Because whether it is the console, the game platform, or the game itself, it is not something that can be achieved immediately if you want to do something.
Although the switch console is booming now, who knows if there will be problems later.
In the same way, the Vaporwave game platform feels quite dangerous now, but the game platform is not a consumable. It is about long-term operation, and temporary gains and losses do not mean anything.
If Linmu Studio was a listed company, then Lin Yao might be impatient due to pressure and the stock price drop caused by analysts' lack of optimism and players' lack of confidence.
But unfortunately, Linmu Studio is not.
Not only is this not the case, Lin Yao also has a clear understanding of the user traffic gained from giving away games.
This thing really has pros and cons. Although it can gain a huge number of users at once, such as E-Bao in her previous life, let alone registered users chasing after Steam, they are all the same.
But this doesn’t mean anything. Although free games can attract players, whether they can retain players is a big problem...
After all, Lin Yao has also experienced several money-burning battles, including but not limited to bicycles, food delivery, e-commerce, online ride-hailing... This game is really a small scene.
Therefore, it is really unnecessary to go to war over the registration numbers announced by the other party.
And it's not like Lin Yao did nothing. She has no control over the analysts' opinions and doesn't care.
But she still cares about players, so isn’t she going to leak the game lineup for the second half of the year to boost players’ confidence? She will also continue to optimize the community, creative workshop, network and other things to prepare to give players a better experience!
Oh, there is also a trading system, but this is really troublesome. It may be a little late to go online, but we are really working hard.
Lin Yao is a gamer herself and knows very well what players need most. Instead of doing something that makes analysts think that the Vaporwave game platform still has great advantages, it is better to do what a game company should do.
That is to launch good games that interest players.
Although there are many players speaking out now, Lin Yao will not ignore the silent majority.
These silent majority actually don’t pay much attention to who wins or loses between the two PC game platforms.
But they must pay attention to new games.
Give them what they need and want.
This is Lin Yao's strategy.
Well, to put it simply, it’s painting a cake...
But don’t underestimate the painted cakes.
This is the most important business strategy in the gaming industry...
Because this can continue to raise players' expectations, and when players' expectations reach a certain level... the final increase in sales will be very scary.
'No one will remember a crappy game that was released on time.'
This sentence comes from CDPR co-founder Marcin.
As for why he said this, it’s because “Cyberpunk 2077” has been delayed again.
As for why this sentence became widely circulated later.
On the one hand, what he said does make sense...
But on the other hand, it's because there have been countless problems since the release of "Cyberpunk 2077"...
The high expectations created by CDPR eventually conflicted with reality, making the phrase "no one will remember a garbage game released on time" very dramatic...
No matter what the reviews of "Cyberpunk 2077" are, what CDPR executive Marcin thought after saying this.
But the sales volume of "Cyberpunk 2077", which has been criticized wildly by players, misplaced expectations, and has a lot of problems...
18 million!
A new IP sold 18 million copies!
Even if you include the players who refunded the game in the early stage, it is still a multi-million-level masterpiece, and according to community surveys, the number of players who refunded this game is only about two million...
So no matter what, this game is undoubtedly a success in terms of sales!
The reason why the sales of the game are so high is due to the good reputation CDPR has accumulated in the past. It is also due to the fact that although the game has a lot of problems, the content presented is indeed very novel.
But if you say that there is no credit for the painting of pancakes, Lin Yao will not admit it.
Of course, Linmu Studio will not rush to work frantically just to see the sales volume and platform...
Painting cakes won’t be so crazy. Basically, you can eat all the cakes you paint this year.
After all, the sales volume of "Cyberpunk 2077" is high, but because of misplaced expectations, the good reputation that CDPR finally accumulated was almost completely ruined.
It also caused a large number of players to have a huge psychological impact on pre-ordering the game.
This actually hurts.
"Boss, boss!"
"Um?"
Lin Yao suddenly came back to her senses and looked at Qi Jianhua.
"What are you thinking about?" Qi Jianhua asked curiously, looking at Lin Yao who was in a daze.
"Huabing... No, what's the problem?" Lin Yao almost blurted out, but luckily she stopped in time.
"The adjustments have been made according to what you said, please see if it works."
Qi Jianhua's mouth twitched when he heard the word "painted cake". A boss who doesn't hide his thoughts may be rare outside.
But he was used to it at Lin Mu Studio, so he didn't worry about Lin Yao's words.
He also knew that what he was doing was painting cakes.
But if the industry is like Linmu Studio, players will probably be happy to death... After all, the cake that was available back then is really too conscientious.
"Let me see……"
Lin Yao heard Qi Jianhua's words and looked at the screen in front of him.
