There is a Problem with This Online Game Planning

In fact, Lin Yao thinks that the most troublesome thing is the matter of Tianhu...

what?

Infringe on the company's interests? Hinder the company's growth?

Li Guangsheng got into a fight with the big shareholder?

What is it all about... Aren't they developing well?

Lin Yao actually understands Tianhu, the biggest competitor in the country. Thanks to the increase in the number of players, they have developed quite smoothly during this period of time.

Why did they suddenly yell and kill?

"I don't know the specific situation."

Seeing Lin Yao's weird expression, Mu Wanqing guessed what she was thinking, and added something.

"Fine……"

Lin Yao shook her head lightly, although she was quite curious, but Mu Wanqing didn't know the details, so forget it.

She changed the subject and asked about another thing worthy of attention: "Game player gave away games again?"

"Well, during this period of time, it is estimated that the number of registrations has reached a bottleneck... In addition, I suspect that the active users of their platform are not ideal, so they continue to send games, hoping to increase the number of monthly active users and registrations."

Mu Wanqing nodded, and continued: "In addition, during this period of time, they have also negotiated cooperation with two third-party manufacturers. Recently, there will be two popular third-party masterpieces that will be exclusive to their game players, namely "The Ultimate Game". A Moment" and "Bloodthirsty", an ACT, a FPS in the style of American comics.

However, according to the publicity materials, it is not completely exclusive, but exclusive for a limited time for one year. It seems that the two third-party manufacturers are not willing to directly hang on the same tree and give up our Vaporwave game platform.

For this exclusivity, Game player probably gave a lot of exclusivity money. "

"..."

Lin Yao was silent, a little speechless.

Really, no matter which world will come to this point...

"I see, stay tuned."

Lin Yao breathed a sigh of relief, then thought for a moment, and said: "In addition, our PC-side first-party works should be put on the agenda. Although they are spending money to buy traffic, it is really inappropriate for us to do nothing all the time. At present, "Civilization" has begun to finish... By the way, just now you said that the two studios of Conglong and Xihan let me try the game?"

Mu Wanqing nodded, and continued: "Yes, the game happened to be tested on a large scale, so I would like to ask you to try it too. We have almost completely let go of the two action games with reasoning elements, and have not given many restrictions, and yours The energy is completely focused on the headquarters... The heads of the two first-party studios may be a little nervous."

"Okay, I think I'll go play if I have time."

Lin Yao thought for a while, during this time, she really neglected to pay attention to the two first-party studios: "Is there anything else?"

"That's all for now."

Mu Wanqing glanced at the notepad in her hand: "The rest is the announcement of "Super Mario Party" by the host department, but you have an idea about this..."

"Um……"

Lin Yao responded, then sighed, and sighed, "I'm going to be busy next time, it seems that the leisure time for exercise is gone..."

"There will be."

Mu Wanqing smiled gently.

Lin Yao tilted her head and asked, "Do you want to exercise for me?"

"..."

Mu Wanqing glared at Lin Yao lightly, then turned her head and left again.

Lin Yao couldn't help laughing, turned around with a smothered smile, then calmed down a little, and began to prepare the plan for "Monster Hunter".

There are many things.

But the most important thing is the next lineup of console games...

After all, the mainframe is completely supported by the first party now, so it cannot be broken.

Lin Yao's previous life.

There are many works in the "Monster Hunter" series, but if you want to ask which Monster Hunter work is the best, it is estimated that every old hunter has a different answer.

The entire Monster Hunter series, when it comes to breaking the circle, the best-selling work is of course "Monster Hunter: World". This is the first and only high-definition Monster Hunter game that is completely free from handhelds. Tens of millions.

But even if it is such a work, many old players are still not happy with the weapon balance of "Monster Hunter: World", the lack of strange things, and the deletion of many particularly interesting systems of the previous generation, etc.

