Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

Of course, the plan to expand the U.S. market cannot affect the expansion plan in Japan.

After the time comes to Halloween, it can be regarded as a small celebration in Japan.

In other countries, Halloween is usually just a matter of people dressing up as some ghosts and ghosts.

But in Japan, this has become a large-scale cosplay exhibition show, regardless of whether the costume is a ghost or not, it can be displayed on this day.

And if we say what kind of COSPLAY is the most popular at the moment, it is naturally the image of the old special drama Koshien Superman.

Then, the second to fifth most popular COS characters were all taken over by the characters of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment.

The first place is the brave Loto, the second place is Mario, the third place and the fourth place are the two protagonists of Contra, and the fifth place is Xiaozhi in the very popular Pokémon animation.

It has to be said that it is a feat for a company to dominate the popularity from second to fifth.

This is a good publicity opportunity, and Yuxing Electronic Entertainment will naturally not let it go.

With Halloween, the price of the red and white machine ushered in another wave of price reduction announcements, which lowered the price of the red and white machine to 3,000 yen.

This price can already be said to be a massacre level.

Even people who are not interested in video games are willing to buy one in order to be able to get along with other people and see that this thing is really cheap.

And the cost of the red and white game consoles has also been reduced to a very low level. Counting the packaging and transportation not exceeding 1,000 yen, each game console can still make a net profit of more than 1,000 yen, which is quite terrifying.

Relying on the low-price strategy, Surui Electronics cannot compete with it.

They may indeed be able to attract players through low-price strategies.

But they can't afford such a low price as Zhuyouxing. After all, their game consoles are 16-bit, and the cost cannot be lowered. It is already a limit to reduce it to about 6,000.

At the same time, they don't have the idea of ​​selling machines at a loss and making money from software games like later generations.

Zhu Youxing has already made money by relying on this routine, and his cash flow has always been quite healthy.

At the same time, Zhuyouxing also organized a limited event for Halloween.

During Halloween, players who own Pokémon can go to the Pokémon Restaurant to redeem exclusive Pokémon as long as they complete the designated Halloween check-in task in Tokyo, Japan.

This is also a routine operation of Pokémon games. Increasing the interaction of players is actually equivalent to the realistic version of festival missions in later online games.

And for kids, the allure of getting exclusive Pokémon is huge.

Some people even ran all the way from Hokkaido just to get Pokémon, which shows how hot Pokémon is now.

In addition to these collection-like events, there are brand new events taking place at several of the original licensed stores.

On the Friday morning of the first week after Halloween, several shops put up several huge promotional posters in front of the door at the same time.

On the poster, there are game screens of Mario, Tetris, and Metroid.

At the bottom of the screen, it was written: "The fastest challenger is recruited, and the final winner will receive a seven-day family trip to Hawaii Island and a bonus of 10 million yen."

As soon as the promotional poster was put out, another group of people immediately gathered around, discussing curiously.

Before that, they only regarded video games as entertainment.

Just like a film and television drama, enjoy the fun brought by video games.

But now it's a surprise that we can reap some real-life benefits from video games.

Film and television dramas need professional actors, and professional people to do professional things.

Sports competitions require professional athletes.

What about video games?

"Hello, I would like to ask the challenger on this poster, what does it mean?"

The clerk who was receiving the customer heard the voice of inquiry, looked back at the poster and said: "It is to compete who can clear these games in the shortest time, and then the fastest clearer of each game in the competition can get rewards .”

People stared wide-eyed and asked in disbelief: "Do you only need to pass the game as fast as possible? There are no other requirements? Isn't this too simple?"

"How could it be that simple." The clerk shook his head and said, "Only the person who ranks first can get the biggest prize, which is not bad compared to athletes, but speaking of it, anyone can participate, and participate Everyone can also get at least one participation award."

"What is the participation award?"

"It's just some prizes such as keychains. In short, if you are interested, you can come and participate tomorrow. This event will last for half a month. In half a month, everyone can challenge three times, and then wait for half a month. When the month is up, we will announce the strongest players for each game."

Ten million yen is not a small amount in today's Japan. Many people are eager to give it a try. Even if they are not gamers, they will be very tempted by this bonus and want to practice.

"Tomorrow? When can I officially participate tomorrow?"

"Look here." The clerk pointed helplessly at the bottom of the slogan on the poster.

At nine o'clock tomorrow morning, the Speed ​​Challenger competition officially begins.

As for the completely specific content of the competition, a more detailed explanation will only be given after the players come in person tomorrow.

If I explain it here for a long time so that others can understand it, then the number of people who come tomorrow with curiosity will be reduced by half.

This is a good opportunity for publicity, and it is natural to make the most of it.

Those who got the answer left satisfied, and planned to come back tomorrow to check the situation.

And some people who don't know why will stay for a while, and want to ask for specific details in detail.

A young man in his early twenties was staring blankly at the content on the poster.

There was a look of longing in his eyes.

Ten million yen, which is almost the annual salary of a middle-level employee in a large company, and a seven-day family trip to Hawaii, which is also an attractive reward.

His name is Ono Yue, and he is an otaku commonly known by the world.

He used to be a positive person, but because he broke up with his girlfriend of ten years, he was completely depressed, and he was not interested in anything.

Fortunately, his family situation is not bad, and his parents' savings can make him live comfortably. This makes him even more decadent, until he comes into contact with video games, and a long-lost joyful mood is also playing video games. growing more and more in the process.

Depressed, he rarely finds happiness in video games.

But he knows that this is not a long-term solution after all. Happiness cannot last forever, and his family's savings are not unlimited. Sometimes when facing the slightly disappointed eyes of his parents, he can only dodge in shame, but he can't do anything. .

Now he only feels joy in the game.

Other than that he wasn't interested in anything.