Blooming America

Chapter 266 Video Game Rating Agency

"I think we need to have a sound plan to enter Japan. As this premise, the localization of our games must be done well. This is the basis for us to firmly grasp the Japanese market."

The culture of Japan is different from that of Europe and America. To make a game a success, you really need to be cautious and more cautious.

"Dragon Quest" is actually a very good game for Japan.

This game is actually based on a model from the "Magic Chess" series. Catherine had launched such a model before, and she launched it with such a bad taste. But it is a pity that after being put into the market, the sales volume of this group model is only average, say good or bad, say bad or bad.

"What are the characteristics of this game?"

"First, it is a little different from the current game. In many of our current Rpg games, all the enemies are walking around on the map. In theory, we can avoid all attacks. In this mode, we After conducting a questionnaire survey, the Japanese people don’t like this method at all. So we adopted another solution-in "Dragon Quest", the method of "stepping on landmines" is adopted. The monster does not appear on the big map. , But randomly encounter when the player walks, and then enter the battle interface."

"Will such a model really be welcomed?" Some people are very suspicious.

"But according to our questionnaire survey, in this regard, the Japanese are indeed more receptive to this."

Catherine asked Elsa to give these game developers the research they had done in Japan. The top of this questionnaire is mainly to ask questions about the differences between Japanese and Europeans and Americans, to see what kind of game the Japanese prefer. Originally, these people were already psychologically prepared for the different aesthetics of Japanese and their own, but when they saw this form, they realized that the Japanese were more complicated than they thought.

"This is really troublesome..."

"Oh, if this is true, then our company's plans will be completely changed."

These representatives moved a little bit.

"Gentlemen and ladies. Please calm down. You still have a lot of time, don't you?"

Yes, they have several months left.

At this time, the person in charge of Atari came out again: "Excuse me, when will your company's mbus game console be released? Although x is powerful, its functions are limited after all. If there is a better device, I I think our cooperation will be more enjoyable."

"As for the light wheel game console, we estimate that it will take another one to two years to open. As for the launch, it may take longer. But please don’t worry, we will notify you once our product is completed. , So that everyone has enough time to play games for the mbus game console."

The storage capacity of mB is huge for people nowadays. IBm’s 5mB hard drive costs US dollars, and this mB capacity only needs a maximum of 1 US dollars-is there anything more wonderful than this?

Not only Atari, but other companies are also looking at Catherine and seem to be waiting for the following.

No way, Catherine can only continue to say: "The light wheel game console will use the current CPU as the core, and then integrate a large-scale graphics processing device. At the same time, the light wheel game console will reserve a cha piece for us. Enhanced equipment' use. This enhanced equipment can even allow our computers to process simple 3D images."

These words have been said at the opening conference last time. The game developers are obviously not satisfied, so she said: "After our new architecture is completed, we will notify you as soon as possible, and We provide special software to open packages and provide various code authorizations for you to open software."

After hearing this promise from Catherine, these third-party game developers felt relieved.

Then the meeting continued.

In Catherine's previous life, there are two gems in the Rpg game industry in Japan, namely the "Dragon Quest" series and the "Final Fantasy" series. The status of these two series in Japan can be said to be almost unmatched.

In addition to these two series, there are actually many game series that Catherine wants to open, such as "Autumn Memories" and other games. But games like this kind of love development have no meaning at all if they can't reflect the beauty of the heroine.

This kind of game can be placed on mbus, but if it is used on the current x... this is too exaggerated, and failure is inevitable.

Among Japanese games, the most popular is the Rpg series, so when Catherine conceived for these third parties, she introduced them in this respect.

At the end of the meeting, back to the office, time has passed by 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

Catherine felt a little tired. She didn't continue to deal with the company's affairs, but sat down on the sand, then turned on the TV and started watching.

Use the remote control to switch to Angel News TV. This time is exactly the time for the "Hourly News", and a newsletter about the Soviet Union October ** is playing on it.

Because the Angel News channel is replayed from time to time, Catherine saw this news again.

Seeing Blaine's thick eyebrows again, Catherine curled her lips. For some reason, Brezhnev seemed very interested in the Internet. Because of this, Blair can be said to be the promoter of the "Great Soviet Union Network" of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union stole the information of its own company, which is very unfavorable news for Catherine. But it is precisely because of this that the construction of the peace can be started, which I have to say, is the Soviet Union's credit.

Sipping the black tea made by Elsa, Catherine slowly closed her eyes.

"Elsa~"

Catherine's tone is strange.

Elsa on the side smiled, then walked up and began to massage Catherine.

Catherine likes to enjoy Elsa's massage, which will make herself feel very happy. This is different from Larry's pushing oil, which is a very strange feeling from the heart.

At this moment, the phone rang suddenly, and Catherine had to stand up, and then went to answer the phone.

Before answering the phone, Catherine still looked impatient, but after receiving the call, Catherine was surprised.

——After the bill on the regulation of video games was passed, the federal government decided to let the video game industry establish a special association and review agency, just like a movie rating agency.

Perhaps because of the pressure of the demonstration, this passed bill has undergone a "" modification, which is the principle of voluntariness. In other words, game companies can review the games they produce, or they can sell them directly without reviewing them.

In a sense, this rating agency seems to have become a dispensable thing, but Catherine knew that this was not the case.

The review agency of the film industry that will only appear next year is also "voluntary". If there is no rating, it is very likely that the movie theater will not want to show the film at all, or the audience will naturally stay away from such a film. .

So Catherine believes that this mechanism must be very good. Catherine’s only concern is 18x games. Although these games may have high sales, they have a very bad impact on the reputation of their consoles. And when dealing with those companies, I can't force it. That will only make game manufacturers lose confidence in Catherine.

But this matter can be resolved now. If you have any problems, just push it to the Federal Government. Anyway, this is their business.

People are willing to believe in federal government fǔ-at least in a certain part-so Catherine believes that the game of "three vulgars" will inevitably be unanimously rejected by Americans.

In addition to the limits of the game, there is another important point, and that is the quality of the game. So after receiving the news, Catherine immediately started to work...

Suddenly, the news of "Blizzard Entertainment Recruiting Game Trial Players" was spread all over the United States. Even Catherine's TV station began to bombard with advertisements every day, which is to find someone who likes to trade video games in the future. people. Catherine is preparing to set up a video game rating organization similar to Ign. These trial players are prepared for this.

Ign (ne-games-rk) is a multimedia and review website, mainly for video games. Founded in 1998. Ign’s main website contains several special pages or "channels", each of which has a partition in Ign. The game-related channels include: computer games, Nintendo ds, x, n2, n3, psp, xve, mobile phones,. The Ign channel also contains: movies, music, tools, technology, sports, TV and so on.

However, what Catherine is after ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is only for video games, and does not include movies, music, etc.

Catherine is going to open a game magazine, once to promote her own way of rating the game quality.

Of course, not just for this.

Precisely because I have to create a game rating agency, I must come to my company in advance to wear insurance, so those enthusiastic game enthusiasts have something to do.

In the future, the trial player system is very common, and the "closed beta" and "internal beta" are all done in this way-but it later became a gimmick for collecting money.

For this rating agency, Catherine had already figured out her name, and it was called "Popular Games".

She even plans to establish such a rating agency for the software industry, whose name is "Popular Software".

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