Chapter 606: Warm-up

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The game has been submitted for review. Because the department in charge of game review is the Cultural Bureau, which is not the same department as the GD General Administration, although Luo Quan knows Director He and has a little friendship.

But she doesn't know how much use this friendship can be, so she didn't go through any back doors when submitting for review, and everything followed the rules and regulations.

Now the only thing that can play a role is her good reputation in the country. After all, she is a celebrity who has been praised so many times by GQT, and she also has the title of patriotic entrepreneur, and even more credit for so many donations and handing over the Heirloom Seal of the Realm.

With so many elements fused together, those big shots in the Cultural Bureau shouldn't make things difficult for her.

And on the side of "Frozen," the production of special effects is in full swing. Luo Quan usually has to communicate with the special effects director to give some suggestions, and later she has to personally go to the studio to guide some important shots.

As a director, general shots can be handed over to other personnel to complete after explaining the key points, but important shots must be done personally, otherwise, she won't be able to shoot the shots she wants.

After the game was submitted for review, the warm-up for "Final Fantasy" had also begun.

At the previous Sony PS4 exhibition, "Final Fantasy" appeared as the finale game, although it was only a demo at the time, without much content.

However, the image quality of the characters in the game and the special effects of the battle scenes had already made countless game fans cheer for it.

This may not be the best game in the world, but it must be the best-looking film currently. Under the 4K screen, the game's picture is like a film, completely unable to tell that this is a virtual world.

And the characters' skin, under the mapping of the surrounding light and shadow, appears so lifelike.

If it weren't known in advance that this is a game, at first glance, one probably really couldn't tell whether this is real or fake.

As the best-looking game so far, the significance of "Final Fantasy" is extraordinary.

When discussing historical status, pioneering is a very important part.

Some games may not be fun to play from today's perspective, but in the era when they were born, they were astonishing works that had never appeared before.

In fact, not only games, music and films are much the same.

And now, games have gradually gotten rid of the label of toys for children to kill time and have gradually begun to become true art.

In the past, game enthusiasts always called electronic games the ninth art, but at that time, society did not recognize this statement and felt it was quite ridiculous, feeling that playing electronic games was playing with things and losing one's ambition.

However, with the development of the times, this concept is also gradually changing.

An excellent game can really make people get a better experience than watching a film, and because it is the player who controls the character, this has more sense of substitution than the audience watching the film from a third-person perspective.

Looking back now, electronic games as the ninth art are actually not that hard to accept.

Especially after the emergence of games with the image quality of "Final Fantasy," the word art can truly become a reality recognized by the public.

Luo Quan doesn't feel that "Final Fantasy" alone can do all this, but she believes that this day will come sooner or later.

And "Final Fantasy," which is the first to eat crab, will be an existence like a patriarch.

Therefore, the slogan for the promotion of "Final Fantasy" is also an extremely arrogant sentence like "The pioneering work of the next-generation 3A."

Compared with those big game companies in the industry, the Springwater Entertainment Game Studio is currently unknown, and daring to advertise like this has a bit of the meaning of bragging without drafting.

However, the quality of the game gave them the confidence to brag. After the new promotional PV of "Final Fantasy" came out, it successively climbed to the hot searches at home and abroad.

Whether it is single-player game fans or online game fans, they have been screen-brushed by "Final Fantasy" these days.

However, as long as they play games, they are actually not unfamiliar with this name. Half a year ago, they already knew about it because of Luo Quan.

It's just that I didn't expect the game to come out so fast, but looking at this ridiculously realistic image quality, it doesn't look like a crudely manufactured work.

Although there is no innovative gameplay, it is just an ordinary JRPG, but the most important thing for this kind of game is image quality and plot.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the image quality is the industry's first now; anyone with eyes can see it.

As for the plot, that will have to wait until you experience it in the game to know.

In short, the promotional PV of "Final Fantasy" swept home and abroad. As long as they are young people who love to go online and play games, they can basically see relevant information.

And some young people over thirty in the country can occasionally see it, but it is in the fake advertisements of web games.

To evaluate whether a single-player masterpiece is popular or not, you only need to see if its game PV has become an advertisement video for web games like "Legend of Blood" or "Greedy Blue Moon."

"Final Fantasy" obviously followed in the footsteps of its predecessors, and I don't know if it counts as glorious.

Besides China, Japan, as one of the most prosperous countries in the electronic game industry, also put a lot of effort into the promotion of "Final Fantasy."

Of course, this is mainly thanks to Sony.

Come to think of it, Sony originally wanted to spend a lot of money to buy "Final Fantasy" and make it a PS exclusive masterpiece.

If it were other things, given the relationship between Luo Quan and Sony, she might have agreed.

But this won't do. She knows better than anyone how high the quality of "Final Fantasy" is. The sales are destined to explode globally, and only by launching on all platforms can its influence be maximized.

If it only goes on the PS platform, it's fine abroad, but the domestic sales are afraid to be cut in half!

At the beginning of the century, Chinese children played electronic games basically on Xiaobawang game consoles or arcade machines. Because of a ban, these things gradually disappeared.

And now, computers are the mainstream for everyone to play games, and Steam users far exceed PS users.

Luo Quan didn't want to lose such a huge batch of users, so even though Sony offered a quite high price, she still didn't agree.

And on Sony's side, because there were too many cooperations with Luo Quan, and these cooperations brought too much profit to the company, after multiple considerations, they finally gave up.

Of course, it's just giving up exclusivity, not giving up this game.

Any fool knows the potential of this game. Even if it can't be exclusive, as long as there are users buying on the PS platform, Sony can take a cut.

Moreover, the ratio of Steam users to PS users in Japan is almost completely the opposite of that in China next door.

