Chapter 201 Micro handle steering wheel!

Chapter 201 Micro handle steering wheel!

A product that perfectly combines the shortcomings of a handle and a steering wheel?

It sounds interesting to people, oh no, to the devil!

Lilith couldn't help but be in awe: "How do you say that?"

Gu Fan explained: "Mr. Li, you also know that there are currently only three peripherals for playing driving simulation games, keyboard, controller, and steering wheel.

"Needless to say, the keyboard itself is not suitable for playing driving simulation games. After all, its front, rear, left, and right keys are basically non-linear. They only have the accelerator pressed to the bottom, the brake pressed to the bottom, left to the full direction, and right to the full direction. Four types do not support too detailed operations at all.

“It is not ruled out that some great players can run rally races with keyboards and still run well, but they are a very small minority after all.

"Furthermore, keyboards are too mature and involution products. No matter what kind of foundry we find, it will be difficult to make them extremely rubbish and not cause too many negative emotions among players."

Lilith nodded: "Yes, it makes sense. So what I thought at first was to focus on the handle and steering wheel."

Gu Fan continued: "These two devices each have their own advantages and disadvantages.

"The advantage of the steering wheel is that it can provide the most refined operations, and the player's sense of immersion and substitution is also the strongest; but its disadvantage is that it is not a commonly used gaming device, and other games except racing simulation games It cannot be played, it takes up a lot of space, and the price is relatively expensive.

"The advantage of the controller is that it is a commonly used gaming device, does not take up space, and the price is relatively acceptable; but its disadvantage is that it cannot provide the most refined operations. Although it has linear operations and is better than the keyboard, But it’s far worse than a steering wheel, and it also doesn’t provide much immersion and a sense of substitution.”

Lilith thought for a while: "If we want to combine the shortcomings of the two, that is...

"First of all, it is not a commonly used gaming device, and it takes up a lot of space. It cannot play other games except racing simulation games? And the price is not cheap? It also cannot provide the most refined operation, and there are not many Immersion and substitution?

"How could there be such a thing!"

Gu Fan coughed twice: "Well, it is definitely impossible to combine all the shortcomings. We can only select the main shortcomings to integrate.

"After all, we have to make the product look like that first. Otherwise, players will see at a glance that the product is not good and won't buy it. It will not be able to collect negative emotions."

Lilith nodded: "Yes, indeed!

"Then what exactly do you want to make?"

Gu Fan took out his mobile phone and did a simple search on it, and quickly found a video.

"Look, Mr. Li, this is what I want to do. A handle steering wheel!"

Lilith took the phone and checked it with some confusion, and found that this thing was really a steering wheel, but it was a handle accessory, a miniature steering wheel installed on the handle!

The structure of this steering wheel is quite simple. Its diameter is approximately the distance between two thumbs when holding the handle naturally.

There are two ring-shaped structures on the left and right sides of the steering wheel that are slightly smaller than the rocker caps to ensure that the pads of the thumb can be placed naturally to better turn the steering wheel.

This miniature steering wheel is connected to the handle using a simple mechanical structure. Below it is a bracket that can be buckled on the handle for support, and above it is a simple connecting rod connected to the left rocker of the handle.

When the steering wheel is turned, the connecting rod will push the left rocker to the left or right to complete the turning operation.

The mini steering wheel is made of ordinary plastic material. It looks loose and the quality is worrying.

Gu Fan explained: “I think this thing combines the shortcomings of the handle and the steering wheel.

"It is not a commonly used gaming device. It is not used for other games except for racing games. It cannot provide too refined operations and cannot give players a strong sense of substitution and immersion, unlike real games." The steering wheel isn't even close.

“Of course, it doesn’t take up much space and it’s cheaper, which are not so good.

“But we can also tailor it to make it more expensive.

"As long as the material and structure are changed, and the price is increased to about 100 yuan, it should be enough to make players have enough negative emotions!"

Lilith watched the video carefully again.

The UP owner also briefly shared his experience using this thing. Generally speaking, it can be summed up in two words: toys.

The price of this thing is very cheap, only 10 yuan.