And the latest work "Monster Hunter: Rise", because of the addition of Xiang Chong, is known as the most friendly monster hunting game for newcomers, but this work is basically separated from the traditional mobile hunter, the map is simplified, and many veterans Hunters probably won't be able to adapt.

As for many old hunters, including Lin Yao himself, the favorite monster hunting work, the master of the entire handheld Monster Hunter series - "Monster Hunter XX", although it is highly rated by the old player group, its sales volume is only four. million.

That sounds like a lot.

But after knowing this work, it is the popular "Monster Hunter: World" and "Monster Hunter: Rise", which has been monopolized on a separate platform for a year and still has tens of millions of sales.

These four million sales are not enough for a fraction of the world...

According to Capcom's urine, it is estimated that the next development of the Monster Hunter series will continue to run in the direction of the next two popular works.

At the same time, this also proves a market truth, that is... the previous "burden" operations of Monster Hunter did prevent many new players from getting in touch with this game series to some extent.

Lin Yao is more inclined to make "Monster Hunter XX". After all, the volume of this work is not covered. This is the work with the most content in the Monster Hunter series.

And this work is basically the culmination of the entire "Monster Hunter" series. Basically, every fun game of monster hunting in the past has a little bit of it.

But part of the system of this work really needs to be modified... The following two monster hunting works with tens of millions of sales in XX have many great advantages to learn from.

For example, the flying insects and fighting styles of "Monster Hunter: Rise", the seamless map and ecology of "Monster Hunter: World", etc.

certainly.

Don't even think about high-definition hunters. The handheld is still a handheld after all. Lin Yao has tried her best, but it is basically impossible to achieve the high-definition of the world when the handheld is in the same shape.

but.

On the basis of "Monster Hunter XX", add some excellent systems in later works, you can really try it.

Simply put, see if you can sew it up.

Don't underestimate the stitching.

"Elden's Ring" is a stitch monster, and it is a super advanced stitch monster... It has almost all the advantages of Miyazaki Hidetaka's previous works. It is estimated that players can choose. It is estimated that most players will hope that their favorite game series can be Produce a masterpiece of stitching.

It's just not easy.

However, fortunately, the plot of "Monster Hunter" is simple. Aside from the messy background, after the 4G work, the plot elements are very diluted. The main line is very simple, which is to hunt down monsters, then collect materials, and then hunt down more advanced monsters... Finally The world has returned to peace again, molesting the Kanban girl, it's over.

There is basically no drama pressure.

Try it first.

In fact, Lin Yao doesn't plan to make dark mines for the new games including "Pokémon". Instead, she plans to refer to Arceus to create an open world and capture them freely.

After all, at this time point, as a Pokémon IP with only one work, it suddenly returns to Dark Thunder, and it is estimated that many players will not adapt.

Lin Yao's latest work "Pokémon" is also going to be stitched up.

Anyway, try it first.

Lin Mu Studio now has the cost of trial and error, and Lin Yao is also familiar with these two series.

Take this step first!

...

In the following days.

Lin Yao started to get busy.

Mainly busy with three things, the first thing is to write a plan for the new project of the console product department, the second thing is to announce the existing game "Super Mario Party", and the last thing is to keep an eye on the headquarters Development of new games.

Because she was too busy, she couldn't even attend to the trial requests from Long Xihan's two studios.

And the other side.

Because Game player sent the game again.

The domestic players who were originally attracted by the "Fitness Ring Adventure" on Switch also reacted.

But this time, they were not immediately worried about the future of the Vaporwave game platform. Although some domestic players were still worried, 99% of the players' first reaction was... to get the game!

The most popular game post during this period is - [Game player is giving away games again! 】

Many players who didn't catch up last time rushed into the game player, which once again caused the number of game player registrations to soar, and because the game player started the promotion of the first-party works again, the number of monthly active users on their platform also began to rise up.

soon.

with the continuation of the activity.

