Chapter 1238: PC Gaming Era

Feng Yu was overjoyed: "What do you call this game? World of Warcraft?!"

"That's right, didn't you send someone to spread the word that the World of Warcraft series should be made into a massively multiplayer role-playing online game, and you also gave a lot of game background design, task design, etc.?" Adhan, the chairman of Blizzard, was surprised road.

"Ah, yes, I didn't expect you to progress so quickly. Is the development of Warcraft 3 finished?"

"Not yet, but this year launched an Inception of Chaos, and plans to launch the Frozen Throne next year."

"What about World of Warcraft?"

"This kind of large-scale 3D online game is quite difficult to develop. Fortunately, people from other game companies have helped us and given us a lot of experience. We expect the development to be successful. It should take two years, as well as testing and debugging. In 2005 Plans to go public and sell operations.”

Feng Yu nodded, it was about the same time as in the previous life. Just in time to take advantage of the decline in the popularity of legends and the emergence of other games, the name of the game of wind and rain will once again be played.

This life is different from the previous life. The code of the legendary game has not been leaked, so there is no so-called private server. At this time, the development of Legend still maintains a high speed. Various new maps, new tasks, new skills, new monsters, etc., still have strong playability.

Even if the private server appeared in the previous life, the official server still had so many players. But it is undeniable that private servers have taken away a large number of players. The simplest point is that private servers can avoid the initial difficulty of upgrading, and people can learn almost all skills as soon as they come up. And there are relatively few people, and the monster grabbing will not be so serious.

Another thing is that you don’t need to pay for a point card. Although this point card is not expensive, it is not cheap after a year. At least for the student party, it is still relatively expensive.

Feng Yu predicted that Legend could continue to charge for three years. After three years, with the emergence of new games, the popularity of Legend would drop significantly. At that time, the price of point cards will start to drop sharply, which will stimulate another year.

Then in 2006, the point card fee was officially canceled, and it was changed to recharge as a gift to members. Members are divided into levels and given certain rewards every day. This is a big way to make money in various web games and mobile games in the previous life. The Legendary World in the previous life was also done in this way, and it did not attract local tyrants.

Then Legend should last for a few more years, and then develop web games and mobile games. The IP of Legend will definitely bring ten years of profits to Fengyu Games.

But Legend is a 2D game after all. At this time, 2.5D games have appeared on the market, similar to Miracle. These games have attracted many users with their more three-dimensional characters, especially overseas. .

After all, Miracle was created based on Western legendary occupations.

It can attract the interest of those European and American players. However, even if the legend is only in the Chinese market, it can still leave a strong mark in the history of online games in the world.

However, the big cake of 3D online games cannot be given to others. Bakuxue’s three major IPs, Diablo, Interstellar and Warcraft, must be developed in depth. At present, the sales of surrounding comics are not bad, and toys, clothing, etc. The company brings handsome profits.

Games don't just sell game CDs, point cards are charged, and peripherals can also create huge profits. In the development of industrial peripherals, both the US company and the island country company have mature experience. Feng Yu handed it over to Masao Kameda, and he did a good job. Even the legendary peripherals are selling well in China.

And World of Warcraft, which was popular in the previous life, has also been popular for more than ten years. Even before Feng Yu was reborn, many people were still playing it. After this game, various 3D online games started to become popular. It is not an exaggeration to say that he led the trend.

Not counting Huaxia, the number of registered people in World of Warcraft exceeds 10 million. And Legend Peak claims to have 30 million players, that's the number of registered players, and the number of people online at the same time. For one server, it's not too many, only about a million.

Although this life is different, the number of people online at the same time on the legendary single server has increased sharply, which is related to the promotion, and it is also related to the fact that the server is not so slow, and Huaxia Computer and the network are developing faster, but the number of people online at the same time on a single server at this time is still declining.

Fortunately, the opening speed of Legendary's new server is not bad, and the number of registered people is still slowly increasing. When I arrived at the Internet cafe, most of them were playing Legends, of course there were also Half-Life, Diablo and other games, um, and some were watching movies.

This is the era of the explosion of various online games, which is called by many people the era of the explosion of PC games.

Now the very popular PS game consoles, Rentiantian or GBOX, of course there are some fun games, but with more and more types of online games, new companies are constantly joining in the development of online games. The market is constantly compressed.

And what really made the home video game console decline is the mobile game.

With the popularity of smart phones, people can play games, read novels, watch videos, etc. anytime, anywhere, and no longer worry about how to spend their free time.

The mobile phone is the most commonly used tool around people, which is easy to carry and small in size. At that time, home game consoles could only work in the direction of somatosensory, that is, panoramic 3D, which required special glasses.

But this kind of game machine has another big shortcoming, it is said that it allows you to be on the scene. But you need a lot of space, and it is easy for people to accidentally touch and get hurt. If you are on the scene, you always have to dodge.

You said you can sit on the bed, so how can you be there when you know you are sitting on the bed?

Therefore, in the future, this kind of game console can only take the high-end route. The game market has been replaced by PC games and mobile games.

However, mobile games are not yet popular, and the largest game market is home consoles, but it has gradually shifted towards PC games.

Feng Yu wants every game player in the future to always think of Fengyu Games first when they mention the history of the PC gaming era. Whether it is the era of 2D games, or the era of 3D games, or even the era of somatosensory games.

"Do it with confidence. If you have financial difficulties, you can tell Masao Kameda, or contact Ralph."

"There is no difficulty in funding. At present, our Warcraft 3 is selling well. This part of the money is enough to develop World of Warcraft."

"Very good, remember to pay attention to the company's employees and let them have a sense of identity with the company. They should be rewarded, and don't be stingy. Some executives and employees who have made major contributions should be rewarded with shares, so don't ask me for advice .”

In the previous life, Bakuxue experienced a major incident where several executives resigned at the same time, which seriously hindered Bakuxue's normal operation. In this life, Feng Yu doesn't want it to happen again.

"Thank you, Mr. Feng. Under your leadership, the company will definitely go to a higher level. Wind and Rain Games will definitely dominate the PC game field in the future, leaving other companies to look at the ocean and sigh!"

This American is also very good at flattering, Feng Yu feels transparent.

"The company is also inseparable from your contributions. What you deserve, you will never be given less. The future of the company needs everyone to create together. The history of PC games is written by us together!" ( )