Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

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Ultimately, the encryption company was forced to disable all comment functions on its Facebook page.

But that's not all; there are some hidden mechanisms on the Facebook platform.

For example, you can continue to leave comments by forwarding, or you can tag relevant people by leaving pictures, letting the tagged people know who is criticizing them.

So the company later deleted its account and completely withdrew from Facebook.

The players' criticisms may simply be verbal attacks.

If they remain silent, they might be able to continue making money.

After all, many game companies are still very interested in this kind of encryption program.

They need to make a profit, and this product can help them earn more money, so there's no reason not to choose it.

However, Takeyusei's statement that all video games using this encryption software would be directly blacklisted by Takeyusei Electronic Entertainment and banned from logging in and publishing games on the Battle.net platform is tantamount to a death sentence for the company.

Today, while Battle.net is no longer the only video game platform on PCs, there are many other PC platforms related to video games.

However, the only platform that can truly generate revenue is Battle.net.

Other video game promotion and sales platforms are still unable to shake the influence of the Battle.net platform.

If a company's game cannot be logged into the Battle.net platform, then the game produced by that company is essentially deprived of its biggest promotional and sales channel.

No company can accept this outcome.

As a result, companies that had previously been interested in the company's encryption program announced that they would stop cooperating with it, and in a very high-profile manner.

They will claim on relevant social networks that they would never use the company's encryption software.

Even more extreme, some game companies have declared that they will never use encryption programs, all for the sake of the players, even if it makes their video games more susceptible to piracy, they are willing to make the difficult decision.

Either you don't earn a penny, or you earn less; there's naturally no room for hesitation.

Throughout the entire process, Yusei Electronic Entertainment was only represented by Takeyusei, who posted some criticisms of the company and statements refusing to cooperate on social media.

But just because of this one sentence, the company's future in the video game industry was completely ruined.

Just one sentence.

Chapter 999 The New Game Console

999

Zhu Youxing dislikes the attitude of game developers towards anti-piracy.

Anti-piracy is a normal practice, and Yuxing Electronic Entertainment is also doing this.

Since exposing what the encryption company had done in secret, the Stanford team at Yuxing Electronic Entertainment has not been idle.

They immediately returned to the technical development of 2077, and at the same time, they did something else.

That is, encryption programs greatly affect the player experience.

However, game companies still have a demand for this.

To avoid the emergence of similar encryption programs that could negatively impact the player experience in the future, it would be better for Youxing Electronic Entertainment to simply launch a similar product themselves.

This software was not difficult for the Stanford Legion to study.

Currently, Battle.net is the largest video game sales platform on PCs, so we can directly build a deeply integrated backend based on the Battle.net platform software.

This background process will not consume performance resources during gameplay; it will only perform random program verifications.

This verification process cross-verifies the game the player is currently playing and their user information with the Battle.net platform.

This verification is basically a matter of a single moment.

If they don't match, some reminder actions can be taken.

However, this approach can only have a certain effect, and it is still impossible to completely eliminate piracy.

Zhu Youxing knew the principle that it was better to guide than to block, so he did not let his team conduct too much research on this kind of thing.

The fact that some players want to experience pirated games is because legitimate games are creating some obstacles for them.

The obstacle is money.

Many people are deterred from playing games by their high prices.

Then let's just offer a huge discount, or even... give it away for free.

Originally, Zhuyouxing planned to use the free game giveaway as a tactic against potential future PC game platform competitors.

However, over the past decade or so, none of his competitors have been truly competitive, which has given him a sense of loneliness at the top.

So let's just bring out this method ahead of time.

Just like EPIC in the original world.

The best gaming platform, plus the occasional free games and periodic discount events.

By employing multiple strategies, once a pirated game player succumbs to the temptation to download the Battle.net platform and receive a legitimate free game, and then experiences the superior service offered by the Battle.net platform itself through the legitimate free game, it becomes very difficult for them to return to the less-than-ideal experience they had when they downloaded the pirated game.

On the Battle.net platform, you can earn achievements by playing games, which can accumulate official points that can then be redeemed for virtual resources on the Battle.net platform.

Some of these virtual resources are even cross-platform with certain games.

The ability to acquire valuable virtual resources on the Battle.net platform can be a source of pride and a way to show off, which greatly satisfies the desire of many players to flaunt their wealth.

This is what is commonly known as "being used to eating refined rice and not being used to sifting bran".

The Battle.net platform offers a better experience. Even if you're playing a single-player PC game, you can engage in various interactions within it, giving a single-player game a social interaction function.

So even just for this extra service, some players are more willing to stay on the Battle.net platform and play games on it.

Moreover, if you have enough patience, you can wait a year or two for many games to drop in price and then buy them during a sale.

It's like getting a lot done with a little money; the only downside is that you have to wait.

Pirated game players are actually a group of very patient people.

They can patiently wait for a more mature pirated version of a good game.

They are also patient enough to wait for the game discounts to reach a level that is completely acceptable to them.

With these measures working together, while game piracy cannot be completely eradicated, the situation where most game companies' sales figures do not match the popularity of their games is gradually being alleviated.

Meanwhile, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's core business continues.

In the second half of 2017, the latest game consoles and top-tier games that gamers had been eagerly anticipating were finally officially released.

"Woo-wah! Woo-wah!"

"Don't cry, sweetie."

In one family, a man who had just become a father was frantically trying to prepare baby formula and other necessities.

His wife was exhausted from giving birth, so he, as a man, naturally had to take responsibility.

Therefore, he had to handle all the troubles by himself.

However, a newborn baby's daily routine is quite irregular in the first few months.

Sometimes you need to stay with your child for most of the night, providing them with constant care.

Honestly, why would I want to have a child?

The man complained inwardly.

But when he looked at the child's adorable appearance not far away, his eyes softened with affection.

This may be some kind of human instinct.

An instinctive love for children.

What he needs to do now is give his child the best of everything.

Meanwhile, today was specially circled on the wall calendar.

The man looked at the calendar while breastfeeding the child.

Today is the release date of Yuxing Electronics Entertainment's latest game console.

He had been waiting for this day for quite some time.

The only problem is that the children keep him busy.

He was busy until about three or four in the morning, but the child showed no signs of wanting to rest, so he could only stay with the child in a daze.

It seems he won't be able to buy the latest game console today.

He had already planned to go out early this morning to buy a game console.

In this era, online shopping has become quite developed.

However, participating in the launch queue for something like a game console launch is still a very ceremonial thing.

That would be a very rare opportunity for many game enthusiasts to gather together.

But... sigh...

The man continued patting the child's back to calm him down while sighing.

After becoming a father, his responsibilities became even greater.

but……

Is there really no chance left?

He was a little unwilling.

He wants to buy the latest game console.