There are two versions of Rush, the console version and the PC version.

Different from the previous Tianba games, the PC sales account for more than seventy percent or even eighty percent, and the console sales are dispensable.

The new console side is selling very well.

Less than two months after its release, the total number of active players on consoles has already exceeded the million level, even more than on desktop.

“Xbox Game Pass！”

Chen Ba pointed out the key reason for the rapid growth of players, and that is the Game Pass membership subscription service launched by Xbox.

This stuff smells good!

After purchasing XGP membership, players can play a variety of exclusive boutique games without hindrance during the service period, which is very attractive to players.

This is the player's perspective.

From the perspective of game developers, Xbox Game Pass also has a considerable positive factor, and that is drainage!

"Gamers basically have their own preferences, such as Xiao Lu likes to play Galgame, Zhong Shengwei likes to play RPG adventures, and Dong Ge likes to play strategy management ......"

Chen Ba took everyone as an example, and then said with a smile: "For you, when you encounter the type of game you like to play, it must be brainless. But what if it's the type of game you don't like? ”

Interest determines willingness to pay!

If you are interested in a game, the player's willingness to pay will be very high, and a player who likes to play a simulation management game, when he encounters a simulation management game, his willingness to pay is definitely stronger than that of a player who likes to play soul games.

Conversely.

The theme of this game is not the one you like, so your willingness to pay will be very low.

"That's ...... true"

Everyone nodded in unison.

This is also a well-recognized fact in the game industry, and different game genres target different player groups.

"But the Xbox Game Pass membership subscription service has changed this ecology because of its payment logic, which is a bit like the monthly membership of those video software and music platforms."

Chen Ba asked rhetorically: "If you open a VIP membership of Tianba Music, and a new song is released on the platform, will you listen to it?" ”

"Definitely!"

Xiao Lu said without thinking: "I've opened a membership, listen to it on the whole platform, why don't you listen to it?" ”

"But you like more lyrical music, and you're not interested in this kind of rock?"

"I'll listen to that, too."

"If it's good, add it to the playlist, and if it's not good, you shouldn't have heard it!"

"That's right!"

Chen Ba snapped his fingers and said: "This is the Xbox Game Pass for the players who are attracted to "Speed Rush", a large group of players who may not be interested in racing games. ”

After opening an XGP membership, I will definitely want to give it a try in the face of so many games in the game library.

This trial, I found that it was actually okay, not so annoying, and the price after the discount was acceptable, so just buy a copy!

That's what a lot of players think.

This is also the fundamental reason why "Speed Rush" instantly gained a large number of players and gained a firm foothold on the Xbox console platform after it joined the Xbox Game Pass service.

The total number of XGP members is exaggerated.

Although home game consoles are a relatively unpopular field in China, Xbox Game Pass is a service that many people have never touched.

But in foreign countries, especially in Europe and the United States, home game consoles are still quite popular, and there are not a few players who subscribe to XGP membership services, and there must be tens of millions.

Among these tens of millions of XGP members, even if only a small number of players are curious about the new "Speed Hurricane" and want to download it to play, it is not a small number.

"Can we get a share of the money?"

Xiao Lu is not interested in the so-called XGP membership service, he only cares about one thing, that is, "Extreme Hurricane" has entered the XGP game library, can Tianba Studio get the money?

"Of course you can divide it!"

"We're a third party, not a first-party game developer." Chen Ba rolled his eyes and said.

If it is a game studio wholly owned by Microsoft, which is commonly known as the first party, they are a family with Xbox, and it doesn't matter if they share the money or not, anyway, the money is left and right.

But Tianba Studio, as a third party, if you don't give them money, won't it become a pure part-time job?

My brother has to settle the score!

This money must be divided, and how to divide it depends on the proportion of "Speed Hurricane" in the XGP service, as well as comprehensive data such as the total time spent by players.

Chen Ba made a rough calculation.

If you always maintain the current number of active players, two or three hundred million dollars a year is a sprinkle of water.

Doesn't sound much?

