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铃木裕计划开发社交版《莎木》游戏——《莎木街市》

发布时间:2010-11-16 11:39:36 Tags:,,

虽然很多严谨的游戏开发者们并不承认FarmVille或Mafia Wars等Facebook游戏的价值,但事实上这些被认为“不配称为游戏”的社交游戏却对传统视频游戏产生了极大的影响。

继《疯狂橄榄球》,《刺客信条》和《龙腾世纪》等游戏纷纷涌向Facebook网站以来,开发了经典视频游戏《太空哈利》,《疯狂赛车》, 《VR战士》和《莎木》 的游戏开发商铃木裕在体验过Zynga公司出品的文本类角色扮演游戏Mafia Wars后也决定要开发社交版的《莎木》,游戏命名为《莎木街市(Shenmue City)》。

shenmue city

shenmue city

究其原因,铃木指出自己希望在不必耗费大量人力财力的情况下重新回顾《莎木》世界。要知道当初世嘉公司为开发Dreamcast《莎木》本作游戏统共花费了7000万美元,然而销量并不理想。因此铃木以小额投资开发《莎木》系列又一新作的做法十分可以理解。显然很多传统视频游戏开发商也都抱有和他一样的观点。

铃木裕的这一决定从更广泛的角度来来分析,我们可以预见未来这些老牌游戏开发公司的发展之路——向Facebook迈进。这也正式很多业内分析师和从业人士在过去6个月所谈论的话题——各大游戏开发商将在Facebook展开一场2011年游戏品牌闪电战。(本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译,转载请注明来源:游戏邦)

As much as serious gamers like to brush off Facebook games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars — usually dismissing them with a wave of the hand, saying ‘they’re not really games,” — the hard truth is that these so-called ‘un-games’ are having a major impact on the traditional video game space.

Aside from games like Madden, Assassin’s Creed and Dragon Age making the jump to Facebook, Yu Suzuki, the creator of classic video games such as Space Harrier, Outrun, Virtua Fighter and the Shenmue series, says he decided to create a socialized version of Shenmue — called Shenmue City — after playing Zynga’s text-based role-playing game Mafia Wars on Facebook.

Suzuki says he made the game because he wanted to revisit the world of Shenmue without the monumental investment required to make a full-fledged Shenmue game. Keeping in mind that Suzuki spent $70 million on the original Shenmue for Dreamcast (which was a disappointment sales-wise) it’s understandable — and enlightened even — that this same guy was willing to create an extension of the franchise without the big budget. And, it’s clear that many other developers have been toying with the same idea.

From a larger perspective, we’re clearly seeing the beginning of what could be possible with big brands — household names and otherwise — on Facebook. And it all points toward what analysts and industry insiders have been saying for the past six months — we’re gearing up for a brand Blitzkrieg on Facebook in 2011. Stay tuned. (Source:Games.com)


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