game development designer

Chapter 307 The stimulated EA
The sales on the first day, including the previous pre-sale sales, have surpassed the record set by Halo, and successfully increased the number to 330 million. It is not a desperate number, but it is foreseeable that in the next few years, I am afraid that There aren't many games that are worthy of the challenge of Red Dead Redemption.

In EA's lounge, although it was late at night in the United States, Charles was still in high spirits.

Charles, who got the exact figure from the marketing department, is now in a state of excitement. Such a sales figure is undoubtedly worth celebrating.

Even in order to show EA's sincerity, EA spent hundreds of millions of dollars in global distribution and publicity expenses on Red Dead Redemption, but it is undoubtedly worth it.

Just the share of the game can already make them a lot of money, and what is more important is the chain effect brought about by this game.

Compared with the benefits brought to EA by the success of Red Dead Redemption, the ordinary profit sharing seems to be an added bonus.

800 million units of Red Dead Redemption have been shipped to dealers around the world, but this is just the beginning, and there is no doubt that they need to continue to distribute stock, because this is only the beginning of sales.

Unlike God of War and Halo, which are exclusive to their own platforms, the potential of Red Dead Redemption, which is available on both Microsoft and Sony platforms, is much higher.

Moreover, Red Dead Redemption itself is not a well-known IP. The sales on the first day broke the previous record created by Halo. This is undoubtedly a booster, and the players themselves have a herd mentality.

What game is popular and what game to play is a kind of nature.

With the game quality of Red Dead Redemption, the word-of-mouth in the later stage can be guaranteed. After such a strong start, we just need to look forward to what kind of performance Red Dead Redemption will have.

Looking at the total numbers below the statistics table on the screen, Charles took a deep breath and suppressed his excitement.

Although I had thought that Red Dead Redemption would create history, but when this goal was actually achieved, it was a bit unbelievable.

But at the same time, Charles thought of something more, that is, the relationship between EA and Tianhe Network. The two parties have cooperated since the first Battlefield, and they still maintain close contact. The other party even poached their EA shamelessly. Some of its elite employees.

Similarly, the cooperation between EA and Tianhe Network can be said to be a win-win situation. Tianhe Network got what it wanted from EA, and EA also benefited a lot from Tianhe Network.

But this is only now, what about the future?

As the Tianhe Network becomes more and more successful, from the road to survival, to the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds jointly developed by the two parties, to the current Red Dead Redemption, just like a series of movies, with the success of the movies, the cost of bargaining chips for the leading actors has also increased. Higher and higher.

In order to win the global distribution rights of Red Dead Redemption, EA has invested at least over [-] million US dollars, although it is worthwhile judging from the results.

But when did EA need to rely on a game manufacturer to succeed?If in the future, Tianhe Network invests in the arms of third-party publishers such as Activision and Bethesda, or even establishes their own distribution channels, even though it seems that the other party does not have this intention.

Although in the eyes of Charles and everyone in EA, although Tianhe Network has the strength of a first-tier game company, its scale is still too small, but everyone can't deny that EA's good performance in the market and the continuous successful cooperation between the two parties Inseparable from the relationship.

If Tianhe Network's next game does not choose to cooperate with EA, but puts it into the hands of competitors, such as Activision, there is no doubt that EA's performance in the market may not be so optimistic.

It is necessary to speed up the development progress of the two 3A masterpieces, Charles thought in his heart.

EA still has to have its own 3A games, instead of continuing to rely on FIFA, Need for Speed, The Sims and Battlefield.

Although the situation of Ayu next door is similar to my own, but he has a lot of tricks to play. In addition to the development of new series, the Tom Clancy series of the housekeeper also changed one after another, making it the same as the new series. , but with the death of Tom Clancy, the plot of Ubisoft's Tom Clancy series has obviously deviated, and the entire series has declined.

"Will Marston be the protagonist of the next sequel?" Charles asked Chuhe, who stood up and stretched, after thinking a lot in his heart, but there was no sign of strangeness on his face.

The game is accompanied by the end of the main task, whether the player’s low honor triggers the ending of Arthur Morgan’s headshot, or the player’s high honor triggers the ending of Arthur Morgan’s last man exhausted and quietly closing his eyes at sunrise; Finally, after the end of the main storyline, the player controls Marston who was rescued by Arthur Morgan.

"Maybe, maybe not, we don't have any idea about a sequel to Red Dead Redemption just yet." Chu He shook his head and said with a smile.

There will basically be a sequel, because the story of this western is not all over yet.

"However, the game after the game is cleared is very interesting. Is it an open world simulation business?" Charles said looking at Chuhe.

The main storyline is indeed very good, but it is not a game novel after all. Although combined with the quality of the game itself, Charles is indeed immersed in it when playing, but it is still different from ordinary players.

Because when he is playing, he will inevitably substitute his professional habits to evaluate the game's good or bad.

But after passing the game, the open world of the game and the new farm management system made him feel refreshed.

In his opinion, although Red Dead Redemption has truly made the open world a typical one and has taken a seemingly special path, it is actually a game that is biased towards plot.

The plot in the game always attracts players to go step by step, and exploring the open world is very novel every time you start playing, but after exploring for a period of time, various side tasks or discoveries will take you Unknowingly shifted to the main line, unless you don't even do branch lines, just wander around in this western world.

It stands to reason that after the game is cleared, it should be boring, and the online mode should be the main game mode after the game is cleared.

But what Charles didn't expect was that after the game was cleared, with Marston as the protagonist, there would be a system for running a farm.

Players can slowly manage their own farms through mini-games in the game or other methods.

It feels like the first stand-alone game Famine on Tianhe Network.

"I just want to make the players less boring before the online mode is officially launched." Chuhe said with a smile.

After chatting with Charles for a while, and finally taking a look at the total data provided by EA, Chuhe was completely at ease and went back to his room to get a good rest and sleep.

As for players in various countries around the world, there are still countless people struggling in that piece of the western world, and at the same time, the sales of the game are constantly soaring every moment.

　Once the big brother in the game industry, EA is doing pretty badly now~ The total market value has shrunk by half in half a year, although it is quite normal~
　　
　
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