Game Development Giant

Suzuki Sonoko was a girl who had just entered junior high school. When she saw the small, cute game console toy called an electronic pet in a TV commercial the night before, she immediately fell in love with it.

When I saw the price of 20,000 yen, I still couldn't suppress the impulse in my heart.

She wanted it so bad.

Especially the Bulbasaur, it's just too kawaii.

Suzuki Sonoko ran to her room and took out a small piggy bank from her drawer, which contained the change she had saved for a long time.

Looking at this cute little rabbit's piggy bank, she had a hesitant look on her face. She had originally prepared the money for tickets to her idol Miyuki Nakajima's concert at the end of the year. If she took it out now, That would make all her plans go to waste.

There was an extremely fierce ideological struggle in her mind.

Buy it or not?

In the process of thinking, the three extremely kawaii electronic pets in various colors that she just saw on TV kept popping up in her mind.

Then Suzuki Sonoko gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, seemed to have made a decision, and threw the ceramic piggy bank in her hand to the ground.

boom!

The piggy bank hit the ground with a dull crashing sound. Maybe she was not strong enough, and the tatami was much softer than the cement floor, so the piggy bank only rolled a few times on the ground and did not break.

The moment she fell out, Suzuki Sonoko had a look of extreme regret on her face, and her eyes were instantly covered with moisture, not for the money she had saved so hard, but for the savings that had been with her for a long time. money jar.

This was a birthday gift from her mother!

Fortunately, the piggy bank was not broken when it fell to the ground. A look of surprise appeared on her face for a moment, and she quickly squatted down and carefully picked up the piggy bank.

Patting her chest, she returned to her desk, carefully took out the lid of the piggy bank, then shook it, and poured out the money inside.

The piggy bank kept making clattering sounds as she shook it.

Most of the piggy bank contained some coins. As she poured it, there were a large number of one hundred yen, mixed with a small amount of five hundred yen coins, and a very small number of one thousand denomination banknotes.

After all the money in the piggy bank was emptied, Suzuki Sonoko looked at the money she had saved for more than half a year on the table, a look of reluctance appeared on her face again, but after hesitating for a moment, her eyes He also became decisive.

She carefully counted the coins poured on the table. Even if it was a hundred yen coin, she blew it one by one, wiped it clean and put it aside.

It took her nearly half an hour to count the large pile of coins on the table.

Even she herself didn't expect that in the past half a year, she had saved more than 39,000 yen by relying on coins one by one!

This gave her some unexpected surprise.

In this way, even if she buys her favorite Bulbasaur, she will still have 19,000 yen left. Maybe she will work harder in the second half of the year, and by the end of the year, she will not miss her idol Miyuki Nakajima. It's a concert.

Thinking of this, Suzuki Sonoko, who was still a little depressed at first, immediately showed a happy smile.

This was simply the best news for her.

On the morning of July 25th, Suzuki Sonoko took the train to Akihabara early. She knew that this was the largest market for electronic products. Anyway, the boys in the class said that all electronic products could be bought here. Something connected.

And she remembered that in that TV show, the first place was divided into three places, retail stores in Akihabara, and several shopping malls in Tokyo and Osaka. However, you can only get a lottery ticket if you buy it here in Akihabara. , this lottery ticket can be scratched, and the first prize is to get the gold version of the first three electronic pets, but you can choose one of the three.

This time, Jester launched a pocket version of electronic pets with a total of three pets and three versions.

This is because he has fully absorbed the experience of later Japanese manufacturers in defrauding fans of their money.

In addition to the regular yellow, white, and pink versions, there is also a silver version limited to 1,000 copies, and a gold version limited to 100 copies.

Among them, the price of the silver version is five times that of the ordinary version, and the price is as high as 100,000 yen. The gold version is not sold separately, but can only be obtained by lottery. Every time you buy an electronic pet, you will get a coupon. Just scratch off the golden version of the electronic pet from the lottery tickets.

Whether it is a gold version or a silver version, they all have independent numbers, and there will never be duplicate numbers.

Suzuki Sonoko, who had longed for the shiny golden electronic pet she saw on TV, came to Akihabara without hesitation, instead of going to shopping malls closer to her.

Although she knew the chance of getting it was slim, she still wanted to give it a try.

What if?

Or so she thought.

Tamahide Yoshiro also came to Akihabara early in the morning. In addition to checking the sales of GP handheld machines on the first day, he also wanted to award awards to the players who won the gold version of the GP handheld machine.

The advertising effect of gp is still good. Although it has only been promoted for a short ten days so far, a large number of girls are still attracted by the cute gp electronic pet machine they saw on TV. There are even many People from the Kansai area also took the Shinkansen overnight to buy.

Of course, there are even more buyers who live nearby.

Sales can't be said to be hot, I can only say that it's pretty good.

On the first day, Tamahide Yoshiro only shipped 20,000 units to Akihabara. As evening approached, he made a rough calculation and found that approximately 12,000 units were shipped, with 8,000 units left.

Those stores were also very satisfied. Not only did they directly pay the full price of the previously purchased goods, but they also immediately placed another order for 20,000 units.

Tamahide Yoshiro is very satisfied with today's results. Although it can't be called a success, it is still a success.

For a handheld console with low investment and low cost, this sales volume is already very good.

