Chen Mo stretched lazily and went downstairs.
There were more and more customers in the experience store over the past few days. Many players from the Imperial Capital wanted to 'greet' Chen Mo and take pictures in the experience store to show off.
After all, Chen Mo was now a 'famous videogame designer'.
The players who wanted to send him razor blades online were actually quite nice in real life. Chen Mo only promised to give them access to the closed beta test for the next game, and that was enough to make them happy.
Su Jinyu shook her head helplessly at these people, "Is this what the history textbooks call 'the softness and compromise of the petty bourgeoisie' …"
After greeting a few new customers, Chen Mo put on his jacket and was ready to leave.
"Hmm? Manager, you're going out? "asked Su Jinyu.
Indeed, Chen Mo was too much of a homebody, spending most of his time in the experience store. If he wasn't working on a new game, he would be thinking about the next one. He rarely went out.
Chen Mo liked to do things that could be done online, including shopping, food delivery, etc.
Su Jinyu was quite surprised that he was going out for the first time.
Chen Mo replied, "Yeah, I'm going out for a walk. I'll be back before I get off work tonight."
After finishing his sentence, Chen Mo left the experience store and walked towards Fates Internet Cafe diagonally across the street.
Chen Mo had already experienced VR games, so he had a pretty good idea of what was going on. The next step was to check out PC games.
Ever since Chen Mo entered the industry, he had mostly been working on mobile games. He didn't have a deep understanding of PC and VR games.
However, Chen Mo wasn't satisfied with just being known as a mobile game designer. It was time for him to expand into the PC game industry.
Of course, if he wanted to get into PC games, he still had to do some research. The best way to do that was to go to an internet cafe.
Whether a PC game was popular or not, and how popular it was, could be clearly seen through the number of people in the internet cafe. Moreover, this data was relatively real, unlike the various rankings on the internet, which were constantly being updated and had no credibility.
At the front desk, Zhuo Yao was watching TV shows while eating sunflower seeds.
Zhuo Yao noticed Chen Mo as soon as he came in. She threw the sunflower seeds in her hand into the bin and said, "Hey, what a rare customer. Please come in."
Chen Mo laughed, "Aren't you the owner of this internet cafe? Why are you working part-time as a cashier?"
Zhuo Yao said, "Hey, isn't it to save costs? I have a cashier now, but she can't keep an eye on me all day and all night. I thought it would be quite expensive to hire another cashier, so I did it myself. I don't have much to do anyway."
Chen Mo laughed, "You sure know how to live. Do you have any spare machines? Give me one. "
Zhuo Yao said, "Yes, you can just swipe your ID card here. My place isn't that popular in the first place. Aside from holidays and nights, I basically have empty seats. "
Chen Mo said, "Alright, I'll find a place to sit."
Zhuo Yao said, "Alright. If there's anything, just call the network manager. Look, it's that kid. "
As Zhuo Yao spoke, she pointed at a bespectacled boy.
Chen Mo nodded, "Alright, thanks."
Zhuo Yao waved her hand, "Hey, no need to thank me. I'm waiting for you to develop a PC game that can beat VR games."
Chen Mo laughed, "Sure, sure. I'll be going then. "
After swiping his ID card, Chen Mo scanned the code and paid twenty RMB before finding a quiet spot.
Since the Imperial Capital had banned smoking in public places, the internet cafe was quite clean and didn't smell of cigarettes.
Chen Mo took a look at the games everyone was playing along the way.
There were all kinds of games. MMORPGs and RTS games were pretty much evenly split. There were other games such as strategy games, business simulation games, and action-adventure games, but there weren't as many people playing them.
After all, the last few genres were either more niche or were squeezed out by VR games, so there weren't many good games.
There were quite a few MMORPGs, and Chen Mo had seen at least three of the more popular ones.
Legend of the Sword, Moon Lord's Prophecy, and Three Kingdoms of Righteousness.
Legend of the Sword was a Xianxia themed game developed by Zen Entertainment. The VR version of Legend of the Sword was known as one of the best VR games in China, and was also one of Zen Entertainment's core products.
Games like this where VR and PC were interconnected were quite common in this world. Due to the high cost of developing a VR game, even a big company like Zen Entertainment wouldn't be able to take the hit if it failed. As such, they had to test the waters by developing a PC version.
It was because of the success of Legend of the Sword on PC that Zen Entertainment decided to develop a VR version of Legend of the Sword, turning this Xianxia game into their brand.
Moon Lord's Prophecy was an eastern fantasy game, based on a novel of the same name. It was created by Emperor Dynasty Entertainment's S-grade videogame designer, Qiu Jiang. The VR version was also being developed, and could be released within the year.
Moon Lord's Prophecy had more users and better revenue, but it wasn't as good as Legend of the Sword in terms of reputation.
Three Kingdoms of Righteousness was different from the other two. It was an MMORPG focused on war between nations. It didn't have many users, but it had high revenue, making it the most loyal. However, the company that developed the game was short on funds, and didn't have the ability to make it into a VR game.
There were a few western fantasy RPGs overseas, such as Heavenly Ring. However, the strange thing was that foreign western fantasy games weren't able to adapt to the local culture. Even a game with a huge IP like Heavenly Ring failed miserably.
It might be because of the players' habits, or cultural differences. Either way, the Chinese video game giants took advantage of this.
Other than MMORPGs, there was also a foreign RTS game that was extremely popular in China, Legion Conquest.
"RTS games are this popular? They're even on par with these MMORPGs? Unbelievable. "
Chen Mo found Legion Conquest on the computer in the internet cafe and entered it.
In his previous life, after the emergence of MOBA games, real-time strategy and role-playing games inevitably went downhill.
RPGs were too expensive, while RTS was too difficult to control. These two games couldn't adapt to the fast paced and easy to learn requirements of the players, so they went downhill.
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