Chapter 235: It's All Little Money!
After the trial, Fan Zhe basically didn't have much worry about the quality of the game itself in "Taiwu Picture Scroll 2".
He himself is a relatively senior game fan, and he has his own feelings about the quality of a game.
However, just because you're not worried about quality doesn't mean you're okay elsewhere.
In fact, the work "Taiwu Picture Volume 2" itself has a huge natural disadvantage.
No matter how outstanding the gameplay of this game is, no matter how beautiful the picture effect is, its inherent disadvantages are unavoidable: this is a Chinese-style game, from the painting style to the story to the characters to the connotation, this entire worldview is all original Chinese classical martial arts, integrating a little mythological elements, but also Chinese mythology, and there are some philosophical speculations from Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism.
And in this world, there has never been a game like this, so it's even more impossible to judge, after this theme is made into a triple-A masterpiece, how many people will be willing to buy it?
In the domestic market, this is not a cause for concern.
Chinese players have been looking forward to a 3A masterpiece of their own for a long, long time. Especially such a game, it is still the purest Chinese theme of 'martial arts'.
In the case of absolute quality of the game, there is no need to worry too much about sales.
However, then again, a triple-A masterpiece is not enough to serve a single market.
In the current domestic game market environment, in fact, under normal circumstances, it is almost impossible to give birth to a game of this level.
The development investment of "Taiwu Picture Scroll 2" is claimed by Wedo Entertainment to the outside world to be 1.2 billion yuan, which is converted to nearly 200 million US dollars.
No one but them would invest so much money in developing a game.
Don't get me wrong, this is not to say that 'Dimension Entertainment' is rich. No matter how rich they are, can they compare to the current giant of the domestic game industry, Penguin?
But it is impossible for Penguin to come up with a billion and make a game.
Change the skin, copy it, and engage in card mobile games to attract a wave of krypton...... In the domestic game market, there are more ways to make money and make a lot of money, and the investment is still small and the risk is small. Get a pesticide, invest less, make more money, and be beautiful.
Penguins, or all capitalists, will throw more than a billion dollars to develop a 3A masterpiece when they have a problem with their brains, what should they do if they hit the street?
What's more, there is a huge problem in the domestic game market that is plaguing all those who are engaged in game development or all those who do content, and that is piracy.
Piracy is a huge problem that can ruin an industry.
As a result, in the case of a better investment direction, a better way to make money, and the domestic market environment and piracy problems have made domestic 3A masterpieces full of risks hitting the streets, no capital will be willing to throw money at this matter.
However, the 3A masterpiece requires a lot of capital investment, and only capitalists can afford it.
Of course, in recent years, the awareness of copyright in China has become better and better, and everyone has gradually gained the correct awareness of 'not starving chefs' and 'paying for content'. Although pirated users are still the mainstream, at least in the trend of public opinion, 'I use piracy, I am glorious' is no longer popular. People who use piracy, who come out in a grand way, are usually despised.
At the same time, the relevant legislation and management aspects of the state are also promoting this matter.
But despite this, judging from the current domestic market situation, it is still extremely difficult for "Taiwu Picture Scroll 2" to recover its costs in the domestic market.
If "Taiwu 2" wants to recover its costs and even generate good profits, it has to sell nearly 10 million copies.
A game that costs more than 300 yuan and sells 10 million copies in the domestic market is so difficult that it is almost impossible.
As a result, the global market becomes particularly important.
The largest market for 3A masterpieces is still in Europe and the United States, followed by Japan and South Korea, and then in other parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
In this way, the theme of 'martial arts' has become a big question: can it be popular overseas, especially in the very important European and American markets?
Fan Zhe himself has no bottom in his heart.
Those players abroad who have never received the baptism of 'martial arts', or even have the concept of 'martial arts', may refuse to try this game due to the huge differences in cultural backgrounds.
This is what Fan Zhe fears the most.
Qualified capitalists will not make such investments.
But in any case, Fan Zhe is not that kind of capitalist.
He knew that he had a good chance of losing this big gamble. But so what? At this step, someone has to go out.
Anyway, he has the 'dimensional' system behind him, and if he really loses the bet, the real investment amount is actually not so terrifying, only more than 300 million.
More than 300 million yuan, a little money! Lao Tzu can afford it!
Fan Zhe still thinks about this very openly.
Of course, it is best if the work can be a commercial success and can truly let the world appreciate the charm of martial arts.
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Ye Jiayi has been following up on the global distribution work related to "Taiwu Picture Scroll 2".
She is really busy now, on the one hand, she has to do the acquisition of Xinmo Media, and on the other hand, she has to keep an eye on the release of "Taiwu Picture Volume 2".
These two things add up, and the funds involved are three or four billion!
Quite an exaggeration.
But he can still support it so far, and the problem is not too big.
And Fan Zhe, after 'supervising' the development progress of "Taiwu Picture Scroll 2", returned to the crew of "Martial Arts Grandmaster" with satisfaction, ready to start the filming of this film and television drama.
After determining a few locations, the filming of the crew officially began.
Film and television drama shooting is not the same thing as what we usually see on TV and movie screens.
Filming, it is impossible to shoot in the order in which the TV series is played, it will be tiring to death. Generally speaking, it is shot according to the scene.
For example, "Martial Arts Grandmaster", what was decided to be filmed first was all the fighting scenes in the ring. The entire crew will shoot all the ring scenes in one go in one go in the rented space of the film and television center on the outskirts of Shenghai, and then move on to other scenes.
Obviously, for the work "Martial Arts Master", the content of the fight in the ring accounts for a large proportion of the whole drama. At the same time, it is also a relatively difficult part of the whole shooting.
Although, the scene of the ring is simple, and there are various synthesis methods in the later stage.
However, the fight itself is not simple. The action team invited by Fan Zhe made a beautiful action design, but it is not easy to achieve in many places.
At present, the actors have just finished their action training, and while their hands are hot, Fan Zhe is ready to gnaw down the relatively difficult parts of the whole play first.