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The MOD editor is easy to make, and ID-software game company did it in a few days. It was then released on the Firefly game platform for players to download.

Firefly game platform has also added some new features for this purpose-MOD community.

Official promotion: "Download the "Doom" MOD editor, players can freely edit levels and props! Every time a MOD is completed, players can publish it to the "Doom" MOD community for everyone to download and play! If you download The quantity is large and has commercial value. Firefly Game Company will sign a contract with the MOD producer to share 1% of the revenue of the MOD module!"

"After signing the contract, the Firefly Game Company will promote it in the MOD community and achieve profit by downloading fees! Each MOD download costs one dollar. If the download reaches one million, the MOD producer will get it. Ten thousand dollars!"

"It's fun and profitable. Welcome everyone to actively participate in the production of "Doom" MOD!!!"

After the news spread, it immediately caused a huge response!

In Internet cafes, school computer rooms and other places, countless players shouted with excitement!

"Wow, players can create game levels by themselves, it's so cool!"

"Oh, it's like God, you can create everything in it!"

"Hehe, I'm going to make a super difficult level, so that everyone can't pass it!"

"Hehe, can you build a tank? If you can open a tank in Doom, it will be a bunker!"

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Before long, the number of downloads of the "Doom" MOD editor soared, almost crashing the server. Fortunately, P2P download technology is used, which reduces the pressure on the server!

One hour after the release of the MOD community, the "Doom" MOD editor has been downloaded by tens of thousands! During the period, some powerful players, who are also programmers or game designers themselves, immediately understood how to use the MOD editor to edit various game content! In the "Doom" column of the MOD community, more than one hundred MODs made by players have been uploaded.

"Doom" is getting more and more popular. Various mods appeared. The content of the game is enriched, and it is more fun and interesting, and it is really fun to play! For a time, "Doom" couldn't be more popular.

Many Internet cafes are open 24 hours a day. Full.

There are no seats available even overnight!

However, only those players who can access the Internet can play, and the number of computers in Internet cafes is in short supply. As a result, a large number of people want to play the game but cannot play it.

Finally, they are angry!

On July 15th, hundreds of people blocked the door of the Firefly Game Company. Gather the crowd to march and call on the Firefly Game Company to issue game CDs!

"Resist unfairness. Ask for equal treatment!!!"

"We have not opened the Internet and cannot play "Doom" and "Warcraft 1". We hope that Firefly Games will release a stand-alone version of the game CD!"

"Strongly demand the release of game CDs. Otherwise, the door of the Firefly Game Company will be broken!"

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The marchers are coming more and more. The slogan gets stronger and stronger. The media reporters were shocked. They had never seen a game that could cause hundreds of people to parade!

Henry saw a dense crowd of people sniping at the entrance of the Firefly Game Company through the CNN news live broadcast. Can't help but smack secretly...

Henry thought for a while, and then ordered Firefly Games to hold a press conference and declared: "On July 30, the game CDs of "Doom" and "Warcraft 1" will be sold globally. There are two ways to purchase. One way is to buy through the Amazon website under the Nicholas Group. Players all over the world can buy through this method, but the premise is that the player's country has opened the Internet and established a cooperative relationship with the Nicholas Group; the second way is only the United States. Players can use it, that is, through the exclusive store "Firefly Game House" established by the Firefly Game Company. At present, the "Firefly Game House" is only distributed in the United States!"

"Game discs are all priced at $100!"

"Each game disc, we will have a specific registration code. Only when the registration code is used, can the game be played. Our company has developed a disc encryption technology, that is, the registration code is entered during the process of reading the disc to be effective!"

"Here, I would like to remind everyone to pay attention that you can't play by copying the game!"

After the press conference, the players got an accurate reply from Firefly Game Company, and couldn't help but cheered and dispersed!

And other game companies were shocked when they learned that Firefly Games had developed such an encryption technology! You should know that game CDs are piracy and often copied, which has led to a sharp drop in sales. If you use the technology developed by the Firefly Game Company, you can enter the registration code when reading the disc to play the game. Wouldn't it increase the sales of game discs?

Firefly Games is one of the leading game publishing companies in the United States. Before the launch of Doom and Warcraft 1, they were publishing the works of other game companies. During this period, the Firefly Game Company gradually established a chain of specialty stores across the United States-"Firefly Game House"!

The products operated by Firefly Game House are all games, including computer games, arcade games, video games, card games and many other types.

The indoor layout is mainly a product exhibition stand and a game experience center.

Firefly Games initially relied on external channels to release games, but its profits were too low. Therefore, the establishment of a store is on the agenda! So far, more than 500 firefly game houses have been established in the United States, costing a total of 1 billion US dollars!

Big investment, big gains.

In terms of scale, Firefly Game Company is no better than EA Game Company, but in terms of profitability, Firefly Game Company has surpassed EA Game Company in 1991!

The distribution of EA Games has always relied on distributors around the world. Although there are many games published and sold, most of the money has been allocated.

Usually a game disc costs dozens of dollars, and top fun games such as "Doom" and "Warcraft 1" will sell for a bit more expensive, selling for $100. For US$100, dealers at all levels would get a total of US$40, retailers would have allocated US$15, and game production companies would have allocated another US$20, deducting CD production costs and labor costs. How much can the game publishing company make?

Distributors and retailers are the most profitable one.

and so. The Firefly Game Company was preparing to establish its own sales channels earlier, and the best way is to open exclusive stores across the country!

Now, Firefly Games has developed a new optical disc encryption technology, which immediately makes global game companies excited!

On that day, dozens of game companies expressed their kindness to Firefly Game Company. to seek cooperation.

Some good-sighted game companies even want Firefly Game Company to allow their games to log on to the Firefly Game Platform!

