MTL - I Develop Battlefield To Drive Global Players Crazy-Chapter 220

It's not for popularity, but to see if this charging model with free decorations can be successful.

Although Chen Xu announced the free mode before the game was launched, many people thought it was unreliable.

But after this number of users is counted, many game manufacturers are aware of the quality of the game.

That is, Nebula Games will never lose money, and will definitely make money.

But the point is how much you can earn.

In terms of the quality of the game "Rainbow Six: Siege", combined with the previous products of Nebula games.

There is no doubt that this is definitely a million-selling game.

Of course this refers to the whole platform.

In the case of only launching the VR terminal, there must be a 50% discount.

And the sales of 5 million, coupled with the higher price of the VR terminal than the PC.

"Rainbow Six: Siege" is a sustainable operation even if it is free and in-app purchases.

But if the difference is too large, it is obviously not worth the loss.

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But the next month was a month that stunned major game manufacturers at home and abroad.

"Rainbow Six: Siege", the number of active users in the first week of launch reached a new high, but the number of online users at the same time fell a lot.

Then the second week, and the third week continued to decline, until the fourth week when it stabilized.

The maximum number of simultaneous online users remains at 3.5 million.

Although compared to the peak, it has dropped nearly 4 times.

However, for people in the game industry, it is clear that this is a normal decline.

As a free VR game, there must be many people who want to try it at the beginning.

And this is only the highest number of online users, it does not mean that there are really only 3.5 million users.

What really stunned the industry was its earnings.

Chen Xu did not conceal this, but directly announced the relevant data.

The monthly flow is 810 million.

Compared with the previous buyout income of Nebula Games, it is not high.

But this is sustainable operation. If the ratio is too different, even sustainable operation will obviously not be worth the loss.

After all, making a profit in one day is a completely different concept from making a profit in a month.

But when the difference in numbers is not that big, this kind of continuous operation is quite scary.

And the more critical point of "Rainbow Six: Siege" is to prove that many players are not disgusted with this payment model.

Because these players did find that, as Chen Xu said, these props in the game did not affect the balance of the game.

Either one shot or one shot.

At the same time, from the perspective of content mode, the follow-up content can be completely the same as the launch of DLC.

Just as major game makers thought, at the same time that "Rainbow Six: Siege" was launched for a month.

Chen Xu and Nebula Games brought another version update.

For ordinary players, what they see is the addition of two new operators who are ridiculed as "Black Mirror" and "Athlete's Foot", a new map, and new firearms they have.

The game has new content to play.

And for the krypton 630 gold players who were stunned to complete Rainbow Six's dress-up game, what they saw was that the game was actually linked!

Not only a new gun skin, but even a Ghost skin for Modern Warfare!

The EMP grenade operator Thatcher linked up with Simon Riley's character skin.

The same British nationality, the same army background, and even Thatcher is also a member of the SAS.

For manufacturers in the industry, it is completely understandable.

Link! good guy!

They all forgot about this trick!

They have already thought of what might happen in the future.

This month, there will be a Simon Riley linkage, and next month will be soap and Price!

In terms of classic characters, Nebula games are not lacking for so many years!

In the past, many game manufacturers in the industry were envious and emotional, that is, Nebula Games basically did not launch sequels, and continued to operate the IP that has been successful to make money.

But now this Nebula game can be considered playable!

Not to mention the realization of IP, the possibility of a sequel is still reserved.

After all, launching a sequel is a double-edged sword.

Everyone is happy with success, but failure will detract from the value of the existing IP.

But now this linkage?

This Nebula game is so profitable, and it is so profitable that the players are so happy that they even want to continue to pay from their pockets?

Looking at the "Rainbow Six: Siege" community of Nebula Games, countless players have petitioned for the launch of "Price" and "Arthur Morgan" linkage.

The heads of major manufacturers in the game industry are all numb.

You have all been given to PUA by Nebula Games! .

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The big goose and the relevant person in charge in the Phoenix game are in a bad mood.

Because according to various operational data, the popularity of "Rainbow Six: Siege" cannot be compared with the peak of the week it just came out.

But after the new version was launched, it has been rising recently.

It has even completely crushed other FPS games on the VR platform.

The new games of the two of them cannot be said to be of poor quality.

But in the face of "Rainbow Six: Siege", it is really more than enough.

Coupled with the same engine development, the big crash of the same type of fps game.

If you really want to go online, it will definitely be a bit miserable to be hit.