There are two options for how to reveal the game lineup for the second half of the year.
In the end, when it came to the choice between a face-to-face meeting and a promotional video, Lin Yao chose the latter.
The main reason is that the game is now being steadily produced. If you hold a face-to-face meeting, you will inevitably introduce some gameplay or elements that will make players’ eyes brighter. Just showing the LOGO, and it is not an old IP, or "Metroid Prime 4", has no meaning.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But if Lin Yao wants to reveal the gameplay or elements that will make players’ eyes brighter, it will disrupt the production progress of the production team, and the gain will outweigh the loss.
So finally.
Lin Yao still chose a promotional video that was more convenient and had more room for adjustment. To put it simply, he took some currently produced game materials and made a video that was similar to a game mix, and combined Linmu Studio's entire second half of the year, including consoles and PCs.
The game lineup is displayed to players.
And the video she is watching now is the 'mixed-edited' promotional video.
"...Well, that's almost it."
Lin Yao finished watching the not-too-long mixed-cut promotional video, nodded, and then ordered: "In addition to the LOGO of the console switch, this time the title of the video should also include the LOGO of the PC Vaporwave game platform. Tell all players,
Not only are there console games, there are also PC games.
In addition, the word "switch" should not appear in the title, it is best to write "Linmu Studio", so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings among console players and cause unnecessary trouble."
"good."
Qi Jianhua nodded, expressing understanding.
"You're busy."
Lin Yao took one last look at the screen and breathed a sigh of relief.
This is a surprise, but I don’t know if players will buy it...
…
August 11th.
The aftermath of the end of promotional activities for the two major console platforms is still brewing.
Although the online game distribution platform has not been around for a long time, the rapid development of the Vaporwave game platform is obvious to everyone.
This market has been tapped because of the Vaporwave gaming platform.
So after seeing the great success of Linmu Studio’s game platform, there are many people who want to join the game or are paying attention to this market.
As a disruptor in the market, Gameplayer’s grab for business this time is undoubtedly a success in the eyes of many people!
As soon as the registration numbers were announced, the stock prices of Gibb and Dreamland began to rise.
As a pioneer in this market, Linmu Studio’s Vaporwave game platform, in the opinion of many industry analysts, has a strategy that is too conservative!
This one is motionless... just like a bastard.
Therefore, analysts generally believe that Linmu Studio has invested too much energy in the console... and this has led to the weakening of the Vaporwave game platform!
Next, Gameplayer Scimitar will overtake and become the number one in the industry, which is just around the corner!
certainly.
There is actually a lot of bragging here...after all, this is related to the stock prices of Gibber and Dreamland.
But there are indeed many people who really feel that way.
And under this kind of public opinion.
Although Gameplayer has been around for less than half a year, in the eyes of many people, it is already on par with the Vaporwave gaming platform.
Originally just a publisher of the Vaporwave game platform, it suddenly became a peer competitor.
Write a book
It really makes players sigh and makes Linmu Studio’s supporters anxious.
Linmu Studio, please say something!
soon.
The situation evolved into this...
but.
This situation did not last long. On the same day, Linmu Studio released a promotional video through multiple channels.
What gaming platform debate.
all of a sudden.
Everything becomes unimportant...
that day.
at noon.
Uncle Lin and Wang Ang ordered takeout, then turned around and took out the switch from the bag.
Wake up the screen.
Wang Ang looked at the "Dark Soul" game icon on the homepage with a complicated expression...
Tell the truth.
This game... although it almost made him lose his reputation and put him in the dilemma of being PKed by a real person.
When he first started playing, he was so angry that his hands and feet became cold.
But I don’t know why, but he finally continued playing, and like most ‘undead people’… he was addicted to it.
The story of the addictive game, the gameplay of the addictive game, and the matter of suffering...
Although there are some twists and turns.
But in the end, this game did bring him an ‘adult-oriented adventure’…
As for Wang Ang himself, although he doesn't want to admit it, he has indeed begun to look forward to Linmu Studio's next work.
that is.
He won't break the news next time if he's beaten to death...
In fact, he couldn't break the news this time, because the person in charge of the studio told him that the theme of Linmu Studio's new game was seriously inconsistent with the style that Yika Studio is good at... and they had already declined.
He can no longer be an uncle.
"...Forget it, let's visit the forum."
Wang Ang looked at the "Dark Souls" icon on the switch, and finally restrained the idea of playing for a while before eating.
This kind of game is not suitable for playing before meals. It is more interesting to play when you have plenty of time.
So Wang Ang shook his head, put down the switch, turned to the computer, opened the forum, and prepared to kill the time until the takeaway arrived.
On the forum, because there haven’t been many high-profile games recently, the topics discussed are very complicated.
