Let you make games, you directly shoot blockbusters?.

Chapter 328 He Gives Too Much
Chen Lin's expansion strategy went very smoothly.

Driven by a number of new and old games and movies, the originally empty virtual platform has now seen a surge in content, attracting more people to buy devices.

This huge market potential has also led to the influx of many industries into it, gradually establishing its status as the "virtual No. [-] brother" in history.

of course.

This is a situation where other world-class consortiums have not entered.

Once they successfully develop virtual technology, with the operation of huge capital, they have only accumulated a few years of experience, and I don’t know if they can fully cope with it.

"So, in addition to "Sword Art Online", we also need several masterpieces to hit the market."

conference room.

The high-level officials of Honghuang gathered together.

As a representative, Lao Song analyzed the current market situation.

Well known.

The competition between platforms is actually a competition between the quantity of games and the quality of games.

on the host side.

The reason why Juhard has been lagging behind.

The biggest reason is precisely because there are not many worthy exclusives, resulting in players’ low willingness to buy.

On the other hand, Nintendo and Sony have already accumulated many exclusive masterpieces in their hands over the years on the console side.

Coupled with the continuous output of popular IP, it formed a position that could not be shaken later.

"You mean, accumulate more exclusive games before they get up?"

Although Lao Li didn't understand operations, he understood the key and couldn't help but speak.

"Absolutely." Lao Song glanced at him, "Nowadays, those manufacturers are very sophisticated and are not willing to sign exclusive contracts for more than ten years. They will only sign for two or three years at most."

"Then we can only do it ourselves." The team leader at the bottom said.

"But the problem is that the production cycle of a masterpiece that can hit the market is not short. Once the performance is not good, we will waste a lot of time in vain."

"Indeed, even for us, virtual games are only in the exploratory stage, and there is no guarantee that we will achieve the desired results."

"I think it's okay. We have established a great advantage in terms of the number of games. What we lack now is more masterpieces."

As soon as the conversation started, the conference room became lively.

Everyone tells their own point of view, or weighs the pros and cons, and discusses the best solution.

Chen Lin sat at the top, listening to their discussion and also fell into deep thought.

to be frank.

Now he really wants to smash out 3A players like Old Ring and God of War to use his ultimate move.

But the conditions don't allow it.

The PC version is fine.

They have the ability to produce it.

But not the virtual side.

With their current level of proficiency in Virtual Engine, it will take at least one or two years to build it. It is obviously not appropriate to start the project at this time.

In other words.

They can only choose big players below 3A as targets.

Thinking of this, Chen Lin raised his head and looked at Old Song and Old Li: "Have you two teams now become familiar with the production process of virtual games?"

"Well, I have adapted to using old games during this period, and I have basically mastered it, but it will take some time to master it."

"I'm pretty much the same here."

Old Song and Old Li said.

It’s not that they don’t want to improve efficiency.

But it’s too difficult to train virtual technology talents.

Even the most cutting-edge talents in their team had a technical foundation, but it took them nearly half a year to master it.

Porting old games is fine.

Developing new games will be much more difficult.

Especially the kind of masterpieces that often cost hundreds of millions of investments.

"Since time doesn't allow it, I have a suggestion."

At this time, A Guang beside him suddenly spoke.

"What proposal?"

Everyone looked at him.

"Acquire IP and develop a sequel!"

Aguang took a deep breath and said slowly: "I don't know if you have seen the news some time ago. The CEO of Riot Company died suddenly... No, Bobby started acting like a monster again."

"Oh, that's what you're talking about. I've heard about it too. It seems that Bobby and EA executives are interested in a game from Rebirth (RE) Studio and want to acquire their IP. Don't you want to Shall we also step in?"

Everyone looked weird.

EA doesn't care about it for now.

Roasted Dick is a name that is well-known in the gaming circle and no one knows it.

Since taking office, various mysterious operations have almost killed Riot Games, and they have also killed countless game studios with great potential.

Known as a Class A war criminal in the gaming industry.

For example, the hit "Prototype of Murder" a few years ago.

Bobby originally acquired the parent company of the "Prototypes" studio for several well-known IPs.

I thought it would be a good start.

But Bobby was interested in the parent company’s IP, not theirs.

So as soon as I took over, dozens of people in the studio were laid off. As a result, "Prototype 2" under development was cut in half and the quality plummeted.

This is not over yet.

Later, Bobby used poor sales as an excuse to accuse the studio of not being good enough, and made another large-scale layoff of the studio.

In the end, the IP of "Prototype of Murder" died violently and disappeared forever in the long river of history.

and this.

It's just the most basic operation of that guy.

Later, they deliberately defaulted on payments to their partners, making them unable to support themselves, and then purchased their IP at a low price.

even.

Member of Rebirth (RE) Studio.

It was founded by employees who resigned during the acquisition crisis, and the name "Rebirth" comes from this.

Now that I see that they have developed a good game IP, they actually turn around and want to buy it back. It’s really...

"Bah! It's such a disgrace to us game practitioners!" The employees below directly scolded, looking very disgusted.

"Rather than saying that he is a game practitioner, it is better to say that he is a profit-seeking capital."

