Chapter 201 Micro handle steering wheel!
A product that perfectly combines the shortcomings of handles and steering wheels?
It sounds interesting to people, oh no, to demons!
Lilith couldn't help but be in awe: "How do you say that?"
Gu Fan explained: "Mr. Li, you also know that there are currently only three peripherals for playing driving simulation games. Keyboard, joystick, steering wheel.
"Needless to say, the keyboard itself is not suitable for playing driving simulation games. After all, its front, rear, left, and right keys are basically non-linear. They only have the accelerator pressed to the bottom, the brake pressed to the bottom, left to the full direction, and right to the full direction. Four types of games do not support very precise operations at all.
“It is not ruled out that some expert players can run rally races well using the keyboard, but they are a very small number after all.
“Furthermore, the keyboard is too mature and too involution. No matter what kind of foundry we find, it will be difficult to make it so rubbish that it won’t cause too many negative effects on players. Emotion."
Lilith nodded: "Well, that makes sense. So what I thought at first was to focus on the handle and the steering wheel."
Gu Fan continued: " Both devices have their own pros and cons.
"The advantage of the steering wheel is that it can provide the most refined operations, and the player's sense of immersion and substitution is also the strongest; but its disadvantage is that it is not a commonly used gaming device, and other games except racing simulation games It cannot be played, it takes up a lot of space, and the price is relatively expensive.
“The advantage of the controller is that it is a commonly used gaming device, it does not take up space, and the price is relatively acceptable; but its disadvantage is that it does not take up much space. , also cannot provide the most refined operation. Although it has linear operation, which is better than the keyboard, it is far worse than the steering wheel. At the same time, it cannot provide too much immersion and substitution. "
Lilith thought for a while: "If we want to combine the shortcomings of the two, that is...
"First of all, it is not a commonly used gaming device, and it also takes up a lot of space. In addition to competition, Can't play other games except speed simulation games? And the price is not cheap? And it can't provide the most refined operation, and it doesn't have much sense of immersion and substitution.
"How is it possible? There is such a thing! ”
Gu Fan coughed twice: "Well, it's definitely impossible to combine all the shortcomings. We can only select the main shortcomings to integrate.
"After all, we have to let this go first. The product only needs to look like that, otherwise players will see at a glance that the product is not good and won’t buy it, which will not be able to collect negative emotions. "
Lilith nodded: "Well, indeed!
"So what specifically do you want to make?"
Gu Fan took out his mobile phone and did a simple search on it, and quickly found a video.
"Look, Mr. Li, this is what I want to do. A handle steering wheel!"
Lilith took the phone and checked it with some confusion, and found that this thing is really a steering wheel, but it is just a handle accessory. , a miniature steering wheel mounted on the handle!
The structure of this steering wheel is quite simple. Its diameter is approximately the distance between two thumbs when holding the handle naturally.
There are two ring-shaped structures on the left and right sides of the steering wheel that are slightly smaller than the rocker caps to ensure that the pads of the thumb can be placed naturally and the steering wheel can be turned better.
This miniature steering wheel is connected to the handle with a simple mechanical structure. Below it is a bracket that can be buckled on the handle for support, and above it is a simple connecting rod connected to the handle. the left joystick.
When the steering wheel is turned, the connecting rod will push the left rocker to the left or right to complete the turning operation.
The mini steering wheel is made of ordinary plastic material. It looks loose and the quality is worrying.
Gu Fan explained: "I think this thing combines the shortcomings of a handle and a steering wheel.
"It is not a commonly used gaming device. Except for playing racing games, it is not used for other purposes. It cannot be used in games; it cannot provide too refined operations and cannot give players a strong sense of substitution and immersion, which is far from a real steering wheel.
“Of course, it doesn’t take up space and it’s cheaper, which are not so good.
"But we can also make targeted modifications to make it more expensive.
"As long as we change the material and structure and increase its price to about 100 yuan, it should be enough to make players generate enough interest. So many negative emotions! ”
Lilith watched the video carefully again.
The UP owner also briefly shared his experience of using this thing. In general, it can be said in two words Summary: Toy.
This thing is very cheap, only 10 yuan.
