Reborn in another world as a game

Chapter 423 The impact of console sales on the arcade market; the necessity of new technologies

The real machine experience of "The King of Fighters" once again shocked a group of manufacturer bosses.

Regardless of whether they are arcade games or not, they have no resistance to such ultra-high-performance, ultra-high-quality games.

Compared with "The King of Fighters", all the games I have played in the past seem to be less beautiful...

The gap is too large to be compared at all.

Is this the strength of being called the strongest manufacturer in the game industry?Love love love.

……

"The real machine experience is here first for the time being."

Xia Yu clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Next, please come to the conference hall with me. Mr. Lu of [Thunder Game Company] has something to announce to everyone."

to start.

Chen Guohua and Bai Wenshu looked at each other. They knew that the real "good show" was about to start today.

Just as I guessed, today's press conference was obviously not about drinking. The "King of Fighters" shocked everyone in order to reflect the powerful strength of the first party, and then [Thunder Game Company] this The platform announced something...

"Let's go and see what the big boss wants to do."

Bai Wenshu shrugged and walked towards the conference hall first.

……

The crowd took their seats.

But the mood at this moment is completely different from before. After seeing the high-end technology of "The King of Fighters", it is difficult for them to have confidence in their own games.

Some manufacturers of console and handheld games are doing well. It is impossible for such game consoles to be updated within two or three years.

If it is completely replaced, it will take at least six years.

And such a long time is enough for them to better understand the performance of the game console, so as to make many good games with great care.

However, manufacturers who rely more on arcade platforms are not in a good mood.

This 16-bit arcade machine has only been released for two years, and it has directly announced that it has entered the 32-bit era, and it is a new arcade machine with such powerful effects... They have finally adapted to the 16-bit development method, and now they have to learn it again?

certainly--

If it's just learning, it's nothing more than a waste of time.

But the problem now is... this stuff costs money.

Look at how exciting "The King of Fighters" is, every frame... is really money.

Manufacturers like them dare not expect to make a game comparable to "The King of Fighters", even if they can achieve 20% of the effect, it will be considered a success.

But what is 20%?
The cost alone is 4000 million!
The development cost of a game is so terrible, it's okay if it succeeds, but if it fails... There are many manufacturer bosses present, few of them can bear it.

……

"Everyone."

Lu Wenbo clapped his hands, and seeing that everyone was looking over, he said with a smile: "Just now, everyone has experienced the new game [Storm], do you have any suggestions for this? President Xia is also here, and everyone discusses , It is also very good to learn from the scriptures.”

"..."

Everyone was silent.

Lu Wenbo's words were clearly showing off, and he didn't really want to "discuss".

With the blessing of new technology, the effect of this game is simply bursting. There is really nothing wrong with saying "epoch-making".

It's like changing from an 8-bit machine to a 16-bit machine...

This kind of substantial technical improvement brings a very strong perception to people. Even if they are confident in their own game, they dare not say that they can compete with "The King of Fighters".

As for suggestions?
hehe.

The main designer of "The King of Fighters" is the one with the highest status in the game circle, not Xia Yu.

Unless they don't want to mess around anymore, who else would openly stand up and criticize?

……

"The King of Fighters is fantastic, the best arcade game I've ever played."

Chen Guohua smiled, and said: "Boss Tian seems to have improved his skill in making games. I'm gratifying. I can't wait to see the success of this game. But... President Lu held a press conference, so he should still Do you have other arrangements?"

"Hehe, there are some other arrangements."

Lu Wenbo nodded slightly: "Everyone, the next thing I want to announce is: the company has made some operational adjustments to the arcade platform. Many friends here are doing business on the arcade platform. It is related to everyone's interests. It is necessary to call everyone together. Have a meeting."

Operation adjustment of the arcade platform?
Hearing this, everyone's expressions became serious.

The platform is the sky for them, and any small adjustment may determine the life or death of their own manufacturers... They have to be serious.

"Everyone, there is something I need to tell you in advance."

Lu Wenbo took a document, opened it, glanced at it, and said, "According to statistics, the total revenue of the arcade platform in recent months has dropped by 19% compared to the same period of the previous year, nearly one-fifth. Do you know why?"

Down by nearly a fifth?

Everyone was a little surprised, they really hadn't paid attention to this matter.

Because they don't feel much themselves, game halls across the country are often full, and they look very lively.

As for the revenue from its own arcade games?
Some rose, some fell, and there were many specific factors, but they didn't think about the decline in the overall revenue of the arcade platform.

certainly--

This has something to do with [Thunder Game Company] not announcing its own operations.

It is not a listed company and does not need to publish operating results at all.

But in any case, the overall decline of 19%, this ratio is really scary.

……

"Should it have something to do with the release of [Thunder-New World]?"

A young man said lightly: "Since the mainframe exploded, the arcade business has obviously not been as hot as before. Both have 16-bit processors, so the gap is not too big. It is normal for the mainframe to swallow some players from the arcade."

Having said that, everyone suddenly realized.

[Thunder Game Hall] When it was first born, there were only 8-bit game consoles from the Big Three on the market. When the console is released, they will naturally return to the ranks of console players.

"That's just one aspect."

Lu Wenbo nodded and said, "One is the impact of the release of the mainframe, and the other is because of the price; a large number of players have reported that the price of arcade games is too high, it is better to save money to buy a mainframe."

"so……"

The young man asked calmly: "The countermeasure of your company is to lower the price?"

Price cut?

Upon hearing this, the expressions of many bosses present began to change.

Whether what Lu Wenbo said is true or not, they still don't know.

But even if it is true, a 19% drop in market share is nothing. They don't have a strong perception of it. They believe that as long as the game is done well, they can still make a lot of money.

But if the price goes down...

That is to directly use the knife on the basis of existing revenue. It is hard to say whether the price reduction can expand the market share, but the sharp drop in revenue is inevitable.

With so many bosses present, no one would agree to lower the price... But the decision on this kind of thing is [Thunder Games Company]. If they insist on lowering the price, they can only admit it.

　Thanks to [Duan Jia] for the reward of 1000 starting coins ——————Thank you [Dreams are always false] for the reward of 100 starting coins~~~~~~~~~~
　　
　
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