He touched his pocket. In his pocket was a GP handheld device that he bought with his own money. It belonged to Charmander. He was going to give it to his daughter as a gift. Her daughter had been watching TV on TV a few days ago. Afterwards, the advertisement pestered him to get it. Although he could get it in advance according to his authority, he still didn't do it.

He said goodbye to the employee who had been busy all day, got into the taxi he called over the phone, and drove towards the station.

He promised his daughter that he would give her an electronic pet today.

At this time, he couldn't help but think of the girl named Suzuki Sonoko who won a golden version of Squirtle today.

He still remembered the way the girl was hesitating between the golden version of Squirtle and the golden version of Bulbasaur. He remembered that the girl bought a pink Bulbasaur, which was the ticket in the Bulbasaur. Winning the first prize, it seems that she likes Bulbasaur more, but obviously, after having Bulbasaur, she wants a different electronic pet.

But she also wants to get the golden version of Bulbasaur, after all, her favorite is Bulbasaur.

The girl hesitated for more than ten minutes, and finally reluctantly chose the golden version of Squirtle. When she looked at the golden version of Bulbasaur, Tamahide Yoshiro could only think of one adjective to describe it.

That's heartbreak.

Although this girl is a little older, it still reminds Tamahide Yoshiro of his own daughter. When he thinks of his lovely daughter, the smile on his face becomes happy.

"Sir, I'm thinking of my family." The driver also saw the smile on Tamahide Yoshiro's face through the rearview mirror, and couldn't help but smile and asked.

"Yes, yes, I brought my daughter the gift she most wanted!" Tamahide Yoshiro said, with a happy smile that couldn't be hidden on his face.

As soon as Suzuki Sonoko returned home, she couldn't wait to call her friends to show off that she had bought the electronic pet that had just been released, and she also drew a golden version of Charmander, which was limited to 100 pieces!

This made her friends unable to bear their curiosity and came to her home one after another.

After Suzuki Sonoko made the call, she originally wanted to wait for her friends to come and then disassemble the phone to show off in front of them, but she was so itchy that she couldn't help it and disassembled the phone in advance.

Then she was completely addicted to this little handheld game!

In this small thing, which is only half the size of a palm and has only a black and white LCD screen, there actually lives a pet with its own life and thoughts!

Of course, this is Suzuki Sonoko's own idea.

And seeing the Bulbasaur that had just hatched from the egg crying and shouting that he was hungry, Suzuki Sonoko instantly fell in love with this little one and spent a full 20,000 yen to buy it. Little things, then feed it, bathe it, make it convenient, groom it, let it sleep... Take care of it just like you really take care of a pet.

"It's so interesting!" Suzuki Sonoko thought over and over again as she played.

At this time, several of her friends also came to her home, surrounding her and watching her taking care of the extremely cute little pet in the gp.

"What's the name of this? It's so kawaii." A friend of Suzuki Sonoko looked at it with envy for a while, and then asked involuntarily.

"This is called Bulbasaur! I want to buy it too, but I like Charmander more! But one costs 20,000 yen, which is too expensive!" Another girl said proudly, and then her voice She became a little depressed. It was obvious that she might not have enough money.

"Wow! This is the golden version of Squirtle!" Another girl looked at the one that Suzuki Sonoko had left unopened. The golden version of Squirtle she got in the lottery shouted with envy. .

"Take it apart and take a look, take it apart and take a look..." Then, there was the encouraging voice of a group of girls.

Originally, Suzuki Sonoko didn't want to take it apart. She wanted to keep it properly, but with the instigation of so many of her friends, she was too embarrassed to refuse, so she gritted her teeth and took the golden version of Squirtle's GP. The wrapping paper was torn apart.

When the golden version of Squirtle was pulled out of the box by Sonoko Suzuki, the shimmering golden shell and the lovely image of Squirtle etched on the pure metal shell by rust carving were immediately visible. It attracted the attention of everyone present.

When Suzuki Sonoko held this metal GP handheld device, she felt that it felt completely different from the one with a plastic shell that she had just played with.

This golden version of Squirtle feels so comfortable in your hand.

Then, Suzuki Sonoko saw that her friends were like extremely hungry cats, and their eyes turned green when they looked at herself or the handheld device in her hand.

At this time, Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help but tremble.

"I want it too!" Then, her friends shouted in unison and rushed towards Suzuki Sonoko...

Such a scene is happening in many places where GP handheld phones are purchased today.

the next day.

When Tamahideyoshiro rushed to Akihabara from Osaka, he was almost shocked by what he saw. Before half past eight, there were long queues in front of all the shops with GP posters. Long queue.

Most of them are girls, both older and younger, and there are also many boys who line up with the girls.

At this time, an employee he had just recruited hurried towards him.

"President! President! All 30,000 units have been sold out!" The employee came to him, lowered his voice, and told him the news in an extremely excited tone that surprised him to the extreme.

"All sold out?" He repeated in disbelief, and even his voice became a little sharp.

Then, the employee nodded vigorously and said without hesitation: "Yes, President, everything is sold out!"

Then, Tamahideyoshiro suddenly felt a little dizzy.

Looking at the long queues in front of him with no end in sight, his mind was instantly occupied by one word and could no longer accommodate any other content.

Frenzy!

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