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Chapter 580 put a long line to catch big fish
No matter what TGA awards ceremony or e-sports competition is held, the essence is to attract more users to enter the pit, and by the way, to promote the game of Xueleshan.

In the second half of the year, not only other game manufacturers will take advantage of the current popularity of games to release new games, even Sierra will release "Quake 2", "Grand Theft Auto", "Half-Life" and so on. Various games.

At that time, the announcement of "StarCraft" will definitely not be as good. The popularity that can be promoted basically depends on the popularity of e-sports competitions!

Listening to Song Yang's words, Ken Williams nodded. The most troublesome thing for him and Xueleshan now is not that there are games that cannot be sold, but that there are more good cards in his hand. How to allocate resources? The problem.

There is no doubt that Blizzard is Xueleshan's favorite now, but the two games currently developed by V Agency and Rockstar, "Half-Life" and "Grand Theft Auto", are currently being tested. Judging from the test results, it seems that the score is very high.

"Half-Life" is an FPS shooting game. In the early years of the market, there have been countless design games, and they are basically fighting monsters and killing wilds.

In "Half-Life", the plot, world view and NPC dialogue are introduced, so that the game and the player have an interactive game experience, which is far from the free exploration game in the future, but compared with the previous shooting For similar games, that is a completely qualitative change.

The players selected to participate in the "Half-Life" beta are all fans of shooting games, and they are full of praise for "Half-Life".

"Grand Theft Auto" is another kind of game, a new game that has never appeared before. Ken Williams wonders if "Grand Theft Auto" will stimulate the conservative media in America to jump up Fighting Xue Leshan desperately, but it is certain that it will cause controversy.

Game plots such as gang fights, turf grabs, and fights all appear in this game, and they are even one of the main gameplays. The people involved in the game have praised "Grand Theft Auto" to the extreme, shouting "This is the real thing." A real game!"

But no matter what, the feedback from the participants in the internal testers and the market research conducted by Xue Leshan all reflect that Half-Life and Grand Theft Auto may become big-selling games. , There is no need to worry about sales.

What Ken Williams needs to worry about is how to make Sierra's account full of dollars by relying on these three games next!

"The scale of Grand Theft Auto is very large. I worry that by then, the Federation and other regions will ban the sale of Grand Theft Auto!"

Ken Williams said with a little worry, now is not the future, the scale can be played so big, even America, in the film, game and other industries, is somewhat conservative.

Song Yang didn't worry too much, "You don't need to interfere with the development of Rock Star, as long as the popularity of Grand Theft Auto rises, even if the first one doesn't sell enough or is banned, then the second and third ones will be fine." Keep publishing!"

The whole world is the same, the more banned things, the more interested young people are, especially things like [-] banned things, believe it or not, America, England and other places dare to ban the sale of "Grand Theft Auto", then the local Young people will directly enshrine "Grand Theft Auto" and try their best to buy "Grand Theft Auto" discs, even if it costs sky-high prices.

As long as there is word of mouth, Rockstar can take advantage of the trend to launch the second and third parts, and directly make this game into a "series" game. As long as some large-scale plots are reduced in the game, even the first part If it doesn't sell well, then the second part can also be a hit based on word of mouth!

Ken Williams understood what Song Yang meant, and couldn't help laughing. Other game manufacturers, if they develop a game, but the first one doesn't sell well, I'm afraid they will cut off the project directly, and only Song Yang is willing to do so. Keep giving opportunities to make a game a series of games.

"At the TGA Awards Ceremony, I will ask Sierra to promote the new games of V Agency, Rock Star, and Id Games!" Ken Williams said.

Song Yang filled the wine glass in front of Williams and raised it towards him, "Today you and Roberta have a good rest here, and Williams, you need to be busy!"

Ken Williams laughed a few times, had a drink with Song Yang, and then drank the drink. He likes this busy feeling, or the media, cameras, and industry eyes are all on him, and Xue Leshan body.

After the TGA Awards Ceremony, Xue Leshan has the right to speak in the game industry, and Ken Williams, he is the most powerful figure in the game industry!

Song Yang looked at the figure of Ken Williams. Now Xueleshan is one of Song Yang's money printing machines. Although Song Yang has a lot of companies in his hands, there are only two companies that can really make money back. , one is Alcatel mobile phone, one is Sierra!

Alcatel's P1 mobile phone is still the best-selling mobile phone in the world, but after Nokia, Motorola, Samsung and other brands have launched mobile phones with functions similar to P1, which can surf the Internet, play games, and send emails, and are equipped with Symbian system, the sales volume of P1 , or inevitably declined.

Song Yang didn't dare to withdraw too much cash from Alcatel mobile phones. Alcatel mobile phones need to support PA semiconductors and Panda TVs, and prepare new P2 mobile phones, LCD TVs, MP3s, and Bell Labs. With the provision of funds, life is also very tight.

It is impossible for Song Yang to do the killing of chickens and eggs, so even if the Alcatel mobile phone is getting more and more money every day, Song Yang can only watch, but can't move.

Xueleshan is different. It is true that developing games requires money. They may borrow money from the bank, but selling games, selling consoles, and earning money from the billiard room can be used directly by Song Yang. With this money printing machine , Song Yang can get cash continuously.

The next day, a commercial private jet took off from San Jose and headed for Los Angeles. Song Yang, Greg, and Jenny were attending the ceremony, and Zhou's family, who were accompanying them, visited Los Angeles for a few days. Let him, Song Yang and the others Back to Houston together, Song Huiqiong and the Zhou family will return to Beijing after attending the engagement of Gallo and Haili.

The TGA Game Awards Ceremony is a feast for the entire game industry. Before this, there has never been a game award that can attract so many game manufacturers, and there is no such thing as the Game Hall of Fame. Game fans all over the world are scolding.

(End of this chapter)