Chapter 239 Seeing that there is a big fire, some people can’t sit still
Tuesday, May 30th.
Today is the last day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday.
In the villa residence, Meng Qiuyan swiped her tablet and looked at the relevant news information of the Fog Mirror Company.
It is worth mentioning that two days ago, the security personnel of this villa residence will not come back after going back for the holidays, because after they go back for the holidays, they have been replaced by bionic bodyguards to take charge of security.
But the old housekeeper Liu Fusheng didn't know that, and he didn't realize that the new faces of the bodyguards were bionic people.
Lu An didn't explain it to him specifically, but it wouldn't be a big deal even if the old housekeeper found out.
In any case, just let nature take its course. If Liu Fusheng can find it, he will find it. If he doesn't, that's it.
In fact, after the birth of the bionic man, the old housekeeper is no longer needed. Lingxi and Anna are there for many things, and they are fully capable of fulfilling all the responsibilities of the old housekeeper.
It's just that Lu An did not fire the old butler. If he wanted to continue working, he would keep him until he completely retired or resigned voluntarily.
If Liu Fusheng retires or leaves his job, he will not recruit new personal butlers.
At this time, Meng Qiuyan looked at Lu An next to him and said: "As the popularity of "Machine War" continues to rise, a large number of rhythm smear attacks have begun to appear recently. Some people say that this game has nothing of its own and is just an ultimate stitch monster. There are also many skewers to reverse the rhythm."
In recent days, with the development of publicity and distribution, the rhythm has indeed become more and more frequent.
Some people pretend to be players of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, or players of Overwatch, etc., and then engage in cross-dressing, and the rhythm allows fans on both sides to curse each other.
Suddenly, the circle was quickly filled with various battles.
Lu An came to sit down next to her and said calmly: "This is the first test between Fog Mirror Company and "Machine War". The emergence of a super masterpiece that can sell well has never been smooth sailing."
The most typical example is the emergence of "Black Wukong" in August 2O24. On the eve of the launch of this game, it was attacked and smeared by a series of disruptive attacks.
Obviously, there is a group of people and a large group of people who do not want it to become popular, and most of these people are from Western forces.
It turned out to be a phenomenal hit after it was launched, selling more than 30 million copies. It was sold like crazy.
Black Wukong’s first-month sales exceeded 20 million copies, setting a record for the fastest sales of a domestic stand-alone game; first-week sales exceeded 10 million copies, becoming the highest-selling first-week game in the history of the platform; first-day sales exceeded 4.5 million copies, setting a first-day sales record for a domestic stand-alone game.
The domestic market accounts for about 65% and the overseas market accounts for 35%. It can be said that it is a big seller all over the world.
· Incidentally, it has also triggered a wave of computer hardware updates and upgrades. Everyone has upgraded their computer configurations in order to be able to play "Black Monkey" smoothly.
At present, after "Machine War" entered the announcement and release stage, the popularity and players' expectations have soared visibly.
When some people saw this posture, they couldn't sit still.
It is the external force from the West.
They regard this game as a carrier for the export of Eastern culture, and regard "Machine War" as a target of ideological competition.
Seeing the momentum of a big hit, he immediately created a lot of negative comments and slanderous remarks before it was even launched on the market.
At this time, Lu An glanced at Meng Qiuyan, looked back and said with a half-smile:
“This game can be said to have hit a major pain point in the West. In their eyes, imaginative and future-leading science fiction themes such as saving the world, saving humanity, and fighting aliens are exclusive to them.”
"How can you get involved? How can you be allowed to lead the world trend? Then you must be suppressed, and you should just make shirts honestly."
Obviously, they will fight whoever comes first. In the last life, it was Black Wukong who took the lead.
At present, it is obviously "Machine War" that has taken the lead.
Although it is not a theme taken from domestic classical myths or classics, it is a science fiction theme that imagines the future.
But the cultural core of this game is essentially the values of Eastern culture, not the universal values of the West.
In this case, if you still engage in science fiction themes, I will beat you even more!
Behind the scenes is actually a struggle for the right to speak, things like saving humanity, saving the world, leading the future of mankind, this kind of high-level cultural expression and value output, Oumei people hope that the public around the world will see the image of their Oumei people, rather than non-Western faces.