But don't forget, this is only the revenue after the XGP split, not the sales of the base game!

XGP membership has attracted millions of players to Rush, and even if only some of these players will buy the game, hundreds of thousands of copies of the game will be sold.

"How much money is you?"

After listening to Brother Ba's narration, Zhong Shengwei muttered: "In that case, the console platform alone is likely to create tens of millions of revenue for us?" ”

"This is how the game of guns and cars is played."

Compared to the fuss of others, Chen Ba seems very bland, mainly when he decided to develop a "gun car ball" game, he knew that this market would be huge.

It turns out that the gun car ball is worthy of being recognized as one of the three winning magic weapons in the game industry!

These three types of games do have countless fans, an extremely large market share, and countless fans all over the world.

It's still a racing game......

If it is a shooting game, that is, the gun in the gun car ball, Chen Ba can't imagine the breadth of the market.

"I have a bold idea!"

Xiao Lu suddenly thought: "Since any element of the gun car ball is so awesome, what if these three elements are combined to make a game?" ”

"Grand Theft Auto!"

Chen Ba said with a smile: "The combination of guns and cars has created one of the greatest works in the history of games, and all three are combined? That has to be a god directly! ”

It's a terrible idea.

The combination of simple guns and cars is an epic masterpiece that is popular all over the world and has sales of more than 100 million. If you add the "ball" element to the GTA series, players will probably be in high spirits.

"The console platform is in decline slightly, but the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, no matter what, the console is also the most popular home entertainment platform abroad."

"If Tianba Studio wants to go abroad and produce more games for the world, the console is still a point that cannot be ignored."

Chen Ba has no prejudice against the host.

Although he himself is a loyal PC gamer and has played PC since he was a child, he also knows that it is better to use consoles abroad.

Tianba Studio doesn't want to go to sea, just wants to nest in the country and make money from the Chinese people.

If you want to go overseas and make money from foreign players, you really can't ignore the optimization and attention to the console platform.

"Okay, I got it."

Yang Dong knew that what Brother Ba meant by this was that their operation and maintenance team could not only optimize the PC side, but also the host side.

This is not the case!

In the past, there were few players on the console side and low sales, so if you don't pay attention to it, you won't pay attention to it. But now that the number of players on the console side has exceeded one million, if you can't pay attention to it, it's really hopeless.

When it comes to game optimization, Yang Dong remembers one thing.

In the game "Speed Rush", many players reflect the same problem, that is, you can't play music while driving?

Bad review!

Brother Ba, what are you doing?

Why is there no music in the car? Do you know how hard this incident hit everyone when you can't listen to songs while driving?

"Uh......"

After learning that the players were protesting and couldn't listen to the song while driving, Chen Ba was also helpless and said: "The copyright is not easy to handle!" ”

Players play their own songs, that's nothing, but the official through the update, make a lot of copyrighted music, that's a bad thing.

"You know what I mean by having a car audio system, but there's no music files built-in?"

"I see."

Yang Dong understood, Brother Ba meant that you can play songs for everyone, but these songs can't be officially provided by Tianba Studio, and players need to manually add song files and paths.

In this way, Tianba Studio does not have to buy the so-called song copyright.

After all, they only made a car audio system, and they didn't provide audio files, all of which were made up by the players themselves, so they can be blamed for infringement?

"That's right!"

Speaking of the game "Extreme Hurricane", Chen Ba seemed to think of something, so he asked: "At this time, most players should have saved enough money to experience the vehicle modification function, right?" ”

It is said that the repair function of the game "Extreme Hurricane" is very powerful, and it can simulate the most realistic car repair process.

But what everyone overlooks is that the car modification features in this game are also very powerful, and the degree of freedom is also very high!

It's been so long since the game was released, and Chen Ba also wants to know, what interesting cars have been modified by this group of players?

"That's ......"

Yang Dong thought about it, but couldn't think of too appropriate adjectives, and said hesitantly: "It's hard for me to describe, you can go to the community to read the post yourself!" ”

Chen Ba: "??? ”

How is it so difficult to describe?

