The demo of BioShock Infinite is now available.

Almost overnight......

No, in one day, it exploded!

Whether it's a thrilling gunfight, or an imaginative ability, the setting of tearing time and space, and the vivid and agile Elizabeth.

and finally presented in front of the player, a unique sky rail gameplay.

Without exception, they are deeply attracted to many players.

It also made countless game streamers and game reviewers who bore the brunt of the game give at least 9.5 points of praise after the first trial!

"The only regret is that this demo is too short, and it almost ends before I have time to taste it, and I will temporarily deduct 0.5 points and wait for the ontology to go online and make up for it!"

"The gorgeous performance of "Infinity" is simply like a sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, whether it is players who like FPS, like character modeling, like exploration and collection, or even simply like to interact with characters, are blessed!"

"I thought that the number one player would gradually disappear from the manufacturers with the precipitation of time, after all, there will always be a day when the inspiration will run out, but the genius designer Mr. Ke Jin has once again brought us a new and shocking game journey, and I am looking forward to the launch of the ontology!"

"Only the demo is out, then I can only blow the demo, the demo game style is almost the most daring and avant-garde of all the 3D games I've played! And still maintains the original intention of the number one player, using gameplay to speak, rather than tying players with heavy krypton gambling dog psychology. ”

"Who is the peak of the auxiliary road, and when you encounter a foolish white road, it will be empty! In just 15 minutes of contact, I fell in love with this charming and cute female character! Even if it's for Elizabeth, I'll take this game in full! So, number one player, light up the price! ”

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There is a hot topic about "Infinity" on major media platforms, and they are also rushing again and again!

Although it is not realistic to reach the top of the hot search list with only one demo.

But it can stay in the top 10 of all major platforms for several days, and as a game, it has done its best.

It has also set off an unprecedented grand occasion in the player circle.

Countless players have called for the "Infinity" ontology to be brought up quickly, and if it really doesn't work, open the payment channel first, let's buy tickets first, and then get on the bus!

Although the number one player did not listen to the advice of players from all walks of life.

However, in the "Bioshock" section of the NAA forum, a vote was initiated by good deeds.

In the end, nearly 180,000 people were willing to pay first.

This widely trusted scene also exhilarated the employees of Ready Player One, and the smiles on their faces when they went to work every day could barely be hidden.

For more than three months, I have worked hard day and night on research and development, repeated refinement of Elizabeth, and continuous optimization of all aspects of the game.

Under the comments that players are looking forward to, it can be regarded as worth the effort.

As the saying goes, some people are happy and some people are sad.

The popularity of the "Infinite" demo this time was high, and a group of fans of major arts outside the circle did not react, but Teng Jing was anxious first.

Fans of other entries outside the circle didn't react because.

They don't play games themselves, so they don't know what the demo represents.

And in the past few days, everyone has been very competitive, and the masterpieces of major art categories have taken turns to brush their faces on the hot search.

I've been seeing hemp for a long time.

You brush whatever you want, treat you like a Muggle.

Until the day of the final awards ceremony, any enthusiasm is vain.

As for the reason why Tengjing is in a hurry, it is also very simple.

The three giants of domestic games, Tengjing, Netcom, and Yinhui.

Among them, Netcom's main business is heavy krypton online games.

In terms of online game revenue, the turnover accounts for almost more than 80% of the net network game profit share.

The core income of its online games is to let the poor be dogs for the rich and satisfy the consumption desires of the rich.

This is similar to what many luxury brands do.

The world's first gang built by the rich is probably able to catch up with the total monthly turnover contribution of the poor buddies of the entire server.

On the Yinhui side, after more than 20 years of track competition, it began to change the company's focus business around this decade.

The main focus is on the business of the mobile phone and the host side.

And also self-developed the [Silver Wing] series of game consoles and game phones, specifically for games.

The entire Yinhui company is not so much selling games to make money, but selling exclusive equipment to make money.