It has to be said that it was invented for a reason. When players play driving games, the right joystick is basically useless, while the left joystick is used to control direction. Although it has a certain linearity, it is far less precise than the steering wheel. Through this micro steering wheel, you can use the thumbs of your left and right hands to control the direction together, further optimizing the accuracy of steering control with the left joystick.
So the UP owner in the video came to the conclusion after using it for a period of time that it takes some getting used to in the early stages of use, but after getting used to it, this thing is indeed better than a joystick. Be more precise. But...just some.
There are still many serious problems with this thing. For example, many joysticks of the controller have dead zones, and the optimization of the controller in driving games is based on the player's operating habits on the controller, so Using this micro steering wheel makes the optimization of the game controller very strange.
What's more, the material of this thing is plastic, it is loose after being connected, and the feel is hardly good.
For players like the UP owner who have adapted, it can only be regarded as "just usable", but for those players in the video comment area who have not adapted, it is pure garbage.
Lilith couldn't help but her eyes lit up: "Okay, very good!
"This thing is indeed much better than ordinary handles and steering wheels! ”
She briefly thought about it. After mass production of this thing, she would directly change the material to metal, and then find a way to increase the cost, raising the price to about 100 yuan.
To It's time to spend a lot of money on marketing, and promote it as "combining the advantages of a controller and a steering wheel", and even sell it in a bundle with the game
Players spend 100 yuan to buy this thing. How can their negative emotions reach the sky?
Even if many players choose to refund, this negative emotion has already arisen.
Spend a small amount of money to accomplish big things!
Lilith happily stood up on tiptoes and patted Gu Fan on the shoulder: "You did a good job, Gu Fan! I didn't expect that game peripherals can also be used for fun!
" I think your idea is very correct!
"Then it's settled, I want all the game peripherals and the game experience store!
"The experience store can all be equipped with peripherals, and then players can contribute negative emotions while experiencing it...< br>
“It feels like the pigs you raise are being slaughtered!”
Gu Fan coughed twice: “But... Mr. Li, there is something I must declare in advance.”< br>
"Huh? You say." Lilith nodded.
Gu Fan paused for a moment and said, "I think that in order to increase the popularity of this product as much as possible, we still need to find a more famous manufacturer to do OEM work. In addition, we can also produce some regular products, such as with Game-linked themed controllers or steering wheels, etc.
“This is to better build awareness of the product from the beginning and get more players to buy it. "
Lilith thought for a while and nodded quickly: "Well, sure! ”
This product itself is already very unfair. If it is made by a small factory, players will not buy it at all, so how can it make them have negative emotions?
And Some well-known hardware manufacturers in China have a certain fan base and popularity, and players also trust them
If you cooperate with them, the number of players who decide to "give it a try" will significantly increase, which is of course more conducive to gaining negative emotions.
In addition, having several different peripherals at the same time can also play a very good role in confusing people.
For example, Nitiantian has reached an agreement with the manufacturer to produce not only a "mini handle steering wheel", but also a "co-branded handle" and "co-branded steering wheel". Mixing the three products will also greatly enhance the handle steering wheel. Well-known, it can deceive people into buying more.
Gu Fan added: "And...for this product, we have to consider giving manufacturers some autonomy so that they can fine-tune the product design to a certain extent, otherwise it will be difficult to reduce the cost. Mentioned so high."
Lilith thought for a while: "Hmm... that's okay, but the core idea of the "handle steering wheel" must not be changed!"
The structure of this little thing itself is relatively simple. If you want to upgrade it to 100 yuan, it is definitely not enough to just work on the material. You can't make it pure gold, right?
Having said that, if it is really pure gold, maybe it can be sold. After all, it is no longer a peripheral, but a collectible.
So, in order to increase the selling price, manufacturers must add some complex structures to this gadget, or make some miscellaneous accessories to increase the cost.
In this way, manufacturers must be allowed to have a certain degree of autonomy.
Lilith thinks this is nothing. Anyway, as long as we stick to the core idea of "handle steering wheel" and increase the price, it will definitely generate considerable negative emotions among players!
(End of this chapter)