Chapter 1203 The Rise of Pingguo’s Notebook
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Ku Mao
GiantSoft's Internet speed is almost the fastest in the world.
Moreover, the capacity of these three mini-games is not large. It didn’t take long for the three games to be downloaded.
"The capacity is so small? Just over 200 MB? It's definitely not a high-quality game!"
"That's right, which of the fun games on the market now has a capacity of less than 1GB?"
"I bet that this game was made by Chen Mo and Jabs by just looking for someone to make it, or they simply bought the works of small companies that couldn't be sold and made up the money."
"..."
Jusoft executives complained one after another.
This is not because they are too arrogant, but in 2003, the game capacity was small, and it was almost equal to not being fun.
According to the game logic of this era, a game that can take the world by storm must have top-notch game graphics, and if it needs to have top-level game graphics, modeling, texturing, etc. will definitely consume a lot of capacity.
200MB?
It doesn’t even have the capacity of a map model of the recently popular 3D game. How can it be a fun game?
Bill Geitz thought so too.
After all, even if he is an IT genius, it is difficult to escape from the thinking habits of people of this era.
"Plants vs. Zombies? What a weird setting!"
Bill Geici complained for a while, and then clicked to enter the teaching screen.
But once he went in to play, Bill Geitz couldn't stop at all!
The game uses a level system, and the first few levels are relatively simple. At the fourth level, a mini-boss appeared, which made Bill Geci's nervous hands tremble.
"Plant two rows of sunflowers first! You must have enough sunlight, otherwise the resources will not be enough to grow pea shooters!"
"Here, this zombie can actually dance, wait! Is this Michael Jackson?"
"Why are there so many zombies in this level? This is a fucking zombie wave!"
"Boss, please move faster, your brain will be eaten by zombies!!!"
"..."
The extremely soft executives watched with great interest. Unknowingly, they couldn't help but start to point fingers at Bill Geitz.
Coupled with the fact that Bill Geitz was so bad at playing this kind of game and died over and over again, many executives were even so crazy that they wanted to push Bill Geitz away and go into battle themselves!
While playing, Bill Geici accidentally turned his head and glanced at the executives who were watching him with excitement and smiles on their faces, and suddenly realized that something was wrong!
This game...
It’s so magical! ! !
Once you start playing, you can't stop! ! !
It's obviously a very simple, even brainless casual game, but why is it so addictive to play?
Bill Geitz looked at the group of senior executives in their 50s and [-]s around him, who were as excited as children, watching and gesticulating, and felt a chill in his heart.
Immediately afterwards, he played two games: "Angry Birds" and "Fruit Ninja".
After the experience, there was no smile on Bill Geci's face at all.
There was no sound in the entire conference room.
The executives who just mocked Chen Mo for not being able to make a good game shut their mouths tightly and lowered their heads without daring to speak.
"Speak, weren't everyone very awesome just now?"
Bill Geici pointed at an executive in a sinister manner: "David, tell me, what do you think of these three games?"
David's heart skipped a beat and he gritted his teeth and said: "These three games are very fun. The graphics are funny, the gameplay is simple and decompressing, they are very fun to play, and they are suitable for all ages, making them very suitable for families to play together.
The most frightening thing is that these three games are matched with the MacBook's trackpad, and the playing experience is even better! "
"I'm afraid these three games will become hit games..."
With David's words at the beginning, other executives all agreed: "I've never wanted to play a game so much at my age!"
"These three games have certain educational qualities and are very suitable for children to play."
"It's also very suitable for girls to play. After all, girls don't like games like Legend that involve grinding monsters and upgrading."
"If nothing else happens, these three games should take away some game users."
"..."
Bang! ! !
Bill Geici slammed the table angrily and roared: "I didn't ask you to talk about how fun and popular these three games are!
I want you to talk about how to deal with it! ! ! "
As soon as these words came out, all the giant soft executives lowered their heads and fell silent.
How to deal with it?
