Silicon Valley

v2 Chapter 196: Firefly game platform

Regarding the development of video software, Henry intends to put it under the banner of ImdB Holding Company. ImdB website has the most comprehensive movie database. The video is backed by such a backstage by the software, and the start is naturally much higher!

Henry came to ImdB holding company, so that ceo Marcy Filimon founded a video player subsidiary company. Henry couldn't wait for the establishment of this company, so he simply established it himself! The company's only task at present is to open the rmvb streaming video format, and then launch the Rea1p1ayer player!

Henry was afraid that these developers would not know how to open the rmvb video format, so he gave them a lecture: "As we all know, the requirements for the compressed sampling rate of the still picture and the moving picture of a movie are different! If you always maintain a fixed bit rate, it will compare Special utilization causes waste. Therefore, on the basis of ensuring the average compression ratio, the encoder will set dynamic different bit rates according to the complexity of the picture change. For example, use a higher bit rate for complex dynamic pictures ( Singing, dancing, speeding, war, etc.), while in static images, it is flexibly converted to a lower sampling rate, so that the bit rate resources can be used reasonably. Not only can the video file be compressed to a small size, but the audiovisual effect is also It will be very good, so that the file size and clarity can have both!!!"

"This technology, I call it VBR technology, dynamic bit rate technology!!!" Henry said, and wrote the three letters "VBR" on the blackboard.

Since Henry was the first to propose the VBR technology, the developers at the bottom were all excited. Although the concept of VBR is simple, it is difficult to think of this idea!

"The chairman is worthy of a genius, and his brain is flexible!!!" Each of the developers looked at Henry in admiration, thinking like this.

Henry paused for them to digest, and then continued: "In addition, RmVB will also adopt a technology. This technology, I call it'fogging' technology. Generally speaking. After the picture is enlarged, a'mosaic' will appear. 'This is caused by traditional frame dropping technology! But what we have to do is to make the picture look a little blurry. Not to see clearly!"

"Combining VBR technology and fogging technology, the rmvb format will be an epoch-making video format!"

"Finally, I want to make some requirements. Due to the limitations of the network, we have to design. The video in the rmvb format can be developed with different compression ratios according to different networks, so that it can be implemented on low-network networks. Real-time transmission and playback of image data!!!"

The developers nodded one after another. This design is designed to watch high-definition video; if the network is slow, the video can be clear (normally clear).

Henry finished his lecture and left.

The drivers behind him watched Henry leave with incomparable admiration, and then they rubbed their shoulders with excitement. Ready to do a big job in the field of video formats! ! !

In 1992, Microsoft introduced the avi video format and the rmvb video format. In comparison, Microsoft is looking like it is about to be beaten. In the previous life, in 1995, the company launched the rm format, which became popular throughout the Internet, and in the era of the enhanced rmvb format, it occupied more than 80% of the Internet market! ! !

Now? It can only be said that Microsoft met Henry, which is a tragedy.

August is almost here, and the architectural design company has gone through several months of design work. The overall design of the Williams Center has been completed, and then ready to participate in the bidding!

Henry also hoped that the Williams Center could start construction soon, so the bidding conference was scheduled for August 1. Now there are only a few days left! In this regard, John Chambers is in charge for the time being, while Henry went to B1izzard Blizzard.

They said last time that there is still a month left, and Warcraft 1 will be finished, and now the date is approaching, Henry will come over and take a look. If it is done. Then play two by the way, the long-lost Warcraft, Henry hasn’t played for a long time.

After coming to Blizzard, CEO Mike Mohuaimi took the company's top management to welcome Henry's arrival.

"Welcome to the chairman!!!"

"How about it, has the game come out yet?"

"Almost!" Mike Mohuaimi said embarrassedly.

I knew it! ! !

Henry heard this without any surprise, and then said: "Although Warcraft 1 will be the world's first real-time strategy game that can be played against the LAN, I hope it can be made to be able to play against the Internet. Games! The parent company Firefly Game Company will establish a Firefly battle platform, and all of its games will be included in the game platform 6 in the future!"

"Chairman, don't we sell game CDs?"

"Yes, we don't sell CDs!" Henry said, "We sell activation codes!!!"

"Activation code?" Mike Mohuaimi and others were puzzled.

Henry smiled and explained: "First, register your Firefly game platform account, and then spend money to purchase the activation code for Warcraft 1 before you can play games online! The activation code is a set of serial numbers and is bound to the Firefly account, so, Even if someone else knows the activation code, they don’t have it! Because this activation code only belongs to this Firefly account!"

