Chapter 673: The Sha of the Dostic Ga Industry: ‘Mission and Choice’
The next step would be to na the ga after the the was set.
Pei Qian did not consider it for too long.
“Mission and Choice”!
That was a reason for this specific na.
Pei Qian had been learning about gas so ti ago. He had also learned a lot about the past of the dostic ga industry from He An and Qiu Hong.
In 1995, the U.S. Eastwood Company released a series of gas called ‘Command and Conquer’. This was the best-selling real-ti strategy ga in history. It established a model of RTS gas and pioneered the creation of the structure of ‘resource collection
production and construction
army combat’. It also defined the concept of ‘fog of war’.
In short, it was popular all over the world just like Starcraft and Fantasy Battle; they were all regarded as classics of RTS gas.
In 1997, the local scene had a ga called ‘Mission and Choice’.
When he first heard of this na, Pei Qian thought it was a parallel of ‘Freedom and Glory’. He had a good impression at first but found himself to be wrong in no ti.
The ga was parallel to ‘Blood Lion’.
As Qiu Hong once said, during this period, the dostic ga industry was already in violent turmoil. Online gas were rapidly erging, piracy was gradually getting rampant, and dostic standalone gas were forced to start a price war against piracy. It did not help no matter how much the price was reduced.
At this juncture, ‘Mission and Choice’ appeared.
The major ga dia began to publish colored advertisents for ‘Mission and Choice’ overwhelmingly. The cover was a Chinese soldier in a spacesuit. The background was a huge sandworm and a technologically-rich interstellar battleship. There are a few more below. The sentence contained inflammatory slogans.
“Your hotown, Blue Star, just suffered a devastating attack from the Zerg, and the interstellar fleet suffered heavy losses. The red sky was stained with blood, the flas tore the night, and the sky full of insects flooded the human fleet like a tide. I know your choice when faced with insects. It would be bleak, but we have no retreat.
“Destroy the swarm and save Blue Star with your comrades!”
“Millions of investnt, dedicated production, grand screen, a dostic classic!”
“High-level avant-garde rock musicians produce music, a strong software creation group, and heavy artistic creativity. Everyone is looking forward to the ‘Mission and Choice’ debut!”
This publicity might look sowhat inexplicable now, but they were extrely exciting by then.
As a result, the enthusiasm of all standalone ga players had been instigated. Players automatically ignored the ubiquitous copycat feeling in the ga ‘Mission and Choice’ from the na to their publicity picture. They regarded it as a ga that could surpass the masterpiece of Command and Conquer. They look forward to it being in the palace of RTS gas forever.
However, the word ‘disappointnt’ was inadequate to describe their feelings when they got the ga.
Simple and crude graphics, program bugs everywhere, weird ga chanics...
In short, it was lousy as f*ck.
The players realized that this was just crazy!
The na was ‘Command and Conquer’, the background story was Starcraft, and a little fake patriotism was deliberately added in. It was huge deceit of the feelings of dostic players.
Many regarded the ‘Mission and Choice’ as the sha of dostically-produced gas. It was the last straw that crushed the dostically-produced gas. To this day, most players still only have two types of emotions when they hear the na ‘Mission and Choice’: mocking or angry.
Pei Qian had nad his ga ‘Ocean Stronghold’ to give it a good on, but the people in this world did not understand it!
Only Pei Qian himself knew the butt of the joke; therefore, it did not trigger any resistance.
Similarly, people would have no idea if it was nad the ‘Blood Lion’.
However, naming it ‘Mission and Choice’ would ignite the anger of all dostic players in an instant!
Therefore, Pei Qian decided imdiately to na it that way!
Co, players, swallow
with your anger!
Of course, there would be so copyright issues, but it was okay since the company that made this ga had been bankrupt for several years. The copyrights of ‘Mission and Choice’ should belong with the creditors, but no one would want this stuff that was losing money. They might even be able to co directly when they found ESRO official gas platform.
The background of the story should be used since the na was used.
At the sa ti, Pei Qian thought of a few other ways to greatly increase the probability of failure to ensure that nothing would go wrong. He was preparing to explain to Hu Xianbin for a while.
Pei Qian called for a eting in the conference room with Hu Xianbin, Huang Sibo, and Zhu Xiaoce after he considered everything.
As to why he called for Huang Sibo...
Of course, it was because of the CG. It had to be done by Fei Huang Workspace.
Pei Qian was afraid that it would not be completed within the settlent period if it was left to others. That would be troubleso.
...
Everyone ca to the conference room in no ti.
Hu Xianbin was very clear that Boss Pei should be developing the next ga soon after the huge success of Struggle.
Hu Xianbin and Huang Sibo were a little puzzled after seeing each other in the conference room.
Why did Boss Pei get us to co together?
Were they going to make a ga or movie?
Ti was precious so Pei Qian went straight to the point to distribute the tasks.
