Vol 2 Chapter 570: Coming soon

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Qiu Xin, the leader of the third game development team of the "Second World" game development department, handed Lin Feng a data sheet with excitement.

From May 27, 2002, to today, September 2nd, JXJ Love Zhizhong has set up a total of 10 servers, which can accommodate up to 2.14 million online players. However, although the "Second World" currently can accommodate 2.14 million players, it still cannot satisfy all players' desire to log in to the game for the huge game group. It’s just that it’s no longer what it used to be. Players have been waiting for no online quota. They can still log in during the day, but they are still full at night.

220,000 people online (the following 7 groups of servers all use k8 processors, and each group can accommodate 220,000 people) servers, brand new but in line with the upgrade system of martial arts novels, ergonomics system, and absolute freedom, so that everyone Players with martial arts dreams can't stop in the game. In particular, Lin Feng is now shooting the Legend of Condor Heroes, which has also stimulated the passion of martial arts game players in a disguised form. Of course, it also directly robbed the players of other 3D large-scale online online games. Now the online rate of the other 3D role-playing online games in China is less than one-tenth of the swordsman's love and loyalty to the country. This data is tickling.

It is conservatively estimated that there are at least about 10 million players in the country, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and surrounding areas, the player base will not be less than 15 million, and the highest online is expected to be about 4 million. In this calculation, the "Second World" must also set up 9 sets of servers. A group of servers is three supercomputers. Although the cost of a supercomputer is reduced by 30% after the merger of "amd" and "ati", the cost of three supercomputers, that is, a group of super servers, is about 20 million US dollars. Nine sets of super servers require an additional investment of 180 million U.S. dollars.

After some calculations, another US$180 million would be invested, which made Qiu Xin nervous. I don't know if the Finance Department will approve it. After all, now that the company has annexed "amd" and "ati", it can't just keep it, it must develop. And development requires funds, or a lot of funds. The $3.2 billion in cash in the company's account is not yet known whether it will be enough for amd and ati. After adding other game development teams, Qiu Xin does not know whether his game development team can still get it. This funding. After all, the previous 10 sets of super servers have consumed the company's $230 million in funds, making it the company's biggest gold-sucking hole. As far as the profit ratio is concerned, the swordsman's love and loyalty can only be regarded as average in the company.

Lin Feng glanced at Qiu Xin who was worried and smiled.

"Mr. Wu, I will grant this budget to Bruce later, so that he can assemble 9 sets of servers as soon as possible." Lin Feng ordered, turning to look at the 8 team leaders of the game development department, "If possible, our company Any game must not allow players to wait, so that players can log in to the game at any time, and can play smoothly. You must know that no matter how good the game is, if you always make players wait, waiting for a long time will always hurt the hearts of a group of players. It’s not good for the company’s image in the long run."

Everyone nodded.

The third game development department is still developing sports games, and there is no progress for the time being. However, although its running karts are not profitable, they also brought the company $1 million in revenue in the first quarter.

The fourth game development department is still developing the World War. Minwu-Lee has completely fallen into this "giant pit". Since maps and 3D models of the city are all cheaply outsourced, Minwu-Li Ze and his team are developing the world war Core, weapons of war and human mechanics. In terms of weapons of war, Minwu-Lee has now included the weapons and equipment involved in the world war in three aspects: sea, land, and air. Almost all weapons that can be seen in modern wars can be seen in world wars.

Gunships, bombers, aircraft carriers, destroyers, tanks, armored vehicles...etc. There are everything in the game, including nuclear bombs. And in terms of the age of weapons, Minwu-Lee set it from the "First World War". Initially, players can only have weapons from the "First World War" era, and gradually upgrade through the completion of tasks in the game to have modern weapons. Even future weapons.

In terms of human mechanics, Minwu-Li has also made more excellent improvements in Counter-Strike. Player-controlled game characters will show different adverse reactions when they are injured in different parts of their bodies. For example, if you are dizzy, the screen will become dizzy and blurry; if your left hand is injured, you will not be able to use your left hand weapon; if your thigh is injured, your running will be affected, and so on. The adoption of this human mechanics system, thanks to the development of the human mechanics system of Jade, the head of the 3D engine department, not only brings a brand-new game mode, but also adds a whole new level of fun to the game.