It has to be said that it was invented for a reason. When players play driving games, the right joystick is basically useless, while the left joystick is used to control direction. Although it has a certain linearity, it is far less precise than the steering wheel.

Through this micro steering wheel, you can use the thumbs of your left and right hands to control the direction together, further optimizing the accuracy of steering control with the left joystick.

So the UP owner in the video came to the conclusion after using it for a period of time that it takes some getting used to in the early stages of use, but after getting used to it, this thing can indeed be more precise than a joystick. But...just some.

There are still many serious problems with this thing. For example, many of the joysticks of the controller have dead zones, and the optimization of the controller in driving games is based on the player's operating habits on the controller, so if you use this micro steering wheel, On the contrary, it makes the optimization of the game controller very strange.

What's more, the material of this thing is plastic, it is loose after being connected, and the feel is hardly good.

For players like the UP owner who have adapted, it can only be regarded as "just usable", but for those players in the video comment area who have not adapted, it is pure garbage.

Lilith couldn't help but her eyes lit up: "Okay, very good!

"This thing is indeed much better than ordinary handles and steering wheels!"

She briefly thought about it. After mass production of this thing, she would directly change the material to metal, and then find a way to increase the cost to increase the price to about 100 yuan.

At that time, spend a lot of money on marketing, and promote it as "combining the advantages of a controller and a steering wheel". You can even sell it in a bundle with the game!

Players spend 100 yuan to buy this thing. How can their negative emotions reach the sky?

Even if many players choose to refund, this negative emotion has already arisen.

Spend a small amount of money properly to accomplish big things!

Lilith happily stood up on tiptoes and patted Gu Fan on the shoulder: "You did a good job, Gu Fan! I didn't expect that game peripherals can also be used for fun!

"I think your idea is very correct!

“Then it’s settled, I want all the gaming peripherals and gaming experience stores!

"At that time, all peripherals can be arranged in the experience store, and then players can contribute negative emotions while experiencing it...

“It’s like feeling like your own pig has been slaughtered!”

Gu Fan coughed twice: "But... Mr. Li, there is something I must declare in advance."

"Huh? You say." Lilith nodded.

Gu Fan paused for a moment and said, "I think that in order to increase the popularity of this product as much as possible, we still need to find a more famous manufacturer to do OEM work. In addition, we can also produce some regular products, such as with Game-linked theme controllers or steering wheels, etc.

"This is to better build awareness of the product from the beginning and get more players to buy it."

Lilith thought for a while and nodded quickly: "Yes, yes!"

This product itself is already very unfair. If it is made by a small factory, players will not buy it at all, so how can it make them have negative emotions?

Some well-known hardware manufacturers in China have a certain fan base and popularity, and players also trust them.

If you cooperate with them, the number of players who decide to "give it a try" will significantly increase, which is of course more conducive to gaining negative emotions.

In addition, having several different peripherals available at the same time can also play a very good role in confusing people.

For example, Nitiantian has made an agreement with the manufacturer to not only produce a "mini handle steering wheel", but also a "co-branded handle" and "co-branded steering wheel". Mixing the three products together will greatly increase the popularity of the handle steering wheel and make it more deceptive. Buy.

Gu Fan added: "And...for this product, we have to consider giving manufacturers some autonomy so that they can fine-tune the product design to a certain extent. Otherwise, it will be difficult to raise the cost so high."

Lilith thought for a while: "Hmm... that's okay, but the core idea of ​​the 'handle steering wheel' must not be changed!"

The structure of this little thing itself is relatively simple. If you want to upgrade it to 100 yuan, it is definitely not enough to just work on the material. You can't make it pure gold, right?

Having said that, if it were really pure gold, it might actually be sold. After all, it would no longer be a peripheral but a collectible.

Therefore, in order to increase the selling price, manufacturers must add some complex structures to this gadget, or make some miscellaneous accessories to increase the cost.

In this way, manufacturers must be allowed to have a certain degree of autonomy.

Lilith thinks this is nothing. Anyway, as long as we stick to the core idea of ​​"handle steering wheel" and increase the price, it will definitely generate considerable negative emotions among players!