Chapter 287: Then a Billion Dollars and a Hero (Five Watches)
In the studio, Chen Mo is considering the pre-promotion of "League of Legends".
Although the game "League of Legends" itself has strong diffusion attributes, the promotion strategy in the early stage is still very important, because the current channel capacity of the Thunder game platform is still far from the penguin in the previous life.
Moreover, League of Legends has a worse player base in this world.
In the previous life, after all, there was DOTA in front of the jade, when "League of Legends" was listed, it happened to be stuck in a very critical break period, DOTA is very popular among young people, especially students, but it is limited by many factors such as engine, ranking mechanism, difficulty of getting started, cheating and so on.
"League of Legends" has reduced the difficulty of getting started, coupled with Penguin's strong operation and promotion capabilities, it has gradually become popular.
The grievances and hatreds put aside for the time being, and it is an indisputable fact that "League of Legends" has been stained with DOTA, after all, DOTA is a pioneer in this market.
But what about this world?
Although COG also has some prototypes of MOBA games, it is an imperfect map after all, and it is still too far from DOTA.
The player base of Warcraft is also much smaller than in previous lives, and the players who have actually come into contact with COG are only a very small minority of the overall player base.
It is conceivable that when Chen Mo launches "League of Legends", the reaction of the vast majority of players will be "what kind of moth game type is this" rather than "Wow, there is finally a reliable MOBA game".
Therefore, how to promote "League of Legends", you still have to think about it.
Just as I was thinking about it, the phone on the table rang.
Chen Mo picked it up and saw that it was an unfamiliar number in the magic capital.
Chen Mo picked it up: "Hey? β
A male voice came from the other side of the phone, very polite: "Hello, may I ask if it is Mr. Chen Mo of Thunder Entertainment?" β
Chen Mo said: "It's me." β
The male voice on the other side of the phone said: "Hello, let me introduce myself first, I am the person in charge of the GA Modu branch, you can call me Peter." β
Chen Mo frowned, Peter?
Although it is an English name, he speaks Chinese very well and should not be a foreigner. Chen Mo thought about it, after all, he was an executive of a foreign company, and it was normal to use an English name.
GA has a branch in Magic City, which is consistent with the location of the phone number.
Chen Mo asked, "Hello, is there something wrong?" β
Peter said: "That's right, we're working on a new game called COG here at GA headquarters, I don't know if you know. Since this game was originally a map in your game Warcraft and uses a lot of in-game resources, we would like to ask, can you sell us the art rights? Of course, the price is negotiable. β
Chen Mo said without thinking: "Don't sell." β
"Ahem." Peter was choked and coughed twice, and then said, "Mr. Chen Mo, it's just some art copyrights, in fact, in terms of GA's R&D strength and art level, it is not difficult to make a game that comprehensively surpasses "Warcraft", the reason why we want to buy your art copyright is mainly to continue the player's habit of COG original art, and to ensure the ......consistency of this game to the greatest extent."
Chen Mo: "It's not for sale, I'll hang up if it's okay." β
"Wait a minute!" Peter was a little surprised that Chen Mo's attitude was so resolute that he didn't even ask the price, "You should know that GA is a company with very strong economic strength, and it ...... these copyrights."
Chen Mo: "Oh, how about a billion heroes?" β
Peter: "Huh? β
This time Peter is fancy and confused, billion?
Your heroes are made of gold? Besides, even if it is made of gold, it can't be worth so much money!
Peter asked tentatively, "You mean, Soft Girl Coin?" β
Chen Mo: "No, beautiful knife." β
PeterοΌββ¦β¦β
A billion dollars is a hero, why don't you grab it! Does that mean that if COG wants to produce 30 heroes, it will have to spend 30 billion US dollars?
That's already the valuation of the entire GA company!
Peter was a little unhappy, obviously Chen Mo's attitude was insincere: "Mr. Chen Mo, although I don't know what the reason is, I feel that you may have some misunderstanding about this matter......
Chen Mo said: "There is no misunderstanding, I have already told you that I will not sell anything in Warcraft." β
"By the way, tell Raman Clive that although COG is a good map, it seems to me that it is still far behind, and the nerdy Chinese will make a game that comprehensively crushes COG."
Peter: "Mr. Chen Mo......"
Before he finished his words, Chen Mo had already hung up the phone.
In fact, buying and selling copyrights is not uncommon, it is not a big deal at all, and for most game companies, as long as the money is enough, anything can be discussed.
As for why Chen Mo's attitude is so resolute?
First, the IP value of "Warcraft" is difficult to measure with money, COG is a competitor, and Chen Mo cannot lift a stone to shoot himself in the foot for short-term interests; Second, Chen Mo was very dissatisfied with the somewhat contemptuous attitude of these people.
Obviously, Raman Clive and GA are a little too contemptuous of themselves.
Raman Clive doesn't believe that Chen Mo can do a good job in the game mode of COG, while GA thinks, isn't it just the art copyright of a few heroes? It's just a small company in a developing country, just a little money to buy the copyright.
Moreover, Chen Mo doesn't have a good impression of GA, he will become an opponent in the future, and there is no need to worry about their feelings now.
However, Chen Mo also knows very well that there is no difficulty for GA to change a set of art resources, and the impact on COG is minimal.
After all, the number of players in COG is not large now, and when the time comes to change the name of the hero, change the model, and add some new heroes, players will definitely accept it slowly.
But, at least they're going to have to toss a little more.
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For the next period of time, it seemed a little calm.
Although Imperial Dynasty Interactive Entertainment and Fantasy Game Platform have established the largest channel alliance in China, there are still many independent game designers who choose to publish their games on Chen Mo's game platform.
In the final analysis, it is because this new big channel lacks a decisive piece to prove its power.
Just like when the live broadcast platform war, digging anchors through price wars is just a means, and what can really highlight the heritage and hard power of a live broadcast platform is still by creating gods.
It doesn't matter if you poach my popular anchor, I will push another big anchor in a month or two, even more popular than the one you poached.
The same is true for channel providers, it makes no sense to unilaterally brag about how many players they have, and if they can launch a harvest-level PC or VR game masterpiece, then they can prove their strength.
Therefore, before the emergence of such a game, all players and designers are still in a state of wait-and-see, although Chen Mo's Thunder game platform is currently in a very unfavorable situation, it is still too early to say that the emperor and the divine victory are still in a state of wait-and-see.
The key depends on how the next game of the Emperor and Fantasy performs.