The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 519 Players’ Holy Land, Rentian Paradise’s Faith Dissolved (asking for monthly tickets)
There was panic in Rentiantang.

Under the reshuffle-like impact brought by Dream Building to the gaming industry, the global gaming industry has undergone drastic changes.

All major console manufacturers and gaming platforms are facing life-and-death crisis.

Sony's PlayStation is dead, Softo's game box is dead, and Vapour has nowhere to go.

Only the Nintendo game console can still maintain its position.

It relies on having enough die-hard fans, a popular game IP, a strong production team, and...

The portability of a handheld device!
These four moats ensure that the Tenten game consoles can maintain their basic market share despite the impact brought by Dream Building.

After most companies in the world gave up the exclusive strategy, they were still able to firmly release the game exclusively on their own consoles.

——If not, their console business would probably suffer a severe blow.

During the year when DreamCraft rose to prominence, they continued to release games normally.

Although the discussion heat has inevitably decreased, the sales volume has not decreased significantly.

This greatly reassured them.

After accepting the reality that "it is difficult to make progress, but it is easier to maintain the status quo", they even began to feel as stable as a rock.

Even had the guts to do something that the Sofort Game Box would never dare to do——

Introducing a new generation of consoles!
After all, in their opinion, they do have very popular exclusive games and differentiated advantages from DreamCraft.

The board of directors of Rentendo is very confident about this.

Then, just today, they suddenly saw that the new generation of holographic belts from DreamCraft have also become portable!

Because of the advantages of holographic display, their "portable game console" can even have an extra-large 27-inch display!

——This is just the size shown in the video, and it may not be the limit of the holographic belt!

The board of directors and all the middle and senior management were dumbfounded.

Their latest generation console, in portable handheld form, has a screen of only 7.9 inches!

Is this still a chicken feather? !
All major work groups were in chaos.

The uneasy atmosphere quickly spread downward, affecting each development team and grassroots employee.

The top management was keenly aware of this problem and took quick action to calm people.

The reasons are very easy to find:

“The [screen] of the holographic belt requires consumption of holographic media, which is equivalent to continuous payment for the [display] function, but our product does not require that!”

"A bottle of holographic media costs 22000 yen. Three bottles are equivalent to one of our mainframes. Such a cost is not affordable for everyone."

“No, it’s that many people can’t bear it!”

"No need to panic, our advantage is still there!"

……

This is certainly not a lie, and it does have a calming effect.

However, while passing on this information, one of the board members, Okubo Yu, had already instructed his assistant:
"Book me a flight to Ningzhou. Any seat is fine. The sooner the better!"

——Zhume held an event in Ningzhou, and countless people from all over the world gathered here. People working in the gaming industry certainly couldn’t miss it.

Ren Tiantang sent people over a long time ago.

But now the situation has changed significantly, and the real top leaders have to go to Ningzhou in person to observe the situation closely.

If necessary, try to contact Zhumeng and test Xu Meng's attitude.

"If Xu Meng really intends to target us, we must prepare for the worst in advance."

In the narrow cockpit of the night flight, the senior executives were extremely worried and had no desire to sleep at all.

But they were overly worried.

Xu Meng did not intend to target them.

——Otherwise, this news would not have been leaked by the players.

Xu Meng demonstrated it himself in the live broadcast, and it attracted more attention and had a stronger impact than it does now!

In fact, Xu Meng developed this function just to enhance the value of the holographic belt.

After all, the current production of photonic chips is extremely limited and will be in short supply for a long time in the future.

——This thing is not only used in DreamBuilding's servers, it can replace traditional silicon-based chips. The market is so vast and the demand is so strong that it is impossible to predict.

In this case, the cost of the holographic belt using photonic chips is bound to be high.

In Xu Meng’s simple value system, a higher price means stronger performance and more useful functions.

That’s why we added extra functionality to the holographic belt.

It is not only a "free dress-up" and "portable game console", it can also be used as a universal portable screen to watch videos, make phone calls, etc.

He also set up a team to specifically optimize and enrich the functions of the holographic belt.

……

……

Izumo is not far from Xiaguo.

Before dawn, Okubo Yu landed at Ningzhou Airport.

After leaving the airport, I wanted to book a room near the hotel where the dragon fighting competition contestants were accommodated, but I found that it was impossible.

Not to mention the hotel where the dragon fighting contestants were staying, there was no vacant room in the entire three-kilometer radius around Jinghu Park.

Whether it is a youth hostel, B&B, small inn, guesthouse, or large hotel, even the presidential suite of the most luxurious five-star hotel, they were all fully booked a week in advance.