At present, this "human mechanics system" has only been developed to the second stage. The first stage is that the player-controlled game characters have various action elements; the second stage is that the player-controlled characters will have various bad states that normal people should have. And this system has five stages in total.

auzw.com Regarding this, Lin Feng had to admit that this jade is really good, and she is still a beauty. Surprisingly, in the computer games department, there will be such a beauty who is proficient in computer programs and also proficient in human physics. Fortunately, I was caught by my own company.

Of course, due to Minwu-Lee's new improvements to the entire game, the game development cycle is also prolonged. However, after the game map and city 3D model are completely outsourced, it will not affect the public beta of the World War game. It is expected that the public beta will be officially launched on January 1, 2005. Today is 2002, September 2nd, and there are still 2 years and 4 months left.

Gable, the head of the fifth game development department, is also excited at the moment. Half-Life 2 has finally passed the final inner side and is about to go on sale. And this time, a total of six language versions including Chinese, English, French, Russian, German, and Spanish will be launched. On September 8th, they will be on sale globally, and from tomorrow, they can be booked through the official website of “Second World”. Players in mainland China can also book through "DingDang.com" and free postage. The price is 20 dollars.

"Lin, I think Half-Life 2 will sell at least 10 million copies this time." Gable said with a look of excitement. Half-Life 2, which took 13 months to develop, is finally going to market, which greatly reduces the pressure on Gable's heart.

After all, witnessing the rest of the online game development team, each quarter can bring nearly tens of millions of dollars in net profits for the company, his stand-alone game development team is really a bit shabby, now Half-Life 2 is finally on the market, and he can also prove his name. Of course, even if 10 million copies are sold, it is only 200 million U.S. dollars in sales. The net profit excluding the 13 months of game development team members’ salaries and the final dividends, the net profit is at most about 100 million U.S. dollars, which is not as good as sustainable operations. Online online games.

Whenever he thinks of this, Gable sighs for a while, but he doesn't believe that stand-alone games are declining. He believes that stand-alone games must have his glory. After all, compared to online games, stand-alone games have more room for graphic and plot design.

Lin Feng admired this kind of thinking of Gable very much. After all, online games only represent a part of the players, and there are still many players who still like stand-alone games and like to immerse themselves in the game world alone to dig out the plot. "Second World" is a game company, not just an online game company.

Then Joe Wan-Kanheim, the leader of the sixth game development team, reported on the development plan of Heroes of Invincibility 4, which will be finally completed in October for internal testing and listing.

The seventh development team leader Nishiyama Takashi reported on the strongest development plan on the ground, and the strongest on the ground will be officially tested in December. And in order not to conflict with the King of Fighters online, Takashi Nishiyama made certain changes to it, and he no longer defined it as an online fighting game, but an online action online game. Added more upgrade components in it.

The newly established eighth game operation department is mainly responsible for the online battles of the nine games of the "Second World E-sports Champions League" and adopts the same charging standards. Like the King of Fighters online, the "loser pays system" is adopted. Players can choose to play against the computer alone or challenge their opponents on Battle.net by purchasing virtual point cards of the "Second World".

Challenge opponents on Battle.net, the loser needs to pay the game fees for this round, and different charging standards are adopted according to different games. The King of Fighters online category costs 0.1 yuan per game, and the StarCraft category costs 0.5 yuan per game. Only when you challenge on Battle.net can you earn Battle.net points, participate in various official online competitions, and win the draft of the E-sports Champions League 18 clubs at the beginning of the season and become a professional player. In addition, according to the points and rankings, as well as various win-loss rates, the official monthly cash reward will be given. There are rewards for the top 50 on the Battle.net rankings of various games, ranging from RMB 10,000 for the first place to RMB 100 for the fiftieth.

And this points system and rewards, as well as the e-sports Champions League draft qualification greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of all players, and through the Battle.net game, you can stay at home, whether you are in China, or in the United States, or in Antarctica, as long as You can play games online. Especially the "loser pays system", as long as you don't lose, you can play for free, plus high bonuses, so that all players are eager for it.

Wool is naturally "fished out" from the sheep.

"Boss, our amd hardware development department will officially launch a new cpu performance standard this month, telling all consumers that the higher the frequency, the better the cpu." Ruerz, the director of amd's hardware development department, vowed.

Lin Feng was taken aback when he heard it, then remembered something, and shook his head again and again.