Game Development Giant - Chapter 852

c846 The rising online game market

On the way back, Li Kewen kept thinking about what Jester told him when he first returned home.

Going to study in the United States?

According to Jester’s identity, it is certainly impossible to deceive him, because there is really no need. He really wants to go, but he knows very little about the United States. Although now with the Internet, he can Know a lot about the outside world.

However, things are different now than ten or twenty years later.

Ten or twenty years later, as long as an ordinary person can access the Internet, even if he does not leave home, he can have a deep understanding of the customs, humanities, history, political culture, and other aspects of various countries around the world – as long as he is willing.

However, this is not possible in this day and age.

For the United States, at least in this era, I still yearn for it. The same is true for Li Kewen. The university that can be recommended by Jester is definitely one of the best universities in the United States, and American universities, in this era, are It is completely ahead of domestic universities. To use a more accurate word to explain it, there is no comparability.

Li Kewen also told his parents about this matter. His parents were just ordinary people. Although they had good jobs, they were still in the category of ordinary people. They even didn’t know as much about the United States as their son.

“That person is really capable…”

Li Kewen’s mother even had some doubts about this matter, but his father shook his head and interrupted his mother’s question: “It has been reported in the news, and this man named Jester is a famous person. He was because of We were also subject to political scrutiny regarding his meeting with Ke Wen. At that time, I also inquired about this man. He was amazing. He was one of the top richest men in the world. Moreover, he had great influence in the United States. Even when he came to China, we All the deputy state-level leaders personally attended the meeting and greeted them…”

These words from Li Kewen’s father also completely reassured his mother.

That kind of people. Of course it cannot be said casually.

“Kewen, do you want to go to the United States?” His parents couldn’t make a decision on their own, so they decided to ask the protagonist of the matter for his opinion.

“think.”

Li Kewen said it without hesitation.

“money……”

In fact, this is what Li Kewen’s parents are worried about. They are just an ordinary family. It’s not bad in China, but in a capitalist world like the United States, this little money is not enough for anything.

However, Li Kewen quickly explained: “Mr. Li told me that if I was willing to sign a five-year contract with him to work at Mars Entertainment after graduation, he would provide me with all the expenses for studying in the United States. He would even When the time is right, he would give me an opportunity to intern in his company, and I also asked about the internship salary…”

Li Kewen said a number to his parents, and then his parents opened their mouths in surprise and were speechless.

Because this number is simply out of reach for them.

“So, his company? What does his company do?”

As Li Kewen’s parents, of course they had to ask clearly about this. Li Kewen also explained it in detail. When they heard Li Kewen say that Jester’s company only makes games that are useless in their eyes, they also opened their mouths. Even his mother was extremely surprised. Can this thing make money?

Li Kewen said with certainty: “Not only can it make money, but it can also be very profitable.”

“Why did he find you? Logically speaking, people like him would not find you even if they were looking for talents in China. After all, you are only a high school student, not even a college student…”

This is also where Li Kewen’s family is puzzled.

In their eyes, although Li Kewen has shown some talent and talent in computers since he was a child, there are so many people in the country that there are too many people with this ability. And their son is a high school student, and the other party doesn’t look for professional students who graduated from prestigious universities, but instead looks for their son. This is something they really can’t understand.

“It can only be said to be a coincidence. A small thing I made was seen by the other party, and then he became interested. Mr. Li happened to be in China during this period, so he decided to meet me.”

Li Kewen did not say how much he was valued by Jester, and even compared him with his idol Carmack.

However, he is still a little resentful that his parents think that he is inferior to those college students just because he is only a high school student. So he also argued: “Mom and Dad, can you not be so out-of-date in your thinking? What era is it that still has this kind of thinking? In the field of programmers, Xue Li does not mean anything. For example, Mars Entertainment was the most A great programmer, he is just a high school student, but he is a god in the eyes of countless programmers around the world!”

Hearing their son say this, Li Kewen’s parents naturally looked at each other.

While Li Kewen was discussing with his family whether to go to the United States, Jester was also thinking and planning, combined with the history of the domestic game market in his mind, to think about how he should layout in the country. .

In fact, the domestic game market has been a deformed market from the day it was born – under what circumstances can the game market be formed and develop healthily?

He must meet two inevitable conditions.

One is the richness of material life, so that people can fully enjoy spiritual food. The second is that we must pay attention to the protection of copyright.

Because only if the first point is met, there will be a large number of players willing to spend money on the game.

Only by meeting the second point can companies that make games survive.

In China, not to mention the past, the present, or the future, this is all elusive. If Jester had not achieved great success in China by representing his own company’s MMORPG games, perhaps the current domestic games The market is still half-dead.

The current domestic game market is actually much better than the same period in history. It is said that some companies are already preparing to introduce “Ultana Online” which has been operating in China for several years, and a company such as Wanwan made a game called There are also companies preparing to introduce the game “King of Kings”. These are the benefits seen from online games such as MMORPG, which is represented by Jester.

Although the current domestic material life is far from rich, the operation method of online games, which cannot be pirated, has given this kind of games a huge market.