Unless you develop a game that is more fun than these three games, it will be difficult to stop others from grabbing customers!
But game development is not something that can be done in a short time.
For a game like "Plants vs. Zombies", unless you have a detailed demand plan like Chen Mo, the process from project establishment to design, to writing a demand plan, to R&D and testing can take as little as half a year and as much as a year and a half!
Bill Geci looked at the executives who lowered their heads and said angrily: "A bunch of trash! Get out of here!!!"
After everyone left, Bill Geci looked at the game interface of Plants vs. Zombies and let out a long sigh.
……
……
Jiangbei University.
In the sophomore dormitory of the Software Department of the School of Computer Science.
Zhang Bo is a rich second generation, and his family has tens of millions of dollars.
Because he wanted to learn programming and needed a computer, and his family didn’t know much about computer configurations, he bought him a MacBook Pro laptop.
After receiving the result, Zhang Bo felt tragic!
In fact, anyone who has gone to college knows that the biggest role of a notebook is not for studying, but for entertainment!
The roommates all bought Windows-based laptops, and we all had a great time playing Legend and Journey together, stealing food, and fighting for parking spaces.
But Zhang Bo could only cry silently in front of his MacBook.
The working ability of this notebook is very powerful, especially for programming and video editing. It can be said that the efficiency is unparalleled.
But it’s just not good at playing games!
The result is that every time Zhang Bo takes out his MacBook, his roommate teases him: "Brother Bo is going to study again?"
This makes Zhang Bo angry!
I wish I could smash my macbook!
What a piece of crap! You can’t even play a game!
After class that day, everyone returned to the dormitory after dinner and started playing "Zhengtu" online as usual.
At this time, Zhang Bo usually finds an excuse to go out and is not in the dormitory.
But today was unusual. Not only was he in the dormitory, but he also took the initiative to greet his roommates: "Let's play "Zhengtu" tonight!"
The roommate asked curiously: "Brother Bo, have you changed your computer?"
Zhang Bo smiled proudly and said: "No, it's still that MacBook Pro notebook."
"Then why don't you give it a try! That old laptop can only study and work, and it can't play games. It's not even as good as my second-hand laptop!" Zhao Ming said disdainfully.
Only at this time can he show a little bit of his superiority.
After all, Zhang Bo's family has money, but he has no discernment in buying things. Although he is poor, the things he buys are practical!
"Who said you can't play "Zhengtu" on a MacBook?"
Zhang Bo smiled and clicked on the "Journey" game interface.
All the roommates were shocked!
"I'll go, when can Pingguo play "Zhengtu"?"
"Hey, isn't this the silent message TT? Is this also supported?"
"Can you still grow vegetables, steal vegetables, and grab parking spaces? Does the TT Game Center also support this?"
"..."
Zhang Bo smiled and said: "Let me tell you, Pingguo Company was acquired by Chen Mo! Of course Moxin will fully support Pingguo!"
"Now, not only do all the softwares under Mocent support MacBook notebooks, but they also have various discounts!"
"For example, TT, if I log in to TT with a macbook, the macbook login will be displayed on the avatar, and the upgrade speed is twice as fast as the Windows version of TT!"
"Log in to "Zhengtu" with a MacBook, and you will receive a free lottery opportunity every day you log in, as well as exclusive mounts and props for MacBook users! In short, there are countless benefits!"
Zhang Bo swept away the previous decadence and haze, put his hands on his hips and said proudly: "Chen Mo said, it is to give MacBook users a high-end feeling!"
"I'll go. Are there so many benefits?"
"TT doubles the speed, so you won't be able to hit the sun very soon?"
"Isn't this exclusive mount so cool? It also adds so much combat power! Rich man, I want to hug you from now on!!!"
"..."
The compliment from his roommate made Zhang Bo feel elated.
He personally experienced the feeling of "high-end user" promoted by Chen Mo.
Only Zhao Ming said sourly: "What's there? Isn't it just that you can play MoDun's games? These Windows systems have long been able to play!"
at this time.
