Chapter 374 Eleos Desktop Companion

Obviously, Zhuge Jun, who thought he knew a lot about the game Against Heaven, had guessed wrong and had not correctly understood Gu Fan's implication.

But he could not be blamed for this. After all, this was a shameful deception, and Gu Fan's words and deeds not only did not give him the correct hint, but also deliberately led him astray.

It was not just Zhuge Jun. Almost all the players present thought that the next game of Against Heaven was a two-dimensional game.

It was just that the style of painting was different.

Of course, the two-dimensional games that most players generally believe in are no longer a broad concept, but a narrow concept.

In a broad sense, any two-dimensional style game can be regarded as a two-dimensional game, or two-game for short. So action games made by some popular anime derivative IPs, or love games with cartoon-style text adventures, can also be regarded as two-games in a broad sense.

In a narrow sense, two-games are often specifically referred to as two-dimensional mobile games, which are mainly a specific type of game that uses various battle forms (real-time battles or turn-based battles) to advance the main storyline, draw cards to obtain characters, and various daily activities as fillers.

Why do I think of 2D games when I see figures?

Because in the current market, the derivatives of 2D games are the most mature, and figures are the best sellers.

Although other games, such as moba games or action games, have extremely large player groups and relatively mature figure industries, they are still far behind 2D games in terms of copyright derivatives.

Since Against the Heaven has made such a sophisticated figure and is preparing to promote it as an important part of the game's early publicity, then making a 2D game that can be interoperable with multiple devices such as PCs and mobile phones is the best choice.

At least from a business model perspective, this is the most profitable way.

If the painting style is also the 2D style, it will be a sure win. I just don't know why Against the Heaven still insists on the realistic style of the three-dimensional painting.

Judging from the style of this figure, the art is still as good as ever, but it lacks a little of the hazy beauty of the 2D world after all.

"How much does this figure cost?"

There are players at the scene who are fans of figures. Although the figure of Ellios has no IP added value for the time being, just looking at the fine workmanship and beautiful shape has already tempted their wallets enough.

Gu Fan explained: "The figures are not sold separately, but bundled.

"After purchasing the figure, you will automatically receive the game activation code of the official platform, and the total price is 598."

Zhuge Jun guessed: "Send the game activation code of the official platform? In other words, the next game will still be a buyout fee, not a free game + card drawing model?"

Gu Fan nodded: "Yes, it is still a buyout fee. Although there are some characters that can be drawn, you don't need to recharge to draw these characters.

"Players can draw these characters with game currency, and the time and energy consumed to draw all the characters are similar, it's just a matter of order."

These words made everyone more certain that this is really a three-dimensional style second game.

After all, you have to draw characters!

It's just that the charging model is different.

Traditional second-tier games all sell characters. If players want to quickly obtain a favorite character, they either play for a long time or recharge in a short period of time to draw.

Free players spend time, and paying players spend money.

The charging model of Against Heaven seems to be more conscientious. Pure buyout charges will inevitably reduce the income of Against Heaven, but if the game itself is popular enough, it should still be enough to recover the cost.

Zhuge Jun simply counted with his fingers: "The total price is 598. If the game is of normal size, the standard selling price is about 198. That is to say, if this figure is sold alone, the price is about 400 yuan? 399?"

Gu Fan nodded: "Yeah, about the same."

Zhuge Jun couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Then this price is not expensive. This quality figure is sold for 399, which is relatively cheap.

"Hey, store manager, why do you have a strange smile, am I wrong?"

Gu Fan tried to smile: "Generally, there is no problem. ”

In fact, the cost of this figure is not low. After all, the customized figure of Against Heaven cannot be shipped in large quantities to spread the cost. If you really calculate it, the cost should be higher than 399.

However, these are also included in the marketing expenses, so it is not a big problem.

More importantly, the price of 198 for the game itself should actually include the mental loss fee brought to the players, so the current price of 598 is just right.

Lilith said before that the game adopts a buyout system and will not launch a collector's edition or deluxe edition gift package.

So whether to buy the figure or not does not affect the content in the game. This can only be regarded as a bundled sale voluntarily chosen by the players, which is different from the collector's edition or deluxe edition of the game.

Everyone picked up the figure carefully, observed it carefully, and praised it.

Some people already want to scan the code to pay directly. After all, they are old players of Against Heaven games and still trust the quality of the new game of Against Heaven.

"Don't worry about placing an order now. We have also prepared a series of promotional warm-up activities for the new game.

"It's not too late to decide after everyone has participated in the event." Gu Fan persuaded them hypocritically.

"There are also promotional activities? It seems that Nitiantang really attaches great importance to this new game!"

Everyone was a little surprised, because although Nitiantang had also done some promotions for new games before, and there were also some very popular marketing cases, generally speaking, there were not many such activities.

Gu Fan turned on the computer and entered a URL.

Everyone came over to take a look, and saw that the webpage that opened was the download page of a certain program, which was divided into different download channels such as mobile phones and computers.

And on the background of the webpage, it turned out to be a dynamic video of Elliot.

She was sitting lazily in a chair reading a book like the figurine, turning the pages of the book from time to time, stretching, or looking up at the screen, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

The scene suddenly became a little quiet. It must be said that when a virtual character that was originally very beautiful changes from a figurine that cannot move to an image that can move, the impact it brings to people at first glance is still very strong.

"Is this a... dynamic wallpaper?" Hou Ji asked.

"No." Zhuge Jun corrected, "This is the desktop... Oh, companion!"

In fact, his first reaction was to say "desktop pet", after all, desktop pet programs have a long history, but this is a person, not a pet, so it is inappropriate to say so.

It is more appropriate to call it "desktop elf" or "desktop companion".

But their functions are similar.

They all add an additional animated image to the desktop, give feedback to certain user operations, and even communicate to a certain extent.

From the introduction on the official page, this Elios, which can be installed and placed on the desktop, is obviously very powerful.

Of course, such a program requires a lot of resources.

So when it runs on a computer, it may have certain requirements for the computer configuration and may cause jams. On a mobile phone, you have to enter a separate program.