Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

   Chapter 458 Be a Big Bad Wolf

Youxing Electronic Entertainment was still very fast in finding a second manufacturer of flash memory cassettes, and the other party simply offered a price, which was one dollar to five dollars more expensive than the average cassette before. The cost of cassettes with different capacities will be different.

   This is not selective, bargaining is definitely indispensable, but it is guaranteed that the needs of players are the highest priority.

   But just after the contract was signed, Zhu Yuxing immediately made a decision.

   Cassettes must not be restricted by anyone any longer.

   He must buy a flash memory manufacturer.

   It doesn't need to be too big, as long as you have a certain independent patent, and it is best to have a mature R&D team. He hopes that the cost of the cassette will continue to be reduced through continuous research and development.

   He has to prove that cassettes should be the best carrier for handhelds.

  It doesn't make much sense whether the console uses a cassette or a CD, but the handheld is definitely more suitable only for the cassette.

   It is not easy to buy a flash memory manufacturer, but the world does not lack those companies that are on the verge of bankruptcy.

If you want to buy such a company, it will be much simpler. Zhu Yuxing immediately asks people from relevant departments to investigate. The investigation all over the world shows that the flash memory industry is relatively mature, and it is not as monopolized as processor chips. , It is not too difficult to find a relatively small flash memory company.

   It’s just that Zhu Yuxing’s thinking is still a bit simple. It took about a month for the company’s people to barely find a company that meets the requirements.

This company is from Poland, and it used to be considered a little famous. The boss of this company was on the verge of bankruptcy due to the failure of investment, but the other party's asking price was relatively high, because many companies were eyeing this company, entirely because of this The company has a lot of patented technologies, and these things are still worth a little money. If they want to buy them wholly, I am afraid they will need at least two billion US dollars.

   And those companies that are preparing to bid are also relatively strong, and the final price is likely to exceed $3 billion.

If Zhu Youxing really bought it with a stomp, then he would have almost no cash, and then he would spend a lot of money to make a 3A masterpiece that doesn't expect anything in return, or if he went crazy and made a film, he might not be able to get his money back. Forget the Final Fantasy 7 movie.

   Zhu Yuxing thought about it seriously and decided to give it a try first.

   Anyway, it’s just the bidding stage. If it exceeds expectations, quit and find the next one.

   And this time, another two months have passed. Taking advantage of this period of rapid expansion, Surui Electronics has tried every means to promote its own optical disc standards and products, and vigorously promotes that optical discs are the future.

   If it wasn't for Zhu Yuxing's experience of the afterlife, he would have almost believed it.

   At that time, even though the cost of flash memory was higher than that of CD, it still won the final victory.

   The reason for this is actually quite understandable.

  Because the optical disc itself is not as convenient as flash memory, and the ability to read and write data is not comparable to flash memory.

   A flash memory chip the size of a fingernail can store 1TB of content later, and it can also be copied and deleted at any time, which is many times more convenient than a CD.

The only advantage of    CDs in the end may be that the lifespan is longer than that of flash memory, but it is more suitable for some long-term storage work.

   But that is a niche industry.

   But many people in this world do not have the prophetic advantage.

   It is also impossible for a company as large as Suri Electronics to foresee the future.

   Instead, they took this opportunity to increase the production capacity of CDs, because CDs are now in short supply, so they have to send some people to provide technical support, which can be provided for free. Of course, the royalties are not less than a dime.

   "President, this is the sales data of Surui Electronics' latest game consoles and game CDs. The situation is not optimistic."

  Suri Electronics put it on the table of Zhuyouxing as soon as it was announced.

  In the three months of sales, the sales of PNV handhelds exceeded 5 million units, which is very gratifying. During this time, they once again boasted about the benefits of CDs.

   Then the sales figures for PNF home game consoles are at 2.3 million units.

Because Youxing's GS1 home console also uses CD-ROM as the physical carrier, it was also implemented to reduce the cost of the console game entity at that time, and it used the standards and technology of Suri's opponent's home. , because there is Morgan Group betting, and one of the big customers like Youxing, the optical disc standard of this company can still compete with the standard of Suri Electronics, and it does not fall into the disadvantage.

   The physical disc on the GS1 side is naturally no problem, so the home machine side is more popular.

   Now it seems that neither the home computer nor the handheld Surui Electronics has surpassed the Yuxing side.

   But their growth momentum is very fast, really can not be underestimated.

   Zhu Yuxing glanced at his opponent's sales data, and then looked at his own sales data again.

   Within three months, GSL handhelds sold nearly 7 million units as expected, with an advantage of more than 1 million units over Suri Electronics. There is really nothing to be afraid of.

  GS1 has also sold more than 6 million units in the past three months, which is still more than Suri Electronics, but it should not be careless.

  Suri Electronics should have found some direction this time.

   However, the production capacity problem on our side will not last for too long, and the next competition will be more interesting.

However, this time, Zhu Youxing also remembered the flash memory factory that was on fire, and also remembered the few flash memory companies that took advantage of this opportunity to raise prices. They all recorded them in a small book, and then they will settle accounts one by one. .

   By the way, maybe I can take the opportunity to fuel the flames?

   Looking at the sales results of his own GS1 CD-ROM games, Zhu Yuxing suddenly thought about it.

Why don't you find a channel to disclose the sales data of GS1 discs, and then see the reaction of these guys to see if they will be anxious because they mistakenly believe that the discs are very promising, and they may miss something of.

   Thinking of this, Zhu Yuxing showed a somewhat villain-like smile.

   He has never been a little sheep, he even likes to be a big bad wolf, but he didn't have the chance to be a big bad wolf in the past, because he is the lion king of the game industry, and he has basically no opponents.

   Thinking of this, Zhu Yuxing called back Tsukino Aya, who had not seen her for more than three months.

   Now is her turn to show off her talents. Before, Tsukino Aya helped herself find some secret channels to do some shameful things. This time, you can use it again.

   (end of this chapter)