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Chapter 151 The Essence of Free Online Games and Point Card Online Games (Subscribe)

When the first day of the E3 exhibition in Los Angeles was over, Chu He returned to the hotel with everyone and was about to rest.

The major domestic game post bars and forums were completely overwhelmed by the two explosive news of E3 and Tianhe Network.

Enter any game-related forums and post bars, and you will find that people keep posting related content, and the protagonists in the posts are all Tianhe Network.

Undoubtedly the main character!
"Who stayed up all night watching the E3 press conference? The trailer for Left [-] Dead is so cool!"

"It's so annoying! It's obviously made by our Huaxia Game Company, why hasn't it passed the review in our own country?"

"No way, let alone the content in the game, the promotional video alone feels a bit like that, and it is basically impossible to pass the review."

"Wow, the focus of your attention is on the way to survive, but the focus of my attention is the game called Red Dead Redemption that Mr. Chu said at the end of the game!"

"Same as above, but it's a bit depressing. Red Dead Redemption is actually a game about American cowboys."

"Then what can I do? They are a game company, not a cultural ambassador. There are not many people in China who play console games, and it is still difficult to pass the review."

"Speaking of which, you people are really bored. Tianhe Network has released a game, just buy it and play it. If you play a game, you have to upgrade to the life and death of a domestic game. I am really convinced."

Apart from the bustle of the forums and post bars, the headlines on the major media sites were all about Tianhe Network's survival at E3.

Among them is the graphic and textual explanation of the game of Left [-] Dead.

In addition to the expectations about the road to survival, there are many people who are more concerned about the new work that Chu He said is called "Red Dead Redemption".

E3 game exhibition Tianhe Network, this entry directly became the first hot search that day.

And when there were heated discussions in China about the road to survival and the Tianhe network, in the Chuhe room in the Los Angeles hotel, Pig and Prott and others next to them were stunned.

"So, the plan about Red Dead Redemption is just a big pie? Your next game plan is actually an online fighting game?" Listening to Chu He's answer, Pig and Plott looked at each other, both I feel quite speechless.

"It feels like not only drawing a big cake, but not even planting the seeds of wheat." Xu Chang was also quite speechless.

At the E3 press conference before, seeing Chuhe's swearing, even the project name has been figured out.

Xu Chang thought that he was immersed in the new model project of Jianghu and missed the company's internal news, but he didn't expect that this man in the wilderness was just what Chu He said casually.

There is no plan for other people to draw big cakes and flour. Anyway, the company must already have a plan, and it may even have allocated funds for preparation.

But the Chuhe project, not to mention the preparation, only has one name.

The key is the next project, he has already decided to be a client online game.

Even Xu Chang can imagine what kind of rhythm the player group will bring after the announcement of Tianhe Network's online game project.

If it was a few years ago, there might not be so many rhythms, but after a wave of online game enthusiasm a few years ago, a lot of capital entered the online game market.

Online games, these two characters don't know when, it became a representative of misappropriating money and eating ugly.

Almost all players, when mentioning online games, will have two images in their minds.

Lie krypton, cheat father!
This has also led to a lot of money-making online games, which have changed their model.

In recent years, fewer and fewer people are making online games, and those who still make games on the PC platform will basically not directly announce that their project is an online game.

Instead, it is made into a stand-alone, multiplayer mode stand-alone with in-app purchases.

The entire game mode is still the same as that of online games, but it is covered with a stand-alone skin.

"In terms of earning power, an excellent online game can earn much more money than a stand-alone game, and I also want players to understand that even an online game with free in-app purchases will not Unsightly online games, including ordinary players, can still experience the fun of the game." Chu He said looking at Xu Chang.

In the entire Tianhe network, there are actually many people who have jumped from major domestic game companies, and they have also participated in the development of many online game projects.

"Take the recent Hot-blooded Street Fighter represented by Shengda as an example. In fact, this game is still relatively good in terms of quality, including player confrontation, and dungeon PVE breakthroughs. Two-dimensional cartoon 3D battles are still quite good. It's quite interesting, but Shengda's eating is a bit ugly." Chuhe said.

This is an online game developed by Neon, which operates in Bay Bay and South Korea, but some characters and equipment in the game in these regions can be unlocked with game coins.

However, after Shengda acted as an agent, he secretly modified the equipment values ​​in the game, so that most of the equipment could not be purchased with game currency, and had to be recharged with coupons to purchase.

Moreover, the value of the equipment is also modified, so that the equipment that can be purchased with coupons is much, much stronger than the general ones.

Although the game is a fighting game, various skills are a test of operation.

But after charging money to buy powerful equipment and professions, compared with ordinary zero-krypton players, they are almost like bosses, and their attack and defense are not on the same level at all.

"But there is no way to avoid this, after all, it is a 'free online game'." Xu Chang said.

In terms of online games, Pig and Prot really didn't understand Xu Chang, so Xu Chang felt that his voice was quite loud.

Why do online games look so ugly?

Mainly still a problem.

That is the cost of development, which is really too high!
For a medium-to-large project, the development cost is hundreds of millions, and there is no need to buy tickets, so everyone can play.

What should I do if I don’t make money from in-app purchases?
You must know that the monthly maintenance costs of servers, customer service, etc. are also very high.

"Of course, free online games can only make money from in-app purchases, but why can't players who don't charge money in free online games not be able to experience all the content? Krypton gold players use money to buy time, which is okay, but it must be There is a numerical control." Chuhe said seriously.

Chuhe, who was the first to engage in page games, knows the way of it very well.

In general games, if an ordinary zero-charge player can reach 10 combat power in a year, then a local tyrant may even be able to achieve this achievement in a day depending on the amount of recharge.

Such a numerical system is undoubtedly a devastating blow to the game.

Even if this game is good, his lifespan will definitely not be long.

Only by grasping the values ​​of local tyrants and ordinary players can a 'free online game' be kept popular, otherwise, we can simply keep everyone on the same level and use point cards to charge.

But even with point card charges, there will still be local tyrants and civilians.

Local tyrants can use RMB to buy currency in the game, but ordinary people can?

So whether it is a so-called 'fair' card game or a free online game, they are essentially the same.

If a 'free online game' grasps the value in it, then it is a relatively conscientious game.

And a "fair point card" game, if it uses a built-in exchange and buys the so-called handling fee, so that local tyrants can use RMB to buy game coins from ordinary people. Coins, then such a game can also be said to be extremely ugly.

(This is the opinion of a friend of mine who has been around for many years and hasn’t made any achievements so far. I think it is quite reasonable, but I seem to have accidentally hacked a certain online game~)

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