Tokyo Video Game Tycoon: Chapter 483 friend forever

 Chapter 483 Lifelong Friends

  482

monster hunter?

This is really a pretty straightforward name.

"As you players can see, this is a game about hunting monsters, and the highlight of this game is a sense of oppression. When you face a truly powerful creature, you only have the most traditional attack moves. If you are interested If so, a demo area for Monster Hunter has been opened at the carnival, but what I want to tell everyone is that this game may not be suitable for everyone."

　　Before deciding to make Monster Hunter, Zhu Youxing was actually mentally prepared.

 Because Monster Hunter was indeed a very niche game at the beginning.

It’s just that this game has cultivated a group of very loyal players. They will spend thousands of hours on this game without feeling any fatigue. Even if they hunt repeated monsters again and again, they will still enjoy it.

This game will also be a very long-term battlefront, which can better attract core players to itself.

Hayakawa Ueto carefully studied the live broadcast.

 Then he looked at the head of his game development team.

 “Have you seen any characteristics from this game?”

The person in charge of the game development said with a grimace: "This is just a game trailer, we can't see anything at all, but according to what the bamboo star said, this game should be a game with a certain level of difficulty. Screening out many ordinary players."

 The vast majority of players are not the kind who like to be abused after all. They prefer to find fun in a relaxed game environment.

 That’s why the simple platform jumping game Super Mario is so popular, as well as Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, etc., which have beautiful stories but can be adjusted in difficulty.

 But so far it seems that there is no truly difficult game to the end.

 Zhuyouxing seems to be preparing to break this routine and start developing some games with a certain degree of difficulty.

 But many companies have tried to launch very difficult games before, especially arcade games. In order to defraud more players of their coins, they would forcibly increase the difficulty of the game.

However, this kind of behavior generally receives negative feedback, and there are still a small number of players who are willing to abuse themselves.

 So the games of Surui Electronics are also in a simpler direction.

But turning around, Zhuyouxing suddenly made a game with a certain degree of difficulty, and also reminded players in advance to take it easy, which was really confusing.

“President, do we need to follow up this game? Do we want to make something similar?”

Hayakawa Ueto shook his head: "No need for the moment. Look at the reactions of the players at the scene. They seem to be just attracted by the graphics of the game. From this point of view, it seems that we should make a game with more exquisite graphics. By the way, about the game graphics To what extent has your research progressed?"

The person in charge of game development immediately replied: "Our latest game has used the latest data resources provided by Unreal Engine. This data resource has greatly improved our game graphics."

“Should we still use Unreal Engine? Didn’t I say before that we would develop our own game engine as much as possible if possible.”

The person in charge of development looked embarrassed and said: "It's not that we don't want to do it, but our manpower is already somewhat insufficient. If we can expand the number of developers and invest more budget, we can develop our game engine." .”

 In recent times, Ueto Hayakawa has increasingly felt the need to get rid of the shackles of Unreal Engine.

After all, this is something that belongs to Youxing Electronic Entertainment, not to you. The values ​​of every game you develop will be uploaded to the Unreal Engine team without reservation. This is equivalent to giving someone else’s help to Youxing Electronic Entertainment. It is a huge loss to provide game development values ​​intermittently.

　　Until now, he finally realized why Zhu Youxing agreed to use their engine in the first place.

This is the purest numerical monopoly. Unreal Engine has cultivated a behemoth with the input of countless developers.

 And this behemoth now has an implicit dominance.

 This is really not what Hayakawa Ueto wants to see.

Hayakawa Ueto said cruelly: "I will find a way to inject more funds into you next. Now that the game team has begun to show signs of profitability and there is some capital to develop the game engine, we need to create our own game. Engine."

 With Hayakawa Ueto's guarantee, the person in charge was still a little reluctant.

 To be honest, he is already used to Unreal Engine.

Unreal Engine is really easy to use now, and all functions are very user-friendly.

 Furthermore, the Unreal Engine team will continue to improve based on some of its own special requirements, and the speed of improvement is extremely fast.

If you use Unreal Engine now, you are a customer, and you are the person that the Unreal Engine team needs to continuously serve.

 But if they develop a new engine themselves, they will have to start over again, and it will definitely not be as easy to use as Unreal Engine.

  But this is the request of the president, and they can only comply with it.

“By the way, I found that the character of this Monster Hunter moves very smoothly. How did you do this?”

Hayakawa Ueto suddenly asked, staring at the screen.

At this moment, the demo content of Monster Hunter has begun to be played on the live TV broadcast.

Take Yusei himself acted as the commentator to try out the hunter holding an Odachi.

The hunter searched for powerful monsters on the big map and started fighting.

　Judging from this battle scene, everything is really real, as if a whole new world was created out of thin air.

 Everything is very consistent with the laws of physics.

This kind of adjustment of game action values ​​​​gives him an amazing feeling.

So how is this action value created? This was the thing he was most curious about.

“This… is probably the secret weapon of Youxing Electronic Entertainment. There is no relevant data for these values ​​​​in the Unreal Engine. It should be the secret of Youxing Electronic Entertainment.”

 The person in charge of game development was also very envious of the smooth movements of monsters and characters in the trial.

 Unfortunately, he was pretty sure these values ​​did not exist in Unreal Engine.

Of course the action values ​​in Unreal Engine are also very real, but compared to the actions of this Monster Hunter, they are still a bit behind.

 Hayakawa Ueto sighed and said: "This is the advantage of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment. They will always be one step ahead of us. This is not acceptable."

If you want to win this console war, you must first find a way to approach Youxing Electronic Entertainment in terms of game quality.

