Chapter 107 The real means of making money is to make players willing to pay money
"Ouch-"
Gu Sheng leaned back on the sofa and snorted softly.
Little Nezha knows how to enjoy.
Every time he sat on the sofa specially prepared by Xiao Nezha in the conference room, Gu Sheng would let out such an exclamation.
The two entered the game, and Shen Miaomiao drove the small food cart and took Gu Sheng to start the second chapter of the game journey together.
In fact, strictly speaking, the second level is the real beginning of the game.
Because from here, they will really face those more and more complex recipes, more changeable terrain killing.
One difficulty after another will follow.
In the rest of their journey, they will need to work together to overcome difficulties and strengthen their skills in order to finally defeat the greedy and powerful Spaghetti Monster.
The game begins.
Just like before, the two stumbled and stumbled to make dishes, satisfying one order after another.
It's just that today, Gu Sheng seems to be a little out of shape.
Not only are there frequent mistakes, but several times because I didn't pay attention to the cooking time, the frying pan caught fire, and almost made the kitchen fall into the end of the world again.
There are even some low-level mistakes, even Shen Miaomiao, a rookie, feels outrageous, and it is not a mistake that a master player like Gu Sheng should have.
noticed that Gu Sheng's condition was not good.
Finally, after Gu Sheng made another brain convulsion, Shen Miaomiao paused the game.
"Old Gu,"
Shen Miaomiao withdrew a pair of long legs from the conference table, crossed her legs to move her buttocks, and turned her body to Gu Sheng:
"What's wrong with you?"
"I ......"
Gu Sheng shrugged:
"I'm a little tired, I'm not in good shape."
, why does that sound so weird.
Gu Sheng slandered in his heart.
However, as strange as it sounded, it was exactly what he said.
The reason why he hasn't played games with little Nezha these days is because he's too busy.
Busy Titanfall 2 game project.
Not bad.
Because of the explosion of the messy kitchen, just two days ago, Gu Sheng's system emotional value accumulation completed the task ahead of schedule and reached the million level.
So, for the first time, he exchanged the core data of Titanfall 2.
However, it is easy to redeem it, and it is not so easy to reset it to a business case suitable for the somatosensory warehouse.
It is different from the three somatosensory cabin games launched by the Golden Wind before.
This time, the fall of the Titans, the focus is entirely on the plot, and it is a plot game with a cinematic narrative.
Don't look at it, this is just a game with a full game duration of no more than six hours, but the sheer volume of its copy and script is unmatched by the previous games.
The most important thing is that he can only do this alone.
"The pre-planning work of the escort masterpiece is complicated,"
Gu Sheng said:
"It's been a bit of a dizziness these days."
Oh?!
As soon as she heard this, Shen Miaomiao was alert!
The escort masterpiece is a key project, the top priority of the system to turn profits into losses, and it is the largest investment since the establishment of the Golden Wind!
Originally, she still thought that when the project was officially launched, she would listen to Gu Sheng's plan in detail.
As a result, I didn't expect that this kid would secretly work his own and start the preliminary planning work in advance without telling anyone!
"You actually secretly opened the book by yourself, took the lead in working overtime, and promoted unhealthy tendencies!"
Shen Miaomiao raised her foot and kicked Gu Sheng lightly and heavily, heartbroken:
"How do you get snack coins like this!"
"I don't need snack coins to eat whatever I want,"
Gu Sheng hehehe, he was planted crookedly on the sofa:
"And this project is too difficult, if you don't roll a roll, I'm afraid you will be hammered to death by a three-plate axe."
"Is the situation so grim?!"
Hear this!
Shen Miaomiao's eyes lit up!
And this good thing?
Fortunately, Gu Sheng was lying on the sofa, otherwise he would definitely notice the clue when he saw Shen Miaomiao's big blazing eyes.
"I thought,"
Gu Sheng raised his arm, put his hands behind his head, and looked at the ceiling:
"The escort masterpiece is different from our previous works, not only looking at the quality of the game kernel, but also the level of industrial technology is also an important evaluation criterion, and even one of the main criteria,"
"Our investment is limited, the cost is here, the industrial level and the volume of the game must be abandoned, this is an objective existence, can not be remedied,"
"And these two items are not optional for me or for Yiyou,"
"The full-sense assistive technology of Yiyou X2 must be reflected in the game,"
"We can't just make a mess of electronic waste at the industrial level of the last century in order to keep the game long, so players won't buy it."
