Online Class Notes (Tibo)

discussed the game industry

they required to take the covid test and you have to be negative / you were required to present a negative covid test

due to the covid situation not big companies didn’t join the event last year. -> due to the pandemic  no big company joined the event

they are helping them to entering the other makers in Asia. -> they are helping them to enter

due to the regulation some games are banned.

you need to have the equipment requirement. / you need to satisfy the equipment requirement  / you just need to equipment required / there is an entry cost as you first need to buy the equipment to play the game

it is more about your skills that how much you pay / I don’t like pay to win games

if you pay more enough you can have advanced equipment -> if you pay / spend enough you can have advanced equipment  / the more you pay the better your equipment.

it is more easier to use the keyboard -> it is much easier / using a keyboard is more intuitive

if you want to get it from second hand platform -> from a third party

with just a normal mobile phone / with an average mobile phone

they treat is like task -> like a task

some projects went out / it was discontinued / it faded out

if people will get adapt to this model ->if people will adapt to this model

this is symbol to tell the world that the way of working can be remote in the future. / it shows a change in the way we consider work . remote work becomes more and more acceptable.

they want to lower the weight in the ratio in the revenue -> they want to decrease the dependency on ads. / they want to increase the revenue diversification  / they want to decrease the weight ads have in the revenue mix

the Tencent and the Alibaba … -> Tencent and Alibaba

if you are using the WeChat -> if you are using WeChat

you can sue the company

Vocabulary

get acquainted (v) : become more familiar
he got with VR tech with the first VR headset

second hand (adj) : not new / used market
I bought it second hand because it was cheaper

secondary market (n) the market not from official resellers / eBay / Xianyu ….
I bought a ps5 new on the secondary market but it was more expensive than MSRP

diversification (n)
they want to increase revenue diversification

infancy (n) early childhood / early stage of development
The VR game industry is still at the infancy stage

pay to win (n) model in which the more you pay the stronger you become.
this is a pay to win game.

in game currency / premium game currency (n) diamonds in a game…
you have to use the in game currency to try to get the new characters

entry cost (n) what you have to pay to start / enter
the entry cost toward 4k gaming is high because the equipment is expensive