“President, I don’t think this is something worth worrying about. In fact, we should work harder on the graphics. This is at least what we can do now.”

 At this time, the team manager in charge of marketing spoke.

"Why do you say that?"

“Because according to the survey of our marketing team, players are more interested in games with excellent and exquisite graphics, and improving the quality of game graphics is also the easiest thing to do. As long as the performance of the game console reaches the level, we can make the graphics It’s infinitely true, and it’s also the most cost-effective way.”

Hayakawa Ueto does not particularly approve of this kind of thing.

He still feels that the innovation and powerful game development technology of Youxing Electronic Entertainment is the right way.

 But the marketing team is right. From a cost-performance perspective, games with sufficiently exquisite graphics and average game quality are the most cost-effective.

 Hayakawa Ueto hesitated for a moment and then said: "Let's continue to work on the development of the core technology of the game. Of course, we can't let go of the graphic expression, but it will only be placed in a secondary position."

 The head of the marketing team wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Ueto Hayakawa.

 He has made up his mind and cannot be influenced casually.

 At the same time, the Monster Hunter game display at the carnival venue has ended.

Most of the game trailers have also been played.

 For the players, the news they want to get most has basically been announced.

“Oto-chan, can you slow down a little? Why have I never seen you so focused on something in the past?”

“You two are too slow. It’s so interesting here, don’t you have any interest at all?”

 In the crowd, three girls kept moving back and forth.

 The three girls are all wearing classic Japanese sailor uniforms.

Oto-chan’s eyes looked everywhere without blinking.

 She was already a little dazzled.

 The things around me that are related to games are so fascinating.

Oto-chan, Kazumi and Aiko have been good friends since childhood. The three of them played together in junior high school when they were about four or five years old.

 Among them, Aiko is the smartest and often ranks first in the grade.

Oton-chan and Kazumi are much worse than Aiko, so Aiko often gives them tutoring lessons.

One day, Aiko, who always liked to study, suddenly took out a handheld computer during their study meeting.

Aiko said she got it from a boy she had known since she was a child. She said she made a bet that after completing the challenge of some game, she would get a follower who would obey her every word.

 Finally, through the unremitting efforts of the three people, Aiko completed the bet.

 Originally, all this should be just a small episode.

 But for some reason, Oto-chan’s interest in video games has been out of control since she experienced Fruit Ninja.

 Originally, video games are something that most boys like, but Oto-chan likes them especially.

 She has always had the image of an iceberg beauty, but she has an extraordinary obsession with games.

Then, when she learned that Youxing Electronic Entertainment was going to hold a carnival, she did not hesitate to call her two best friends and go to the carnival together.

This is really rare at a carnival.

 90% of the players who come here are male players.

At least 90% of the remaining 10% of women come with male companions. In fact, they may not have much interest in video games themselves.

There are really only a few people like Yinjiang.

“Aiko, I find that Oto-chan is completely obsessed with the game. Should we find a way to get her out of this addiction?”

 Wazumi and Aiko followed Oto-chan who was walking quickly, and the two of them talked to each other.

Yinjiang ignored the discussion between the two people behind him and continued to focus on watching the interesting games around him.

The three of them have arrived at the demo area on the second floor. Nejiang is switching between different demo games almost every three minutes, as if she never gets tired.

Aiko, who looked like a top student, shook his head and said: "I don't think it's necessary. Have you forgotten that Nene-chan even made math problems that I couldn't answer in order to play the game? I've told Nene-chan a long time ago She is very talented in learning, but she has never paid attention to it, but now she is willing to bet with us because of playing games and is willing to study hard for the game, so I think this is a good thing."

Kazumi muttered: "But I always feel that she will be addicted. Once there are no two of us watching, she will probably become a Heisei waste house."

Aiko said: "Then we should always be together, even in college, right?"

"Well...that's the problem. You know my brain. I'm the dumbest among the three of us. I may not be able to get into the same university as you."

 When speaking of this, Hemei was still a little frustrated.

 She is the stupidest among the three, and sometimes she really feels inferior.

“Don’t say that, believe me, I will try my best to get you better grades, and we will definitely be admitted to the same university by then.”

"Aiko, Kazumi, have you two finished talking? Let's continue to the next place. We have agreed that I will make the decision today. For this reason, I am in the top ten of my grade."

 “Okay, okay, I’ll listen to you.”

Aiko held the hand of Hemei, who was somewhat inferior, and said, "We are lifelong friends, and this will never change."

The three of them finally came to a brand new casual game trial area.

 The name of the game here is Bejeweled, and it is a very light game.

 The game was developed under the name of Zhuyouxing, so many players visit here.

However, most players have only tasted it, and they have little interest in such a simple and mindless game.

 But Aiko and Kazumi like it very much, because it is just right for them two people who have no talent in gaming.

 Yinjiang basically tried it for a while and found it boring.

“Eh? Aiko? Kazumi? And Oto-chan, why are you three here?”

 At this moment, a boy's voice sounded.

Ai Zi turned around and saw that it was the guy she had known since childhood, Tian Chong.

 It’s not surprising to see Tian Chong Aiko here. After all, this is a carnival for players. It would be abnormal if Tian Chong didn’t come.

 “What? Can’t we come?” Aiko asked.

“That’s not true, it’s just really surprising. I thought you weren’t interested in video games.”

“Video games are not difficult. Don’t forget, I beat you in Fruit Ninja.”

Tian Chong's face suddenly turned red: "It's just that I didn't play Fruit Ninja seriously. That kind of game is not what I play at all. If I want to play, I must play something very hard-core and very difficult, like a monster." Like a hunter.”

 (End of this chapter)