Reborn Tokyo Golden Age

Nintendo stipulates that the minimum order for third-party game manufacturers' cassettes is 10,000 copies, and if there are fewer, they will not be sold!

And the money first, the goods later, the delivery time is more than two months!

The previous royalties are all okay, but the last two points are deeply hated by the majority of third-party game producers.

If a game is expected to sell 100,000 copies, Nintendo's production fee and royalties are 2,000 yen.

Then the manufacturer has to deposit 200 million yuan first, and then wait for two months to return.

When you find that the game is selling well and want to add more, wait, wait for more than two.

If it collides with Nintendo's own game, it will have to be postponed.

By the time you finally get the game cartridge, maybe the game is outdated and can't be sold anymore.

Of course, if the game does not reach the expected 100,000 copies in the end, will Nintendo return the extra card money to you?

The beauty of thinking, I never said anything about returning goods at Lao Ren's place.

So for many game makers, correctly predicting game sales is a matter of life and death.

If you order too much, it will be a waste of money, and you will lose money if you can’t sell it. If you order less, you will miss the best sales opportunity.

And when and how much goods you can get and how much you can sell depends on the mood of Nintendo and Chu Xinhui.

Of course, the original intention will play a role in it, that is another story.

But unlike Nintendo's various regulations, Bai Chuanfeng's conditions are quite simple and rude.

There is no such thing as royalties, and there is no such operation as selling the produced cassettes to game developers.

The condition he proposed was to take a commission. Of course, the right to make the game cassette was still in his hands.

First, Baichuan Electric has the ability to manufacture cassettes. Instead of letting other OEMs earn processing fees, it is better for him to do it himself.

Second, by seizing the right to produce game cassettes, you have the planning right to ship and distribute the game.

What good is that? When the release dates of HAL's own games and third-party games are close, Shirakawa Electric can reasonably adjust the schedule between them.

After all, the pace of product shipments is controlled by me, and I have the final say on when to distribute the products.

To put it bluntly, it is the same as the old Ren, when necessary, he can give priority to his own game.

Because compared to third-party commissions, their own games will earn more profits.

Of course, the premise is that the quality of the game of the pro-son is similar to that of the third-party game, and this can only be done.

Otherwise, it is clear that third-party games sell better, and Bai Chuanfeng loses his ambition and will insist on playing games that cannot be supported by his own mud.

He is a capitalist, and he will not struggle with money.

Seeing that Kudo Yuji was still hesitating, Bai Chuanfeng felt that it was necessary to give him another boost.

"Kudo-san, Shirakawa Electric's production capacity is sufficient, and the production cycle of game cassettes does not exceed two weeks.

And the repayment cycle will be controlled within one month, please don't worry about this. "

Shirakawa Electric has a large number of factories in Kawasaki and Chiba. According to the latest statistics, there are more than 10,000 workers.

With such a volume, it is too easy to process a small game cartridge.

This is qualitatively different from Nintendo's model, which does not have its own factory.

All of its products and game cassettes are manufactured by other factories, which leads to the shipment of many products, and Lao Ren can't control it himself.

Therefore, the delivery period it agreed to for third-party games is two months, which is also for insurance purposes.

Although Nintendo's home game consoles have not yet been released, its royalty system has not yet been formally established.

However, Baichuan Electric's two-week delivery period and one-month payment return period are definitely very favorable conditions.

Even though Yuji Kudo doesn't know much about the electronics manufacturing industry, he also understands such conditions, and few companies can provide them.

Worthy of being a big factory, while giving harsh conditions, it also gave reasons that were hard to refuse.

Gritting his teeth, the chubby Yuji Kudo nodded fiercely.

"Okay, as Bai Chuan-san said. Hudson can accept the above two conditions."

Alas, it is impossible not to agree.

The business situation of Hudson Software has become worse and worse. Although hundreds of computer games have been produced, each one is losing money.

If this situation does not improve, his own Hudson is estimated to go bankrupt in the first half of the year.

Seeing the other party nodding in agreement, Bai Chuanfeng also smiled.

Very good, the first company has negotiated, and then we can negotiate with other manufacturers around this template.

With those who take the lead, the attitudes of others will naturally soften by half.

"However, Kudo-san, regarding the manufacture of cassettes, the first batch must not be less than 5,000. And Hudson needs to pay 1,000 yen per disc in advance."

The cost of processing cassettes by Shirakawa Electric is about 500 yen, and I charge you 1,000 yen for processing, which is not too much.

Although there will be commissions in the follow-up, but the production costs in the early stage should be given.

You can't expect to sell out all the games in the end, and then get the money back to pay the previous processing fee.

Don't even think about empty-handed white wolves.

It’s okay to say that the game sells well, but if it hits the street, it’s estimated that you won’t even be able to get back the money, so wouldn’t Baichuan Electronics do it for nothing?

How can there be such a good thing in the world, and Bai Chuanfeng is not doing charity.

As expected, when he heard his condition, Kudo Yuji showed embarrassment, "Shirakawa-san, can you accommodate me a little bit about the cost of this project?"

