The sales miracle created by Minecraft has left the entire gaming industry a little jaw-dropping.

It's probably the cheapest-selling VR game ever, and it's not the most profitable, but it's growing at a terrible rate.

In terms of the current situation in China, there are more than 1.3 billion mobile phone users, about 500 million PC users, and only about 100 million VR users.

At present, the number of people who own private cars in the country is 156 million, and considering the limited purchase policies in many large cities, the number of people who can actually afford to buy a private car should be much higher.

Generally speaking, anyone who can afford a private car can also afford a VR game pod, but after all, a VR game pod is a purely entertainment device, so the number of players who actually buy a game pod is smaller, only about 100 million.

But it's already a huge market.

In developed countries such as Europe and the United States, the popularity of VR game cabins is higher than that in China, and the market is also very considerable.

Judging from the current situation, the sales of "Minecraft" have exceeded 3 million in the first month, and as long as there are a few more months, there will be no problem at all to break 10 million. That means that by that time, Minecraft would be installed on one out of every ten game pods.

This also means that this game is about to hit the "VR game with the highest install rate".

After the sales miracle of "Minecraft", the game industry also began to research it, and even the game committee has a special game review expert to publish an article analyzing the special features of "Minecraft".

"Minecraft is a very special VR game, and the biggest thing about it is that it is a game that unleashes the imagination and creativity of the player."

"Most of the existing games abstract a few rules from some entertaining activity in the real world, and then build the whole game world."

"In these kinds of games, players follow the simple and easy-to-understand rules of the game and try to achieve goals in order to achieve a certain amount of satisfaction. That's the basic fun of these games. ”

"However, such a game should be regarded as a game in a narrow sense, with fixed rules that cannot be changed at will, and limited scalability."

"However, if you add a lot of gameplay to the game, it dilutes its original fun, and even causes the problem of unclear purpose."

"But in Minecraft, that doesn't happen."

"The gameplay is very rich, you can survive, you can team up, you can create, you can use redstone to build all kinds of fun things."

"There are a thousand ways to play for a thousand people, and everyone can find what they want to have fun in this game."

"It's hard to say what the fun of Minecraft is, only that it gives you a space to load up the fun, you just have to load the fun you want into it and enjoy it."

As the popularity continues to rise, "Minecraft" has almost become the most talked-about VR game of the month, and the limelight of "A Thousand Hells" has completely been overshadowed.

……

Experience store.

Chen Mo was leaning on the sofa, testing the performance of "Minecraft" on a tablet.

The effect is okay, but it certainly can't be compared to the VR version.

When Chen Mo was developing "Minecraft", he first developed the PC version before porting it to the VR platform. As for "Minecraft" on the mobile platform, it's completely incidental.

But the problem is that compared with the VR version, the PC version and the mobile version of "Minecraft" are equivalent to incomplete games, because the VR version of "Minecraft" was modified by Chen Mo, and the "Minecraft" on the other two platforms is only equivalent to the level of the previous life.

In other words, the PC and mobile versions of "Minecraft" do not have a network mode and a sightseeing mode (Chen Mo's world), and they are also relatively backward in terms of art style.

The PC version is relatively better,A more painful problem in the mobile version is the operation,In terms of movement,The performance of the virtual joystick in the 3D world is not too comfortable,"Click to place、Long press to dig"This operation is not very convenient。

Moreover, the mobile version is limited by the configuration and capacity of the mobile phone, and it will definitely not be able to bring large buildings, if you can't play this kind of large building, the player will at most build a cabin in the single-player mode, play survival mode, and the fun will be greatly reduced.

In terms of the popularity of the VR version of "Minecraft", it is logical to launch the PC version and mobile version, and Chen Mo will definitely not miss this opportunity, but some details still need to be optimized.

While I was thinking about it, two people came in at the door of the experience store.

It seems to be a father and a daughter, the father looks younger, in his forties, and the daughter is about twelve or thirteen years old.

The daughter took her father's hand: "Dad, is this the place where Minecraft was made?" ”

The voice is very soft and cute, and it almost makes people cute.

Dad bent down a little dotingly and touched her head: "Yes, soon you will be able to play Minecraft." ”

Chen Mo was a little surprised, because there seemed to be very few children in his experience store.

The rules of the experience store are the same as those of Internet cafes, and minors are not allowed to access the Internet.

Although minors can experience mobile games for a short time accompanied by their parents, this situation is too rare after all, and whose parents will take their children to the experience store to play mobile games?

The father and daughter came to the front desk.

Dad said to the front desk, "Hello, I want to ask, can I experience Minecraft here?" ”

Su Jinyu is no longer the front desk, and the current front desk is a little girl who has just graduated from college.

She was a little embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, because Minecraft is currently a VR platform game, and there are only computers and mobile phones in the experience store, so there is no way to experience it." ”

Dad was stunned for a moment: "Huh? Can't you play your own games in the store? ”

The girl at the front desk said: "I'm very sorry, because Minecraft is our company's first VR game, and the experience store can't fit the VR game pod, so I'm very sorry." ”

Dad was a little disappointed, but still nodded: "Okay, thank you." ”

The little girl pouted, "Dad? ”

Dad took her little hand to the door and squatted down: "Nini, there is no "Minecraft" in the experience store, or Dad will think of another way." ”

The little girl's eyes were a little red, as if she was about to cry, but she still nodded: "Well, then Dad, let's go." ”

Dad pinched Nini's little face with a little guilt, and stood up to leave.

"Wait a minute." Chen Mo stood up, "Are you going to play Minecraft?" ”

Dad was stunned: "Yes, you are?" ”

Chen Mo stretched out his hand: "I am Chen Mo, the designer of "Minecraft". ”

Dad shook hands with Chen Mo and said in surprise: "You are the designer of "Minecraft"? Fortunately, I will be honored. ”

Chen Mo looked at Nini: "The little girl wants to play "Minecraft"? ”