A product that perfectly combines the shortcomings of the handle and the steering wheel?

It sounds like it's intriguing, oh no, the demons!

Lilith couldn't help but be in awe: "What do you say? ”

Gu Fan explained: "Mr. Li, you also know that there are only three kinds of peripherals for playing driving simulation games, keyboard, handle, and steering wheel.

"Needless to say, the keyboard itself is not suitable for playing driving simulation games, after all, its front and rear left and right keys are basically not linear, there are only the accelerator pedal to the end, the brake to the end, to the left full direction, to the right full direction of these four, not at all to support too fine operations.

"It is not excluded that some god players can run rallies with keyboards and run very well, but that is a very small number after all.

"Moreover, the keyboard is too mature and too involuted, no matter what kind of foundry you find, it is difficult to make it particularly rubbish, so as not to make players have too many negative emotions."

Lilith nodded, "Well, that makes sense. So I thought at the beginning as well, to focus on the handlebars and the steering wheel. ”

Gu Fan continued: "These two devices have their own advantages and disadvantages.

"The advantage of the steering wheel is that it can provide the most refined operation, and the player's sense of immersion and substitution is also the strongest; But its disadvantage is that it is not a commonly used gaming device, and other games cannot be played except for racing simulation games, which takes up more space and is relatively expensive.

"The advantage of the controller is that it is a commonly used gaming device, does not take up space, and the price is relatively acceptable; But its disadvantage is that it also does not provide the most refined operation, although it has linear operation, which is better than the keyboard, but it is far worse than the steering wheel, and at the same time it does not provide much immersion and substitution. ”

Lilith thought for a moment, "If you want to combine the shortcomings of the two, it is ......

"First of all, it's not a common gaming device, and it takes up a lot of space, so you can't play any other games except racing simulation games? And the price is not cheap? And it can't provide the most refined operation, and there is not much immersion and substitution?

"How could there be such a thing!"

Gu Fan coughed lightly: "This, if we want to integrate all the shortcomings, we will definitely not be able to do it, we can only select the main shortcomings for integration."

"After all, we have to make the product look like that in the first place, otherwise players will see at a glance that the product is not good, and they will not buy it, and it will not play a role in collecting negative emotions."

Lilith nodded, "Well, indeed!

"And what exactly do you want to make?"

Gu Fan took out his mobile phone, searched briefly on it, and soon found a video.

"Look, that's what I want to do. Handle steering wheel! ”

Lilith took the phone to check it with some confusion, and found that this thing was really a steering wheel, but it was a handle accessory, a miniature steering wheel mounted on the handle!

The construction of this steering wheel is fairly simple, and its diameter is about the distance between two thumbs in the natural grip of the handle.

On the left and right sides of the steering wheel, there are two rings slightly smaller than the joystick cap, so that the thumb can be placed naturally and turn the steering wheel better.

This micro steering wheel is connected to the handle with a simple mechanical structure, below it is a bracket that can be buckled to the handle for support, and above it is a simple connecting lever that connects to the left stick of the handle.

When the steering wheel is turned, the connecting lever pushes the left stick to the left or right to complete the turn.

The material of the micro steering wheel is a general plastic material, which looks loose and baggy, and the quality is worrying.

Gu Fan explained: "I think this thing is a combination of the shortcomings of the handle and the steering wheel.

"It's not a common gaming device, and you don't need it for anything other than racing; It also can't provide too refined operations, and can't make players have too strong a sense of substitution and immersion, which is far from a real steering wheel.

"Of course, it doesn't take up space, and it's cheaper, which is not good.

"But we can also make it more expensive by adapting it to a different level.

"As long as you change the material and structure, and increase its price to about 100 yuan, it should be enough to make players have enough negative emotions!"

Lilith watched the video again in earnest.

This UP master also briefly shared his experience of using this thing, and in general, it can be summed up in two words: toys.

It's a cheap thing, just 10 bucks.

It has to be said that it was invented for a reason. When playing driving games, the right stick is basically useless, while the left stick is used to control the direction, although there is a certain linearity, but it is also far less accurate than the steering wheel.

