Chapter 409 The Century Acquisition Case Comes to an End
"What do you do, boss? The deadline is coming soon."
"The boss is... playing games."
"Playing a game? What game?"
"World of Warcraft."
"ah?!"
The center of discussion at this time is Moreno.
I just got off the line from the game cabin and sat back on the office chair.
Many people are guessing what kind of state the head of Baofeng Entertainment will be in now.
Do you have a dark face and a bad temper all day long?
If Moreno could hear these conjectures, he would definitely say that you are overthinking.
I haven't changed much except losing weight!
At this time, he had just gotten off the game cabin and sat on his office chair, humming his favorite tune and reading hot news on the Internet.
It didn't take long.
There was a knock on the door, and Cosmic Rift Project Director Benoit walked in with a solemn expression.
"sit."
Sitting across the table, Benoit took a deep breath and began to report the data. Moreno was still staring at the computer screen.
"Boss, the monthly activity of the Cosmic Rift project continues to decline. It has dropped from 21.3 million in the month when the expansion pack was released to 7.2 million now."
"During this period, we launched new versions, new copies, and new activities, but they did not have the slightest boost to monthly activity."
"Monthly card sales have also dropped sharply along with players' monthly activity. Last month's 35% off event only maintained the declining trend, but it still plummeted after the event."
"Many servers now have problems such as difficulty in team formation and the collapse of the economic system."
"Faced with the above situation, the following is my decision. First, announce a price reduction for monthly passes."
"Pfft."
Suddenly, a laugh interrupted the report.
Bonoit's eyes widened and he looked at his immediate boss in front of him as if he had seen a ghost.
No, what are you doing? !
You are the leader, I am just the director.
Are you laughing at my painstaking report here?
You are laughing your ass off.
What vulgar jokes are more important than work?
Maybe Moreno also noticed his gaffe, but he said unapologetically: "I was watching a hell joke just now. It was said that two black men were chatting on the boat, and one black man asked worriedly, 'I don't know what will happen when we get ashore. 'Another black man replied, 'It's said that the benefits are very good. You will get 100 draws when you log in. 'Hahahaha, you will get 100 draws when you log in. Damn it, it's all Lin Mo's fault."
Benoit swallowed his saliva and asked tremblingly: "Boss, you must not tell these things to outsiders. I will forget what happened today."
This design is extremely racist! !
The company will be in serious trouble.
"Oh? Oh, that's not appropriate. You can continue to report."
Benoit was silent for two seconds, closed the report and placed it on the table in front of him.
"Boss, what's wrong with you? If you keep doing this, you'll be fine."
"What?" Moreno looked relaxed. "Can't we complete the gambling agreement? It doesn't matter. I didn't expect it to be completed. When I knew that the simulation level of the game cabin was not lying, I already lost."
Benoit stood up directly and said eagerly: "But there will still be 10 years before the game cabin becomes popular at the earliest, 10 years!"
Moreno glanced at him and said, "What do you think is the disadvantage of World of Warcraft compared to Cosmic Rift?"
Bonoit got stuck.
Storyline? The novels and comics from the Warcraft series that complete the world view can fill a bookshelf.
IP visibility? The American TV series of the Warcraft series are extremely popular, and the classic characters have long been known to the world.
How to play? With Naughty Cat's high productivity, there are only gameplays that players don't like in World of Warcraft, and there are no gameplays that are impossible.
Copy? Again, nothing beats this kind of test of design skills.
PVP? This can barely be said to be a serious loss.
In the end, I could only find one far-fetched one.
"Cosmic Rift has a long history, and there are many die-hard players. It can be played on PC, and the threshold is relatively low."
Moreno said with a smile: "That's right, so you can't tell. As the game cabin becomes more and more popular, the only advantages will become smaller and smaller. Every penny spent to save the game will be lost." ”
"But, leadership"
"Look at the reality, Benoit." Moreno's voice finally took on a hint of sadness, "We lost."
This sigh was particularly harsh in the quiet office.
Bonoit seemed to have lost strength and could hardly straighten his waist.
"Cosmic Rift still has advantages, you can still try it."
"The moment the game cabin was born, we lost."
Bonoit had a look of confusion on his face.
A kind of confusion that has nowhere to go.
We are about to fight to the death, why does Your Majesty surrender first?
But can we win without surrendering?
Can't win.
He didn’t grab the game cabin, but he experienced it.
It's a feeling that after you try it once, you can't stop.
Never has there been such a novel gaming experience.
He is not young, and this shocking and novel feeling is no less than the feeling of seeing a 3D game for the first time.
"Sir, we still have Ju Hard Company! We still have Ju Hard Company, so we may not be able to make a comeback."
"Ju Hard Company? It's the gaming department of Ju Hard Company." Moreno sneered, "The PC operating system allowed Ju Hard Company to create a business empire, but now Ju Hard has the potential to replace PCs in products related to neural connection technology. The company headquarters has long since lagged behind others and has been overwhelmed by its own business.”
"That means."
"Yes, no one can help me." Moreno looked older when he said this. "I did something wrong, and this is also the most outrageous mistake in my career-Lin Mo."
Bonois looked at his former energetic boss and was puzzled for such a long time.
Why did he seem to be fine?
How could he be fine?
He was heartbroken.
He knew his fate and thought it through.
He knew he was invincible and was desperate.
The world of the game industry has changed a long time ago. It is no longer the era when big companies acted recklessly and relied on their moats to arrogantly compete with players for money.
Now is the era of high-quality products.
Baofeng Entertainment, Tudou Factory, and Baofeng Entertainment, which are used to making money lying down, are used to making quick money, making these unintentional money.
Bureaucracy and office politics are prevalent throughout the company.
It is difficult to turn a big ship around.
The IP of Road to Heaven was split out, and War Zone has an outrageously strong competitor, Call of Duty. Although Cosmic Rift did not commit suicide, it died because it did not keep up with the new era.
Bonois even wondered if he had not been at odds with Naughty Cat, but had instead been in friendly cooperation.
Would the first MMORPG to land in the game cabin be Universe Rift?
This IP would have had another ten or fifteen years.
But now.
The bet agreement was doomed to fail, and the company was about to face a massive layoff, and existing projects would have to reduce development resources.
The company's future.
He didn't dare to think about it, but Moreno had seen it.
He said faintly: "The glorious days of Baofeng Entertainment are gone forever. Bonois, Baofeng Entertainment is now the Titanic about to hit an iceberg."
"I know, boss."
When he said this, Bonois realized that his voice was a little hoarse.
He knew that he should leave.
At the end of the month.
A piece of news that made all players sigh was released.
After all the links were connected, the highly anticipated Century Acquisition case was unexpectedly but reasonably aborted.
Moreno of Baofeng Entertainment resigned.
The head of the game business of the giant hardcore company has changed, and West has been promoted in name only but demoted in reality.
The subscription plan that was promoted with a tough attitude by burning money has died in the womb. (End of this chapter)