So what Chen Dong said is true. It seems a bit stupid for those island country game manufacturers to cling to old games.
Selling feelings can indeed make some money, but how many players will there be after this old game is ported to mobile phones? How many players will really pay for their feelings?
And the most fatal thing is that now Jinli Mobile has set a good example. With Jinli's example, can other Boda and TLC mobile phone companies be far behind?
On the other side, Huang Hua did not stop when Chen Dong was talking to Rebus. Huang Hua on the other side of the phone frowned and said:
"Boss, I also heard about the launch of Jinli mobile phone yesterday. 50 games were illegally ported there.
And each of those games is a best-selling game with a sales volume of 500,000 or even more than one million!
Under such circumstances, it is really passive for us to spend real money to purchase exclusive agency rights for mobile games. Otherwise, we should cancel the purchase of exclusive agency rights for mobile games. "
Obviously, at this time, Huang Hua felt a little unable to hold on to such a super move as Jin Li's mobile phone.
After all, the real money you spend here is just to win the exclusive rights of a mobile game, not the copyright of all mobile games. You have to share it with others after making profits.
As for Jinli Mobile, they illegally ported games without spending a penny!
Under such circumstances, it would be a huge loss for Sugon Technology to continue spending money to purchase the exclusive agency rights for mobile games.
"No, not only cannot it be revoked, but we must increase the purchase of mobile game agency rights. After all, now is the best time to purchase."
Lin Chen repeated what he had just said to Rebus and Chen Dong.
"Forehead?"
A stunned and puzzled voice came from the phone.
Obviously, Huang Hua was very puzzled by Lin Chen's decision at this time.
At this time, Rebus and Chen Dong on the side also showed curious eyes. I wonder why Lin Chen did this?
In response, Lin Chen smiled mysteriously.
What he couldn't say clearly at this time was that the value of the exclusive rights to these mobile games was more important and valuable than Rebus, Chen Dong, and Huang Hua realized!
Take the later "King of Fighters" mobile game as an example. In 2016, the later "King of Fighters" mobile game brought revenue of 949.9 million to Daxia's game agency company!
Another mobile game called "Pokemon" is even more terrifying. It earned US$894 million in 2019, which is equivalent to a total of 6.4 billion Xia yuan in revenue in 2019!
In addition, there are "Metal Slug", "Final Fantasy", "Street Fighter"...
It can be said that old games do not mean that they are useless. On the contrary, they naturally have a huge group of old fans. Once they are launched, they will naturally be very attractive and popular.
This is what IP is about!
Of course, in this era, the concept of IP or IP is very important. Rebus, Huang Hua, and Chen Dong did not understand it very well.
So I don’t understand why Lin Chen spent so much money to purchase the exclusive rights to those games.
Of course, this is only a longer-term aspect of the future. For now, it is not easy to produce exquisite mobile games like those of later generations. It requires a strong game development team.
After all, the later mobile games of "King of Fighters" and "Pokemon" are actually only equivalent to having a story outline and character settings. The actual games are new games developed from scratch.
Under this situation, it will not bring huge benefits to Sugon Technology in the short term, so it is understandable for Rebus and others to be confused.
After pondering for a moment, Lin Chen looked at the puzzled glances of Rebus and Chen Dong, and then slowly said:
“The reason why I want to speed up the purchase of exclusive rights for mobile games is that the most important thing about those old games is that they have IP copyrights, which means they have a huge group of old fans.
As long as we develop a new game with the same name, story outline, and game characters as theirs, we will naturally have a group of game fans.
It can be said that the investment is small and the profit is high. This is a business that is sure to make profit without losing money. "
Hearing Lin Chen's words, Rebus, Chen Dong, and Huang Hua on the other end of the phone also nodded lightly to express their approval.
However, what Lin Chen said next made them freeze for a moment, looking at Lin Chen as if they were aliens.
“Our purchase of the exclusive agency rights for mobile games does not mean pure expenditure without any income, but rather a huge income!”
Speaking of which, Lin Chen pointed out how to make money after obtaining the exclusive agency rights for mobile games:
"For specific ways to make money, you can refer to the form of virtual game currency. For example, half a dime (5 cents) can have one virtual game currency, one dollar can have 20 virtual game coins, etc.
These money-making activities are not possible for Jinli Mobile, because although they can illegally port stand-alone games.
Then let game companies such as Nintendo, Kolkata, and Nanmeng Palace have nothing to do with them because they can't catch the illegal transplantation.
But there are advantages and disadvantages, because it also limits their ability to make money through games.
Otherwise, they will be greeted by a patent lawsuit that has caused a sensation across the country, and the lawsuit will be accurate!
You can think about it: we sell 220,000 mobile phones every month, and as long as 10,000 of them become paying users, how much profit can we make?
Even if these paying users only contribute 50 yuan of game currency a month, we can still make a profit of 500,000 yuan, in which we do not need to pay any cost.
We only need to set up servers and be responsible for the stability of the game and then make money, although our total income may not be as good as Shanda's "Legend".
But as long as the number of paying mobile phone users reaches hundreds of thousands or even millions, the profits that can be achieved by accumulating a small amount into a large amount are also amazing. "
After hearing Lin Chen's words, the scene fell into silence.
At this time, Rebus, Chen Dong, and Huang Hua on the other side of the phone were all stunned on the spot, their eyes filled with shock!
Because through Lin Chen's words, they suddenly realized that making money does not necessarily require selling mobile phones. They can also make money through software games.
And the scariest thing is that the profits you can make through software games may not be much less than the profits you can make from selling mobile phones!
But Rebus was indeed Rebus. He quickly thought of a flaw and said with a frown:
“After we get the exclusive rights to mobile games, we can indeed make money by selling game currency.
But other people's mobile phones can be played for free, but our mobile games have to be paid. I'm afraid there will be very few paying users, which will also hinder the sales of our Sugon mobile phones. "
Hearing Rebus's words, Chen Dong on the side and Huang Hua on the other end of the phone also nodded slightly to express their approval, with a trace of worry in their eyes.
(End of chapter)