With this micro steering wheel, you can use the thumbs of your left and right hands to control the direction together, further optimizing the accuracy of the left stick to control the steering.

So the UP master in the video came to the conclusion after using it for a period of time that it needs to be used at the beginning of use, but after getting used to it, this thing can indeed be a little finer than the joystick of the controller. But...... And just some.

There are still a lot of serious problems with this thing, for example, many of the joysticks of the controller have dead zones, and the optimization of the controller in driving games is based on the player's operating habits on the controller, so using this micro steering wheel makes the game's optimization of the controller very strange.

What's more, the material of this thing is plastic, and it is loose and loose after it is connected, and it can hardly be said to feel good.

For players who have adapted to the UP master, it can only be regarded as "improvised", and for those players who have not adapted to the video comment area, it is pure garbage.

Lilith's eyes lit up: "Good, good!

"This thing is indeed much better than the average handle and steering wheel!"

She briefly imagined that after the mass production of this thing, she would directly replace the material with a metal one, and then find a way to increase the cost and raise the price to about 100 yuan.

When the time comes, spend some money on marketing, touting that it "combines the advantages of a controller and a steering wheel", and even comes out with a bundle to sell with the game!

Players spend 100 yuan to buy this thing, and this negative emotion must not break through the sky?

Even if many players choose to get a refund, this negative sentiment has already been generated.

Spend a little money properly and do big things!

Lilith happily stood on tiptoe and patted Gu Fan's shoulder: "You did a good job, Gu Fan!" I didn't expect that game peripherals can also play flowers!

"I think you're on the right track!

"Then it's decided, I want all game peripherals and game experience stores!

"At that time, all the peripherals can be arranged in the experience store, and then players can contribute negative emotions while experiencing it......

"It's like a pig from the slaughter!"

Gu Fan coughed lightly: "But ...... Mr. Li, there is one thing I must state in advance. ”

"Huh? You said. Lilith nodded.

Gu Fan paused a little and said, "I think that in order to increase the popularity of this product as much as possible, we still have to find a more famous manufacturer to do OEM." In addition, we can also produce some conventional products, such as themed controllers or steering wheels linked to games.

"This is to better promote the awareness of the product at the beginning and get more players to buy."

Lilith thought for a moment and quickly nodded, "Well, yes!" ”

This product itself is already very improper, if you let a small factory do it, players will not buy it at all, so how can they have negative emotions?

Some of the more well-known domestic hardware manufacturers have a certain fan base and popularity, and players are also more trusting.

If you cooperate with them, the number of players who decide to "give it a try" will increase significantly, which is of course more conducive to gaining negative emotions.

In addition, several different peripherals can also play a good role in confusing at the same time.

For example, Reverse Heaven negotiated with the manufacturer, not only out of the "micro handle steering wheel", but also out of the "co-branded handle" and "co-branded steering wheel", the three products mixed together, will also greatly enhance the popularity of the handle steering wheel, more deceptive people to buy.

Gu Fan said again: "There is more...... For this product, we have to consider giving manufacturers some autonomy so that they can fine-tune the product design to a certain extent, otherwise it will be difficult to raise the cost that high. ”

Lilith thought for a moment, "Hmm...... It's okay, but the core idea of the "handle steering wheel" must not be changed! ”

The structure of this little thing itself is still relatively simple, if you want to raise it to 100 pieces, it is definitely not enough to work the material, and it can't be made into pure gold, right?

Then again, if it's really pure gold, maybe it can really be sold, after all, it's no longer a peripheral, it's a collectible.

Therefore, in order to raise the price, manufacturers must also add some complex structures to this gadget, or make some miscellaneous accessories to increase the cost.

In this way, the vendor must be allowed to have a certain amount of autonomy.

Lilith thinks it's nothing, anyway, as long as you stick to the core idea of "joystick steering wheel" and increase the price, it will definitely be able to generate considerable negative emotions among players!

(End of chapter)