Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

In an office at the headquarters of Su Rui Electronics Group in Minato-ku, Tokyo, several people are meeting.

The leader is a man in his thirties who is holding the sales data of the PN game console for a week just obtained in his hand.

After a full week of sales, their results can be said to be not bad.

"According to statistics, the sales volume of PN game consoles in the first week totaled 24,347 copies. This is a very good answer sheet, which means that users have great confidence in our products."

He is the head of the newly established game business department, responsible for all content related to video games.

At the same time, this is also the first time he has served as the minister of a department, and he has a bold attitude.

After a period of preparatory work, their business department has formed a team of fifty people, including game development and game software development teams.

Facing an emerging industry, Su Rui Electronics entered very quickly, mainly because it is really not difficult to imitate the red and white machine, and Su Rui Electronics can still quickly manufacture brand-new game console products with a lot of manpower.

After all, it is a giant group with a deep industrial foundation, and they are not afraid of anyone in the field of electronic products.

Several team leaders who heard the sales data were relieved for a while.

They were also a little exhausted during this period of rush work. Knowing that the sales data was not bad, this relieved their tension a lot.

The minister smiled: "This result is very good, thank you for your efforts, but we should make persistent efforts in the future, and we cannot relax. This emerging industry of video games does seem to have great potential."

According to their general survey, many of the buyers are players who have already bought Famicom.

And they choose PN game consoles simply because they claim that they have better performance and better quality products. No matter how you look at them, the game consoles of Youxing Electronic Entertainment have a rough and inferior plastic feeling, which gives Surui Electronics Great opportunity.

In addition, each game can only be played for about ten days on average.

Now in Tokyo, which has just experienced a small boom in games, many players rush to play one game and can’t wait to play the next one. They are eager to play more games, like dry The sponge is thirsty for water.

Although some games are highly replayable, how can there be new games?

And Youxing Electronic Entertainment can only launch one game every month, the number is too small, and the games launched every month can only cover one category, in case it is a genre that you don't like, players Just have to wait a long time.

PN game consoles fill this gap very well.

There are three games in the first launch. The quality is hard to say, but the quantity and sincerity are indeed sufficient.

The minister took the chart and said to everyone: "What we need to do now is to continue to increase investment. Not long ago, Zhuyou Electronic Entertainment just announced a pistol-shaped handle, which caused a wave of enthusiasm. Who in your engineering department knows this technology? ? Can you explain the principle to me?”

The team members in charge of engineering development looked at each other in blank dismay.

They haven't even heard of it.

Can the handle be made into a gun shape?

Then they all shook their heads, clueless about it.

"This is a product that has not yet been released. It has been in the trial stage. It is normal for you to be unclear. This is the news that the investigators I sent out investigated. This thing has not even been advertised."

"We can't get more detailed data of this product for the time being, but I hope that once this product is released, you must make a similar product for me as soon as possible, and you must avoid their patented technology, understand ?"

The people in the engineering development team got dizzy after hearing this.

Competitors have to disassemble and manufacture similar products on the first day of release. This simply does not treat us as human beings. How can research and development work be so easy.

But this is Japan, a country where overtime is prevalent, especially exacerbated by the bursting of the bubble.

Moreover, I heard that this minister was formerly a deputy director of the marketing management department. He obviously didn't understand how difficult it is to break through engineering and technical problems.

The head of their group could only bite the bullet and agree.

Then, the minister looked at the game development team with the largest number of people.

"I need you to produce four more games within a month. There must be no delay. Now is a good opportunity for us to conquer the market. We must completely occupy this market."

When the game developer heard it, his eyes immediately felt dark.

Before, they produced three games almost by dozens of people.

And they're all a bunch of people who didn't know anything about video games before.

After more than half a month of studying some game programs in the red and white machine, they found three relatively simple games, and then rushed to make them.

Now asking them to make four games a month just doesn't treat them like human beings.

The reason why Zhu Youxing was able to handle so many games by himself in the first month is entirely based on the memory of his previous life.

Those mature game production templates are already well understood, and it can be said that he does not waste any time in making games, and he can do it at his fingertips.

But other people in this world have never systematically learned how to play games.

Even if it is an imitation, it is impossible to directly use other people's codes. That is the most stupid way. If the other party wants to sue for infringement, the reputation of the entire company will be damaged.

First of all, they need to disassemble the code to understand the operating principle of the entire program, and then rebuild their own game framework, stuffing content into it, plus occasional detours, after they have thoroughly studied the three simplest games, only After half a month, they are almost going to live in the company for the remaining half month.

The head of the game development team said with a bitter face: "Minister, four games a month, this has exceeded our upper limit. It's not that we don't want to do it, but we want to make the same quality as the opponent's game. This is absolutely not enough."

"Then why can someone release six games when the game is first released?" The minister asked back with his eyes wide open.

You want to know, we also want to know.

"Could it be that this company has made corresponding preparations before the formation, in fact, their game development is not just a month."

"Impossible." The minister shook his head, "I have already investigated this company before. When the company started, this game console appeared at the same time, and then several games appeared one after another in the following month. trial play."

"According to Zhuyou Electronic Entertainment's game publishing model, we must first develop a small part of the game for people to try, and then develop the finished game for sale. If there is already a finished product, there is no need to try it. , Isn’t it possible to make money earlier by selling finished products directly?”

"But……"

"No need but, didn't you make three games in the previous month? If you continue to work hard, your salary will definitely not be reduced. If you have any difficulties in life, you can just mention them now. I will try my best to help you solve them. And I only have one request, to produce four more games in different categories within a month."