Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

As good as the red and white machine is here, the PN game machine next door is as bad as it is.

In the one month after the release, the game development team did produce four more games, completely thinking about winning by quantity, and each game was sold at the lowest price of 3,000 yen for red and white machine games. It seems that they felt that their The game is also worth 3000 yen.

This time, they had a little experience in making games, but they didn't make particularly low-level mistakes again, such as bugs such as flickering screens that made people feel uncomfortable.

But the game is still not fun enough.

There is no game industry system yet, and they have no idea how to make games, and they are just crossing the river by feeling the stones.

Create four different types of games in one go, which are role-playing games similar to Dragon Quest, a baseball game, and a type they developed themselves called shooting games. You act as a camera and specialize in capturing photos from all over the world. Landscapes and the occasional supernatural event, the last genre is a Mario-like jumping game.

It can only be said that these programmers are really good. Employees from large companies have two brushes, and they can still squeeze out four games that are still playable for you in a month.

It's just that the feedback is on sales, which is very unsatisfactory.

In the next month, the sales volume of PN game consoles was just barely higher than that of the first week, more than 20,000 units, which can be said to be a real hit.

The money in the hands of the players is not blown by the wind. Naturally, they will not hesitate to see something that everyone has unanimously shouted. As for the PN game console, after the release of Super Mario 3, no one has discussed it. It's obvious which one to buy.

No one discusses it because they have been dazzled by the excellent games of the red and white machine, and they have forgotten how bad it is to spray PN games. Of course, there are still some scoldings on the Internet.

For example, those who didn't have much money originally bought a PN game console and wanted to show off.

They were quite happy when they bought it to play, and thought it was worth buying.

But this thing is afraid of comparison.

When they go to a friend or colleague's house to experience the fun of the Famicom, they have only one thought in mind.

How the hell did I buy such a thing?

They can't wait to throw this thing into the trash can directly, and they are ashamed to let their colleagues know that they bought this thing because they were saving money.

The director in charge of the video game division of Su Rui Electronics immediately yelled at this meeting.

He simply doesn't care how hard the game is to make.

He just saw that popular games can appear on the red and white machine, and it takes about the same time, so why can't they do it here?

Does the company over there have monsters with three heads and six arms who are working day and night to help?

These programmers are also suffering.

In Japan, where superiors and subordinates are very strict, not everyone dares to contradict their boss. Those who dare to do it are either really capable and have climbed to high positions, or they are directly forced to pack up and leave. up.

At least these people in front of them are not that kind of people.

They can only swallow their anger, at least when the boss scolds his subordinates, he should listen obediently first.

"Our sales are poor. Although the higher-ups have not made too many demands on us, we have to be responsible for the company's trust! Looking at the current results, I am not ashamed to explain to the higher-ups. It is the most humble!"

Everyone was silent.

Now no one dares to touch the mold.

When the minister's anger subsides, we will talk about it a little bit, but I feel that it is useless to talk about it.

Apparently the minister seemed a little anxious to make a difference.

"You guys are dumb when you talk. I need to know why we are doing better, but the red and white machine still beats us."

One of the programmers was dying to say a word.

This is not crushing us, this is directly crushing a destroyer.

Super Mario 3 alone is a peak that they can never surpass in a short period of time.

They feel that no matter how creative they are, they are definitely not as good as the endless gameplay in Super Mario 3.

It's like never ending the game.

In order to experience the so-called competitor's game, many of them found that they were addicted to it while playing, which caused their work to be delayed. In other words, is this a kind of malicious competition by the competitor? Deliberately making such a fun game to make them programmers addicted to it? Suing the other party in this way is estimated to be treated as a fool by the judge.

"According to our secret investigation data, the sales volume of red and white machines has exceeded at least 300,000 units, and it is rapidly expanding at a rate of more than 5,000 units per day. There is also Super Mario 3. My gossip is that their first Weekly sales reached 100,000 boxes, do you know what this concept is?"

The following group of programmers did not have any surprise expressions after hearing this number.

One hundred thousand?

Isn't this normal? This game is worth 100,000 sales.

Not to mention that the red and white machine has the 300,000 you investigated, if there are 3 million, they have reason to believe that the sales of this game in the first week will directly exceed one million.

This is no exaggeration.

"The price of a cassette is 5,000 yen, and 100,000 cassettes were sold in the first week. I don't need to calculate this amount for you, do I?"

Of course, money cannot be calculated in this way, and marketing costs, cassette production costs, and merchant costs must be taken into account.

But just looking at the number of sales in the first week, everyone knows that this company must be making a lot of money.

