Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

  Chapter 375 Creative Meeting on Handheld

   Actually, Zhu Yuxing felt that he didn't have many choices, and his greatest wish was to leave no regrets.

  Then the best choice can only be to continue to improve the performance of the game console.

   Fortunately, I still have a lot of creative ideas for excellent games.

   Just taking it out and giving it to the handheld can lead to an increase in sales again and again.

   If it wasn't for this kind of confidence, Zhu Yuxing probably wouldn't take such a risk.

   On the same day, Zhu Yuxing first announced his ideas to the company's engineering development department.

   At the same time, the news of this new handheld was also disclosed to the person in charge of the company's core development team.

   They are not surprised by the news of this new development plan.

  Because according to the release time of GBA, the development of the next-generation handheld should also start.

   But they were a little surprised by Take Yusei's idea.

   This time, Zhu Yuxing wants to make another big leap in game performance.

   In order to explain to everyone the new handheld they imagined, everyone also held an internal discussion meeting.

"My initial idea was to launch a handheld computer with an upper and lower screen, one of the screens can use the latest touch technology, so that our products will become fashionable products of electronic technology. As for the performance, I also plan to improve it again. , the standard is to be able to run video games that are comparable to the GS1's graphics performance."

After    Take Yusei finished speaking, Hayasawa Airi immediately raised his hand.

   "Zhuyou... President, isn't this span a bit too big? Also, why is it dual-screen?"

"Dual screen is just an idea of ​​mine, because I have some ideas that fit with this mechanism. As for the span you mentioned, it does seem to be very large, but this is the first time I hope to make one that can satisfy as much as possible. A console for every appetite.”

   Airi Hayasawa said immediately: "Then the cost is probably not cheap, and if we were to sell it at the price of the handheld, it would be a loss-making business."

"Selling the console at a loss, and then earning money back from the game, this is my definition of this handheld, and at the same time, I also hope that this handheld can continue to operate for more than five years, so in this way, with Moore's Law If the performance of the processor is gradually doubled many times, then the cost of our game console itself can be reduced all the time. In the early stage, the sales of the game console may be a loss-making business, but in the later stage, it is not at all."

  A console ready to sell for more than five years?

  Everyone thought seriously.

   Before their two game consoles SFC and GB, the lifespan was about four years.

   Now GBA will slowly become obsolete over time, replaced by a matter of time.

   Now, making a handheld console with performance comparable to home consoles does sound great, and game developers of handheld consoles will have more room to play.

   Recently, some handheld game developers have gradually begun to complain about the weak performance of GBA handhelds.

   The performance of game consoles in this world is developing too fast, and Zhu Yuxing has accelerated the pace of soaring performance of this game console.

   And game developers, like players, will gradually no longer be satisfied with the development of current game console performance.

   They also hope that they can have more development space when developing games.

  The current handheld market is more like a platform for orthodox console development teams to practice their skills.

   After the game developer's experience is mature, he will immediately jump out of the handheld development team and join the console development team to develop console games with stronger game performance.

   If a handheld with explosive performance really comes out, then there is actually a whole new choice for game developers.

   They will be equally welcome.

"My assumptions are probably these. Now let's see if you have any other opinions. We will solve it during the internal meeting. First of all, I want to say that my assumptions are not 100% accurate. If If you can find some reason to convince me, it is OK to make some changes to the architecture of this handheld, and I welcome all of you to brainstorm."

   At this time, a head of the development team raised his hand and said, "Then president, do we want to announce the news of this handheld development to our employees?"

   Zhu Youxing nodded: "It's good to announce it. The confidentiality regulations will keep them tight-lipped. I can trust our employees. If ordinary employees have any good ideas, they are willing to accept them."

   Everyone nodded.

   They are actually a little confused about this so-called dual-screen development.

   They haven't jumped out of the inherent rules of the console screen yet.

   One screen can’t be taken care of, so what kind of performance will the two screens look like?

  At the same time, they seemed to have recovered a bit.

   The previous GBSP handheld appearance upgrade was prepared for this.

   Arranged a clamshell handheld in advance, and then launched a dual-screen game console under the clamshell.

   But no one can say whether such a game machine can succeed.

   In fact, if this idea was proposed by the boss of an ordinary game company, everyone would think that it was a wild idea of ​​the boss of the company, and it was completely nonsense.

   This is completely contrary to mainstream thinking.

   However, Zhu Yuxing is the **** of games. Since it is his idea, it should be quite correct.

   Zhu Yuxing did not say anything completely, but gave everyone a time to think.

   Let them go back and think about the feasibility of such a thing.

  Take Yusei's idea at the beginning is one thing, but whether this dual-screen handheld is truly popular is another.

   Zhu Youxing even envisioned a plan for market research.

   If the handheld is really going to be distributed, it will be facing consumers in the future, and it is also necessary to conduct some market research in advance.

   However, the processor of a high-quality handheld can be studied in advance.

   This can be paralleled with the gameplay and design of the handheld.

After the    meeting, the engineering development team issued a tender announcement to several large processor manufacturers.

  This time is different.

   The performance of previous game consoles is relatively behind the technological development of this world.

   Then finding a processor that is more versatile and more compatible is the best choice.

   In this case, just go to the company with the strongest processor in the world alone.

The price of the processor itself has also matured. They are also very welcome to purchase such relatively outdated products in large quantities. The unused production lines can be reused, and they can continue to be used to make money, and this kind of old production lines. It is to occupy a production position, and the manpower does not need to consume too much, so why not do it.

   (end of this chapter)