Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 277 Are they crazy, or am I crazy?

Furthermore, Jon is the head of the China region, so perhaps Google's European and American departments have indeed made some plans to guard against StarTap, such as adjusting the recommendation mechanism, supporting local casual game developers, and improving Google's official security trust.

Games transacted via Google Pay are flagged as potentially risky, implying that third-party app installations and third-party payments are risky.
But those things were matters for the people in charge in Europe and America. As for Jon, the person in charge of the China region, he actually didn't care about Starry Night Games at all.

In addition to inviting the Hardcore Alliance, he also turned around and invited Starry Sky.

For a giant like Google, it's perfectly normal to be competing in one market while negotiating partnerships in another.

rather say.

It was precisely because of the competition in the European and American markets that Google internally recognized StarCraft's influence in China, so Jon Snow actually valued the cooperation with StarCraft even more.
“Mr. Zhang, I understand your concerns. Starry Sky Games is indeed a very dynamic company.”

Jon chose a neutral term.

However, Zhang Guangtai clearly didn't want to hear any of this, and when he saw that Jon wasn't paying attention, he became anxious.

"But their channel strategy..."

"Regarding channel policies, this involves the specific circumstances of different markets."

Jon interrupted him without showing any emotion.

"Google's principle is to encourage an open and diverse market environment, and we generally do not interfere with the business model of third-party app stores."

Zhang Guangtai's expression darkened for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure. Just as he was about to say something more, there was a gentle knock on the office door.

His secretary poked his head in, a strange look on his face.

Zhang Guangtai frowned, said to Jon on the screen, "Excuse me, I'll be right back," then pressed the mute button and looked at his secretary with displeasure.

"What is it? Can't you see I'm in a meeting?"

"Mr. Zhang, Xiaomi is holding a new product launch event."

The secretary said in a low voice.

"Xiaomi is holding a press conference?"

Zhang Guangtai was stunned for a moment.

"What does Xiaomi's press conference have to do with us? Lei Jun can do whatever he wants with his 'monkey show'; it has nothing to do with our alliance."

The Hardcore Alliance is a joint effort by several major domestic mobile phone manufacturers. Lu Zong, who is still the president of Gionee and has not yet switched to Xiaomi, is the first chairman of the Hardcore Alliance.

At the beginning of the alliance's formation, he explicitly stated that the alliance was established to counter the challenges posed by Xiaomi's ecosystem.
Therefore, in Zhang Guangtai's eyes, Xiaomi and Xingchen are both challengers who are "not of our kind," except that one is in the hardware field and the other is in the software field.

Moreover, the release of this phone has absolutely nothing to do with him, a software distribution company.
“No, Mr. Zhang.” The secretary’s expression became even stranger.

"It seems they've partnered with Starry Sky Games."

"cooperate?"

"What cooperation?"

In Zhang Guangtai's view, the collaboration between Xiaomi and Xingchen was nothing more than releasing a co-branded theme and giving away some gift packs. What else could it be? However, the news on the tablet in his secretary's hand was clearly not right.

Epic Collaboration! Xiaomi 6 Joins Hands with Starry Sky Games to Launch a Limited Edition with "No Price Increase"!

"Conscience doesn't come at a higher price?"

When Zhang Guangtai saw these three words, he was first taken aback, then chuckled. These words really had Lei Jun's style.

He quickly swiped the screen, read the entire report, and his disdain deepened.

"I thought it was some kind of amazing collaboration."

Zhang Guangtai casually tossed the tablet onto the table with a soft thud. "After all that, it's just customized packaging and a free phone case? What's wrong with Xingchen?"

"Lei Jun has lost his mind. Does he really think that players will buy your phone just because of a packaging or a phone case? How naive! Phones are durable goods, not fast-moving consumer goods. The core is still the product's strength. Putting on these fancy things is putting the cart before the horse."

Again.

Despite having mobile phone manufacturers as backers, Zhang Guangtai still lacked any sense of crisis. Deep down, he didn't believe that Xingchen would take the initiative to attack them.

Simply put, the market share of the Hardcore Alliance may shrink, but it will never disappear, and he doesn't think Chu Chen would do anything to poach members from the Hardcore Alliance.

He even had the leisure to criticize the pre-sale information in the news.

"The first batch of products will be available simultaneously on Xiaomi Mall and Xingchen Peripheral Mall! 70,000 units of the standard co-branded edition and 30,000 units of the deluxe co-branded edition are in stock!"

"10 units? Are they crazy, or am I?"

Which manufacturer would be able to produce 10 units in a coordinated effort?

It's important to know that in its previous life, the entire Xiaomi 6 was constrained by the supply chain and under pressure to create a blockbuster product.

They launched the product online when they had less than 8 units in stock and less than 20 units in total stock.

This timeline, despite some unknown butterfly effect, ultimately launched in May instead of April. Furthermore, following the initial meeting at the beginning of the year, Starcraft had essentially committed to a certain "sales guarantee system."

In other words, Xiaomi allocated an additional 10 units of production capacity to Xingchen; these 10 units are extra production capacity.

Therefore, the stock of Xiaomi 6 on this timeline is relatively normal.

However, in 16, Xiaomi's normal inventory was only 40 to 50 units.

So, looking at this number...

Having 10 units of the collaboration version in stock is really outrageous.

"No, they don't actually think anyone would buy a phone just for the collaboration edition, do they??"

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7:50 p.m.

Ten minutes until the official sale of the Xiaomi 6 Starry Night co-branded edition.

The entire Chinese internet, including both the technology and gaming sectors, has fallen into a peculiar state of excitement.

On Weibo's trending topics list, terms such as "Xiaomi 6 launch event", "Lei Jun's words", and "Starry Sky collaboration without price increase" have dominated the top spots, followed by a bright red "hot" character.

On Bilibili, digital content creators and gaming content creators received the same commercial order for the first time ever.
"Brothers, I'm ready! Router restarted, computer cache cleared, and my super arm is poised to unleash its power!"

"FGO players here! For Saber! Charge!"

"Final Front players are not happy! I will always love '97! Anyone who tries to take it from me will have to fight me!"

"I'm just a passerby. I was originally thinking of buying an OV phone, but now all I want to say is, Mr. Lei, let's be friends! 2499 yuan, you won't lose out, and you even get a wife for free (scratch that)!"

"Hey upstairs, something's not right!"

"To be honest, the design is really beautiful. Even if you don't play games, the deluxe version looks great."

"The deluxe version is only 299 more, including an official glass-etched back cover and other accessories. It's a steal!"

The time has come to 7:59.

Eight o'clock sharp!
Almost the instant the clock struck 20:00:00 PM, countless fingers around the world furiously slammed into the "Buy Now" button on the screen.

Because their inventory was much more plentiful than in the previous life, JD.com and Xiaomi's online stores were able to hold out for a little longer, but only for a few more minutes.
(End of this chapter)