Chapter 515: Pick up the hand sanitizer! I told you to pick up the hand sanitizer!!! |
It's exploded!
With the official game title [Resident Evil VIII] prominently appearing!
The entire livestream chat has plunged into unprecedented frenzy!
'WDNMD! Haters, speak up!!!'
"Haters speak up!!!"
"Haters? Where are the haters?"
'Whoever just said GW is trash, come out! Speak!'
'Why aren't the troublemakers talking anymore? Is it because they're naturally quiet?'
'GTMD Komera!!!'
'Pick up the hand sanitizer! I told you to pick up the hand sanitizer!'
'Hahahahahahaha damn that's absurd...
Also help pick up Ethan's left hand while you're at it (doge)'
'Ethan: Thank you for listening...
'The scene is too hilarious wwww....
'Dogthing Old Thief! What a brilliant move to deceive everyone! Using a picture book to trick us bros!
Damn my scalp is tingling.... So this installment is the end of Ethan's story....?'
'Probably, it's said that the GW-directed Resident Evil series was originally planned as a two-part story, and the trailer opening also said [His story is about to end].'
'No wonder the storytelling wife just now looked so familiar, it was Mia....'
'I can't stand another day of this October!'
'Has anyone noticed the streamer has gone crazy and started rolling on the floor...'
'Daily basic operation, don't...
wwwwwwww....'
From the streamer to the viewers!
The troublemaking chat barrages from earlier now seem to be stunned speechless, not a single one daring to speak again!
The king of horror, Resident Evil, has returned!
What's even more incredible is—once again colliding with Komera's Silent Hill!
What was the outcome of their last confrontation? Everyone in the gaming circle knows!
If Sekiro was the beginning of Komera's decline, then Resident Evil 7 was the fatal blow that plunged Komera into complete decline, and the work that laid the fundamental foundation for the final blow of Call of Duty!
Originally!
Such a shocking announcement alone would be enough to send the global gaming community into a frenzy!
However!
Golden Wind seems still unsatisfied!
As the [Resident Evil VIII] title gradually fades away!
The audience is shocked to discover that at the end of this trailer, there's actually an Easter egg left!
Nightfall.
Envelops a dim room.
Ethan's vision is blurry as he lies on the floor.
On both sides of the room door stand two armed personnel in combat uniforms, wearing night vision goggles.
The room is in complete disarray, steaming hot food scattered everywhere.
The wailing cry of a baby sounds particularly heart-wrenching in this bleak, chaotic night.
"Huff—huff—huff—"
Ethan gasps on the floor, struggling to get up,
And at this moment!
Thud—thud—thud—
The sound of military boots stepping on the floor approaches from afar.
A burly man draped in a black overcoat slowly walks toward Ethan,
His gaze slowly rises
The burly man's face appears before his eyes, making Ethan let out an incredulous, furious exclamation:
"Chris....?!"
That's right!
The mastermind behind this complete mess is actually Chris—the character who runs through the entire Resident Evil series and rescued Ethan and Mia in the previous Resident Evil installment!
Chris Redfield!
And the next moment!
Chris reaches to his waist, draws his pistol, and points the muzzle at Mia lying nearby, covered in blood.
"Sorry, Ethan..."
Chris says coldly.
Then aims at Mia's head and pulls the trigger twice!
—!!!
And Ethan's disbelieving roar freezes in the pitch-black screen—
"Why—!!!"
Thus!
The trailer ends completely!
And Hideki, who had just finished going crazy and returned beside the screen, stands frozen for a full five seconds upon seeing this scene.
Then goes crazy again.
Well now.
Not only has Hideki gone crazy, the viewers in the livestream chat have gone insane too.
'What? Him? Chris? Ah—???'
'Chris...... shot...... Mia twice?'
'What the fuck? What the hell is this plot development???'
'My reaction was exactly the same as Ethan's just now....'
'What? Why? Why kill the wife? Damn! My wife! Bro! The wife I worked so hard to save in the last game! This is fucking...? Ah....???'
'Is Mia infected? Ethan couldn't bear to do it, so teammate Chris steps in for emergency rescue?'
'Reasonable.... but also way too hasty...'
'Has BSAA turned dark? Finally becoming Umbrella's shape after all?'
'Damn this Easter egg... Old Thief you motherfucker deserve death!!!'
'Sounds like there's a baby crying too, probably Ethan and Mia's child?'
'Damn! Don't tell me Ethan ends up with nothing! Wife gone, child gone, really fucking everyone dies?'
'Actually only Ethan dies in the end, surprise surprise, unexpected?'
'Impossible, Resident Evil never kills main characters, from Chris, Jill, Leon up top to Claire, Ada, Ashley below, all survive fine.'
'Looking at it this way, Mia will probably be resurrected...'
'Or maybe she didn't die at all?'
'Hard to say! This is Old Thief's work, there's nothing this bastard wouldn't do!'
'Damn your uncle really don't! My wife! Old Thief give me back my wife!'
'Can't take it anymore, why is October only half over!'
'I can't wait anymore, I'm going to riot.'
'Hahahahahaha me too....'
'....'
Surprise! Unexpected!
The powerful return of Ethan Winters' new adventure!
Mysterious plot development and final fate!
