There is a Problem with This Online Game Planning

The "Call of Duty" series does not log in to the traditional host platform, and its impact on the traditional host platform.

Lin Yao has seen it in her previous life...

After the giant acquisition of Activision Blizzard in her previous life, more than one player expressed concern about what would happen if "Call of Duty" was exclusive and did not log in to PS5.

certainly.

This possibility should be small in the short term. After all, Activision is not a charity organization. After all, the sales of PS5 in this generation still far exceed that of XBOX.

Moreover, the "Call of Duty" series is currently one of the largest sources of game revenue on PS5, which has huge benefits for both parties, and it is impossible to just give up like this.

But it's not possible at the moment, and it's really uncertain in the future.

After all, even Sony says... Call of Duty is an IP with no rivals, a franchise with a big budget, multi-year development cycle, and a cult following.

Although they also have a lot of money and resources, even if they spend a lot of money to develop a similar game, they may not be able to compete with it, because the latter is a separate game type in itself.

And if this series is really exclusive, it will definitely affect players' purchase of consoles.

This evaluation... can be said to be very high.

Although Sony also has the meaning of persuading the regulatory agencies here, the annual sales data is available. If "Call of Duty" becomes exclusive, it will indeed cause a devastating blow to the Sony camp.

certainly.

Lin Yao's "Call of Duty" is not so powerful now...

It is even more impossible to say anything about the host camp.

But judging from the response of "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" now, and Lin Yao has a complementary mechanism... Maybe this will happen in the future.

For the three traditional host platforms, Lin Yao let "Call of Duty" land on all platforms, whether it is honey or arsenic... We will not know until later.

However, neither honey nor arsenic.

This is not a bad thing for Linmu Studio.

"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" lands on one more platform, and earns more money and influence.

Anyway, the impact on the switch is minimal.

After all... Players are probably used to this kind of work that is exclusive to Switch.

The current level of technology is not enough to allow the host to take into account both portability and performance. This is probably why Lin Yao's previous Nintendo console was unique... But when the cloud game technology matures, it may be difficult to say at that time. After all, what will happen in the future? neither knows.

Lin Yao patiently explained to Mu Wanqing why she had to log in to all platforms of "Call of Duty".

After hearing this, Mu Wanqing nodded thoughtfully.

"So let's expand our influence first."

Lin Yao sat on the chair, tapped the ground with her toes, and after turning around, she continued: "I guess this can disgust Gilbert and Dreamland. Seeing that the PC platform has failed, they will probably go to the host platform to find it soon." broke through..."

"Um."

Mu Wanqing nodded with a chuckle.

"...How about it, do you think I'm evil?" Lin Yao looked at Mu Wanqing's pretty face, and suddenly stretched out a slender finger, pointing to her own face.

"No..." Mu Wanqing gently shook her head while holding the documents.

"real?"

Lin Yao reached out and scratched her belly.

"Hmm... Really..." Mu Wanqing twisted her body unnaturally.

Many staff members passed by and smiled knowingly when they saw this scene.

...

"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" announced to land on all platforms.

Whether it is the player or the platform side, everyone is happy.

It is normal for players who want to play the game on the console to be happy. After all, the multiplayer experience on the console is different from that on the PC.

As for the host platform side, they have long been envious of the popularity of this game, although it is now slower than the launch on the PC side.

But it is better than nothing, and as Frank expected, there are indeed a large number of players who are still sticking to the console and want to lie down on the living room and play FPS.

These are all money!

In addition, since Linmu Studio let go this time, then next time...

In short.

For the platform side of traditional hosts, "Call of Duty" seems to be honey.

They love it.

but.

This time Call of Duty has landed on all platforms, although it is said that everyone on the player platform is happy, but it does not mean that everyone is happy...

As you wish, Frank and Hawkins are not included...

The two were now cornered directly.

Can't beat the PC side.

Wanting to switch to the host side, but Linmu Studio took the lead in announcing the news that "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" will be launched on all platforms.

Thanks to the super high heat of Call of Duty.

Except for diehard fans, the players don't care what they say at all.

This leads directly to the year.

Even if the game has been out for so long.

