Let you make games, you directly shoot blockbusters?

"I think it should be in the wasteland style."

"No, the heat in the wasteland is too low now."

"What about omnic warfare?"

"It's too old-fashioned. Many manufacturers are doing it."

"The movie has just been released, is it a bit early to say this?"

"It's late, everyone is discussing this on the Internet now."

…

In the prehistoric conference room.

Arguments kept coming.

When Chen Lin, Song Lao and Li came outside, the senior officials of various departments and the heads of the production team had already gathered and were having a heated discussion about the movie "Mechanical Wanderer".

Seeing the three of them walking in, their voices gradually subsided and they all returned to their seats.

"sit down."

Chen Lin said something and then came to the front of the conference room.

After looking around at everyone, he went straight to the point and said:

"You must have heard about it, right?"

The sudden popularity of "Mechanical Wanderer" was somewhat beyond Chen Lin's expectations.

The internationally renowned director, plus more than a dozen major film and television companies, cannot be underestimated. In just a few days, it has swept through all major theaters at home and abroad.

The speed of spread is simply staggering.

"Not only have I heard about it, but now it has gone viral on the Internet."

Lao Li, who had just sat down, spoke first.

"And they just announced the results, and the box office on the first day exceeded 1 billion, breaking the record for the fastest box office!"

Old Song beside him added, looking a little shocked.

First, I was shocked by the strength of the director and the film and television company.

Second, I was shocked by the sudden popularity of this subject.

Don't talk about them.

I'm afraid the entire industry is a little bit unexpected.

Especially the subject of cyberpunk, in their memory, has always been the most partial and tepid among the science fiction genres.

Many people even have a very vague concept of it and do not understand what cyberpunk means at all. After all, its birth is too long ago, almost dating back to the 1960s and 1970s.

It is as complex and difficult to understand as "Cthulhu".

Perhaps it is precisely because of this sense of mystery that it is so popular among so many people?

"I've seen that movie, and it was really good. Young people are very fascinated by this subject now." A team leader at the bottom said.

"Yeah, I feel like this may become the next hot topic."

"It's really strong. Even the domestic film scheduling rate has increased to 43%."

"I still don't understand what cyberpunk means..."

“It’s kind of like a wasteland style, but not completely wasteland.”

"It's so biased. I didn't expect this kind of subject to be so popular."

Everyone said something to each other, and their words were full of sighs.

They have seen many movies that suddenly become popular, but this is the first time they have seen one with such weird themes.

Although there are a bunch of well-known film and television companies behind this, it also shows that people's tastes have begun to change.

It started to change from love and love to this kind of hardcore and curious content.

This has a huge impact on the gaming industry.

It may be necessary to change future operating strategies.

"It is said that many manufacturers have begun to develop games with similar themes. Soniju Hard is also increasing the proportion of promotion of such games. Should we also collect more similar games, or simply make one?"

Someone immediately suggested.

The explosion of cyberpunk will inevitably lead to the emergence of a bunch of games with similar themes. They have to make plans in advance.

"Do any of you understand cyberpunk?" Lao Song asked.

As soon as these words came out, the whole place fell into silence.

They all looked at each other.

A good while.

Only then did someone say: "I have researched that movie. It should be similar to the collapse of order after technology develops to a certain extent. It has a dystopian flavor."

"Moreover, daily life is affected by rapidly changing technology, with widespread computerized information covering the world and various human body modifications. To sum up, mechanical technology is highly integrated into life."

"Huh? I always thought cyberpunk was something from the era of steam engines." Another person said in surprise.

Steam engine...

The others gave him a strange look.

How do these two things come together?

But it also proves from the side that they don’t know much about cyberpunk.

Or.

Except for those manufacturers who have done similar themes.

The entire industry is still in the excavation and research stage of cyberpunk.

Whoever makes a name for himself first will have the upper hand.

Of course, it is also possible to make a mistake, misunderstand the meaning, and make a nondescript game.

"Where's Mr. Chen? Do you think we should play this kind of game?"

At this time, Lao Li looked at Chen Lin next to him.

"Cyberpunk..."

Chen Lin looked thoughtful and tapped the table gently.

Speaking of this theme, he thought of several games.

But what impressed me the most was the game that died suddenly when it was launched, which was the largest rollover incident in history.

For nothing else.

It's just that I used too much force when announcing the hair.

The novel cyberpunk style game attracted great attention from players as soon as it was announced.

As a result, after it was officially launched, a bunch of bugs were revealed, and the optimization was so rubbish that it was worse than a semi-finished product.

This is typical of having too high expectations.

"No one remembers crappy games that were released on time."

This sentence was the most appropriate to describe that game at the time.

It has also become a legitimate reason for the delay of countless masterpieces.

But it has to be said.

Putting aside the production problems of that game, the overall concept and design are still very good, even amazing.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be a bunch of players scolding it while waiting for it to be updated and optimized.

There are a lot of reasons for this.

It is the feasting and feasting in the city that satisfies their fantasies about the future technological world, and also satisfies the suppressed wildness in their hearts!

Since he now has the ability and resources, he just happened to encounter the rise of this kind of subject.

It’s time for players in this world to experience the charm of Night City for themselves!

"Okay, let's make this game for our next project."