Could it be that what other eye-catching work can these players do?

With curiosity, Chen Ba clicked on the newly opened "Tianba Auto Trade" section of the Tianba community and browsed the popular posts of the forum.

The first mod sticker is normal.

The player converted an ordinary household scooter into a highway wrecker, and added a triangular shovel head to the front of the car, as long as it drove to the traffic jam section, the congested road instantly freed up a lane.

Real physical clearance!

It's okay......

Although it is somewhat abstract, it is at least within the acceptable range, and it is not as indescribable as Yang Dong said.

Next!

clicked on the second modification sticker, and the teacup that Chen Ba was holding in his hand almost didn't fall to the ground and fell into pieces.

What's that?

What kind of strange brain hole is this, it actually adds propellers and air cushions to the vehicle, so that the vehicle can float on the water and move quickly, turning into an amphibious vehicle.

The player then drove his own modified amphibious vehicle through the sea, eventually driving to the air wall at the edge of the map.

Ok, good, good!

You're playing like that, aren't you?

guessed that the players' brains would be very big, but when he saw these modified products, Chen Ba couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Next, next!

Don't make this abstract modification, can you be serious and modify a car that is really practical and can kill all sides on the track?

Maybe Chen Ba's prayers played a role, and the third modified car he brushed up was finally not a whole job, but a serious racing car modification.

The appearance has basically not changed.

If I have to say it, it's probably because the body is a lot bloated, and I don't know what this player has done.

Enter the actual combat walkthrough and start a game directly, and a GIF of about 15 seconds appears in the post.

Chen Ba clicked to view.

In the GIF, a modified racing car, after the countdown is over, does not start, but burns its tires on the spot until the smoke rises.

What is this for?

Chen Ba was puzzled, other cars have started, you are still burning tires on the spot, did you forget to loosen the handbrake?

Before he could figure out what his intentions were, he saw a sudden fire on the rear wheels of the vehicle after the smoke, followed by a violent explosion.

In the explosion, the car, which had been parked in place, jumped up, was blown away by the huge impact, and with fire and smoke, it crossed the winding track and landed directly on the finish line.

Chen Ba: "......"

He swore that he had never seen a more outrageous modification in his life, what kind of race car was this? This is clearly an explosive genius, and even the parabola has been calculated, right?

Abstract!

No wonder Yang Dong is difficult to describe, these players' abstract modifications, who can't see the darkness in front of them?

"Forget it, let them go."

Knowing that he couldn't control the Fourth Natural Calamity, Chen Ba didn't think there was anything wrong with these modifications.

If the player is not alive, is he still a player?

It is better to expect the players to be honest than to expect the sow to go up the tree, as long as they don't ...... it!

Chen Ba, who wanted to fork off the community web page, accidentally caught a glimpse of the title and accompanying picture of a post, and his eyes widened instantly.

[Build a car that is unique in the world from scratch!] 】

Ah......h

Chen Ba thought of 10,000 ways for players to live, but he never expected that someone would try to build a car in the game "Extreme Hurricane"?

No way!

The car is not as simple as "four wheels and one sofa" as everyone ridicules, and the parts and mechanisms involved are quite complex.

Handmade cars?

Although the physics engine of "Rush" can support this idea, the problem is that ideas are ideas, and putting them into action is not as simple as moving words.

Just when Chen Ba felt that this player was whimsical, he suddenly thought of a question.

The post was sent out?

Since he posted, does that prove that he has made some progress?

Really...... Is there really someone in the game, relying on rudimentary equipment and tools, rubbing out a car with their bare hands?

The Ghost Angel almost opened the post, and after a brief glance, he breathed a sigh of relief.

It's okay, it's okay!

It's not so outrageous that it's really all about hand rubbing, and he also borrowed parts from the game that can be used for repairs.

For example, in the car he built, the battery, motor and electronic control system were all purchased from the supplier's solution, and he was only responsible for design and assembly testing.

It's also remarkable, though!

(End of chapter)