107: Section 107

You must understand this.

Currently, the main planner and lead programmer of dota mobile game are present.

Introducing an entirely new Dota Mobile would essentially overturn all their previous efforts.

So, Ma Liuyun couldn't help but speak up.

"Mr. Ma, isn't this kind of disruptive reform a bit too exaggerated?"

"If that were to happen, this game would lose all of Dota's characteristics and instead become like Honor of Kings."

"Moreover, many heroes in Dota Mobile are linked to the game's mechanics."

"If the game mechanics are simplified and reformed, then many heroes will also need to be redesigned."

Listening to Ma Liuyun's voice, Mr. Ma sneered.

"These past two days, we've made a lot of effort to slow down player loss."

"But the daily active player base is still continuously decreasing."

"On average, tens of thousands of players are lost every day."

"If we don't change the fundamental gameplay of this game and make it closer to Honor of Kings, then this game is destined to die."

After he finished speaking,

Mr. Ma looked at everyone in the room.

"You already had experience copying games before, why are you silent now?"

"You don't need to change the underlying code of Dota Mobile; you just need to make some deletions and additions to make it simpler and more fun."

"Every advantage of Honor of Kings must be copied onto the new Dota Mobile!"

"As for the hero values and balance issues after such changes, they can be updated gradually later."

"In a word, you are to create an Honor of Kings version of dota mobile game!"

"But for the new dota mobile game version, I'm only giving you one month!"

Hearing the final time limit, many employees were stunned.

Because this time was indeed too tight for them.

Even if they were only copying and optimizing the game, without changing most of the underlying code, the workload was still quite exaggerated.

Just as someone was about to ask for more time,

Mr. Ma seemed to guess their thoughts and directly said,

"Honor of Kings was only developed in just over three months. Now I'm asking you to copy the advantages of Honor of Kings, and one month is already plenty of time."

"If you don't have enough manpower, you can find outsourcing, ask for assistance from employees in other departments, or even have people from other Tencent projects stop their work to help you."

"But for the time."

"I'm only giving you one month."

Seeing that Mr. Ma had spoken to this extent,

everyone exchanged glances and didn't say anything more, all nodding their heads.

Just at this moment,

Li Wenqiu seemed to have thought of something.

He looked at Mr. Ma and directly said,

"Mr. Ma, I have a suggestion."

"We should not only avoid changing Dota Mobile towards the Honor of Kings direction, but also not alter any of the current in-game features that increase game difficulty."

Hearing these words,

Mr. Ma's brows instantly furrowed.

"Why?"

Li Wenqiu slowly explained,

"The difference between Honor of Kings and Dota Mobile is quite significant; their fundamental gameplay is completely different."

"This means that their user bases are actually very different as well."

"Although many Dota Mobile players uninstalled Dota Mobile after experiencing Honor of Kings, there are also some players who, after playing Honor of Kings, still returned to Dota Mobile's embrace. They simply prefer games with higher operational difficulty."

"This indicates that the true core user base of our Dota Mobile is actually players who enjoy high-difficulty and high-skill games."

"These players will never turn to Honor of Kings, no matter what."

At this point,

Li Wenqiu took a deep breath and paused.

"In other words,"

"If we don't modify the game, although Dota Mobile's users will gradually flow to Honor of Kings, once the remaining user base reaches a certain number, they will stop flowing and reach saturation."

"Players who prefer more difficult operations and higher difficulty will all stay with Dota Mobile."

"This way, no matter how popular Honor of Kings eventually becomes or how many users it attracts, it will not be able to make this remaining portion of our core players abandon Dota Mobile."

"In this scenario, the two games can coexist."

"One attracts casual users who like simple operations, while the other attracts users who prefer complex mechanics."

Li Wenqiu's voice continuously echoed in the room.

Listening to his words, Ma Liuyun was a bit confused.

"What exactly do you mean?"

Mr. Ma glanced at Ma Liuyun.

"Let him finish."

Li Wenqiu's voice rang out again.

"But what if..."

Li Wenqiu looked at Mr. Ma.

"If Dota Mobile is modified in the direction of Honor of Kings, then the two games will converge, eventually becoming casual MOBA games with completely identical types and gameplay."

"At that point, the two games will be incredibly similar."

"Players will basically only choose one of the games to play and are unlikely to choose the other, because the types of the two games are almost identical."

"In other words,"

"Ultimately, only one of these two games can survive; the other is bound to die. There's no possibility of either continuing to operate!"

As Li Wenqiu finished speaking,

everyone present had already understood his meaning.

Li Wenqiu's meaning was simple.

If Dota Mobile isn't modified, even if it can't beat Honor of Kings, it can still attract a group of loyal players and continue to operate.

But if it is modified, then only one of Dota Mobile and Honor of Kings can survive.

Listening to Li Wenqiu's words, Mr. Ma was silent for a moment.

"How many do you think this group of hardcore players who enjoy high-difficulty games numbers?"

Facing Mr. Ma's question, Li Wenqiu pondered for a moment.

"Actually, I've secretly investigated."

"The number of these players should be between one million and two million."

"If we promote and publicize to hardcore players, encouraging more people to enjoy the more complex operations of Dota Mobile, then this number could reach up to around 4.5 million."

"Four million, you say?" Hearing Li Wenqiu's words, Mr. Ma murmured.

But the next second,

he immediately started laughing.

"You want me to abandon a player base of fifty million for four million?"

"You want me to watch Wang Mo successfully gain a foothold in Tencent's core business for these four million, and to let everyone outside see Tencent's surrender in the gaming field?"

"Impossible."

Mr. Ma slowly shook his head.

"From the very beginning, my thought was:",

"It's either you die or I die for these two games."

"If Dota Mobile cannot kill Honor of Kings, then Dota Mobile will absolutely not escape the fate of being shut down."

"Ultimately, only one of these two games can survive!"