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Two days later, Yang Chen saw the person in charge sent by the three NetDragon to discuss agency distribution, but it was not the previous Zhang Shaoming, but a middle-aged man named Li Qing, who was in charge of the RPG department of NetDragon.

"Sorry, we can't accept this sharing clause."

Sitting in the private room, looking at the contract brought by the other party, Yang Chen frowned unconsciously, put down the contract and said with some displeasure.

This time, the other party did not intervene in the game copyright, but the sharing conditions were too harsh.

Most of the games choose publishing companies, mainly because they can provide a considerable agency publishing fee, and at the same time provide follow-up services for the game, such as community management and feedback operations on major platforms.

For example, if the player has any feedback, regarding the content of the game, the agency publishing company will contact the studio team as soon as possible.

At the same time, the agency distribution company will also carry out special marketing and advertising, and even channel contacts with the industry.

Instead of choosing an agency publishing company, it means that you will put the game on the official platform and other major platforms after passing the review. Although these platforms will provide you with services such as MOD communities and player communities, you still have to manage them yourself of.

"We have already given a high level of sincerity. I believe that Tenghua and Phoenix will not offer a more sincere price than this." Li Qing looked at Yang Chen seriously and said.

Yang Chen squeezed his right index finger, thought for a few seconds and shook his head.

The distribution fee of 3 million yuan and 45% commission, although it includes the promotion of the game, but this price is still too high in Yang Chen's opinion.

"From last year to the present, only 73 JRPG games have been released, of which only two have exceeded 1 million sales, and none have sold 1.5 million, and the closest pixel-type JRPGs are 7 A month ago, and the sales volume of that model was less than 5,000 copies." When he said this, Li Qing looked at Yang Chen with a strange expression.

Listening to the data reported by Li Qing, Yang Chen was a little embarrassed, because the game with less than 5,000 sales was made when he didn't get the dream memory before.

But the embarrassment is the embarrassment, and the conditions still have to be contested. Yang Chen shook his head: "This is not the same. Although "Octopath Traveler" is a pixel-style JRPG, it is not a low-cost independent game, it is a commercial game. I believe NetDragon can also see the game on the official website of the game, and its cost has actually exceeded tens of millions.”

"That's why we are willing to offer this condition." Li Qing was unmoved.

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Half an hour later, Yang Chen walked out of the cafe and drove home.

Just like what he said to Wang Yaliang before, after this more tentative negotiation, Yang Chen had to admit one thing, that is, he has no right to speak in front of the three majors, and he is not enough to influence the three majors. decision.

The sales volume of "The Binding of Isaac" has exceeded one million. This is indeed a good achievement, but it is only good.

At least such a result is not enough for the three majors to make concessions when facing him.

After thinking about it, Yang Chen took a long breath, found a number in the address book and dialed it.

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In the office of Yinhe Network, Chu Ge was sitting in front of the computer, playing the trial game of "Octopath Traveler", his face was full of surprise and surprise.

At this time, the mobile phone next to him rang. After looking at the caller ID, Chu Ge quickly connected.

Ten minutes later, a smile appeared on Chu Ge's face.

If nothing else, basically this game was won by their Galaxy Network.

How do you look at the elements of pixel wind and JRGP? They are game types that have been submerged by the torrent of the times.

But after Chu Ge actually played the game, he realized that the cheap game he had imagined was different.

Although it is a pixel style, the game itself is definitely not a cheap existence.

The combination of exquisite modern picture techniques and traditional pixels is like a dream. At the same time, the journey life of eight characters with different personalities, the main line seems unrelated, but through some branch lines, you will find that their lives have already been closely connected by something. .

At the same time, in conjunction with the branch plot and the main plot, the floating text in the battle and the dialogue with dubbing show a perfect group drama.

The only debatable question is whether such a game can pass the test of the market.

1.5 million agency distribution fee, 30% of the profits, and no less than 5 million marketing promotions, this is the final agreement Chu Ge and Yang Chen reached.

This condition can be regarded as very superior, although the agency distribution fee and marketing funds certainly cannot compare with the conditions offered by the three major companies.

But the commission is much lower. This is also a concession made by Galaxy Network, which knows the traffic gap between itself and the three major channels.

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There was no big surprise in the review, and it got a rating of 13+, and it went online on the official platform and the platform of Yinhe Network.

At the same time, Yang Chen was able to promote it on his social platform this time. With the success of "The Binding of Isaac" and the various traffic-measuring game self-media during this period, he had to compare "Octopath Traveler" with Lin Jiayi's "Time and Space" is called an opponent, as if the two insist on fighting to the death.

There are quite a lot of people paying attention to Yang Chen's official account, and Wang Yaliang, who is usually in charge of managing this aspect, is doing a good job, especially after buying the steel egg, he poses the silly steel egg every day, which attracts a lot of attention. It attracted a lot of attention.

Now Yang Chen's attention has reached about 300,000 people.

After getting the edited promotional video and original painting settings from Yang Chen, Wang Yaliang sent them all through Yang Chen's account.

"Eight travelers, a unique story adventure; a new sensory visual JRPG experience, "Octopath Traveler" will be officially launched soon!"

Players who have been following Yang Chen's new game saw the news about his new game immediately.

At the same time, compared to the sudden attack from NetDragon's "Chrono Wheel" before, this time "Octopath Traveler" was launched at a very good time, and there were basically no popular games launched at the same time.

In addition, the previous "Time and Space" has basically passed its popularity period, and the promotion channels and so on, Galaxy Network can basically quickly create its popularity in a short period of time after spending money.

And this time, Galaxy Network did not focus on live broadcast and video promotion as before. After all, this time there is no competitor in the same period, and the promotion funds are sufficient.

There is no need to take a slant like that. To put it bluntly, what is the purpose of the anchor live broadcasting the game?

Isn't it the heat?

You pay them to broadcast your game, but as long as your game is hot enough, they will naturally broadcast it.

At the same time, the game is not good enough, if you pay for the live broadcast once, it is impossible for others to continue the live broadcast; but the game is good enough, even if you don’t give money, they will still broadcast the live broadcast.

And now Yang Chen is not as unknown as he was when he first made "The Binding of Isaac". A game with millions of sales, and the previous topic with Lin Jiayi, have given him a certain amount of enthusiasm. The marketing of Yinhe Network can completely take the most common and most useful route of creating popularity.

However, in terms of the game itself, unlike the previous "The Binding of Isaac", the price of "Octopath Traveler" this time is fully twice as expensive as before, and the price is fully 116 yuan. At the same time, the price of the collection package with game music DLC 130 yuan.

Faced with this price, many players still expressed doubts.