Chapter 385: Predictably Generous Revenue
How much?
When seeing this number, almost everyone couldn't help but wipe their eyes.
Then, both player groups and industry insiders immediately exploded.
More than six million servings a day? What is this concept?
Comparing the two, "Titanfall" was Chen Xing's first foray into AAA game development. It initially sold 9 million copies, which seems to be higher than "Total War Three Kingdoms", but the problem is that this is a total of seven days.
Sales!
"Total War Three Kingdoms" has almost reached the seven-day sales volume of "Old Seniors" in just one day.
And as its reputation grows, it can be foreseen that it is almost certain that its sales volume will exceed that of "Titanfall" in seven days!
Maybe tomorrow, no, today! Its sales will exceed nine million copies in one fell swoop!
Besides, although the number of sales copies has not yet exceeded, the revenue of "Total War Three Kingdoms" is not empty at all!
"Titanfall" originally sold for more than 100 yuan, and the revenue exceeded 1.6 billion; now "Total War Three Kingdoms" has increased this number by 100, even though it only sold 6 million copies, the revenue
It has exceeded 1.5 billion!
This still does not include subsequent income...
Fortunately, when the game was released, some people thought with bad intentions that such a high price would definitely have some impact on sales... Looking at it now, this slap in the face really hurts.
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"I don't know why, but now that I see Chen Xing making money, I don't feel any trouble at all."
"I feel the same, as if these billions are not money."
"Lin Da, let's draw a prize! How about a fraction of the revenue?"
"Making games is really profitable... A few days ago, the sales volume of Titanfall just exceeded 20 million, and here comes another masterpiece that is expected to exceed 30 million sales. I feel that Chenxing is making too much money.
It’s easy, others print money, he prints games..."
"Indeed, I now feel that Chenxing's games are more profitable than some electronic products. After all, games can be passed on and continue to provide revenue to the company, but electronic products only have a golden period of one to two years and are removed from the shelves if they fall behind.
....."
"Let's go, I just wanted to start a technology company. According to what you said, now I want to test the water game."
"Don't go! Didn't you read the report? Last year, the number of domestic game companies increased by 50% year-on-year, but a lot of them went bankrupt. Do you think anyone can be like Lin Da, who can make any game and it will be a high-quality one, five games
Is there a hit item in it? Stop dreaming. There is only one Lin Da and one Chen Xing in the world. This is not a field that us mortals can play in."
"..."
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Volcanic Rock Studio.
George looked at the Chinese land that had turned all green, with no expression on his face.
The mobile phone keeps ringing with notification sounds, which are stimulated foreign players leaving messages on his account, asking how their local 3A games are doing.
Although the first so-called 3A game was extremely poor, as the only studio in the world that actually invested in the development of 3A games this year, players still generously gave it another chance.
But George was in no mood to pay attention to them at this time, and stared at the computer screen in a daze.
Even though he doesn't like Lin Muchen very much because of Lisa, he has to admit that this guy is simply a monster.
Before playing the game, he tried to imagine the gameplay of "Total War Three Kingdoms" based on the details he saw in the promotional video, but when he actually started playing it, he realized the narrowness of his imagination.
It is no exaggeration to say that even if the framework of this design draft is placed in front of him, it will be difficult for him to build a qualified house through this framework.
Take the internal affairs and its numerical system as an example. Such a complex system is connected to every detail in the game and affects the whole body. If he were to do it, he would probably be blind, just like solving a puzzle.
There is no way to start with a ball of yarn that cannot find its head.
He couldn't help but recall the woman's rather unhappy tone when she learned that they were allowed to use the Singularity 4.0 engine by Chenxing, and how she complained and vented again and again describing how Lin Muchen didn't care at that time.
In her words: "That bastard didn't take them seriously at all!"
When he first heard this sentence, he was equally filled with indignation and secretly vowed to make that proud Chinese understand the taste of failure.
But now it seems that this idea is quite naive and ridiculous.
He has learned to walk here, but he has started running over there. How can he defeat the opponent?
For some reason, Lin Muchen's indifferent smile suddenly appeared in his mind, and a bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
No wonder he didn't care... As early as that time, did he realize that the gap between us was not just about engines, but also about hard power?
George was silent for a while, turned on his phone, looked at the demo screen submitted by his subordinate about the self-developed AAA science fiction masterpiece, and then sighed heavily.
Now it seems that my game not only has no innovation in gameplay, but even the graphics are not as good as a turn-based strategy game.
Fortunately, they did not release these live demonstrations, so they would not be ridiculed by players; and George himself also found some inspiration from being devastated by "Total War Three Kingdoms".
Changes are starting now, so you should still remember.
He took another deep breath, opened his address book, found Ramona's phone number, and called it.
When the call was connected, the voice on her end was a little noisy, and some strange sounds kept coming.
"Hello? If you don't play the game well, why are you calling me?"
Her voice was a little depressed, as if she was a little angry, but it seemed to carry some other emotions.
What is she doing?
This doubt flashed through George's mind, but the desire for a good game outweighed this doubt: "Our new game requires an additional investment. You have also seen the quality of "Total War Three Kingdoms". I have
Some new ideas..."
Before he could finish his words, Ramona interrupted: "You want money now? What did you do when you applied for the budget?"
"The situation has changed, and additional investment in games is not a big deal."
"Oh, that's for you. How can a big company like Visuko not need to spend money? If everyone wants it like you, what should we do?"
"Besides, you don't want to think about it yourself. Some time ago, the company acquired two console companies. The first console invested in research and development has not even paid back the research and development costs. In addition, the recent development of VR technology...
...Where can I have spare money to invest additional money for you?!"
Hearing Ramona's tone, George felt nervous: "But I want to tell you, don't forget the lessons of our first game! Only when players are willing to invest can players be willing to buy tickets for the game!"
There was silence for a long time, but the noise became more and more numerous.
"Okay, okay, I'm too lazy to mess around with you... We can invest another five million US dollars at most, at most!"
Chapter completed!