I'm sorry! Yes, big brother! Yes!
Hear this.
Shen Miaomiao almost jumped up, and wanted to say on the spot, 'Why can't we make garbage and sell it to players?!'
Isn't it what I want if no one buys it!
It's best not to sell a single one!
In this way, two hundred million will become two billion!
Isn't there a private luxury yacht?
But when the words came to her mouth, Shen Miaomiao swallowed it back again.
No, it's too against the sky for her to say.
Not to mention that Lao Gu would be suspicious, even if he took 10,000 steps back and said, Lao Gu would not be suspicious of his own system, and he would not agree to such an outrageous request.
To know!
One of the requirements for the start of Shen Miaomiao's system is that the project must be initiated by the manager with the subjective consent of the manager.
Gu Sheng said that this project is not good, then the loss of this project is a pure loss, and there is no rebate of a penny.
Again, Lao Gu is not a puppet of her system.
On the contrary, Lao Gu is the real controller of her system.
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao sighed secretly and shook her head regretfully: "So what? β
"So?"
Gu Sheng sighed:
"So in order to reach the industrial level of escorting masterpieces, we can only reduce the size of the game and shorten the game duration......"
"Oh-"
Shen Miaomiao nodded and understood:
"There is a shortage of pounds and two pounds."
"Tsk!" Gu Sheng smacked his lips: "This ...... What is the word this is...... That's not good......"
Ha ha!
He's in a hurry, he's in a hurry!
Shen Miaomiao's big eyes were bent like crescent moons, revealing the same cheap expression as funny:
"Okay, you're a supernova? Learn to lose two pounds? The 208 moon cake gift box is all gift boxes, and there are only two moon cakes inside, right? β
"I ......" Gu Sheng opened his mouth, wanting to refute, but he didn't know how to say it.
Speechless.
Because what Shen Miaomiao said is the biggest pain point of this project!
Originally!
Gu Sheng thought very well, the project of Titanfall 2 has a plot and multiple battles.
Although multiplayer battles will make players' skills polarized due to their ultra-high operability, which will lead to a shortened game lifespan, the impact is far less than the story part.
But at least it has.
There are many people, and even if it is a complete game, it can be compared with the three-board axe of Xunten.
can exchange the core data, Gu Sheng briefly estimated the budget, only to find that it was not like that!
The capital budget of less than 200 million can only support him to do a good job of the single part!
If you want to be a multi-person, there are two ways -
Or, let the new generation of full-sense technology shrink, and make the game's full-sense feedback like PUBG, and stop at a shallow taste.
Or, increase the budget, increase the cost of investment, borrow from the bank or accept dividend investment.
Obviously!
Neither of these options is practical for the wind of gold!
Gu Sheng can't accept a work that can be perfect, but because of the insufficient cost, the plot performance is flawed, many people perform poorly, and both ends are not pleasing to the work.
As for Shen Miaomiao, she never accepts any third-party investment.
And so!
Gu Sheng could only endure the pain of cutting his love, cut off many people temporarily, and protect one head first, so that the single-player plot was full of expressiveness.
But in this way, a new problem has arisen, which is what Shen Miaomiao just raised-
Give short measure.
An escort masterpiece!
With only a single-player plot of about six hours, it will definitely suffer a lot of criticism!
So these days, Gu Sheng has also been having a headache about this matter.
In fact, originally, this matter was easy to solve.
Drop the price and bring the price down.
Under normal circumstances, the price of escort masterpieces is not between 198-568, and Titanfall sells for 98, or 68.
High cost and low price, although the profit cycle will be extended, it is no longer possible to make a profit in a week or two as before.
But at least the reputation will not collapse, it will not cause dissatisfaction among players, and it will always make money.
But the problem is that the escort masterpiece can't just reduce the price!
198-568 is the default standard within the industry.
It can be higher than this price, but it can't be lower than 198, no matter how low you are, you won't be able to escort it, and the somatosensory cabin developer will not agree.