Online games don't have much popularity in Japan, but single-player games are exceptionally popular. In fact, Ren Tiantang has a lot of credit for this.

Unfortunately, because of equipment performance, Ren Tiantang's Switch can't move this next-generation picture masterpiece, so they didn't contact Luo Quan.

Ren Tiantang currently occupies the market mainly by relying on casual games like Mario, winning by gameplay, and not paying attention to image quality.

After Sony's game division took down "Final Fantasy," they also took promotion as a top priority.

Just in Akihabara, the images of the heroine Tifa and the hero Cloud are almost scrolling 24 hours a day on the electronic big screen, and it's hard for pedestrians passing by below not to see them.

As for Tokyo, relevant posters have also appeared at many train stations, which can be called carpet-style marketing.

For the Japanese who love single-player games and also love role-playing games, this "Final Fantasy" is definitely a dog gnawing on a bone—just right for their appetite.

As for Europe and America, although car, gun, and autumn are the mainstream, role-playing is not a cold subject, and the market is still very huge, so there is no need to worry about sales.

And just after this overwhelming promotion, the final pricing of the game was finally released.

Because it is a single-player game, it is a one-time payment to play all content, without in-game purchases, but the subsequently updated DLC (extra content) requires additional payment.

As for the game pricing, it is slightly more expensive than previous games.

First is the PS standard version, priced at 5,000 yen in Japan, equivalent to more than 300 yuan.

The domestic price is 355 yuan, and it sells most expensively in Europe and America, but it's not much different, just 60 dollars.

It looks like the price is a bit ridiculous, but on the PS platform, this price is very normal, because games on PS are just more expensive than other platforms.

For the Steam standard version, the Japanese pricing is 4,800 yen, the domestic pricing is 299, and the US pricing is 55 dollars.

The gap between the two platforms is actually not particularly large, and both are acceptable.

This is just the price of the standard version. Above the standard version, there is a deluxe version, which is 10 dollars more expensive.

The content of the deluxe version has many more character clothes than the standard version, such as cheongsam, princess dress, swimsuit, kimono, Hanfu, etc., with characteristic clothing from various countries.

Basically, they are all women's clothing. There is no need to say who they are for; it must be Tifa and Aerith. LSP definitely cannot miss it.

After the price came out, it still caused some discussion, but it was mainly in the country.

Some game fans feel that the pricing of 299 is still a bit expensive. After all, the games on the market are only 200-something.

However, opponents feel that for a game with this image quality, a price of 299 is not ridiculous. It's not an exorbitant price, and you can save it by eating a few fewer meals.

This actually reflects the wealth gap in the country. 300 yuan is a few meals for some people, but it may be half a month's living expenses for others.

For this situation, Luo Quan had anticipated it from the beginning, and she also knew it was a problem that could not be avoided or even solved.

After seeing more and more similar voices, she chose to compromise for the sake of reputation.

She temporarily decided to lower the global sales price of the game by 10 dollars, changing 299 to 239, which is just a little more expensive than ordinary games.

However, there is an additional condition after the price reduction, which is no discounts on holidays.

Now many game manufacturers sell games for 200-something, but in less than a month, they have big discounts, and they may only sell for 100-something.

So players also call this phenomenon: buy early and enjoy early, buy late and get a discount.

I believe there are not a few players who have this kind of mind about "Final Fantasy," but this price reduction basically cut off everyone's thoughts.

Although Luo Quan didn't say anything, this additional condition basically meant: "It's fine if everyone thinks it's expensive. I can lower the price, but if you want to wait for a discount to buy it later, that's impossible.

This game sells for 239, and the price will not move again."

Forming such a situation, it is hard to say whether the players earned or lost.

After all, some players like to play the game for the first time, while others prefer to wait for a period of time to buy cheap goods.

However, it is certain that those who will buy the game will buy it no matter how high the price is, and those who won't buy the game won't be willing to pay even if it sells for 69.

Piracy is a long-standing problem. Although Luo Quan asked people to make anti-cracking programs, it can only delay the speed of being cracked as much as possible.

Unless every login requires online verification and account binding, otherwise game cracking cannot be avoided.

But if you have to go online every time you play a game, single-player can't be called single-player.

Therefore, this can only be pinned on the self-consciousness of the players.

There is still some copyright awareness in the country, but games are not music, and the price gap is relatively large, so Luo Quan doesn't have much hope.

After this price reduction, the game pricing storm temporarily subsided. Currently, the internet is full of players and major manufacturers looking forward to it.

These game companies actually want to see what kind of things Luo Quan can make.

It is worth mentioning that "Final Fantasy" currently only has the first chapter, but the game duration has reached more than 30 hours.

In terms of volume, there is no big problem, but an incomplete story still has hidden dangers. It depends on whether the plot can make up for it.

And during this period, after Luo Quan had been at home for a long time, she finally started to find things to do for herself.

Previously, the system issued a task for her to open a Chinese restaurant in the United States. The task completion requirement is to gain a certain influence, but it didn't say how big it should be.

Because the reward is relatively generous and it doesn't look like a particularly difficult task, Luo Quan decided to complete it when she had nothing to do.

After all, how much trouble can cooking take? Not only can she hone her culinary skills, but she can also spread Chinese culture.

Chinese people believe that food is the most important thing for the people, and food actually contains many unique Chinese cultural symbols.

If her restaurant is successful, it should be a good thing.

But first, she has to get the storefront ready.

Americans don't have the allusion that "wine is not afraid of deep alleys." If a store wants to be popular, it must be in a busy city, and the decoration must be high-end.

Through a housing agency, Luo Quan quickly found a restaurant in the center of New York City.

The restaurant owner failed in stock investment and jumped off the building into the hospital a while ago, and was in urgent need of money, so his son planned to sell the restaurant to cash out. ===== CHAPTER 607 =====