Chapter 485 If nothing unexpected happens, something will happen to Yunwei
“Alien: The Endless Tide” sparked heated discussion on its first day of release! Novel game modes make the game experience full! 》
ˆ "A tribute to the classics, bringing L4D-like games back to life"
《Sales exceeded 700,000 units on the first day! "Alien: Endless Tide" creates the best sales performance of Yunwei Games of the year! 》
《The sixth generation of Fantasy Engine leads the trend of industry innovation! The single-week sales of the first-to-land works are expected to exceed 3 million units! 》
"Delicate "reality augmentation" technology points the way forward for the development of new next-generation games"
The next day!
Reports about "Alien: Endless Tide" have been overwhelming, and it has made the headlines of major game media!
When the news came, Yunwei was naturally excited and his morale was greatly boosted!
good!
good! good! good!
Kaunik was so excited that he said hello three times!
“I said at the beginning that there would be absolutely no problems with our project!”
At the data summary meeting on the first day of the project, Kaunik’s face was glowing with pride:
“With the production of our Firebird Studio, plus the technical support of Fantasy Dream, which we exclusively cooperate with,”
“Most manufacturers don’t dare to compete with us, and even some companies that don’t open their eyes have become silent after being ready to make a move,”
"And this also proves our dominance in the gaming circle..."
Cornick spoke so impassionedly that his spittle flew everywhere.
Although at the meeting, Cornick did not mention names.
But the executives attending the meeting all knew who the “unsightly company” mentioned by the president was referring to.
That’s strange to say.
Apparently some time ago, when their company Yunwei announced that they were using the latest Fantasy VI engine to produce "Alien: Endless Tide", Golden Wind responded quickly and immediately followed up with a game called "Rainbow Six: Siege" This project requires us to go head-to-head with them.
result.
Just when they thought a fierce battle was coming and were fully prepared to face the collision of Golden Wind, there was no movement in Golden Wind's "Rainbow Six", as if it had disappeared. , completely hiding its edge.
Looks like he is actively avoiding their Yunwei.
And this approach has also been discussed by the media, not to mention their internal executives, even in the gaming circle.
And the views of most media are pretty much the same—
Because the technological innovation of Fantasy VI is too strong, and Yunwei has dispatched its top general, Fire Breathing Bird, even Golden Wind does not dare to take advantage of the situation and forcefully compete with "Endless Undertide" Collide.
after all.
Judging from the current situation, this is the only and most reasonable explanation.
This situation is not beyond the expectations of most people in the industry.
After all, the strength gap between the two sides is here.
"Alien: The Endless Tide" launched by Yunwei this time can be said to be the largest project announced in recent years.
The development cost alone exceeded 355 million U.S. dollars, and subsequent publicity costs were added at a rate of 150%.
Although the game has just been released.
But so far, nearly 550 million dollars have been spent on this project!
But this is no longer important to Cornick.
If burning $550 million can reverse the decline of the past two years, successfully suppress the momentum of Golden Wind, and return itself to the dominance of the game.
Let alone 550 million dollars, he would not hesitate to double it again!
After all, being able to contain the golden wind is a very rare achievement!
“More than 700,000 sets in a single day!”
After a passionate speech, Cornick was slightly out of breath. After calming down a little, he continued:
“I know that for us, this achievement is another rise after a long period of silence, which certainly makes us happy,”
"but,"
“I think our fighting spirit should not stop here!”
Speaking of this.
Cornick slowly put away his excited expression and said in a deep voice:
“700,000 units per day, 4 million units expected in the first week, this is just our beginning!”
"In the coming time, we will continue to increase investment in this project, strive to reach new heights, secure our position as the dominant player in the gaming industry, and let some pretentious companies recognize the reality. I also believe that they will soon Almost-"
…
“I’ve tasted the bitterness…”
Early in the morning!
Chu Qingzhou brought a stack of reporting materials to their president, who was sitting firmly in the military tent.
To be honest, she didn't understand how Mr. Gu could sit so securely.
