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Chapter 108 4000 million, Tianhe can afford it

With major manufacturers announcing new works or the latest progress of the project, Chuhe's news seemed to have little influence.

Except for Lian and the producer who are still harvesting the wallets of female players, there is basically nothing worth paying attention to about Tianhe Network.

It's not that there was no media speculation that Tianhe Network might be developing a new project, but they did not accept special interviews and did not disclose any information.

When asked by the media, there is no comment.

The player asked, that is the plan.

But when it started to be done, whether it has already been done, and what type of new game is, all of these have not been disclosed.

It's like a cloud of fog.

"Official game? Tell me your opinion." In the office of Qilin Software Park, Chu He nodded slightly after listening to Zhang Ke's introduction.

"A game, especially a competitive game, will give birth to various events after it becomes popular. Whether it is for the life development of the game or to derive peripheral interests, eventization is very important." Zhang Ke said to Chuhe .

An excellent game does not necessarily have special events, but a game with constant events must be a popular game, no matter whether it is a good game in the true sense or not.

To put it simply, the popularity of the game stimulates the popularity of the event, and if the event is successfully held, it will in turn give feedback on the game, allowing the game to produce more fresh blood and attract more popular traffic.

"Are you confident in running the Meteor Butterfly Sword Competition?" Chu He asked while looking at Zhang Ke.

The current popularity of the Meteor Butterfly Sword in China has actually declined, especially after the emergence of Jianghu, the highest number of daily online users of the Meteor Butterfly Sword is now only 30, and the average number of online users has dropped below 20 up.

However, although the popularity has declined, there are still more competitions for the Meteor Butterfly Sword. The gameplay of the Meteor Butterfly Sword itself is more competitive.

"At present, there are already many Meteor Butterfly Sword competitions, and some powerful organizers have also contacted us, wanting to cooperate to launch an official competition. We don't have much experience, but there are people who understand this aspect to cooperate with us. , and we don't just think about the Meteor Butterfly Sword competition." Zhang Ke said to Chuhe.

If it was just a Meteor Butterfly Sword competition, he wouldn't have to come to Jinling in person, he would just report to Chuhe directly through the company.

"Tell me about it in detail."

Hearing Zhang Ke's words, Chu He blinked and asked.

"Dantongtang, Famine, Jianghu, these games all have competitive elements in them, and the company's internally developed Road to Survival also contains competitive elements. We may be able to create a game competition that only belongs to the Tianhe system." Zhang Ke said Looking at Chuhe and said.

It is only a game that belongs to its own game. In fact, there are rumors that Blizzard is preparing for this mode.

But this kind of competition has great limitations, and it is easy to become the target of public criticism.

"No, don't do this kind of model, just run a game competition." Chu He thought for a while, then shook his head and said.

For Tianhe Network, the benefits of holding this type of competition are basically too little, and there is no need to spend so much energy on it.

Seeing that Chuhe rejected his plan, although Zhang Ke didn't show any emotion on the surface, he still sighed in his heart.

"However, in terms of official competitions, you can indeed consider it."

Chuhe thought for a while and then said to Zhang Ke.

At present, whether it is domestic or international, with the rise of live broadcast platforms, there are more and more channels for players to learn about games. Through live broadcasts to enjoy real-time e-sports competition performances, instead of just being able to do as before, either go to You can watch it in person, or you can only watch it through a video made by others.

The development of live broadcasting is obviously of great help to the promotion of e-sports.

It doesn't seem like a bad choice to create an official event of your own game and increase the popularity of the publicity.

"You brought up this matter, do you want to do e-sports?" Chu He looked at Zhang Ke and asked.

After the success of Meteor Butterfly Sword, so far Longzu Studio is more concerned with updating follow-up content and daily maintenance, but there is no news about the new work until now.

"No, I don't understand it myself, and I'm not interested either. The purpose of coming this time is not only the competition mentioned, but also a new project book." Hearing what Chuhe said, Zhang Ke shook his head quickly, and slipped it out of his pocket. Take out a USB flash drive and plug it into the computer in front of you.

Looking at the documents in the notebook in front of him and the PPT presentation, Chu He couldn't help showing a surprised expression on his face.

"Do you want to continue to be a Xianxia RPG? A traditional RPG?"

There is no so-called degree of freedom. It is not the ACT mode that Meteor Butterfly Sword was acclaimed before, but a return to the most traditional turn-based RPG.

"The Legend of Swordsman 8 just failed a while ago." Chu He looked at Zhang Ke and said.

Not long ago, on the eve of the release of Assassin's Creed Black Flag, Beijing Beiruan's signature series, the eighth part of Swordsman was released, with Yao Daxian as the main producer and planner.

But without a doubt, it failed.

Although the sales volume exceeded 50 on the day of release, the sales volume of the week exceeded [-].

But it was overwhelmed by numerous bad reviews.

"This is the last time I pay for my feelings."

"Really, can you let go of the IP of Legend of Swordsman?"

"In addition to making money, what else can you do besides spending money?"

Countless players left comments below the game, and the score of Swordsman 8 on the steam platform dropped below 40%.

The quality of the game itself is basically stagnant in the market, and the optimization is extremely poor, especially after the Jianghu of Tianhe Network, players will compare the two games, which further devalues ​​Swordsman 8.

Most people are scolding Yao Daxian, and some people are scolding Beisoft, but recently Beisoft has released new news that it has launched the development intention of Swordsman 9, and Yao Daxian is still in charge of the main production and planning.

After seeing the news, Chuhe knew that Yao Daxian would probably continue to be scolded, and Beiruan would not give up on this hen that lays golden eggs.

"Tianhe Network and Longzu are not Beiruan! And Mr. Chu, you are also a gamer!" Looking into Chuhe's eyes, Zhang Ke said firmly.

"Whether it's a traditional turn-based RPG or not, whether it's martial arts or fairy tales, as long as the game is good enough, as long as the story is good enough to impress players, we will be successful! Our new work will definitely not be 'Legend of Swordsman'!"

"The development funds you need?" After a moment of silence, Chu He closed the project document, raised his head and asked Zhang Ke.

"4000 million, let's go to Longzu's studio." Pursing his lips, Zhang Ke clenched his fists.

The development budget of 4000 million, while the development funds of Swordsman 8 is only 1200 million.

"Okay, 4000 million, Tianhe Network can still afford it." Chuhe suddenly chuckled, took a breath and stood up.

"Now, tell me, what are you going to name your new project?"

(End of this chapter)