The highest number of online users on the Firefly game platform has exceeded the 2 million mark, which shows that the popularity is booming. But there are only two games on the game platform, Doom and Warcraft 1. It's a bit thin. However, it is precisely because there are only two games, and they are all high-quality games. Instead, people subconsciously think that the games on the Firefly game platform are all boutique games!

In fact, Henry also deliberately planted a thought in the player's mind: that is, fireflies are produced. Must be a boutique! ! !

Therefore, when many games hoped that the Firefly Game Company could publish their games on the Firefly game platform, Henry gave it a careful consideration. Previously. Henry originally planned to turn the firefly game platform into a steam platform and publish a variety of games!

but. The popularity of the Firefly game platform gave Henry a new understanding.

He couldn't help but think of Atari, which had always been the dominant player in the gaming industry. After that, there were too many bad games, which led to the company's decline. However, Nintendo has strict requirements for third-party games, and shoddy games are not allowed. Only after passing the review, the game can be logged into Nintendo's console platform!

If the firefly game platform is based on the idea of ​​not rejecting all those who come, it will definitely be over in the future.

After some thinking, Henry decided on the Firefly game platform, specializing in publishing high-quality games and creating a high-quality platform. At the same time, the sub-platform steam was established to distribute a large number of games from other game companies. Of course, although the steam platform is forced to be a bit lower, it will also have a very strict review mechanism to prevent bad games from logging on to the platform casually!

This is equivalent to the Firefly game platform being the high-end market, and the steam platform being the mid-to-low-end market.

However, if the performance on the steam platform is better, then you can go to the firefly game platform! And in this way, I give many game companies a thought. If they can get on the Firefly game platform, it means that their company’s games have been recognized by the world’s most authoritative game companies. It can be said to be a boutique game. The status is immediately different! In addition, boarding the Firefly game platform, you will also get rich income!

Fame and fortune! ! !

Henry couldn’t help wondering whether he would learn from the Oscars awards ceremony in the future, and also get a firefly game awards ceremony, and awards according to the game classification, such as the best FPS award (first-person perspective shooting game), the best RTS award (real-time strategy game), The best RPG award (role-playing game) and so on, if you do this, Firefly Game Company can't even think about it!

By then, countless game companies will be as close to the Firefly Awards ceremony as movie companies are to the Oscar Awards ceremony!

Subsequently, Henry came to the Firefly Game Company. Not to mention the Firefly Game Awards Ceremony, this kind of thing is still far away. At least wait until the firefly game platform has a huge influence before it can be held. Otherwise, it would be grandstanding and make people laugh!

Henry told his ceo Simon Hodge about his idea of ​​forming a sub-platform.

"The Firefly game platform and CD encryption technology have caused a sudden increase in the number of companies that are looking for us to publish games. The situation seems to be good, but we must remain vigilant! We must strengthen the review of games than games. Rotten games must never be released! In addition, Some game companies want to log their games to the Firefly game platform. For this requirement, after careful consideration, I decided that only boutique games like "Doom" and "Warcraft 1" can be logged on to this platform. However, business I have to do it at home. Therefore, I plan to let Firefly Game Company set up a sub-platform, the steam platform, which will be used to publish ordinary or upper-middle-level games!"

When Simon Hodge heard this, he couldn't help but praise: "Chairman, this is a very cool idea, I think it works!"

"Well, you wait to organize the team to build the steam platform as soon as possible!" Henry said while thinking, "Huh? When the steam platform is completed, you will call up those game companies that want to log in to the Firefly game platform and tell them , We also have a new platform! The steam platform relies on the Firefly game platform, which is its sub-platform, so they don’t have to worry about not having popularity and traffic. In addition, although the game was initially released on the steam platform, there are opportunities Log in to the Firefly game platform, and the game released to the Firefly game platform at the beginning may also be removed. This is not static. Sometimes, we will look at it. After all, if a new game comes out, no one can have a hundred With 100% certainty, this game will be a big hit." Henry paused, then said, "Anyway, it's a ray of hope for them..."

Simon Hodge nodded, "Okay, Chairman, I already understand, now I will develop the steam platform right away. As for the game company, I will drag them first."

"Ok!"

Simon Hodge said: "Oh, yes, today the Global Film Company found us and said that they would adapt "Doom" into a movie!"

Simon Hodge knew that Henry had a film company, so he didn't dare to make a decision about film licensing, so he had to ask about it first.

"Oh..." Henry couldn't help but recalled that in 2005, the film adaptation of "Doom 3" went on the market with a production cost of 60 million U.S. dollars and a global box office of 56 million U.S. dollars. The film was not good, it was purely a general Hollywood commercial film. , The third-rate plot and second-rate characters make the movie grade down.

Instead of giving it to other film companies, it is better to give it to Galaxy Films to enhance the plot and the depth of the characters, and increase the investment in special effects. With the popularity of "Doom", the movie will definitely be a hit after it is released!

The influence of "Doom" in 2005 is far less than before, and it is normal to think that the box office is low. If it is to shoot the "Doom" movie now~www.readwn.com~ only gamers can top the box office!

Henry said to Simon Hodge: "Reject Universal Pictures, Galaxy Pictures will shoot the film!!!"

"Yes!"

After Simon Hodge left, Henry called Galaxy Films CEO Bobby Robin and told him to immediately let Galaxy Films buy the film adaptation rights of "Doom", taking advantage of the game's fire, and immediately cast the movie.

"This movie requires an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars to make a special effects blockbuster. Although there is no story in the game, the story of the movie must be full!"

"Yeah!" Bobby Robin responded with a smile, "I will invite many well-known Hollywood screenwriters, presumably they will be interested in this movie!"

"Oh, yes, chairman, we have acquired Miramax Films, and the Weinstein brothers currently only retain 25% of the shares!"

"Ah, very good!"

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