I want to make a game

Liu Zhiyuan was a little confused looking at this data. Are players so rich?

It seems that I have underestimated the consumption power of this era. The skins of Elf Bubble Hall are priced too low. I am losing money. I am losing money...

"Where's the miracle?"

He has never worried about Super Mario Kart. If this kind of game fails to become popular, then he can close the Han Dynasty and go home to retire.

"190,000 registered users."

Zhang Chaoyang felt that his boss was really going to be in trouble this time.

190,000 registered users a day is actually very scary, but it is not even a fraction of Super Mario Kart.

The key is that this game is still the flagship game named by Liu Zhiyuan. If not for this, it would actually be very good.

"So high?"

"..."

Mr. Liu, why are you making such a fuss?

This is a game you personally control, and it’s free. Is 190,000 considered too high?

Apart from the earliest arcade games, there are no games that you personally worked on that sold less than 190,000 on the first day of release, right?

Seeing Liu Zhiyuan happily visiting the Miracle Post Bar, he couldn't help but say.

"Um...Mr. Liu, don't you want to find a way?"

It would be unworthy to ruin Liu Zhiyuan's reputation because of such a dispensable game to the Han Dynasty.

"No need to worry."

Liu Zhiyuan is really not in a hurry. Online games are coming out for the first time and the public still needs to slowly accept them. When World of Warcraft was first released, there were a group of "professionals" who ridiculed it.

Not to mention the "unsightly" picture quality of Legend, but what about the result?

One has become the most successful online game in gaming history, and the other has dominated the Chinese market for several years. He is really not in a hurry. Online games do not rely on instant surprises to attract players.

You have to take your time with this thing. When players start to gain a sense of accomplishment in the game and gain recognition from other players, the power of online games will be highlighted.

"But..."

"Stop being so stubborn, just go out if you have nothing to do."

Seeing Liu Zhiyuan waving to him impatiently, Zhang Chaoyang had no choice but to turn around and prepare to leave.

"Oh, right."

"Have you thought of any plan?"

Zhang Chaoyang turned around with a surprised look on his face.

"Let the security department keep an eye on it. If there is a cheat, it will be blocked immediately. The source must be traced, and then the world will be notified and submitted to the police station, and then they will be blocked."

Miracles in history were ruined by cheaters. It is impossible for him to make the same mistake. Similarly, cheaters will definitely appear in Super Mario Kart, so you have to keep an eye on it.

It is very difficult to prevent cheats. Even if the Han Dynasty had the world's strongest software security team, they could not avoid cheats in the game.

In later generations, many game companies turn a blind eye to cheats. Why?

First, the effort is too great. There are many kinds of plug-ins. Those who are brainless will naturally be detected immediately, but there are many plug-ins that are not actually connected to the game at all.

These plug-ins are more difficult to prevent, and there are also those crooked physical plug-ins. In short, the cost is too high, and many companies are unable to prevent them even if they want to.

The second is profit. In front of making money, balance is not worth mentioning, such as the most famous cheat game, Tribe Legend.

Supercell’s attitude towards cheating is completely laissez-faire and even welcoming. Why?

Because the plug-in will also automatically consume the player's gold coins and diamonds, which require recharging, the industry even suspected that this plug-in was developed and released by Supercell itself.

But in the final analysis, it is still a matter of attitude. As long as your attitude is firm enough and you are willing to spend money, there will be no cheats that cannot be prevented.

Blizzard's attitude is enough, but its contribution is not enough in Liu Zhiyuan's opinion.

Blizzard is really ruthless in their own son's game World of Warcraft. They would rather kill ten thousand people by mistake than miss one person.

The total ban on third-party plug-ins has indeed brought a bad experience to many players, but as a result, who has heard of the proliferation of plug-ins in World of Warcraft?

Overwatch and Blizzard are not merciful. Looking at the entire game history, the game with the most banned accounts is Overwatch. This refers to paid accounts.

In the end, the huge drop in popularity of Overwatch has something to do with cheating, but it is not absolute. The main reason is that this game is too competitive and is very unfriendly to newcomers.

Blizzard obviously wants Overwatch to become the next Warcraft and the next StarCraft, the world's top competitive games.

But... times have changed.

In the past, everyone had no choice and just played whatever games were available. But in an era when games are flourishing, this kind of extremely fair game can obviously dissuade most casual players.

