Fortunately, the president did not mandate how much time it would take to make "Frontier Online", but just asked Ken Akanishi to pull a special program team to deal with the real-time large-scale online game architecture problem, as a problem.

Otherwise, Ken Akanishi would have to go crazy.

Of course, taking on a project does not mean that it can be done indefinitely, and Ken Akanishi is very clear about this, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the president comes to inquire about the progress of the project.

Moreover, even if you find various difficulties at work as an excuse, the president will always have a clear solution, and it is definitely not possible to fool around.

Even if the president doesn't say anything, you'll get flustered if you're always being chased like this.

Damn President!

Akasai Jian scolded fiercely in his heart, doesn't he have shortcomings?

In terms of steps and development cycles,

Qingzhiyuan's arrangement and transition are actually quite reasonable.

From the game platform, to the Sparrow Soul, from the Sparrow Soul to Pokémon Online, and from Pokémon Online to Frontier Online, it's not too silky.

After the border online paving is completed, the next one can do DNF, and then there is World of Warcraft, between these online games, they are basically in the same vein, as long as the architecture model of the server and the client is run through, the rest is the differentiation of the form of expression.

Frontier 3D game, closer to World of Warcraft, DNF is equivalent to a step forward on the basis of Pokémon, from a 2D turn-based game to a 2D real-time action game.

From Frontier to World of Warcraft, it is a 3D real-time game to a 3D larger-scale multiplayer dungeon mode real-time game, as long as Frontier Online can run down, World of Warcraft's problems are not too big.

Each game is a little bit ahead of the previous one, just enough to make the program team jump up and reach, just work hard, not too high-minded, in fact, is a very good development rhythm.

In this respect, Qingzhiyuan is simply a master of employee psychological expectation management, which will not make you feel too difficult and prohibitive, nor will it be too simple and easy to cause your self-confidence to be too inflated, and promote it just right.

Just this ability, Akanishi Ken and they probably won't understand it if they want to break their heads.

When you look back, you will suddenly realize -

It turns out that we have come so far.

At the end of the meeting, everyone began to prepare for the rest of the work according to what had been discussed.

……

After the general direction was set, Qing Zhiyuan didn't care anymore, and he was relieved to hand it over to Shinji Mikami and Ken Akanishi, and in the next few days, he took a look at the general direction of the plan.

Then on June 10th, he flew to Los Angeles with operations director Kazuma Takahashi and game director Shinji Mikami to participate in the annual E3 electronics show.

Since most of the game companies in the United States are concentrated in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley, it is very inconvenient for most manufacturers to rush to Atlanta every year, so at last year's E3 show, IDSA announced that E3 '99 will move back to Los Angeles, and signed a contract with the management of the Los Angeles Convention Center until 2012.

Therefore, the future E3 exhibition will always be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

The venue underwent a renovation in '99, so the exhibition area was expanded at the time of this E3.

What is different from the last very low-key pokeni is-

Before participating in E3 this time, Qingzhiyuan communicated with the organizer and put forward clear requirements for the venue.

Last year's E3 electronics show,Basically, Sony and Ren Heaven occupied the largest area,Almost every one is the size of half a football field,EA's scale is not small,Directly in the venue set up a ring。

Last year's pokeni was unusually low-key, mainly because Qingzhiyuan didn't plan to show many games, and the most important thing was to promote the DC game console.

But this year is very different, DC game consoles have just made a move, and now is the time to build momentum.

Therefore, Qingzhiyuan took the initiative to propose that it could be given a relatively large venue, and the two game companies Pokeni and Sega would jointly exhibit together, which would bring an unprecedented game frenzy.

When they heard Qing Zhiyuan's request, the organizers were taken aback.

After all things considered, Pokeni was given enough face to become the No. 1 game company with the largest exhibition area on site, which is almost the same as Sony's.

Just looking at the location of the scene, it was almost at the two ends of the venue, with Sony on one side and pokeni on the other, and it was full of gunpowder.

……

Ren Heaven and EA were separated on the other two sides, forming a four-cornered situation.

