Game Development Giant

Suzuki Yu is no ordinary person.

He is a symbol of Sega. In the Japanese game industry, he is as famous as Shigeru Miyamoto. Moreover, in the hearts of European and American players, his status is also very high.

How could a game developed by such people who put all their efforts and Sega's extremely high investment be bad, and how could it be sniped by a game developed by an unknown small company.

Moreover, Jester personally admitted that although this game is a sandbox type game, it does not have as much content as "The Heroes". Moreover, in addition, the game type is crime and gangster themes, such themes are inherently It is a niche game, and it is very likely that it will be rated at an adult level during the rating process. It is still difficult for such a game to achieve high sales.

Subsequent questions mainly focused on Jester's next game, "World of Warcraft."

However, Jester's reaction to the question about this game was completely different from his attitude when he was randomly interviewed at the carnival venue yesterday. At that time, Jester answered many questions about this game, but after At today's press conference, Jester deliberately ignored him, either because it was under development and he had no comment, or because it hadn't been finalized yet and he didn't know how to excuse it.

And the information reporters can get from him is basically only a handful.

"Actually, what I can say is almost what I said yesterday. Although this game has been prepared for a long time, the structure of the entire world, the story background and even the many characters are almost completed, but for this game, It’s just that the preliminary preparations have been completed, and the formal development just started not long ago.”

"Also, I think the quality of this game is very high. It is very likely that within a period of time, which may be four or even five years, you will not see the real quality of this game. come out."

"So. This game is only in its infancy. If you ask me what it will be like when it grows up, actually, I can't say much."

"Yes, we do have some imagination about the final form of this game, but this is just our imagination. No one can guarantee what the future will look like. If you understand the development process of a game. There are many In the game, his final form is actually very different from what was expected from the beginning.”

After hearing Jester's answer, everyone present nodded silently.

Because what Jester just said was indeed true.

"So what about the question about "Super Balotelli Galaxy"?" Since Jester doesn't want to answer too many questions about "World of Warcraft", then this game will not be secretive anymore.

Moreover, this game also needs to be promoted in advance. Shigeru Miyamoto previously answered many questions that players were interested in at the players’ Q\u0026A party.

Of course, these reporters present have experienced the game "Super Balotelli Galaxy" and know how charming this game is. To be honest, if the entire finished product of this game has If the very brief trial level they played before was so good. So this time Sony and Sega are likely to fall behind Mars Entertainment again.

However, as people with rich experience in the gaming industry, they all know that the biggest drawback of somatosensory games is that they are not playable.

Of course, it’s hard to say whether Mars Entertainment’s somatosensory games are playable or not. If Mars Entertainment can really solve this problem, then Mars Entertainment may still lead the next generation battle.

If not, it's really hard to say.

Because they know. How powerful the machine prepared by Sony this time was. They were invited by Kutaragi Ken to go to Sony's R\u0026D center to see the PS3 under development, its powerful 3D processing capabilities. It is indeed difficult for other manufacturers to match it. The most important thing is that this time Sony has developed a processing core specifically for the PS3.

Even if other companies want to get such a processing core, it is impossible.

"Do you have confidence in "Super Balotelli Galaxy"?" Faced with such a direct question, Jester did not hesitate at all. Instead, he asked in a very strange tone: "You said What does it mean to be confident? Do you think this game will be a good game? I can explain that the definition of whether a game is a good game is completely different for different people."

"It's possible that you think this game is excellent. It's also possible that your friends think this game is boring. I think you all will have this experience. I can only guarantee that this game can bring joy to me and many people." To have fun, this is the essence of the game, and that’s enough. As for its sales, to be honest, this is not a necessary element of a good game.”

When Jester said this, he paused slightly. He seemed to think that something he said before was inappropriate.

So he added: "Of course, I am not saying that I am not optimistic about the sales of "Super Balotelli Galaxy". In fact, you have played the trial game and you know that this is a traditional Balotelli after 3D body processing." Li Games - he has all the advantages that Balotelli's game should have, and Shigeru Miyamoto has now made this series more perfect after taking over the series for the first time."

"Furthermore, I think it is unnecessary for you to ask about the sales volume of a Balotelli series game."

When Jester said this, everyone laughed. Just as Jester said, asking about the sales volume of Balotelli's series is purely unnecessary.

Because the total sales volume of Balotelli's series now exceeds 400 million units, it is a real giant.

No game in the series has sales comparable to Balotelli's.

Moreover, according to statistics from many statistical organizations, seven of the ten game series with the highest sales in history are owned by Mars Entertainment, and the second to ninth places combined are not as high as the total sales of Balotelli's series. From this we can see how popular this series is around the world.

This kind of game that can sell well in Europe and the United States and also sell well in Japan is actually extremely rare, because the two types of players have different preferences for game styles. If you want to love both, you are actually offending both. The final outcome is that no one can be pleased and sales are bleak.

But there are indeed very few games that can do this.

