Chapter 692 The tradition of rewards

It’s not that the rewards provided by other game companies are not generous. In fact, in order to make players fall in love with the game as much as possible, or play the game, the game companies will make the rewards extremely sophisticated or valuable.

Many psychologists have studied that when people play games, they may not love the game itself, but the rewards in the game or outside the game.

But things are afraid of comparison. After comparison, it is really a matter of judgment.

There are endless game rewards in history.

In the early 1980s, when even the red and white consoles had not yet been developed, people's tolerance and enthusiasm for games were so simple and strong.

At that time, the king of the video game industry was Atari. The Atari 2600 was a landmark game console and the longest-lived console in human history. It had come step by step from the beginning and witnessed the development of the Famicom. rise until the 1990s when the heroes were fighting.

However, due to poor management of this company, many "junk" game products appeared on the market, which caused consumers to lose confidence in games and game consoles and were unwilling to buy games and game consoles anymore. As a result, the American gaming industry at that time suffered A devastating disaster, the company itself also suffered a huge impact, and the game center of that era moved from the United States to Japan.

The "Sword Hunting" activity that became a legend in the history of the game took place during this stage.

Since the 1980s, this company has successively released a game series called "SwordQuest", consisting of four parts in total. The game's world view is based on the four basic elements that make up the world in Western classicism, so the four games are "Earth World", "Fire World", "Water World" and "Air World", and the final game after completing the four games. Duel - looking for a sword.

In the game, you will control a character to explore some mysterious chambers and find some hidden clues and treasures.

It sounds very ordinary, like an ordinary puzzle game, but things are far from that simple.

Because you are not just playing a game, but you are going on a real adventure, and you are looking for real treasures. It can be said that the design is very exquisite.

This is probably the first batch of electronic games and real gaming experience of offline interaction. The good combination of games and reality was really difficult for game manufacturers in terms of the technology and interactivity of that era.

At that time, it was not like now, everything was connected to the Internet, and it was convenient to do everything online and offline.

The rules of that grand treasure hunt project at that time were roughly like this. You bought the four games released by Atari in sequence. In the game, you only need to use the manuals or comic books given when you bought the game to find as many clues as possible, and then send them to Just give it to Atari.

The person who finds the most clues can go to the company headquarters for the finals. In the finals, Atari has specially designed a version of the game for the players. The first person to complete the game process within 90 minutes is the champion.

And the final treasure reward is also a treasure in the true sense, not adulterated at all.

The winner of the "Earth World" will receive an amulet made of 18K pure gold, set with 12 diamonds, and engraved with the zodiac signs around it.

The winner of the "Fire World" will receive a Holy Grail, made of platinum and decorated with diamonds, rubies, sapphires, pearls, jaspers, etc.

The prize of "Water World" is a crown made of pure gold, embellished with diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and aquamarines.

The prize of "Qi World" is a Philosopher's Stone, which looks like a pointed box. The body is a large piece of pure white jade, wrapped in a layer of 18K gold, and inlaid with topaz, ruby, and diamond.

According to Atari's advertising, the value of each prize is 25,000 yuan.

But this is not the end. At the end of the four competitions, the four winners have a final showdown.

And the only and final winner will get the ultimate prize.

It was a sword, and that was the origin of the "Sword Hunt" activity.

The hilt of the sword is made of 18K pure gold, and the sword body is made of pure silver. It is decorated with diamonds, topaz, sapphires and rubies and is worth up to 50,000 meters.

Therefore, the total price of all prizes is a full 150,000 yuan!

The 150,000 yuan in the 1980s, plus inflation changes, may be equivalent to several million yuan today, and coupled with the uniqueness of its prizes, it is very valuable for collection, maybe even more We have tens of millions of dollars.

But these four games seem to represent the fate of this company. The first two game activities were still vigorous, but with the advent of Atari's impact, the third part of the four-part series, Water World, was only released in limited quantities. The Qi World has directly become air, and only a few prototypes of unknown authenticity have leaked out.

In the end, of these five prizes, only the amulet and the Holy Grail were given away. The remaining prizes may not have even been produced due to the financial crisis, and this event has become an epic legend that is out of reach in the gaming industry.

The amulet was melted into gold ingots by the owner and sold together with the diamonds because he had to repay his debts.

Only the Holy Grail was preserved, well kept by its owner in his safe.

It has to be said that this is the end of a legend.

Although Dong Chen's game rewards are not so exquisitely integrated with the game itself and are not specially made for the game, they still exist in the game and are still game mission items.

As a science fiction game, shuttles, space travel and robots are indispensable.

Moreover, value is absolutely simple and crude and cannot be combined delicately, so it will break through people's perception from another aspect.

Private space shuttles, space travel tickets and free room and board coupons, service robots, etc., plus some miscellaneous things, Sun Hao did a rough calculation, and the money given out every year because of this game is several billion. RMB.

In this regard, he could only comfort himself and said, "Okay, okay, this game can make us more money, and this little money is nothing."

"And it's not just for people to play games, it also has another important mission, and it can't just be about money."

"That's right," Dong Chen patted Sun Hao's shoulder and said, "Money really doesn't mean much to us now. The most talked about thing in the operation of many departments is no longer It’s not about funds, it’s about resource allocation data. We only talk about money when discussing cooperation with our partners.”

"I think you can go to space more times. The one time you went before was too little. You still have enough knowledge about the universe."

When Sun Hao heard this, he glanced at him and said, "I'm not as free as you, let's talk about it when I'm free."

"Let's talk about the game first. I found a problem. Since it is a warm-up for the possible doomsday, the realism here needs to be modified. The image here is a bit too game-like and cartoon-like. "

After speaking, he looked at the head of the game department, Wang Lijun, and said, "If it is too differentiated, will its publicity effect meet our requirements? Does the game department have a calculation?"

"You have done calculations, Mr. Sun," Wang Lijun said, finding a report from the database of his game department, "We have done a joint investigation with the market, and the data are..."

After the understanding just now, others have also understood the shocking aspects of this game, and have also raised their own questions and opinions, hoping to make this game more perfect from different perspectives.

Because they are in different positions, and this game is so huge, involving many aspects of structure and content, they raise questions from different angles. Each suggestion is of practical significance and has great impact on the game. Perfection pays off.

And this is what Dong Chen wants to see.

He and the people in the game department will only solve the problems of the game itself, but this game is different from previous games. It will cover the whole world, so it requires the management of the best and largest group companies in the world. Give some opinions.