Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 184 Reality
Around the huge conference table, every face was etched with solemnity.

This conference room, which symbolizes the highest authority in China's internet industry, rarely experiences such a tense atmosphere.

"Onmyoji grossed 100 million RMB in five days. Including Honkai Impact 3, Star Tap has created two phenomenal hits in a month."

"Furthermore, with StarCraft Games' upcoming release of 'Fate/Grand Order', if StarCraft Games succeeds, it could very likely have a certain impact on our game distribution business."

"Our stock price has been slowly declining over the past two days. Market panic is spreading, and numerous analytical reports are reassessing the value of our traffic."

If Tencent was merely surprised when StarTap became a hit with its mini-games, then this time, after StarTap successively launched "Honkai Impact 3" and "Onmyoji"...
Tencent is genuinely a bit panicked.

In this world, no one understands what traffic and channels are better than Fujiko.

Traffic is the oil of this era, and Tencent, which owns two social media giants, is the biggest OPEC.

With traffic, Fujiko could sign a 9:1 contract with game developers, taking 90% and the developer taking 10%, and they would be grateful.

With traffic, Fujiko can easily "expand," just as people who have a bad harvest in a famine will sell their land to landlords. In the Internet age, many companies and games have also begged Fujiko to invest in them because of temporary difficulties.

It's no exaggeration to say that Fujiko has become accustomed to defining rules and looking down on everyone.

In China, Fujiko F.I.L. is Fujiko F.I.L., and then other internet companies. The root of this extraordinary status lies in their traffic system.

But now.
A platform completely unrelated to their traffic system, a platform capable of generating a monthly revenue of one billion, actually appeared before their eyes.

You're lying so badly?
It's not that exaggerated. After all, Tencent is a huge company, like an ancient empire. It wouldn't be too worried about a war on the frontier.

But to say I'm completely calm...
Mr. Ma will not be present in person.

After finishing his analysis, Ma Huateng tapped the table calmly.

“WEGAME, we can’t wait any longer. Let’s start the promotion tomorrow or the day after. The platform has to be launched this month, preferably on the same day as FGO.”

"What we need now is an attitude, a declaration."

"We must tell the market, investors, all partners and competitors that Tencent is still the king of the gaming industry."

“We not only have traffic, but we also have the determination and ability to build our own high-quality content platform.”

"Also, let's put the creation of a two-dimensional animation studio on the agenda."

With Fujiko's command, the entire Tencent Games division instantly transformed into a high-speed war machine.

Although Mr. Ma said that the product would be launched in the next couple of days, there has been increasing support from top to bottom.

In fact, by 2 p.m. that day, a hastily organized online press conference appeared before everyone who follows the gaming industry through various live streaming platforms.

The theme of the press conference was simple and straightforward.

"Hello, future, hello, WEGAME."

In an attempt to redeem himself, Ren Zhenyu, president of Tencent Interactive Entertainment Group, passionately outlined a grand blueprint for Tencent's "high-quality" and "content-is-king" strategies.

"The WEGAME platform will be Tencent's flagship platform for embracing the new era! We will invest billions to support outstanding developers worldwide! We will fully leverage the ACG (Anime, Comics, and Games) sector to bring players an unprecedented gaming experience!"

"We believe that channels and content are not contradictory, but symbiotic! Tencent will use our top-tier traffic resources to nurture the flowers of the highest quality content!"

The rhetoric was excellent, and the PowerPoint presentation was very sophisticated. But everyone could sense a subtle, almost imperceptible, sense of panic throughout the event.
It's like a pampered boxing champion who gets stunned by a sudden punch and throws a series of punches without any strategy. They look powerful, but their footwork is actually all messed up.

"Why does this press conference feel like it's an unfinished project? What's the specific release date for WEGAME? Which exclusive games have been signed? Why is it all just 'stay tuned' and 'future plans'?"

"She's really panicking this time."

"Huh? Did WEGAME launch at the same time as FGO? Is this a coincidence?"

“Wangyi just released the poster yesterday, and today Tengzi couldn’t sit still.”

"Going all in on anime and manga? Did I hear that right? Holy crap, Tencent? Anime and manga?? It sounds like NetEase is going to make a single-player game."

"Don't ask, the answer is 'strategic adjustment'."

"But to be fair, Fujiko reacted really quickly this time. Like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, she immediately bristled."

Thanks to the "reputation" that Tencent has built up over the years.

Although the capital market reluctantly accepted Tencent's actions, the rate of decline in its stock price slowed down slightly.

However, online discussions about Tencent are still full of ridicule and mockery.

Some people even used the "Tom and Jerry" meme to send a "Tencent, you're in a hurry, you're in a hurry" meme, which became very popular after it was released.

It was quoted by many people who enjoy humor and became a popular meme.

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If Tencent only panicked a bit when it saw the Starry Sky Tap double explosion, and chose to accelerate its layout...

The Hard Alliance, however, fell into a deathly silence the moment the official poster for "Onmyoji" was released.

Silence was the only reaction they could make at that moment.

Any words seem pale and powerless in the face of cold, hard data.

Just like in their past lives, when the Hardcore Alliance was helpless against Mihayu, they don't have a good solution for Starcraft either.

Some manufacturers, including Tencent and NetEase, have already contacted them, asking if they can "reduce the revenue share," although these manufacturers make it sound nice.

They didn't mention StarTap at all, but contacting them at this time and juncture clearly expressed their opinion that "I'll go to StarTap if they don't lower the revenue share."

Immediately afterwards, major technology and gaming media outlets, like sharks smelling blood, swarmed in, and countless reports, analyses, and commentaries began to flood all information channels.

This information is being disseminated.

This made things even more difficult for the Hardcore Alliance. They also wrote some advertorials, saying that the success of "Onmyoji" was not directly related to Star Tap, and that playing on the Hardcore Alliance would have been just as successful, perhaps even more so.

Unfortunately, apart from one of these advertorials posted on Weibo, which garnered a "sarcastic" like from Chu Chen and attracted a large group of cynical onlookers, none of these articles achieved their intended effect.

Nobody reads the other advertorials.

In the business world, assumptions are the cheapest thing.

People only believe what has already happened, only believe the battle reports in black and white.

(End of this chapter)