Many of those who stayed were newcomers who had just studied and understood the rules. These newcomers were very eager to win, and they were willing to spend money for this, but Blizzard did not give them this opportunity at all.

It’s okay to spend money to buy skins, but if you want to buy power-ups, you obviously think too much. Therefore, FPS games have always been the hardest hit area by cheaters.

The Han Dynasty’s CS also had cheats, but it wasn’t just about banning the account.

Chase!

Chase to the end!

Get to the source!

He doesn't hesitate to pay any price.

The blacklist of the Han Dynasty is posted online. As long as you open it, you can know these people anytime and anywhere. Liu Zhiyuan cannot guarantee it in other fields.

But in the game circle of the Han Dynasty, these people have been "socially dead". The Han Dynasty will never accept these users. No matter what your identity is, you will definitely not be as good as Liu Zhiyuan.

Those who profited from cheating were all thrown into prison. No matter what the compensation conditions or the bail money, I'm sorry, the Han Dynasty does not recognize it. These people must be punished with the strictest punishment.

Therefore, the current online games of the Han Dynasty are as harmonious as they can be.

The Han Dynasty receives some cheat emails from time to time. These are sent by developers. Who said that plug-ins can only make money by selling them to players? The Han Dynasty can make even more money by selling them!

The key is that there is no risk. If your skills are better, it is not impossible to join Han Dynasty, the super company with the lowest salary in the world.

"Be serious, this time is different from the past. Once someone uses cheats to do something secretly in an online game, the losses will be huge."

Seeing that Zhang Chaoyang was absent-minded, he had to tighten his tone.

There is actually no big problem when cheats appear in competitive games, because as long as the Han Dynasty takes action as soon as possible, it will not cause any losses.

But online games are different. If these people use plug-ins to get some equipment materials, game gold coins, etc. and sell them, there will be big problems.

Even if the mastermind is caught, it's too late. He can't ban the players who spent money, right?

Trading is one of the core gameplay methods of online games. There is absolutely no problem with this. Unless the buyer knows that the other party is a cheat user, the Han Dynasty can only hold its nose and approve the transaction.

"knew."

In the blink of an eye, the last day of 1997 arrived, and Super Mario Kart completely became a phenomenon-level game. Within 5 days, its registered users reached more than 38 million!

Excluding the statistics of repeated users from the Han Dynasty, the number exceeds 30 million!

In 5 days, the Han Dynasty collected more than 600 million US dollars!

In terms of pure profit, it immediately became the most profitable game in the Han Dynasty, even surpassing Pocket Elf.

"In terms of game quality, there is no doubt that it scores 9.9 points, but in terms of profitability, I think it can guarantee a minimum of 10 points!"

"5 days, 600 million US dollars, what did the Han Dynasty pay? Lines of copied and pasted code! Lines of worthless 1's and 0's!"

"Elf Bubble Hall, Elf Tavern plus Super Mario Kart, the Han Dynasty has pointed out the way forward for all game manufacturers. Free plus internal consumption will be the most profitable game type in the future!"

"I don't know the development costs of Super Mario Kart, but the Han Dynasty has definitely made back the development costs of a super masterpiece in 5 days. Pokemon didn't even do that back then, right?"

"..."

This set of figures shocked everyone. No one questioned whether Super Mario Kart would be popular, but is this profit too much?

Can several American banks jointly print $600 million in five days?

This is really a naked money grab!

Not only people from the outside world were exclaiming that the Han Dynasty was robbing money, but the employees within the Han Dynasty, especially the Super Mario Kart development team, were even more frightened.

"It's not unfair to lose."

Shigeru Miyamoto had a bitter look on his face. The combination of Super Mario and Han Dynasty will definitely make money, but I’m sorry, he has never seen this kind of money-making speed in so many years of working in the industry.

"So Miyamoto-kun, don't question the president anymore. The thoughts of the God of Games are not something that mortals can guess."

The free-to-play mode of Super Mario Kart caused too much turmoil in the Han Dynasty. Everyone in the Nintendo family opposed it, and many people in the Han Dynasty disapproved of this decision.

All employees of the Han Dynasty estimate that the sales volume of this series of games is at least over 100 million, and a copy of a super masterpiece of this size should earn at least 30 US dollars.

That’s $3 billion in revenue, pure profit revenue!

