The game version number is the lifeblood of the entire industry. Starting from the second half of 2021, due to the landing of new anti-addiction regulations and the interview of key game companies, the distribution of game version numbers has been stalled, and the latest batch of domestic game version numbers has been issued in July 2021, and the release of version numbers has been more than eight months. Although the Copyright Administration said that it is still receiving version number applications from game companies normally, the game industry has still suffered a violent impact, and in half a year, as many as tens of thousands of game companies have been shut down and written off.
The game could not be listed because of the version number problem, which not only made the game company bitter, but also made many gamers complain. Many people, because of the lack of new game experiences, even secretly speculate that the state wants to make the game industry moribund, in order to promote those young people who are addicted to the game world to go to the factory and have children. There are also people who swear that all industries that attract the attention of young people will be greatly changed! Obviously, this statement is full of subjective imagination and outrage, but it also represents the confusion and dissatisfaction of current gamers.
However, although many players are dissatisfied with the phenomenon of the state-controlled version number, there are also many players who praise the country's good intentions after in-depth adjustment to understand the truth. Even said that the game work committee does not issue version numbers, in fact, it is forcing the big factory to innovate!
According to the players' summary, before the implementation of the version number restriction, the development of the domestic game industry has fallen into a rigid mode, the market is full of brainless plagiarism copied cottages represented by Tencent or a knife 999 legendary page game represented by greedy blue moon, as if game manufacturers have a consensus - since any garbage game can be listed to circle money, why spend a lot of money on AAA-level high-quality games? With the introduction of the version number system, the game has become a scarce resource, shoddy products lack market priority, and large manufacturers can only develop higher quality games in order to "beat out of place" and catch up with the international footsteps. The rapid progress of domestic mobile game technology after the implementation of the version number system is the best proof.
In fact, as these players have summarized, most of the new games that are worth looking forward to on the market are born after the emergence of version number constraints, and it is precisely because the version number system requires the games involved in the approval to enhance the role of gameplay and cultural dissemination, and domestic high-quality game products such as "Against the Cold Water" and "Original God" have outstanding performance in terms of cultural self-confidence.
Taking "Reverse Water Cold" as an example, this game is NetEase's flagship martial arts project, which was first established in 2013, after five years of research and development, it was first listed in 2018, and this also made "Reverse Water Cold" just catch up with the decline of traditional end games, the shoddy production of mobile games, and the suspension of the lack of competitive products in the market vacuum period, and finally let it gain the recognition of players with excellent screen performance and careful details, injecting a strong needle into the declining terminal game market.
Because the version number is not easy to get, therefore, even after the successful listing of "Against the Water Cold", NetEase has not relaxed the follow-up research and development of the game, especially set up a huge R & D team of more than 200 people, the "Reverse Water Cold" for high-speed update iteration, more than three years after the listing, "Against the Water Cold" has updated more than 12 expansion films, balance every quarter There are large updates online, the market's popular injection of self-propelled chess, eating chicken, wilderness survival, open world and other gameplay one by one into the game world, With continuous investment to ensure the exuberant vitality of the game, before the emergence of the version number system, this kind of update method of re-betting on a single product is also rare.
Judging from the players' summary, the version number system has indeed had a clear positive effect on the improvement of the quality of domestic games. So, what do you think about the fact that the Game Work Committee did not issue a version number and forced the big factories to innovate? Tell us your point.