At the 2024 Giant Company annual meeting, Shi Yuzhu, the founder and chairman of this well-known game company, delivered his latest speech. Shi Yuzhu elaborated on the company’s latest exploration in the field of AI, especially an AI game development platform designed to allow ordinary people to develop games.
Shi Yuzhu first reviewed the company's achievements and challenges in the past year. He pointed out that despite the challenging external environment, Giant Network has performed well in the gaming industry. According to publicly disclosed data from listed companies, revenue and profits have increased significantly in the first three quarters of 2023. He emphasized that this was due to the efforts of the company's team and the continuous strengthening of the game development culture.
Talking about the change of management, Shi Yuzhu expressed his confidence in the new CEO Zhang Dong. He explained that Zhang Dong is not only familiar with Giant’s culture and history, but also has accumulated rich experience in other companies. In addition, he mentioned the retirement of the company's former CEO Liu Wei and emphasized that she will continue to contribute to the company as president of Giant Group.
The most eye-catching thing is Shi Yuzhu’s outlook on AI technology. He mentioned that AI is not only a representative of technological progress, but also the key to innovative game development methods. Giant Network is exploring the creation of an AI game incubation platform, aiming to lower the threshold for game development and allow game enthusiasts without programming or development backgrounds to realize their creativity. This platform will use AI technology to transform users' ideas into games. Shi Yuzhu mentioned that this can not only improve research and development efficiency, but also make game creation more civilian.
Shi Yuzhu’s speech showed Giant Network’s deep understanding and forward-looking layout of the future gaming industry. The concept of AI game incubation platform heralds a major shift in the game industry, from professional developers to the participation of a wide range of players. This will greatly enrich game content and forms, and there will never be a bottleneck in creation, bringing new vitality and creativity to the game market.
When looking to the future, Shi Yuzhu said that the company will continue to promote the application of AI and ensure that this strategy runs through all aspects of the company. He emphasized that investment and application of AI are the key to the company's long-term development.
In general, Shi Yuzhu's speech at the annual meeting not only demonstrated the solid performance and future plans of Giant Network, but also proposed a new development direction for the gaming industry. With the help of AI, game development is becoming more diversified and popular, which heralds the advent of a new gaming era.