I want to make a game

Miracle's development meeting ended after half a month.

"Still have any questions?"

Everyone present shook their heads. Liu Zhiyuan's explanation was so detailed that if they had the funds themselves, they could even get a share of the online gaming era.

"Then I announce that the development of Miracle has officially begun."

Liu Zhiyuan looked at everyone here, and they were all people who were firmly tied to the Han Dynasty.

The era of online games is really out of his control. Although the platform for online games is computers, the Han Dynasty cannot monopolize the computer market anyway.

If his explanation in the past half month were leaked, it would completely create a new gaming giant.

The development difficulty of online games is not low, but compared with stand-alone masterpieces, they are not at the same level at all.

What is really difficult is the ideas and money to develop online games!

Developing an online game itself does not require much money, but if you want to have an online game that supports a world server, the investment is very scary.

Do you really think that future game manufacturers will be willing to make partition settings?

It’s not that they want to, it’s that the technology is not up to it.

The highest number of people in a server partition in later generations is 7,000 people, while the maximum number of people in each zone of World of Warcraft is 4,000. If you exceed 4,000, you need to queue up.

Under Miracle's current most ideal conditions, the number of people in each district will not exceed 500.

Although partitioning has certain benefits, overall it is more advantageous for all players to come together.

Online games are all about being crowded and lively, otherwise why would there be such a thing as a ghost zone?

"Taika Tomobu."

"exist."

"From today on, the resources of the Han Dynasty will be tilted towards you. If you have any difficulties, you can ask other groups for help."

"yes!"

Tomonobu Ohga first bowed deeply towards Liu Zhiyuan, and then bowed to others present.

"The Miracle Development Team hopes that all seniors will give you your advice in the future."

The miracle is that it is not difficult to develop, but it is not something that his own small company can develop. Liu Zhiyuan only gave him one year.

In 1997, Miracle had to be launched into a global public beta.

"Contact the communication company more. No one will play online games with laggy internet speeds."

"yes."

Don’t worry too much about internet speed, Han Dynasty will launch ADSL broadband next year!

It's not the ADSL from Bell Labs, which was preceded by XDSL.

Why hasn't there been any big movement from communications companies in the past few years? Why haven't they even released new mobile phones?

Because they are working on their own ADSL broadband!

This is truly astonishing income. It is much faster and more abundant than selling games. There is no way he can give up this part of the business to others.

Once the research and development of ADSL broadband is completed, communication companies will start to make efforts, because the 2G era is coming!

Next year will be the year when Han Dynasty’s products explode.

The biggest outbreak is undoubtedly the communication companies.

In terms of broadband costs and communication costs, it is way ahead of its peers, and these are all money! A lot of money!

In fact, the Han Dynasty's strongest company in the world has never been its main business, games, but this separated communications company.

Although he has unified the home game industry, it does not mean that there is a big technological gap between others and the Han Dynasty. It is just because he has a monopoly and does not give other newcomers room to survive.

But once the era of online games arrives, there are actually many companies in the world that are capable of developing online games.

But the Han Dynasty really took the lead in the communications industry and had no rivals.

In later generations, Huawei's global base station share was more than 30%, but now, the Han Dynasty's communications company's global base station share is as high as 90% or more!

There is no way, this is an industry purely about throwing money. Whoever spends more money will occupy a larger market.

Why don't other communications companies, especially Ericsson, spend money?

The returns were too low. For this reason, the communication companies of the Han Dynasty directly achieved a dominant position in this industry that no one could shake.

The outside world said he was crazy, but who would have thought that the communications industry would develop into a necessity in human life in the future?

The money he invested today will be recovered tenfold or a hundredfold in the future, and by then, it will be useless no matter how jealous others are. He will not let this part of the business go out no matter what.

Isn’t it just throwing money away?

With the blood transfusion of the Han Dynasty system and the communications company's own profits, he wanted to see who could overtake him.

People at the R&D meeting were leaving one after another, and Liu Zhiyuan sat there thinking deeply.

To be honest, he doesn't want to develop Miracle, or even World of Warcraft.

Because there will definitely be people who will enter the gaming industry again. Although Zhulong Computer will occupy a large part of the market, there are many other brands of computers.

