Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

Chapter 272 The Price of Discrimination

"Everyone, this is the program developed by our company that can be used for game development. I call it the game engine. With this engine, the speed of game development and the development in the future 3D game era will be more convenient. , I'll show it to you now."

Located in a lecture hall in Tokyo, Takeyuho stood in front of the stage and explained the basic use of the engine to a full audience of 300 people.

This course is not so much a lecture as a small software product launch.

After Zhu Youxing briefly explained the basic development framework of the No.1 shooting game, he began to focus on the role of the game engine in it.

Originally, it required dozens of people and had to work day and night for at least a week to complete the basic program. Zhu Youxing successfully produced the general framework of a No. 1 shooting game by himself through the engine.

This stunned everyone in the audience.

It was a path they had never thought of before.

Before their game development, they didn't consider what software to use to reduce repetitive processes.

Or that someone has thought of it before, but they don't know where to start.

But this time Zhu Youxing showed it directly to more than 300 people, and everyone present understood the value of it.

This is like a hero with the ultimate artifact, even in the face of the final BOSS, it can be easily solved.

While explaining, Zhu Yuxing made a relatively simple game through the engine.

In just one hour of work, it used to take several people several weeks to create the foundation of the game that could possibly be built.

Then all that's left is to add various materials to this base.

The current first-generation version of the engine is definitely not as good as the Unreal [-] and Unreal [-] of the later generations.

But it's amazing enough for now.

Especially the time and manpower that this thing saves for game development.

What everyone is thinking about at the moment is how to find a way to get the authorization of this software.

Only Hayakawa Ueto was thinking about whether he could create this thing on his own.

In the end he came to a difficult conclusion.

The funds given by the head office did not allow him to do such a thing, and he did not have much money to pursue another development route.

Unless the game industry can go further.

Previously, he followed Zhuyouxing and followed the low-priced PN1 and also won a lot of the US market, which boosted the confidence of Suri Electronics executives, but it was not enough for them to invest in a new R&D route.

However, the direction of the engine is good. Even if it is not possible to make a mature game engine like Zhuyuxing, it is still possible to make a game engine that plays a certain role.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

It seems that Yuxing Electronic Entertainment and the companies that follow him will continue to widen the gap, which is a bit hopeless.

But at this moment, Zhu Youxing, who was on the stage, seemed to hear the voices of everyone.

He looked at the crowd and said, "I think you're already thinking about how you can have this engine right now?"

Everyone looked at Zhu Youxing, no one spoke at this time, the meaning was self-evident.

Zhu Youxing smiled and said: "Actually, it's very simple, it's just an exchange of interests. I get money and data, and you get the right to use the engine."

As Zhu Yuxing spoke, he controlled the computer and displayed the license price of this game engine on the big screen behind him.

The licensing price for Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's first-party exclusive partners is three percent of each game's profit.

The licensing price for third-party partners who distribute games on the platform is four percent of the profit per game.

Seeing this price, these people began to quickly make calculations in their minds, calculating the pros and cons.

You only need to pay [-]% of the game's profit to use this engine to develop games, and if you simply rely on manpower to make games, the cost will far exceed this [-]%.

Seeing such an authorized price, Hayakawa Ukito was also somewhat envious.

But he does not expect to be a candidate in the price range of these two licenses.

Suri Electronics and Youxing Electronic Entertainment are competitors, and Youxing Electronic Entertainment must not be easy...

At this time, Zhu Youxing turned the PPT again, and on the next page, the third authorization condition was written.

Non-Yoxing Electronic Entertainment partners can obtain the right to use the game engine on a ten-year basis. The payment can be paid on an annual basis, but the contract must be more than ten years.

Hayakawa Ukito's thoughts were disturbed by this.

what's the situation?
Does this mean that Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's competitors can also get the right to use the game engine?

It's just that this is not a percentage fee, but an annual fee, and the contract will start for ten years, and Hayakawa Ukito was surprised.

What the hell is this Zhu Yuxing thinking?
Are they short of money now?
No, they are unlikely to allow annual installments if they are short of money, but will ask for a lump sum payment.

"President Zhuyou, what do you mean by the third item? Does that mean that competitors can also use this engine?"

Some of the people who saw Article [-] couldn't help but stood up and asked the question that Hayakawa Ueto wanted to ask the most.

Hayakawa Ukito directly said that this person did a good job. If it was him, it would be impossible to ask him with his face down.

Zhu Youxing nodded: "Yes, that's what it means, in fact, it's not limited to this meaning. The meaning of this non-partner can also refer to other industries besides the game development industry, such as future film and television special effects, three-dimensional engineering and construction. Design and so on, these are naturally not partners of our company, but they can also have the right to use them.”

"Then... what's the price?"

"Well... it's our internal matter, and we will make different customizations based on the basic situation of the non-partners themselves."

The price is different, don't ask about the specific difference, I won't say it.

Everyone knows that.

If it is a competitor, the money will definitely not be less. As for those who have no competition in the industry at all, it can be relatively cheaper.

However, this is also very worthwhile, Hayakawa Ukito's eyes gradually lit up.

Buy for ten years, that's totally fine, and it's not a one-time payment, just pay year by year.

The big deal is to buy it for ten years, and then let employees continue to study this engine within ten years, and finally create our own engine, which can save costs to a large extent and help the development of the game.

Moreover, Zhu Yuxing said just now that this engine is not limited to game development, but can also be applied to film and television special effects, engineering modeling, and even some experimental simulations of data environments.

It just so happens that Suri Electronics has its own film and television company, and I can convince the film and television department to jointly purchase it with myself, use it to develop games, and the film and television department to develop film and television special effects, it is really the best of both worlds!
Thinking of this, Hayakawa Ueto's originally bad mood suddenly improved a lot!

(End of this chapter)