Kudo Yuji understood that even if he went to another foundry to produce game cartridges, he would still have to pay the upfront deposit.

But with the current situation of Hudson Software, 5 million yen is really not available.

They are about to go bankrupt, so how can there be any surplus food to pay for the cost of production.

Seeing his embarrassment, Bai Chuanfeng already knew the current situation of Hudson Software.

"How about this, the production cost of the first batch of "Gold Digger" game cassettes will be paid in advance by Baichuan Electric.

When the game is paid back, the relevant production fee and commission will be deducted from it. Of course, this is only a special case of the first batch of games. Other games in the future will still be implemented according to the terms just now. "

"Of course! Of course!" Kudo Yuji nodded and bowed hastily.

This is equivalent to Shirakawa Electric supporting him with a start-up capital of 5 million yen for free. Could he not be grateful to Dade for such a good thing?

As for the shipment of the first batch of 5,000 game cartridges, even Yuji Kudo has no opinion.

If a game does not have the expected sales of 5,000 copies, what else is there to develop? Isn't it definitely a money-losing product?

Therefore, this figure is acceptable to both parties, and the cost of 5 million yen is not an exaggeration for the club.

To put it bluntly, in terms of the 35% commission, Bai Chuanfeng took two steps.

The processing fee of 1,000 yen for the game cassette is 18.2% of the commission, and the remaining 16.8% is deducted from the subsequent game payment.

The advantage of doing this is to ensure that even if the game does not sell well, Baichuan Electric will never lose money.

Because of the processing fee for each game cassette, Shirakawa Electric has already earned 500 yen.

This has nothing to do with the sales of the game, but the shipments.

With Bai Chuanfeng's personality, how could he do business at a loss.

But he is not unreasonable. A potential game developer like Hudson doesn't mind reaching out to support him when necessary.

"By the way, Kudo-san, I would like to ask you a question. It seems that your club was engaged in computer games before, so why did it switch to the home console game platform now?"

This is also where Bai Chuanfeng is a little curious. According to Iwata Satoshi, it seems that the other party took the initiative to find the door.

Facing his question, Kudo Yuji stammered and said, "Because... because I have no money~"

This... This is really an unpretentious reason, Bai Chuanfeng laughed dumbly.

"So your company tried to transform and developed "Gold Digger"?"

"Actually, "Gold Digger" is not a game developed by Hudson Software." Yuji Kudo added.

"Huh?" Bai Chuanfeng turned to look at the fat face beside him.

""Gold Digger" is a computer game from the United States, and Hudson transplanted it to the FES platform.

Of course, please rest assured that Bai Chuan-san, we have obtained the authorization, and there will be no infringement disputes. "

Seeing that Bai Chuanfeng had some doubts, Kudo Yuji quickly explained.

"So that's how it is." Bai Chuanfeng nodded, no wonder the development of a game was completed in such a short period of time.

If it is a transplant, it can be explained.

But this reminded him that Shirakawa Electric should be more careful about the disclaimer of third-party games in the future.

Don't be sued in court for no reason at that time, and you still don't know what the problem is.

"In fact, the main business of Hudson Software is not games, but software design."

While Bai Chuanfeng was thinking about the legal terms, Yuji Kudo said something that surprised him.

"Hudson Software is actually a software company?" Bai Chuanfeng's eyes widened.

"Uh" Yuji Kudo smiled awkwardly, "That's true."

This is a game company delayed by software. Bai Chuanfeng felt that Hudson Software was not doing its job properly.

"We have developed various application software for Sharp's computers, including programming language software, graphics auxiliary software and other supporting products.

Even CPU, sound chip, image processing chip, we can also do preliminary design of these hardware.

We Hudson have also studied the 8089A of SIC countless times. Based on its platform, we also wrote some instruction set software for development. "

"Wait." Bai Chuanfeng signaled him to wait for a while, "What Kudo-san means is that Hudson can develop software and hardware at the same time?"

"Hay!" Yuji Kudo nodded confidently.

Hudson's real strength is software development, otherwise the word "software" would not be in the name.

At the same time, they also have their own attainments in the design of chip semiconductors.

Although it is a related product for game development, the research and development strength lies here.

Bai Chuanfeng turned to look at Satoshi Iwata beside him, who nodded in approval.

I dare not say anything else, but Satoshi Iwata knew about Hudson's strength in software, and it is indeed very powerful.

Since he is so good, why did Hudson have such a bad time?

That's because the software and hardware they developed are basically based on the MZ series and X1 series of Sharp computers.

As for the popularity of Sharp computers, not to mention the leading NEC, it is even far behind Fujitsu.

These days, the systems of each computer are different, which makes the software between them unable to communicate with each other.

So although Hudson's strength is good, but because he is limited to Sharp computers, his reputation is not obvious in the end.

But when Bai Chuanfeng heard this, his eyes lit up.

"Mr. Kudo, shall we talk about another business?"

"Hey" Yuji Kudo, who was chattering, looked at him in surprise.