Mingming has already held a meeting to make plans before, saying that "Rainbow Six" will be released immediately after Yunwei's "Endless Undertide", using the most powerful sniper methods to give the opponent a fatal blow.
However, just five hours after the release of "Endless Dark Tide"!
Mr. Gu urgently stopped the release plan of "Rainbow Six" and asked all parties to wait for the opportunity and listen to his notice.
Chu Qingzhou didn’t understand, not even Lu Bian.
So early this morning, Chu Qingzhou didn't even have time to eat, so he came to Gu Sheng with a pile of reporting materials.
The only answers he got were "Would you like to have some breakfast together?" and "Yunwei is about to suffer a lot."
“No, thank you Mr. Gu…”
Chu Qingzhou rolled his eyes and cursed secretly, saying to his heart that you have no intention of asking me to have breakfast together, do you?
Otherwise you would swallow an egg in two mouthfuls and act like I'm trying to steal your breakfast?
Moreover, how did you determine that "Yunwei is going to suffer"?
The current public opinion is obviously not good for us. Everyone says that we are avoiding its sharp edges. After all, we have encountered tough problems and recognized our weaknesses.
besides.
Excuse me, please raise your eyes and take a look. The sales of "Endless Undertide" have now exceeded 700,000. It is conservatively estimated that the sales volume in a single week will exceed 4 million. It is not impossible to even work hard to reach more than 5 million!
How to talk about "having to endure hardship"?
Chu Qingzhou was full of questions and stood there waiting for Gu Sheng to give a reasonable explanation.
But Gu Sheng waved his hands, as if he was about to speak but hesitated.
Chu Qingzhou's heart skipped a beat.
Masaka...Is the invincible Mr. Gu also about to fall?
“Mr. Gu, are you...?”
"water-"
Gu Sheng’s expression was a little painful:
“Eggs—choked—”
What the hell—!
“Phew—much better, thank you,”
After swallowing the choked tea eggs with the water, Gu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and patted his heart:
“You don’t have to do anything, just wait, we will probably launch the R6 next week.”
ah?
Chu Qingzhou made a confused and stupid expression, his mind was a little too fast to turn around:
“Just…wait?”
“Just wait,”
Gu Sheng nodded:
“If nothing happens, something will happen to Yunwei...”
Speaking!
Seeing Gu Sheng take the information from Chu Qingzhou's hand, he waved his hand for her to sit down.
Gu Sheng has a special feeling for Chu Qingzhou.
Of course, this feeling has nothing to do with the relationship between men and women. It can be said to be trust, it can be said to be appreciation, it can even be said to be...appreciation.
Although this sounds strange, after all, Chu Qingzhou is three or four years older than him.
But there is no doubt that Little Nezha, Sister Chu Chu, the personal secret sent by Lao Shen personally to his beloved daughter, is a dignified and handsome person who is unique in the world.
Capable, steady and neat.
From the time Golden Wind was launched for business, everything from staff deployment, project announcement arrangements, and integration of various media activities to replenishing doll machines, answering calls and interviews, and accompanying attendees to events...Chu Qingzhou never makes a mistake.
In more than four years, I have accomplished my mission in both big and small matters, and I have never made a mistake.
The execution ability is as precise as precision machinery, and the superior IQ with almost photographic memory and the ability to draw inferences from one instance even made Gu Sheng feel a little creepy at one time.
To give a very small example - Chu Qingzhou even remembered the birthday of Lu Bian's last girlfriend, just because three years ago when the two had not yet confirmed their relationship, Lu Bian changed his mobile phone and mentioned it unconsciously while clearing the information.
Oh my God!
This is **** terrifying!
It’s also thanks to Chu Qingzhou’s gentleness, intellectuality, and extremely high emotional intelligence, otherwise God knows what kind of miserable life Lu Lao Er would have lived!
That’s why!
On many things, Gu Sheng was willing to explain "why" and "how to do it" to Chu Qingzhou in depth.
Even on work matters, he knew everything about Chu Qingzhou, and he was even more detailed than he was about Xiao Nezha.
