With the official announcent from Nebula Gas about their platform's change, the entire ga world instantly exploded. Players, designers, and major ga companies and distributors were all talking about this big news.
"Wow, did you hear? Nebula Gas is changing to a comprehensive digital platform! All ga designers can put their work on Nebula Gas!"
"How could I not hear? The main thing is the cut they take! It's only 25%!?"
"Really? It sounds too good to be true. Is it a trick?"
"What are you thinking? Nebula Gas said it on their official page, and they even posted the contract. Everyone in the industry, including players, is watching. How could it be fake? Don't you think Nebula Gas planned this a long ti ago?"
"That's right! Minecraft got a lot of attention from players and made Nebula Gas more popular. Then, at just the right ti, they announced the platform change."
"Actually, this was kind of expected. Nebula Gas has been doing really well for the past two years. And have you seen what Nebula Gas has been doing lately? Early on, their gas were released on all the platforms, but their own platform gave better deals. But lately, both It Takes Two and Dark Souls: Age of Fire ca out on Nebula Gas first, and then ca out on other platforms later."
"Yeah! And this ti, Minecraft and Don't Starve didn't even go on other platforms. But even so, Don't Starve has sold almost ten million copies, and Minecraft is aiming for twenty million, or maybe even more. That shows that Nebula Gas definitely has a community that is willing to pay for gas."
"I don't know what Lucas is thinking. How will he make money with such a low cut? He's going against the rules of the whole industry!"
"It's a price war. Once Nebula Gas is stable, they might change the cut. But right now, it's a great chance. Nebula Gas doesn't have many gas yet, so we'll get good promotion. There are so many users there, we can definitely make so money!"
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eting room at NetDragon Gas. Ma Lei, the president, was listening to his staff report on the data about the Nebula Gas platform.
"The rule here is that the channel gets half. If Nebula Gas just wanted to get into the channel business, they wouldn't do it this way. They'd lose money now, and they'd also make a lot of channel companies mad. It's like fighting the whole channel industry."
Marley tapped his fingers on the table and spoke in a low voice.
"But the key thing is that Nebula Gas has been steady for the past few years. They've done big gas like Dark Souls, and small gas like Don't Starve, Fall Guys, and Valiant Hearts: The Great War. They've even gotten into dium-sized gas like Outlast and It Takes Two. Plus, there's the Minecraft boom. Nebula Gas has the goods. Their user base is established. Even if they lose the channel war, they'll still be okay." Yao Guang, who was in charge of the platform channel and content, felt amazed. "Yeah, Minecraft is too amazing! That one ga is enough to make Nebula Gas stable." Marley felt helpless when he said that.
It's still popular since it ca out, and it's hard to tell when that will stop. Just that ga is enough for Nebula Gas to live off of for ten years. And that doesn't even include making sequels or other gas.
Even though Minecraft is a ga you buy once, and it doesn't even cost $100, except for the VR version. That many sales has already made Nebula Gas a lot of money. And that's not all.
A ga's earnings don't just co from in-app purchases and sales. For so gas, money from the brand can be more than the ga itself.
Minecraft's build-anything ga clearly has a lot of potential. There could be connected block toys, and ga mods that go with toys in the real world. For example, you could add a code so people who buy the toy can build it in the ga.
And to make it different, you could add special features. Sitting in his office, Marley thought of many ways Minecraft could make money.
He just wished NetDragon owned the ga.
"So, President Marley, what's next?"
"For now, keep the independent ga designers in our channel happy. Lowering our cut is a possible plan. But we're not the most worried. SkyNova is probably watching too. The people who are really worried are the channel platforms that don't make gas." Marley thought for a mont and said.
After Lucas announced Nebula Gas would change its platform, SkyNova and NetDragon, the two big companies in the business, watched from the sidelines. But they were secretly making plans for third-party ga companies and designers.
