Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

   Chapter 74 I want to increase investment

   How good is the red and white machine, how bad is the PN game next door.

In the one month after the release, the game development team did produce four more games, all thinking of winning by quantity. The game is also worth 3000 yen.

   This time, they had a little experience in making games, but they didn't make any particularly low-level mistakes, such as bugs such as screen flickering that made people uncomfortable, and so on.

   But the game is still not fun enough.

   There is no game industry system yet, and they don't even have a clue as to how to do the game. They are just crossing the river by feeling the stones.

Make four different types of games in one go, which are a role-playing game similar to Dragon Quest, a baseball game, and a type they developed by themselves, called a shooting game. Landscapes and occasional paranormal events, the last category is the Mario-like jumping game.

   It can only be said that these programmers are really good. Employees from large companies have two brushes, and they can still squeeze out four games that are still playable for you in a month.

   It’s just that the feedback is not satisfactory in terms of sales.

   In the next month, the sales of PN-type game consoles were just barely stronger than in the first week, with more than 20,000 units, which can be said to be a real hit.

The money in the hands of the players is not blown by the wind, and they will naturally not hesitate when everyone shouts good things in front of them, and PN game consoles, that thing has not been discussed since Super Mario 3 came out. Which one to buy is obvious at a glance.

  No one discussed because they have been dazzled by the excellent games of the red and white machines, and they all forgot to spray how bad the PN game is. Of course, there are still some scoldings on the Internet.

   For example, those who didn’t have much money originally bought a PN game console and wanted to show off.

   They were quite happy when they bought it and thought it was worth it.

   But this thing is afraid of comparison.

  When they go to a friend or colleague's house to experience the fun of the red and white machine, they only have one idea in their mind.

  How did I buy such a thing out of my mind?

   They can't wait to throw this thing directly into the trash can, and they are embarrassed to let their colleagues know that they are saving money and buying this thing.

   The minister in charge of the video game business department of Suri Electronics immediately yelled at this meeting.

   He didn't care how hard the game was.

   He just saw that there can be explosive games on the red and white machines, and it takes about the same time, so why can't they do it here?

   Does the company over there have three-headed, six-armed youkai who are around day and night to help?

   These programmers are also unspeakable.

In Japan, where superiors and subordinates are very strict, not everyone dares to contradict their superiors. Those who dare to do it are either really capable and have climbed to high positions, or they are directly forced to get out of bed. .

   At least these people are not that kind of people.

   They can only swallow their anger, at least when the boss is scolding the subordinate, just listen obediently.

"Our sales volume is very poor. Although the above does not impose too many requirements on us, we must be responsible for the company's trust! Looking at the current results, I am ashamed to explain to the above. The most humble!"

  The crowd was silent.

   Now no one dares to touch the mold.

   Wait for the minister to calm down and talk a little more, but it doesn't seem to be of any use to talk about it.

   Apparently this minister seems to be in a hurry to get results.

   "You guys are talking, why are you dumb, I need to know why we are doing better, but the red and white machines are still pressing us."

   One of the programmers wanted to say something.

   This is not pressing us, it is directly pressing a destroyer up.

   Super Mario 3 alone is the peak that they absolutely cannot surpass in a short period of time.

   They feel that no matter how creative they are, they are definitely not as good as the endless gameplay in Super Mario 3.

   It's like it's never over.

   In order to experience the so-called competitor's game, many of them found that they were addicted to it, but caused their work to be delayed. In other words, is this a malicious competition from competitors? Deliberately making such a fun game to indulge their programmers? If you sue the other party in this way, the judge will treat him as a fool.

"According to the data we have secretly investigated, the sales of red and white machines have exceeded at least 300,000 units, and they are rapidly expanding at a rate of more than 5,000 units per day. There is also Super Mario 3. My gossip is that their first Weekly sales reached 100,000 boxes, do you know what this concept is?"

   The following group of programmers did not have any surprised expressions when they heard this number.

   One hundred thousand?

   Isn’t this normal, this game is worth 100,000 sales.

   Not to mention that the red and white machines now have 300,000 of your investigation, if there are 3 million, they have reason to believe that the sales of this game will directly exceed one million in the first week.

   This is no exaggeration.

   "The price of a box of their cassettes is 5,000 yen, and they sold 100,000 boxes in the first week. I don't need to help you calculate the money, right?"

   Of course, money cannot be counted in this way, and the cost of marketing, cassette production, and merchants must also be removed.

   But the number of sales in the first week alone, everyone knows that this company must be making a lot of money.

