Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

  Chapter 272 Discriminatory Price

"Everyone, this is the program developed by our company that can be used for game development. I call it the game engine. With this engine, the speed of game development and the development in the future 3D game era will be more convenient. , I'll show it to you now."

  In a lecture hall in Tokyo, Take Yusei stood in front of the stage and explained the basic use of the engine to the 300 people in the audience.

   This course is not so much a lecture as a small software product launch.

   Take Yusei initially explained the basic development framework of first-person shooter games clearly, and then began to focus on the role of the game engine in it.

   Originally, it took dozens of people, and it took at least a week to complete the basic program day and night, but Takeyusei succeeded in creating the general framework of a first-person shooter through the engine alone.

   This stunned everyone in the audience.

   This is a path they never thought of before.

   Before their game development, they never considered what software to use to reduce repetitive processes.

   Or someone thought about it before, but didn’t know where to start.

   But Zhu Yuxing showed it directly to these 300 people this time, and everyone present understood the value of it.

   This is like a hero with the ultimate artifact, even in the face of the final boss can be easily solved.

   Zhu Yuxing explained while making a relatively simple game through the engine.

   It was only an hour of work. In the past, it took several people several weeks to create the foundation of the game that could possibly be built.

   Then all that remains is to add various materials to this base.

   The current first-generation version of the engine is definitely not as good as the Unreal 4 and Unreal 5 of the later generations.

   But it's amazing enough at the moment.

   Especially the time and manpower saved by this thing for game development.

  Everyone is thinking about how to get the authorization of this software at the moment.

   Only Hayakawa Ueto was thinking about whether he could create this thing on his own.

   In the end he came to a difficult result.

  The funds given by the head office did not allow him to do such a thing, and he did not have much money to pursue another development route.

   Unless the game industry can go further.

  Before, he followed Zhuyouxing and followed the low-priced PN1 and also won a lot of the US market, which boosted the confidence of Suri Electronics executives, but it was not enough for them to open up a new R&D route.

   But the direction of the engine is good, even if it can't make a mature game engine like Zhuyuxing, it is still possible to make a game engine that plays a certain role.

  Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

   It seems that Yuxing Electronic Entertainment and the companies that follow him will continue to widen the gap, which is really disappointing.

   But at this time, Zhu Yuxing, who was on the stage, seemed to hear the voices of everyone.

   He looked at the crowd and said, "I think you are already thinking about how you can have this engine?"

  Everyone looked at Zhu Yuxing, and no one spoke at this time, which was self-evident.

   Zhu Yuxing smiled and said, "Actually, it's very simple. It's just an exchange of interests. I get money and data, and you get the right to use the engine."

   Take Yuxing said while controlling the computer, and the license price of this game engine was displayed on the big screen behind him.

  The licensing price of the first-party exclusive partner of Youxing Electronic Entertainment is 3% of the profit of each game.

  The licensing price of third-party partners who release games on the platform is 4% of the profit of each game.

   Seeing this price, these people began to quickly make calculations in their minds, calculating the pros and cons.

   You only need to pay 34% of the game's profit to use this engine to develop games, and if you simply rely on manpower to make games, the cost will far exceed this 34%.

   Seeing such an authorized price, Hayakawa Ueto was also a little envious.

   But he doesn't expect to be a candidate in the price range of these two licenses.

  Suri Electronics and Youxing Electronic Entertainment are competitors, and Youxing Electronic Entertainment must not be easy to…

   Zhu Youxing turned the PPT one page again at this time, and on the next page, the third authorization condition was written.

  Non Yuxing Electronic Entertainment partners can obtain the right to use the game engine by paying every ten years. The payment can be paid on an annual basis, but the contract must be more than ten years.

   Hayakawa Ukito's thoughts were disrupted by this.

what's the situation?

   Does this mean that Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's competitors can also get the right to use the game engine?

   It’s just that this is not a percentage fee, but an annual fee, and the contract will start for ten years, so Hayakawa Ueto was surprised.

   What is this Zhu Yuxing thinking?

   Are they short of money now?

   No, if they are very short on money, they are unlikely to allow annual instalments, but will ask for a lump sum payment.

   "President Takeyou, what do you mean by the third item? Does that mean that competitors can also use this engine?"

   Some of the people who saw Article 3 couldn't help but stood up and asked the question that Hayakawa Ueto wanted to ask the most.

   Hayakawa Ukito said that this person did a good job. If it were him, it would be impossible to ask him with his face down.

Zhu Youxing nodded: "Yes, that's what it means, in fact, it's not limited to this meaning. The meaning of this non-partner can also refer to other industries besides the game development industry, such as future film and television special effects, three-dimensional engineering and construction. Design and so on, these are naturally not partners of our company, but they can also have the right to use them.”

   "Then... what's the price?"

   "Well... it's our internal matter, we will make different customizations according to the basic situation of the non-partners themselves."

  The price is different, don't ask about the specific difference, I won't say it.

   Everyone knows that.

   If it is a competitor, the money will definitely not be less, as for those who have no competition in the industry at all, it can be relatively cheaper.

   However, it was worth it, Hayakawa Ukito's eyes gradually lit up.

  Buy for ten years, that's totally fine, and it's not a one-time payment, just pay year by year.

  The big deal is to buy it for ten years, and then let the employees continue to study the engine within these ten years, and finally create our own engine, which can save costs to a large extent and help the development of the game.

   Moreover, Zhu Yuxing also said just now that this engine is not limited to game development, film and television special effects, engineering modeling, and even some data environment experimental simulations can be applied.

   It just so happens that Suri Electronics has its own film and television company, and I can convince the film and television department to buy it together with my own side, use it to develop games, and the film and television department to develop film and television special effects, it is really the best of both worlds!

  Thinking of this, Hayakawa Ueto's originally bad mood suddenly improved a lot!

   (end of this chapter)