Neither Gilbert nor Dreamland announced the sales data of their famous IP new works, so they held back.

But capital is cold-blooded and has a keen sense of smell...

Although they wanted to hold back, everyone could see the popularity of Call of Duty, so soon, investors started voting with their feet.

Just after Christmas, as soon as the market opened, the stock prices of Gilbert and Dreamland began to plummet!

I can't hold back anymore.

Frank came out in a hurry, wanting to calm his mind, he looked forward to the next year first, and raised his achievements this year by the way.

But in his words, the moisture is really too much...

Everyone could hear the moisture in his words, and the decline still couldn't be stopped in the end.

The stock price is still plummeting.

"Call of Duty" came out, facing two famous IP sequels. Winning directly with a crushing momentum has also become the biggest black swan event in the game circle this year.

And once you fail, everything you do is wrong...

Regarding the game player's move to give away games, it has also begun to receive raging criticism.

Even Hawkins, who was a partner, probably expressed his dissatisfaction because his anger had not subsided.

The partner is dissatisfied.

All kinds of BUFF stacked together directly cast a shadow over the future of the game player.

Inside the game player, which was established less than a year ago, there was also an undercurrent.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Linmu Studio. The only thing that counts is that it makes the Vaporwave game platform more stable and gives players more confidence...

"You said what's the use of all those bells and whistles, you're giving away games, and you're announcing the number of registered people every day, and you're not being punched [dog head] down in the end."

In the domestic player community.

A considerable number of players who supported Linmu Studio were overjoyed when they heard the news.

One of the posts resonated a lot, and the replies began to surge.

Some players even expressed emotion under this post, saying that it would be great if Linmu Studio went public... definitely buy stocks.

Because... steady!

but.

The player's wish now seems very unlikely to be realized.

Because Lin Yao has no plans to go public so far, thanks to the foundation of the early online games and the strength of the follow-up works, even with the burden of Forest Financial Holdings, the cash flow of the forest studio is very abundant.

In fact, she didn't even know what the sand sculpture players were discussing at this meeting.

As for what she's doing...

She's going to be worrying about it...

Things that were let go before.

As January of the new year approaches, it is put on the agenda again.

That is the issue of the release of "Di Renjie" and "Sherlock Holmes".

"Call of Duty" is on fire, so how should players accept these two works...

This became a problem.

There is also a question of which game will be released first.

Deep down in Lin Yao's heart, she wanted "Di Renjie" to be released first. After all, as she told Mu Wanqing, European and American players remembered Linmu Studio because of "Call of Duty". , would be a good time.

In addition... because "Call of Duty" was on the 7 o'clock news, many people who didn't know the truth complained about the background chosen by Lin Mu Studio's works.

The launch of "Di Renjie" at this time happens to be able to stop their mouths...

But, thinking about it from another angle, the two new games this time are not of the same type as FPS, but are closer in terms of story type.

If "Sherlock Holmes" is accepted, will it bring more audiences to "Di Renjie" of the same type?

And the first launch is to catch the light of "Call of Duty", but there is also the risk of not attracting players, and then being swallowed by the heat of "Call of Duty"...

So, she was quite confused.

"I actually think...it doesn't matter which one of the two games starts first."

In the meeting room.

Although Zhong Xiu has been working on mobile software that many staff members don’t understand, he is still the person in charge of the PC department, so when faced with this problem, he was the first to give his opinion: “After all, two In fact, the games give people the same look and feel, and I have played them all, and I feel they are all excellent!"

"But you have to admit that starting the game will take some risks."

Zhang Qiuwen scratched his head lightly, and gave different opinions: "After all, in the current game industry, "Call of Duty" is a traffic black hole!"

Lin Yao sat in the first seat, nodded slightly after listening to what the two said, and then looked at Xi Qianyu, the person in charge of the marketing department.

"Actually, I think both games can be postponed until after the Spring Festival..."

Xi Qianyu smiled a little embarrassedly: "After all, most of the peers in the industry do this, and this can also squeeze out the last trace of enthusiasm for "Call of Duty"... But our Linmu Studio has always been known for its high output. And considering the FPS online multiplayer mode, players have more than one "Call of Duty" to play, but stand-alone games, stand-alone battles, but one less one...

