game development designer

Chapter 208 E-sports
"Hold an official event on Twitch and invite well-known anchors to compete in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds?"

It was Charles from EA who called. After listening to the other party, Chuhe couldn't help touching his chin.

Obviously this is a publicity plan that EA wants to carry out, but at the same time, according to Chu He's estimation, it should also be an attempt by EA to turn the game into an e-sport.

At least judging from the current sales of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, it can be said that there is definitely this potential.

According to the sales statistics sent by EA, including the share of previous pre-sales, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has sold more than 300 million sets.

This figure is already on par with the sales volume of the previous Battlefield released by EA. Of course, this is on the PC platform, although the original price of Battlefield was 59.99 euros.

However, after the release, it has been discounted many times, and even sold for only 9.99 euros after the discount. Therefore, although the sales volume of the PC platform has reached 300 million, only a small part of it was sold at full price.

But now with the previous pre-sales, the sales volume of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has surpassed that of Battlefield on the PC platform. As for the quality of the game, whether it can rely on word-of-mouth to cooperate with the second publicity to form a sales explosion depends on the game itself. to what extent.

After all, publicity belongs to publicity, and the quality of the game itself is still the most critical thing.

However, one thing is certain is that the cost return of the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds project is not a problem. The real problem is how much profit this game can bring.

"Compared with traditional FPS games, it may be less enjoyable to watch. After all, the upper limit is 100 people, and 4 people form a team, which means that there will be at least 25 teams participating in a game, with a total of 100 players. It is impossible for everyone to give To the exclusive camera." Chu He didn't give Charles an accurate answer on the phone, hung up the phone and sat in front of the computer, thinking about the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds screen exiting from the man-machine room.

A game that wants to earn enough profit and have enough influence.

There is no doubt that the game itself is an important point, but the points extending from the game itself are also very important.

Among them, MOD is one aspect, and then brand IP such as corresponding hand-made toys, comic animation, literature and even film and television, these are the characteristics of game extension.

For games with enough traffic and popularity, e-sports is also a very important factor, and the standardization of e-sports, the continuation of the vitality of a game, even exceeds the imagination of ordinary people.

Almost as long as there is a slightly hot game in the market, there will be a trend of e-sports. Whether it is a regular official professional game, a professional game sponsored by a third party, or even an Internet cafe league, as long as the game has a sufficient player base, With enough traffic and popularity, there will be no shortage of professional events.

Even Legend of the Red Moon, which is currently cool on Tianhe Network, had a professional league organized by a third party before.

Well, that's right, in a web game professional league, the comparison is whoever recharges the most money and who fights the most.

As for what the organizer is planning, it is not clear.

The previous mobile game lovers and producers also held related competitions, regardless of whether it is suitable or not, anyway, if there is traffic and players, and it can attract attention, then someone will always do it.

Compared with these games, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds seems to be the most reliable one.

"However, it is indeed a gimmick to hold an official event. Through publicity, it can indeed have some different effects." Chu He thought to himself.

But if the official competition is held so soon, will there be a feeling of putting the cart before the horse? After all, the original design concept of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is mainly for entertainment games, not competitive games. (kneeling, sensitive word)

While Chuhe was still struggling with this, more and more live broadcasts of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds were being broadcast on the major live broadcast platforms.

Part of it is because I really like this game, and part of it is because of the recent promotion of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which makes this game the hottest so far, so I came here to follow the trend and experience it.

But more live viewers and players who watched the live broadcast found that this game looks completely different from the traditional FPS, which seems quite interesting!
There are also some funny videos about PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on major video sites.

The physical effects of the source engine itself are very realistic, so there are often some jaw-dropping operations.

For example, use the frying pan in the game to hit back the thunder thrown by others; park the car on the hillside, and then forget to pull the handbrake, the car slides down and crushes yourself to death; or hide behind the car and use the car as a cover, Then the other party drove over directly, and I was killed by my own car again; the throwing mine happened to hit a branch, and then bounced back and killed myself.

Although the game has just been opened, many players have already died in the game.

Videos, including live broadcasts, and the game co-produced by Tianhe Networks and EA, correspondingly, there have been more topics to discuss the game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds among players.

I laughed so hard, who of you watched the live broadcast of Lin's second child, Lin Daxia, the world's number one courier, how awesome is it to be the first to win this title. '

'I saw it, and the most annoying thing is that Lin Lao Er didn't deliberately brush the achievements. He won this title after playing the first game for the first time. '

'Speaking of the performance of Lin's second son, is this considered a non-chief or an emperor? '

'But the game feels a bit boring. I was just searching for things before, and then the power grid came. I heard gunshots, but I couldn't see anyone, and I was electrocuted to death outside the safe zone. '

'No, brother, you must be jumping in the wild area outside the route, I just hit a shot, I jumped directly to the school, the gunshots, the blood, I just hid in the toilet for 8 minutes, etc. The power grid was refreshed before I dared to come out. I counted the boxes in that place, and there were ten or twenty at least. It was too bloody! '

'By the way, which one of you has eaten chicken? '

'Eat chicken?What, isn't this game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds? '

'That is, after you get No.1, there will be a sentence: good luck, chicken tonight. '

'What?Does this game have a winner tagline? '

'However, this game does not seem to have a single-player plot, and the background setting is also quite vague. '

'Shh, this idea should be a neon battle royale movie. If I really explain the plot to you, it may not be able to pass the review in China. '

'If you think about it too much, there is no problem of going through the review, and it was not released in China, it was directly released on Rotten Orange, just like the steam platform, there is no control over this game. '

Countless players began to discuss the game of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. When they first passed the game materials and trailers, they didn't feel anything special.

But after seeing the anchor playing and going up to experience it myself, I discovered the fun in the game.

(End of this chapter)