Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

Chapter 260 Following Fashion
FC has now begun to enter a slow phase of elimination.

But this is only in Japan.

In the United States, FC has never landed.

Especially on FC, there are actually many high-quality games, which players in the United States have never experienced.

In the beginning, in addition to the first party, other third-party manufacturers also slowly shifted their development direction to 16-bit game consoles.

Later, in the upgrade process of SFC, in addition to the first-party games of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, only a small number of third-party games participated in the upgrade of SFC, and most of the FC games did not appear on SFC.

Zhu Yuxing has considered the compatibility of game consoles, but that will increase the cost of game consoles again, which is not particularly cost-effective for the moment, so he can only try to push third parties to participate in the upgrade of the game, rather than backward compatibility.

It's just a pity that third-party manufacturers think this is not cost-effective. They can't make more money from the game with upgraded graphics. After all, they have different ideas from Zhu Yuxing, and Zhu Yuxing did not force it.

This has also caused many American players to actually miss a lot of good quality FC games.

If these games are also put into the US market, and the channels are opened at low prices, it is actually very cost-effective.

Because these [-]-bit games have gradually become difficult to sell in Japan, and many third-party manufacturers have accumulated some inventory. They originally planned to destroy them when they heard about Zhu Yuxing's plan, and they all became interested.

Even if they can only sell for five dollars in the United States, their average income is like two dollars for a box of cassettes, but the big cake that Zhu Yuxing painted is enough to make them excited.

This is a good opportunity to expand the market again. If it is missed, it will affect their future game sales in the United States. It is better to use these inventory cassettes and throw them all to the United States, so that the United States can digest the inventory here.

Fortunately, Zhuyouxing has long ago required these manufacturers to have at least three or more languages ​​when making games, including general English, which reduces a lot of unnecessary work, and can directly put Japanese cassettes. to the US market without having to do anything extra.

So, when September came, a cargo ship from Japan docked at a port on the west coast of the United States.

Containers marked Youxing Electronic Entertainment were hoisted down one by one, storing tens of millions of game cassettes of various types in them, and more than 500 million FC red and white machines.

The day before the port docked, Songqiao came to the port awake at night and waited for the unloading. She had to keep an eye on this matter, because this was likely to change the pattern of video games in the United States, and she had to ensure that All the processes work without any problems.

The workers unloaded the containers one by one, and then began to carry out customs inventory and confirmation. It took Songqiao four days to run up and down.

"Video games... cassettes, video game consoles? Such a large number?"

The U.S. customs employee looked at the containers in surprise, and then took another look at Matsuhashi, who was standing by and staring at the unloading.

Songqiao Shi turned his head and nodded: "Yes, sir, these are all goods to be sold in the United States, and all tariffs and documents have been submitted in advance."

After carefully inspecting a container or two, the officer finally nodded to confirm the release.

There is nothing special about this product itself, but the quantity shipped at one time this time is indeed quite large, which makes them a little surprised.

The customs officer looked at Matsuhashi, and had to say that women were born with a little affinity, and men would let down some guards in informal situations.

After confirming that the product was correct, the official started chatting casually: "Speaking of which, my children are also playing this kind of game console, but he has been saying that it is not fun recently, and he is complaining that the game console is boring. With so many products, can you really sell them?”

Matsuhashi glanced at the official, showed a friendly smile, and then winked at a subordinate beside him.

"Sir, maybe you don't know much about the video game industry. In this industry, games are divided into good and bad. If your child says it's boring, you probably bought some games that are not particularly good. These games It will make children lose confidence in this product, but I believe that after our product is released in the US market, it will definitely make children and Mr. you believe in the charm of video games again."

Matsuhashi's accompanying subordinates quickly brought over a cardboard box, which contained three FC game consoles and dozens of various FC cassettes.

"Sir, please accept our gift. This thing is not worth much. The cost of a box may be less than a hundred dollars. It is not a bribe."

Customs officials have long been accustomed to this, and after hearing the price, they are relieved, just a little curious.

He took out a plastic-wrapped cassette from the box, with the words: Super Mario Bros. 3 written on it, but these were refurbished and plastic-sealed, otherwise the previous cassettes would only have Japanese characters on them.

He was a little surprised and said: "The cost of a whole box is less than one hundred dollars? Is that an exaggeration? A game console I bought for my child was already worth 130 dollars, and a box of cassettes costs ten dollars. .”

Songqiao Shi smiled and said: "Yes, you heard that right, these costs are really not high, this product is more like an attempt to open up the market, so you can rest assured to take it for your children to play, I'm sure they'll love this new console."

The customs official said to himself: "Youxing Electronic Entertainment? I remember it. It seems that your products are still worthy of trust."

After all, the large trucks had loaded the containers and headed out of the dock. Songqiao also said goodbye to the official, and made an appointment to have a chance to communicate with each other in the future.

It is also a necessary step to have a good relationship with U.S. officials, which Songqiao has already achieved.

Now she already has a few local councillor friends.

There's even a congressman friend.

In a few days she will also pack some FC game consoles to those members of Congress.

They are also equivalent to live advertisements, and having them advertise in their respective jurisdictions is sometimes more useful than mere advertising.

The customs officer glanced at the box left here, he thought about it, and prepared to take out a game console and play it for himself.

He always said that this video game was fun, and the news said that even adults were conquered. He felt that he should also follow the fashion.

(End of this chapter)