In addition, the Spring Festival is the festival with the most time for domestic players, and there are many domestic players in our studio... So my suggestion is, it will be released in early February, just before the Spring Festival. As for which game will be released first, any game will do! "

"Um……"

Lin Yao nodded again upon hearing this.

Finally, she turned her head to look at Conglong who was sitting at the end of the conference table, the person in charge of the two studios in Western Han Dynasty, and asked, "What do you guys think?"

"ah?"

Wang Mang, the person in charge of the Conglong Studio, and Zhang Tian, ​​the person in charge of the Xihan Studio, both froze.

They thought they were just here to listen...

After all, their identity is the acquired first-party studio.

Of course, it's not their turn to ask about the release of this kind of game.

"Stop it, I don't want to sacrifice you guys. Both Zhong Xiu and Zhang Qiuwen have talked about the pros and cons just now. You may get benefits, or you may be swallowed by the popularity of "Call of Duty."

Lin Yao smiled lightly, and continued: "This is your hard work, don't you have any opinions? I don't want you to have any complaints because of the release issue, and then feel that your work has been buried..."

Lin Yao specially called them because of this.

Because she doesn't want to be a dragon, a dragon who just wants to collect gold coins.

The income of a game is of course important.

But if people's hearts change, no amount of money will help.

And these two games really condense their hard work, and they also contain all their efforts to produce a 3A masterpiece for the first time. Of course, Lin Yao can let the headquarters arrange it, and he also believes in the professionalism of the staff at the headquarters.

But if the game fails... a little bit of dissatisfaction will be magnified infinitely.

In the end, it may directly destroy the spirit of these two studios, or directly make them faintly opposed to the headquarters.

Lin Yao didn't want to see these things.

"Actually, being able to make such a work this time is entirely due to the opportunity you gave us, the script and the direction of the gameplay. Although it is hard work, no matter how it is arranged, we can accept it."

Hearing Lin Yao's words.

Zhang Tian and Wang Mang looked at each other, and then the latter spoke.

"Well, what's your opinion?"

Lin Yao continued to ask.

"Uh... I agree with Ms. Xi's suggestion..."

Look at Lin Yao's persistence.

The two can only give opinions, and they are quite unified.

"Then which game do you think is more suitable for the first release?" Lin Yao nodded, and then continued to ask.

"...I think Di Renjie is more suitable."

And face this problem.

The two looked at each other again, and finally it was Zhang Tian, ​​the person in charge of the Western Han studio, who spoke first: "I checked the script you gave me. The prototype of "Di Renjie" is the historical Prime Minister Di Renjie, right?"

"Um."

Lin Yao nodded and gave a definite answer.

Di Renjie did have a prototype, the same as her previous life, and she was also a very awesome character in history, to a certain extent, even more awesome than Di Renjie in the novel.

It's just that his most prominent status in history is not a detective, but a politician.

Under Wu Zhou's high-pressure environment, he was able to keep the prince Li Xian while making himself the politician Wu Zetian trusted most.

This is not something that can be easily done. It is equivalent to opposing Wu Zetian as emperor and wanting the world to return to the Li Tang regime, but at the same time being loyal to Wu Zetian and deeply trusted.

Later, in the Shenlong coup, Zhang Jianzhi, the prime minister who forced Wu Zetian to abdicate, was recommended by the deeply trusted Di Renjie.

If it weren't for him, it is estimated that there would be no such thing as the Li Tang regime.

Such a person who can stabilize and balance himself among various forces, make himself invincible, and return the power to Li Tang to what he wants to do, and really implement it, truly realize it, Really awesome.

What's even more outrageous is that such a person really has relevant judgment records. He was once promoted to the position of the Chancellor of Dali Temple, and within a year he judged a large backlog of cases, involving 17,000 people, but no one filed a wrongful lawsuit...

And this is the source of inspiration for the detective Di Renjie's prototype "Di Gong Case".

It can be said that whether it is official history or unofficial history, these are all cheating characters.

