A Returner’s Successful Investment Method - Chapter 634



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Episode 634. UDT (9)

[(GameSpark) SW Games’ boat engine revealed! Can it be a counterpart to UDT?]

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The biggest issue in the gaming industry recently is the UDT runtime plan. However, from the perspective of indie game companies and small and medium-sized game companies, it was difficult to find an alternative other than the UDT engine.

The boat engine released under these circumstances brought a great shock to game developers.

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Boat Engine was created with the goal of ‘supporting anyone to develop games easily and conveniently’. Additionally, since the code and engine itself are provided permanently for free, it is impossible to limit profits through contracts.

As there is no profit model, development is carried out through SW Games’ investment and public sponsorship recruitment. In addition, Legend Games is also known to provide technical support along with a $1 million sponsorship.

This is understood as a stepping stone to take the lead in indie game development and distribution in the future.

CEO Seonwoo Kang said, ‘The introduction of AI into game engines is accelerating. Ultimately, the goal is to be able to create games using only text without coding.

As support from game companies and developers continues, console companies have announced related positions.

Jim Spencer, head of NS Gaming Division, posted a post on the website.

[Z-box will support boat engines!]

Sonew Entertainment CEO Phil Ryan also expressed the same opinion.

[Our role is to ensure that games made with various engines run well in Playstate.]

* * *

The gaming industry is the largest of all cultural industries.

Even if you combine the movie, drama, and music industries, it’s not enough for gaming.

And UDT has established itself as an irreplaceable company in this market.

Therefore, Owen Raphael thought that no matter how much he protested, he would eventually have no choice but to accept the new rate system.

However, when the boat engine was revealed, that expectation was completely different.

UDT hastily announced a relief plan.

[This will not be retroactively applied to existing games.]

[Instead of the existing sales of more than $200,000, the tax will be levied on sales of more than $1 million, the same as the Surrill Engine.]

[The per-download fee system will be maintained, but will be capped at 3% of game sales.]

In this way, you can choose to pay either $0.20 per download or 3% of sales.

It was a big step backwards compared to the previous announcement.

However, the public response was not very positive.

-LOL A relaxation plan was announced as soon as the boat engine came out.

-Looks like you’ve been through a lot of shit.

-Anyway, aren’t you saying you’re going to raise the rates?

-Boat engines are free, and Surrill engines are free for sales under $1 million. However, UDT Engine charges a subscription fee and also receives money for sales. But why should I use the UDT engine?

-Did you think you couldn’t make a game without an engine?

-Hey, so you’re not going to use the UDT engine?

-Yeah~ I won’t use it, you bastards!

Although mid-sized game companies are still cautious, solo developers and indie game companies strongly supported the boat engine.

Owen Raphael, who saw this, shouted in bewilderment.

“You don’t even have this!”

Less than one out of ten game companies are affected by this plan reform.

In particular, it was safe to say that 99% of indie games did not have this issue.

In other words, it doesn’t matter if you use the UDT engine as before.

Nevertheless, he protested the loudest and declared that he would switch to a boat engine the fastest.

Even the famous indie game company Sphinx Soft announced that it would stop developing the game using the UDT engine for seven months and rebuild it from scratch by introducing the Boat engine.

The reason UDT was able to maintain a high stock price despite low sales and profits is because it has an overwhelming market share in the game engine field.

However, when that market share showed signs of shaking, the stock price plummeted again, and the market capitalization has now fallen below $5 billion.

Continue Capital’s report has become reality.

Owen Raphael muttered with a dejected expression.

“Did you really know something like this would happen? So you were developing a boat engine?”

I was completely taken aback.

I can’t believe they tried to push a new rate plan without even knowing this.

Stock prices continued to plummet, but there was no alternative to support the falling stock prices.

Ultimately, the board of directors fired Owen Raffaello as CEO and announced that they would completely review the fee policy.

* * *

Baek Geum-ho, who turned on the live broadcast, said excitedly.

“Because of this incident, UDT lost the trust of game companies. These are the people who want to charge fees even for games made 10 years ago. Even if the usage fee is reduced now, who would want to use it? However, the problem was that there was no suitable alternative, and this is when boat engines appeared. Hey! “Isn’t the timing amazing?”

[Currently, the industry says that boat engines will replace UTDI engines.]

[It’s a bit less functional, but it’s much easier to use.]

[They say even a beginner can learn it in one day. Plus, it’s completely free!]

[The ending of Owen Raphael’s dismissal haha. They say they will completely review the payment plan.]

[If this continues, UDT will fail… … .]

“Look. I told you that CEO Kang Seon-woo would solve it. Who were those people who laughed at what I said back then? “I memorized all the IDs.”

