Chapter 1005 Putting it all together, a small investment of 40 million!
Although interactive movie games are not as exciting as shooting games, if the plot is well done, the immersion of VR games can be maximized. Moreover, interactive movie games have fewer operations and a relatively stable perspective, which is more in line with the characteristics of VR.
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The success rates for these two game types seem too high and should never be done!
Although the probability of success of real-time strategy games seems to be very low, after all, the lessons of "Mission and Choice" have just passed. Pei Qian has a little PTSD about this game type, so he still does not consider it.
Pei Qian waved his hand: "That's inappropriate."
"The types of games you mentioned cannot be effective if the capacity is small, and it is difficult for the device to support them if the capacity is large."
"After all, the equipment has not yet been developed, and it is not clear how high the resolution can be achieved. Most of the games you mentioned are realistic and require relatively high picture accuracy to be effective."
Lin Wan nodded, feeling that what Mr. Pei said was right.
Especially for interactive movie games, if all the audience sees is a bunch of mosaics, it will definitely seriously affect the game experience.
"Then...Mr. Pei, if it's hard to do a realistic painting style, then you can only do a cartoon style."
"However, VR games don't seem to match the cartoon style, right? What type of game can it be?"
When the device performance is relatively low and the screen resolution is low, it is a more convenient way to make cartoon style paintings. For example, the very excellent "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" also changed the screen even when the Switch screen is only 720P.
It creates a very delicate feeling.
Moreover, this style has distinctive characteristics and can easily leave a deep impression on players.
The only problem is that the game types that can be selected with this style of painting are relatively limited. Of course, it is not completely impossible to forcefully use this style of painting to make FPS games and interactive movie games, but it will just make it a little less interesting and not in line with Pei.
Always striving for excellence.
Pei Qian said: "To summarize, this game must meet the following characteristics:"
"We must fully consider the relatively weak performance of VR equipment at this stage, so we adopt a cartoon style. At the same time, the capacity of the game should not be too large."
"Furthermore, considering that VR equipment at the current stage can easily cause dizziness to players, the perspective change in the game should not be too fast. It is best to be smooth and focus on the teleportation perspective."
"The operation of the game should not be too difficult, and the operation should not create obstacles for players."
Lin Wan thoughtfully said: "It sounds like it would be better to make a casual game, but the current VR games also have some relatively simple casual games, but these games seem to have a mediocre response."
“Based on the current equipment performance, casual games are indeed the safest, but it’s not easy to excel, right?”
"If we make our own VR glasses, but the games released with them are not attractive enough, it will probably lower the sales of the glasses, which in turn will affect the sales of the games, which will be troublesome."
Pei Qian said: "The main reason why other casual games have mediocre response is that the designers are not capable, the investment is too little, and the gameplay depth is not enough. If we invest huge sums of money to make a game with enough depth of gameplay, then
You can drive sales of VR glasses through games and successfully open up this market!"
Lin Wan nodded slightly, thoughtfully.
Mr. Pei's analysis made her feel that it made sense.
Pei Qian continued: "My idea is to make a casual development game. Players are born on a desert island. They can pull weeds, plant flowers, cut down trees, and fish on the desert island. At the same time, they can also go to other players' homes."
Let’s go shopping on the island.”
"Then we will make some in-depth development gameplay to maintain the stickiness of players, and try our best to make our VR glasses equipment attractive enough even if there is only this one game."
"Of course, you can think more about the specific details. The design of this game is still based on you."
Pei Qian's words are 70% true and 30% false. Although they sound reasonable, they are actually not actionable.
Making casual game gameplay deep enough so that players can remain addicted to it sounds simple, but in reality it is too difficult to do.
The threshold for casual games is very low. There are so many casual games emerging in the world every year. How many of them can really stand out?
If it is on computers or mobile phones, casual games will not have to worry about finding sales as long as they are sold cheaper.
But the problem is that on the VR side, if you want to play this game, you have to spend two to three thousand yuan to buy VR glasses. Unless the game is particularly excellent, who would be willing to spend this money?
So what Pei Qian said doesn't sound wrong, but the chance of success is very low.
Lin Chang frowned slightly and said with some suspicion: "Mr. Pei, it sounds like there is something wrong, right? These ideas seem to be a bit too ideal, and the actual situation must be taken into consideration..."
Lin Wan immediately interrupted him: "Don't mess with it if you don't understand. I think Mr. Pei's idea is indeed very novel and worth a try."
Lin Chang: "..."
Pei Qian smiled slightly, that's it!
As long as Lin Wan approves the design plan, everything else will be easy to handle.
Lin Chang really didn't understand games. Although he instinctively felt that there was something wrong, since Mr. Pei and Lin Wan had reached an agreement, there was nothing more to say.
"Okay, let's ask the last question, how much is the investment?"
The development of games and VR glasses requires money.
Chixing Studio is jointly funded by Shenhua Group and Tengda. Both parties have the same shares, so the investment should be the same. Of course, considering Lin Wan's relationship, Lin Chang felt that it was totally fine for Shenhua to contribute more money.
Lin Wan made some calculations and said: "For casual games, the investment shouldn't be too much, 10 million is almost enough."
"As for the VR glasses, if they are completely independently developed, it is estimated to be around 15 million, but if it is just a head-mounted display, it will be much cheaper, and a few million should be fine."
VR glasses mainly have three components, namely a head-mounted display, a handle and a base station locator. If you want to save costs, you can only develop a head-mounted display, while the handle and base station locator are both ready-made overseas.
At that time, you only need to sell your own head-mounted display together with handles and base station locators of other brands.
Lin Chang nodded slightly, thinking that this investment was completely within the acceptable range, and he would not feel bad even if it was wasted.
Given the size of Shenhua Group, the mobile phone department’s inventory would cost more than this amount.
However, Pei Qian shook his head and said decisively: "That won't work!"
"Everything you do must be done to the best of your ability. The key to the success of Tenda Games lies in striving for excellence!"
"I would rather spend twice the money to make a 100% work than save half the cost to make an 80% work. Because the former will be remembered by players for a long time, while the latter will not
It will quickly get lost in the sea of great games out there."
"In my opinion, the research and development cost of the game will double, to 20 million."
"The total research and development cost of VR glasses is 20 million."
He looked at Lin Chang: "If you think the cost is a bit high, it's totally fine for Tengda to bear more..."
Lin Chang hurriedly expressed his position: "How can that be done? We still have half the family as we agreed before."
Originally, Lin Chang felt that it was completely unnecessary to invest so much money in VR. Now that the entire market has not even fully opened up, let alone its buds, investing so much money is too risky.
But Mr. Pei said, "It doesn't matter if Tengda takes on more," so Lin Chang definitely couldn't back down.
Because Mr. Pei took the lead in setting up this company with some intention of helping. If Mr. Pei is asked to contribute more money, is this something done by humans?
Lin Chang must resolutely state his position. No matter how much Mr. Pei pays, Shenhua must also pay how much, otherwise it will be too boring.
In this way, all the preliminary preparations for Chi Xing Studio were finalized.
Next, Lin Wan will be recruiting while preparing the design plan for the game. As for the VR glasses, she can cooperate with the mobile phone department of Shenhua Group.
Pei Qian stood up: "In this case, the preliminary preparations are completed. I have something to do in the afternoon, so I will leave first. If you have any questions, you are welcome. Come and ask me at any time."
Lin Wan also stood up: "Okay, Mr. Pei, I will take charge of Chi Xing Studio and make this game a good one!"