Only this kind of game will have a market in China.

In fact, in Jester’s original world. After more than ten or twenty years, many domestic players have even formed a convention. They believe that online games are real games – under this abnormal cognitive situation, the real stand-alone game market. It is difficult to rise.

In fact, the great success of the MMORPG game type is not only inspired by these people in China.

For example, Koreans learn very quickly. It is said that there are several companies in the country. We are also discussing with Korean game companies about introducing agents.

It is now 1999, which is the beginning of the explosion of the domestic online game market.

And some people in China are even thinking about whether we can also make our own MMORPG, such as a martial arts-style game that is completely different from the popular European and American fantasy styles?

Or is it a turn-based MMORPG that is completely different from the real-time combat style brought by Diablo?

In this era, some people are thinking about these and some are trying.

In fact, in this era, as long as you have money and a sufficient understanding of the game industry, it is not too difficult to make an online game that can make money. The real difficulty lies in the establishment of sales channels. Don’t think that online games do not need sales channels.

Although online games provide client downloads for free.

However, in this era before online remittances and online banking existed, game companies could only make profits by selling physical point cards, and it was very difficult to build a complete point card channel.

Jester certainly didn’t need to worry about this problem, because he had anticipated this step when he and his sister-in-law formed a company in China a few years ago.

so. At that time, he prioritized building such channels, which was much more important than making money.

In the original history, the two puzzle pieces that made the MMORPG game type shine were “Ultima Online” and “Diablo”, but in this era. These two pieces of the puzzle have all been completed by Mars Entertainment, so by this time, it has also come to fruition. Just like in the United States, EQ is almost completed. It will be officially released soon.

Judging from the feedback from the test, many people are optimistic about the prospects of this game.

Many people even predict that this will be a game that can attract 200,000 or even 300,000 paying players.

Domestically, there are many companies that are ready to enter this industry that is still rising. Jester is naturally unwilling to lag behind. However, during this period, the Mars Entertainment headquarters did not have any special experience to participate in this industry. This initial strangulation battle is destined to be extremely tragic, because in Jester’s view, this kind of early strangulation battle is meaningless.

Moreover, in the European and American markets, at least before the advent of WOW, the influence of MMORPG was far from being comparable to that of console video games.

Therefore, Jester is considering whether to set up a development department in China that specializes in developing MMORPG games. The types of games developed can also be limited to martial arts-style games – because making fantasy-style games is far worse at home than abroad. Many, in terms of cultural identity and understanding, they are far inferior.

The martial arts style is unique to China, and it is also loved by domestic players.

Although the domestic single-player market is said to be weak, several well-made martial arts-style games have been released in the past few years. Although there are masterpieces such as “Sword and Demon Sealing” that can be a big success in Europe and the United States, but there are games like A game called “Swordsman Love” made by a studio called Xishanju can be extremely loved by many domestic players.

Of course, although these players who like this game are playing pirated versions.

Although due to Jester, Daewoo’s Legend of Sword and Fairy did not achieve the lofty status it originally had in history.

However, in the final analysis, the game “Legend of Sword and Fairy” is still a qualified game in this era. It is not as good as those truly top-notch works, such as “Sword and Demon Sealing Record”, there is a clear gap, but in this Chinese PC game, Especially when there are not too many Chinese RPG games, some people still like the second-rate work “Sword of Immortality”.

Therefore, at least the popularity of martial arts style in China is beyond doubt.

Jester thought about the matter over and over again, and then found Fu Zan and told him about it. As the director of domestic affairs, Fu Zan naturally agreed with Jester’s proposal.

In fact, he also saw the possible huge market for online games in the country in the future, because everyone knows that stand-alone games are a dead end in the country, and the Internet is likely to be able to find a completely different path, at least in the country of Mars Entertainment. In the eyes of several studios, they need to look abroad from the beginning of making games.

Because only if the game can succeed domestically can they survive.

“Establish a new studio with the purpose of developing online games based on martial arts themes.” Fu Zan kept thinking about the new instructions given to him by his boss just now. The more he thought about it, the more feasible it became. sex.

Because as a Chinese, he knows that any gamer like him has a martial arts dream.

Whenever they play games like “Baldur’s Gate” or “Planescape: Torment”, countless people have lamented, why can’t we make such a martial arts RPG?

Although they also have excellent works such as “New Swordsman Love” and “Sword and Demon Sealing Record”, this is far from enough.

Coupled with the inevitable huge market prospects of online games, it is foreseeable that this newly established studio may really be able to make some achievements – there is no shortage of gamers who like this kind of game style. , what is missing is that they can make a fun game.

Fu Zan had been discussing the acquisition with Xishanju before.

Because the market is cold in the off-season, Xishanju is also very excited. After all, becoming a studio under Mars Entertainment means becoming a member of the huge system of Mars Entertainment. For any game developer, this is These are extremely important things, and Fu Zan now feels that Xishanju is indeed the most suitable person to develop such a martial arts-style MMORPG. (~^~)