The door of the dormitory was suddenly knocked.
"Student Union, check the hygiene!"
As soon as the door opened, everyone's eyes lit up.
Because among the people who came to check the hygiene this time, there was school beauty Tang Chuchu!
This is the dream girl that boys dream of!
The figure and appearance are both top-notch!
As soon as Tang Chuchu walked in, she ignored the boys and just checked her hygiene.
But when she saw Zhang Bo's MacBook Pro, her eyes lit up: "Is this the latest MacBook Pro?"
Zhang Bo quickly chatted: "Yes! It's a perfect match. I bought it for my family."
"I heard that Pingguo Store has just launched three new games, which are very fun! Can you let me try them?" Tang Chuchu asked, blinking her big watery eyes.
"No problem! I just downloaded it and haven't tried it yet!"
Zhang Bo smiled.
Tang Chuchu sat down and looked at Zhang Bo's notebook with flashing eyes: "How to operate this computer? Can you teach me?"
"Of course! Look, this touchpad..."
When Zhang Bo was teaching Tang Chuchu, the two of them were very close.
The roommates watched with envy and hatred!
After experiencing the three games, Tang Chuchu exclaimed: "Pingguo's things are really beautiful and exquisite! Junior fellow, you buy this computer with good taste!"
"Haha, senior sister is joking!" Zhang Bo said.
"What a pity, I didn't have enough fun..." Tang Chuchu curled her lips and said.
"Take it for fun, and then give it back to me when you've had enough. I won't use it recently anyway," Zhang Bo said generously.
"That's so embarrassing! Well... let's do it this way. I'll ask you to play skewers as a thank you. I'll borrow the notebook for two days and then return it to you." Tang Chuchu said.
Under everyone's dumbfounded eyes, Zhang Bo and Tang Chuchu went out to play skewers together.
Before leaving, Zhang Bo said with a smile: "Brothers, I won't be back tonight!"
"Hey, this Pingguo notebook is awesome!!! It's so cool!!! Hahaha..."
Moreover, the capacity of these three mini-games is not large. It didn’t take long for the three games to be downloaded.
"The capacity is so small? Just over 200 MB? It's definitely not a high-quality game!"
"That's right, which of the fun games on the market now has a capacity of less than 1GB?"
"I bet that this game was made by Chen Mo and Jabs by just looking for someone to make it, or they simply bought the works of small companies that couldn't be sold and made up the money."
"..."
Jusoft executives complained one after another.
This is not because they are too arrogant, but in 2003, the game capacity was small, and it was almost equal to not being fun.
According to the game logic of this era, a game that can take the world by storm must have top-notch game graphics, and if it needs to have top-level game graphics, modeling, texturing, etc. will definitely consume a lot of capacity.
200MB?
It doesn’t even have the capacity of a map model of the recently popular 3D game. How can it be a fun game?
Bill Geitz thought so too.
After all, even if he is an IT genius, it is difficult to escape from the thinking habits of people of this era.
"Plants vs. Zombies? What a weird setting!"
Bill Geici complained for a while, and then clicked to enter the teaching screen.
But once he went in to play, Bill Geitz couldn't stop at all!
The game uses a level system, and the first few levels are relatively simple. At the fourth level, a mini-boss appeared, which made Bill Geci's nervous hands tremble.
"Plant two rows of sunflowers first! You must have enough sunlight, otherwise the resources will not be enough to grow pea shooters!"
"Here, this zombie can actually dance, wait! Is this Michael Jackson?"
"Why are there so many zombies in this level? This is a fucking zombie wave!"
"Boss, please move faster, your brain will be eaten by zombies!!!"
"..."
The extremely soft executives watched with great interest. Unknowingly, they couldn't help but start to point fingers at Bill Geitz.
Coupled with the fact that Bill Geitz was so bad at playing this kind of game and died over and over again, many executives were even so crazy that they wanted to push Bill Geitz away and go into battle themselves!
