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The release of GTA3 was not promoted with much fanfare by Mars Entertainment.

This is what Satoru Iwata meant.

Because now the main target of Dreambox4 is those housewives. If you want these housewives to like this game console and actively buy it for their children, you need to do more.

If you want to compete for users with the PS3, which has DVD functions and mobile phones, you must take every step step by step.

It is not too difficult to get these housewives to have a good impression of Dreambox 4 and even be interested in buying it through physical sensation. In fact, he has already done this. He has indeed made these housewives and mothers of their children interested in their products. They have a good impression of the game console, but further efforts are needed to get them to actually buy it and give it to their children.

First of all, the games on Dreambox 3 must not cause any major disturbance, at least not at the beginning, especially now.

The game GTA3 is obviously inconsistent with this plan.

In the eyes of Satoru Iwata, it is even worthwhile to give up the game GTA3. Although Mars Entertainment spent a lot of effort and invested a lot of energy, financial, manpower, and material resources in this game, in fact, it requires If this game wasn't something that Jester paid special attention to, maybe he would actually do it.

However, downplaying the release of GTA3 and delaying the release of GTA3 on Dreambox 4 were decisions made only after Satoru Iwata discussed with Jester and Jester agreed.

Of course, Jester also knows that at this time, the game GTA3 must not be used by others to affect the distribution strategy of Dreambox 4. However, it would be fine for Jester to give up on GTA3. impossible.

Therefore, we can only make a compromise and let this game be released as a PC game first.

Good thing. The first two games of GTA were also released as PC versions. Currently, its player base is mainly based on PC.

Moreover, because of Jester’s special care. This time GTA3 did not cause such a big disturbance like in the original world, at least not to the point where Hillary pointed at it and scolded it as a shame for the United States.

At most, it has a bad reputation in the industry and has many critics.

But thinking about these games with violence as the selling point, many game companies are releasing them every year, so. There's nothing to worry about at this point.

Although there is no large-scale publicity.

But Jester also believes that based on the quality of GTA3, it is certain that it will become a blockbuster in the future. Moreover, after the official release, good results can also be achieved through online recommendations on Battle.net. As for the console version , basically it will be pushed to half a year later, and the console version will be compared to the PC version. It is true that it is not perfect enough, and there are still many things that need to be corrected.

It was in this atmosphere that GTA3 began his journey.

The first is to launch it on PC.

There is a physical version and a Mars Entertainment Battle.net version. You can pay online and purchase directly on Mars Entertainment's Battle.net.

Because there was no large-scale publicity before, the sales volume of this game was not very high when it was first released. In fact, if according to Jester's prediction, if enough publicity expenses can be invested in this game before its release, If you want to carry out large-scale publicity, then it will be based on the quality and appeal of the game. In Jester's eyes, selling tens of millions of units within a year is as easy as playing.

You know, the total sales volume of GTA3 in history was as high as 30 million units.

And now this one, both in terms of quality gameplay and graphics. Even better than the original GTA3. Although the number of Dreambox4 now is far less than the number of PS2 when GTA3 was released, even if it cannot reach the original historical sales volume in a short period of time, it will reach the original One-third of the total, that is, 10 million sets, is not difficult.

In fact, when facing GTA3 and Satoru Iwata’s strategy for Dreamox4. Jester hesitated.

He knows what a game that can sell 10 million copies in the early stage of a console's release means to a console. Not to mention other things, the example of "The Hero" is vivid in his mind. .

This is something that can bring a console back to life.

However, he also knows that Satoru Iwata's console strategy is a long-lasting strategy. This strategy is now in the early stages of foundation building, and any decision needs to be made with caution.

As long as the image of the console in other people's minds has a certain image, then it won't matter if we add games like GTA3 to the game, but that's not possible now.

After much thought, Jester agreed to Iwata's request.

Although GTA3 is the trump card he left for Dreambox 4 a few years ago, in his vision, if the somatosensory function plays the role he expected, then GTA3 can allow Dreambox 4 to surpass PS3 in sales and reach a far leading position. , if the somatosensory effect does not play the role he expected, then GTA3 will be enough for Dreambox4 to shorten the gap between them and PS3.

Although Satoru Iwata has done a good job, without GTA3, Dreambox 4's sales are still far ahead of PS3.

This also prevents GTA3 from using Jester's previous idea as a trump card.

In fact, this kind of silent release, and then slowly ramping up, relying on the reputation of the game to complete the sales counterattack is a good strategy. Although this sales strategy is not suitable for all games, it is not suitable for GTA3. game, then there is no problem.

After all, GTA3 is as dazzling as a firefly in the dark night in the current game environment. It is really difficult not to attract anyone's attention.

Jester actually didn't pay much attention to the release of GTA3. His main focus now is the development of WOW. By the way, take time to update a little bit about WOW on the official forum of Mars Entertainment every day.

Sometimes if he doesn't update something for a few days, someone will even urge him to update it.

Later, with the official start of internal testing. Some people began to take the initiative to test the game on the official forum while posting live broadcasts and battle reports. This also allowed more players who have not nearly come into contact with this game to quench their thirst.

