Chapter 522： Game industry reaction

Inside the conference room of NetDragon Games.

In the temporary meeting room, Ma Lei narrowed his eyes and looked at a data report in front of him.

The above is the statistics from the game market in recent times.

Among them, the top ranked player is Nebula's "League of Legends". The specific overseas data has not yet been counted, but according to major mainstream game forums and communities, it is obvious that the number of players is not small.

And even if the overseas channel is set aside only for the domestic market, the performance of League of Legends is shocking enough.

The maximum number of simultaneous online users is 3 million, the average player duration is 6 hours, and the total number of players has reached 10 million in seven days. This data is not a record-breaking data, but as a new ip game, it is not the traditional orpg large type. game.

On the contrary, it is a game with a small cost, which is obviously a bit of incredible data.

Although this is a free online game, but unlike traditional online games, this is a competitive online game.

Also as a competitive online game, the fps type of game can bring novices the most intuitive refreshing point, that is, shooting.

Even if the gun is not right for others, I use a gun to hit glass, flower pots, even kill chickens running back and forth on the map, and continuous blasting of a heavy machine gun with the most bullets against a point of wood, can bring A sense of game participation.

And how about the sense of participation of novice players like "League of Legends" who are biased towards rts?

Can you kill creeps if you can’t kill the enemy? Take the money, and then use the money to bring out the equipment, killing the soldiers more efficiently?

Because of his identity, Ma Lei has not personally tried "League of Legends", but only learned some information from relevant channels, but the potential shown by "League of Legends" is enough to be valued.

Although from the current player evaluation point of view, "League of Legends" this game can only be regarded as a masterpiece, not a god.

But from a commercial point of view, this game is definitely a hit.

Even though the profit flow of "League of Legends" is not high according to statistics, the potential lies there.

With such a large number of players in the early days, coupled with the reputation of not falling apart, and the characteristics of the competition itself, this can definitely become a cash cow for a game manufacturer.

Prior to this, many domestic game manufacturers are doing imitation of dota, launching similar games, but it is tepid, which has caused few people to pay attention to this type of game.

But now it seems that this is basically a big gold mine.

It is different from the gold mine of orpg and fps, as well as racing, leisure and other popular games.

Moreover, Nebula games are also very clear about the goal of this piece. The skin linkage of games such as "The Wolf Dies Twice", "Warcraft", "Phantom Pain of Metal Gear" and other games greatly strengthens the players' consumption of it.

In addition to this, the subsequent e-sports is definitely very easy to do, even if this is a game that is inclined to light entertainment, but it also has a competitive component in it.

And in the middle and late stages of the game's life, it is entirely possible to put aside entertainment, and completely transform sports.

This just requires the designer to change the hero and game mechanics.

At the same time, it is not only "League of Legends", including Yang Chen when he announced the project of "League of Legends", he also mentioned the independence of "dota" and "Dynasty Warriors", which made Ma Lei feel the other party’s ambitions. .

This is to kill all the newcomers!

Domestic imitation dota games are basically not likes to do, but apply dota's game mechanics and hero skills, but their own skins are martial arts and historical themes. Among them, the three countries are the main themes. After all, the popularity is high.

Of course, Xianxia, ​​such as what Journey to the West, there are many.

And this operation of Nebula games obviously has only one purpose, that is, the market.

Players who cannot accept the dota gameplay tend to enter the pit in a mild "League of Legends" and prefer the **** competition to enter the pit dota.

Players who are interested in domestic culture will enter the "Dynasty Warriors".

This is a ring by ring!

Thinking of here, Lei could not help but take a deep breath.

"Do you have any thoughts on Nebula's "League of Legends"?" Yang Chen said, looking at a group of people in the conference room.

In addition to the project team that is developing their latest open-world 3a masterpiece within NetDragon, the remaining first-line game designers within NetDragon have basically expired, with Zhang Yida sitting first.

"There is no doubt that this is a brand new type of game. In fact, it is essentially a rts style, but unlike traditional rts, this type of game is simpler and the economic accumulation does not depend on boring mining, but By making up the knife, it is divided into two teams like the chess-like Chuhan River world, and players do not have to operate a large number of arms buildings, only need to manipulate a hero character to fight." As a top designer in the game circle, although in recent years There is really no handy work, but its understanding of the game and knowledge reserve, Zhang Yida is definitely a top-notch existence.

In the face of this "League of Legends" of Nebula games, Zhang Yida still has a lot of in-depth understanding. Even if he thinks that this type of game may be launched, I am afraid that rts will really become a niche game that cannot be a niche game. Too.

In fact, the original rts is already niche enough, but the Nebulas game uses a "Red Alert" and a "Warcraft" to tell the industry that the original rts can also do so.

But the launch of this type of game "League of Legends" made him fully aware that the previous dota map in "Warcraft", everyone ignored his special gameplay until "League of Legends" compared to dota To make it more light and entertaining, all talents realize that this type of game is different.

"Do you have any opinions on similar games?" Ma Lei nodded when he heard Zhang Yida's words, and said in a pause.

"It's hard to beat Nebula games, "League of Legends" is already online, and if there is only one "League of Legends", it can actually dig deeper into heavy core players, and this is a big market, compared to mild players , This kind of players should be more loyal, although the share may not be so big, but the "dota" of Nebula games has been established, and at least we have to have obvious alliances with "dota" and "League of Legends". Divide, after all...we are NetDragon." Zhang Yida shook his head gently.

Mildly there is "League of Legends", and severely there is "dota" that is clearly under development. The other party also has a "Dynasty Warriors" that focuses on the culture of the three countries in the domestic market.

Some small factories can directly copy the heat in order to rub the heatThe hero equipment does not change anything and goes online directly.

But they are NetDragon, and it is not impossible to do so, but the risk is too great.

Especially in recent years, after working with Nebula's "The Elder Scrolls Skyrim" in the past, many 3a masterpieces in succession have recovered a lot of word of mouth.

If you are doing this now, don't count on word of mouth, and the most important thing is that this does not necessarily have much profit income.

If you can really make money, you will be scolded by the players, and the quarterly earnings report will be beautiful.

But the interest is not enough, and the reputation will still be rotten. Isn't this something a fool can do?

They are not the kind of game companies that are hopeless, broken and broken.

"Master Ma! I have an idea!"

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