In fact, more than 400,000 units of red and white machines have been sold, but the daily increase in sales is indeed around 5,000, and it is still rising slowly, while the sales of Super Mario Bros. 3 have exceeded two 100,000, entering the 200,000 sales camp together with Dragon Quest, Tetris, Contra and Super Baseball,

bang bang.

There was a slight but rhythmic knock on the door, and the minister looked at the door impatiently: "Who is it?"

The door was slowly pushed open, and a hale and hearty old man in a suit walked in.

His eyes were as sharp as an eagle, and he seemed to regard anyone as his prey. He was full of aura just after he came in, making everyone feel a strong sense of oppression.

"President...President?! Why are you here?"

The minister in his thirties stared wide-eyed. Usually, the president would only appear in the ministerial meeting, and the small minister of his secondary department did not have any right to speak in the ministerial meeting.

Seeing the president's sudden arrival, he, who had previously talked about lotus flowers to his subordinates, immediately became very humble, lowered his head and bowed deeply to the president Hayakawa Kentaro.

The rest of the people in the office also quickly stood up from their seats.

"Sit down, everyone. I'm here to check on the situation of this new department and see if you have any difficulties. If you have any, you can directly mention them to me."

Hayakawa Kentaro was uncharacteristically, from the imposing manner just now to a very kind appearance, he could take it easy.

He can speak eloquently to ministers, but he is much more cordial to subordinates. He is a rare leader in Japan.

This made everyone startled.

"President...President, I'm very sorry, our department failed in the previous business."

"Well, I already knew this before I came here."

Hayakawa Kentaro nodded, and then walked to the position where the minister was just now. The minister almost scrambled and immediately gave up his position to the president, while he stood by the side and waited for dispatch at any time.

"Video games are a very good emerging field. Perhaps this will also be the next breakthrough for our company's development. Therefore, although you are just a secondary department, I have always been paying attention."

Everyone's breathing was stagnant.

So it turns out that the movements on my side have been being followed all the time?

Everyone, including the minister, was breaking out in a slight cold sweat. Of course, the minister was sweating even more, because he was the direct superior, and he would be most directly blamed for any problems in the department.

"President, the video game industry doesn't seem to be big right now, so we have been cautiously probing, for fear of causing too much loss to the company." The minister beside him asked cautiously.

"Not much? Is there a problem with your data?" Kentaro Hayakawa glanced at the minister with doubts in his eyes.

The minister lowered his head immediately.

"This... I have been paying close attention to the movements of Youxing Electronic Entertainment. We have been updating their data, so there shouldn't be any problems."

Hayakawa Kentaro raised his hand and said, "Then show me the data you collected."

The minister immediately handed over the data file he had placed on the desk.

After a few quick glances, Kentaro Hayakawa put the document on the table.

"The data is outdated, and your investigation is still not detailed enough. If there are no accidents, the sales of Youxing Electronic Entertainment's game consoles should have reached more than 400,000, and the sales of four games have exceeded 200,000."

The data survey is wrong, and the difference is very large, which can be said to be quite a serious mistake.

To put it seriously, this will obviously make the management misjudge the development of the entire industry.

As for how Hayakawa Kentaro was able to obtain more detailed data, he naturally has his own channels, and the old man always has some unknown cards.

"Only counting from the start of the company Youxing Electronic Entertainment to the present, it has achieved huge profits relying on the pure video game field in about half a year. It can be seen that this industry is now completely a gold mine. How much potential does it have now? No one can find out, and it would be a pity if we gave up."

Now the minister dare not even speak.

The big mistake in the data has already left him with nothing but apology, and anything he says now is just a sophistry.

"So, I decided to invest more money and manpower in your business department. Even if it doesn't reach the first-level business department yet, it is still the most favorable department in the second-level business department."

Increase capital and manpower input? Does this mean that the president didn't accuse them?

Everyone seemed to have heard the voice, and couldn't help but feel a little joy in their hearts, especially this minister, his eyes lit up, which means that his real power will be even higher?

So it seems that it is not a bad thing to fail once in a while?

"However, I think the position of the minister needs to be changed. It seems that you are still difficult to take up the position. Let's take the post of deputy minister for the time being. A new minister will take over tomorrow."

The minister who had just taken office for more than a month hadn't been happy for long, and now his heart was suddenly thrown into the frozen lake.

It's over.

This is tantamount to demotion, and once demoted in such a company, it basically means that the future has stopped.

A direct order from the president, there is almost no room for anyone to intercede. It is obvious that Hayakawa Kentaro has really started to take video games seriously.

In fact, even the management shareholders of Su Rui Electronics do not understand this man's thoughts, and they don't understand why they are suddenly very optimistic about the video game field.

But they are all in line with money. As long as the dividends at the end of the year are not bad, multiple departments are nothing.