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Chapter 240 The Man Who Can't Count to Three

Just when Chuhe and Hideo Kojima were talking about each other's business.

A chubby middle-aged man with glasses came from behind.

"Hey, Kojima, Chu." With a kind smile, Gabe Newell came to Chu He and Kojima Hideo.

The conversation between Chuhe and Hideo Kojima has actually attracted the attention of many people. After all, both of them are well-known people in the game industry, especially Hideo Kojima.

If you want to conduct a selection to select the most famous game in the world, then players will have their own opinions, but if you want to talk about the most widely known game producer by players, then there is no doubt that it is Hideo Kojima .

In addition to being related to his game production ability, what is more important is that he plays everything. For example, on Hideo Kojima’s Twitter, you will find any content related or unrelated to the game.

And if Hideo Kojima is the game producer most familiar to players, then Gabe Newell is an existence that players love and hate.

Every festival, the man with a kind smile on his face will always use all kinds of 90% OFF and 50% OFF to crazily harvest players' wallets.

"Speaking of games, I don't know if I can play Half-Life 3 or Team Fortress 3 in my lifetime." Chu He looked at Gabe Newell and said jokingly.

It is not an exaggeration for Valve, which operates the steam platform, to say that there is a strong wind blowing money over there, but it seems that everyone has almost forgotten that Valve is actually a game development company, and it is still very powerful. A game development company.

"Half-Life 4? With Team Fortress 4? Of course, our company already has a lot of plans. Every six days of Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, we will work hard overtime." When Gabe Newell heard what Chuhe said, he didn't answer directly, but laughed and teased him with his own stalk.

count 3?That doesn't exist! There is no number 3 in Valve.

Listening to Gabe Newell's ridicule, Chu He and Hideo Kojima also laughed.

"To be honest, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is a very good, very good game. I thought we had perfected the FPS in Counter-Strike, but PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has to surprise me. This is a Very interesting game." Gabe Newell praised with a smile.

"Actually, no matter how interesting PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is, it will still be a rotten orange platform game." Charles, who didn't know when he arrived, suddenly interrupted Gabe Newell's words.

The relationship between EA and vavle is not so good. It’s not because EA wants to make rotten oranges. After all, Ubisoft also has its own uplay but still has a good relationship with vavle. Games such as Assassin’s Creed will be on it. , and EA's games are basically not found on the steam platform.

As for the reason, it is mainly due to the high commission of the steam platform and the uneven distribution of dirt.

"Okay." Hearing what Charles said, Gabe Newell spread his hands and smiled helplessly.

Regarding the relationship between Tianhe Network and EA, it can be said that it is now the honeymoon period. Although the popularity of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds makes him very excited, he also knows that this game is jointly developed by Tianhe Network and EA, so if he expects PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds to be released on the steam platform , is basically impossible.

"Actually, with regard to Red Dead Redemption, I think it will be a very good game. Maybe we can cooperate at that time." Gabe Newell continued to talk to Chuhe.

As for Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding, it was ignored by Gabe Newell. It’s not that he didn’t look down on it, but he knew that Death Stranding would probably not land on the PC platform, let alone enter the steam platform.

The entire Kojima studio is funded by Sony Interactive Entertainment, and the game itself must have a lot of investment from Sony, so there is no doubt that Sony's PS console platform is exclusive.

"As for the future release of Red Dead Redemption, you can consider EA. If it lands on Rotten Orange, we will give Sims the same level of recommendation power." Hearing what Gabe Newell said, Charles also said hastily.

A PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds game has brought huge returns to EA. In addition to the recovery of the company's market value and a large amount of profits, the more important thing is that the Rotten Orange platform has entered the big market of China.

You must know that in the Chinese market, the game platform is basically the steam platform.

No matter what local WEGAME or Cube, or foreign Uplay, etc., there is no way to shake the invincible position of the steam platform in China.

However, after the emergence of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, the number of registered players on Rotten Orange's Huaxia platform increased sharply. Although most of the accounts contained only the game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, there is no doubt that the number of users has increased, and users are the most basic. everything.

And more importantly, according to the survey of big data, when the number of online users on the rotten orange platform in Huaxia District increased during the same period, the number of online users on the steam platform showed a decline. Most of them are users of the steam platform.

If it wasn't for Chu He's statement that Red Dead Redemption doesn't lack funds, even EA would like to participate in the Red Dead Redemption project.

However, even if the investment cannot be obtained, at least EA will acquire the global distribution rights. The previous Road to Survival EA paid 220 million U.S. dollars for the agency distribution fee of Tianhe Network. The distribution agency fee will be higher, but judging from the previous works of Tianhe Network, there is no doubt that EA thinks this is an absolutely correct thing.

Looking at the serious Charles, he coughed twice, Chuhe felt very embarrassed.

Is it too early to talk about distribution now?
The flour for the flatbread hasn't been mixed yet.

"Maybe we should take a look at the official office of TGA and prepare a speech on TGA." Chu He pointed to the right side of the hall and changed the subject.

"It's a pity that I didn't come to the stage of TGA last year, but I can make up for my regret by coming here this year." Hideo Kojima next to him interrupted the topic with a smile.

Last year, although Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear won the best game of the year award without any suspense, but because he was fighting with Konami at that time, and his labor contract had not yet expired , so under the warning of Konami's lawyer letter, Hideo Kojima was not able to participate in any award activities related to Metal Gear. Even at that time, the production of the new series of Metal Gear Hideo couldn't even get access to any work related to Metal Gear.

(End of this chapter)