I Developed Battlefield to Drive Players Around the World Crazy

Chapter 445 Long-term plan

The online players laughed and laughed.

After "Bloodborne", this little game called "Animal Party" is too healing.

Let many players, in it, allayed the fear of the SAN value in the blood source before going crazy.

However, for the game industry, the impact of "Animal Party" is not as great as the previous blood source.

More just to make some independent game makers and studios ecstatic.

Although over the years, in various masterpieces, Chen Xu has killed the Quartet.

But also in the field of small games, Chen Xu also made great achievements.

Like Minecraft, in fact, many players, including manufacturers, do not regard it as an independent game by default. After all, the results achieved are too amazing.

Even now, this seemingly ordinary pixel game is still the hottest game at present.

Even before "217", Chen Xu launched the battle royale "APEX", which led the new FPS field. After the peak of the heat has cooled, there is no game that has been online for several years.

As a small game, "Animal Party" obviously cannot keep players interested.

Its heat can last for about a month, and it should be sky-high.

But this does not mean that this type of game has no potential.

For those small game makers and independent game studios.

If you work harder, and the project is not too bad, you can basically take a sip of soup along with it.

Small and medium-sized game manufacturers are preparing to launch "Animal Party" type games.

Large game manufacturers are still aiming at the battle royale type of "apex".

Although so far, no game manufacturer has successfully launched a battle royale game comparable to the apex level.

But unlike "Bloodborne Curse", a unique soul-based game, basically, except for Nebula Games, there is no second game manufacturer that has successfully reproduced it.

Apex is a battle royale game, although many manufacturers follow the trend later.

But there are also many manufacturers that have achieved certain results.

And most of the cool game manufacturers are basically not the kind of cool when they are launched.

On the contrary, it was the type of battle royale, which attracted a group of players, but it was only the content of the game that could not maintain the heat, which was cool.

This also successfully illustrates one point, that is, there is a market and space for battle royale games.

It's just that no one has found the key to open that door.

When doing various actions in the industry, Chen Xu in Nebula Games also discussed the development of NS with Gabe Newell and Iwata Chong.

"It is a big challenge to maintain the characteristics of the handheld and to launch an enhanced version." In the conference room, listening to Chen Xu's words, Iwata Chong said.

The main direction they are discussing today is the new model of NS.

From the beginning to today, NS has been online for three years.

In terms of sales, in fact, NS still maintains a considerable vitality.

But this does not mean that subsequent development does not need to be considered.

The development of game technology and technology is changing with each passing day, so that NS, which was already behind, is now very functional.

There is a large part of the reason why "Curse of Blood" did not appear on NS, that is, the hardware is somewhat difficult.

Including APEX on NS, if you just talk about the handheld mode, it actually castrated a lot of content.

Even if the NS configuration of the parallel world is actually equivalent to the Scorpio in the previous life, it is still a little bit lacking in comparison with the current mainstream PC and next-generation VR.

"If you continue to improve, the weight and volume are not really a big problem. After all, the NS itself is actually relatively large. The key price lies in the price and homogeneity." Gabe Newell also said.

Why is NS so successful?

Open up a blue ocean of handheld market?

Is the game fun?

This is indeed a reason.

But more importantly, the price of NS is cheap enough.

At the same time, somatosensory sharing and the concept of living room games make it have the characteristics that distinguish PC from VR.

If you develop a new model, simply strengthen the configuration.

Then the price of NS is of course not a factor.

With the addition of VR elements, the unique feature of somatosensory sharing is also gone.

Therefore, it can be said that NS wants to develop a follow-up new model, which can be said to be a completely incomprehensible way.

"NS focuses on the integration of handheld and console, so why can't the new model continue on this road?" Chen Xu crossed his hands and looked at Iwata Chong and Gabe Newell.

"Integration..."

Gabe Newell and Iwata Oshiu looked at each other...

Two people can join the Nebula game in the middle and occupy a high position, naturally they can't be fools.

Almost instantly, the two of them understood what Chen Xu meant.

And the ambitions hidden beneath this sentence.

"We have money, market users, technology, and even third-party content providers... With NS as the starting point, why don't we make our own VR host?" Chen Xu said slowly.

Although the voice was light, it made Iwata Chong and Gabe Newell feel that their blood was about to burn.

Entering the field of VR consoles can be said to be the ultimate dream of every game manufacturer.

It is not that no game makers have tried it before, but after huge losses and the continuous failure of its own game business, it even announced bankruptcy.

There is no game manufacturer to start with this one.

The competition is fierce, the investment is huge, and it is difficult to have efficient returns in the short term. Isn't it good to use this money to make game IP?

Moreover, in the field of VR consoles, due to competition at home and abroad, the commissions for major manufacturers are actually not excessive.

If you can make good money, why do you work hard?

But for gamers, who doesn't want to leave their own voice in the game industry? Especially the voice of success.

"But Mr. Chen, this is not something that can be achieved in a short time." Enduring his inner excitement, Gabe Newell said to Chen Xu.

"You need to take your time." Iwata Oki also agreed.

Even Nebula Tour 3.0 is a well-deserved leader in the gaming industry.

But if you want to enter the VR part, if you fail, it will hurt your muscles and bones.

"This is a long-term plan, and we also need to accumulate the trump cards we can play, after all, this is not the same as when NS was launched. 99

"What I need is that we, Nebula Games, will be able to support the initial game lineup at some point," Chen Xu said.

The words were flat, but it made Iwata Chong and Gabe Newell feel the burning ambition.

After nearly three hours of negotiation, Gabe Newell and Iwata Chong left the office with unconcealed excitement.

Chen Xu also picked up the teacup next to him and took a sip of water, while taking a deep breath.

This is a long-term plan.

In addition to the formation of team and technology, more content incubation is required.