And so it goes!
"That's where the embarrassment happens."
Gu Sheng shrugged.
Shen Miaomiao gave a thumbs up:
"We're going to ask players to pay 198 for a game that only lasts six hours in the game."
Wow! Because of the lack of reflection hall!
Shen Miaomiao almost laughed out loud.
You're going to make money!
What are other people's games like?
Full story and multiplayer! Abundant battle modes! Excellent graphics and replayable content!
What is the game like in our house?
Let the player spend 200 dollars to watch a movie.
Disposable.
Some people may say that in the current film market, the electronic tickets for the somatosensory cabin of a movie cost seventy, eighty, or even hundreds.
In a longitudinal comparison, it seems that spending 200 yuan to pay for a six-hour game is nothing.
However, don't forget, there are horizontal contrasts in the gaming industry.
Other people's games are large and full of industrial quality, but your games are short and small, and the market competitiveness will naturally pull the crotch.
What's more, so far, there hasn't been a game on the market that can make players willing to pay for "watching movies"!
Even Thunder, a first-line manufacturer that has always been known for its excellent plots, will add a multiplayer battle mode to each work to prolong the life of the game.
Do you just make a plot?
I'm afraid it's not a treasure for the players.
But!
The more this is the case, the more satisfied Shen Miaomiao becomes!
Originally, they would have been difficult to parry in the face of the three-plate axe!
Now, Gu Sheng has automatically raised the difficulty to a higher level because of his own attitude of striving for excellence!
Where to find this big baby who lost money!
Come to think of this!
Shen Miaomiao waved her hand and symbolically comforted Gu Sheng:
"Okay, don't have a headache, it's a big deal, let's start all over again, I'll have a way."
She certainly has a way.
The more she loses, the more she has a solution.
Money!
If you lose one piece and return ten dollars, the wind of gold will always stand.
"And we're doing it as a last resort,"
Shen Miaomiao says:
"Everyone wants to make the game as good as possible,"
"But the problem is that we really don't have that much money, and we are not at the same level as the three major generals of Xunteng from the root,"
"So, I believe that both players and art games can understand,"
"Big dealβ"
Speaking of which.
Shen Miaomiao paused.
Eyeballs roll:
"It's a big deal, let's have a second part in the future! Or in your professional parlance, a booster pack called DLC, right? When the time comes, let's sell cheaper, which can be regarded as giving back to players. β
Now you're ready to set up a project again!
Shen Miaomiao secretly praised herself for being smart in her heart.
The reputation of the front seat itself is poor, and there is a sequel, and then the money.
Good guys, rotten and rotten, if someone really buys it, he must take out a part of the rebate part, the whole golden chip, to cure the brains of those wronged seeds.
Of course!
Shen Miaomiao said so.
She knows.
Lao Gu's control of the game market has always been very accurate, at least much better than himself.
This kind of cerebral palsy trick can be seen by even a layman.
Presumably the old Gu ......
"Oh? What a good idea?! Gu Sheng snapped his fingers and raised his head to look at Shen Miaomiao.
Oh?!
Shen Miaomiao's eyes widened, and she also let out the same exclamation in her heart.
It's getting better!
My director has cerebral palsy!
"Huh?"
The angle of its turn was so large that it almost flashed Shen Miaomiao's small waist:
"What's a good idea?"
"Out of DLC!" Gu Sheng pointed at Shen Miaomiao: "Although you don't know much about the game industry, this doesn't prevent you from being a little genius." β
You're talking about me?
Shen Miaomiao followed the direction of Gu Sheng's finger, looked down at herself, twisted her body again, and found that Gu Sheng's fingertips had been following her, and then she confirmed that he was talking about herself.
"I'll just ...... Say whatever you want......"
Shen Miaomiao touched her mouth, a little at a loss:
"What are you...... Is there a new type of yin and yang weirdness? Sorry I didn't get it? β
"Tsk, be confident,"
Gu Sheng sat up and gently patted Shen Miaomiao's shoulder:
"It's not yin and yang, your idea just now is really good,"
"In this project, we can actually let it run naked like this,"
"After that, you can put easter eggs in the game, which will lead to the game's supplements,"
"Draw the pie to the player first,"
"Later, when we have the funds to return, we will make supplements,"
"Moreover, in order to give back to the lack of volume of the base game,"
"We will increase the amount of supplementary content without increasing the price, and will sell it to players at a very low price,"
"In this way, whether it is the ontology or supplementary content, it will receive praise from players,"
"What do you think?"
