Game Development: I Built a Game Empire

When there are various discussions and speculations from the outside world.

Chen Xu was also in Fengyun Games' office area, receiving the person in charge of Shenyou.

Zhang Jiaping, the former person in charge of Shenyou Handheld and an engineer in the R&D department, sat on the bench in the conference room with some anxiety.

After all, the old club has been replaced now. Even though it was acquired by Fengyun Games, it’s really hard to say what the future will be like.

"Next, in the handheld business, all production lines will be stopped, and we will develop a brand new handheld machine."

"Regarding the requirements for a new product, Manager Zhang, please take a look and see if there are any technical problems."

Chen Xu looked at"720" and Zhang Jiaping handed over a first draft.

"switch?"Zhang Jiaping looked at the title of the document and was a little stunned.

"Well, the name of the new handheld console."Chen Xu nodded lightly.

The English translation of Switch is switch, converter.

"Mr. Chen, from a technical point of view, it can be achieved at the current level, but the cost……"

"If you want to run a game like"GTA" without compressing the resolution, the cost may reach about 10,000. Coupled with various channels, the external price may be as high as nearly 20,000."Zhang Jiaping has some difficulties.

The reason why Shenyou has gotten to this point is that Zhang Jiaping has made a conclusion.

That is, the cost of handheld hardware is too high.

But he feels that it is an infinite loop. The cost of hardware is high, so it has to be Upgrade.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be that we can't keep up with the times?

Hearing Zhang Jiaping's words, Chen Xu couldn't help but smile.

This is the difference in thinking limitations. In Zhang Jiaping's opinion, why handheld consoles need to be updated is to adapt to those 3A games.

But But I have never thought about why I can’t create a game for my own hardware platform for the handheld console.

Of course, this is also related to the lack of capital of Fuyou.

"The host mode reaches a resolution of 2K, and the video output in handheld mode is 1080P. In addition, the memory and a related parameter of the graphics card are maintained at the same level as previous generation PCs and VR streaming devices. How much can the cost be reduced in this way?"Chen Xu looked at Zhang Jiaping and said.

Hearing Chen Xu's words, Zhang Jiaping was a little stupid.

It's not that the required hardware configuration is too high, but that it is a bit low, right?

"Theoretically, the cost can be reduced to about 1,400, but Mr. Chen’s configuration?"Zhang Jiaping was hesitant to speak.

With this configuration, let alone other things, just forget about games like"GTA". Even if it is specially optimized, although Chen Xu said that the switch can support 2K in console mode resolution, but the graphics card and memory parameters.

Unless the《GTA》A picture can be compressed to 720P, otherwise there is basically no need to think about running away.

Chen Xu was greatly surprised when he heard Zhang Jiaping's words.

Compared with the switch in his previous life, his requirements are much higher.

But the cost was unexpectedly low, which would be more advantageous for his next strategic plan.

As for Zhang Jiaping's feeling that the configuration was too low, Chen Xu just smiled.

Does configuring this thing have an important impact on the performance of the game?

Importantly, it is not just the configuration that determines game performance, but also related optimizations.

In the past life, many domestic games were criticized for being stuck. Is this because the player configuration is not enough?

Of course not, it’s just that the optimization technology can’t keep up.....(To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

For example, in the previous life,"Legend of Sword and Fairy 6" was ridiculed as a mess of graphics cards, because the optimization was not good enough.

Hardware determines the upper limit, and optimization determines the lower limit.

The reason why previous handheld consoles had to be stacked with materials was not because no game manufacturers would specifically optimize for handheld console platforms.

So we can only rely on hardware to resist.

What's more, an excellent game doesn't just rely on graphics to conquer the world.

Otherwise,"Under the Legend" would not have become Chen Xu's first pedal.

"You are already familiar with the development of handheld consoles and subsequent channel expansion, Manager Zhang, so I won’t get involved in this area."

"The price of the switch is kept at 1,799 yuan, and the cost is also controlled. With the highest hardware parameter configuration, we can accept a cost loss of 150 yuan for each host."Chen Xu thought for a while and said to Zhang Jiaping.

???????

Listening to Chen Xu's words, Zhang Jiaping's little head was full of question marks.

Did he hear it wrong? Did he misunderstand the profit as a loss in 5.9?

"Mr. Chen, you...what did you say?"Zhang Jiaping stuttered a little.

"From the time it leaves the factory to the time it is sold, we can accept a cost loss of 150 yuan for each handheld console. That means we can accept a maximum loss of 150 yuan if we don’t sell a switch."Chen Xu looked at Zhang Jiaping and said.

After receiving the affirmative answer, Zhang Jiaping was stupid.

Selling a machine and losing money instead of making money?

This... what does this mean!?

Looking at Zhang Jiaping who was confused.

Chen Xu said He smiled slightly, and naturally he had a reason and consideration for doing so.