nucmednet Chapter 199: Peripherals!
Chapter 199: Peripherals!
Chapter 199: Chapter 199: Peripherals!Back at Gu Fan’s villa, Lilith sat on the sofa with her legs crossed, feeling extremely satisfied with her brilliant arrangement.
Now that the design for Road Rage Simulator had been basically settled, Lilith once again felt full of confidence that this game would surely redeem their previous failures and harvest a huge amount of negative emotions!
As for the arrangement for Gu Fan, Lilith also considered it a stroke of genius.
Although she had refuted Azazel’s words to his face, showing absolute trust in Gu Fan, how could those possibly be her true feelings?
Being a distrustful demon, she would have doubted him even if Azazel hadn’t mentioned it.
Now, Lilith had come up with the optimal solution given the current situation.
If there’s always a problem with the gaming industry that Gu Fan is managing, whether it’s his fault or not, it’s time to make a change.
Since Gu Fan did well in plundering negative emotions for Hell Frontline, let him continue with that; aside from this, let him dabble in some new industries to keep him out of the way.
It’s good if the new industries generate negative emotions, but no big deal if they don’t.
The important thing is to temporarily remove Gu Fan from the gaming industry to verify whether he’s the issue or not.
"How about it, Gu Fan, have you figured out what you want to do exactly?"
Of course, Lilith didn’t forget to feign concern for Gu Fan, as if she really sent him to explore new business opportunities for the company’s development.
Gu Fan nodded, "Although I haven’t decided completely, I do have two general directions."
Lilith listened intently, "Let’s hear it?"
Gu Fan thought for a moment, "The first direction is directly related to our next game. Creating a set of peripherals for Road Rage Simulator, directly related to the game, so including it in the game’s development budget is quite reasonable, right?
"The second direction is to open a brick-and-mortar experience store to further promote our company’s games and products."
Lilith pondered, "Oh... game peripherals, huh?
"Good, since it’s a racing game, we’ll make controllers and steering wheels!
"Hehe, if these two types of devices are well made, they should indeed be able to collect some negative emotions!"
Lilith actually began to look forward to it.
Gu Fan was a bit surprised, "Ah? Peripherals can collect negative emotions too?"
Lilith coughed lightly, "Of course! If games can collect negative emotions, why can’t peripherals? However, this is Hell’s latest re
But these controller manufacturers have still survived and even thrived. Why?
Of course, it’s because of their price and various new features!
Controllers from big manufacturers cost around 400 yuan, while elite controllers cost over a thousand. However, domestic controllers are quite cheap in comparison, with the lowest prices around 100 yuan or so.
In addition, domestic controllers have generally introduced a variety of new features targetedly, such as paddle keys or macro commands, etc., whereas foreign big manufacturers rarely do these, with paddle keys only available on elite controllers that often cost thousands, and macro commands are even more uncommon and almost entirely unsupported.
Of course, this also relates to the preferences of domestic and foreign players as well as the positioning of the manufacturers, but regardless, domestic controllers have still found their own space to survive.
Even if a domestic controller isn’t as good as those from The Big Three, but it’s durable, capable of basic functions, has paddle keys and macro commands, and most importantly, it’s cheap!
So, do players produce more positive emotions or negative emotions while using it?
Clearly, there are more positive emotions.
And if Nitiandang’s game were to just collaborate with one domestic controller manufacturer for a co-branded model, it would likely be difficult to collect any more negative emotions.
Lilith was a bit curious, "Do you have a better method?"
Gu Fan nodded, "Yes, President Li.
"I think, if we really want to collect negative emotions, we can’t just make traditional peripherals. Things like controllers, keyboards, steering wheels, etc., if it’s just about branding or reskinning, the effect of generating negative emotions is very limited.
"We should try to create a new type of peripheral; that would allow us to better collect negative emotions!"
Lilith was quite touched, "I see, Gu Fan, my apologies. I’ve misunderstood you!
"What kind of new peripheral should we make then? Aside from keyboards, mice, and steering wheels, I can’t think of any other peripherals that could be linked to Road Rage Simulator."
Gu Fan confidently declared, "President Li, it’s simple. I’m thinking of creating a peripheral device that perfectly combines the shortcomings of both controllers and steering wheels!"