While playing, Bill Geici accidentally turned his head and glanced at the executives who were watching him with excitement and smiles on their faces, and suddenly realized that something was wrong!
This game...
It’s so magical! ! !
Once you start playing, you can't stop! ! !
It's obviously a very simple, even brainless casual game, but why is it so addictive to play?
Bill Geitz looked at the group of senior executives in their 50s and [-]s around him, who were as excited as children, watching and gesticulating, and felt a chill in his heart.
Immediately afterwards, he played two games: "Angry Birds" and "Fruit Ninja".
After the experience, there was no smile on Bill Geci's face at all.
There was no sound in the entire conference room.
The executives who just mocked Chen Mo for not being able to make a good game shut their mouths tightly and lowered their heads without daring to speak.
"Speak, weren't everyone very awesome just now?"
Bill Geici pointed at an executive in a sinister manner: "David, tell me, what do you think of these three games?"
David's heart skipped a beat and he gritted his teeth and said: "These three games are very fun. The graphics are funny, the gameplay is simple and decompressing, they are very fun to play, and they are suitable for all ages, making them very suitable for families to play together.
The most frightening thing is that these three games are matched with the MacBook's trackpad, and the playing experience is even better! "
"I'm afraid these three games will become hit games..."
With David's words at the beginning, other executives all agreed: "I've never wanted to play a game so much at my age!"
"These three games have certain educational qualities and are very suitable for children to play."
"It's also very suitable for girls to play. After all, girls don't like games like Legend that involve grinding monsters and upgrading."
"If nothing else happens, these three games should take away some game users."
"..."
Bang! ! !
Bill Geici slammed the table angrily and roared: "I didn't ask you to talk about how fun and popular these three games are!
I want you to talk about how to deal with it! ! ! "
As soon as these words came out, all the giant soft executives lowered their heads and fell silent.
How to deal with it?
Unless you develop a game that is more fun than these three games, it will be difficult to stop others from grabbing customers!
But game development is not something that can be done in a short time.
For a game like "Plants vs. Zombies", unless you have a detailed demand plan like Chen Mo, the process from project establishment to design, to writing a demand plan, to R&D and testing can take as little as half a year and as much as a year and a half!
Bill Geci looked at the executives who lowered their heads and said angrily: "A bunch of trash! Get out of here!!!"
After everyone left, Bill Geci looked at the game interface of Plants vs. Zombies and let out a long sigh.
……
……
Jiangbei University.
In the sophomore dormitory of the Software Department of the School of Computer Science.
Zhang Bo is a rich second generation, and his family has tens of millions of dollars.
Because he wanted to learn programming and needed a computer, and his family didn’t know much about computer configurations, he bought him a MacBook Pro laptop.
After receiving the result, Zhang Bo felt tragic!
In fact, anyone who has gone to college knows that the biggest role of a notebook is not for studying, but for entertainment!
The roommates all bought Windows-based laptops, and we all had a great time playing Legend and Journey together, stealing food, and fighting for parking spaces.
But Zhang Bo could only cry silently in front of his MacBook.
The working ability of this notebook is very powerful, especially for programming and video editing. It can be said that the efficiency is unparalleled.
But it’s just not good at playing games!
The result is that every time Zhang Bo takes out his MacBook, his roommate teases him: "Brother Bo is going to study again?"
This makes Zhang Bo angry!
I wish I could smash my macbook!
What a piece of crap! You can’t even play a game!
After class that day, everyone returned to the dormitory after dinner and started playing "Zhengtu" online as usual.
At this time, Zhang Bo usually finds an excuse to go out and is not in the dormitory.
But today was unusual. Not only was he in the dormitory, but he also took the initiative to greet his roommates: "Let's play "Zhengtu" tonight!"
The roommate asked curiously: "Brother Bo, have you changed your computer?"
Zhang Bo smiled proudly and said: "No, it's still that MacBook Pro notebook."
