After the launch of Pokeni's game platform, relying on the current board games and recharge system, it has suddenly obtained a very stable income flow.

Neon is still a small head, the big head is mainly on the Omi side, and now the most used network is the rice people, and they also have a high-quality ability to pay, many rice people are typical gamblers, and they have no resistance to gambling on the network.

In addition, the network construction and online banking system of the United States are relatively well set up, and the Internet banking is popular, and there are more high-quality customers born naturally.

A lot of times it's impulsive payment, and if you lose, you always want to win once, but the easier it is to get up, at this time, in the United States area where online banking payment is opened, the threshold for them to pay is lower, unlike neon and Chinese users, many people have to run to buy point cards, maybe they will calm down when the wind blows on the road.

Therefore, although the number of users in the United States is not the largest, it is the highest payment amount.

"President, the game platform is too powerful, right? I had no idea how much money this thing could make. ”

On Pokeni's side, Ken Akanishi, the director of the programming department, couldn't believe his eyes at all, just such a small thing, even stuffed in the game category looked a little crude and weak, but the aggregation produced such a huge amount of energy, so that Pokeni was able to accumulate a large amount of money in a short period of time.

And judging from the data, the daily flow is actually very stable and growing.

Ken Akanishi himself couldn't quite imagine how far this thing could grow in the future.

Other colleagues in the company didn't seem to have imagined that a game platform that seemed so simple could produce so much power.

The monthly turnover is more than 31 million US dollars, which is already higher than the annual revenue of many game masterpieces.

A game is about $60 in the United States, and 30 million needs to sell 500,000 copies, which most games can't do.

Even if it continues to develop at this level, Pokeni is equivalent to releasing a game with sales of up to 500,000 every month, and this number is still rising, and Pokeni's own members can't imagine what the future will become.

"Yes, it's terrible, we don't necessarily make so much money in two years of game development, and the monthly turnover of the game platform is so high."

"How to say it, I can only say that I am fortunate that I am an employee of Pokeni, otherwise I would be envious of this number in other companies."

"Hahaha, it's really rewarding to be a member of Pokeni."

This feeling of lying down and winning is really incomparably beautiful, and it seems that because of the existence of Qing Zhiyuan, they have an illusion of [it turns out that it is so easy to make money].

Even if there is a new game platform in the company, it doesn't seem that there are any game masterpieces, but it can make so much money, which is really amazing.

Before the official launch, no one in the company would have thought of such an effect except Qingzhiyuan.

According to their previous thoughts, how much can you earn from a game that [free download] and then recharge through point cards, I'm afraid it's about the same as an arcade hall, but the monthly turnover of a large-scale arcade hall is only about tens of millions of yen per month, which is not an order of magnitude at all from what you see now.

Seeing Akanishi Ken and the others dropping their jaws in shock, Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but feel a little funny.

However, he gently patted Akanishi Ken on the shoulder and told him to calm down, this is just a routine operation, don't be too surprised.

"It can only be said that in this world, if there are conditions, everyone can become a gambling dog.

Betting on dogs is the most hopeless. ”

Qing Zhiyuan said with a smile, "Our game hall uses people's gambling nature, and the fear is that players will not come to play, once they enter the game hall to play a few mahjong games, there will always be a lot of losers, and naturally they will go up and buy more game currency." ”

"Oh, I see."

Akasai Ken nodded seriously, Qing Zhiyuan didn't have a specific concept when he asked him to make a game platform before, although he didn't have too many concepts now, but he finally had some understanding.

"Human nature is terrible."

Previous games were basically differentiated and enriched in terms of fun and experience, but Pokeni has created a new game mode -

Players are paid for by existing games that are gambling in nature.

There is almost no beauty at all in the design, and even the weakness of human nature is exploited, which seems a bit rough, but the profits brought are indeed considerable.

Before that, it was probably only the arcade machine that had a similar effect.

"Now we see that the revenue is quite high, mainly because the growth scale of new users is relatively rapid and is in the rising stage," Qing Zhiyuan said to Shinji Mikami next to him, "In the future, I will assign you a new task, which is to find a way for players to spend the virtual currency of the game platform." ”

"Huh? What does that mean? Shinji Mikami took out a small notebook and took notes, but he didn't keep up with the president's thinking for a while.

"Aren't we going to launch a game download feature in the future, which can be purchased with dandelion coins? After more third parties join the game platform, it will make the game currency have an outlet for consumption. ”

"Uh-huh." Shinji Mikami nodded.

"But these games are still not enough for consumption," Qing Zhiyuan said seriously, "and we need to provide other things." ”

In fact, the money that players recharge in the game will eventually circulate in the platform and then gather in the hands of a few people, and if these virtual coins are not consumed, they will eventually overflow.

The real part of pokeni can earn comes from the amount of dandelion coins spent on opening rooms, especially high-level rooms, and some of them are raked like casinos.

Therefore, Qing Zhiyuan needs to get Shinji Mikami and them to devise more ways to consume money.

"For example, on the game platform, each player's personal avatar can be personalized by purchasing more good-looking avatars provided by the official, you know what I mean?

It's equivalent to making a player's avatar on the Internet, and then selling them the corresponding face, hair, body, clothes, pants and various special effects......

These are to be sold for money. ”

"Huh?" Shinji Mikami was a little shocked, "Is this really good?" ”

It's hard for him to imagine what kind of player would be willing to pay for an avatar in a game, and Mikami's instinctive reaction was-

This thing can't be eaten, and it can't be worn, and it has no use value at all, so just to show that players will really buy it in the game?

"You don't understand, it's called virtual goods, but virtual goods are also goods." Qing Zhiyuan said with a smile, "And in the future, I will provide them with houses, cars, accessories, etc., which you can do as much as possible."