For example, some of Jester’s games. Of course, the most famous one is definitely the "Super Balotelli Series".

The cumulative sales of this game have made any opponent feel desperate. Many people even don’t know why this game can sell so many, so much more than the second place.

Including Jester himself.

Of course, he knew that the ultra-marathons in the world and the super-super Balotelli series he created were such best-sellers in the world. I also know that these games are all good games and can bring pure joy to players, but there are many such games. Needless to say, other than the original history, any one of Nintendo's three treasures has such characteristics. of style.

But it is only the ultramarathon that leads the way.

This world is the same.

The "Super Balotelli" series dominates the entire video game industry with completely unreasonable sales, which not only makes other game companies feel desperate, but also makes people at Mars Entertainment feel desperate.

"There are still many people who are not optimistic about motion sensing. I want to know why you are so optimistic about motion sensing? You know. In the past, many game companies, even including yourselves, did not focus on motion sensing, especially on home consoles. It’s not considered a success.” One reporter asked.

Jester did not answer this question directly. Instead, he thought for a while and seemed to be organizing his words.

Then he said: "This question is not easy to discuss."

"Indeed, we did fail in somatosensory - it may be said that the failure was not very successful, but it was still not a successful experience. At that time, we imitated Nintendo's game console and developed a light gun similar to theirs. Players I don’t like it. Our loyal fans even wrote letters to complain about us, saying that our light gun is a money rip-off.”

"Of course, not only us, but also Nintendo's light gun was not well received at the time."

"However, none of us gave up research on somatosensory equipment. Later I asked Mr. Miyamoto Shigeru, and the answer I got was similar to what I thought at the time. That is, neither we nor the then President Hiroshi Yamauchi and Miyamoto Mr. Mao felt that somatosensory games would become the future of games. At that time, none of us may have imagined how far away this future was from us."

“I don’t want to review the history of somatosensory games, but I still want to make one point, that is, I have never been disappointed with somatosensory games. The previous failures were just some setbacks on the road to success, and there was nothing great. Things happened overnight. When Mr. Edison invented the electric light, it took one or two thousand experiments..."

"And I have said before that the current somatosensory games are all ready for success. All they are waiting for is an opportunity. I think players who believe in me will definitely be willing to give somatosensory games such a chance."

There were a lot of things discussed in this press conference, but Jester didn’t answer much.

Many of the following questions were answered by other developers such as Shigeru Miyamoto.

However, the news of Jester's new game spread quickly. After all, this was the content of yesterday's interview. Basically when the news first came out, discussions about Jester's new game were raging on major game forums. Of course, there are those who are looking forward to it, and there are also those who are cynical, such as die-hard EQ players.

Because Jester mentioned EQ in his first interview.

Moreover, he also mentioned that the game EQ gave him a lot of inspiration, and even made him change some of his views, allowing him to redesign the bullshit game he was talking about called "World of Warcraft".

The most important thing that makes EQ players dissatisfied is that Jester said that he found a lot of things that he was not satisfied with when playing EQ.

He felt that he could do better if he was left to do it.

This makes EQ players very angry.

Therefore, they went to the official forum of Mars Entertainment and posted a post, which said bluntly: "I want to see what kind of amazing game the great Mr. Jester can make." Here. After the paragraph, he even added a few mocking expressions, and the meaning he wanted to express was naturally self-evident.

Of course, those who support Jester are not the kind of people who don't know how to fight back when provoked.

Immediately, some people began to count the many things in EQ that made players unhappy.

There are some things that are not the responsibility of SOE, but there are indeed some designs. SOE took them for granted when designing, and some problems appeared in the design.

Of course, supporters of EQ naturally began to laugh at the so-called MMORPGs of Mars Entertainment. They are all dark-style games purely for fun. They just kill monsters and drop equipment, without any depth. They He satirized Jester: "...he actually had the nerve to laugh at EQ. Since Mr. Jester said he was dissatisfied with many designs in EQ, couldn't he have noticed this when developing these MMORPGs with no depth at all? Are there many dissatisfying aspects of the game?"

This phenomenon of fighting over "World of Warcraft" is not limited to the official forum of Mars Entertainment.

Basically, similar posts have appeared in slightly larger game forums.

Even on forums discussing EQ.

A very famous player in EQ, whose game name is Flor. Because he often completes feats such as slaying dragons and killing dragons for the first time in the game, he is very famous among the EQ player group. He is in a famous EQ forum It said this: "I am a fan of Jester. I grew up playing his games, but this time I really can't understand why he evaluated EQ like this! Indeed, EQ has many imperfections. place, but to be honest, as of now, EQ is the best MMORPG, and other MMORPGs, especially those from Mars Entertainment, are not even qualified to support EQ!"

"Jester is indeed a senior and has made many excellent games, but he currently has zero experience in MMORPG games. I think it is best for him not to boast. If the games he makes by then are far from Not as good as EQ, so let’s see how he ends up.” (~^~)