The game equipment sold in a year is almost 2 times higher than the turnover of its own games.

Finally, let's take a look at the distribution of Tengjing companies.

From the humble beginnings of chat communication 30 years ago.

Then the focus shifts to the gaming industry.

Relying on plagiarism or buying out the copyrights of major foreign games, it has risen strongly and grown savagely for a period of time.

Start transferring the track.

Stripped from the original Tengjing game.

Nowadays, the parent company of Tengjing on Blue Star has a wide range of activities.

From chat communication, convenient payment, to transportation, a series of markets with a large user base, such as fresh melons and fruits, have been invested.

It can be said that the parent company is now more of an investment company, blossoming everywhere.

Of course, the influence of the subsidiary Tengjing Game is still there.

In the game industry alone, Tengjing Game's annual financial report last year reached a full 80 billion.

The division of its game turnover is also very even.

Online games accounted for 31%, stand-alone games accounted for 28%, mobile games such as consoles and mobile phones accounted for 34%, and the rest was the revenue of channels or partners.

It can be seen from this that among the Big Three.

The biggest control over the stand-alone game market is Tengjing.

What makes a single machine can also be linked to heavy krypton is also Tengjing.

Even if there is no competition between players, it can make players pay for it.

To a certain extent, this can be regarded as a kind of ability to grasp the psychology of players.

And at this point, go back and look at the number one player.

What is the nature of Ready Player One gaming company?

After more than a year of crazy development, more than a dozen popular games have been smashed.

If you go to the fine plate, it is not difficult to find.

This is a company that mainly focuses on PC stand-alone, supplemented by online games, and has not yet set foot in the mobile terminal, and has not yet shown obvious ideas about game equipment.

Then, this company, which mainly focuses on PC stand-alone, the biggest threat is naturally Tengjing.

At first, Tengjing's executives were unimpressed.

I just think that this little one likes to jump, let him jump to it, what about a table of dishes, how many bites can he eat with this small volume?

Moreover, keep them at home, and when they come out with one, they will copy one by themselves.

Operate it again, and sell more than they originally did.

Isn't it beautiful?

Gradually, however, the higher-ups discovered that something was wrong.

Kejin this stinky boy...... How can we produce new works faster than we can copy old ones?

"Hollow" is a big hit, and our special torture action game that was just finalized half a year ago has only been established for a long time.

The boy took out a farming game and led a new wave.

That's okay, our high-level simply held a meeting, and the torture game can continue to be done, but the focus will first shift to farming, after all, it is currently the outlet, and many passers-by and players have shown a strong interest in the genre of farming.

Work overtime to make it!

When it was announced, it was directly advertised as "Blue Star's Greatest Farming Game!" 》

Moreover, after two waves, the high-level executives of Tengjing game are about to be beaten out of PTSD by Kejin.

In order to avoid him jumping out of a new type immediately, he continued to turn the tide strongly, which indirectly led to his company's hidden losses.

Tengjing also deliberately stumbled the number one player this time.

directly gave up the quota of this year's annual cultural festival, which should have been Tengjing's turn to participate, to the number one player.

Silly boy, throw you in the quagmire, just play!

When you are all anxious to cope with the rhythm, we will make a farming game, hurry up and eat hot!

The result is who knows.

The group of stunned players of the number one player, including the most iron-clad boss in their family, not only did they not choose an old masterpiece to polish and optimize it and send it to the competition after agreeing to participate in the annual cultural festival.

Instead, I pulled out another updated game directly from the crotch of my pants!

Even a demo can directly blow up the game circle!

It is also called a pioneering masterpiece that subverts traditional 3D games by people from all walks of life!

It is usually marked with the word 'subversive', and this evaluation still comes from the mouth of the player.

Then you'll have to study it well.

Therefore, the day after the "Infinity" demo was put on the shelves, Tengjing's senior management attached great importance to it and held an emergency meeting.

This time, they no longer sent the task down, and let Bao Jingbi study it alone.

