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Chapter 267 "Popular Software"

Yes, Popular Software and Popular Games.

Is there a more perfect plan than this?

Catherine suddenly became energetic.

A magazine may not be much, but what if your own magazine is like the "Forbes Ranking" in the gaming industry? Wouldn't it be amazing?

This is what Catherine wants to do.

Since there were no talents in this field in the company, Catherine had to recruit people from outside. She also invited Donald, a shrewd advertiser, to come over.

"Donald, what do you think of our plan?"

Catherine spent a whole day perfecting her schedule. Isn't it a cool thing to open a Forbes in the electronics industry?

Donald took Catherine's plan to promote the Astronomy Network. He helped Catherine find advertisers everywhere and prepare for the future Internet era.

——If advertisements can be pushed into the Internet, it will be very helpful in reducing costs, and the cost reduction can have a negative impact on the Internet, allowing the Internet to be promoted faster.

The more people enter the Internet, the more money advertisers will have to pay - of course, the effectiveness of their ads will become better and better - and the cost of the Internet will be further reduced, which in turn will stimulate

Others enter the world of the Internet. This is undoubtedly a wonderful thing.

This is a big reason why Catherine develops graphical versions of operating systems and browsers.

Today's computers are still not able to meet the lowest-end entertainment needs. This does not only refer to games, but also music, movies and television. These people will always be in the future and will also be a very important part of Internet users.

But before the 1970s and 1980s, it was still very difficult to enter the digital era. The development of hard disks was always lagging behind. As for solid-state drives and flash memory... they were things that didn't even have a shadow.

"Well... this plan seems to be very good overall. If everything goes smoothly, there will be no problem in promoting these two magazines."

Catherine noticed that Donald's expression didn't seem to be very good, and sure enough he continued: "But imitators exist at all times. If we don't capture the user firmly at the first time, it will be very difficult for us.

I mean, the consequences would be disastrous."

Catherine suddenly woke up.

Yes...if your magazine is interested in a hostile company, such as IBM, wouldn't it be a tragedy for you?

In that way, even if your company can still dominate the market, the authority of the "ratings" has completely disappeared, which is very bad for you.

"I think although computers are popular among people, video games are also loved by people. But I think people are not so enthusiastic about electronic products. If you really want to publish a magazine, I suggest you combine these two

This magazine is combined into one. Both software and games have a certain user base. If combined, the data of your magazine will at least look much better than it does now."

It seems like this, Donald immediately saw the weakness of Catherine's "grand plan".

"Well... it seems like this." What the other party said made sense, and Catherine agreed very much: "That's it, we will launch a magazine "Popular Software", in which devices and games will have equal weight.

Half of it is mainly created based on current computer usage skills, allowing people to work more conveniently... and the other half is the rating of the game and the outlook for the game. It is best to also have some small skills and secrets of the game.

Strategy…”

Although Donald already knew a lot about the Internet, Catherine's ideas were really advanced. He could only try his best to judge what Catherine wanted to express with her whimsical ideas.

"Maybe we should open a theme park or something? Hmm... this payback is too slow, forget it."

Although Disney amusement parks are very popular, Disney amusement parks are also very slow to return their investment. It would be better to wait until you have enough money to do such meaningless things - this is an investment of tens of millions.

"I think if we really need to rate other companies' software and games, I think the status of this magazine should be a rating company like Standard & Poor's. It needs to be impartial, fair and open... Of course, for

Our business itself, this company should be beneficial, but if the bias is too serious, it will not be a good thing."

Donald's opinion was very valuable, and Catherine nodded: "In that case, our reputation will be completely ruined. So it is best for this rating agency to have little to do with our company - on the surface, that is the case."

"Yes, and the most important thing for us is to occupy this market in the shortest time. As for everything else, it is just a means. The means are very important, but we cannot make mistakes in the grand strategy." Donald reminded.

"Yeah, that's it"

With Donald's advice, Catherine became much more organized when doing things.

First, of course, it is important to recruit a group of enthusiastic players.

Now that it has been decided to merge the two magazines into one, there is another aspect that needs to be kept up with, and that is the software aspect.

The best thing to do in this aspect is that you only need to select a few software projects in the company. Then speak their words in plain language as much as possible, instead of asking the other party to "look around" after reading it.

Confused."

In addition, it should be the most important part of this "Popular Software" magazine - the ratings.

Catherine's starting point is just for this. It would be bad if she forgets it.

For now, the number of software and games is limited. Catherine decided to make this magazine a monthly magazine. Now hundreds to thousands of software are born every year, but with the information explosion that Catherine came to

The world is still different.

Catherine decided to select the ten most valuable software from all software every month, and then select the best software of the year.

The magazine will also keep a dedicated page of t00 to view the ratings of the top 100 software.

The value of software is not static, but is based on a software's version, update frequency, usage, support and even the technical support personnel behind the software. Only when these comprehensive factors are added together can a software be loved by people.

reason.

This solution is also Donald's suggestion.

If you want your ranking to be fair, you must be rigorous.

And most importantly, this kind of rating method also encourages manufacturers to continuously improve their software in disguise, so that the entire industry can develop on a good track.

In addition to the software section, the other half of the magazine is naturally the game section.

Although Catherine has an idea for "Popular Games", she feels that this can only be realized after the entire rating method and the entire magazine are recognized.

There are many people playing video games now, but Catherine has no guarantees about the number of "core players."

On the other hand, the software industry is mostly focused on commercial applications, and the base number in both cases is somewhat small. But if they were gathered together, the number of people would be considerable.

In this aspect of the game, Catherine has recruited many enthusiasts who are passionate about the game.

In fact, it is not easy to find this group of people.

First of all, what Catherine needs is a game tester who can put forward various opinions on the game and find bugs in the game; secondly, they must have enough cultural literacy to make what they write credible - although

There are editors behind to check; finally, their self-control also needs to be strong enough not to fall into games. Video games can be addictive, so this is very important.

Catherine advertised nationwide. Even so, after the group was formed, their company only recruited about twenty people.

For now, this is naturally enough. Catherine can only be particular about it. And she was originally going to be a trial player for Blizzard Company, so Catherine can only put it down temporarily. She must wait until there is enough manpower in the future.

OK.

Among these players, the vast majority are freshly graduated college students, and the oldest is no more than 30 years old.

Game ratings are much simpler than software. There are many factors for evaluating a game, and game popularity is the most important one.

Only a game that is recognized by the public is a good game. Catherine has always believed this.

In addition, the most important aspect of evaluating a game is its playability, story, graphics, music, etc. Things like bugs will also cause the score to drop.

Whether it is games or software, "Popular Software" adopts a hundred-point system. The highest score for a game is 100 points, and software and games with scores below 60 points will not be included in the list.

"It's better to have less than to have too much", Catherine has always believed in this.

"Popular Software" is "ft" in English. Although it was just a temporary idea, Catherine has perfected the entire plan. The first issue of the entire magazine is scheduled to appear on Christmas this year.

Because she could not let this magazine have too much involvement with her company, Catherine did not have the magazine become a subsidiary of Ark.

Although the magazine has not yet started to be sold, Catherine has already thought of who should be the No. 1 of T00 in software products-phoenixlinux.

This PL was specially developed by Catherine for IBM. It is now very popular and is called No. 1. There is absolutely no problem.

Catherine believes that I will be very happy...

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Sorry, I had an attack of dense object phobia today. It made me itchy all over. I had bloody marks all over my body. My inspiration completely disappeared. It’s really uncomfortable. I’ll have another update tomorrow...