▎In 2023, the total revenue of China's science fiction industry will exceed 100 billion yuan
At the 8th China Science Fiction Conference 2024 held on April 27, the "2024 China Science Fiction Industry Report" was officially released. In 2023, the total revenue of China's science fiction industry will reach 113.29 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 29.1%. This is the first time that the total revenue of China's science fiction industry has exceeded the 100 billion yuan mark. The creation of short and medium-sized videos has helped the dissemination of science fiction culture and the promotion of science fiction products, the category and market scope of the science fiction cultural tourism industry have gradually expanded, and science fiction games have become an important medium for cultural communication. In the future, AIGC will have a far-reaching impact on science fiction literature, science fiction film and television and other fields, and the deep integration of science fiction and future industries will help develop new quality productivity. The report was jointly released by the China Science Fiction Research Center and the Science and Human Imagination Research Center of Southern University of Science and Technology.
▎Perfect World's Q1 revenue in 2024 is 1.329 billion yuan
On April 26, Perfect World announced its 2024 Q1 report. During the reporting period, Perfect World's operating income was 1.329 billion yuan, down 30.19% year-on-year, net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was -29.7641 million yuan, net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies after deducting non-recurring gains and losses was -158 million yuan, and basic earnings per share was -0.02 yuan.
Among them, the operating income of the game business was 1.285 billion yuan, a decrease of 23.80% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023 and a decrease of 4.90% from the fourth quarter of 2023. The operating income of the film and television business was 34.7196 million yuan, a decrease of 82.19% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023 and a decrease of 85.21% from the fourth quarter of 2023. Operating costs decreased by 33.74% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023, and costs decreased with reduced revenue.
The main reasons for the decline in game performance compared with the same period last year include: the company launched fewer new games during the reporting period, and several games in operation continued to be updated through content, At the same time, during the reporting period, the company embraced market changes, focused on long-term development, promoted cost reduction and efficiency increase, increased resource investment in key projects, and continued to optimize the talent echelon according to strategic planning and project conditions, and the related expenses generated by personnel optimization had a phased impact on the performance of the reporting period.
▎Sensor Tower: 39 Chinese manufacturers were shortlisted
On April 26, Sensor Tower released the latest research report, showing that in March 2024, a total of 39 Chinese manufacturers were shortlisted in the TOP100 global mobile game publisher revenue list, with a total of 2.13 billion US dollars (about 15.443 billion yuan), accounting for 38.4% of the global TOP100 mobile game publisher revenue in this period.
Tencent, NetEase, and miHoYo are still among the top three, among which miHoYo's "Honkai: Star Dome Railway" With the launch of version 2.1 "Crazy Rush to the Abyss", the day's revenue reached the highest daily turnover this year, and the game's revenue in March increased by 56% month-on-month, ranking 6th in the global mobile game revenue list, which also made miHoYo's mobile revenue increase by 12% month-on-month.
▎Shengshu Technology and Tsinghua University jointly launched the video model Vidu
At the Future Artificial Intelligence Pioneer Forum of Zhongguancun Forum, Biodigital Technology and Tsinghua University officially released China's first long-duration, high-consistency, and high-dynamics video model - Vidu. The model adopts the team's original Diffusion and Transformer architecture U-ViT, which supports one-click generation of high-definition video content up to 16 seconds and a resolution of up to 1080p.
▎ Huya released the "Tiger Billion Plan": in the next three years, it will share 10 billion yuan for game commercialization anchors
On April 26, the "Huya Live Star Festival Extraordinary Forum" hosted by Huya Live, a leading live broadcast platform in the industry, was grandly opened in Macau, China. At the meeting, Huya announced the official launch of the "Tiger Billion Plan", which plans to train more than 1,000 industry-leading anchors in the next three years, cooperate with more than 5,000 high-quality game projects, and help game customers to release new games through the content marketing model, leverage more than 10 billion full-platform traffic, and divide 10 billion for game commercial anchors in the next three years.
▎ "Chinese-style blind date" announced that it will be released on November 11, and the game adopts love development + simulated business gameplay
On April 26, it was reported that the role-playing game "Chinese-style blind date" (Chinese-style blind date 2 was renamed) announced that it will be released on Steam on November 11, 2024. "Chinese Blind Date" was previously removed from the Steam national region in July 2020, and announced that it will meet you again after the internal optimization is completed.
The official said that it is expected that 1~2 rounds of testing will be opened before the release, and in the next round of testing, there will be a game experience of the integration of the simulated business gameplay and AVG of the club's operation/decoration, as well as a richer map scene and side quest experience, and the game process also contains a lot of CG, dynamic vertical painting, character dubbing, etc.
▎ "Manor Lords" sold more than one million, and Steam players online at the same time exceeded 170,000
On April 28, developer Hooded Horse tweeted, saying that "Manor Lords" has sold more than 1 million copies since it was launched on Friday, April 26, and the number of simultaneous online players on Steam exceeded 170,000, setting a new record for the city-building genre (different from grand strategy games, 4X, colonial simulation, etc.).
Manor Lords is a medieval-style strategy game with in-depth city building, massive tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. The price of the game is 111.75 yuan after the first discount on Steam.
▎ Apple has restarted negotiations with OpenAI
It is reported that Apple has restarted negotiations with OpenAI to explore the use of the startup's technology to support some of the new features of the iPhone that will be launched later this year. The two companies have begun discussions about possible terms of the agreement and how OpenAI features will be integrated into Apple's next-generation iPhone operating system, iOS 18, according to people familiar with the matter. The move marks a renewed dialogue between the two companies. Apple had discussions with OpenAI earlier this year about a deal, but there has been little cooperation between the two sides since then. Apple is also in discussions with Alphabet's Google about licensing the company's Gemini chatbot. Apple hasn't made a final decision on which partner to use, and there's no guarantee that the deal will be done. It is possible that the company will eventually reach an agreement with both OpenAI and Google, or choose another provider altogether.
▎ It is reported that the SE game "Kingdom Hearts 4" will be released in May next year
On April 27, it was reported that although "Kingdom Hearts 4" has been officially announced for two years, Square Enix does not seem to have the idea of announcing more news in the near future, instead there are rumors that this IP is being adapted into live-action films. According to foreign media Comicbook, this well-known action role-playing game will be released in May 2025.
▎NVIDIA: We hope to become a partner in the development of artificial intelligence in Vietnam
On April 26, it was reported that Keith Strier, vice president of Nvidia's global artificial intelligence initiative, was visiting three major cities in Vietnam, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, with an NVIDIA delegation to choose a high-tech investment location. Strier said Nvidia wants to be a partner in the development of artificial intelligence in Vietnam. According to the statement, Nvidia hopes to cooperate with relevant central and local institutions in Vietnam to build an AI R&D and training center, install a supercomputer system, and transfer part of the production of supercomputing GPUs to Vietnam.