"Chairman, I have a sudden discovery and conjecture, but I don't know if I should say it!" Zhong Yu said nervously as he saw Boss Jia looking at the data seriously.
"Say it, I said you shouldn't say it, but do you really think I'm going to stop you from saying it?" Boss Jia rolled his eyes.
"Hehe!" Zhong Yu laughed dryly, "Chairman, I've discovered that in the future, online games may be the future of the gaming industry. Online games will become the pillar of the entire gaming industry, and at the same time become the most profitable genre. The future of the gaming industry will belong to the era of online games!"
"Oh!" Boss Jia's expression was slightly surprised. Then, he raised his head and looked at Zhong Yu. "Go on! How did you come to this decision? "
"Yes!" Zhong Yu became even more excited as he saw Boss Jia's interest, "I came to this conclusion after calculating our income from Diablo OL!"
"Our game has a million registered players, and the average amount of time these players spend in the game is around 58 hours per month."
"And the average price of our cards is around one dollar per two hours. So in these two months, our income from the cards is close to sixty million USD!"
"After deducting maintenance and operating costs, Diablo OL has brought us over fifty million USD in net profit in just two months. This is a terrifying number. Moreover, the number of registered players is still increasing, and the income from the cards is still increasing. This means that we would have at least three hundred million USD in net profit in a year. "
"This is already very close to Diablo's income."
"But now, Diablo's sales have dropped from its peak of a million to just a few tens of thousands. According to our calculations, we might only be able to sell less than ten thousand, or even a few hundred. Diablo's lifespan is almost over."
"But Diablo OL is different. This is because we can continuously add patches to the game, update content, and expand the fun of the game. According to our calculations, Diablo OL has a lifespan of at least five years, which means we can continue to earn large amounts of income."
"That's why I think online games will be king in the future. Although we can't see it now, there will be a day when it will surpass standalone games," Zhong Yu said loudly.
"That's right!" Boss Jia nodded. In 1997, this was still the era where single player was king. One could see this trend. Zhong Yu was indeed a top talent.
"Then do you have any specific plans?" Boss Jia asked again.
"Yes, we'll focus on developing the online game industry and imitate Diablo's model!" Zhong Yu immediately said, "We have a large amount of high-quality game IPs that can be adapted into online games."
"Especially Pokemon, it's the most suitable game to be adapted into an online game. That's why I've applied to set up a team to develop Pokemon OL and create an online version of Pokemon."
"According to what I know, there are a lot of Korean companies that are starting to develop online games similar to Diablo OL. Once they leave the market, it'll be a huge blow to us."
"That's why we have to work on both sides and develop Pokemon OL at the same time. As long as both Diablo and Pokemon become online games, it'll be like holding the black and white swords in our hands, and we'll be able to completely dominate the global online game market!" Zhong Yu was overjoyed as the number of paying customers increased.
"Pokemon OL!" Boss Jia had a strange expression on his face. Due to Nintendo's stubbornness towards making online games, there was never an online version of Pokemon.
Of course, most of Nintendo's games in the future could be played online, but there weren't any real online games. They were all added online battle features after purchasing the original standalone version.
You have to admit that in certain aspects, Nintendo's gaming company far surpassed many other gaming companies in the world. For example, Nintendo's tireless dedication to their games and their dedication to excellence.
As well as sticking to the bottom line of standalone games. In an era where almost all gaming companies were trying to make online games, only Nintendo was able to stick to their original principles.
Even Boss Jia couldn't help but admire Nintendo for this.
Even in his previous life, Boss Jia had never played Pokemon OL. Naturally, the idea of making Pokemon into an online game never popped into his head.
Until Zhong Yu brought it up today.
As a gamer, Boss Jia's instinct was to reject the offer. Wouldn't making Pokemon into an online game be destroying the purest part of his heart?
But as a capitalist, Boss Jia smelled a shocking stench of money.
If Pokemon were to be made into an online game, it would be an unimaginable amount of income. For example, Pokemon Go, which was popular all over the world in his previous life, could be reported by all the mainstream media in the world. Even CCTV reported on the game. It was all about money!
"Go and give it a try!" Boss Jia knocked on the table. "But don't rush it. You have to develop it carefully and make the best version of the game. I will personally review it. If I'm not satisfied, then don't even think about selling it! We have to be responsible for all the Pokemon players! "
"Yes!" Zhong Yu said loudly.
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"Hua Xia is indeed the most suitable market for online games!" After Zhong Yu left, Boss Jia flipped through the latest report and muttered to himself in a low voice.
Zhong Yu was so engrossed in the data of the global online game market that he didn't notice that in this report, there was information about Hua Xia's online game market.
In this report, when Diablo OL was first released to the public, there were only about three hundred players from Hua Xia. It was an insignificant amount in the world server.
Perhaps these three hundred players were all Daqian Internet Cafe players.
But by the time this report was written, the total number of players in Hua Xia's dormitory had exceeded six thousand, and the number of players online at the same time had exceeded two thousand.
What did this mean? It meant that Hua Xia's online game market had increased by twenty times in just two months.
In Boss Jia's hand, there was a report from Bilibili. It said that they had received 9 business requests within 2 months. In other words, there were 9 new internet cafes in the country that took the initiative to look for Bilibili. They wanted to buy the authorization of Bilibili's internet cafes' management system.
And this was just the internet cafes that had approached Bili Bili. There were even more internet cafes that didn't intend to purchase the internet cafe management system or were in the process of acquiring it.
Boss Jia was certain that even without the Daqian's interference, internet cafes would have been like sparks of fire in Hua Xia. And Hua Xia's online game industry would have developed at an astonishing rate from 1997 onwards.
Legend of Mir, this mythical game, would once again display its astounding development capabilities.
Even after twenty years, there would still be a bunch of celebrities holding machetes in their hands, saying, "Come and slash me if you're my brother."
"We're the real Legend of Mir."
"Dragon Slaying Saber, free with a click."
Of course, with Boss Jia around, there wouldn't be any Legend of Mir in this era.
In fact, compared to the future golden age of online games, this era was the real golden age of online games. This was because in the whole of China, there was only one online game, and it was only this era!
"Looks like I have to set up an online game and internet cafe immediately!" Boss Jia mumbled to himself.
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