Even if you've never known the gaming world, you can tell who's big and who's small just by looking at the layout of the venue.

"Wow, this year's E3 Electronics Show is not easy to look at."

On the first day of the exhibition, the pre-exhibition press conference had not yet begun, and after everyone entered one after another, the reporters and some players who entered first couldn't help but get excited just by taking a look at the exhibition area arrangement on the spot.

"Oh my God, the whole venue is too clear at a glance, right? The east, west, north and south are all occupied by Sony, P Company, Ren Heaven and EA. ”

A player from China couldn't help laughing, and said to the friend next to him, "Isn't it a bit like the 5 uniques in Jin Yong?" ”

Although there is a ban on game consoles, it doesn't seem to affect Chinese players too much to get in touch with games, like other players in the world, Chinese gamers also had red and white machines in their childhood, but in the form of endless fun in the form of Xiaobawang.

In recent years, with the increasing popularity of home computers in the Chinese market and the increasing advancement of the Internet, Chinese gamers have actually gained a very clear understanding and understanding of the world.

With the continuous development of the economy, there are more and more wealthy people, so there will be players who come to the scene to watch the pre-show press conference.

Of course, these players from China also have some family background.

"Uh-huh, East Evil Pokeni, Southern Emperor Ren Heaven, North Beggars EA, West Poison Sony."

The speakers were arranged according to the orientation of the field, and this time the organizers gave the eastern area, which is also the best exhibition area, to pokeni.

"Hahaha, it's too vivid, isn't it? Seriously, this can be used to make a game, called a world game company tycoon or something. ”

"Don't say it's really a little interesting, but I think it's okay, in terms of the company's personality, Ren Heaven is more like West Poison, hahahaha."

"Who's that supernatural power?"

"Who knows? However, I heard that Microsoft seems to be planning to enter the gaming field, but I don't know if it's true. ”

"Wow, if Microsoft is gone, it's really a five-hundred."

Now Microsoft is a well-deserved giant, and Bill Gates's net worth has reached its peak, with $90 billion.

A dream that many people can hope for.

And that's just Bill Gates' personal assets, and all of Pokeni's assets don't necessarily add up to that much.

"If Microsoft were to enter the gaming market, it would be really beautiful, but there are so many games, and the choices of players are also very confusing."

"It's true, who doesn't want players to be concentrated on their own plate, but the result of competing with each other is definitely scattered.

It's a good thing to some extent, but if you think about it, now that Pokeni and Sony can set the price of game consoles cheaper, isn't it because there are competitors who are grabbing territory?

I estimate that in the future, if Microsoft really wants to make games, or even game consoles, their prices will be cheaper. ”

"Well, once the monopoly is over, the price will go up, whether it is a game console or a game, it should be the same, or a hundred schools of thought will contend, and a hundred flowers will bloom."

……

What is the trend on Microsoft's side now, in fact, it is not easy to say, Qing Zhiyuan plans to take this opportunity to have a good chat with the head of Microsoft's game department, they are interested in entering the game market, this is 100% certain.

It's just that I'm still hesitant to develop a host or not.

In fact, this belongs to the butterfly effect brought by Qing Zhiyuan, especially his move to acquire Sega, which directly led to the earth-shaking change of the entire situation.

In the previous life, Sega was killed by Sony and directly withdrew from the game console market, and the first huge challenge Microsoft faced if it wanted to enter the game field was to form a monopoly on PS game consoles.

They are definitely not willing to be a third-party game developer, one is to be a third party needs to compete with other game manufacturers by producing content, and the opponents they face are Ren Tian, Square Enix, EA...... This large number of enterprises with excellent development teams and big IPs.

First, it is not easy to fight, and second, the reward is relatively small.

Moreover, Sony's game console uses its own developed operating system, which is definitely incompatible with Microsoft's operating system.

So in such a situation, a head-on war with Sony is Microsoft's only option, because you can't find another way to replace it.

But what makes the situation different now is that-

Sega DC, including the game handheld SDS to be developed by Sega in the future, is based on the Windows CE operating system developed by Microsoft, which is customized by Microsoft for Sega.

