Chapter 265 Super Masterpiece
"Holy shit! Big news! Mr. Luo is being targeted by the feminist bastard from the Lighthouse!"
Goudan here just woke up when he saw such exciting news suddenly shared in the group.
When I opened the link shared by Chang Wan, I saw that many offline direct-operated stores had been closed down, and banners were pulled up to boycott Chuxin's office in Lighthouse.
In an instant, Goudan became angry and typed loudly:
"No, the Western entertainment industry has long been stinky because of these people. Are you planning to point the finger at us now?"
Chang Wan: "It looks like this. These guys are accusing many female characters in Resident Evil of having male gaze, which is an offense to women."
Resident Evil Seven Lives tweeted: "We are in the Yan Kingdom, what kind of game does it have to do with the valuables from the Lighthouse?"
Chang Wan: "It doesn't matter, but the original game will be boycotted there, and it is estimated that sales will be affected to some extent."
Lao Lu: "It is their loss not to play the game of original intention, but it is not our loss."
The chat within the small group is basically a microcosm of the current domestic gaming circle.
Here, the original Resident Evil has just come out not long ago.
Everyone is still immersed in the experience, and the horror and fascinating plot brought by Resident Evil are still unfinished.
Such a news suddenly appeared, which can be regarded as attracting the attention of the majority of players.
Faced with this kind of thing, many domestic players actually have little experience.
After all, I have always been on the side of making complaints.
Looking at a certain major foreign game company, in order to cater to ZZ, the final product turned into shit disguised as chocolate.
Angry and sad at the same time.
I saw it today, good guy, he ate melon on his own head.
Immediately some netizens started to organize their activities.
All of a sudden, various versions of outrageous characters were created.
Ni Ang, who has dark skin and thick lips and curly hair, Claire who is as ugly as a tyrant with a strong back and waist, and Ada who has an outrageous wide distance between her eyes.
Although most of these pictures created by netizens are just for fun and fun.
But it still had the effect of stimulating players' anger.
When they thought that they had to accept this kind of shit-like personality when playing games, they immediately couldn't bear it.
"ZZ is really a cancer. Can you stay away from the entertainment industry? It's disgusting!"
"How many excellent entertainment works have been harmed by this gang in recent years? The entire world's entertainment industry is in the process of regression."
"Does anyone really want to see such an ugly anti-human thing as the protagonist? Can you please stop disgusting me?"
These radical remarks soon attracted some backlash.
"Even though ZZ's correct ideological trend has various shortcomings, the objective fact is that discrimination and prejudice against marginalized groups are common in real society.
Marginal groups should be given equal and ordinary status in society, rather than an embarrassing and special status.
If marginalized groups could have such an equal and common status, there would be no need for superimposed buffs. ”
But soon someone jumped out to refute:
"If you don't ask for privileges, don't do ZZ correctness, just treat yourself as an ordinary person, we will treat you as an ordinary person.
If you use this kind of thing to gain privileges and seek benefits, you will be disgraced as a group. Do you understand that the best way is to stop causing trouble! ”
There are also some fun players who have more bizarre ideas:
"Hey, our game can also be properly organized by ZZ to give it a try. Is the original intention considered to be in line with the international world? Haha!"
"I just don't know if Luo Federation will compromise. I took a look and found that the purchasing power there is still very strong."
"Foreign laws cannot control the country. As long as Mr. Luo is tougher, it won't be a problem at all.
What's more, as of now, those guys who are resisting have never played games before! ”
Regarding this matter, it seems that the noise in China is quite loud, but in fact, compared to the lighthouse, it is still pale in comparison.
On 4chan, a well-known online cesspit, the news about Resident Evil being criticized was extremely noisy, and it brought together all netizens around the world.
"The original intention is a company from the Yan Kingdom. The land itself is a damned territory of ZZ discrimination, and the people on that land are also damned demons.
They simply won't change for this matter.
Just let your original intention go! We don’t need game companies that are not equal and free enough to come to Beacon to make money from us! ”
"Triangular trade is a crime committed by Westerners. Zhongzhou does not need to bear such barbaric crimes, so there is no need for people to give you preferential treatment, you know?"
"Damn this book, you should stand with your biological father, Beacon, understand?"
"Aren't Bangzi and Benzi both vassals of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Damn Asan, your *** rate has reached a new high."
"Come on, I'm totally blown away by the Resident Evil experience so far. I can't imagine what this wonderful guy would be like if he was influenced by those damn feminist organizations.
Women’s rights go away! This world belongs to us men! Fake squid!
You are all just the XX under my crotch! ”
"Why did Chief Marvin die in the Raccoon City Police Department? He should be the protagonist of the story! Damn the original intention!"
"Resident Evil, this damn game, has no description of sexual minorities at all. We should not support this game!"
"Please, do you really want to see those ugly and physically uncomfortable guys become the heroines of the story?
Come on, brothers, your mouth can lie, but your bullshit can’t! ”
Chu Xin also conducted an in-depth investigation into some reports and public opinions on the biological crisis in the Western world.
Generally speaking, the mainstream media is basically full of opinions that Resident Evil is full of shameful discrimination.
But in various game forums and among Western game players, they have much praise for this game.
Among them, the very classic "A mouth can lie, but a cow can't" is also often reprinted.
It was directly imported into the country, arousing unanimous resonance among domestic players.
Players have been correct for a long time.
But again, the problem is that the voices of gamers are actually not loud.
Even though they are the main consumers of the goods.
On the one hand, the vast majority of game players don’t like to speak out. They will only enjoy the beauty of the game silently.
On the other hand, the reason why ZZ is right is that in reality, people need to protect themselves and not let themselves fall into a moral depression.
