Chapter 1875: Making Money 3

Chapter 1875  There are three ways to make money

How exactly is Lin Feng going to make money? Not only Iwata and Howard want to know, but even the representatives of major Japanese game companies hiding around are also paying special attention. For these game manufacturers, the "Dream" handheld game console is so powerful that the performance of the handheld game console it opens may be better than that of the PS2. Such a vast game development space is a dream come true for all game manufacturers.

However, according to the past practice of the console market, any game manufacturer who wants to enter a certain game platform to open a game must pay a considerable "franchise fee", which is also to ensure the profit of the console manufacturer. After all, sometimes, the console does not make money, but the game software makes money. And Lin Feng's "Dream" not only does not make money, but also loses a lot. In order to ensure a balance between income and expenditure, it is necessary to find a way to make money on the software. Then the only way is to ask these game manufacturers to charge high "franchise fees" and profit sharing.

How much will Lin Feng ask for? If it is more, I am afraid no game manufacturer will be willing. After all, no matter how good a game is, its sales are limited, unless it is a game like Super Mario that sells tens of millions of copies worldwide. But there are only a few games of this kind, even if it is "Nintendo" itself, so it is impossible to say that you can make it if you want to. Then, the high franchise fee and profit sharing are unacceptable.

Many game manufacturers are thinking in their hearts.

Humph! Humph! ——Satoru Iwata sneered in his heart. He knows what these Japanese game manufacturers think. At the beginning, it was agreed to boycott Lin Feng collectively, but facing such a broad and promising "dream", I am afraid that except for a few large companies that have grudges against Lin Feng, such as "Sega" and "Square Enix", I am afraid that other game companies are tempted.

But from Iwata's point of view, Lin Feng will definitely charge extremely high "franchise fees" and "profit sharing". Otherwise, he cannot maintain the balance of the account. That would be equivalent to Lin Feng opening a company that swallows money. No matter how rich Lin Feng is, such a company will never last long. But if Lin Feng charges a high "franchise fee" and "profit sharing", he will also dig his own grave.

The sheep will pay the sheep. In the end, the game manufacturer will charge the players for this money. Now the price of ordinary games in Japan is between 1xxx-3xxx yen. Only a few masterpieces will sell for more than yen, but the most expensive is also in yen. According to Iwata's inference, the lowest price of the game "Dream" is probably more than yen, and the masterpieces will even reach, or even yen.

Such an expensive game, haha, I'm afraid few players will play it. By then, sales? Dream on! Of course, this will probably be a long time in the future. After all, it takes at least 2 months for game manufacturers to join "Dream" and launch the game. During this period, "Dream" can only be supported by the games it launches. Judging from Lin Feng's personality, I'm afraid the price of the game will not be high. It will attract players at a low price, drive the sales of "Dream", and create a sales myth. This has always been Lin Feng's favorite thing.

Humph,

I'll see how you cry when the time comes! ——Iwata sneered. When players face the sky-high game prices and the pitiful number of games, they will definitely complain. Then, he wants to see how Lin Feng ends up!

"Iwata, it seems that Lin Feng has entered a vicious circle. Unless he lowers the "franchise fee" and "profit sharing", otherwise, "Dream" will become the handheld game console with the biggest bubble in history!" Howard also agreed with Iwata's point of view, "But if it is reduced, then "Second Game" will not be able to make money. If it can't make money, the company can't operate. Haha, this is a vicious circle!" Howard laughed heartily.

At this moment, the two of them were very calm. "Dream" is good, but it's too far-sighted. After all, this is a handheld game console, not a console. The console can be sold at a higher price, but the handheld game console can't.

In the center of the stage, Lin Feng smiled slightly. He knew that there must be a lot of people around here, many Japanese game manufacturers are here, and they are all concerned about his next question. Lin Feng believes that his next answer will surprise everyone.

"What I'm going to say next may not be directly related to the players present, but it is indirectly related. That is about the so-called 'franchise fee' and 'profit sharing'. 'Dream' will adopt a minimum fee model of 5%. "Lin Feng explained with a smile, "That is, the 'franchise fee' will be cancelled. Any game manufacturer who wants to join 'Dream' only needs to give 5% of the sales of each game to my company as profit sharing."

5% - this is like a bolt from the blue.

It should be noted that the "profit sharing" of the consoles and handhelds under "Nintendo" and "Sony" is as high as about 15%. Of course, some big companies charge lower fees, but the lowest is about %. The 5% charged by "Dream" is really too low, ridiculously low. And there is no "franchise fee", and both "Nintendo" and "Sony" charge high franchise fees. Except for those well-known game manufacturers who can create gods to reduce the "franchise fee", the rest of the game manufacturers are not immune.

