while playing, and I want to see if it can be realized." Of course, I don't know how to do it myself, and I don't have the idea of starting a game company, so I want to consult with Boss Sha and ask if there is a company that can help make games? ”

"Oh, that's it!"

Hearing Sun Peng say this, Sha Zhanpeng suddenly breathed a sigh of relief......

He's relieved!

Big brother, do you think this is a DIY computer, just make one? And this is not a mobile game, a web game, this is an end game, it is often hundreds of millions of production costs, hundreds of millions of publicity and distribution costs of the end game, is it good?

The corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and Sha Zhanpeng was completely speechless.

"What, isn't it?"

Seeing the change in Sha Zhanpeng's expression, Sun Peng asked with a little disappointment in his heart.

"This ...... Not for nothing. ”

After hesitating for a moment, Sha Zhanpeng smiled bitterly: "In fact, as long as you are willing to pay, there are people to help you make any kind of game, and most of the games will not cost too much, but if it is a game like "Warfront", ...... Ahem, it's hard to say about this expense, maybe two or three hundred million may not be enough! ”

"Huh? So expensive? ”

After hearing these words, it was Sun Peng's turn to widen his eyes.

OMG!

How expensive is it to develop a game? It's almost the last blockbuster, okay?

"Mr. Sun, I'm just talking about the production cost."

After thinking about it for a while, Sha Zhanpeng tried his best to explain in words that Sun Peng could understand: "In fact, laymen always think that the cost of making games is not too high, as long as everyone has a computer, but in fact, the cost of some small games is really low, for example, those mobile games or something, tens of thousands of yuan can make one, but for large-scale terminal games like the front line of the war, the development cost is calculated in tens of millions...... Of course, we're talking about the US dollar......"

After carefully explaining, Sun Peng slowly understood.

A game, or a triple-A masterpiece in the minds of ordinary players, is really not so simple to make. First of all, you need a team to plan and analyze the game in the early stage, and then when the plan is mature, you need a larger team to produce it - including programs, art, etc., as well as later optimization, testing, etc.

The biggest expense is the labor cost!

Larger games generally have teams of hundreds of people, and the development time is at least one to two years, and those top games even require hundreds of people to work for more than two years, and the salary of these top gamers alone is a huge amount! If you add the cost of publicity and maintenance in the later stage......

To put it bluntly, the investment in top game masterpieces is really no less than that of movies!

"Take Warfront as an example, it is said that the production cost alone is as high as 40 million dollars!"

After talking about it roughly, Sha Zhanpeng couldn't help but sigh: "If you add the publicity and distribution costs, the cost may be doubled...... Of course, more than 10 million sales are enough for them to make money back, and they are still selling well, so they must be making a lot of money! ”

Speaking of other people's games, Sha Zhanpeng is also envious.

Although I have made a lot of money over the years, as a gamer, it must be the ultimate dream to make a masterpiece like "Warfront", but it's just ......

The more he listened, the deeper Sun Peng's brows wrinkled.

He doesn't make games professionally, of course he doesn't know how much a game like "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" costs, but he only knows that in terms of graphics and smoothness, Jedi and masterpieces like "Warfront" are definitely incomparable, and it's worth mentioning that it's actually just a fresh gameplay.

So......

How much does it cost the world to make him?