[As my brother said, Kang Seon-woo really solved it.]

[This was enough to wash it. I admit defeat.]

[Hey, what’s wrong with Pleta? We had a good relationship. Let’s go back to that time~]

[PLA’s mysterious first win!]

“Well, are there not only UDT but also one or two people who dominate the market and then raise prices? This is a real betrayal of consumers and users. “I’m sure no one will do something stupid after seeing this.”

[uh! I just came to see the overseas community, and they are upset because MotC internal data was leaked.]

[Riddit is burning brightly.]

[I have a translated article. Please take a look.]

“No, what is it?”

Baek Geum-ho quickly searched for related articles. He then shouted in surprise.

“Uh, Sibeol! “What is this again?”

* * *

Magicians of the Coast.

It is a company famous among fantasy enthusiasts and TCG enthusiasts for D&C and Magician the Gathering. However, despite its popularity, sales and profits were not that great.

Recently, the gaming industry has been growing rapidly, and the importance of content is also increasing.

Both parent companies, Charles Bro and MotC, felt the need to collect D&C usage fees.

That’s why the OGL paid policy was created.

As the internal review was completed, the original plan was to announce it right away.

However, at that point, a person called the co-representative of Continue Capital suddenly came to me and warned me not to pay for OGL.

When Brandt Swordman first heard that, he couldn’t hide his surprise.

‘How on earth did Continue Capital know that? ‘Have they planted an industrial spy in our company?’

As it is a global investment company, its information power will be unrivaled.

Even so, I didn’t really understand how MotC’s internal data was obtained.

‘Did he just stab me?’ Anyway, as the opponent was the opponent, it was not easy to ignore the warning.

Therefore, as Han Mi-ru said, the announcement was planned after seeing the UDT Engine incident come to an end.

The results were surprising.

UDT crashed sharply, the new rate system was abolished, and the CEO was fired.

When I heard Han Miru’s words, I thought it was just a warning.

But when I actually saw Udity explode, I felt a chill down my spine.

‘If you didn’t follow those words… … .’

Could it be that MotC is in a similar situation?

If that were the case, his position would not have been safe either.

Surprised, Brandt Swordman mentally gave up on the OGL pay-per-view contract.

however… … .

* * *

[Magicians of the Coast, internal data leaked!]

[OGL paid plan! In the future, all content created with OGL will belong to MotC!]

[MotC, actively manages third-party secondary creations! Do we choose the path of control instead of free creation?]

Brandt Swordman was surprised.

“no! “When on earth did this get leaked!?”

Looking at the data, it was clear that it had been secretly leaked by an internal employee.

‘Seo, could it be that CEO Han Mi-ru got this first? ‘So you knew about it?’

In any case, MotC did not announce implementation, only internal data was leaked.

But the community caught fire in an instant.

-what? Now that the UDT situation is over, is it MotC this time?

-He’s a really well-connected wizard.

-Was playing around with Magician the Gathering not enough?

-Are you going to collect a usage fee for purchases over $500,000?

-From now on, will we have to personally obtain permission for each production and report sales?

-MotC is going to take all the rights to use the novels and fanfiction I have written on the Internet? Wherever I write, I can’t say anything?

-If there are expressions of discrimination and hatred, you can delete the creative work at will? Who decides that? In the end, if you don’t like MotC, you’ll delete it, right?

-I have been a fan of D&C for 20 years. However, after seeing this policy, my affection has dropped and I am leaving. The 20-sided die is left behind.

-Should I sell Charles Bro short?

Third parties collectively protested and issued public statements.

[MotC’s OGL paid policy is a major betrayal to its partners and D&C fans. The growth of the D&C world was possible because free creation was guaranteed. If this is implemented, we will leave D&C and never return.]

Brandt Swordman was considering making OGL payable and predicted that there would not be much backlash.

As expected, royalties are only paid when sales exceed $500,000. Among the contents produced with OGL, you could count on one hand the ones that fall into this category.

However, the backlash from third parties and the community was a hundred times stronger than he expected.

This was because, aside from the money issue, he was angry that his creative activities, which he had previously enjoyed freely, should be controlled.

‘I can’t believe there’s this much backlash just because internal data was leaked!’

If it had been officially announced, an unimaginable situation would have occurred.

Only then did Brandt Swordman clearly understand what Han Miru meant.

‘Did you know that there would be this much backlash if you announced that OGL would be paid for? Was it really because you were a D&C fan that you told me that with pure intentions?’

Brandt Swordman quickly came forward and denied this.

“This material is just one of several considerations. It is true that the company reviewed it internally, but it was immediately discarded because it was deemed not to be in line with the company’s policies. We value community and creative freedom. As it is now, I promise that OGL will never be paid for in the future.”