However, there are still many topics related to Linmu Studio.
The most discussed ones are of course the Vaporwave game platform and the recently popular Gameplayer.
Players are mainly divided into two groups.
One group believes that Linmu Studio should take more practical actions instead of improving the community and creative workshops now! At the same time, don’t put all the focus on the console, otherwise the Vaporwave game platform will be finished sooner or later!
The other group believes that Linmu Studio does not need to do anything! Gameplayer’s current popularity comes from sending games, and the Vaporwave game platform can operate stably!
Most of the related posts are actually the two factions quarreling...
Wang Ang peeped for a while but did not participate.
In fact, he doesn’t know which group he belongs to. He supports Linmu Studio, but he also feels that there is no need to teach a game company that has repeatedly achieved miracles in the game industry...
But at the same time, he had heard about the recent strong momentum of Gameplayer. He also felt that at this time, Linmu Studio should do something...but he had no idea how to do it specifically, but one thing he was sure of was that he really did not want the domestic
Linmu Studio lost.
"Should... we won't lose, right?"
Wang Ang looked at the forum and found no news that he was too concerned about, so he closed it.
He murmured to himself, then casually opened the Vaporwave game platform, subconsciously wanting to see what Linmu Studio was up to.
And this look.
Unexpectedly...there really is!
The moment he opened the homepage of the Vaporwave game platform, a conspicuous promotional image appeared in rotation.
The promotional picture has a strange composition and there are many characters on it, but Wang Ang only knows one, that is Mario, and he doesn’t know the others...
But this promotional picture is very eye-catching...
"What is this?"
Wang Ang looked at the promotional picture and clicked in with some curiosity.
Page jump.
Then, a video playback page popped up.
There is not much information on the page.
Just a playback window, add a sentence...
【This winter.】
【Dedicatedtoplayers.】
Wang Ang glanced at the words on the page, and then clicked on the video out of curiosity.
…
Video playback.
The screen lights up.
Accompanied by rapid drumbeats.
【Linmu Studio】
【Vaporwave Game Platform】
【switch】
【First half of the year】
【Player】
【game……】
Different words appeared one by one, and then the moment the word 'game' appeared, the background music suddenly changed its tone.
"Ah ha ha!"
The famous mascot of "The Legend of Zelda" suddenly jumped out from the bottom of the screen, smashing the word "game" into pieces.
At the same time, the video officially kicked off!
In the first half of the year, the game screens of Linmu Studio, including the Escort masterpiece released with the console in January, began to appear one by one.
Next, there are "Pokémon Legends", "ARMS", and "Dark Souls" that were released some time ago.
The screens that appear in each game are short.
The last game is "labo" which was just released.
"What is this? Mixed editing?"
Wang Ang looked at the screen, and after being stunned for a moment, he smiled knowingly.
Although he still doesn’t know the significance of Linmu Studio doing such mixed editing.
But it’s really nice to see games that I like and are familiar with appear one after another.
And just when Wang Ang thought so...
As the play scene combining "LABO" paper toys and games gradually faded away, the dynamic music gradually became calm.
Just when Wang Ang thought the video was over.
Rapid drumbeat.
Suddenly it rang again!
The text that appeared at the beginning of the video also appeared again, accompanied by a very rhythmic drum beat.
【Linmu Studio】
【Vaporwave Game Platform】
【switch】
【Player】
【game】
【The second half of the year...】
In the second half of the video, the text changed slightly.
The biggest change is that the first half of the year has become the second half of the year!
then.
"Yahoo!"
A happy plumber with a big nose, a hat, overalls, and a beard jumped out from the bottom of the screen, smashing the words 'second half of the year' into pieces.
Linmu Studio’s game announcements for the second half of the year have officially… kicked off!
Wang Ang was stunned for a moment and had not yet reacted.
Screenshots of the first game are already out.
It seems to be a new Mario game...but unlike the platform jumping game that came out during the summer special promotion, this Mario game seems to be a multiplayer game.
As for this Mario game, Wang Ang has not yet figured out what type it is.
As Mario jumped up and made celebration movements in the video, the scene suddenly changed.
Snap.
Along with the sound of leather shoes hitting the ground, the cute cartoon style suddenly turned dark and real.
Under the dim sky.
The Tower of London, the symbol of the king's authority in British history, appears in the center of the screen.
Then, the scene moved indoors. A man with a slender figure, a long back, and an angular diamond face leaned on the back of the chair, picked up the pipe in his mouth, knocked it lightly, then looked to the opposite side, and said very gentlemanly
:
"Sherlock Holmes...Sherlock Holmes."
Then, the scene changed again.
