giants of the era

Chapter 356 Boycott!

At this moment, there was a commotion in the audience.

Fortunately, there were many security guards to maintain order, and no one overreacted.

There are many game developers in the audience, they are the targets of Li Zetian's wooing!

Third-party game developers are very sensitive to the existence of the Battle.net platform. After all, Li Zetian just said that the future games of the Flamingo Company will be released on the Battle.net platform.Flamingo is also the largest game publishing company in the world, and many third-party game developers rely on Flamingo to distribute their games.In other words, their future games may also be released on the Battle.net platform.

However, third-party game developers are very uncertain about this innovative and bold game distribution method.

Li Zetian said in a deep voice: "With the development of the Internet, we must recognize the fact that computer games can be downloaded online. For example, the contents of game discs are published by players on the Internet, and then spread wildly! In this regard, we obviously Nothing can be done!"

In the audience, retailers and game developers all looked down and thoughtful.Li Zetian's words talked about their pain points, and many people hated the Internet in their hearts.

Li Zetian continued: "The times are different, we must make changes, so the Battle.net platform came into being!"

"The Battle.net platform provides paid downloads of games, but we all know that players will eventually download these games from other illegal channels. Therefore, the biggest core competitiveness of the Battle.net platform is that Battle.net can provide a large number of gamers with a A platform for online battles! Only genuine paying players can play online battles through the Battle.net platform!"

"Here, I solemnly declare that if other platforms illegally use the games released by Flamingo, we will definitely take legal measures and punish them severely!"

"Players who want to play "Counter-Strike" online must log in to the Battle.net platform, and only the Battle.net platform!!!"

When he spoke the last few words, Li Zetian's tone was extremely serious, as if carrying a murderous look.

Since the Battle.net platform is a paid platform, if it is not stopped, those free platforms will definitely develop rapidly, threatening the status of the Battle.net platform. Wouldn’t it be a wedding dress for others?Therefore, Li Zetian emphasized that other platforms cannot use games released by Flamingo, which prevents these platforms from developing and growing.

As a result, the popularity of the Battle.net platform will increase.

As long as third-party game developers are not fools, they will choose to release games on the Battle.net platform.The more games there are on the Battle.net platform, the more players will naturally be attracted.If such a virtuous circle continues, the Battle.net platform will become the world's largest game launch platform!
Of course, once the Battle.net platform comes out, there will definitely be imitators.But Li Zetian is very confident in his heart, as long as he takes out the classic games from his previous life, who will compete with him?
At this moment, after what Li Zetian said, many game developers' eyes lit up. At the same time, they also understood the direction of game development in the future: the era of stand-alone games is gradually receding, and games must be able to connect to the Internet!

The retailers in the audience looked around and saw that the third-party game developers were going to move closer to Flamingo, their hearts sank, and their faces were suddenly clouded.

After Li Zetian introduced the Battle.net platform, he then began to introduce "Red Alert".

In the "Red Alert" game, players can collect resources, upgrade buildings, build troops to attack, etc. In fact, they are modified on the basis of "Dune Devil". According to the reality of the country, the confrontation between the two major alliances headed by the Soviet Union and the United States As the background, players can freely choose countries, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, etc...

As the first real-time strategy game, "Dune Castle" has been studied in depth by many people in the audience, but "Red Alert" still shocked them.

"Red Alert" seems to have raised the real-time strategy game to a new level. Whether it is the screen, game diversity, balance, story background, sense of substitution, or multiple combat modes such as two-person confrontation and four-person team battle, it is amazing. His eyes lit up.

The game of "Red Alert" was played on the screen, and Li Zetian acted as the game commentator. He spoke vividly and interestingly. From time to time, he would make jokes for everyone according to the battle situation of the game. People couldn't help but be amazed that Li Zetian was originally a game commentator. The members are also so interesting.

Li Zetian thought nothing of it, probably watched a lot of game commentaries in his previous life and picked up some of their characteristics.

Although "Red Alert" is not as shocking as "Counter-Strike", it is also a classic, and many people like it very much right now!
The third-party game developers in the audience were very emotional.

"The Flamingo Company can grow the Battle.net platform just by relying on the two games "Counter-Strike" and "Red Alert"! If we want to release games in the future, we still have to rely on the Flamingo Company!"

"These two games are highly confrontational and belong to competitive games, and online battles are the core highlights! And "Counter-Strike" and "Red Alert" can only be played online on the Battle.net platform, other game platforms It can't grow at all."

"As long as there is a talented Chronos Li in charge of the Flamingo Company, we will have to look up to the mountains!"

"Hey, who's to say no! I just don't know what percentage of the revenue Flamingo will collect when we release the game on the Battle.net platform..."

"It's probably the same as releasing a game on the Flamingo game console platform, [-]% to [-]% of the charge, right?" A game developer said uncertainly.

Li Zetian did not announce at the press conference how much he would charge a third-party game developer. This kind of thing obviously depends on the specific situation of the other company.If the other company is well-known and the game they develop is very popular, Flamingo will naturally charge them less.

The entire press conference lasted for more than two hours before it ended.

After everyone left, some were happy and some were worried.

But there is no doubt that Flamingo Corporation is famous again, and it will soon shock the entire gaming world!
"Counter-Strike" and "Red Alert" are about to take the world by storm!
The Battle.net platform has become something that all physical game retailers are talking about.

By the next morning, hundreds of retailers had joined forces to threaten Flamingo.

At this moment, Li Zetian was at Flamingo Company. He looked at several retailer representatives outside the office through the glass window, with a sneer on his face.

Bushnell had a slight look of sadness on his face: "Mr. Li, more than 300 retailers are now strongly opposed to the Battle.net platform. They said that once the Battle.net platform is launched, they will collectively remove Flamingo's games!"

(End of this chapter)