Even the "sleeping cabin" that was just built by a group of young people not long ago was fully booked!
The thing took up very little space and looked like dozens of coffins stacked together. You could barely turn over when lying in it, and it was wishful thinking to think about sitting up.

The only advantage is that it is close to Jinghu Lake and the price is cheap enough.

——It’s cheaper than a youth hostel.

The result was a huge hit!

Many people flew here from all over the world. They played with players from all over the world in the experience center during the day, participated in various offline activities, and got into the sleeping cabins at night.

Deal with it for one night and continue the next day.

……

With no other options, Okubo Yu had to check into a hotel six kilometers away.

After barely sleeping for two hours, he got out of bed again, ate something quickly and ran to Jinghu Lake.

——Although the [World’s No. 1 Dragon Fighting Tournament] is tomorrow, how can those players who get the belts resist the urge to show off to other players for the entire day?
It's impossible when you think about it.

Then Okubo Yu encountered another annoying thing——

Traffic jam.

Ningzhou’s transportation planning is very good.

But now there are too many tourists, and they are all rushing to the small Jinghu Park. It would be strange if there is no traffic jam!

The journey that was supposed to take less than 10 minutes took a full hour.

In the last two kilometers, in order not to delay the opening ceremony of the [Humanoid Robot Competition], Okubo Yu got off the car and jogged all the way.

Poor old man in his 60s, walking fast on the road in the hot summer.

I was sweating profusely and almost soaked before I even got there.

The assistant behind him kept trying to dissuade him.

The assistant thought the robot competition was unimportant: "It has nothing to do with the game. There's no need to rush so much. Don't get sick from working yourself into trouble."

But since Okubo Yu was here, he wanted to observe Xu Meng and Zhu Meng more and didn't want to miss Xu Meng's appearance.

The assistant couldn't persuade him at all.

In the last kilometer, Okubo Elm has joined the crowd and is moving forward with tourists from all over the world.

Among these tourists, there were also some reporters carrying cameras and holding microphones.

Although Okubo Yu knew that the event hosted by Dream Building would be very popular, the scene before him was still a little beyond his expectations.

He couldn't help but ask his assistant: "Are there too many people here?"

“Are there so many people paying attention to the robot competition?”

The assistant immediately explained to him: "It's not just a robot competition."

"Jinghu started the holographic transformation a few months ago, and now it seems that the first phase of the project has been completed."

"Dream Building has not yet publicized this matter, but well-informed players and media have already known about it."

“Everyone is curious about how far Dream Building can go.”

As if feeling that it was not rigorous enough, the assistant quickly added: "Of course, even if there were no such incidents, there would be a lot of people around Jinghu Lake on weekdays."

“It is said that the housing prices around here have doubled.”

Okubo Yu wanted to look out over the dense crowds of people in front of him to see what results the so-called holographic transformation had achieved.

But he was not tall enough and was completely drowned in the crowd.

All I could see were heads, shoulders, roofs and the sky.

It was not until we reached the lakeside with a wide view that we could see the whole scene clearly with the help of the viewing platform that had been set up early.

He finally saw his goal——

Several players wearing holographic belts are fighting dragons outside the Dream Building Game Experience Hall.

But at this moment, he couldn't help but look at other things:
On the decks of two sailing warships in Jinghu Lake, navy and pirates from the 17th and 18th centuries were greeting each other.

Next to the sailboat, a group of killer whales swam back and forth.

A huge whale floated to the surface of the lake, spewing out a thick column of water.

On the lawn near the shore, a group of baby dragons were rolling around, laughing and playing.

Players wearing tactile gloves chased the baby dragon, rubbing and kneading it.

The ghost wolf of the little wolf girl Asan was confused by a dozen players cosplaying as the little wolf girl, and kept sniffing around a group of girls.

Further away, there were some people wearing sportswear and jogging with the virtual characters in the morning.

Some characters that DreamWorks acquired the copyright for after buying Sony Game Station also appeared sporadically in various places and interacted with players.

……

Watch so many creatures and characters from the virtual world appear before your eyes and mingle with the players.

Okubo Yu suddenly understood why there were so many people here.

I also understand why the surrounding housing prices have skyrocketed.

The confidence in his heart that Rentian Paradise could maintain its status quo and withstand the impact also melted quickly under the scorching sun like a castle made of ice, and turned into a cool air emanating from his body.

He couldn't help but shiver under the scorching sun in July.

Then, Xu Meng appeared in front of him.

(End of this chapter)