The main reason is that NetDragon and SkyNova are different from most channels. Although they're the biggest channels in China and most of their money cos from that, they don't only depend on the channels. But the channel platforms that only do channels are more worried. First, they signed exclusive deals with many independent ga designers and smaller ga companies. At the sa ti, so channels started attacking Nebula Gas and Lucas, saying they were hurting the ga market.
The main reason is that Nebula Gas put too much pressure on them. If it was just a regular ga platform playing this price war, it wouldn't matter. They don't have users or money, so how would ga designers go there? Because the cut is lower? It still has to sell! But Nebula Gas is different. They have enough money, users, and resources to join the channel war.
The whole ga world was buzzing.
And Lucas, who was the center of attention, was feeling relaxed. There was a eting going on at Nebula Gas.
"First, everyone knows that Minecraft is a big success. But that's just the start. I think Minecraft can do more. As more people play and learn more about it, the ga will live longer. So, we need to manage it well."
"That includes videos that show play history, community, and things like that. We have to do that. And we can think about what players and MOD makers want. But everything should be about 'freedom' and 'creation.'"
Lucas looked at everyone. Then he paused and said,
"Also, everyone should know that Nebula Gas faces a big challenge now. So, we'll be making harder gas, and we need to do it faster. If we don't have enough people, talk to Human Resources. They'll figure things out, and you can interview the people. I'll make the final decision."
Everyone there was excited when they heard what Lucas said. They were happy that Nebula Gas was changing its platform and breaking the rules of the channel industry.
As people who work in gas, no one likes how strong the channels are now. And now, Nebula Gas is like a dragon-slaying hero. This real-life 'RPG' made the whole team feel excited.
"Next is what we're going to do. I'll tell you now that for the next little while, we need to focus on big gas to get players to pay more attention to Nebula Gas." Lucas looked at everyone seriously. What's the base of a ga platform?
Big gas? Not really. The base of a ga platform is small, independent gas and dium-sized gas.
Like Valiant Hearts: The Great War, Don't Starve, and It Takes Two. But you need more than just one or two of those gas to support a platform.
So, you need third-party companies to join. And how do you get them to join? That's what Nebula Gas is doing.
First, a low cut. Second, more players. And how do you get more players to join? The answer is easy: big gas that get people's attention, and are only on your platform.
"But before that, Hector, keep researching the new AI tech. We'll be using it in new gas later." Lucas looked at Hector and said.
"Okay, that's all. Ethan, stay. Everyone else, go back to work." Ethan told Lucas about so recent things in the eting room.
"Lucas, there's been a lot of news online about us, and so people are starting trouble. We've signed contracts with Trinity Law and Summit Law Firm, and we're ready to sue." Ethan said.
Nebula Gas doesn't have its own lawyers yet because they don't need them right now. So, they're paying for legal help.
These two law firms are good at business and online problems.
"You can take care of that. Also, speed up promotion for the platform, and third-party ga designers and companies too."
Lucas nodded and told Ethan so important things. Then he took a deep breath, took out his phone, and looked at it. All the chat groups were full of ssages.
A lot of designers who had contact information were asking questions about the Nebula Gas platform. And there were all kinds of posts on the official page.
Lucas thought for a mont, opened the official page, and wrote: 'I only have a few simple things to say about Nebula Gas changing to a comprehensive digital platform.'
'First, it makes sense that the platform is changing. Nebula Gas has always been trying to give players a better ga experience, a good community, lots of creative content, a review system for gas, ga saves in the cloud, and trophy records.
We've always wanted to give players the best experience.'
'As for the cut that people in the industry and players are worried about, the answer is easy. Nebula Gas doesn't want to start a price war or push out other companies just to raise prices later. The 25% cut will never change. And for the gas that players like, the cut will be even lower, down to 12%.'
'As for making money, I can only say that after paying for costs, we'll make about 7% at the current rate. And as we get bigger, we can make 9%-10%.'
'Nebula Gas never wanted to control the ga market. We want to give developers a better environnt to create gas and give players gas that are more fun.'
(End of The Chapter)
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