Everyone can vent their dissatisfaction with ZZ's correctness online, but they will never clearly express their support for discrimination offline.
Of course...except for certain redneck continents.
As for Chuxin’s response...
"Mr. Luo, we are going to bleed a lot now."
Xiao Weirui rubbed her temples.
Western feminism essentially affects the public's view of game companies by forcibly placing their hat on game companies, thus leading the public to boycott game companies.
After the economic benefits were obviously affected, game companies had to choose the process of completely turning to this type of organization. But at the very beginning, Western game companies discovered that this inversion actually had certain benefits.
Don't you mean to objectify women with a good-looking model? It just so happens that you can save money on modeling. In the end, you can just create a casual one to fool things.
But this behavior is bound to trigger a powerful backlash.
Because of your excellent reputation in the past, players are willing to believe you once or twice, and they will even spontaneously make excuses for you. You are like this because of your feminism.
But after doing this more times, the players also understood.
People just don’t buy it now.
So in fact, Resident Evil was targeted by feminist organizations, and its impact on the sales of the game itself was minimal.
After all, players can buy whatever they want and play whatever they want, without caring about what others think.
But why did Xiao Weirui still say that it was a serious injury?
Being accused of discrimination by feminist organizations is not just a simple matter of the game being boycotted.
The more important thing is that the peripherals can no longer be sold.
When making a game, the sales volume of the game itself is obvious, but secretly the peripheral products and the granting of various copyrights are the main source of profit.
If your original intention is labeled as discrimination, you will naturally be rejected by the mainstream of society there.
Items related to all game elements currently produced by Chuxin will be boycotted, and even buyers will suffer unwarranted accusations and pressure.
Under such circumstances, the economic losses caused to Original Intention are undoubtedly huge.
Needless to say, various liquidated damages and so on.
Of course, the money can indeed be delayed, and the cross-border lawsuit is actually a protracted tug-of-war.
Even now, Luo Bai has not made any response to the outside world.
But Xiao Weirui also knows what kind of choice the original helmsman will make in the end.
As for Luo Bai, he was on the phone with the Japanese factory for advice.
ZZ's correct style of play is quite effective on the home side of Lighthouse.
But in fact, when feminist organizations first began to target games, games from Japanese companies were the absolute majority.
Isn’t the Japanese factory still alive and well?
And now in terms of modeling, it is also very top-notch, and it seems that it has not been affected at all.
If it wasn't a last resort, Luo Bai still wanted to compromise.
"Losanne, actually you don't have to care too much about this problem at all.
After all, the original intention is not to be a local company in Lighthouse, and many boycotts are actually ineffective against you.
Of course, to make money in the market, you have to abide by the rules of the market. In general, you need to find a balance.
It can not only meet the needs of players, but also avoid offending those hyenas too much. ”
On the one hand, Muto Mimitsu gave his own opinion, and on the other hand, he also explained in detail the Japanese manufacturer’s choice.
In terms of modeling, there is absolutely no compromise. It must be good enough for players to buy it.
But certain compromises will also be made. For example, female characters must be well-dressed, and at least they must not engage in blatant acts of selling flesh.
In the plot of the game, it is also necessary to ensure a certain proportion of black and ethnic minority characters.
Of course, these are all without affecting the normal quality of the game.
Ensuring the bottom line and taking the appropriate direction is the way for Japanese factories to survive.
On the other hand, when faced with this kind of thing, you also need to spend money to eliminate the disaster.
Use other hot spots as soon as possible to draw people's attention away. In the Internet age, it is actually impossible for everyone to pay attention to one thing for too long.
At the end, Muto Mimitsu also said with emotion:
"Resident Evil is a good game, and Lausanne is such a genius game producer. Sometimes I feel old when I see every one of your games.
Having game producers like you in the gaming field is actually a blessing to this industry and to the players. ”
"This is the meaning of my life."
Luo Bai responded with a smile.
After ending the phone call with Muto Komitsu, Luo Bai also exhaled.
Actually, this is quite a disaster.
Feminist organizations that have encountered soft problems with Japanese companies generally do not target foreign game companies.
After all, it is beyond the reach of the whip and it is easy to offend others.
But this time, someone was really behind the scenes.
And it is indeed not too troublesome to find that person. In the Internet age, such obvious things cannot be hidden from anyone.
Statham, the creator of Electric Pony.
The two of them didn't meet often, but Liang Zi's relationship was not small.
In that year's TGA, Dark Souls narrowly defeated Statham's "Wait for Me Home 2".
There is no doubt that it directly disrupted all arrangements of the electric pony.
The entire development cost of "Wait for Me Home 2" is 300 million U.S. dollars, and even now it is still a super masterpiece.
Statham was under huge pressure to change the game's script into that crappy way, which directly offended the large number of fans attracted by the excellent quality of "Waiting for Me Home".
If we can get TGA in the end, we will undoubtedly be able to boost sales and save our final face.
But even now, the sales of "Wait for Me Home 2" have not exceeded the 10 million mark.
For "Wait When I Come Home" has sold more than 27 million in one generation, it can already be called a compliment.
Although the game has paid for itself, everyone knows that this is only for the sake of one generation.
It is absolutely impossible for any of Electric Pony's subsequent games to achieve such excellent pre-order results.
Statham himself has become a complete laughing stock in the industry.
"It's just a clown, but it disgusts me."
Luo Bai thought for a while, and the conflicts caused by the game naturally had to be solved by the game.
It’s just that the development cost of this game is a bit high.
Rockstar has been in business for eight and a half years and has invested at least 500 million dollars in super masterpieces.
Under the premise that the content of the game has been completely installed in the mind, and the full supervision and production are monitoring it, it is conservatively estimated that it will take four years.
We also need to recruit a group of people crazily...
Well, done!
(End of chapter)