Instead, I directly called the directors/supervisors/chief designers of several of its popular games, and everyone discussed the game in real time.

The demo is not long, only 15 minutes.

But it's the stage of the actual demonstration.

The entire conference room remained silent.

In the end, the protagonist of the game jumps and hangs on the sky track to chase the boss, and the picture tension is instantly full!

I even watched many of the game designers present sweating on their foreheads, and their breathing became short.

Even some of the senior executives who are only responsible for planning the overall situation and don't know much about the content of the game are stunned.

If it weren't for the need for a rigorous meeting, many high-level officials would even want to say, 'Ke Jin, this little cub is not an alien'

In the end, wait until the actual demonstration is over.

Ling Zhetao, vice president of Tengjing game, who was sitting in the center and presiding over the meeting, slowly looked at everyone and spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell us what you think. What is disruptive? ”

As a giant company, in addition to customizing the president of the general direction of the development of the entire company, Tengjing Game has also set up senior managers of various departments, also known as vice presidents.

Ling Zhetao, as the vice president in charge of game development, and the head of the company's large and small stand-alone game project teams all need to connect with him.

After Ling Zhetao's voice fell.

Everyone in the conference room, you look at me, I look at you.

Immediately, someone whispered uncertainly: "Let's not talk about innovation or not, the biggest feeling I have this "Infinity" demo is ...... The number one player has crammed all the diverse and rich gameplay into one game, which will inevitably raise the threshold for subsequent players to make a big game. If "Infinity" explodes, our entire single-player game market will probably have to be reshuffled. ”

Others chimed in.

"Director Liu is right, the production direction of our previous 3D stand-alone masterpieces is basically to emphasize a single element, such as FPS, which focuses on shooting, so that the shooting content accounts for 80% of the entire game. Then adopt a free-to-play system, from which a series of gacha paid content such as guns and firepower enhancements are sold, although it is a single machine, but each player will not get the same weapon, even if the same weapon, the firepower wear is not the same, so as to stimulate the player's hidden comparison. Not only compared with those players who posted pictures on the Internet, but also compared with their own firepower. ”

"It's the same at the heart of action games, there are other sub-categories, but they don't always change."

"The benefits of this are intuitive, and all of you should know it. It is the ability to sell multiple elements separately, a set of R&D solutions, which can be applied to several different game types, and make double or even triple the money. ”

"But if the "Infinity" itself is not much different from the demo, I am afraid that the diversified demand of players for 3D single-player masterpieces will skyrocket in the future. They're going to want to find a narrative in an FPS, they're looking for a story, or action, or magic, whatever you want to say...... They won't want to play games that only have FPS and nothing else, except for the competitive category. ”

Hearing this, Ling Zhetao rubbed his chin lightly and also fell into deep thought.

If it goes on like this.

The game experience of players has indeed improved, after all, the game elements are richer.

However, the cost of self-investment in development will also be raised.

A set of big R&D plans, eating three or four games of different categories, it will be difficult to repeat it in the future.

This also means that this new work of the number one player will directly lead to the impact on the interests of major game companies led by Tengjing!

As he pondered, the game director added.

"Actually, the number one gamer had such a tendency back in Jedi, and they seem to like to stuff a variety of stuff into a game. It's just that it was an online game at that time, and many times the core of online games is not necessarily in terms of gameplay, and social content also occupies a large proportion. ”

"And then in 2D, "Hollow" and "Stardew Valley" are also integrating diversity, especially the rich system of "Stardew Valley", which can even be split into five or six games. It's just that the market for 2D games is small, and we don't pay attention to it. ”

"But this time...... He has already begun to make a big move on 3D, if you don't pay attention to it, our single machine revenue will not be more than three years, I am afraid it will suffer a violent shock. ”

"Mr. Ling, you have to think of a countermeasure."

A group of designers who have been in their comfort zone for more than a decade are all frowning in the face of the impact that "Infinity" may bring.