Nowadays, it is the story of Lao Mei making science fiction films to save the world and save mankind. Everyone thinks it is normal.
Because Lao Mei is the most powerful country in the world, if you ask a weak and small country to make a science fiction blockbuster that saves the world, everyone will think it is outrageous. You yourself are bullied and beaten every day, and you are saving the world. No matter how you look at it, it is awkward.
So it seems that only world-class big and powerful countries have the conditions to make science fiction blockbusters, and everyone seems to think it is much more reasonable.
It can be said that "Machine War" has accurately stepped on several pain points in the West and poked several lung tubes. One of the major pain points cannot be ignored, that is, the producer of this game, Fog Mirror Games Company, has a great relationship with Metaverse Intelligent Control.
The general public players may not know much about it, but the super capital consortiums in the West do.
You must know that the current Yuanjie intelligence control is a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh.
The most annoying thing is that there is nothing we can do about Yuanjie Intelligent Control.
Fog Mirror Game Company has such a big connection with Metaverse Intelligent Control. Just because of this relationship, it has to offer a super big gift package. In addition, it has stepped on a series of other pain points in the West, and there are 10,000 reasons to super double it.
In the following days, after entering June, the rhythm of "Machine War" has not stopped.
In all kinds of rhythms, there are some who say stitching is strange and some who say it is plagiarism, but no one finds fault with the picture quality of this game.
Because the picture quality of "Machine War" is really not bad, it is definitely the existence of the T0 level echelon in the world in 2017.
If this is all bad, then all other 3A-level games from other major international manufacturers will have poor image quality.
However, this does not prevent those who are interested in setting the pace. They turn to criticize and say that this game requires too much configuration and not many people will play it, because many computers cannot run it.
Fog Mirror Game Studio did not respond to the various noises and rhythms from the outside world. Instead, it promoted the announcement according to its own plan and rhythm.
The essence of the game, fun is the last word and the most fundamental core.
Meng Liangyu has a clear understanding of this. He is a gamer himself. He became a gamer first and then a game developer.
If the game itself is not fun, even if the media praises it and the publicity is full, it will only end up going high and going low.
Like the previous version of "Xingming Agent", various media praised it, but it turned out to be a sudden death after opening low.
The game itself is very fun. Even if it is affected in the early stage, it will gradually open lower and move higher.
Just like the Black Wukong in the previous life, he encountered so many so-called negative effects, and the game immediately went wild as soon as it was launched.
Since June, almost every day, Fog Mirror Game Studio will release some new game content related to "Machine War", keeping the game in a state of high popularity.
As more and more content is gradually presented, players' expectations are getting higher and higher. Of course, the battles have never stopped.
At the same time, Yuanjie Intelligent Control also successfully remitted 1.5 billion to Wujing Company.
After the money is in place, larger promotions are also in full swing. For such a large-scale game, the promotion budget must not be saved.
Various promotions continue, including both online and offline.
For example, the offline subway GG and even the elevator GG are all greeted.
· Needless to say, online promotion, all major platforms spend money on promotion, including major game bloggers, both soft and hard advertising.
There is no shortage of money at all, which makes many colleagues don’t know what to say.
Obviously this is the debut work of a game company that was established less than three years ago. However, this battle turned out to be on par with the AAA new games released by the top companies in the industry.
Those who don’t know yet might think that a major game company has released a blockbuster new game.
In fact, peers are envious of Wujing Studio for having such generous resources, and they are close to the super big daddy of Yuanjie Intelligent Control.
The funds are supported by hundreds of millions or more than one billion.
The key point is that such huge financial support is just drizzle for Yuanjie Intelligent Control.
The current profitability of this technology giant is too exaggerated, with an average daily net profit of 17.8 billion.
Please know that this is the net profit, not the turnover.
Last year, the entire domestic game industry, including mobile games, client games, and web games, totaled only 165.5 billion yuan in market size.
Meanjie Intelligent Control's performance in the first quarter of this year does not need to be compared with revenue. The scale of net profit alone reached 161.3 billion, which is the same size as the entire national game market.
Many colleagues in the game industry are envious of Fog Mirror Studio.
Humbling in private, I don’t know what kind of bad luck Meng Liangyu had to get the favor of Yuanjie Intelligent Control.
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(End of this chapter)