Many game manufacturers are a little moved. If they only receive 5% of the "profit sharing fee", then they can think carefully about whether to make a game for "Dream". Although they are Japanese manufacturers and are hostile to Lin Feng, they can obviously make a lot of money by making a god, so there is no reason not to make money. What's more, when "Microsoft"'s x entered Japan, major Japanese game manufacturers also called for a boycott of Microsoft. As a result, there are still so many game manufacturers who make games for "x", including some well-known game manufacturers.

This time, these game manufacturers will not suffer such a loss again. When it is time to make money, you have to make money, otherwise, if you miss this village, you will lose this temple.

Lin Feng glanced at the representatives of the game manufacturers who had already revealed their flaws and smiled lightly.

"As for why it is indirectly related to all players? In fact, if our company charges game manufacturers less money, their development costs will be cheaper, and the game prices will naturally be lower. In this way, it is also equivalent to giving benefits to players in disguise. So here, I call on all game manufacturers not to charge too high game prices. The so-called small profits but quick turnover, cheaper, more players will buy, and the profit is actually the same." Lin Feng said slowly.

Now, all the players began to applaud. Although these players are still quite dissatisfied with Lin Feng, a Chinese, interfering in the Japanese prime minister election, Lin Feng's words of giving benefits to players at this moment still make them very comfortable. They must admit that compared with the greed of "Nintendo" and "Sony", Lin Feng is really too generous. Moreover, as an investor, he actually called for a price reduction, which is something that other Japanese game console manufacturers have never seen.

Baka! ——Satoru Iwata and Howard's faces changed immediately. Lin Feng's move is equivalent to roasting "Nintendo" and "Sony" on the fire. This move is too vicious and directly won the hearts of all players. After all, for the players, whether Lin Feng interferes with the Japanese prime ministerial election or not has nothing to do with them. Anyway, this kind of political game is ultimately a place for those big men to compete. For ordinary people, it is just a show. For players, it is more important to play a few fun games.

But games cost money, and the money is not cheap (there is no piracy in Japan), so many players in Japan will try their best to play a game until they are tired of it before changing games. After all, it is bought with huge money, unlike the domestic completely free. But no matter how fun the game is, it will be boring after playing for a long time. Therefore, if the price of the game can be reduced, it will definitely be a blessing for Japanese players. Naturally, they will be full of goodwill towards Lin Feng. And "Nintendo" and "Sony", who only want to make money, will undoubtedly become negative examples and become the target of players' verbal criticism.

"Satoru Iwata, he charges such a low "profit sharing fee", how can he make money? Is he really going to spend tens of billions of dollars every year to keep the company running?" Howard couldn't believe his inference.

Satoru Iwata's face was full of hideousness at this moment. He also didn't know how Lin Feng was going to make money. Now, it was impossible for Lin Feng to make money from "Dream". Hardware couldn't make money, and game software couldn't make money either. How could he make money with such a small profit share? Was he really going to use money to smash the market? It's not impossible, just like "Microsoft" spent 100 million. But according to Lin Feng's plan, with this method, I'm afraid that 10 billion dollars would not be enough!

Is he crazy? Is he really here to give back to Japanese players?

Lin Feng smiled mysteriously at the place where Iwata and Howard were hiding. Lin Feng knew about these two guys as soon as they entered Ueno Park. But Lin Feng was too lazy to point them out. They wanted to peek, so let them peek. Lin Feng would take this opportunity today to crush their confidence. Later, he would use his strength to completely destroy them.

As for not making money and losing money? This is not what Lin Feng wants. Even if Lin Feng is rich, he will lose tens of thousands of yen per machine, and sooner or later he will lose money to death. Therefore, there are three ways for Lin Feng to make money: first, selling games. Indeed, Lin Feng received little "profit sharing" for this game, only 5%, and there was no "franchise fee", but Lin Feng always valued small profits but quick turnover. As long as the sales volume increased, he would make less money from one transaction, but more would be considerable.

Moreover, Lin Feng valued the games he developed himself the most. This is the real way to make money! For example, "Dream" now has a total of three main games. Lin Feng believes that with these three main games alone, he can make back the money lost by each "Dream". Of course, the premise is that each machine buys these three main games. But Lin Feng believes that Japanese players will definitely buy them.