Ling Zhetao's fingers tapped on the table quickly, and he was anxiously thinking of countermeasures.

It's hard to imagine yourself as a giant company that has been standing in the Chinese game industry for more than 20 years.

In just over a year, it will be forced to this extent by a small company.

Although the number one player is on the surface, it will not bring any trauma to Tengjing for the time being.

But frogs are never boiled to death.

The thousand-mile embankment is not going to be washed away by the torrent in a day.

The so-called prevention is better than prevention, and now it is the end of the pre-existing stage, and the level of burning the eyebrows is already on.

"That's it, Director Liu, you contact the people in the public relations department and try to talk to the number one player."

"Let's see if we can talk to them about postponing the release of the game."

"For any reason, it can even be said that Tengjing is interested in partnering with the number one player company, and intends to inject a large amount of money into their future investment in the research and development of new games. Anyway, draw them a pie first, and then drag them down. ”

Ling Zhetao doesn't have a good decision for the time being, and even if he has a method, he must be cautious about the major system reform of the company, and he can't make a decision with a pat on the head.

Therefore, procrastination is the best.

It will be on the shelves a few days later, and when you figure out how to stop the savage growth of the industry tumor of the number one player, it will not be too late to use the knife on them.

"Okay."

End of the short meeting.

There are also some things that everyone unanimously recognizes.

That is, the number one player is no longer the size that can be ignored a year ago or even half a year ago.

They seem to be doing one thing from start to finish – knocking down the over-inflated pricing of the entire gaming industry with one high-quality and affordable game after another.

The price is not inflated, and the overflow is overflowing, and every big factory has a number in their hearts.

It's just that no small factory has ever dared to wade into this muddy water before.

"However, I believe that after the public relations department contacts them, they should be more restrained." Ling Zhetao, who ended the meeting, sat in the office, looking out the window at the clear sky.

"After all, our Tengjing's legal department is not easy to mess with."

"We can work with you to make your company smooth, but it can also make you unable to even run a company and be entangled in lawsuits every day."

Soon, a day later.

Ling Zhetao received a report from the head of the public relations department.

"How? Got in touch? ”

"Got in touch." The director of the public relations department said in a respectful tone: "I used both soft and hard, talked to them vaguely about the stakes, and according to what Mr. Ling said, let them change the release time of the game." ”

"What do you say over there?" Ling Zhetao's heart moved.

"Yes."

"yes, I see." Hang up.

Ling Zhetao suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief, and his brows furrowed slightly.

It seems that the number one player can still recognize the reality.

I really thought that their aggressive posture, bizarre pricing, and continuous innovation to raise the threshold of players were intended to meet us head-on.

I didn't expect that like other unruly small factories in the early years, it was also a soft persimmon, which broke when pinched.

However, since the other party can breathe a sigh of relief.

That means a second concession can be made.

than to erase this kind of small factory with potential.

Ling Zhetao is more interested in acquiring the number one player.

"Next, it's time to talk about acquisitions."

"Although this company is not listed, you can also collect the changes in his company's turnover on the Internet, and someone should do statistics." Ling Zhetao picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.

And I clicked on the webpage with the mouse.

It's just that the moment the web page is opened.

"Poof!!" The tea that had just entered his mouth was all squirted out, and Ling Zhetao's expression suddenly changed dramatically!

Fang Cai's face was full of disbelief at this time!

He hurriedly glanced at the date display in the lower right corner.

November 28th

"This is so ......" Ling Zhetao suddenly gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, and a sense of anger at being teased also arose spontaneously in his heart.

The number one player changed the shelf time......

But fuck it! He changed it to today!!

A little bit of foreshadowing for the follow-up new games, the next chapter officially writes the content of the game itself.

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Thank you to the 'Aris Happy' boss for the reward!!

Thank you to the 'Kill Me with Updates' boss for the 666 book coins!

Thank you for the love of the two big guys!!

Kowtow to the big guy!

Bang bang bang!!

(End of chapter)