Chapter 30 There’s more to the game than guns, cars, and ball

Although Xu Hong and the others had questions, they would not ask their boss casually on this occasion.

Because there are other companies participating in this meeting, even if you want to ask, they will ask first.

Sure enough, a male voice sounded from the notebook, and it was the person from Infinite Entertainment who asked the question first.

[Hmm. Hello, Mr. Meng. Excuse me. I am the deputy director of the domestic distribution channel. My surname is Li. You can call me Mr. Li. You just said that players cannot fight. I want to know what you mean.]

Meng Shu smiled and answered patiently.

"Literally speaking, in my plan, players have no weapons and cannot fight. After encountering ghosts, they can only flee in panic. They can only return to the original place to continue the game when it is safe."

"In addition, I am also planning to add a sanity system. If the player is in a dark environment or sees a supernatural event, his sanity will gradually decrease. When the sanity drops to a certain level, he will lose his sanity, and the ghosts will immediately appear and come out.

Hunt down players."

His words shocked everyone on both sides.

So much so that Deputy Director Li was silent for a long time, not knowing what to say.

Nowadays, when players play a game, you still don’t let them fight monsters?

Is this true?

Is this still called playing games?

After a while, Deputy Director Li coughed and asked.

[Mr. Meng, I’m not sure whether the market can accept your innovation.]

[But as a game practitioner, you should understand that the current mainstream games in the market are shooting, racing, and ball sports. Because these are very popular and popular in Europe and the United States, and have gradually affected other types of games, making

It's becoming more and more fast-food, and it just wants to highlight the word "fun". This is the meaning of developing games.]

[Your game prevents players from fighting, running away when in danger, and being chased by ghosts from time to time. This is really frustrating and does not make players happy at all.]

[Mr. Meng, I have no intention of condemning your planning. Your production level is obvious to all, and we are still studying the secrets of success for your two works. But for your "Face", as a deputy director of distribution,

In my personal opinion, the game has failed just because players cannot fight and escape.]

There was a sigh from the notebook, as if this game was worthless.

Meng Shu couldn't help but smile.

This parallel world itself is horribly declining, barren and withered. Over time, in the eyes of the public, it has become a stereotype of no market, no audience, and no attention.

Even though he, Meng Shu, had proved with "Dark Forest" and "Blackjack" that there is a market and audience for games as long as they are of high quality, it is still difficult to eliminate these people's prejudice against the horror genre.

Therefore, this world does not have a concept like "Escape" where players cannot fight.

In their view, when players play games, they just want to kill and kill and enjoy the pleasure and excitement.

Or it’s the sense of accomplishment of racing to win first place and the pride of single-handedly leading the team to victory.

So it's understandable to have doubts about his gameplay.

After all, knowledge is limited.

Otherwise, the horror genre would not be in decline.

"Mr. Li, have you tried it?"

Meng Shu asked casually.

This made Deputy Director Li at the other end of the meeting stunned.

What to try?

Will anyone pay for trying an innovation where players can't fight?

Do you still need to try this horse riding?

Even if you think about it with your feet, you will definitely fail!

To be honest, if it weren't for Mr. Meng's two hit games, he would have doubted whether this person was a half-hearted person who didn't even understand such simple market rules.

What's more, developing a game is not just for fun, it requires a huge investment and a long development cycle.

How can we just try it casually as a test of the waters?

[There’s no need to try this, right? Most people in the industry understand this]

"Then you are wrong."

Meng Shu grinned.

At this moment, the temperament of Mr. Qin in his previous life was faintly exuding.

The tone also became confident and unquestionable at this moment.

"To conclude the market trend just by studying the market without trying it out, in my opinion, is a bit disrespectful to this industry."

"Players are a diverse group, and games are also diverse. Why can you conclude that 'cool' is the mainstream trend in the market based on the market alone?"

"You said that the mainstream of the market is guns, cars and football, but have you ever thought about it? It is precisely because you think so that you have been developing in this direction. As a result, the games on the market now are either shooting games or racing games. This allows players to have

Is there a choice? No. Since players don’t have a choice, it’s not like you come up with one model and they just play one. Is this called the mainstream of the market? It’s not called that.”

After a pause, Meng Shu smiled again and expressed his conclusion.

"This is called captive breeding. I thought of a story. There was a farmer who would go to the farmhouse every time the time came to feed him. I don't know if the feed was delicious or not, but the poultry had no choice. They would eat whatever the farmer gave them.

.The farmers give them feed every day, and they can only eat the feed every day. And the farmers also euphemistically say that this is the poultry’s favorite food, and it is the mainstream food.”

"What do you think players are? Think about this so-called mainstream market. Does it make sense? To put it bluntly, most developers already treat players as banks that pay for their template games."

As soon as these words came out, there was immediate silence.

Xu Hong and the others' eyes widened.

The other end of the meeting was also shocked.

For a while, no one answered the call.

But Meng Shu didn't care at all.

If he wants to break this concept, he needs to produce one game after another to prove that this market is not limited to fun games like gun racing and ball.

Now I can’t even accept the concept of ‘players can’t fight’.

Then wouldn’t the combat system of the Souls series, where you sit on fire and spawn monsters and mount and slash, drive these people crazy?

Xu Hong and the other three stared at Mr. Meng, with waves in their hearts.

According to what Mr. Meng means, does he want to break the current market structure?

etc.

It seems like he is already doing this

Both games are survival horror, but didn’t they start to touch the status of Guns, Cars and Ball in the market based on their sales?

Could it be that what Mr. Meng wants to do now is to increase efforts to promote the horror genre?

Xu Hong and the others didn't understand and didn't dare to think too much. They were just doing their own business. They didn't understand or understand this kind of marketing planning.

After the conference room was quiet for a few seconds, another more mature voice sounded from the laptop.

[Very interesting story, Hello Mr. Meng, I am one of the directors of Infinite Entertainment, my surname is Liang.]

Meng Shu raised his eyebrows but said nothing.

He knew there was something more to say next.

[Mr. Meng, we will not doubt your ability to make games. To be honest, when you first said you wanted to make a VR game, I was also very opposed to it, thinking that you would definitely not be able to make it. But in fact, you did it.

It’s still done very well, great! But the market is changeable and cannot be controlled by people. Are you so sure that your innovation can make players pay for it?]

"certainly."

Meng Shuhui was decisive.

Mr. Liang on the other side of the meeting was a little surprised.

[Can you tell me the reason? After all, innovation can easily lead to losses if there is no absolute certainty.]

Meng Shu smiled and replied with a reply that shocked Infinite Entertainment.

"Because I'm the first."

Mr. Liang was stunned.

What kind of answer is this?

Because you are the first, can you be sure that players will pay for your innovation?

[Mr. Meng, I don’t quite understand the meaning of this sentence.]

Meng Shu put away his smile, crossed his arms and explained calmly.

"I make horror games because the market for this type of game is blank and no one can compete with me. What does this mean? It means an advantage!"

"Those who enter the market first will have an advantage in the market. However, this entry is not the same as those manufacturers who just made half-hearted games and just wanted to make money in sacks. They must provide games that meet the market quality and standards."
To be continued...