The actual experience of "The King of Fighters" once again shocked a group of manufacturer bosses.

Whether you are an arcade game or not, you have no resistance to such super high performance and high picture quality games.

Compared with "The King of Fighters", all the games I have played in the past seem to have become less beautiful...

The gap is too big to compare at all.

Is this the strength of being called the strongest manufacturer in the gaming industry? Love it.

...

"The real-time experience is here for the time being."

Xia Yu clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Next, please come with me to the conference hall. Mr. Lu from [Thunder Game Company], I have something to announce to you."

It's about to start.

Chen Guohua and Bai Wenshu looked at each other, and they knew that the real "good show" was about to appear today.

Just like I guessed, today's press conference was obviously not about drinking. "The King of Fighters" was taken out to shock everyone in order to reflect the strong strength of the first party, and then the [Thunder Game Company] platform announced some things...

"Let's go and see what the big boss wants to do."

Bai Wenshu shrugged and walked towards the conference hall first.

...

Everyone sat down one after another.

But their mood is completely different from before. After seeing the high-end technology of "The King of Fighters", they find it difficult to have confidence in their own games.

Some manufacturers of console-side and handheld-side gamers are fine, but this kind of game console will not be updated within two or three years.

If it is completely changed, it will take at least six years.

And such a long time is enough for them to better understand the performance of the game console, so they can carefully create many good games.

But manufacturers who rely more on arcade platforms will not be in a good mood.

Only two years after these 16-bit arcades were released, they directly announced that they entered the 32-bit era, and they are such a powerful new arcade... They have finally adapted to the 16-bit development method, and now they need to learn again?

certainly--

It would be fine if it was just learning, it would be just a waste of time.

But the problem now is... this thing costs money.

Look at the excitement of "The King of Fighters", every frame... is so money.

These manufacturers dare not urge to make games that are comparable to "The King of Fighters", even if they can achieve 20% of the results, it will be considered successful.

But what is 20%?

The cost alone is 40 million!

The development cost of a game is so terrifying. It would be fine if it succeeds, but if it fails... there are many manufacturers present, and few people can afford it.

...

"Everyone."

Lu Wenbo clapped his hands and saw everyone watching, he smiled and said, "Everyone has experienced the new game of [Storm] just now. Do you have any suggestions for this? Mr. Xia is also here, everyone is discussing with each other, and it is also great to learn from the scriptures."

“…”

Everyone didn't say anything.

Lu Wenbo's words are clearly showing off, not really wanting to "discuss" them.

With the support of new technologies, this game has a burst of effects. It is really nothing wrong to say that it is "epoch-making".

It's like changing from an 8-bit machine to a 16-bit machine...

This significant technological improvement brings a strong perception to people. Even if they have confidence in their games, they dare not say that they can compete with "The King of Fighters".

As for the suggestions?

Haha.

The main designer of "The King of Fighters" is the one with the highest status in the game circle, not Xia Yu.

Unless they don’t want to get through, who will openly stand up and pick on the tricks?

...

“The King of Fighters is very exciting, and it is the best arcade game I have ever played.”

Chen Guohua smiled and said, "Boss Tian's ability to make games seems to have improved to the next level. It's a gratifying congratulations. I can't wait to see the success of this game. However... Mr. Lu held a press conference, there should be other arrangements?"

"Haha, there are some other arrangements."

Lu Wenbo nodded slightly: "Everyone, what I want to announce next is: the company's operational adjustments to the arcade platform. Many friends present are doing business on the arcade platform, which is related to everyone's interests. It is necessary to call everyone to have a meeting together."

Operational adjustments of arcade platform?

Hearing this, everyone's faces became serious.

The platform is just heaven for them. Any small adjustment may determine the life and death of their own manufacturers... They have to be serious.

"Everyone, I need to tell you something in advance."

Lu Wenbo took a document, opened it and looked at it a few times, and said, "According to statistics, the total revenue of arcade platforms in recent months has declined by 19% compared with the same period last year, nearly one-fifth. Do you know what the reason is?"

Slosing by nearly one-fifth?

Everyone was a little surprised. They really hadn't paid attention to this matter.

Because they don’t feel anything, game halls across the country are often full, which looks very lively.

As for the revenue of its own arcade games?

Some of them have risen, some of them have declined, and there are many specific factors. They have not thought about the overall revenue of arcade platforms.

certainly--

This has something to do with the fact that [Thunder Game Company] has not announced its own operational situation to the public.

It is not a listed company and there is no need to announce the operating results at all.

But no matter what, the overall decline was 19%, which is really terrifying.

...

"It should have something to do with the release of [Thunder-New World]?"

A young man said lightly: "Since the host became popular, the arcade business has obviously not been as popular as before. Both are 16-bit processors, and the gap is not too big. It is normal for the host to swallow some players on the arcade side."

After saying this, everyone suddenly realized.

[Thunder Game Hall] When it was just born, there were only 8-bit game consoles of the three giants on the market. The gap was too obvious, and it directly swallowed up a large number of players of the latter. However, these players may not really like arcade games. When 16-bit home game consoles are released, they will naturally return to the ranks of console players.

“This is just one aspect.”

Lu Wenbo nodded and said, "One is the impact of the host release, and the other is also due to the price; a large number of players have reported that the price of arcade games is too high, so it is better to save money to buy a host."

"so……"

The young man asked calmly: "What is your company's solution to reduce the price?"

Price reduction?

Upon hearing this, the faces of the many bosses present began to change.

They still don’t know whether what Lu Wenbo said is true.

But even if it is true, a 19% decline in market share is not a big deal. They don’t have a strong perception of this. I believe that as long as the game is done well, you can still make a lot of money.

But if the price is reduced...

That is to directly use the knife based on the existing revenue. It is hard to say whether the price cut can expand the market share, but a sharp drop in revenue is inevitable.
Chapter completed!