Hissββ!!!
After listening to Gu Sheng's words, Shen Miaomiao only felt a sense of transparency, and went all the way to the zenith from the soles of her feet!
"I think it was really the right decision for Golden Wind to appoint you as the director and become the soul of the company!"
Shen Miaomiao was so excited!
Heaven and earth, fifty manifestations!
Gu Sheng, a money-making head, actually synchronized with my thoughts one day!
He actually agreed to the plan that was rotten and rotten!
Even, take the initiative to reduce the price, making it more difficult to return funds!
Iron Tree Blossoms!
This is to make yourself lose money!
Shen Miaomiao was very pleased!
"Actually, if it were me, I would even choose to make the supplemental content free, because, in itself, it should be part of the game, but due to our lack of strength, we forcibly split them into two parts,"
As she spoke, Shen Miaomiao made a guilty look, sighed and said:
"Of course, you want to make a profit for the sake of the company, I can understand that."
Actually, Shen Miaomiao is a bit of an inch.
She even wanted to fool Gu Sheng into a purely free project.
Ten thousand books are not profitable!
Until then!
How much you invest, how much you get ten times the rebate!
She no longer has to worry about looking at sales figures, the number of players, and trembling every day like waiting for a trial!
But!
Shen Miaomiao also knew that she was a little delusional.
If Gu Sheng could agree to make a free game, she would have implemented it a long time ago, so why bother to repeatedly test the bottom line of the system and set the previous games of Golden Wind at the lowest price in the industry.
However!
Magical things often come to you inadvertently.
"That's what you really think? All right! β
But see!
At this time, Gu Sheng's eyes lit up, and his mood was even higher than just now!
No doubt!
Little Nezha's proposal for supplementary content for the game is simply a general tilt of the building.
Gu Sheng has already thought of what form he wants to take to save this game that has not yet been released and its reputation has been in turmoil.
He wants to take advantage of the popularity of Titanfall, and directly add the game with a double explosion of word-of-mouth players to the game as a large-scale DLC.
Of course!
Regarding this large-scale DLC, Gu Sheng's original idea was to be free.
It's just that he thinks this must be a little difficult for little Nezha to accept.
After all, if you really develop that super large DLC, the investment will definitely not be small.
Little Nezha is generous, but it should not be so generous that he will give away a DLC that has been painstakingly developed with a lot of money to give players for free.
Therefore, he chose a more compromise method to keep the price of super DLC as low as possible, which can be regarded as giving Xiao Nezha an explanation.
But he never expected it!
Little Nezha's consciousness is so high that he directly said that he wanted to be free and give back to the players!
Gu Sheng was shocked!
Heaven and earth, God of Wealth has appeared!
Little Nezha, the shopkeeper, will one day synchronize with my thoughts!
She actually agreed to the icing on the cake!
Even, take the initiative to offer it for free, so that the word-of-mouth spread of the game is stronger!
Case!
"Don't worry,"
Gu Sheng nodded solemnly at Shen Miaomiao:
"Although our DLC will be available for free, I will definitely find a way to make it valuable to the company!"
Heh, you can really brag.
Shen Miaomiao sneered in her heart.
Gratis!
FreeοΌ
A free game where you can earn a hammer.
"You're going to fire the unicorn?"
Shen Miaomiao joked.
It's not that she doesn't know that free games can make money, and even sometimes, they burn more money than buyout games.
However, she didn't believe that Gu Sheng could give up her arrogance, and chose to learn from Xunteng, engage in special game lotteries, and sell game attributes to cheat Krypton.
And Gu Sheng shook his head unexpectedly:
"It's too low-level, and the real way to make money is to make players willing to pay money without being threatened."
ββ
PS: Normally, at 8 o'clock in the evening, the double change is 10,000, and today's comment area is going to explode, and it will be changed in advance~
(End of chapter)