The game of the same name of "Pirates of the Caribbean" played by Depp, Rivan and Keanu was released by Spectre Studios.

- After Charlotte proposed the business strategy of film and game linkage, the Ghost Party Studio executed this strategy perfectly.

Take this "Pirates of the Caribbean" as an example-

The time when Ghost Party Studios released the game of the same name was when the release cycle of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" reached the late stage, when it was at its most popular and would not retreat.

Releasing the game at this time can be said to make the greatest use of the popularity of the movie.

In particular, for the convenience of players, the game department of Ghost Party Studios has also launched two versions for console and PC this time.

This is because the game of the same name of "Pirates of the Caribbean", unlike the previous "Amazing Quidditch" and "Sherlock Holmes", is a game that focuses on strategy and management, and does not have such high requirements for graphics.

In this case, it's easier for game developers to port it to PC.

- In the case of being able to be compatible with more platforms, game developers are naturally willing to be compatible with more in order to have more users.

And this effort of the Ghost Party studio was not in vain-

So far, the "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" movie is about to be released in North America, and the cumulative box office has exceeded $560 million.

At the same time, the game of the same name has also sold 8 million copies and is hitting the super platinum level of 10 million copies.

- This also brought hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue to the Ghost Party studios.

In fact, this game of the same name of "Pirates of the Caribbean", Ghost Party Studios is more of a reference to the gameplay of "Age of Discovery".

However, under Charlotte's guidance, the developers of the game party studio have given the game more beautiful 3D graphics and enhanced the gameplay related to naval battles.

After all, the name of the game is Pirates of the Caribbean!

Moreover, because of the filming of the movie trilogy in one go, the Ghost Party studio has accumulated a lot of discarded manuscripts or branch stories, which have been used by the game development team of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

- It can be said that the game of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is a large-scale expansion of the world view of the movie.

In particular, the personal stories of many characters in the movie will be introduced in more detail in the game.

Players can get to know each of them by doing quests.

——These elements have made many people who have just watched the movie full of interest.

That's why the game was able to sell 8 million copies at once.

And Charlotte, after seeing this situation, made a decision -

He decided to get the development team in charge of the game to update the game on a regular basis so that the story in the game evolves in order to connect with the story development in the world of the film.

- The story in the game will serve as a link between the first and second parts of Pirates of the Caribbean.

On the one hand, this can allow the game to borrow more from the popularity of the movie, and on the other hand, it can also maintain the popularity of the movie through the game.

In this way, when "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Gathering Soul Coffin" is released next year, a lot of money will be saved in terms of publicity.

And by the time "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: The End of the World" was released, Charlotte was ready to directly ask the game development department to make the game an online game.

After all, it was probably 2003 or even 2004 at that time, and the tide of online games had arrived.

China, in particular, was in 2003 when S· A· R· Many people have to stay at home, and the indirect consequence of this is that the number of Internet access users in China has skyrocketed.

-- China's Internet industry, especially the online game industry, has truly entered a golden age.

According to Charlotte's memory, in the five or six years after 2003, as long as there is a certain quality assurance game in the Chinese market, you can make a lot of money.

"At present, the premise is that you don't have to run into an operator like Sheng Xuanming!"

For the operator who killed "Age of Discovery Online" in the Chinese market, Charlotte is angry.

Fortunately, as a crosser from across the Pacific, Charlotte has a good idea of which companies in the Chinese market will eventually grow into big players - he can easily avoid the overly cheating operators and directly select the future giants.

"It's a pity that Penguin Empire's efforts in the game field will not be until 2009. And the NetEasy Pig Farm has always been engaged in self-research, and has little interest in agents - no, it can't be said - after all, "World of Warcraft" is what they snatched from Nine City......

Of course, it's still a bit early to think about this.

Although in September 2001, Chen Xqiao was about to introduce "Legend" to China and became the richest man in China, but there is still a gap between China's network hardware situation and the technical reserves of the Ghost Party Studio.

Therefore, for Charlotte, he can only lay out in this regard, and there are still two years before the best time to officially enter the Chinese game market.

In the meantime, he still has a lot of work to do.

Don't say it, let's just say that the game of the same name in the "Lord of the Rings" series, Ghost Party Studios is also steadily in production.

And this game, especially the online game that was released at the same time as the third installment, will also be the first MMORPG game from Ghost Party Studios......

"I always feel that if this development continues, the work of game development will occupy half of the studio's business!"

After accompanying Charlotte through the recent progress of the Ghost Party Studio, Alexis couldn't help but sigh.

In response, Charlotte shrugged,

"This is normal! Hollywood's development over the years has been due to an increasing proportion of peripheral income!"

He pointed to the game demo on the computer screen,

"And games are a kind of peripheral products that can provide cash flow very much—— especially in the case of the great development of the Internet, the dependence of games on channels is lower than that of traditional industries, which means that the net profit we obtain will be very high!"

"Really?"

Alexis was a little incredulous, and Charlotte nodded heavily,

"That's it — in a way, it's an industry with very high profit margins, not even less than the drug lords in Mexico......"

Of course, Charlotte didn't say that if a game fails to develop, the money burned will be spent in vain.

As for the fact that after 2014, the game industry entered the Red Sea, and the cost of buying volume became higher and higher, which he also selectively did not mention.

- After all, what is there to be dissatisfied with having ten years to make money with a high profit ratio?

Moreover, even in the Red Sea era of the game industry, companies like Ghost Party Studios, which have a large number of big IPs in their hands, can develop their own games, and can also license and collect money, are just as profitable......