Chen Lin raised his head and said slowly.

Everyone in the discussion all looked at him in unison.

"So, it's confirmed?"

Lao Song was not surprised by this.

Although they are now a platform, they are still a game studio first.

Only by creating more IPs of our own and increasing the influence of the platform can we go further, just like Nintendo has been doing with its own Mario series.

This is the subject...

It might be a little challenging for them.

"Don't worry, I already have preliminary ideas. When the time comes, I will come up with a plan for you. If there are any mistakes or omissions, we can discuss and modify them together."

"What kind of plan is it?"

Everyone immediately became energetic after hearing this.

Chen Lin glanced at them and smiled slightly.

"I plan to create a sin city where freedom and chaos coexist based on the technological background of decades from now. I name it - Cyberpunk 2077!"

…

A conference on emerging genres.

It was over soon.

With doubts and expectations, Lao Song, Lao Li and others returned to their respective departments and began to collect relevant information.

And at this time.

The discussion on the Internet about "Mechanical Wanderer" and cyberpunk has also intensified, and it once became one of the hottest topics.

Many manufacturers took this opportunity to announce that they were developing such games, which attracted a lot of attention.

Not to mention several major virtual platforms, they have already entered the market and hyped up the new games that will be introduced on their own platforms.

The next-generation wasteland style, future fantasy technology, and Omnic Crisis have attracted enough attention and raised the popularity of this subject to a new height.

Until the morning of the third day.

Chen Lincai called Lao Li.

"The design plan has been sent to your computer. It may be a bit difficult to make. Let's see what else needs to be changed first."

"Already done? Let me take a look."

Lao Li opened the computer, pulled out the file he had just received, and took a deep breath.

"Mr. Chen, are you a bit loud?"

Lao Li looked at the densely packed files on the computer in shock.

When the leaders of various groups nearby saw this, they also gathered around.

"Where is it? Where is the new plan?"

"Has it been sent?"

"I'll go! So many??"

"Is this going to be a AAA game?"

During this period, they also studied a lot of information about cyberpunk and gained some understanding.

But when I saw the amount of content in the plan, I was still shocked.

"Study this plan yourself first, and come to me if you have any questions."

Chen Lin said and hung up the phone.

Because the content is really large and some gameplay needs to be modified, it will take some time to optimize it.

Lao Li and others quickly opened the file and were shocked to see the gameplay design that matched the information they had read these days.

"Chaotic cities, energy competition, and corporate wars really fit the background of that era."

"Mechanical prosthetics! Are you even included in this gameplay?"

"I'm so good at this design sketch!"

"Night City, is this city's name?"

“Are these designs a little too bold?”

"That's right, this is the smell!"

With just a design plan, they imagined in their minds a technological city that was chaotic, full of gangs, but also controlled by order.

It perfectly interprets the world background of "high technology and low life" in the definition of cyberpunk.

It makes people curious.

Under the bustling city, there is something unknown hidden.

It also made them suddenly enlightened and finally had a clear direction.

"Okay, let's allocate the work first. We have to finish it before other manufacturers."

Lao Li took a deep breath and began to assign relevant tasks to each group.

Especially the light and shadow rendering and modeling are definitely the top priority of this game.

In addition to a lot of code optimization, the workload is not much smaller than that of Big Dart. I will have to go to the Liming team to find Lao Song later and ask him to recruit more people.

The entire Daybreak team.

As this project was finalized, I became very busy.

…

Sony headquarters, conference room.

While major manufacturers are working on developing new games, Sony is no exception and is also discussing related content.

"That old guy from Furukawa, I just contacted him and wanted him to join forces with our two families, but he was rejected."

A dignified man with his hair parted in the middle and wearing glasses sat at the head with a calm expression.

"I heard that they have no plans to participate in this competition and have been waiting and watching."

"Hmph! I think they are just scared of being beaten by the ancients, and they just want to occupy the market in Japan and South Korea!"

"President Yoshida, I think this is a good opportunity. Since Nintendo doesn't compete with us, we can definitely take this opportunity to surpass them!"

Everyone below was talking to each other, making the conference room noisy.

The explosion of emerging themes is undoubtedly a great opportunity for them to attract players, and it is also an excellent opportunity to expand platform users.

Since Nintendo has no intention of participating, they can take this opportunity to stabilize the PS virtual platform market in Asia.

China has great control over them and they have no chance, but other neighboring countries can still do it. As long as they can win, it will be enough for them to gain a foothold in the virtual industry.

They're not like Nintendo.

We are only satisfied with the basic market in Japan and South Korea!

"Okay, it's decided. You, Eguchi, will be responsible for the development of neighboring countries, and Yamashita, you will be responsible for supervising the game development team and asking them to make the game as soon as possible."

"yes!"

"yes!"

After receiving Yoshida's order, Eguchi and Yamashita responded one after another.

"Well, go ahead. No matter what this time, we have to tear off a piece of flesh from the prehistoric body. The virtual industry must have our share!"

Yoshida's eyes contained deep confidence and coldness.

If it weren't for the prehistoric times, their status on the console would not have plummeted.

He doesn't hate prehistoric times, after all, market competition is like this.

But he couldn't see the Honghuang family being the only one, otherwise where would their Soni's face go? Many people outside were laughing at them now.