Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

FC has now entered a slow phase-out.

But this is only in Japan.

In the United States, FC has never landed.

In particular, there are actually many high-quality games on FC, which players in the United States have never experienced.

In addition to the first party at the beginning, other third-party producers also slowly shifted their development direction to 16-bit game consoles.

Later, in the upgrade process of SFC, apart from Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's own first-party games, only a small number of third-party games participated in the upgrade of SFC, and most of FC's games did not appear on SFC.

Zhuyouxing has considered compatibility of game consoles, but that would increase the cost of game consoles again, which is not particularly cost-effective for the moment, so it can only try to push third parties to participate in game upgrades instead of backward compatibility.

It's just a pity that third-party manufacturers don't think it's a good deal. They can't make more money from the game with upgraded graphics. After all, they have different ideas from Zhuyouxing, and Zhuyouxing didn't force it.

This has also caused many American players to actually miss a lot of good-quality FC games.

If these games are also put on the US market and opened up channels with low prices, it is actually very cost-effective.

Because these 8-bit games are gradually becoming difficult to sell in Japan, many third-party manufacturers have also accumulated some inventory. They who originally planned to destroy them heard about Zhuyouxing's plan and became interested.

Even if it can only be sold for five dollars in the United States, their average income is only two dollars for a box of cassettes, but the big pie drawn by Zhu Youxing is enough to make them heartwarming.

This is a good opportunity to expand the market again. If they miss it, it will affect their future game releases in the United States. It is better to say that these inventory cassettes are used as waste, and all of them are thrown into the United States, so that the United States can digest the inventory here.

Fortunately, Zhuyouxing has long required these manufacturers to have at least three languages ​​when making games, including common English, which reduces a lot of unnecessary work and can directly put Japanese cassettes into the game. to the US market without having to do any extra extra work.

So, when September came, a ship of freighters from Japan docked at a port on the west coast of the United States.

Containers marked Youxing Electronic Entertainment were hoisted down one by one, storing tens of millions of game cassettes of various types in them, and more than five million FC red and white machines.

The day before the docking at the port, Matsuhashi came to the port sleeplessly waiting to unload the cargo. She had to keep an eye on this matter personally, because this is likely to change the American video game pattern, and she must ensure that All processes work without any issues.

The workers unloaded the containers one by one, and then began to check and confirm the customs. It took another four days for Songqiao to run up and down.

"Video games...cassettes, video game consoles? Such a large number?"

The U.S. customs staff looked at the containers in surprise, and then at Minoru Matsuhashi, who was standing aside and staring at the unloading.

Minoru Matsuhashi turned his head and nodded: "Yes, sir, these are products ready to be sold in the United States, and all customs duties and documents have been submitted in advance."

After carefully inspecting one or two containers, the officials finally nodded to confirm the release.

There is nothing special about this product itself, but the quantity transported at one time this time is indeed quite a lot, which surprised them a little.

The customs officer looked at Minoru Matsuhashi, and had to say that women are born with a little affinity, and men would let go of their guard in informal settings.

After confirming that the product was correct, the official began to chat casually: "Speaking of which, my child is also playing this kind of game console, but recently he has been saying that it is not fun and complaining that the game console is boring. With so many products, can they really be sold?”

Matsuhashi glanced at the official, showed a friendly smile, and then winked at a subordinate beside him.

"Sir, maybe you don't know much about the video game industry. In this industry, games are divided into good and bad. If your child says it's boring, then I'm afraid you bought some games that aren't particularly good. These games It will make children lose confidence in this product, but I believe that after our product is released in the US market, it will definitely make children and you, sir, believe in the charm of video games again."

Minoru Matsuhashi's entourage quickly brought over a cardboard box, which contained three FC game consoles and dozens of various FC cassettes.

"Sir, please accept our gift. This thing is not worth much. The cost of a box may be less than a hundred dollars, which is not considered a bribe."

Customs officials have been used to this for a long time, and they are relieved after hearing the price, but they are only a little curious.

He casually took out a plastic-wrapped cassette from the box, on which was written: Super Mario Bros. 3, but these were refurbished and plastic-sealed, otherwise there would only be Japanese on the previous cassette.

He was a little surprised and said: "The cost of a whole box is less than one hundred dollars? Is this an exaggeration? A game console I bought for my child was already a full one hundred and thirty dollars, and a box of cassettes cost more than $100. Ten dollars."

Matsuhashi smiled and said: "Yes, you heard me right, these costs are indeed not high, this product is more like an attempt by us to open up the market, so you can safely take it for your children to play with, I'm sure they'll love the new console."

The customs official said to himself: "Youxing Electronics Entertainment? I remember it. It seems that your products are still worthy of trust."

After all, the large trucks had already loaded the containers and drove towards the outside of the pier. Matsuhashi also said goodbye to the official, and made an appointment to communicate with each other when there was a chance in the future.

Being able to establish a good relationship with officials in the United States is also a necessary step, which Matsuhashi has already mastered.

Now she already has several local councilor friends.

Even got a congressman friend.

In a few days, she will also package some FC game consoles and send them to those members of Congress.

They are also equivalent to live advertisements, and letting them promote in their respective jurisdictions is sometimes more useful than pure advertisements.

The customs officer glanced at the box left here, and after thinking about it, he planned to take out a game console and play it for himself first.

He always said that this video game is very fun, and the news said that even adults have been conquered. He felt that he should also follow the fashion.