On the fourth day of the event, Game Player announced in a high-profile manner that the number of game player registrations has officially exceeded 100 million!

As soon as the news came out.

The players looked sideways again.

It's really fast.

How long has it been since the summer promotion... Is this 100 million?

Many domestic players finally started to worry about the Vaporwave game platform after receiving the game and carnival.

"Fuck, that's 100 million? I remember that the number of registered people on the Vaporwave game platform is only so many?"

"More than that, according to the statistics website, it's almost twice the number of registered Game Players."

"But it's almost catching up... 100 million is not a small size."

"Indeed, the pressure is now on the Vaporwave game platform. Although it seems that many registered Game player users come because they send games for free, no matter how the players come, the size is where they are. No matter what, the forest work The room has to admit that Game Player is now the biggest competitor! It is also the most threatening competitor to them!"

"By the way, I see that the two most popular masterpieces recently, "The Last Moment" and "Bloodthirsty", are exclusive to Game players. Although many games have been launched on the Vaporwave game platform during this period, two masterpieces are missing, which may have a great impact What about the game lineup of Linmu Studio in the second half of the year? It's time to make a move!"

"Yes, the two games announced by Linmu Studio are both console-side. Although both have achieved great success, they have nothing to do with the Vaporwave game platform."

"Well, although "Kirby" and "Ring Fit Adventure" are good, I'm actually looking forward to hardcore games... I hope the PC side can satisfy me."

"The next game should be a masterpiece on the PC side! Looking forward to it!"

"Upstairs +1."

"..."

In general.

Players' perception of Game Player has changed from being a mourner of the Vaporwave game platform to a close opponent of the Vaporwave game platform...

As for why there is such a change, many players are not clear.

Maybe it's because I often don't log in to Game player, or maybe it's because many players find that they haven't even opened the game after receiving the game...

But whatever.

Game player is the biggest competitor of the Vaporwave game platform now, which is the consensus of everyone.

At the same time, the vast majority of players now very much hope that Linmu Studio will launch the next game, preferably on the PC side, with a more core orientation.

And their wishes.

Made it happen the next day...

Forest Studios did release a trailer for the new game.

But let them down.

The game launched this time is still not a PC game, but a console game.

Also, the new game isn't about...but...a party game?

...

Slap.

The host's classic logo flashed away.

What then appeared on the screen was still a real picture.

In the spacious living room, four friends each held a joy-con handle, staring at the screen together, and occasionally glanced at the people next to them from the corner of their eyes, looking like they were fighting each other.

But wait for the camera to turn to the screen.

Mario stood on a board similar to a super rich man, jumped suddenly, and hit a dice with his fist, the shaking dice stopped, and it was 0 points.

Seeing this scene, the other three immediately shouted hello and celebrated loudly.

And the player who controlled Mario looked annoyed.

then.

The title of SUPER MARIO PARTY appears.

directly named the subject.

The second half of the promotional film is basically a happy game scene between different friends in various environments.

What bar, campsite, library, yard.

At the same time, different gameplays of the game appear one by one as the screen switches.

In the Toy Party dual-screen mode, players combine the screens of two Switches to achieve a cross-screen online mode, and then four players surround the two screens to play the small game "Tank War" together.

The cute little game "Fried Steak" shows the somatosensory gameplay. Players need to use the joy-con handle in their hands to simulate a pan, and then flip the pan to ensure that all sides of the beef are fried without burning the steak.

Of course, there are also various rhythm games, cooperative games or 2v2 confrontational games.

Such as tug-of-war, bicycles, topping gold coins, stabbing fruits, playing hamsters, holding signs, taking pictures...and super rich.

Simply put, offline multiplayer games...

The entire promotional video is not long.

soon.

The players are done.

Most players have complicated expressions after watching it.

The new game this time is actually very simple and clear, the title says it all. This is a party game, but it is different from poker or board games at ordinary parties. This time the game is a video game...