“I will need the two of you to cooperate for the next ga.
“The developnt cycle is set to be about nine months. We will spend 200 million yuan making a sci-fi RTS ga and then spend another 300 million yuan for its CG. I’m giving this mission to both of your departnts.”
The other three were stunned.
Spending 200 million yuan for the ga and 300 million yuan for the CG?
The money for CG was even more than the money for the ga?
Huang Sibo’s expression beca excited instantly. “Boss Pei is determined to make a boutique RTS ga at the sa level of Starcraft 2? If you use 300 million yuan to burn through more than 10 minutes of CG for the ga, it would definitely not lose to the giant foreign companies!”
Hu Xianbin was a little hesitant. “Burning 300 million yuan for CG, can we really recoup it?”
Huang Sibo smiled. “Why not? Starcraft 2’s developnt cost was not even 100 million US dollars. If you calculate the price of every ga as 50 US dollars, you will be able to recoup it if you sold more than two million copies. 1.5 million copies were sold on the first day it hit the shelves. The entire life cycle sold four to five million copies easily. Wasn’t it very profitable?
“Our ga would not even reach this number. We are investing 60 million US dollars; it will still be profitable even if we sell more than Starcraft 2.
“The ga CG is the business card of the ga. It would definitely be spread like crazy across the internet if it was done well. Moreover, it would be better to open up overseas markets. Investing 300 million yuan in ga CG for the brand value, to expand overseas, and to establish the makings of a brand factory!”
Pei Qian fell silent.
There was still such a huge chance of making profits on theory?
It was really possible, thinking about it. Put the entire 300 million yuan to make 10 minutes of CG. How good would that be?
Any part of it could make it popular.
Teacher He felt that it could not make any profits because he did not understand just how good Pei Qian was.
Pei Qian knew that what Huang Sibo said was very possible to happen!
My good brother Huang Sibo...
Pei Qian coughed lightly. “Not 10 minutes, we’re going to make an hour long.”
The quality of this CG would definitely not be so high if he were to extend it to an hour and would not be too outstanding, right?
Moreover, everyone should watch until they feel irked with such a long plot and would just press ESC to skip it, right?
Huang Sibo was shocked; he hesitated for a short while before saying: “Boss Pei, we can’t do that!
“Quality is secondary when it cos to a half-hour CG, but there is no way to guarantee the developnt period can be within nine months.
“Our first choice is definitely to find a foreign company to do it, but that also ans that we have to communicate across countries, languages, and ti differences. It is okay for sothing around 10 minutes, but the cost of communication would be very unbearable for sothing about an hour long.
“If you are looking for dostic companies, then most of the reliable special effects teams are all in the movie sector. There are very few special effect companies that purely make ga CGs, and their levels are not very promising.”
“Could real-ti calculation in ti count towards it?” Hu Xianbin asked after so thought.
Huang Sibo nodded. “Yes, but the effect would not be good and would not be able to spend so much money.”
The cinematic ga of Struggle was equivalent to real-ti calculation. It really did not cost 300 million yuan,
Huang Sibo continued. “If it had to be completed within the developnt period, then I feel... we can do it like a movie with real people.
“This way, we will not need to spend ti on character movents, expressions, pores, hair, etc. So props and scenery could also be shot in real life, which could save a lot of ti and ensure quality and duration.
“The only problem is... it seed like I have never heard of ga companies doing this.”
Pei Qian fell silent.
He did not think so much but realized that there were really huge problems listening to Huang Sibo!
He had three choices now:
The first was like ‘Fantasy World’, burn money to make a very short CG, make all the characters’ movents, expressions, hairs, etc. highly realistic. However, the effect of it would definitely be very sensational. Starcraft 2 had proven there was room for profit.
Making this an extrely detailed long CG ant that the developnt period could not be guaranteed.
The second would be to make CG with real-ti calculations in gas, but that would not even cost 10 million yuan, let alone 300 million yuan.
There would be no difference between the first one if it was a mixture of real-ti calculation and CG. It would still be a relatively safe approach.
The third was to use the thod of filming so that there would be no need to do fine-tuning. Many special effects could be replaced with props and scenery so the developnt period could basically be guaranteed.
Pei Qian thought for a while. What should I do if I make a short CG and replicate the success of Starcraft 2? That was not without possibility.
Delayed settlent would be unacceptable if they were to take the risk to make a pure lengthy ga CG.
Then, the third option—real shooting
movie CG—seed to be a good way. Not only could it spend more money, but it could also guarantee the developnt period while lengthening the CG period.
Here’s the problem:
What if it beca a blockbuster again if Fei Huang Workspace were to bring this movie to the cinema?
Wouldn’t Boss Pei have a heart attack if the ga made a profit and the movie made another profit?
However, Pei Qian changed his mind since he had never heard of ga companies doing it. It indicated that there must be big problems with this model.
Movies and ga CGs were not the sa things in essence after all.
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