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   Chapter 580 Putting a long line to catch big fish

   No matter what TGA awards ceremony or e-sports competition is held, it is essentially to attract more users to the pit, and by the way, promote the games of Xue Leshan.

In the second half of the year, not only other game makers will take advantage of the current game popularity to release new games, even Xue Leshan will release "Thor's Hammer 2", "Grand Theft Auto", "Half-Life", etc. Multiple games.

   At that time, the announcement of "StarCraft" will definitely be inferior, and the popularity of the game will basically depend on the popularity of e-sports competitions!

Listening to Song Yang's words, Ken Williams nodded. Now for him and Xue Leshan, the most troublesome thing is not the games that cannot be sold, but the good cards in hand, which seem to be more, how to allocate resources The problem.

There is no doubt that Blizzard is now the treasure of Xue Leshan, but the two games currently developed by Valve and R Star, "Half-Life" and "Grand Theft Auto", are being tested. Judging from the test results, it also seems to have a very high score.

   "Half-Life" is an FPS shooting game. In the early years of the market, there have been countless design games, and they are basically fighting monsters.

In "Half-Life", the plot, world view and NPC dialogue are introduced, so that the game and the player have an interactive game experience, which is far from free to explore games in the future, but compared to the previous shooting Kind of game, that's a complete qualitative change.

  Selected players who participated in the "Half-Life" closed beta are all fans of shooting games, and they are full of praise for "Half-Life".

"Grand Theft Auto" is another game, a new game that has never appeared before. Ken Williams wonders if "Grand Theft Auto" will stimulate the conservative media in America when it is released, jump up Fighting hard with Xue Leshan, but it is sure to cause controversy.

Gang fights, turf wars and other game plots have appeared in this game, and even one of the main gameplay. The people involved in the game have touted the "Grand Theft Auto" to the extreme, shouting "This is the A real game!"

But no matter what, the feedback from the beta testers and the market research conducted by Xue Leshan all reflected that Half-Life and Grand Theft Auto may become big-selling games. , sales are also not to worry about at all.

   Ken Williams needs to have a headache. Next, relying on these three games, how can Xue Leshan's account be filled with US knives!

   "The scale of Grand Theft Auto is very large. I am worried that at that time, the Federation and other regions will ban the distribution of Grand Theft Auto!"

  Ken Williams said with a little worry, now is not the future, the scale can be played so big, even America, in the film, game and other industries, is somewhat conservative.

Song Yang didn't worry too much, "There is no need to interfere with the development of Rockstar, as long as the popularity of Grand Theft Auto increases, even if the sales of the first part are not enough, or the sales are banned, then the second and third parts can be Keep publishing!"

The whole world is the same, the more banned things, the more interested young people are, especially things like the 18th ban. Believe it or not, America, England and other places dare to ban the sale of "Grand Theft Auto". Young people will directly consecrate "Grand Theft Auto" and try their best to buy "Grand Theft Auto" discs, even if it costs sky-high prices.

As long as there is word of mouth, then R Star will be able to follow the trend and launch the second and third games, and directly turn this game into a "series" game, as long as some large-scale plots are reduced in the game, even if the first one If it didn't sell well, then the second part can also be a hit with word of mouth!

Ken Williams understood what Song Yang meant, and couldn't help but smile. Other game makers develop a game, but the first one doesn't sell well, so I'm afraid they'll just cut off the project. Only someone like Song Yang would be willing to do so. Keep giving opportunities to make a game a series of games.

   "At the time of the TGA awards ceremony, I will let Xue Leshan promote their new games from Valve, Rockstar, and Id Games!" Ken Williams said.

  Song Yang filled the wine glass in front of Williams and raised it towards him, "Today you and Roberta have a good rest here, and Williams, when you need to be busy!"

Ken Williams laughed a few times, had a cup with Song Yang, and then drank the drink. He liked the feeling of being busy, or that the media, cameras, and the industry were all focused on him, as well as Xue Leshan. on the body.

   After the TGA awards ceremony, Xue Leshan has mastered the right to speak in the game industry, that Ken Williams, he is the most powerful figure in the game industry!

Song Yang looked at the figure of Ken Williams. Now Xue Leshan is one of Song Yang's money printing machines. Even though Song Yang owns a lot of companies, there are only two companies that can really make money back. , one is Alcatel mobile phone, one is Xue Leshan!

Alcatel's P1 mobile phone is still a hot seller in the world, but with Nokia, Motorola, Samsung and other brands, they have also launched a mobile phone with similar functions to the P1, which can surf the Internet, play games, send emails, and carry the Symbian system. After the mobile phone, the sales of P1 , or an inevitable decline.

Song Yang didn't dare to take too much cash from Alcatel mobile phones. Alcatel mobile phones need to support PA semiconductors and Panda TVs, and prepare a new P2 mobile phone, LCD TV, MP3, and also for Bell Labs. To provide funds, life is also tight.

   It was impossible for Song Yang to kill the chicken and get the eggs, so even if the Alcatel mobile phone made a lot of money every day, Song Yang could only watch it, but couldn't move.

Xue Leshan is different. The development of games also requires money, and it may be borrowed from banks. Song Yang can directly use the money earned from selling games and consoles, and from billiards. With this money printing machine , Songyang Energy keeps getting cash.

The next day, a business private jet took off from San Jose and flew towards Los Angeles. Song Yang, Greck, Jenny and the others were attending the ceremony, and the Zhou family who were traveling with them were visiting Los Angeles for a few days, letting him and Song Yang and the others visit. Returning to Houston together, Song Huiqiong and Zhou's family will return to Yanjing after attending Gallo and Hailey's engagement.

The TGA game awards ceremony is a feast for the entire game industry. Before this, there has never been a game award that can attract so many game manufacturers, and there is no game hall of fame. Game fans around the world are scolding things.

   (end of this chapter)