For this purpose, Pokeni pays Microsoft a corresponding fee every year.

Therefore, Microsoft has no intention of developing a new console for the time being, they take into account that the Sega console itself uses Microsoft's operating system, so as long as the Sega game console expands in the future, it is equivalent to expanding Microsoft's platform, and the cost obtained from it alone is not small.

Qing Zhiyuan's consideration is very simple -

We use windows, not only on the game console, but also on the PC is also quite convenient, directly connecting the console and the computer, so that players can play pokeni games smoothly on any platform.

To put it bluntly, for Qing Zhiyuan, it is equivalent to using Windows as a channel, and the focus is on its own online game platform.

This platform will be bigger, faster, and more efficient than Steam in previous lives, and can be expanded in the shortest amount of time.

People in the world think that Qingzhiyuan wants the console market, but in fact, Qingzhiyuan wants the virtual game platform market, which is the big head of the future, just like Microsoft relying on the operating system to build a huge platform is a reason, and sometimes the right to speak may be at a higher level.

When the game platform is completely related to Windows, or even across Windows and compatible with Apple, it has become a more developed network, intertwined and integrated with each other, and it is actually painful to get rid of Pokeni.

This is you have me, I have you, just like the delicate relationship between China and Mi in the future, the deeper they are integrated into each other, the more difficult it is to peel off.

At the end of the day, you can't tell who is more advantageous.

So don't look at Microsoft's current R&D console, but Sega DC is equivalent to their console, but it certainly doesn't have an exclusive share of much.

Of course, if one day Microsoft says that it won't update the operating system on the console, it will actually be very uncomfortable.

In the final analysis, the initiative is still in the hands of Microsoft, and Sega will still have to develop its own operating system at that time, so Qingzhiyuan still has to prepare early.

The key is whether Microsoft should go it alone or use Sega as a springboard for output.

The exchange of interests in it is all to be discussed.

Microsoft's side must also calculate and measure, whether it is more advantageous to develop its own host to seize the market, or it is more profitable to support Sega DC as an agent.

The console war is the hardware platform market of Sony and Sega, once Qingzhiyuan Golden Cicada is successfully unshelled, and the virtual market of the game platform is done, there is no need for a console platform.

In fact, Qing Zhiyuan has already thought about everything, just waiting to see where the future goes.

……

After Qing Zhiyuan arrived at the scene, the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

"Qing, congratulations, DC has exceeded 10 million copies sold."

Richard Gilbert, the current president of EA, came up and hooked up to congratulate Pokeni and Sega.

"Joy and joy, thanks to EA's strong support, we have the current results of DC, Mr. Gilbert, how about we have a drink together in the evening?"

Qing Zhiyuan stretched out his right hand and made a gesture for a drink.

The latter laughed when he heard it, "That's a must." ”

After a few words of greeting with the president of EA and setting up a dinner for the evening, Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemott also came over and said that he was very surprised by the results of the Sega DC game console, and praised Qingzhiyuan's decision-making ability.

"If we can, we hope to deepen cooperation in the future."

"If you are willing to join DC, I can guarantee that the performance of the DC game console will not disappoint you, and we will definitely make a lot of money."

Qing Zhiyuan responded with a smile.

When he saw Ubisoft, Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but think of Assassin's Creed, and when he thought of Assassin's Creed, he thought of Hidetaka Miyazaki.

pondering—

Why don't you let the Miyazaki children be Assassin's Creed?

What would that look like?

Qing Zhiyuan held his hands and looked up to think for two seconds, just thinking about it was funny.

……

After a while, Square Enix's Masashi Miyamoto, Konami, Glorious...... A large number of game manufacturers came over and chatted with Qing Zhiyuan alone.

He seemed very enthusiastic.

Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

These guys, the wind is changing so fast.

……

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Yesterday I ate two packs of montmorillonite powder, and today I didn't pull it again during the day, and I thought it was good, but I started to pull it again at night, and I couldn't stand it at all.

The whole person has no strength at all.

There is no update tonight

Thank you

See you tomorrow (end of chapter)