510 COUNTDOWN PART.1
When the "second branch" of Hellfire Entertainment was finally formed, on the weekend, in the "secret base" located in the northern city district, the "Big Three" of Hellfire Entertainment held a small meeting again to discuss the marketing work of "Hell Capital".
To be exact, there were only two people in the discussion because:
"This delicious ......"
Xia Xiaoling, who was only wearing a small camisole and dark blue shorts, was dressed very coolly, leaning on the sofa and rubbing her stomach contentedly, squinting her eyes into a slit comfortably. On the coffee table in front of her, there are many various snack packages.
"Foodie."
Zhao Nuo, who was sitting next to her, smiled helplessly, looked at the black hand soldier sitting opposite her, and asked straight to the point:
"Do you think it's better to release early or delay? All in all, we have to miss November to December this year. ”
Even if he is very confident in the quality of "Hell Capital", neither Viper nor Hellfire Entertainment has any reputation in the European and American markets. As usual, this year there are many big games that will be released at the end of the year. If it hits the level of "Fallout 4" or "Call of Duty: Black Ops 3" at the end of the year, "Hell Capital" will definitely die without even scum!
So this time, it's also crucial to determine the time period for the game's release - only those who miss the world's biggest hits (schedule, the little-known "Hell Capital" can get a glimmer of life.
"If I had to decide, I think it would be better to be a little bit wrong. But if you really want to buy that place, you should bring the sale time forward. "The voice of the Black Hand is very strict.
"Well, that's why I'm asking you." Zhao Nuo sighed.
A large-scale sandbox game like Hell Capital will undoubtedly take a long time to develop, even if it is completed. It also takes a long time to test before it can be officially released.
-- The multi-linear and high-freedom game flow means that the game can have all kinds of strange bugs, and for a sandbox game, it is simply impossible to have no bugs. All they can do is minimize bugs. But even then, it still takes a lot of time to test.
Unlike the previous "Legend of the Great Three Kingdoms War", this time the game is obviously much more difficult if it is released in advance.
It's early July, and the game is still being made, so if it's going to be released before November, it's going to have to be sold without testing the full game.
The risk of doing so is undoubtedly very high: if it is released without testing, in case there is a bad bug that has not been detected. You can imagine how this game will end.
However, if the development continues at the original pace, the release schedule of this game will undoubtedly fall after the acquisition of "War Field".
Even if Xia Lin said that he could lend them the "war field" temporarily, they could only stare at the wargame field with only land and no funds!
Faced with this dilemma, even Zhao Nuo and the Black Hand were a little difficult to decide for a while. As for the CEO of the company, it is completely useless.
"Do you have any ideas?" Zhao Nuo stared at the fair-skinned side face of the girl beside him.
"This braised egg is delicious. Zhao Nuo also come and eat one! Xia Xiaoling held an egg in front of Zhao Nuo's eyes.
“…… Forget it, when I didn't say anything. Zhao Nuo decisively gave up the idea of finding inspiration from this unreliable guy.
He turned to the "little maid" who was sitting in front of the TV playing "Silent Hill: Homecoming" and asked, "What is Zhou Yan's opinion?" ”
In order to avoid the sudden explosion of this "powder keg" that temporarily extinguished the fire, Zhao Nuo has always brought the ghost scriptor with him recently. And Zhou Yan also regained his previous taciturn appearance, and usually played games alone when the three of them were in a meeting. Ignore them completely.
"What?" The girl in a black and white maid outfit paused the game and lowered the controller and glanced back at him.
"Do you think it's better for us to release the game early or later? I don't want to be in the company of monster games. Zhao Nuo continued to ask.
"Can't you decide?" Zhou Yan frowned as if he was a little impatient: "How many times have you all discussed?" ”
"It's a really important issue that can't be decided casually." Zhao Nuo said seriously.
You want to sell the game directly in the European and American markets. It was much more complicated than the previous release of the game in China, and the question of when to choose the game to be released alone made them discuss it for several days and still couldn't come to a conclusion. And when this problem is solved, they will need to solve a series of messy questions such as "whether to develop a home version" and "whether to ban player-made mods".
Since Murder7 and the "princess" don't know where to go, the game's encryption measures have also become a problem, and without the protection program written by the god-level hacker, their game will probably be cracked in less than a day after it is on sale. It will also have a negative impact on the sales of genuine copies.
"You're so nervous." Zhou Yan said coldly.
"No, it's just me and the Black Hand that's nervous." Zhao Nuo pointed to Xia Xiaoling, who was eating eggs.
Hearing this, Zhou Yan looked back at the picture of "Silent Hill: Homecoming" on the TV screen, she happened to play the bloody scene where the hero's father was "cut in two" by the triangular head, and then said slowly: "Split the body...... It's not enough to separate. ”
"Huh?" The Black Hand didn't understand what she meant for a moment.
"Separate the game." Zhou Yan stared at the bloody picture on the screen, and dropped a sentence without looking back: "Like a novel, wouldn't it be good to release the 'first chapter' in advance first, and miss the schedule to release the 'second chapter'?" ”
"No, if you follow a single story flow, a game like Resident Evil 6, you can use this distribution method. But our game is a sandbox game, which can be regarded as a whole whole, and there is no way to separate it. The Madiners immediately objected.
- It's obviously very difficult to break up a sandbox game. How troublesome it is, imagine what it would be like to split the original version of The Elder Scrolls Online: Skyrim into two parts, and you can probably understand it.
In this kind of game, the whole world can be counted as a whole, and it is even more difficult to take this "whole" apart than to create a new map!
In fact, Zhao Nuo also thought of Zhou Yan's suggestion at the beginning, and then decisively vetoed it.
But at this moment, he suddenly felt that this method also had some feasibility:
"Don't be too busy denying it just yet. Maybe we can really do this......" Zhao Nuo muttered to himself.
"Are you crazy? It's simply not possible. "The attitude of the mafiah is still resolute.
"No, actually, you can." Zhao Nuo picked up an egg from the coffee table in front of Xia Xiaoling and shook it in front of the Black Hand:
"Actually, our game ...... Just like this egg. (To be continued......) R1292