Old Song shook his head helplessly.

After spending so many years in the gaming industry, he has certainly heard of these things. He can only say that he has never seen such a shameless person.

The game in his hands is just a tool to make money, and he doesn't even consider what the players think.Such a company can survive to this day.

I can only say that the family is great and the cause is great.

"So you want us to buy the IP of "The Prototype of Murder"?" someone couldn't help but ask.

"No." Aguang shook his head, "Didn't I say it? Recently, Riot and EA have set their sights on RE Studio. I mean to buy the RE game."

"RE's game, if I remember correctly, seems to be a game called "Titanfall", right?"

"Yes, that's it. There has been a lot of commotion in the circle recently. How about it? Is this method feasible?"

Aguang looked at Chen Lin and Lao Song and Lao Li eagerly.

As a senior plastic guy, he also has a very deep love for mechas.

Since Mr. Chen said that during the meeting, he could speak freely and make opinions freely, he certainly recommended this kind of game.

Although the first part of "Titanfall" did not do very well...

"This game..."

Chen Lin touched his chin with a thoughtful look on his face.

In this world of Titanfall, there is no news of the development of a second part.

It would be a good idea to buy the IP copyright and game files.

The most important thing is that he can't stand Bobby's disgusting behavior, which is simply a piece of shit in the gaming industry.

If you snatch the IP from them, you will definitely get the support of the players.

Even in the American market, we can get support from players.

Because what Bobby did was so outrageous that it offended almost all Riot game players.

Think of this.

He made a decision directly: "I think it's okay. Let the people at the branch contact RE first. As long as the price is not too outrageous, we can consider it."

"Really!? So we can open the mecha in the virtual terminal?" A Guang stood up excitedly.

People around: ...

"Collect the smell, your Jiaoluo breath is leaking out."

"It's just that we can talk. It's not certain whether the other party will sell it or not."

"Mecha shooting games, there doesn't seem to be any good ones in the past few years."

"Let's talk about it first. If the price is low, we can still do it."

They did not question Chen Lin's decision, they were just considering the prospects of this type of game.

Although they have virtual version support, after all, the performance of the first part of this game is not very strong. Who knows what the effect will be if the sequel is ported to the virtual version.

finally.

After deliberation.

The person in charge of the overseas marketing department was responsible for arranging this matter, while the others ended the meeting and went back to start preparations.

……

the other side.

Inside the RE studio on the other side of the ocean.

The atmosphere is tense and several founders are facing grueling decisions.

"Pete, I will never agree to hand over "Titanfall"! Especially to that hateful guy Bobby!"

A man in his thirties with thinning hair said angrily.

When Bobby acquired their parent company, he made a series of operations that were so outrageous that people and gods were outraged, forcing them to leave their jobs directly and set up this studio outside.

Now that I have finally made some achievements, it is so shameless to come back to them again.

They would rather be acquired by EA.

I won’t hand over the game either!
"But... we don't have much funds anymore, and we need a lot of money for turnover." The man named Pete said worriedly.

Why doesn't he hope that he can be tough and refuse the other party's acquisition directly?

But if they refuse, what will greet them will be that the studio they have worked so hard to build will eventually face bankruptcy.

"Hmph! All this is not caused by Bobby's malicious default on our payment. When we meet next time, I will definitely fix him severely!"

"I didn't expect that guy to be so shameless. He would do anything to achieve his goal. As expected, he is still the same."

"Believe him, I would rather believe the homeless man on the street!"

Several studio executives were filled with indignation, and their curses continued to echo in the conference room.

The final conclusion is that.

Refuse to riot.

Get into the arms of EA!
After all, no matter what EA says, it is also one of the largest PC platforms besides steam.

With their capital in, at least it will be much better than now.

Stalled game projects can also be started again.

And just as a few people got up.

When preparing to reply to EA.

But a figure hurried in from outside.

"Mr. Peter! There is a person who claims to be a representative of the Honghuang Studio branch, and he said he wants to talk to you about the acquisition of game copyrights."

"Honghuang Studio?"

"Is it the prehistoric studio that built the virtual platform!?"

Peter and the others turned their heads and looked out the door in shock and surprise.

immediately.

Their expressions suddenly became anxious.

"Quick! Get him in!"

After saying that, he hurriedly tidied up the messy desktop and turned off the report projected on the screen.

After the arrivals entered the conference room, they closed the door tightly to prevent any sound from spreading outside.

No one knows what they talked about.

I only know that when the representatives of the Honghuang branch came out, Peter and others greeted them with smiles.

Wait until people leave.

Several people let out a sigh of relief and looked at each other excitedly.

10 billion!
The other party actually offered 10 billion to buy the IP copyright of their game!

You must know that "Titanfall 1" only made 3 million. Even if they launch a sequel, they have no confidence that it will exceed 10 billion.

This does not include development costs!
Is Honghuang sure that it can create higher value?
Although they also tried to struggle.

But Honghuang really gave too much.

It was much more than what Riot and EA offered, and it was enough to bring them back to life. There was no reason to refuse at all.

finally.

I had no choice but to agree to the deal.

(End of this chapter)