Otherwise, if the two of them had just a normal superior-subordinate relationship, Chu Qingzhou would not have asked why Gu Sheng was so calm.
Just do whatever the boss tells you to do, without any reason.
This is the original responsibility of a secretary.
As he sat down, Chu Qingzhou also opened the notebook he carried with him, opened the pen, and looked attentive, waiting for the explanation of the young, but full of tricks, CEO.
“Last night, Xiao Ming and I talked on the phone...”
After taking a sip of tea, Gu Sheng spoke eloquently—
It turns out that just yesterday after confirming the game format of "Alien: Endless Tide", Gu Sheng judged that this game would quickly enter a period of weakness without the support of the creative workshop.
Estimated sales volume of 4 million units?
Cornick is really bold in predicting.
According to his gaming experience and judgment, if this game continues to follow Yunwei’s current promotion strategy, the highest sales volume in a single week will be just over 2 million.
Even if Yunwei continues to invest more money and expand Xuanfa, its sales volume will be just over 3 million units.
As a game designer and company president, Gu Sheng can understand that the development cost of "Endless Undertide" is high. With new technology and time constraints, it is strange that the cost is not high.
However, the price of 80 dollars per serving is really too high for players.
Furthermore, online games are different from plot games. The concept of “buy early and enjoy early, buy late and enjoy discounts, and get free if you don’t buy” is fully reflected in this type of game.
Without spoilers and gaming experience, most players would make the same choice for a game that sells for much higher than expected—
Wait for an opportunity to get a discounted backstab before buying it.
This is true for both past and present lives.
After all, to this day, whenever Golden Wind participates in a developer promotion, "Long 4 Dead", which is often discounted to the point of fracture, can still sell a lot of copies.
What Gu Sheng has to do is to strengthen this concept among players and promote the rapid decline of "Endless Undertide".
At this point, Gu Sheng took a sip of tea:
“You “borrowed” from me, so on the other hand, I imitate your fusion concept to create a game, isn’t that too much?”
“Uh...not too much.”
Chu Qingzhou shrugged and shook his head, saying that this was simply a matter of course.
Gu Sheng nodded and then asked:
“You don’t have a creative workshop. I would like to show you the use of the creative workshop. Isn’t that too much?”
“Well, it’s not too much.”
Chu Qingzhou continued to affirm.
Gu Sheng then asked:
“Then my creative workshop will produce a map that is exactly the same as yours. Players think your game is too expensive, so they will use my game as a substitute for the time being and wait for you to lower the price and offer discounts. Isn’t it too much?”
——! !
Speaking of which!
Chu Qingzhou finally understood where the reason why Gu Sheng was so calm and so confident about waiting for Kaunik's heart attack came from!
—He secretly gave Wang Xiaoming instructions to use the name of a third party to create a MOD in the creative workshop of "Left 4 Survival" with the same gameplay and content as "Alien: Endless Tide"!
As a result, although in terms of overall quality, a MOD can never be the same as the original work that Yunwei spent a lot of money to produce.
But don’t forget!
Long 4 Survival also has image quality patches!
And in terms of core technology, although Left 4 Survival does not have the latest reality augmentation technology, it does have the blessing of Yiyou’s exclusive full-sensory assistance system!
Perfect lower substitute!
The most important thing is—
“Long 4 Survival” is cheap!
At the time of its first release, the price of "Legend of Survival" was only 85 yuan per copy, which is equivalent to about 12 knives!
In the latest discount, the charity price for fractures was directly offered at 0.5% off!
"Land of Survival", originally priced at 85 yuan, can now be purchased for only 4 yuan and 25 cents!
Spend $0.50 and enjoy an alternative experience of $80!
Moreover, this game mode was originally pioneered by GW!
This is equivalent to enjoying a shooting experience that has never been surpassed so far on the most original platform!
Coupled with this, the price difference is as huge as the Great Trench between Everest and Mariana!
Even if it was Chu Qingzhou, he couldn't help but be stunned for five seconds before slowly raising his thumb:
“Mr. Gu, tsk,”
“It’s still your fault...”
(End of this chapter)