Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

The following day, which was the fourth day after the release of Infinite World, the game's sales plummeted to 500,000 copies sold in a single day.

As players gradually realized, they discovered that the game was terrible, merely a gimmick of an infinite world, but offering no real fun.

If you play the main story, it will probably take five or six hours to complete. After that, it's just endless emptiness. You can only travel to different planets and watch a bunch of things that don't conform to normal human aesthetics running around.

Furthermore, the game's optimization is not very good. The young team has too little experience in this area, and Mikeford didn't provide much help either, since many of the games they optimized before weren't of good quality.

There are also many loopholes, and players' dissatisfaction is growing.

And what is Mikelford doing? They chose to remain silent and intend to handle the situation calmly.

There's only one piece of news that's really noteworthy: the producer of Infinite Worlds has chosen to leave McKinsey, and announced that they will reclaim the rights after the exclusivity agreement for the game expires in six months, and will do their best to maintain the game.

But players won't buy into this news.

The players are furious and desperately need an explanation, from both Mike F. Smith and the producer.

What kind of garbage is this? How dare you promote this game as a masterpiece? It's utterly absurd.

I should never have trusted Mikef. The games Mikef makes are nowhere near as good as those from Yusei Electronics.

It's a pity that there's only one Yusei Electronics Entertainment. Games made by just one company can't satisfy players' appetites. If only there were more Yusei Electronics Entertainment companies in this world.

Is Chapter 1133 acceptable?

"quit?"

Zhu Youxing was somewhat surprised to see the news on the internet.

That's a pretty quick exit.

He wouldn't be too surprised if the young man left Mickford, but he felt he would wait at least a year or two before considering leaving. Choosing to leave now would be putting himself in a very difficult position.

This is tantamount to telling players that the game is a terrible product and not worth buying at all, which will definitely affect Mikefu's product reputation.

Mike will probably try to sanction this young man, perhaps by using public opinion or something similar.

This is the standard practice. Mikelford needs to develop, and the department responsible for controlling public opinion risks cannot sit idly by and let public opinion fester.

But I can just sit back and watch the show; it doesn't really concern me much.

But just a few minutes later, Zhu Youxing's assistant called and reported that someone was looking for him—the developer who created the Infinite World.

Zhu Youxing was stunned for a moment, then asked his assistant to bring in the other person's call.

"Mr. Zhuyou, I'm so sorry to bother you." A slightly flustered young man's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"No, it's nothing. A lot has happened to you lately. It seems like the games you make aren't getting a good reputation."

“Mr. Zhuyou, things are actually much more complicated than you think,” the young man hurriedly explained. “I originally had a lot of ideas and concepts about games that I wanted to realize, but due to some technical reasons and time constraints, I couldn’t fully present the game I wanted to make.”

Zhu Youxing said, "This is normal. Mikefu is a standard business company with a long-term vision, but they may be lacking in the area of ​​games."

Myron Case had a good eye for the semiconductor and electronics industry, but he didn't have much of a long-term vision for video games.

This is a difference between industries; you can't expect someone who cooks to be a doctor and perform surgery.

“Yes, I feel the same way. I now deeply regret choosing to cooperate with Mikefu. If I could go back in time, I hope I would never approach Mikefu again.”

He initially chose them because of the more substantial investment from Mikefu.

But he eventually realized that getting more investment came at a price.

That is losing one's soul.

It's pointless to dwell on regrets now; what's done is done.

"Speak, what do you want to see me about?" Zhu Youxing asked patiently.

"I wonder if Mr. Zhuyou would be willing to sponsor us. I am not willing to let my infinite world become a half-finished product. I want to finish it."

"Ok?"

Zhu Youxing raised an eyebrow: "I'll sponsor you? I'll sponsor you to continue making Infinite World? The copyright for this game belongs to Mikefu, right?"

"No, not at all. The copyright of this game has always belonged to me. My relationship with Mikeford is a cooperative investment. They received their due returns from my game, and I received their investment."

Zhu Youxing was even more surprised to hear this.

Mike Fork never cared about ownership of the game from the beginning.

They might even have planned from the beginning to discard the game like trash once it loses its value.

“I insisted on having sole ownership of my game, so initially I only granted them the license to use the Mikerford gaming platform.”

He was initially inspired by Mikefu himself and his previous industry experience.

Myron Case was ousted after losing his absolute stake in Red Fruit, and Hack Brown of Brown Entertainment faced a similar situation.