"Since there is a historical prototype, the game also has a hidden political line in addition to the regular detective work, which is indeed easier for domestic players to accept than the empty Sherlock Holmes."

Hearing Lin Yao's exact reply, Zhang Tian's expression of admiration flashed away, and he continued: "Also Di Renjie is really interesting, but few players know about it, probably because Tang Taizong Li Shiming is too famous, As a result, in various online games, Wei Zheng's popularity is several blocks away from Di Renjie's...

Therefore, for domestic players, the freshness is definitely enough, and the ancient monarchy system is a bit different at home and abroad. For Chinese New Year, at this time, for domestic players, the investigation and "Di Renjie" with political elements will be more exciting. A little more pleasing. "

"Well, it makes sense..."

Although Lin Yao wants to use "Di Renjie" to do something and export culture, it doesn't mean that domestic players should be forgotten.

She nodded, then looked at Wang Mang next to Zhang Tian: "Then what's your opinion?"

"Um... I think it makes sense." Wang Mang was embarrassed for a while, and then directly agreed.

Lin Yao smiled like a flower and said: "Are you sure? Don't have any opinions because you don't want to mention them because of face. Just now your immediate boss Zhong Xiu was arguing with Zhu Nianqiao from the host department. Don't worry, the person in charge has different opinions. The normal state of Linmu Studio..."

the other side.

The corner of Zhong Xiu's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he immediately said, "Is this the same thing, boss! Does Zhu Nianqiao have a different opinion with me? He came to laugh at me for receding my hairline again!!"

"Ah? Really?"

Lin Yao immediately turned her head when she heard the words, then moved her gaze upwards, looked at the top of his head... showing a shocked expression, and said, "It seems that he really backed away again."

Zhong Xiu: "..."

When the others heard Lin Yao's words and looked at Zhong Xiu, they couldn't hold back for an instant, and turned their heads away.

Holding back a laugh.

Zhong Xiu is hard, his fist is hard!

But he looked around, Lin Yao, Mu Wanqing, including Xi Qianyu, the person in charge of the marketing department, couldn't afford to offend him.

But Zhang Tian and Wang Mang were not familiar with it, so it was difficult to start.

Then there is only one choice left.

Um!

He turned around directly, and grabbed Zhang Qiuwen next to him: "What are you laughing at!!?"

"... Fuck! Bullying the weak and fearing the strong! Then I will commit the next crime today!"

Zhang Qiuwen was stunned for a moment, then cursed, and pinched back.

The scene was once chaotic...

And saw this scene.

The heads of the two first-party studios were stunned...

The mysterious impression of the headquarters of Linmu Workshop collapsed in an instant... and then the strange impression was built.

"Okay, stop messing around."

Although Lin Yao also suppressed her laughter, she still had a bit of majesty... He stopped the two of them pinching each other, and looked at Wang Mang again.

"I really think what Zhang Tian said makes sense." Wang Mang immediately recovered from the collapse of his impressions, barely controlled his expression, and replied.

"Okay, let's make sure that the new game will be released before the Chinese New Year! "Di Renjie" will be released first!"

Lin Yao finally made a final decision and made a decision.

February is just the Chinese New Year in China.

Normal life resumed in Europe and America.

This is a good time period for European and American players and domestic players.

As for whether the results that Lin Yao wants can be achieved

...Do your best to obey the destiny.

...

The meeting was adjourned following Lin Yao's decision.

A group of people filed out.

Zhong Xiu and Zhang Qiuwen pinched each other again, Lin Yao discussed with Mu Wanqing what to have for lunch, and Xi Qianyu let Zhong Xiu and Zhang Qiuwen give way with a look of disgust, almost kicking their ass...

But Zhang Tian and Wang Mang still stayed in the conference room.

After all, it was the first time to participate in this kind of meeting, so they were still a little cautious.

"It feels really good."

Watching a group of nominally high-level executives of Linmu Studio leave, Zhang Tian suddenly opened his mouth and sighed.

"Indeed." Wang Mang nodded, and then enviously said: "Actually, I really want to work in the headquarters, I think it will be very interesting, I have visited many game companies because of work, but every time I come here, I feel the atmosphere here It’s different, it’s different from all game companies.”