This is for the players.

very fresh.

After all, even in Lin Yao's previous life, the major host manufacturers only gave one controller, let alone an offline party game that focuses on multiplayer fun.

Not at all.

A mature party game, although it is not completely blank, after all, Nintendo still likes to tinker with some weird games, and there are similar works before.

But it's really not very mature.

Until the Switch came out, thanks to the unique hardware design of the host, many functions that were not experienced before were realized one by one, and there was a qualitative leap.

Coupled with the vibration and somatosensory functions of the handle and the game creativity of Tianma Xingkong... This is the most mature and successful party game-Ma Pai.

Even the game genre of Lin Yao's previous life has been blank for a long time, let alone here.

The impression given to players by video games here is that they still lack interaction and can only play single or double.

You can play with multiple people online, but you can play with up to two people offline, and the experience is not necessarily good...

The launch of "Super Mario Party" really made players shine.

Just watching the promotional video, players feel full of freshness.

very interesting.

but……

This is limited to players who have like-mindedness and friends.

After all, no matter how interesting it looks, the promotional video focuses on multiplayer offline games, where many people have fun together.

And many players, in this information society, do not have so many friends to play such a party game.

Or more directly.

Socializing, partying, and playing games together are not the choices of many domestic players for gatherings.

It’s not that domestic players don’t have friends, and it’s Japan in China. How can there be so many nits... Most people must have friends. It’s just that friends also like to play games, and they like games on Switch. It’s really quite rare... …

Most of the gatherings of people are mainly about chubby and the like. Even if they play games together, they are playing games with strong online confrontation such as moba.

To put it bluntly, there is no relevant culture.

Of course, not all of them, but in most cases, it is really rare for a group of friends to get together to play offline games.

so.

After the announcement of Super Mario Party.

Evaluations are quite polarized.

Especially on gaming communities.

Mainly some core players who really can't find their likes and friends... can't play this game.

"Okay! Sure enough, Linmu Studio will never disappoint! Party game! I've wanted this kind of game for a long time! When "1-2 Switch" came out, I started looking forward to it! Now it really comes!"

"Interesting! The game production ability of Linmu Studio...I can imagine how much fun it will be to play with friends!"

"Friendly party... It will definitely be fun to play with friends! I finally know why Lin Yao stuffed so many functions into the Switch handle! I couldn't figure it out before, what about "1-2 Switch"? But seeing the fitness ring And the current "Super Mario" party, I understand, I was waiting here! I really have to admire their planning, now every function on the handle is used! Lin Yao even wants us to buy an extra Right handle!"

"Ready to pre-order!"

"Ah... that's good, the game looks very creative, combined with the "Fitness Ring Adventure" some time ago, I can also guess that this game will give full play to all the functions of the handle, but the problem is... I have no friends ah."

"Upstairs is right, I can't find a friend who also likes Switch***, let alone four...you kill me."

"No one plays the series together."

"Don't look at it, it's another game that attracts blue ocean users, it's just for cash refills... Sigh, I'm still looking forward to a more core-oriented game."

"I'm also a little disappointed...I feel like Linmu Studio is paying too much attention to blue ocean users, and our core players also want new games..."

"Don't look forward to it! What Lin Yao wants are cash players... I guess all the games in the future will be of this type."

"..."

on the forum.

Players with needs and like-minded people, saw the promotional video, and liked it very much... and most players, although they affirmed the idea of ​​Linmu Studio, had no intention of buying it, and were even a little disappointed.

Most of the core players are the latter.

but.

This game has received a good response on social media and overseas.

Although there are some comments about not playing with friends, most people still feel that the concept of offline party games is very new and want to try it very much.

Especially overseas.

All I can say is, it's a mixed blessing.

...

"Party game..."

Gibb Co.

After watching the promotional video, Frank heaved a sigh of relief, then shook his head.

"It can only be said that we are lucky!"