This has been emphasized and discussed in many subsequent business case studies.

Related case studies will teach students to pay attention to the importance of absolute control.

Don't easily give up control for short-term gains.

The young man is most grateful that he insisted on retaining ownership of the game.

Of course, this is also partly due to the fact that Mike Fork doesn't really care about game ownership.

Otherwise, they could have easily threatened not to invest unless ownership was granted.

"I didn't expect that even Mikefu doesn't own the rights to your game."

Zhu Youxing found it somewhat interesting.

"So, you're leaving Mikeford with the game itself, and you still want to continue developing Infinite World? What are your plans next? Develop paid DLC to make money?"

The young man responded, "That's right, but before that, I'd like to try to win back my reputation by providing free content updates for a while."

To salvage their reputation...

This really does seem to match up with No Man's Sky.

"Tell me your thoughts, your future plans," Zhu Youxing said.

"Ah... okay, okay!" The young man was stunned for a moment, then quickly became excited.

Zhu Youxing did not refuse outright!

He was worried about one thing from the very beginning when he called Yuxing Electronic Entertainment: what would he do if Yuxing Electronic Entertainment refused?

He didn't think other game companies would be willing to take on this mess.

Wouldn't it be better to use that money to make other games?

Like Mikeford, they are willing to invest in their future new games, but they have no intention of investing more money in games that are already completed.

"Mr. Zhuyou, my current gaming skills are actually very basic, but my foundation is very solid. My next plan is to continue to explore the function of AI computing to create planets, because I have found that the aesthetics of simply randomly generated planets are really inconsistent. But if we can develop a system of AI computing to randomly generate worlds, it should be able to solve this problem."

"I had also planned a multiplayer online game before, which was almost finished, but it has been stuck on some game function conflicts. If you give me a little time, I can definitely make it."

"Furthermore, I plan to further refine the game's storyline, add more different alien civilizations, and also add building functions so that players can construct different buildings, as well as a series of functions such as farming, industrialized production infrastructure, etc."

"I also plan to..."

Zhu Youxing listened patiently.

It must be said that these plans are quite good. From his description of the development plan, it is clear that this will make the game more fun.

"Are these all the contents you plan to update for free?" Zhu Youxing asked.

"Apart from expanding the storyline, I plan to update for free..."

The young man's heart began to pound with anxiety.

With so much free content, it's like getting free investment from Yusei Electronics. Can Yusei accept that?

Chapter 1134 I don't understand, I don't understand.

"First of all, I want to say that your ideas are all very good and sound very promising."

"However, judging from your current description, you have only basically completed the online mode among these gameplay features. The rest need to be developed from scratch, which is not easy. Even if you have enough funds for development, you will need two, three, or even five, six, seven or eight years of hard work. Do you have that kind of patience?"

Not everyone has the patience to let a game with a bad reputation slowly recover its reputation over two or three years or even longer.

“I do! Because this game is like my child. Even if you don’t invest in me, Mr. Zhuyou, even if this game ends up being worthless, I still want to use all my strength and my whole life to find a way to make this game!”

Even if you can only make this one game in your entire life?

"Yes."

Zhu Youxing remained silent for a long time, pondering the feasibility of this matter.

Yuxing Electronic Entertainment isn't a charity; it's not going to waste money on meaningless things.

If he didn't have some experiences from his past life, he probably would have given up on this half-finished game like Mikef, since he could have used that time to make more games that would have brought more value.

But those are all short-term gains.

This infinite world...

The long-term benefits are actually quite good.

People really like this kind of story.

That is, a prodigal son returning home, rising against the odds, and a reversal of reputation.

Such stories often have a very strong staying power; once successful, the benefits they bring far exceed those of others.

This is a very promising project.

The only problem is that the cycle is relatively long.

But it's worth it.

"I can invest in you, but I can't let others benefit from my investment. After I invest in you, I won't take ownership of the Infinite World. However, Youxing Electronic Entertainment will have a short-term exclusive right to the subsequent game content. Also, if you plan to leave Youxing Electronic Entertainment, you will be subject to a non-compete agreement. Do you agree to these conditions?"

"I agree."

Young people now have no other choice.

If he doesn't agree to Youxing Electronics Entertainment's request, no other game company will be willing to provide support for his Infinite World.

"Okay, then someone will talk to you about related matters later. I will give you plenty of time. I'm not in a hurry for immediate results, but you also need to produce something that satisfies me at each stage."