Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

   Chapter 70 Overtime! work overtime!

  In an office of the Surui Electronics Group headquarters in Minato-ku, Tokyo, several people are having a meeting.

   is headed by a man in his thirties who is holding the one-week sales data of the PN game console he just got.

  After a whole week of sales, their results can be said to be pretty good.

   "After statistics, the sales of PN game consoles totaled 24,347 copies in the first week. This is a very good answer, which means that users are very confident in our products."

  He is the head of the newly formed game division, responsible for everything related to video games.

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

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

   In the face of an emerging industry, Surui Electronics has entered very quickly, mainly because it is really not difficult to copy red and white machines, and Surui Electronics can still quickly manufacture brand-new game console products with hard 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 group leaders who heard the sales data were relieved.

   They were also a little bit exhausted after rushing to work. Knowing that the sales data was not bad, it relieved their tense heart a lot.

   The minister smiled: "This achievement is very good, thank you for your hard work, but we should make persistent efforts next, we can't relax, this emerging industry of video games does seem to have great potential."

  According to their general survey, many of the people who buy it are players who have already purchased the red and white machine.

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

   In addition, each game can only be played for almost a dozen days on average.

Now in Tokyo, which has just experienced the game boom, many players are eager to play the next game after playing a game in a hurry. They are eager to play more games, just like dry The sponge thirsts for the nourishment of water.

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

And Youxing Electronic Entertainment can only launch one game per month, the number is too small, and the games launched each month can only cover one category. 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 enough.

The minister took the chart and said to everyone: "What we have 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 understands this technology? Can you explain the principle to me?"

   The team members responsible for engineering development looked at each other.

   They never even heard of it.

   Can the handle be shaped like a gun?

   Then they all shook their heads, clueless about it.

   "This is a product that has not yet been released. It has been in the experience stage. It is normal for you not to know. This is the information that the investigator I sent out to investigate. This thing has not even been advertised."

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

   The people in the engineering development team were shocked when they heard it.

   On the first day of sale, our opponents have to dismantle and manufacture similar products as soon as possible. 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 when the bubble bursts, exacerbating this phenomenon.

   And I heard that the minister was formerly a deputy minister of the Marketing Management Department. He obviously did not understand how difficult it is to break through the 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 now.

   "I need you to make four more games in a month. There is absolutely no delay. Now is a good opportunity for us to capture our position. We must completely occupy this market."

   When the game developers heard this, they immediately felt a little dark in their eyes.

   They made three games with almost dozens of people in a row.

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

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

   Now let them make four games a month, which is simply not treating them like people.

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

   Those mature game production templates have long been known. It can be said that he will not waste any time in making games, and he can easily do it.

   But the rest of the world has never systematically learned how to play games.

  Even if it is an imitation, it is impossible to directly take down other people's code and use it. That is the stupidest way. If the other party wants to sue for infringement, if the accusation is approved, the reputation of the entire company will be damaged.

First of all, they need to disassemble the code to understand the working principle of the whole program, and then re-build their own game framework, stuff the content into it, and occasionally take detours. After they thoroughly study the three simplest games, only After half a month, they almost all moved into the company for the remaining half month.

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

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

   You want to know, we still want to know.

   "Could it be that this company has been prepared for it before it was formed. In fact, their game development is not just a month's time."

"Impossible." The minister shook his head, "I have already investigated this company before, and this game console was considered to appear simultaneously when the company started, and then several games appeared one after another in the following month. trial play."

"According to the game release model of Zhuyou Electronic Entertainment, it must first develop a small part of the game for people to try, and then develop the finished game to sell. If the finished product is already available, there is no need to try it out. , wouldn't it be possible to make money earlier by selling finished products directly?"

"But…"

"You don't need to, but you didn't make three games a month ago. If you continue to work harder, your salary will definitely not be less. If you have any difficulties in life, you can feel free to mention them now, and I will do my best to help you solve them. And I only have one request, to make four more games in different categories within a month.”

   (end of this chapter)