With the official trailer for Resident Evil VIII going live!
October has undoubtedly become the month of ecstatic anticipation for global horror game and Golden Wind game players!
And besides that!
There's one person even more delighted, more urgent, more expectant than the players!
......
14 days, 8 hours, 36 minutes, 58 seconds until November.
Why is time passing so slowly.
Sigh—
Shen Miaomiao half-reclines in her executive chair, holding the electronic watch on the desk, letting out a melancholy sigh, wishing she could reach out and turn the watch hands herself.
She's indeed feeling restless.
Not because she's particularly looking forward to Resident Evil VIII's release—after all, she's not a core Resident Evil player, and she's always kept her distance from the horror game genre.
This urgency is mainly because the rebate from this project is just too tempting for her.
After all.
If things go smoothly.
This Resident Evil VIII rebate will be the largest rebate she's received since awakening the system four years ago.
Yes.
The largest one.
Far surpassing Battlefield, crushing Dark Souls.
Even adding up all rebates from these full four years wouldn't compare to this single rebate.
Because the investment for this Resident Evil VIII has reached an unprecedented, terrifying amount!
First, the most basic game production cost.
This has always been the main component of game cost structure, the foundation of any game.
The level of production cost fundamentally affects a game's industrial quality.
Now, Golden Wind is no longer the small studio that made motion-sensing games with mere millions.
As their scale grows daily and motion-sensing pods update generation by generation.
Nowadays, whenever Golden Wind makes a move, costs are calculated in "billions" as the unit.
Moreover, this time they're the designated flagship supplier for the next-generation Yiyou x3's flagship title.
Even without discussing gameplay, just looking at industrial quality alone, they must bring out their best skills, striving to make the game's final presentation quality reach unprecedented heights.
And this naturally makes Resident Evil VIII the highest-cost game among all Golden Wind's works.
245 million dollars.
Undoubtedly a "next-generation ultra 3S-level motion-sensing masterpiece."
And besides that!
Don't forget.
Back after Resident Evil 7, Shen Miaomiao specially participated in Gu Sheng and Shinji Mikami's negotiations.
With her "reverse bargaining" move, she raised the price of the "Resident Evil series IP" from 100 million to 188 million dollars.
Since the copyright acquisition happened after Resident Evil 7's release.
These 188 million dollars naturally got counted into this Resident Evil VIII's costs.
Production cost 245 million dollars, copyright cost 188 million dollars.
These two added together bring the total game cost to over four hundred million.
But that's not all.
Remember the acquisition that caused an uproar in the gaming industry recently?
Golden Wind boldly spent 3.15 billion dollars, successfully acquiring 30% of Illusion Engine's shares, becoming Illusion's largest shareholder.
Like when Shen Miaomiao wildly spent 1.8 billion to acquire Phoenix Engine before.
This portion of investment was also counted into Resident Evil VIII's costs.
So now!
Let's look at Resident Evil 8's costs again!
Shen Miaomiao fiddles with the electronic watch in her hand, unfolding the document in her mind—
【Main Project: Resident Evil VIII (Awaiting Launch)】
【Project Investment Amount: 3.583 billion dollars】
【Project Settlement Time: 28 days (+0 days)】
【Project Rebate Multiplier: 2x (+0x)】
【Note: According to system regulations, if the host invests in an already-established project through the principal, the rebate multiplier will be reduced to 1/5】
【Current Revenue Amount: 0】
【Expected Rebate Amount: 7.166 billion dollars】
That's right!
Seven-point-one-six-six billion dollars rebate!
Why has Shen Miaomiao always supported Gu Sheng's grand "annexation" of other engines' new technologies?
Because only this way can she ensure receiving higher rebates within the document's stipulated time!
From the very beginning with Golden Engine self-development!
To acquiring Phoenix Engine! Forming alliances with Aurora Games!
To now acquiring Illusion Engine, becoming the engine emperor, achieving cyber unification!
The bigger Golden Wind's expansion steps!
The more terrifying her rebates become!
From 1.8 billion! To 2.7 billion! To 3 billion!
To now 7 billion!
Although ultimately, Resident Evil 8's sales will somewhat reduce the rebate base amount.
The final amount she receives will still be absolutely astronomical!
It's just a pity that this Resident Evil 8, due to Illusion Engine being an "already-established project," can no longer be created as a sub-document of Resident Evil 7.
Otherwise, with the full hundredfold inherited rebate, forget just Komera.
Even if CloudPower came, she, Shen Miaomiao, could take them down with a backhand!
But even so!
Shen Miaomiao is already satisfied!
Seven billion dollars, in the past she wouldn't dare think about taking it, let alone actually getting it!
Moreover!
Although seven billion can't take down Komera.
But that [Neural Safety Valve Technology] they're promoting as their main feature this time...
Can we perhaps set our sights a little on that?
According to Old Gu, Komera's safety valve technology is essentially the "input and output module" within the engine.
Currently, Golden Engine has mastered five of its seven modules.
Only missing the "network interconnection framework module" and this "input and output module."
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao slightly raises an eyebrow, her expression subtle.
The way of heaven revolves.
Little Ko, what's that good stuff in your pocket? Take it out and let me see?
Let me see!!!