From the cloudy London, it suddenly turned into the sunny Luoyang.
A huge ancient ethnic group appears in the center of the picture.
The camera follows a dignified but hurried official as he climbs a long staircase and arrives at a magnificent palace.
"His Majesty!"
The officials saluted and shouted loudly at the same time.
At the top of the hall, a majestic woman sat with an expressionless face.
The picture changed again.
Suddenly it's back to the cartoon style.
On the cartoon-rendered map, a round, pink and cute creature swelled up and floated in the air with the sound of inhaling. It floated and moved in the air very cutely, and then fell in front of a monster and breathed again.
Take a breath.
The monster was sucked in by the round pink creature.
The pink creature suddenly transformed, taking on the elements of a monster.
Wang Ang was stunned again and did not react.
The picture changed again...
This time it was a primitive jungle. An Indian man stood up from the jungle and looked at the camera.
"Welcome, stranger, I am Hiawatha, the spokesperson of the Iroquois. We pursue peace, but we are not afraid of war..."
Then, the scene changed again...
A cartoon-style character holds a circle-shaped object in both hands and runs quickly on the map. The gameplay seems to be very simple.
And the final game looks the best!
On the stormy sea...the lights of the cruise ship flickered in the distance.
The helicopter suddenly roared past.
Several military-looking people could be vaguely seen sitting on the side of the helicopter, looking towards the cruise ship.
"There are still 30 seconds left to implement silence!"
And with the last game screen came out.
The rhythm of the entire video begins to speed up!
More game screens appear.
But the picture of every game almost disappears in a flash. Often the picture changes before Wang Ang can react...
He listened to dynamic music throughout and watched the video with a confused look on his face.
And the video ends.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Game LOGOs that players have never seen before appear one by one.
"Super Mario Party", "Kirby", "Ring Fit Adventure".
"Civilization", "Call of Duty", "Sherlock Holmes", "Detective Dee".
Then, after the last game name came out.
The last line of text appears.
Video, end.
【On sale this winter.】
【Dedicatedtoplayers.】
【Dedicated to all players.】
…
Senseless.
Wang Ang was stunned.
He froze on the spot for a while, and then he suddenly reacted. Excitement... suddenly surged into his heart!
He hurriedly grasped the mouse again, pulled the video's progress bar to the front, and watched the video again.
This time, he was prepared and concentrated on the second half of the video.
"Mario theme...Victorian era...Wu Zhou? And cute style...I don't know what style...modern...fuck!"
"
This time.
Wang Ang focused on the information revealed in each game screen in the promotional video.
And the more he watched, the more surprised he became! The harder it was to control himself!
At the end of the day, he stood up and shouted in a loud voice: "F*ck".
The staff of Yika Studio all looked sideways because of Wang Ang's sudden "fuck".
But Wang Ang couldn't care less about the strange looks from others, and the joy in his heart was now hard to express!
He quickly opened the forum, copied the link to the promotional video, and posted a message directly!
He didn't even think about the fact that his ID was smelly, so he couldn't help but post.
Because he really wants to share his joy with others.
The joy of this moment.
For players who support Linmu Studio and like Linmu Studio games, this time, the New Year is really coming!
So soon, there were more posts on the forum.
[Look! Don’t worry about the platform!
Linmu Studio is expanding its recruitment!
】
As soon as this post appeared, it attracted countless players.
However, the players that were attracted at the beginning... were somewhat different from what Wang Ang had in mind. Most of these people were not here to celebrate the New Year together, but were paying special attention to Uncle Lin's ID, looking at players who wanted to attack him after seeing Uncle Lin's posts.
As soon as these people entered the post, they started shouting and killing.
But soon.
As these people click on the video link in the post.
Uncle Lin suddenly became unimportant...
At the beginning of the video, many players thought it was a mixed-edited video, but as the video progressed to the second half, all players were confused.
Then the player reacted, and his first thought was that he didn't believe it. It was Uncle Lin who wanted to fish in troubled waters again.
But when the player went to the official website of Linmu Studio, they saw the same video posted on the official website.
All players were shocked!
This is really...Linmu Studios' game lineup for the second half of the year.
Not only do the themes cover domestic and foreign countries, the time span is very large, and the types are different, but so many games... are all released this winter!
Damn it!
soon.
Under the post, the reputation changed instantly, and Uncle Lin was instantly ignored.
All gamers who support Linmu Studio, or in other words, all gamers, celebrate the New Year right where they are!
And a highly praised reply was quickly pushed to the top of the post.
That reply was——
"I thought Gameplayer giving games to players was the best gift. Unexpectedly, Dedicatedtoplayers is dedicated to all players... It turns out there is a better gift, waiting here!