Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

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When I was a child, I ran in the farmland, watching small insects tumbling in the fields, and occasionally some squirrels or birds, these bad guys, would steal the crops in the farmland to eat.

Suzuki Chiaki has almost forgotten the feeling of being in his hometown during more than ten years of working in the city.

And this game made him regain the beauty of his childhood.

He really likes this game very much. Even though the game looks so mediocre and the picture quality is a bit bad, this game made him regain his original intention.

There are many people who have similar emotions to Suzuki Chiaki, and without exception, they all like the warm feeling of Stardew Valley very much.

A few even found the courage to return to their hometowns after playing the game.

A game made by one person has 50,000 sales, and the average selling price is 1,700 yen.

Battle.net also just took this opportunity to promote its own share terms.

Game developers can get 70% of the game revenue share.

At the same time, Battle.net also added a special label to Stardew Valley: independent games.

The term independent game is easy to understand. Just like independent films in the film and television industry, they are all works created by one or very few people at a very low cost.

Independent films are well established in the film industry, but few people have tried video games before this.

Most people subconsciously define video games as high-input products.

Perhaps it is because the programming, painting, music, and level design of video games are all very specialized, which makes most people daunted by these complicated jobs, and the recent trend of video games is towards large investments. , only a few casual games of Youxing Electronic Entertainment can capture some non-game players, but the current potential of casual games has not been seen by anyone, and more people still pay attention to games with large investment.

Under such circumstances, no one expected that a little dark horse would suddenly appear.

The sales volume of 50,000 games is really nothing to a big company, but it seems to have opened a whole new door for some game developers who are in a period of confusion.

Stardew Valley's graphics weren't great, but even that was a modest success.

Professional developers can quickly confirm that the development of Stardew Valley is not difficult in all aspects, and what is lacking is only that one idea.

And if there is really enough creativity, then it seems that the level of picture quality is really not so necessary, and naturally high investment is even less necessary.

This has allowed many confused game developers to find a new direction.

It turns out that not only big productions will be successful.

Look, Stardew Valley was created by only one person, and it is not difficult to reproduce the gameplay and picture quality of Stardew Valley.

Such a game can sell 50,000 copies, and the money obtained is almost 50 million yen.

This is almost five years' income of senior white-collar workers.

The eyes of the game developers who were still confused were red.

Moreover, the sales of Stardew Valley have not stopped, and the sales of this game are still increasing, which means that the people who develop this game can continue to receive income from the game.

This is simply a role model in their minds!

For a time, Stardew Valley was not only circulated in the circle of game lovers, but also discussed in the small circle of game developers.

At the same time, the developer of this game is also discussed: Nintendo is the master of the world.

The name is really weird.

The meaning of this name seems to say that Nintendo is very powerful.

But what is Nintendo? Or who is Nintendo?

A certain netizen 1: "The name Nintendo sounds like a century-old store, because only a century-old store is eligible to call itself a hall. This is our Japanese custom, don't you know?"

A certain netizen 2: "Then what does Ren Tian mean? It seems a bit resigned to fate?"

A certain netizen 1: "It seems to be like this, a century-old store that is resigned to fate? Why is this century-old store ruling the world? I really can't understand it."

A netizen 3: "Wait a minute, what are you talking about?"

A certain netizen 1: "Here comes a new guy, I have to repeat it to you again, forget it, let me say it again, we are now discussing what Nintendo means, why this game developer calls Nintendo the master of the world. "

A certain netizen 3: "Is this the key to the problem? I thought you were discussing the development concept in the game, which made me happy for a long time."

A certain netizen 2: "The name of the game developer is also very meaningful. Why do you dare to underestimate the name of the game developer?"

A certain netizen 4: "Everyone! The latest news, I just found an ancient linguist. This ancient linguist seems to say that there is a language in ancient history called Warys. Nintendo represents the most holy god. Maybe this What Mr. Nintendo wants to describe is that a certain holy god is the master of the world?"

A certain netizen 123: "Why does this involve gods again?"

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Zhu Youxing, who was a little bored browsing the Internet, was stunned when he saw the chat content in this chat room.

Why do these people always like to interpret such boring things?

The latter is just playing tricks on their own. Of course, it is impossible for people in this world to know what Nintendo is.

In addition to the user name Nintendo is the master of the world, he also registered a series of users such as Sony Dafahao, Ubisoft potato cultivation expert, ten years of games, nine years of CG, CG with heart, games with feet, etc. Trumpet.

Now he just spent 10 years making games, and 9 years working as a CG trumpet wandering around the chat room, and he didn't expect to see a group of people discussing this kind of thing.

You can play my game when you have time, and let you understand that the game is not a big investment is good, and sometimes small and beautiful games are also very attractive.

However, it is meaningless to talk about Zhuyou Xingguang here, and people here simply don't pay attention to Zhuyou Xing.

They were just discussing who this predecessor called Nintendo was and why he was the master of the world.

Sure enough, the minds of netizens are unlimited, and it doesn't make sense to justify themselves.

But it's also interesting to watch the discussions of these sand sculpture netizens occasionally.

Of course, after watching the discussion of sand sculpture netizens, he still has business to do, which is to encourage more people in the community to develop in the direction of independent games. This world should not only have big-production games.

The world needs more indie games.