3 billion U.S. dollars. There are few games in the entire history of games that can earn so much. They are afraid that the free-to-play model will destroy it.

But the result...

"Yokoi-kun, are we old?"

Miyamoto Shigeru did not directly answer Yokoi Gunpei's words, but his tone undoubtedly meant that he bowed his head.

5 days, 600 million US dollars, and more than 30 million registered users. This set of data made him a little disheartened.

How fierce the opposition was before, but now his face hurts, because this set of data clearly tells him that it is possible to earn 3 billion US dollars without waiting for the next generation of Super Mario Kart.

"No, we are not old, we are just mortals, that's all."

Liu Zhiyuan naturally would not miss the opportunity to expand the influence of the Han Dynasty. He created a countdown-like digital statistics on the Galaxy Browser homepage.

Updated every minute, everyone who logs in to the Galaxy Browser homepage can see the registered users and profits of Super Mario Kart immediately!

"Mayan stones, 1 dollar each."

"Soul gems, 6 dollars each."

"Blessing gems, 16 dollars each."

"Gem of life, 15 dollars each."

"God's Blessed Gemstone, $50 each."

"..."

As an important prop throughout the Miracle game, Liu Zhiyuan has been paying close attention to it.

This is the price on the game props trading website in the Han Dynasty. Maya's price from 10 cents to 1 dollar now clearly proves that this game has gradually begun to be recognized by players.

As for the divine blessing gems that cost as much as $50 each, they are priced out of the market and no one is selling them. This thing is very difficult to come by, and most players don't have access to such high-end props at this time.

It took a long time for one to appear on the platform, but it was swept away instantly. It seems that someone has been specifically eyeing this trading platform and preparing to become a scalper.

The price and popularity of game items can very clearly reflect the vitality of a game. At present, it seems that the game Miracle is full of vitality.

Because the price of 1 dollar of Maya stone is on the high side, this is the basic gem, and the basic gem should be between 30-50 cents.

The high price of props means that new users are pouring in quickly, and the market cannot be stable at all because of these new users.

Veterans always want to trick newbies, but novices who don’t understand the true price of props often want to sell them for a sky-high price.

But Miracle is much better. At least there is this trading platform as a reference. Without this platform, the market would be 100% more chaotic.

"Find these scalpers, they can make a profit from it, but let them control this speed by themselves. Players who dare to cause trouble complain that I have banned them all."

"I understand, I understand..."

Zhang Chaoyang nodded with a smile. At this time, he still had no worries as before.

Miracle users cannot catch up with Super Mario Kart, and it seems impossible to catch up in the future, but with over one million new users and rapidly increasing every day, it is worthy of the title of a super masterpiece.

There is still a long way to go before it is a masterpiece.

"Um...Mr. Liu, your special effect skin is not selling well, why not..."

An ominous premonition suddenly came to Liu Zhiyuan's heart.

"How about we introduce the card pack system of the Energy Tavern? Players can spend money to buy gift packs and draw some props, just like Pocket Elf."

Sure enough, Zhang Chaoyang started acting like a monster again.

"It's hard to change your nature..."

"ah?"

Looking at Zhang Chaoyang who was a little confused, Liu Zhiyuan sighed in his heart.

He had been with her for so many years, so why did he go back to the old path and return to the journey?

If you sell gift packs, Miracle will immediately turn into a gold-earning game, and you can make a lot of money in a short period of time, but the number of players may not even be as good as Miracle in history.

He has already investigated the owners behind all the powerful characters in the game. They are all fucking rich second-generation people. If he has to open a hole for them again, will ordinary players still be able to play?

"roll!"

"This...Mr. Liu, why are you swearing again?"

"kindness!?"

Seeing Liu Zhiyuan staring, Zhang Chaoyang left in despair, and then he went to find someone else unwillingly. He thought his idea was very good and could make a lot of money for the Han Dynasty, but his boss not only disagreed but was also angry.

Where is it?

He found Yu Suzuki, a game teacher from the Han Dynasty.

"Mr. Suzuki, this is what happened..."

He expressed his thoughts to Suzuki Yu, and then told Suzuki Yu about Liu Zhiyuan's reaction.

"I feel like my idea is good."

Suzuki Yu looked at Zhang Chaoyang who looked aggrieved and smiled.

"It's a good idea, but..."

Before Zhang Chaoyang could be happy, Suzuki Yuichi knocked him into the bottom again.