▎Economic Daily: Don't play routines when you pay for short dramas
The Economic Daily article pointed out that at present, single episode payment, advertising placement, and membership subscription are the main ways to realize the revenue of short dramas. With the advent of the era of high-quality short dramas, it is a wise move to maximize benefits by extending the IP industry chain and stimulating the integration effect. At present, short dramas are being integrated with games and VR in production to explore new forms, and in terms of content, they are being integrated with cultural tourism to release new kinetic energy.
Since 2023, more than 40 short drama apps have tested overseas markets, with a cumulative total of nearly 55 million downloads and in-app purchase revenue of $170 million. The commercial value of high-quality short dramas needs to be further developed, and there is no need to calculate consumers in paid routines. The upgrading of cultural consumption is the trend of the times, and the short drama industry should take a long-term view, transform and change, and change from "piling up the amount of streaming and gambling on popular models" to "controlling quantity and improving quality to win word of mouth", and constantly increase high-quality content, and the track will be wider and wider.
▎SenseTime is about to release a series of large-scale model technologies and applications, and the performance is expected to surpass GPT4
At the upcoming SenseTime Technology Sharing Day in April, SenseTime will release a series of large-scale model technologies and applications, and its model performance is expected to surpass GPT4 across the board. Xu Li, Chairman and CEO of SenseTime, said, "Artificial intelligence needs to be combined with scene data and fall into application scenarios, and China has a broad scenario base, so it can go deep into the industry and take a completely different route in the vertical field." There is no shortage of application scenarios in China, and the superimposed application of each technology can truly bring about an industrialized and revolutionary moment, which is also our China opportunity. ”
▎Koei Tecmo sued Yoozu Singapore, claiming that the latter had infringed copyright in the promotion of a number of games
On April 8, Koei Tecmo filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court for copyright infringement in Youzu Singapore. Yoozu Singapore is the overseas branch of Yoozu Network. This case involves mobile games such as "インフィニティ キングダム-諸王の戦争", "成り上がり 華と武の戦国" (i.e., "War and Eternity" and "Huawu Warring States") published and operated by Youzu Network overseas. Koei Tecmo said in an announcement on its official website that Yoozu Singapore had repeatedly used the company's trademark and the music and images of its "Nobunaga's Ambition" and "Taiko Rishiden" series in advertisements for related mobile games.
▎全新Microsoft Copilot Dashboard正式登场
Microsoft announced the general availability of Microsoft Copilot Dashboard, powered by Viva Insights. It's a new way to gain insight into the impact your organization has on your Copilot investment in Microsoft 365. Microsoft Copilot Dashboard provides comprehensive privacy insights at every stage of the journey. and help organizations gain insight into the specific impact of Copilot on common work activities such as meetings, email, chat, documents, and search.
▎前索尼PlayStation高管科西加盟任天堂
On April 14, it was reported that Gio Corsi, a veteran of the game industry and a former PlayStation who has served for many years, recently announced that he has joined Nintendo in a new role. From 2013 to 2018, Corsi was Senior Director of PlayStation at Sony, where he was responsible for third-party game production, before moving to Global Head of Second-Party Games in 2019.
One of Kosi's best-known projects is "Building the List". The project helped Sega bring the Dragon 5 series to the Western market for localization. At that time, the series was not well-known in the European and American markets, but now it has become a popular masterpiece. In November 2019, Corsi left Sony.
Nintendo's hiring of Kosi to take charge of the third-party game business may hint at its future direction. Some gaming industry analysts have speculated that Cosi's new position may be related to the rumored strategy of the Switch successor console to focus more on third-party games and compete more directly with PlayStation and Xbox.
▎ Cyberpunk 2077 development has ended, but there may still be a small update
Recently, Gabe Amatangelo, director of Cyberpunk 2077, said that developer CD Projekt Red has completed major development work on the RPG, but there is still the possibility of adding some additional lightweight content in the future.
In an interview with Game File, Amatangelo revealed, "The development is over," but he also added, "There may be some small additions once in a while." But don't get excited, Amatangelo then explains, "Developers may find small features that are low-risk, easy to integrate, or have people on the team who happen to be available. They'll tell me these ideas, and if I'm sure they won't affect my existing job, we'll try to include them. ”
▎The number of reservations for the return of the national server of "World of Warcraft" exceeded 2 million
Blizzard's national server officially announced its return this summer, and opened a pre-registration event on the official website. Up to now, the number of pre-orders for the return of the "World of Warcraft" national server has exceeded 2 million. The official Weibo of "World of Warcraft" posted that after the official announcement, whether it is from the number of appointments, messages or even the number of resumes applied, it is full of everyone's enthusiasm. Thank you to all players for their support, and we will also work to solve any problems encountered by players. At present, you can go to NetEase Dashen to retrieve or repair your account, and more services will be launched one after another.
▎ Ten years of sharpening a sword: "World of Warcraft" VR Mod is online
On April 14th, it was reported that a group of highly skilled mod makers made "World of Warcraft" transform into a virtual reality game, and recently the "World of Warcraft" VR Mod called "WoVR" has been launched for free. The mod was created by Flatscreen2 VR, and over the years the team has successfully added VR features to many well-known games such as Resident Evil 4 Remake, Amnesia, Crysis, Portal 2, and many more.
▎"木头姐"凯茜·伍德投资OpenAI
"Sister Wood" Cathy Wood's venture capital fund Ark Venture Fund announced on April 12 local time that it had invested in OpenAI. "Ark Venture Fund has invested in OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, Dall-E and Sora. According to the official website of the Ark Venture Fund, the fund made an initial investment in OpenAI in April 2024, but did not disclose the size of the investment.
▎Backroom Pool Core Art Game "POOLS" will be released on April 26th
Recently, the Backroom Pool Core Art Game "POOLS" announced that it will be officially released on April 26, and the game has now launched a DEMO version that supports Chinese Simplified. POOLS has 6 chapters, each lasting 10 to 30 minutes, and the game is free of gore and monsters, all you need to do is look around, listen to the sounds, take a walk, and feel the atmosphere.
▎Gartner: It is estimated that 75% of enterprise software engineers will use AI code assistants by 2028
Gartner, a market research agency, recently released a report that less than 10% of enterprise software engineers use AI code assistants at the beginning of 2023, but it is estimated that it will reach 75% by 2028. The agency surveyed 598 well-known companies around the world in the third quarter of 2023, and the results showed that 63% of enterprises are currently trying, deploying, or have already deployed AI code assistants.