"Perhaps this is the reason why Linmu Studio can become Linmu Studio..."

Zhang Tian glanced at the back of a certain girl for the last time, then shook his head slightly, and stood up: "Let's go, since the game's release has been pushed to February, there is still one month left, we will test the game again and strive for perfection." !"

"Good."

Wang Mang immediately stood up energetically.

...

Lin Yao walked out of the conference room, said goodbye to Mu Wanqing, and just returned to her place.

Zhu Nianqiao, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Lin Yao.

Immediately pounced on.

"Hahaha! Senior sister, have you noticed? Zhong Xiu's baldness is even more obvious!!"

Zhu Nianqiao quickly came to Lin Yao, hugged her, jumped up and down, and started talking about the topic of baldness...

"Zhong Xiu hasn't gone far...Aren't you afraid that he will hear you?"

Lin Yao glared at her lightly.

Zhu Nianqiao was stunned for a moment, then stood on tiptoe from Lin Yao's arms and took a look, and found that Zhong Xiu and Zhang Qiuwen were no longer pinching each other, but stopped, looked to this side, and clenched his fists...

She immediately shrank her head.

Lin Yao said angrily, "Did you see it? Let go, how decent is it to hug?"

"Then you are still cuddling with Mu Wanqing." Zhu Nianqiao said confidently.

"Miss Mu hasn't gone far yet." Lin Yao added.

Zhu Nianqiao immediately stood on tiptoe and looked around again, and found that Mu Wanqing also stopped, standing next to Zhong Xiu, looking here, not sure if he clenched his fist or not, but he was full of murderous intent...

She shrank her head again, trembling.

"Okay, let's talk about something."

Lin Yao was a little amused, and broke away from the hand she was holding her, then pinched her soft face, helped her to pin the messy sideburns behind her ears, turned around and pulled out the chair to sit down.

Although Zhu Nianqiao usually looks very unreliable, she will always look like she hasn't grown up.

But Lin Yao didn't dislike her personality.

fine.

Every day is full of energy.

"...I have a problem, senpai."

Zhu Nianqiao was quiet for a while, and immediately walked around and sat down next to Lin Yao, yelling: "The art style of the "Diablo" outsourcing team is very inconsistent with the setting diagram you gave, I want you to draw more Some reference pictures, otherwise the negotiation cost would be too high..."

"That's it, okay...I just have time now."

Lin Yao heard this, nodded, agreed, and then thought that there was nothing to do now, so she took out the drawing paper and began to draw.

Zhu Nianqiao saw Lin Yao go straight to work, and also closed his mouth.

Then, she just sat next to Lin Yao and watched the painting quietly for a while, then quietly stood up, ready to go back to the console product department upstairs.

certainly.

before leaving.

She didn't forget to look around and make sure that Zhong Xiu and Ms. Mu were not guarding, then she trotted out sneakily.

After walking out of the PC department.

Zhu Nianqiao changed from being sneaky and full of energy again, almost bouncing towards the elevator.

But while waiting for the elevator, the phone in her pocket rang.

Zhu Nianqiao picked up the phone and looked at it, then was slightly startled, put away the bright smile on his face, came to the stairs next to the emergency exit, and picked up the phone.

"Hey, mom..."

After Zhu Nianqiao picked up the phone, the jumpiness and impetuosity on her body disappeared in an instant, and she, who was also wearing a neat ponytail, looked extraordinarily mature.

"Well, I'm fine, don't worry, I really haven't been bullied..."

Zhu Nianqiao leaned against the wall, listened to the nagging on the phone, with a faint smile on her face, and said softly: "And I have already graduated, how could I still be bullied, my daughter is not young...

No, no, how could it be possible to hide it from you... huh? Have I ever cried? You remembered wrong. "

"That time was an accident. I was ignorant at that time...and that person is no longer here."

"yes."

"Well, this company is very good, the colleagues are very good, the atmosphere is also very good, um... the boss is even better, they can all accept me, really."

"..."

staircase.

The voice of the conversation came intermittently and faintly.

But no one can hear it.