Inside the conference room of NetDragon games.

In the temporary conference room, Ma Lei squinted at a data report in front of him.

The above is the statistics of the game market in recent times.

Among them, the first place is Nebula Games' "League of Legends", the specific data overseas has not yet been counted, but according to the major mainstream game forums and communities, it can be clearly seen that the number of players is not a minority.

And even if you put aside the overseas channels and the domestic market alone, the performance of "League of Legends" is shocking enough.

The maximum number of simultaneous online users is 3 million, the average duration of players is 6 hours, and the total number of players has reached 10 million in seven days, which is not a record-breaking data, but as a new IP game, and it is not a traditional ORPG game.

On the contrary, it is biased towards small-cost games, which is obviously a bit of an incredible statistic.

Although this is a free online game, it is different from traditional online games, and this is still a competitive online game.

As a competitive online game, FPS type games can bring the most intuitive cool point to novices, that is, shooting.

Even if I can't shoot at others, I use my gun to hit glass, hit flower pots, even kill chickens running back and forth on the map, and constantly strafe the heavy machine gun with the most bullets on a wooden plank at a point, all of which can bring a sense of participation in the game.

And what about the participation of novice players in a game like League of Legends, which is biased towards RTS?

Kill minions without being able to kill an enemy? Take the money, and then take the money out of the equipment, and kill the minions more efficiently?

Because of his identity, Ma Lei has not personally tried "League of Legends", but only learned some information from relevant channels, but the potential shown by "League of Legends" is enough to be taken seriously.

Although judging from the current player evaluation, the game "League of Legends" can only be regarded as a masterpiece, not a masterpiece.

But from a business point of view, this game is definitely a hit.

Even if the current profit flow of "League of Legends" is not high according to statistics, the potential is there.

With such a large number of players in the early days, coupled with the reputation that did not collapse, and the characteristics of the competition itself, this can definitely become a cash cow for a game manufacturer.

Previously, many domestic game manufacturers were imitating Dota and launching similar games, but they were tepid, which led to not many people paying attention to this type of game.

But now it seems that this is a big gold mine.

It is a gold mine that is different from ORPG and FPS, as well as racing and casual games.

Moreover, Nebula Games is also very clear about the goal of this piece, and the skin linkage of games such as "Wolf Shadow Twice", "Warcraft", "Metal Gear Phantom Pain" and other games has greatly strengthened players' consumption of it.

In addition, the follow-up e-sports is definitely very easy to do, even if this is a game that is more of a light entertainment, but it also has a competitive component in it.

And in the middle and late stages of the game's life, it is completely possible to put aside entertainment and completely transform into competition.

It's just a matter of changing the heroes and game mechanics.

At the same time, it is not only "League of Legends", but also Yang Chen mentioned the independence of "DOTA" and "Dynasty Warriors" when he announced the "League of Legends" project, which made Ma Lei feel the ambition of the other party.

This is to drive out the way of the latecomers!

Domestic imitation of Dota games,Basically, it's not like to do it.,It's about applying dota's game mechanics and hero skills.,The skin itself is martial arts.、And historical themes.,Among them, the Three Kingdoms is the most important theme.,After all, it's well-known.。

Of course, there are many Xianxia, such as Journey to the West.

And this operation of Nebula Games obviously has only one purpose, that is, to circle the market.

Players who can't accept the gameplay of Dota tend to prefer the mild League of Legends and the hardcore competitive Dota to enter the pit.

Players who are interested in domestic culture will enter the pit of "Dynasty Warriors".

It's a ring after a ring!

Thinking of this, Ma Lei couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"What do you think of Nebula Games' League of Legends?" Yang Chen looked at the group of people in the conference room and said.

In addition to the project team that is developing their latest open-world 3A masterpiece within NetDragon, the remaining first-line game designers within NetDragon are basically due, and Zhang Yida is in the first place.

"There is no doubt that this is a new type of game, in fact, it is essentially RTS style, but unlike the traditional RTS, this type of game is simpler, the accumulation of economy does not rely on boring mining, but through the mending knife, divided into two teams like chess-like Chuhan River Boundary, and players do not need to operate a variety of class buildings, only need to manipulate a hero character, to fight." As a top designer in the game circle, although there are really no outstanding works in recent years, Zhang Yida is definitely a top existence in his understanding of games and knowledge reserves.

In the face of Nebula Games' "League of Legends", Zhang Yida still has a lot of in-depth understanding, and even he thinks that maybe after the launch of this type of game, RTS may really become a niche game.

In fact, the original RTS was niche enough, but Nebula Games used a "Red Alert" and a "Warcraft" to tell the industry that RTS could still do this.

But the launch of this type of game in "League of Legends" made him completely realize that everyone ignored the particularity of his gameplay in the previous Dota map in "Warcraft", until "League of Legends" made it more light and entertaining than Dota, and everyone realized that this type of game was different.

"What do you think of similar games?" Hearing Zhang Yida's words, he didn't say anything Ma Lei nodded, paused and spoke.

"It's hard to surpass Nebula Games, "League of Legends" has been launched, and if there is only one "League of Legends", you can actually dig deep into the heavy core players, and this is a big market, compared to light players, this type of players are more loyal, although the share may not be so large, but Nebula Games' "Dota" has been established, and if you want to do it, at least we have to have a clear division with "Dota" and "League of Legends" League, after all, ...... We are NetDragon. Zhang Yida shook his head lightly and said.

There is "League of Legends" in the light direction, and there is "Dota" in the heavy direction, which is obviously in development, and the other party also has a "Dynasty Warriors" that focuses on the culture of the three kingdoms in the domestic market.

Some small factories can directly copy it in order to gain popularity, and the hero equipment will not change anything and go online directly.

But they are NetDragon, and it's not that they can't do it, but it's too risky.

Especially in recent years, after cooperating with Nebula Games' "The Elder Scrolls Skyrim" that year, many consecutive 3A masterpieces have saved a lot of reputation.

If you are doing this now, then you don't have to count on word of mouth, and the most important thing is that you may not be able to make much profit.

If you can really make money, then you can be scolded by players, and the financial report given every quarter is beautiful.

But if the benefits are not enough, the reputation will be rotten, isn't this something that only fools can do?

They are not the kind of game companies that are hopeless, broken jars.

"Mr. Ma! I have an idea! ”

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