People can log in to other brands of computers, and it is impossible for him to block those online games, which will cause the Han Dynasty to lose many users.

The reason why it can completely dominate the home console market is because of games. A home console is just a game console and has no other use than playing games.

On home consoles, games are more important than hardware. Games determine whether a console can make players buy it.

But computers are different. In addition to playing games, computers have other functions. The most important thing is that the profits of the computer industry are not comparable to those of home consoles.

Those computer manufacturers will not give up easily. A price war may come soon, and it would not be surprising even if other manufacturers join forces.

If he can't block the computer market, someone will inevitably develop online games, and the profits there will be crazy.

As long as the quality of the game is up to standard, there will definitely be players who will play it.

This is one of the reasons why he insists that online games are free, because if they are free, it means that online games will lose a large part of their revenue.

Without benefits, no one will pay attention to online games.

But at the same time, he has brought the era of krypton gold. Don’t treat other people as fools. The next online games can be sure to be all krypton gold games.

This is a pit, a sinkhole he dug for other companies preparing to enter the online game industry. If you fall into it, you will not be able to climb out!

Krypton gold games are not so easy to operate in this era. He has countless experiences and is cautious, let alone those companies that only rely on guesswork.

Once you fail to grasp the degree of krypton gold, that game will die at an alarming rate.

Such examples abound in later generations, but the cost of game development at that time, especially pure krypton gold games, was outrageously low.

But that’s not the case in this era. If a game dies in a short period of time, many game companies may not even be able to recoup their development costs.

But isn’t that how experience is accumulated bit by bit?

In a few years, many people will understand the gameplay of krypton gold games, and by then Han Dynasty will definitely have some share of online games.

The era of online games is beyond his control. This is the normal development of history. If there were no online games from the Han Dynasty, there would be online games from other companies.

Let him divide as much as he can, his only advantages are money and those ideas.

Not long after the Miracle R&D meeting ended, Liu Zhiyuan received a call from FIFA.

"Hello Liu."

"Hello, Mr. Havelange."

The call from the President of FIFA immediately made him think of live football.

Because the Han Dynasty had nothing to do with football except this game, and he didn't buy any football teams.

Although he was able to run a galactic battleship by relying on foresight, the Han Dynasty was so busy with things that he had no energy to engage in football.

"I have communicated with the heads of all top leagues and I wonder if you can make the game PES free?"

He knew that other than this matter, such a big shot would not come to him.

"Of course, we will pay for the buyout."

"Can you tell me the reason? There should be no shortage of fans in football, right?"

Stern bought out NBALIVE to add new fans. Although every industry needs to constantly replenish fresh blood, football doesn't have to be like this, right?

"No one can say no to more fans, can they?"

João Havelange is really interested, and the impact of NBA LIVE is far greater than Liu Zhiyuan thought.

Because of NBALIVE, the NBA has gained hundreds of thousands of new fans in a short period of time, although most of them are fans who don't even understand the rules.

But, these are fans too.

After researching the previous version of Live Football, he found that there were a lot of new fans added because of this game.

"All right."

You can buy it out, even football games can buy it out. This kind of game developed based on reality actually has big shortcomings.

tedious!

repeat!

Except for the hardware upgraded version, the rest is just a skin change.

When the gameplay is already fixed, the most you can do is enhance the gaming experience, and this is inseparable from the hardware.

So, don’t blame EA. Except for a huge improvement when the hardware is upgraded, this kind of game cannot be changed at other times.

Of course, if EA is careless and perfunctory with players, it cannot be shaken off.

In this case, it is better to make it free, so as to save the Han Dynasty from being blamed for perfunctory players.

"I agree with the PES buyout, but the price..."

Liu Zhiyuan paused deliberately. If Joao Havelange wants to buy out according to NBA LIVE standards, then sorry, it's impossible.

The sales gap between basketball games and football games is not the slightest bit.

The entire series of NBA2K and NBALIVE do not exceed 200 million, while the FIFA series only has 300 million. Plus live football, the two are not games of the same level.

After all, there is a big gap in the number of fans. He can't sell the live broadcast at a low price and be scolded by the players, but he can't stop making money just because of this.

"I understand, the price we have given is US$800 million plus year-on-year increases, what do you think?"

"Can."

What else could he say?