Even for the two, they have only considered changing some content, and then let the two games rely on "Rainbow Six: Siege".

Not the game mode, but the operating mode.

The two games do not follow the buyout strategy, but follow the operation strategy of free + skin in-app purchase.

After all, according to this model, the new games of the two of them may really become cannon fodder in the end.

Now in the same free and in-app purchase mode, depending on the style, it may be able to attract a group of players.

As for the core designer characters of the two games, they are definitely reluctant to make changes to the games.

But for the two game companies, they must maximize their interests.

Who can't get along with money?

And Nebula Games' Rainbow Six: Siege has indeed proved that this approach is feasible.

Originally, they thought that the popularity of "Rainbow Six: Siege" would gradually decline, and the subsequent profitability might be weak.

But after Nebula Games announced the monthly profit in the first month, the fiery phenomenon caused by the linkage of the new version has completely made them understand one thing.

That is, the profitability of "Rainbow Six: Siege" is absolutely no problem.

As long as the content of the game is okay, this is a cash cow.

And the linkage is not only the games under Nebula Games.

If at this time, Nebula Games finds their big goose and wants to take the image of a classic character and give the conditions for skin sharing.

Will their goose refuse?

Certainly not!

After all, it is still the same sentence, who would dislike less money?

For "Rainbow Six: Siege", it is very simple to make more money, just develop a few good-looking gun skins in the game.

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Inside the Nebula Gaming Office

Chen Xu opened the company's internal mailbox, and Qin Yi had already sent a work report.

After the development of the VR version of "Rainbow Six: Siege" was completed.

The team also sent more people to port the game to the PC and NS, after all, compared to the NS in the previous life.

The NS developed by Nebula Games has much higher hardware configuration.

The resolution and texture of "Rainbow Six: Siege" are slightly compressed, and can run smoothly at 60 frames.

There is nothing special about the two versions of "Rainbow Six: Siege", mainly cutting out some actions that are only available in VR.

In addition, there are three different versions of data exchange.

Of course, the data exchange here refers to the inventory in the game.

Chen Xu didn't think about saying that the skins that players had on the VR were gone on the PC, and they had to buy them again.

No matter what platform the player is on, the recharge amount and the purchased skin are all synchronized.

But if the player pool is different, the platforms will be separated.

After all, the experience is completely different. For example, if NS and PC players are matched in the same game, the advantage of using the keyboard and mouse will definitely be much greater than that of the players using the joystick.

So this is also to ensure the fairness of the game, and for the current Nebula game, there is no need to worry about the problem that the player pool is not enough to match people.

After dealing with the transplantation of PC and NS, Chen Xu leaned on his chair and considered the next R&D plan.

At this time, assistant Jiang Wan knocked on the door and came in, reporting: "Mr. Chen, the Midstream VR Group has invited us to participate in this year's product test."

"Product testing?" Chen Xu leaned forward and put the relevant information in front of Jiang Wan's hands.

Midstream VR belongs to the largest VR game company in China, and like some special industries, it belongs to state-owned enterprises.

"A more realistic experience, a new generation of VR game warehouses? Would you like us to customize the content for safety testing?"

After reading the relevant information in Jiang Wan's hands, Chen Xu also understood what happened.

Whether at home or abroad, the VR hardware segment obviously wants to become the boss.

Just like Lao Ren in the previous life rose to dominate after the collapse of Atari, all practitioners in the game industry have to look at Lao Ren's face, and the power money system is a product of that time.

In the field of VR, both domestic and foreign countries want to use it to win the highest market share, and then formulate their own standards.

Now it is obviously ready to enter the next generation. After the hardware, it is the turn of contacting software vendors such as them to put forward various opinions.

And this part is basically competitive. In such a global market situation, unlike Chen Xu's previous exclusive games on NS, no manufacturer of VR will monopolize it.

In other words, even the two top VR manufacturers at home and abroad cannot afford this amount of money.

After all, it’s useless to have less, and a phenomenon-level game has no way to crush them all.

When the original NS was launched, it was invincible in the market, and only with excellent games could it dominate the world.

But VR is completely different.

"Help me contact Midstream, the day after tomorrow... No, tomorrow I will go to its headquarters to discuss this cooperation in person." Chen Xu said to Jiang Wan.

Chen Xu didn't plan to enter VR, at least not now.

After all, this one is no longer just a business competition.

As for cooperation, it is definitely necessary.

Not to mention other things, it is also necessary to say that for the next generation, Nebula Games does not lag behind in technology.

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