Zhu Youxing was a little surprised when he saw the news on the Internet.
This exit is a bit fast.
He wouldn't be too surprised that this young man quit Mickford, but he felt that he would wait at least a year and a half before considering quitting. Choosing to quit now would be putting himself on the line.
This is equivalent to telling players that this game is a bad work and not worth buying at all. This will definitely affect Mickford's product reputation.
Mickford should think of ways to punish this young man, such as using some public opinion.
This is the most standard approach. Mickford needs to develop, and the public opinion risk control department cannot sit back and watch public opinion ferment.
But just eat it slowly, it doesn't have much to do with you.
But within a few minutes, Zhuyouxing's assistant called and told Zhuyouxing that someone was looking for him, the developer who developed the infinite world.
Zhu Youxing was stunned for a moment, then asked his assistant to pick up the person's call.
"Mr. Zhuyou, I'm very sorry to disturb you." A young man's slightly embarrassed voice came from the other end of the phone.
"No, it's nothing. A lot of things have happened to you recently. The games you make don't seem to have a good reputation."
"Mr. Zhuyou, things are actually much more complicated than imagined." The young man explained hurriedly, "I originally had a lot of creative ideas about games and many game ideas that I wanted to realize, but due to some technical reasons, there was still a deadline.
Due to the limitations, I couldn’t fully present the game I wanted to make.”
Zhu Youxing said: "This is normal. Mickford is a standard commercial company. They also have a long-term vision, but they may have some shortcomings in terms of games."
Myron Case has a pretty good vision for the semiconductor and electronics industries, but he doesn't have much of a long-term vision for video games.
This is a difference between industries. You cannot let a cook become a doctor and perform surgery.
"Yes, I feel the same way. Now I deeply regret my choice to cooperate with Mick Fu. If I could go back to the past, I hope I would not find Mick Fu again."
At first, he chose them because of Mickford's more generous investment.
But later he finally realized that getting more investment would come at a cost.
That is losing your soul.
It doesn't make much sense to talk about regrets now. It has already happened.
"Tell me, what are you looking for for me?" Zhu Youxing asked patiently.
"I wonder if Mr. Zhuyou is willing to sponsor us. I am not willing to let my infinite world become a half-finished product. I want to finish it."
"Um?"
Zhu Youxing raised his eyebrows: "I sponsor you? I sponsor you to continue making Infinite World? The copyright of this game belongs to Mickford, right?"
"No, not at all. The copyright of this game has always belonged to me. Mickford and I have a cooperative investment relationship. They have received due returns from my game, and I have received their investment."
Zhu Youxing was even more surprised when he heard this.
Mickford never cared about the ownership of the game from the beginning.
They may even have planned from the beginning that once the value of the game is lost, they will just throw it away like garbage.
"I originally insisted on having sole ownership of my game, so at first I just let them have the Mickford Game Platform license for the game."
He was originally inspired by Mickford himself and many previous industry experiences.
Myron Keys was kicked out because he lost his absolute equity in Red Fruit Company, and Huck Brown of Brown Entertainment was in a similar situation.
This was emphasized and described in many subsequent business case histories.
Relevant case studies will teach students that they must pay attention to absolute control.
Don't give up control easily for some short-term gains.
The most fortunate thing for this young man now is that he insisted on taking ownership of the game.
Of course, this is also due to the fact that Mickford really doesn't care about game ownership.
Otherwise, they could have threatened not to invest without giving ownership rights.
"I didn't expect that Mickford doesn't own the rights to your game."
Zhu Youxing found it a bit interesting.
"In other words, you are leaving Mickford with the game itself, and you still want to continue to develop Infinite World? So what are your next plans? Develop paid dlc to make money?"
The young man responded: "That's right, but before that I want to restore the reputation through a period of free content updates."
Save your reputation...
This is really on par with No Man’s Sky.
"Tell me your thoughts and your future plans." Zhu Youxing said.
"Ah...Okay, okay!" The young man was stunned for a moment, and then quickly became excited.
Zhu Youxing did not refuse directly!
When he first called Youxing Electronic Entertainment, he was worried about one thing: what would he do if Youxing Electronic Entertainment refused.
He doesn't think other game companies are willing to take over this mess.
Wouldn't it be better to make other games with that money?
Just like Mickford, they are willing to invest in their future new games, but they don't want to invest more money in already completed games.
"Mr. Zhuyou, my current game status is actually very basic, but my foundation is very solid. My next plan is to continue to dig deeper into the function of AI computing to create planets, because I found that the aesthetics of purely randomly generated planets
It’s really uneven, but if we can develop a set of randomly generated worlds using AI operations, we should be able to solve this problem.”
"Also, I have planned a multiplayer online game before. This has been almost completed, but it has been stuck on some conflicting game functions. As long as you give me a little time, it can definitely be made."
"I also plan to further refine the plot of the game and add more civilizations from different worlds. I also plan to add construction functions so that players can build different buildings, and add farming and industrial production.
Infrastructure and a series of functions.”
"I still plan to..."
Zhu Youxing listened patiently.
I have to say that these plans are very good. From the development plan he described, it will indeed make the game more fun.
"Are these the contents you plan to update for free?" Zhu Youxing asked.
"This...except for expanding the plot, I plan to update it for free..."
The young man began to feel uneasy.
So much free content is equivalent to a free investment from Youxing Electronic Entertainment. Can Zhuyouxing accept it?