Chen Mo's second elective class was still packed with people.
Considering how full the last class was, the University of the First Century specially arranged for a lecture hall.
This lecture hall was the largest in the entire building. It could seat a few hundred people, but even so, all the seats were filled.
Liu Hai was speechless. How big would the lecture hall be? Did they have to arrange for a performance hall?
Half an hour before the class started, there were already students who came over to reserve seats. The class hadn't started yet, so they chatted on their phones.
"I wonder what Chen Mo is going to talk about this class?"
"He only talked about the general outline in the last class. This time, he's probably going to talk about it in detail."
"The last class seemed to have caused quite a bit of controversy on the internet."
"Sigh, wasn't it all over the internet? Chen Mo said that handheld consoles still have great potential in this day and age. This is obviously a personal opinion, but it doesn't match the mainstream view. It's quite a pain in the ass to be influenced by people with ulterior motives. "
"Moreover, Chen Mo is very stubborn. He even posted on Weibo about making a handheld console."
"He's a big shot after all. But I don't think he'll talk about this before he makes a handheld console. After all, only a handheld console is convincing."
"I think so too. Perhaps Chen Mo won't talk about this in today's class."
"I also think there's no need to dwell too much on this."
The director of the video game design school, Fang Yubin, and a few other professors were also sitting in the back row.
Chen Mo's last class was very good, showing his professionalism. Of course, other than the small controversy about the handheld console.
They were all looking forward to the content of Chen Mo's class.
Chen Mo arrived on time five minutes before the class started.
He didn't seem to be affected by the negative comments on the internet at all. His expression was very calm.
Before the class started, a student in the front row asked, "Professor Chen Mo, what will we be talking about in this class?"
Chen Mo smiled, "We'll be talking about the future of handheld consoles in this class."
The students in the front row were shocked. What the hell?
Did Chen Mo go against the people on the internet? This wasn't supposed to be the original curriculum, right?
Could it be that the curriculum was changed to slap the people on the internet??
The class bell rang.
Everyone was waiting for Chen Mo to start the second lesson.
Chen Mo looked at the students in the audience, "Today we'll be talking about the future of handheld consoles."
The students and professors below the stage were stunned. What the hell? Again?
"Talking about the future development of handheld consoles? What kind of future does it have? It's been dead for so long! "
"Whether it's the future or not, let's not talk about it. Don't tell me that the lesson has gone astray? The future can't just be handhelds, right?"
"Chen Mo didn't say that the future was only going to be handhelds. He only said he wanted to talk about the future of handhelds. He didn't say anything about mobile phones, PC, or VR."
The students and professors were dumbfounded. Logically speaking, Chen Mo's best option was to not bring it up again.
Because he was here to give a lecture, he only needed to explain some basic knowledge. As for the future prospects of the game industry, he only needed to talk about some mainstream views, and that would be enough to complete his task.
But Chen Mo seemed to be stuck in a dead end. Why did he have to talk about the handheld?
Chen Mo seemed to have seen through everyone's doubts as he said with a smile, "Don't worry everyone, I'm going to talk about the future of the game industry. The future of the game industry definitely won't just be handhelds. I believe that mobile phones, PC, VR, and handhelds will coexist for a long time. Until technology explodes again, this will continue to be the case.
"Handhelds will only have a certain advantage in certain areas. They will serve a certain group of people. I feel that everyone here should be honored, because you will be witnessing the rise and expansion of handhelds in the future.
"Next, I'll explain this problem from three perspectives. The first is the target group of handhelds. The second is the advantages of handhelds over PC, mobile, and VR. The third is the characteristics of handhelds in the future.
The students and professors were all listening intently. Everyone was dumbfounded. No one was playing with their phones or spacing out at this point. This was because the content of Chen Mo's lecture was too shocking. Everyone was afraid that they wouldn't be able to get enough of it!
In the beginning, everyone thought Chen Mo was making a bit of a stretch. How could a handheld be the next mainstream device apart from PC, mobile, and VR?
Wasn't this nonsense?
But as Chen Mo continued, everyone realized that what he was saying made sense.
Obviously, Chen Mo didn't come up with this idea on the spur of the moment. He had thought about it carefully.
It seemed like a long lecture, but it wasn't actually that long. This was because Chen Mo had to quote many examples of the game when he was explaining.
Among these games, there were classic games from the parallel world. There were also some games that Chen Mo made up for the students to understand better. After all, most of the students here were students. Chen Mo had to consider their acceptance level.
It would be easier for everyone to understand if he explained more and more clearly.
Chen Mo didn't plan to talk about all the core content. He only talked about the surface. Although it was impossible for domestic video game companies to copy handhelds and their designs, Chen Mo didn't want to take any risks.
It was better to keep an eye out for confidential content like this.
Soon, Chen Mo's second lecture was over.
The audience was applauding, but some of the professors and students were worried.
"I feel like Professor Chen Mo's speech is going to cause more controversy."
"Yeah, so many people doubted it the last time. Now that he's talking about it in such detail, those with ulterior motives will definitely find more evidence to attack …"
"Actually, there's no evidence to speak of. The main thing is that these things haven't been proven yet. For example, when I said that video game consoles still have room for development, I can give a lot of reasons, but it's hard to say whether it will work or not. "
"Yeah, although what he said makes sense, there hasn't been a popular handhelds in so many years. Didn't others think of this idea?"
"Maybe someone else had the idea, but didn't have a concrete design. Professor Chen Mo only talked about the possibilities of this idea in class, but he didn't come up with a concrete design plan. So it's like talking about chickens and ducks. It's hard to explain. "
"I don't know if it's to keep it a secret or if there's no design."
This time, Chen Mo's bragging was even more exaggerated.
Previously, he only said that handhelds still had room for development. This was a very general statement. Just like mobile phones, as long as the company was still alive, there was room for development.
When Chen Mo made a handhelds and sold a few hundred thousand units, he would be able to recoup his capital. He could then say that there was still room for development.
However, in this lecture, Chen Mo directly said that handhelds would be able to compete with mobile, PC, and VR platforms, and that they would coexist for a long time in the future. This was a bit ridiculous!
Many people's first reaction was that Chen Mo was bullshitting!
As expected, after the video of this lecture was released, there was another wave of doubt online.
"Chen Mo's second lecture, why is he still talking about handhelds? Just how deep is his handhelds background! "
"Yeah, it feels like he's just twisting words and forcing logic, refuting for the sake of refuting!"
There were even people who specifically commented on Chen Mo on Weibo, "I originally had a good impression of you, but after watching these two lectures, I feel like you're a history teacher who misleads the students, teaching the wrong history! The elective you're teaching might affect other students' understanding of the video game industry. Doesn't your conscience hurt by bringing in so much personal information? "
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