My game, you have no right to award

Chapter 145 Star Wheel
That day, Zhou Kuang received a call from Niu Tieming. The other party was still the same, and a hearty laugh came from the microphone.

"Haha! Lao Zhou, how have you been busy these days?"

"I'm fine, but Feng Qi is suffering." Zhou Kuang said with a smile.

"Then you have to give him a raise next time."

"I'm going to give him quite a bit of the profits from the Netherworld Mountain and Sea project. You really don't take my money seriously!"

"Hahahaha!"

After a few pleasantries, Niu Tieming got down to business.

"I'll go over there this afternoon."

"okay."

Zhou Kuang felt a little strange. If the other party wanted to come over, why didn't he just come directly? Why did he bother to notify him?

Before the release of "Netherworld Mountains and Seas", Niu Tieming basically ran here every day, and he didn't even notify him in advance.

As expected, there was a reason why Niu Tieming said that.

"I wonder what you think about porting the game to console platforms?" Niu Tieming asked bluntly. "When I asked you, you said you didn't have the manpower to do it, and there weren't many console players in China. I didn't force you."

"But now that Netherworld Mountain and Sea is so popular, aren't you planning on releasing it on consoles?"

"It will definitely expand your player base."

Hearing this, Zhou Kuang was stunned.

He had indeed rejected Niu Tieming's request to port the game, and the reason was just as he said, that porting was difficult and Megvii Games did not have the manpower to be responsible for the porting.

The certification testing of the host platform alone requires a large number of technical engineers to work non-stop and without sleep.

Zhou Kuang didn't want to outsource the transplant to outsiders.

In particular, they don’t want Antarctic Interactive Entertainment to be held responsible.

This is fundamentally different from the mobile game version of "Vampire Survivor" ported by Antarctic Interactive Entertainment.

First of all, the importance of "Vampire Survivor" to Kuangshi Games is not at the same level as that of "Netherworld Mountains and Seas". From the very beginning, Zhou Kuang was aiming to make money.

As long as they can make money, Antarctic will buy out the game and it is not impossible to negotiate.

But there is no such possibility in "The Netherworld Mountains and Seas".

Zhou Kuang alone must have the final say on the entire project.

He wanted to build his own company's IP, so he would never let anyone interfere with the project.

If Zhou Kuang didn't know Niu Tieming, he would have every reason to believe that the other party was pushing for transplantation because he saw that they were short of manpower and wanted to take advantage of the situation, introduce external investors, and dilute his control over the project.

In other words, Zhou Kuang knew that they were in the same trench, otherwise this matter would have been out of the question.

There was another reason he didn't mention, which was that he hadn't decided which camp to join.

This world is very similar to the world before Zhou Kuang traveled through time. There are also two game console companies, each occupying half of the console market.

Even the two companies are from the same country and are located in the same place.

How could it be such a coincidence?
That's really a coincidence.

Zhou Kuang has been thinking so.

However, there is a very big change in this world!
That is, the current market share of the two console companies is far more balanced than the world before the time travel, which leads to extremely fierce fighting between the two sides.

Any third-party game company that joins one camp will immediately be targeted and attacked by the other camp.

In other words, in this world, the console market is still in the era of console wars!

When Zhou Kuang heard the news, he felt a sense of nostalgia. Where did this come from? Is this still the 21st century?
Am I back in the 1980s or the 1990s?
The second console war, right?

When Zhou Kuang couldn't figure it out, and the company didn't have enough manpower to complete the task, and the economic loss was very small, then it didn't matter whether this thing was done or not.

It’s not that there are no console players in China, but objectively speaking, there are very few of them.

Because when foreign players were playing on consoles, we were still very poor.

Where does the money come from to buy the console and the more expensive game cartridges and discs?
As we gradually became richer, the market had entered the era of computer-based online games.

In addition, online games are cheaper than consoles, and the cost of game cards and Internet cafes is much cheaper than purchasing consoles, which makes it even less reason for Chinese people to choose consoles.

When the online game era was over, the mobile game era came to the fore, perfectly inheriting all the legacy of the online game era, leaving no breathing room for the consoles at all.

Not to mention the impact of the ban.

"Um……"

Seeing that Zhou Kuang was still hesitating, Niu Tieming spoke directly.

"Someone from Xinglun Group contacted Antarctic Interactive Entertainment and wants to discuss the porting of Netherworld Mountain and Sea with you."

Zhou Kuang was shocked.

Star Wheel Group.

The full name is Japan Star Wheel Co., Ltd.

This is a Japanese conglomerate headquartered in Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan.

In the entire gaming industry, Starwheel Group is a well-known name.

Its console business occupies half of the console market, and is showing a trend of surpassing its competitors.

The host business is just a small part of the Star Wheel Group. Other businesses include: home electronics, camcorders, cameras, music players, professional broadcasting and television equipment and many other fields.

It can be said that Xinglun Group has very strong technical strength and its distribution channels are incomparably powerful!
This is also true in China.

The Star Wheel Group is no less powerful than the Antarctic Group and is a giant multinational corporation.

The other party actually came to discuss the transplantation with him on his own initiative. For the arrogant Xinglun Group, this meant that they attached great importance to this project.

Zhou Kuang understood that no matter whether he accepted the other party's invitation or not, from this moment on, he would no longer be able to escape the connection.

Remaining neutral is no longer an option.

If the Star Wheel Group had not taken the initiative to invite him, he could have pretended that both sides of the host war did not exist.

I only make games here in China, and then put them on the PC platform to make my little money.

But as long as he enters the field of vision of the Star Wheel Group, in fact, he will only have two possibilities: becoming an ally or an enemy of the other party.

If you choose to remain neutral again, you will become an enemy of everyone.

Zhou Kuang began to seriously think about how to take sides.

No matter which side Zhou Kuang chooses to join in the end, he must think carefully and make a decision quickly.

Just as Zhou Kuang was thinking, Niu Tieming spoke.

"Don't be nervous, there will be good news later, and I will tell you in person."

"After you listen to this, you won't worry anymore."

Niu Tieming obviously understood Zhou Kuang's mood at the moment.

(End of this chapter)