All we can say is that these football people are rich.

With 800 million U.S. dollars a year and increasing contracts year by year, this buyout fee is not a loss, and it is even slightly more profitable than selling games.

Han Dynasty is not the EA of later generations. It is true that you can enjoy it early if you buy it early, but it is pure rumor to enjoy discounts if you buy it late.

You must know that Han Dynasty is a conscientious enterprise, and the price of games is very low.

His idea has always been to win by quantity. Coupled with the internal krypton gold, the idea of ​​selling games at high prices does not work for him.

And this has created a phenomenon: the games of the Han Dynasty are very valuable!

This is very important. Whether a product maintains its value can also have a very beneficial impact on a company.

Why is Apple always labeled as high-end? In addition to the product itself, value preservation is also very important. No one wants to see the price of something they just bought halved in two months.

Why are Japanese cars so popular? They retain their value. You can drive them for a few years and resell them without losing much money.

This is very important for a company. The prices of Han Dynasty products have not plummeted. On the contrary, second-hand products are sometimes more expensive than brand-new ones.

"Okay, I will send someone to Shanghai to discuss the specific details with you."

"no problem."

A game worth tens of billions of dollars can be negotiated in just a few sentences.

He did not bargain. As long as the incremental treaty was within the acceptable range, he would sign the contract.

There is no point in bargaining. There are many super games in the Han Dynasty, and there is no need to rely on live broadcasts to carry the banner. Besides, the price is not a loss.

Although the price would be higher if he talks with João Havelange for a while, the small amount of money is not as good as selling a favor.

You know, live football depends on other clubs and associations such as football to make a living. If the copyright is not sold to them, then it will be a loss.

There are many companies that can develop this kind of games, and they have even paved the way, so who wouldn’t know how to leave?

The next day, João Havelange's men arrived.

The buyout contract came into effect that day.

"After discussions with FIFA and many football clubs, the Han Dynasty has decided that the PES series of games will be free from now on."

As soon as the news spread, football players went crazy.

And the US$800 million buyout fee made countless people red-eyed.

This is 800 million U.S. dollars per year. Together with NBA LIVE, these two games alone can bring the Han Dynasty 1.1 billion U.S. dollars in revenue every year!

Although I don’t know how much the incremental contract will increase, it’s at least tens of millions of dollars a year, right?

“Do you understand the core of street basketball?”

Yamamoto Mishima and his development team all nodded seriously.

Because you don’t need to think about it, there will definitely be people who can’t resist the temptation to develop basketball and football games.

Now, NBALIVE and Live Football are the signature games of the Han Dynasty, and they cannot fail.

Just like for Nintendo, Super Mario and Zelda cannot fail, the meaning of this is far more serious than the failure itself.

"Relax, don't forget, the Han Dynasty was the emperor of the home console market."

Liu Zhiyuan looked at the serious people and smiled.

He is not worried about home consoles at all. Not to mention that NBA LIVE and Pro Evolution Football are the pinnacle of such real-life games. So what if someone develops something better than them?

He has a monopoly on the home console market!

Without a platform, no matter how well you do, who knows?

By publicity?

Sorry, players only recognize the propaganda of the Han Dynasty, but they do not recognize the propaganda of other game companies.

If you want them to personally approve it, you have to let them play it and then evaluate it.

But the question comes back again. If Liu Zhiyuan doesn’t nod, whose game can be released?

The emperor was so angry that he laid down millions of corpses, not just for words.

This is the disadvantage of a monopoly in an industry. There is no room for others to survive.

This is also the reason why he insists on monopolizing the home console market, because from now on, no one can resist him.

"Street basketball is an online game. Leader Yamamoto, don't forget the core of online game development."

He is not worried about the home console market, but he is worried about the online game market.

And you don’t need to think about it to know that those jealous people will definitely use online games as a breakthrough point. They know that home consoles cannot get involved in any way.

"Keep it in mind."

"That's good. Go back to your group and discuss it alone. If you have any questions, come to me."

"yes."

"There is also the follow-up development of NBALIVE and live broadcast. Don't neglect it. That is the focus."

"I understand, we just don't have enough manpower."

"There will be a group of new people coming next month. Thank you, Team Leader Yamamoto, for taking good care of them."

"must."