Aside, Hawkins said with a look of displeasure.

He was half-forced to give away the game this time, but in fact he didn't want to give it away.

Leaving aside the economic losses directly caused by gifting the game, just the old player's remarks that he would give away the game anyway without buying a new game, already made him very worried...

But Frank insisted on giving it!

"It's not luck. They announced two console games before, so they don't have so much energy. It is estimated that their first-party game on the PC side will have to wait until Black Friday at least, and save it to fight with us!"

Frank raised his head and retorted: "Linmu Studio will focus on the mainframe. We just take this opportunity to expand users. There is absolutely no mistake."

"That's not what you said just now."

Hawkins twitched the corner of his mouth: "Didn't you just worry that Linmu Studio would launch a PC masterpiece unexpectedly?"

"It's human." Frank didn't blush, "The fact is, it's just a party game, isn't it? Our strategy can still be carried out."

"I hope."

Hawkins was noncommittal.

This time, the game player is giving away games, which is just the beginning, and the first-party games of the two companies will be greatly promoted in the future.

Those two high-profile limited-time exclusive third-party masterpieces will also be launched.

This time, the two families really bleed...

As for why they made a big move not long after the summer promotion, on the one hand, they wanted to gain a good reputation, and the number of registered users exceeded 100 million, which is a good reputation.

on the other hand.

It’s also because I saw that Linmu Studio’s focus is on the console, and I thought to take advantage of this opportunity, when Linmu Studio didn’t focus on the Vaporwave game platform, to make a time difference, grab more users, and increase the number of monthly active users. .

And free games, promotions, and limited-time exclusive third-party masterpieces... are the killer features of game players.

The sudden release of a new promotional video by Linmu Studio really surprised Frank, thinking that it just happened that Linmu Studio was going to launch the first-party masterpiece on the PC side.

did not expect.

Finally just a party game...

False alarm.

"Do not worry."

Frank glanced at Hawkins, saw that he was worried, and comforted him.

Hawkins said nothing.

Seeing him like this, Frank didn't look down on himself, but looked down at the screen in front of him.

And at this time, a new tweet just popped up...

News from Forest Studio.

They're going to demonstrate how to play Super Mario Party tomorrow.

Frank took one look, then quickly shook his head and looked away, not caring.

The host side has little to do with him for the time being.

After all, it has nothing to do with the Vaporwave game platform.

...

at the same time.

Forest studio.

"Are you ready?"

Lin Yao found Lei Hongguang, the former head of the "Warcraft" project team and now the head of the "Civilization" project.

"alright."

Lei Hongguang nodded, then hesitated for a moment, and asked in a low voice: "But boss... are we really going to announce the new game at the party game face-to-face meeting?"

"Well, by the way."

Lin Yao nodded, and then explained: "During this period of time, we have done too little on the Vaporwave game platform. In addition, recently, the opposite side has free games, promotions, and limited time exclusives for third-party masterpieces. We really need to do something. Announcing a first-party masterpiece is the most appropriate.

In addition, the demand for party games in China is really not big, and the core players have already complained, so it just happens to satisfy them.

If you don't like party games like "Super Mario Party", then go online and play a game of "Civilization" with other players. This should be enough core, and this can be regarded as...another party game. Um! "

As Lin Yao spoke, she nodded her head with a firm look on her face.

Lei Hongguang: "..."

Boss, are you a devil?

Is "Civilization" online battle a party game?

Yesterday, I saw that the DLC of the second part of the carriage was updated. I took a look at it online, and somehow it soared to 4 o'clock. Obviously, there was a score of 40,000 in the same game. He couldn't even see the exhaust when he soared... But he couldn't help but kept going. Playing, the whole day today is lacking in energy, I have been afraid to play games for fear of getting stuck, but it is still a failure, ah... Also, do you know what the BGM of the picture of the pinball table is called, I miss it so much, But have been unable to find.