"Chairman, but in this way, many people can play stand-alone games without spending money!!!"

"What's so fun about stand-alone games," Henry said nonchalantly, "They get tired of playing, and sooner or later they will spend money to play online games! I have a lot of experience at this point. I mean, this One point, I'm very sure!!!" Henry said as he said, suddenly realizing that he had missed his words, he quickly explained.

This is the first time I have played an online game, so where is the experience?

Mike Mohuaimi and the others didn't doubt anything. After listening to Henry's words, their faces were contemplative.

Henry continued: "Because we only sell activation codes on the Internet, the cost of sales is almost negligible. Therefore, we can set the price of activation codes a bit cheaper, and most game lovers don’t feel bad about it. Price! For example, US$2o!!!"

"$2o??" Mike Mohuaimi and the others couldn't bear it anymore and couldn't help but cried out.

Warcraft 1 is too cheap to sell for 2o US dollars. Generally, a game disc is sold for 60 or 70 US dollars, or even hundreds of dollars, let alone a large-scale production like Warcraft 1! ! !

In terms of pricing, Mike Mohuaimi and others have carefully considered before and plan to set a price of $1oo for a game disc. Nowadays, when Henry talks about US$2o, he cuts US$8o in one go. How come everyone is not shocked?

"Chairman, we have discussed it before, and the price is US$1oo. If you set a price of US$2o, how can the company make money?!" Mike Mohuaimi said.

Henry smiled and asked: "How many game discs do you expect to sell?"

Mike Mohuaimi thought for a while, then replied: "We are very confident about this game, so, 40 million copies."

"Okay, even if you can sell 40,000 game discs. Then, apart from manufacturing costs and sales costs, a CD can make as much as US$50, which means that if you sell 40,000 game discs, you can only earn US$20 million. ! Have you ever thought about how many activation codes can we sell if we sell 2o activation codes?"

Henry glanced at everyone and said, "Don't say too much, since it is sold at such a cheap price, then there must be one million in quantity! Twenty times one million, there are already 20,000 US dollars!! Is it, 1o? Can you only sell one million game activation codes for US dollars? I believe that two million, three million, or even more are possible!!! However, there are rarely more than one million that sell computer game CDs. Quantity! First, the price is high, and second, the channels for offline sales are limited after all!"

"But I believe that as long as he goes online, he will know the Firefly game platform and Warcraft 1! I still have this confidence!!!" As an Internet giant, Henry almost monopolized the entire Internet, he thought Let netizens watch dogs, and netizens will never see cats! ! !

"In addition, the main people who play games are young people. They have generally been exposed to the Internet. Therefore, selling game activation codes online is more targeted! Moreover, with the development of the Internet, every household has begun to open the Internet." Henry said Tao.

Mike Mohuaimi thought for a while and replied: "Chairman, what you said seems to make sense"

Henry smiled, "Actually, we can also collect money by updating the map, and we charge one dollar for each new map. You think, as long as there are more users, a map can make a lot of money. We update one map a month. Maps, how much money will be made in one year? After Warcraft 2 is released, the game will be updated, and it will cost $2o. The previous version 1 maps are all obsolete, and we can continue to make money by updating the map!"

Henry said so much, in fact, there is another purpose, which is to display the Firefly game platform!

How much money can a Warcraft 1 earn? Henry's ambition is very big. To make the Firefly Game Platform Exhibition the world's largest game platform, as long as the platform is popular, naturally other companies' games are very willing to be on the 6 platform~lightnovelpub.net~ and the Firefly game platform can. Sit back and collect commissions and earn a lot of money!

It may make more money in a month than Blizzard makes in a year! ! !

The platform is the channel, and the channel is the kingly way!

Take a look at Nintendo in Japan. Be a game console as a platform and earn the value of other game companies crazily.

Look at the world’s largest steam platform in the future, Nima, the company’s people did nothing, travel all day, and earn n times more money than those companies that worked hard to run games! ! Even if it earns too much, steam dare not disclose the sales data, because the sales are too good for fear of angering the retailer.

There is also the r platform, which is also more profitable than printing money! ! !

Therefore, Henry is not really concerned about whether Warcraft 1 can make a lot of money, but whether it can bring more popularity and make the Firefly game platform grow! ! !

(To be continued.)

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