88. The princes assembled
As soon as the report of "Fruit Luck" came out, it directly pushed "Mermaid Heart" and Pokeni to the altar of galgame.
It not only drove the sales of its own magazines, but also hyped up a wave of Pokeni's fame.
Countless players who have read the Guoletong journal have said:
"Huh? Although I already had similar feelings when I played the game, I didn't think about it at the time, and it turned out that "Mermaid Heart" also told about very profound social issues.
The editor of this magazine is good, and he can interpret it from different angles. ”
"I used to look at the game from the player's point of view, but after being analyzed by Guoletong, I finally understood the good intentions of the creator of "Mermaid Heart".
"Mermaid Heart is a really good game. It's worthy of the ancient hara Tsubaki I like.,It's different from the galgame on the market.,In addition to beautiful love.,It can also tell about human nature and profound truth.。
Yes! I'm getting more and more fond of Furuhara Tsubaki. ”
"Gu Yuan Tsubaki's partner Xuyuan Xuan, it's really unexpectedly magical, the script is indeed a god-level script, and the connotation of the story is so profound, the only bad thing is-
These two guys always like to earn the tears of the players.
Woo woo, the thought that none of the endings were good, my heart hurts now. ”
"Pokeni is really damn good, he actually changed the entire galgame market by himself, we used to like blue games, but pokeni's games have made galgame tasteless."
"I don't have a good plot now, and I don't want to play galgame."
After the magazine came out, many female players also expressed their desire to try this galgame, which is called "Girls Can Play".
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In addition to this, Fruit Loton also mentioned a secret message.
And that's—
pokeni Co., Ltd.,It's making an action RPG with a Western fantasy theme.,It's unknown whether it's a galgame or not.,But judging from the news released,This game is definitely worth looking forward to.。
Players are confused.
"Really? Is pokeni's new game an ARPG? But can this thing really be made into a galgame? ”
"It's a matter of whether it's a galgame, but if it can really be made into a galgame, I'll definitely get it. An ARPG galgame,It's exciting to think about.。 ”
"Well, this is what I think of as Pokeni, and it's really amazing to be able to dig out the ability of galgame from different game fields and different game genres."
"I hope the producer of this game is [Furuhara Tsubaki], but don't be that Qing Zhiyuan anymore. Qing Zhiyuan is simply rubbish compared to Gu Yuan Tsubaki. ”
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Although players can't imagine what a Western fantasy-themed ARPG would look like as a galgame.
However, it is true that people have high expectations for it.
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"Well, the report is well written." Qing Zhiyuan closed the magazine, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
Akane Ayase glanced at it, and the president was really angry.
What you think in your heart, you can know by looking at your face.
The look on his face completely betrayed him, okay?
If the president goes to play Texas Hold'em, he will definitely lose badly.
Qing Zhiyuan sat in the boss's chair, tapping his fingers on the tabletop, contemplating something.
Although Guoletong has increased a lot of users, it is still far from enough, if it can develop and grow a little more, it is equivalent to Pokeni can have one more publicity channel in the future.
Before the game is released, it is important to do some exposure in magazines or on TV, which is called warm-up.
Take Diablo as an example, although it is still in development, but after some rendering by Golato, players' curiosity has risen.
When the time comes, it will be released, and it will be able to increase the popularity.
The same goes for Pokémon.
Even in Qing Zhiyuan's view, Pokémon must work harder in publicity, and the Pokémon in the previous life can become popular, and cartoons are indispensable.
Thinking of Pokémon, Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help frowning.
It's been a few days now, and there's no news from Sega.
Either they don't accept the proposal, or they are still hesitating.
I'll have to find a way to push Hayabusa Nakayama.
"President."
At this moment, Akane Ayase suddenly shouted.
"What's wrong?"
"It's Sega's call." Akane Ayase said.
"Huh?!"
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Speak of the devil.
After several days of decision-making meetings, Sega finally decided to work with Pokeni.
Actually, it's mainly with Sony.
The proposal itself hit Sega's weakness, and at the same time, Seijiwon's Three Kingdoms theory impressed Hayao Nakayama.
Sega has always made a lot of mistakes, one of the biggest of which is that -
always thinks that they have the ability to single-handedly fight against heaven, and even because of MD's sales, they once burst with confidence.
But recently, SFC's momentum is strong, coupled with Hiroshi Yamauchi's appearance of no one in his eyes and Renten's various [welcome challenges] arguments, it really makes Hayao Nakayama feel extremely unhappy.
So after weighing the pros and cons, Sega accepted Pokeni's proposal.
After signing the additional contract, Qing Zhiyuan soon pulled several parties together and held a discussion meeting.
Pokeni doesn't have that big conference room, so the main venue is on Sega's side.
Sega's Hayao Nakayama, Pokeni's president Tomogen Ao, and DUN's president Nao Tsuda all attended the meeting, and Sony's Akio Morita was not in good health, so he asked Norio Ohga to participate on his behalf.
Several people from each company were present, and in addition to the main signatories, there were also directors of the R&D department, as well as operations staff and lawyers......
A conference room was full of a dozen people.
In business negotiations, the process of finalizing the details is really cumbersome and time-consuming.
Every inch is money, and every inch of land is contested, so everyone is trying to fight for the maximum interests of several parties as much as possible at the meeting.
It took about a month or so to finally settle down.
In the consensus cooperation, Sega strives for the dominance of R&D, and the main cost of handheld R&D is borne by Sega.
(Sega is very persistent in dominance, but Qing Zhiyuan itself does not want to get involved in the so-called host war at this stage, and DUN does not want to invest as much as 10 billion, so everyone has no objection to Sega as the main investor.) )
Logically, the name of this generation's handheld is tentatively set as [Sega Game Pocket], which translates to [Sega Pocket Game Pocket], referred to as GP.
Much better than GG.
In this way, the investment pressure of pokeni and DUN has naturally been reduced a lot.
The battery part of the handheld will be completed by Sony.
Pokeni's games will be exclusive to the handheld for a limited time
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The intellectual property rights of the handheld are then shared by the four parties.
Although it is shared by four parties, it is not allowed to develop GP-compatible game consoles.
(This is a lesson learned from the previous Renten, and it also prevents Sony or Sega from being able to dump others at any time)
The revenue from the sale of game consoles and the part of the royalty will be divided according to the proportion of investment and technology.
The right to review the game will be handled by SEGA at its sole discretion.
However, the games developed by the partners (pokeni, DUN and Sony) in the future will be developed and sold on the GP and enjoy preferential royalties.
And so on and so forth......
The clauses are very numerous, almost 100 pages long, and stipulate the investment ratio of each party and their respective interests.
At the same time, the consensus section also provides more convenient and preferential conditions for third-party game developers.
Games released on Sega Handheld will pay a premium of 10% less than the fee charged by Rententen.
And so on.
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In a word, after the signing of this contract, it is equivalent to the assembly of the princes of the Eighteen Roads.
Just wait to defeat Dong Zhuo.
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