Super Tycoon

After Zhang Yang successfully fooled Kurishenko into increasing his investment in hardware technology, he wrote down some more things in his small notebook.

This year, he wants Wenquxing to appear in many markets around the world. As for whether it will sell well, he is not sure, but he will always try.

Even if only 100,000 units can be sold in the overseas market, it can still save capital. If he can sell more, he will increase his investment in this area.

The time soon came to mid-June, when an event that the global game industry was concerned about finally happened. Nintendo's N64 was officially launched, and the island country was still chosen as the first release market.

This is the first 64-bit game console in the true sense. It is much stronger than Atari’s Jaguar, and it can also play 3D games. In terms of hardware parameters, it is better than Suony’s PS, and it also exceeds 3DO, Saturn and Zhiduxing G.

For example, NEC's PC-FX has already been discontinued because it cannot be sold at all. Even when they discounted and cut prices, no one bought it, and there were very few games.

As for some products in stock, they simply dismantled them directly, recycled the usable electronic components directly, and destroyed the unusable electronic components on the spot.

The price cannot be dropped too low, otherwise it will affect the development of the entire brand. What's more, after the sale, it is necessary to provide after-sales services, which is what NEC and others are unwilling to do now, and they will lose even more.

Originally, NEC was also considering a new portable game console, and the design concept was very similar to VB. But VB hit the street, NEC directly stopped the project and stopped the loss.

3D0, PS1, Saturn, and G-Star G have been selling at reduced prices before, among which Saturn has the largest price reduction. The low price of 20,000 yen has greatly increased Saturn's competitiveness.

In the island country market and the American market, the sales volume of Saturn has surpassed that of other brands, and Zhiduoxing G has also been left behind. However, Zhiduoxing G performed better in the European market.

But when the N64 was launched in the island country, the sales of all other game consoles suddenly fell to the bottom. On launch day, they both saw double-digit sales.

Nintendo's appeal is still so unparalleled. Although they still insist on using cartridges as game cartridges instead of mainstream CDs and VCDs, players don't mind.

The most important point is that Nintendo has kept the price down to the extreme. The performance of this N64 is 64-bit, and the price is actually 19,980 yen, which is less than 20,000 yen, which makes the previous price reduction of 32-bit machine manufacturers such as Zhiduoxing a joke.

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Of course others are buying game consoles with better performance. What's more, Nintendo has always been known for its fun games and the large number of games.

According to the sales statistics on the first day, including pre-sales, it reached 330,000 units. With this data, Nintendo can proudly announce that they are still the overlord of the game industry!

At this moment, Zhang Yang was talking on the phone with Tomo Matsutajiri. Tomo Matsutajiri felt that Nintendo was too sleazy~~~, the price was so low, how could other companies sell game consoles?

"Don't worry, Nintendo's usual routine is that game consoles don't make money, and then they make money by selling game cartridges. I guess they also learned a lesson because of the failure of VB's price increase."

The price of Nintendo is very cheap, Zhang Yang is not surprised at all. Even if Nintendo sells it for 18,000 yen, it’s normal, because Nintendo really never makes money from game consoles, they sell them at cost price, and even counting the cost of publicity and distribution, they even lose money.

But people who bought a game console must buy a new game, right? The price of a game cassette can even exceed that of a game console, can you believe it?

"Mr. Zhang, shall we continue to reduce the price of our Zhiduxing G? Can it be lowered to less than 20,000 yen?"

In the past, Zhiduoxing G was kept at around 30,000 yen. That was because Zhiduxing G gave an extra vibration controller. Now Nintendo’s N64 has two vibration controllers and an analog joystick, which looks exactly the same as Zhiduxing’s new controller.

Under such circumstances, Zhiduoxing G still maintains a high price, so it must not be sold. Look at Saturn, hasn't the price been lowered to 20,000 yen a long time ago, and the sales have increased so much.

"We will immediately replace Zhiduoxing G with vibration handles, and the price will be reduced to 20,000 yen. But you have to talk to those dealers. The price we give them cannot be reduced too much, and their profits are also limited. It has to be lowered."

With the improvement of technology, the production cost of Zhiduoxing G has also dropped a lot. Now more than 1,000 RMB can be produced, and it can be sold for 20,000 yen without losing money.

But the biggest difference between Zhiduoxing G and Nintendo N64 is not the performance of Nintendo, but that Nintendo didn't intend to make money from this machine, they just waited to sell games.

The games of Zhiduxing G have always been very cheap, which is the most popular among players, but the profit is also low.

"Pay attention to whether the price of Suuni's PS1 will be lowered. If the price is lowered, remember to tell me immediately. Also, you have to ask the company to develop a 32-bit game of Pokemon. There are still many fans of this game, especially many girls. Like it very much."

"I estimate that the sales volume of Nintendo's products will exceed 5 million units this year, and it will continue to consolidate Nintendo's dominance. At this time, we are not yet Nintendo's opponents on video game consoles, but we can improve technology while keeping up with more contact more third-party game manufacturers and let them join our camp.”

"Although our prices are relatively cheap, that's why our game discs are the best sellers. There are many models with sales exceeding one million, and even several with sales exceeding five million. There are also great benefits for those third-party game companies to gain fame."

In the previous life, Suuni did not beat Nintendo on PS1, but since PS2, Suuni has suppressed Nintendo, relying on the number of games.

Nintendo itself earns more, distributes less to game companies, and the conditions are relatively harsh, which has caused a large number of third-party game manufacturers to leave, including companies that have been with Nintendo for many years.

"Remember, even within a year or two, we can still only follow Nintendo, not even as good as Soni and Sega, but we will gain an advantage in the future."

"According to the company's plan, our next-generation video game console should go on sale at the end of this century. At that time, it will truly have 3D functions and its performance will be greatly improved."

Satoshi Matsudajiri replied: "Mr. Zhang, I understand. I will do my best to sign cooperation agreements with third-party game manufacturers."

What Zhang Yang said is very clear, even if he loses money this time, more game manufacturers must be bound to Zhiduoxing's chariot, so that after the launch of game consoles in the future, there will be more games for players to experience.

After the launch of the Nintendo N64, the road was in full swing. At this time, Zhiduoxing Company suddenly received an invitation letter.