"Then why don't you give it a try! That old laptop can only study and work, and it can't play games. It's not even as good as my second-hand laptop!" Zhao Ming said disdainfully.
Only at this time can he show a little bit of his superiority.
After all, Zhang Bo's family has money, but he has no discernment in buying things. Although he is poor, the things he buys are practical!
"Who said you can't play "Zhengtu" on a MacBook?"
Zhang Bo smiled and clicked on the "Journey" game interface.
All the roommates were shocked!
"I'll go, when can Pingguo play "Zhengtu"?"
"Hey, isn't this the silent message TT? Is this also supported?"
"Can you still grow vegetables, steal vegetables, and grab parking spaces? Does the TT Game Center also support this?"
"..."
Zhang Bo smiled and said: "Let me tell you, Pingguo Company was acquired by Chen Mo! Of course Moxin will fully support Pingguo!"
"Now, not only do all the softwares under Mocent support MacBook notebooks, but they also have various discounts!"
"For example, TT, if I log in to TT with a macbook, the macbook login will be displayed on the avatar, and the upgrade speed is twice as fast as the Windows version of TT!"
"Log in to "Zhengtu" with a MacBook, and you will receive a free lottery opportunity every day you log in, as well as exclusive mounts and props for MacBook users! In short, there are countless benefits!"
Zhang Bo swept away the previous decadence and haze, put his hands on his hips and said proudly: "Chen Mo said, it is to give MacBook users a high-end feeling!"
"I'll go. Are there so many benefits?"
"TT doubles the speed, so you won't be able to hit the sun very soon?"
"Isn't this exclusive mount so cool? It also adds so much combat power! Rich man, I want to hug you from now on!!!"
"..."
The compliment from his roommate made Zhang Bo feel elated.
He personally experienced the feeling of "high-end user" promoted by Chen Mo.
Only Zhao Ming said sourly: "What's there? Isn't it just that you can play MoDun's games? These Windows systems have long been able to play!"
at this time.
The door of the dormitory was suddenly knocked.
"Student Union, check the hygiene!"
As soon as the door opened, everyone's eyes lit up.
Because among the people who came to check the hygiene this time, there was school beauty Tang Chuchu!
This is the dream girl that boys dream of!
The figure and appearance are both top-notch!
As soon as Tang Chuchu walked in, she ignored the boys and just checked her hygiene.
But when she saw Zhang Bo's MacBook Pro, her eyes lit up: "Is this the latest MacBook Pro?"
Zhang Bo quickly chatted: "Yes! It's a perfect match. I bought it for my family."
"I heard that Pingguo Store has just launched three new games, which are very fun! Can you let me try them?" Tang Chuchu asked, blinking her big watery eyes.
"No problem! I just downloaded it and haven't tried it yet!"
Zhang Bo smiled.
Tang Chuchu sat down and looked at Zhang Bo's notebook with flashing eyes: "How to operate this computer? Can you teach me?"
"Of course! Look, this touchpad..."
When Zhang Bo was teaching Tang Chuchu, the two of them were very close.
The roommates watched with envy and hatred!
After experiencing the three games, Tang Chuchu exclaimed: "Pingguo's things are really beautiful and exquisite! Junior fellow, you buy this computer with good taste!"
"Haha, senior sister is joking!" Zhang Bo said.
"What a pity, I didn't have enough fun..." Tang Chuchu curled her lips and said.
"Take it for fun, and then give it back to me when you've had enough. I won't use it recently anyway," Zhang Bo said generously.
"That's so embarrassing! Well... let's do it this way. I'll ask you to play skewers as a thank you. I'll borrow the notebook for two days and then return it to you." Tang Chuchu said.
Under everyone's dumbfounded eyes, Zhang Bo and Tang Chuchu went out to play skewers together.
Before leaving, Zhang Bo said with a smile: "Brothers, I won't be back tonight!"
"Hey, this Pingguo notebook is awesome!!! It's so cool!!! Hahaha..."