Of course, in the beginning. The evaluation of this game does not come from the game. When all the testers started testing, someone posted on the forum that the configuration required for the game WOW is very high. They just asked Mars Entertainment The people responsible for developing WOW said that the game has not yet been officially optimized, and the version they played is only a separate beta version.

The most important thing is that this game is not going to be released now.

Therefore, during development, the configuration he needs will probably be based on the configuration two or three years from now.

Of course, over time. After all, there is a test team of 350 people, a large number of live broadcast posts, and battle report posts are constantly updated on the website. The content involves all aspects of the game, from race, profession, to business skills and life skills.

Let people have a preliminary understanding of the economic system of this game.

And it also gave Jester a more in-depth outlook on his ambitions for this game.

Jester wants to create a magical world in his mind, not just an MMORPG.

Of course, what excites players the most is the dungeon system proposed by Jester in WOW. This brand-new game system perfectly solves the problem that has been criticized in EQ for many years. They have been unable to solve the problem of grabbing monsters in the wild, in missions, and in bosses. Wait for a series of problems that make players feel uncomfortable.

Moreover, although players initially felt that the setting of equipment binding was not conducive to the circulation and trading of items, later players also discovered that it was because of the existence of copies. It is not too difficult for players to obtain a good piece of equipment, as long as they are willing to form a team and play dungeons. Therefore, setting the equipment to be bound will help prevent the economy from collapsing.

Moreover, in addition to picking up and binding, there is another type of equipment dropped from the world called equipment binding. Such equipment can be traded as long as it is not equipped.

This also gives some players who are unwilling to play dungeons a choice.

Moreover, some of these equipment have better properties than dungeon equipment. Not only players who are unwilling to play dungeons, but also players who are willing to play dungeons frequently will be interested in these equipment. This is also a good consumer game. currency channel.

Of course, what players who watch text live broadcasts on the forum like most are posts about group fights and dungeon downloads.

There are a few players who participated in the test and became somewhat famous by writing live broadcasts or posting battle reports on the forum.

There is actually not much open content for the test this time.

The level is capped at level 45.

Not all maps are open.

It cannot be said that they are not all open, but a group of skeleton-level monsters with invisible levels have been set up in some places where Mars Entertainment is unwilling to allow test players to enter. Basically, as long as players approach these maps, they will be killed by these skeleton-level monsters. The monster realm, and then was killed without mercy.

However, even though there are currently very few open maps and dungeons, players who participated in the test still had a great time playing.

For example, there is a dungeon in this test called Scarlet Monastery, which is the most difficult dungeon currently open.

It takes five experienced players of level 40 or above to successfully get through it.

Of course, the rewards for getting through are also quite generous.

The items dropped by the boss monster inside are also very eye-catching. According to legend, but it is not a legend, when a tester opened a live broadcast post of the Scarlet Monastery for the first time, many players went to the post to watch the excitement.

And Jester went too.

Jester even made some revelations in the post.

He said that in the Scarlet Monastery dungeon, the final boss, Grand Inquisitor Whitemoen, would have a very small chance of dropping a piece of purple, which is epic-level equipment.

You must know that the highest open level for the test this time is only the forty-five level area.

In all previous dungeons, the best equipment dropped was only blue equipment.

Although Jester has said before that there are better equipment than blue equipment, but they are rarely dropped.

It is true that some people have hit monsters above level 40, but the number is so rare that there is basically no one in a hundred.

And Jester said that the BOSS in the Scarlet Monastery has a certain chance of dropping purple. This made the players in these tests even more excited. They spawned monsters at the rare monster spots above level 40 and relied on the extremely low chance of dropping one. With a purple piece of equipment, how can I be able to grind the boss at the top, and also be able to grind it infinitely?

Therefore, since Jester said this in this live broadcast post, many players who participated in the test often formed a team to go to the church area of ​​the Scarlet Monastery, hoping that they could get the purple equipment dropped by the final BOSS.

Of course, a team of more than 300 people is not too many people.

There are only about a hundred people who are willing to brush equipment, and others want to test other things.

In this way, there are actually only a maximum of twenty teams every day. This is still under the best circumstances. In fact, due to some career distribution issues, it is considered good to have more than a dozen teams to farm the Scarlet Monastery.

The drop rate of purple equipment is very low.

It has now come to the end of a month of testing, and still no one has gotten the purple equipment that Jester mentioned from the copy of the Scarlet Monastery.

There is indeed no purple equipment in the original Scarlet Monastery, but Jester feels that it is a very good idea to add a piece of purple equipment with a low drop probability but good attributes from these mid-to-high-level dungeons, and Ma Princess Raton's dagger has proven this. With this setting, players will flock to this dungeon again and again.

It can significantly improve the player's online time, and of course, also increases the playability of the game.

Therefore, Jester added a purple outfit to the blood color.

This time the person who opened the live broadcast of Scarlet Monastery is playing the tribe, because there are only two days left for this month-long closed test to end, and their tribe will prepare a very special event tomorrow, so this The one visit to the Scarlet Monastery is basically the last time.

The original poster also said in the post.

Seeing as he has live-streamed the Scarlet Monastery more than a dozen times, let him wear a purple outfit for his last bloody trip. (~^~)