The release of Bayonetta can be regarded as setting an example for the entire industry.
Developers who had been timid before saw Bayonetta's popularity, and they all realized that Yuxing Electronic Entertainment may have made a lot of money this time.
In the past, many game manufacturers were influenced to some extent by the group of people with the loudest voices, and had to make the characters as unattractive as possible. For this reason, some works even attracted a lot of infamy.
However, at that time, the shareholders of game manufacturers who did not understand games did not understand it.
Obviously these are the things you want, why are the sales not good in the end?
But now they finally understand.
The guys with the loudest voices are not necessarily gamers.
Gamers really don’t have that many ideas, they just want to play some fun or good-looking games.
In this process, players who pursue picture quality and players who pursue gameplay can be considered equally divided, and among them, the easiest aspect to develop is definitely the picture.
Because this can be won entirely by relying on technology.
So immediately after Bayonetta, each game finally began to create more beautiful characters without restraint.
"Boss, I have already said that our game characters should look better, because only in this way can we save our company from bankruptcy."
In a certain game company, a game producer who had shares finally couldn't help but confront the company's boss at a public meeting.
He couldn't bear it anymore.
When the boss recruited them before, he said very nice things about giving them creative freedom, or letting them develop games to their heart's content without having to consider the cost of the game.
However, in reality, it doesn’t matter if it is hindered by funding. Game development is definitely not smooth sailing, and the biggest obstacle is the lack of funding.
But game development and movies also have similar benefits, that is, there is a way out without money, as long as your creativity is clever enough.
Isn’t this how the current hot independent game scene has emerged?
However, what he couldn't stand the most was another kind of discomfort, that is, the boss above began to restrict the direction and content of their development.
From the earliest days, the boss began to ask them to develop the most popular games at the time, and they could no longer limit themselves to the good games they wanted to create.
Immediately afterwards, the boss began to restrict them from being as prominent as possible in the characters they developed, because this way they would not be targeted by those guys with the loudest voices, and it would be better to make money quietly than anything else.
In the end, the main creator of the game broke out completely. After Bayonetta was released, he finally found a reason to confront the boss of the game company.
"Boss, look at the game Bayonetta. It's fun enough in terms of gameplay, but it's definitely not the top game of Youxing Electronic Entertainment. But this game is widely popular, so why don't you
Do you understand the players’ choice? They will definitely not like the deliberately ugly image. In the game, what people pursue is a beautiful experience outside the real world. They do not want to bring those unpleasant feelings in the real world into the game.
inside!"
The boss of this game company listened silently to the accusations of the creative staff at the conference table.
The main creators of this game are already very obvious in their behavior, but the video game industry is a very young industry today, and it is very different from other industries.
And now his company is indeed facing a business crisis. If no changes are made now, all his investments will be in vain.
"So, do you have any good ideas? According to you, we just need to create a good-looking character image?"
"Of course it's not absolute, but it can at least bring about some changes, at least so that we can't be manipulated by a group of guys who are not players in the first place. Those guys are obviously not our users, so why should we develop according to what they say?
A game?"
The boss finally relaxed a little and said: "Then you give it a try, but I don't have much money now..."
The main creative staff immediately said: "Don't worry about this. If I am here, at least I can keep the team going for a while, and we can work hard to develop a good enough game during this time!"
But the boss said with a wry smile: "If it could be so easy to develop excellent games, we wouldn't be running poorly until now."
"No, boss, our direction was wrong before, but now we still have a chance to save it, because we are very careful and have a lot of excellent resources and materials that we have not yet used. Now we can save it in time and develop an industrial standard game.
"
"Industrial standard game?"
"That's right, we also need to change the character image and give up those ugly characters. This time we will develop the game to our heart's content, but all this requires your permission, boss. If you don't agree, I may do it now
Just resign."
After hearing these words from the main creative staff, the boss finally had no choice at this time.
At this moment, the future of his company is probably in the hands of the main creative person in front of him, and the only thing he can do is to provide as much financial support as possible.
Looking at the company he had worked so hard to create, he finally gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I will no longer restrict you. You can do whatever you want. But I still said what I said just now. I really
There’s not much money left.”
"Please don't get me wrong, our efforts to save this are not to save the company, we are trying to save the games we have worked so hard to create."
"Then...just do it."
After hearing the boss's affirmative reply, the creative staff finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Being able to develop the games he wants to create is what he has always wanted, and now he can do it.
But other people in the meeting hardly dared to breathe. If this creative staff could confront the boss, they wouldn't even think about it.
But seeing the main producer of the game convincing his boss, they were all happy.
At least the boss wasn't so obsessed with it that he couldn't listen to anything he said.
After the meeting, the producer quickly returned to the office of his small game development team.
At this moment, the core team has already been waiting for the producer's return.
"How's it going? What did the boss say?"
The producer smiled: "The boss agreed, but there is no salary, but we have regained the right to change the game."
"Long live!" these people cheered after hearing this.