In fact, more than 400,000 red and white machines have been sold now, but the daily increase in sales is indeed around 5,000, and it is still rising slowly, and the sales of Super Mario Bros. 3 have exceeded two 100,000, and entered the 200,000 sales camp with Dragon Quest, Tetris, Contra and the Super Baseball Tournament.

   bang bang.

   There was a slight but rhythmic knock on the door, and the minister looked at the door impatiently: "Who is it?"

  The door was slowly pushed open, and a spirited old man walked in in a suit.

   His eyes were as sharp as eagles, and he seemed to treat anyone as his prey. He was full of aura as soon as he came in, making everyone feel a strong sense of oppression.

   "So... President?! Why are you here?"

   The 30-year-old minister's eyes widened. Usually, the president only appears at the ministerial-level meeting, and the junior minister of his second-level department has no right to speak at the ministerial-level meeting.

   Seeing the sudden arrival of the president, he who had previously spit lotus flowers to his subordinates immediately became very humble, bowed his head deeply to the president Hayakawa Kentaro.

   The rest of the people in the office also quickly stood up from their seats.

   "Sit down. I'm here to see the situation of the newly-built department and see if you have any difficulties. If so, you can tell me directly."

   Hayakawa Kentaro was uncharacteristically, from the aggressive appearance just now to a very kind appearance, he was almost at ease.

   He can be rhetorical when dealing with ministers, but when dealing with subordinates, he will be a lot more cordial, which is a rare leader in Japan.

   This made everyone stunned.

   "The company... President, I'm very sorry, our department failed in the previous business."

   "Well, I already knew this before I came."

   Hayakawa Kentaro nodded, and then walked to the position where the minister was just now. The minister almost scrambled and scrambled to immediately give up his seat to the president, while he stood on the side and waited for dispatch at any time.

   "Video games are a very good emerging field, and maybe this will be the next breakthrough for our company's development. So, don't look at you as a secondary department, but I have been paying attention."

   Everyone's breathing was stagnant.

   It turns out that the trend on your side has always been noticed?

   Everyone including the minister is now in a cold sweat. Of course, the minister has more cold sweat, because he is directly under the boss, and he will be most directly blamed for problems in the department.

   "President, the video game industry doesn't seem to be big now, so we have been testing carefully, for fear of causing too much loss to the company." The minister on the side asked cautiously.

   "Not big? Is there something wrong with your data?" Hayakawa Kentaro glanced at the minister with doubts in his eyes.

   The minister lowered his head even lower.

   "This... I have been paying close attention to the trends of Youxing Electronic Entertainment. We have been updating their data, and there should be no problem."

   Hayakawa Kentaro raised his hand and said, "Then show me the data you have collected."

   The minister immediately handed over the data file he had placed on the desk.

   With a few glances, Hayakawa Kentaro put the document on the table.

   "The data is outdated, and your investigation is still not detailed enough. Now, if nothing else happens, the game console sales of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment should have reached more than 400,000, and the sales of four games have exceeded 200,000."

  The data survey is wrong, and the difference is very large, which can be said to be a very serious error.

  In a serious case, this will obviously make management misjudge the development of the entire industry.

   As for how Hayakawa Kentaro can obtain more detailed data, he naturally has his own channels, and the old man always has some unknown cards.

"Only from the establishment of the company Youxing Electronic Entertainment to the present, it has made huge profits in the field of pure video games in about half a year. It can be seen that this industry is now a gold mine. How much potential is there now? No one can find out, and it would be a pity if we gave up."

   Now this minister doesn't even dare to say a word.

   The big mistake in the data has left him only apologetic, and anything he says now is a sophistry.

   "So, I decided to invest more capital and manpower in your business department. Even if it can't reach the first-level business department for the time being, it is still the best department in the second-level department."

   Increase investment in capital and manpower? Does this mean that the president didn't mean to accuse them?

   Everyone seemed to have heard the voiceover, and couldn't help but burst into joy, especially this minister, his eyes lit up, which means that his real power will be higher?

   So it doesn't seem like a bad thing to fail once in a while?

   "However, I think the position of this minister needs to be changed. It seems that it is still difficult for you to be a big one. Take the post of deputy minister temporarily, and a new minister will take over tomorrow."

   The minister who has just been in office for more than a month has not been happy for long, and now his heart is suddenly thrown into the ice lake.

   is over.

   This is tantamount to demotion, and once demoted in such a company, it basically means that the future is stopped.

   It was a direct order from the president. There was almost no room for anyone to intercede. It was obvious that Kentaro Hayakawa really started video games seriously.

   In fact, even the management shareholders of Suri Electronics don't quite understand this person's mind, and they don't understand why they are suddenly very optimistic about the video game field.

   But they are all looking at money. As long as the dividends at the end of the year are a lot, multiple departments are nothing.

   (end of this chapter)