These features are all used to recycle in-game currency. ”

"Okay president."

Although Shinji Mikami has doubts about whether virtual goods can be valuable, this does not prevent him from understanding the design ideas of Qing Zhiyuan, and Mikami thinks that he should be able to do a good job.

"Mikami," when he was about to leave the president's office, Mikami was called back by Qing Zhiyuan again.

"President."

"If you think about it this way, the game itself is a kind of virtual commodity, whether it is a game disc or the data transmitted through the network after digitization, it is just a carrier of the game.

Isn't that understandable to you? ”

Shinji Mikami was stunned for a moment, pondering what the president said, and in less than two seconds, his eyes sparkled.

"Hmm. I understand the president. ”

Once he figured out that games were virtual goods and that anything could be virtualized, Shinji Mikami suddenly became enlightened.

"In other words, in the future, you can also make a claw machine in the game platform."

"Hahaha, yes, that's right, that's it." Qing Zhiyuan laughed happily, this guy's comprehension ability is really strong.

Sega is the first game manufacturer to make claw machines, and the claw machine is made into the game platform, which can not only recover dandelion coins, but also allow players to play the role of a virtual human.

In the future, Pokémon dolls can also be put out and turned into [virtual pet] images, not only virtual dolls, but also virtual pets with movements.

However, at that time, it was already the era of gaming platform 2.0.

It is equivalent to Pokeni to keep a lot of data for each player, which is quite demanding on the server.

Qingzhiyuan's big idea is equivalent to building a virtual home with a game, not only is it as simple as steam, you can not only create your own world in the virtual home, but also be able to dress up for yourself, use this virtual person to socialize, play games, buy goods and raise pets......

This is actually the [metaverse] model of the future, but it is definitely more down-to-earth than Zuckerberg's idea.

Once netizens get used to and identify with their identity in the dandelion world, over time they will see it as another self, and they can use this avatar to become a real and vivid individual life in the world.

This is the game platform 2.0 model conceived by Qingzhiyuan.

There will be 3.0 and 4.0 in the future......

Until the day when the brain machine actually appeared.

……

For peers in the gaming industry, hearing about the achievements of the Pokeni gaming platform is like experiencing a major earthquake.

"200,000 highest online? What is this concept? ”

On the Chinese side, Mr. Jinshan's begging Bojun was a little confused.

After all, there were no online games in this year, so everyone was not too sensitive to numbers.

As early as January 1996, Kingsoft's Xishanju Studio released the first commercial game in Chinese mainland - "Zhongguancun Apocalypse", marking Kingsoft's official entry into the game field.

In 97, a "Swordsman Love" swept the whole of China, and Xishanju is also well-deserved China's No. 1 game developer.

"It is said that Pokeni earned $31 million from the gaming platform alone from July to August." The marketing director next to him explained.

If there is no concept of the number of people online, then there is still a concept of money and always asking.

"So much?"

Qiu Bojun was a little confused.

"And ......," the marketing director gritted his teeth and continued, "According to the observations and estimates of our marketing colleagues, in the future, Pokeni's game platform will be able to generate at least $30 million in monthly turnover, and even this number will increase with the number of users." ”

"What...... Ahem...... "Qiu Bojun was really a little scared.

You must know that although the swordsman love affair is popular, the lifespan is actually very short, and after the first two months, sales will only go downhill.

And you tell me that board games can earn 30 million every month, and it's still dollars!

Isn't this the equivalent of Pokeni being able to release a blockbuster single-player game every month?

Qiu Zong's eyes lit up, "Chess and card games, is it so terrifying?" ”

……

Bao Yueqiao, the boss of Lianzhong, was also an afterthought, until someone told him that there was a game platform similar to them on the market, he went to experience it, and this experience did not matter, which directly scared his back into a cold sweat.

Now they are still struggling with how to make the game lobby pay and monetize, and they didn't expect Pokeni to make it directly.

This kind of operation of buying point cards offline and entering recharge on the Internet is really eye-opening, and Bao Yueqiao can't think of it when he breaks his head.

"! We woke up early in the morning and fell behind! ”

……

It took about a month or so, and other game manufacturers basically came back to their senses, and finally understood Qing Zhiyuan's operation.

"Ahh That's how online games work. ”

SCE President Ken Nagata Taka is amazed by this set of operation mode of Qing Zhiyuan, using online games, and then connecting real people through the Internet, and then directly transporting chess and card games to gamble, which is equivalent to opening up a casino online.

Although the funds are only in and out, players can only earn virtual game currency in the game and cannot be exchanged for money, but every time P company sells a game point card, it is real money!

Before, everyone was stuck in the traditional one-time payment mentality, but now Pokeni has taught everyone a lesson with the new online game, telling everyone that there is still this kind of trickle and long-term mode of game production.

Judging from the results, arcade halls are probably not as profitable as Pokeni's online gaming platform.

You must know that the dandelion game platform is spread all over the world, and China, plus Omi and Neon, basically covers a large number of game people.

Don't look at the number of players who are only a few million now, but the potential users are in the hundreds of millions.

Kutaragi Ken already felt a deep shudder, and he could almost imagine what a behemoth this dandelion game platform could develop into in the future.

"It's terrifying, Pokeni's game platform is simply a gold-swallowing monster."

The dandelion game platform feels like a giant whale swimming in the ocean, and there is not even a comparable guy around.

Kutaragi's fingers trembled subconsciously, and he intuitively felt that if he didn't keep up with the pace of P in the short term, he might be left far behind.

But—

Now Sony has too little foreshadowing in the Internet field.

This inevitably gave him a headache and fear.

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