Super Tycoon

After the Z4 was officially launched, sales soared all the way. In just one week, it broke through six million units. Especially the clamshell style, despite the high price, it just sells better.

32-bit handheld game memory cards are also selling very well. On average, one z4 can sell two new game cards.

At this time, the sales of z3 also began to plummet. With the new model, people are less willing to play the old model. And z1 and z2 have been discontinued, because although they can still be sold, the profit margin is too low.

Instead of letting low-margin products dominate the market, it's better to sell new ones. Anyway, the price of z3 has been lowered again, so don't worry that the market will be snatched away by Nintendo.

Nintendo's gBa hasn't been launched yet, and it's expected to be in the first quarter of 2001, but Zhang Yang thinks that Nintendo may launch it ahead of schedule again, perhaps in January 2001.

What Nintendo is lacking now is only some fun games. After all, there were no 32-bit game masterpieces in the original Nintendo game manufacturer camp, and Nintendo has never released 32-bit game consoles.

If it weren't for the game to slow down the progress, maybe Nintendo will be able to release the gBa by the end of this year.

After Sun Tengfei saw the sales data, he knocked on the chairman's office door.

Zhang Weiguang was standing in front of a fish tank, sprinkled with fish food in his hand, watching the goldfish scrambling for food, with a leisurely smile on his face.

Dangdangdang~~

"Come in."

"Chairman, this is the sales statistics for the first week of the Z4 handheld. Our sales of the Z4 exceeded 6 million units, including more than 4 million units that were pre-ordered. The sales volume of the Z3 is only 120,000 units, which is still after the price cut. .”

"However, the sales of Nintendo's gBc, gBP, etc. have also declined very significantly. This week, there were only about 100,000 units. Their gBa is expected to be launched early next year, and the specific time has not been announced."

Zhang Weiguang glanced at the sales statistics: "Can we sell 6 million units? In a week? Then how much do you think we can sell by the end of the year? 20 million units?"

This little one is better than the previous z3? It is obviously more expensive and the profit margin is higher. What do those people in foreign countries think? Is it true that the more expensive the product is, the more people will buy it?

"Twenty million units are no problem, I can assure you. In many markets such as the island country market and North America, we have caused panic buying. How many people are queuing at the door of the store, fearing that they will not be able to buy them."

"Some retailers previously advertised that

They don't get much of it, so if you don't get it fast, chances are it won't be available before Christmas. "

"In fact, our first batch of supplies was not much, but then the second batch has already been shipped. This is the marketing method of those retailers, called hunger marketing."

"And our clamshell models sell better than the horizontal ones, and the profit margin is also higher, reaching almost 25 percent. The horizontal ones are only about 15 percent."

"If it weren't for our high prices, the sales volume should be even higher. But at present we only have Nintendo's gBa as a competitor. Whether it is Sunny or Sega Bandai, their handheld projects have just started, and they will be at the end of next year at the earliest. to go public.”

"At that time we will launch z4s, add new functions, and we can easily beat them."

"What is z4s?" Zhang Weiguang was at a loss. When did the company change the name of the handheld?

Sun Tengfei was a little embarrassed, didn't the chairman know about this? But he obviously sent someone to deliver the documents to the chairman's secretary.

"It is an improved version of z4. It is equivalent to the relationship between Zhiduoxing g and gmInI. The basic performance has not been significantly improved, but some details have been optimized and some auxiliary functions have been added."

"In this way, when the sales volume of our z4 declines, or when consumers criticize the price for being too high, we can continue to guarantee high profits through the z4s, and at the same time, the price of the z4 can also be lowered. At that time, the production of the z3 will be reduced again until the appearance of the z5 It will be completely discontinued.”

Zhang Yang said that there is no need for Zhiduoxing Group to learn from Nintendo, and a game console must be sold for 20 years. In fact, ten years is a long time.

When the game industry developed slowly, 8-bit machines were already very advanced, and when 16-bit machines became popular at that time, 8-bit machines were still the mainstream in many countries and regions.

But now that the replacement speed of electronic products is too fast, who would like to play 8-bit machines? For the sake of a sales period, if you have to delay the sales cycle, you are simply spending money to save face.

This may be regarded as an honor for Nintendo, but for consumers, how many will seriously remember it? The most they can say is, oh, Fc, I know, will they still buy it?

Therefore, Zhiduoxing Group must ensure that at most two generations of products are sold at the same time. If there is a third-generation product sold, then the first generation will be discontinued and retailers will clear their inventory.

Many retailers will also choose to clear out the leftovers as soon as possible, and some will keep them, but they will not cut prices, and prepare them for some nostalgic people. Anyway, the quantity is not much, and they can afford it.

Zhang Weiguang suddenly asked: "Have you reported this matter to Zhang Yang?"

"I sent the email to the president. Isn't the president still back from a business trip?"

"Haven't you come back yet? How long will he be away on business?"

Sun Tengfei blinked and blinked: "The president didn't say anything."

You don't even know, where can I go? And how do you feel that the chairman is not very clear about the president's business trip?

However, the chairman is indeed very leisurely now. He spends half of the time traveling every year, and his life is very chic. Sun Tengfei hopes that he can be so free and easy when he is old.

But considering that the chairman's trips are all in private jets, accompanied by top-level tour guides and accompanying bodyguards, the cost is not small.

Even if he is already a rich man, he can't afford to spend such money.

"I read the document yesterday saying that the two companies in the island country are going to merge? Is Naoki Watanabe going to be the assistant to the president?"

"Yes, this is the president's decision. Chairman, the merger of the two companies will make our management more convenient. And it will not affect our absolute controlling stake. The combined voting rights of their major shareholders are only 1% Around thirty, we have more than two-thirds of the vote."

"That Naoki Watanabe is in charge of the arcade project. This market has grown very rapidly this year, and the president also gave him some rewards."

"By the way, Chairman, have you read the documents sent over yesterday? If you have no objection after reading it, please sign it. It's time to order the people below to carry it out."

"I read it, and I signed it. It's on the table. I'll go get it myself. I'll go home first. It's boring to stay in the company."

Zhang Weiguang found many documents of the company, and he could not understand some of the words on them. After getting used to it, I am not used to working occasionally, especially working in an office.

Well, let's go to the R\u0026D center more in the future, it's still interesting there. Zhang Yang is on a business trip, why hasn't he come back for so long?