July 19, the giant network chairman Shi Yuzhu in Shanghai, said that after the successful acquisition of 51.com25% stake, the Giants in the next year will continue to use nearly 800 million U.S. dollars for acquisitions.
In the selection of the object of acquisition, Shi Yuzhu said that the main concern of the two categories, the first category is a big work of the game company, the other is able to the giant online Community strategy to help the community Web site.
In addition, the giant will launch the "Journey of Nostalgia", the game will return to the "journey" before the January 2007 version of the business model, the cancellation of more than 80% "open box" and other gold props for sale, this is considered Shi Yuzhu of the new business model of online games to explore.
Shi Yuzhu believes that the high growth of online games mainly stems from the rapid growth of the number of players and business model changes. However, because the current free game user base has been very high, so the online gaming industry will decline in the future growth. Therefore, in order to continue to maintain the high growth of online games, we must change the business model. "Online games in the future model is the Web game or game and community combination, or in the existing mode of sublimation, we are exploring." "Shi Yuzhu said.