Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

Chapter 458

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, and bargaining is definitely indispensable, but it is guaranteed that the needs of players are the highest priority.

However, 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 amount of independent patents, and it’s best to have a mature R&D team. He hopes to continue to develop and continue to reduce the cost of cassettes.

He has to prove that the cassette should be the best carrier for the handheld.

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 is not short of companies that are on the verge of bankruptcy.

If this kind of company wants to buy it, it will be much easier. Zhuyouxing immediately asked people from relevant departments to investigate. After investigations all over the world, the flash memory industry is actually 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 Youxing's thinking is still a bit simple. It took the company's people about a month to find a company that meets the requirements.

This company is from Poland, and it used to be a little famous. The owner of this company was on the verge of bankruptcy because of investment failure, but the asking price of the other party was relatively high, because many companies were eyeing this company, all because of this. This company has a lot of patented technologies, and these things are still worth some money. If the two want to buy them with full capital, they will need at least 20 billion US dollars.

And the companies that are preparing to bid are also relatively strong, and the final finalized price is likely to exceed 30 billion U.S. dollars.

If Zhu Youxing really bought it after gritting his teeth and stomping his feet, he would have almost no cash, and if he wanted to spend a lot of money to make a 3A masterpiece without asking for anything in return, or make a frantic one, he might not be able to pay back Forget about 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.

As for this class, another two months have passed. Suri Electronics took advantage of this time to expand rapidly, and tried every means to promote its own optical disc standards and products, vigorously promoting that optical discs are the future.

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

At that time, flash memory was the ultimate victory, even if it cost more than CD.

The reason for this is actually quite understandable.

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

A fingernail-sized flash memory chip later stores 1TB of content, and can be copied and deleted at any time, which is many times more convenient than a CD.

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

But that's 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 Surui Electronics to foresee the future.

Instead, they took advantage of this opportunity to increase the production capacity of CDs, because CDs are now in short supply, and they have to send some people to provide technical support. It can be provided for free, and of course, the patent fee is 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 the new quarter sales report was announced.

After three months of sales, the sales of PNV handhelds exceeded 500 million units, which is very gratifying. Among them, they once again boasted about the benefits of CDs.

Then the sales data of PNF home game consoles is 230 million units.

Because Youxing’s GS1 home console also uses CDs as the physical carrier. At that time, it was also implemented to reduce the cost of the home console game entity, and it used the standards and technologies of Su Rui Electronics’ opponent. The two sides fought hard in this regard. , because of the Morgan Group's bet, and one of the big customers like Youxing, the CD standard of this company can still compete with the standard of Surui Electronics, and it has not fallen into a disadvantage.

Naturally, there is no problem with the physical disc on the GS1 side, so the home machine side is more popular.

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

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

Zhu Yuxing glanced at the sales data of his opponent, and then looked at his own sales data again.

In three months, GSL handhelds sold nearly 700 million units as expected, which is more than 100 million units more than Surui Electronics. There is really nothing to be afraid of.

GS1 also sold more than 600 million units in the past three months, which is still more than Suri Electronics, but it cannot be ignored.

Suri Electronics should indeed have found some directions this time.

However, the production capacity problem on our own 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 add fuel to the flames?
Looking at the sales performance of his GS1 CD game, Zhu Youxing suddenly took it into his heart.

Why don't you find a channel to disclose the sales data of GS1 discs, and then look at the reactions of these guys, and see if they will be anxious because they mistakenly believe that the discs are promising. 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 opportunity to be a big bad wolf in the past, because he is the lion king of the game industry, and he basically has 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, Tsukune Aya helped herself find some secret channels to do something shameful. This time, she can use it again.

(End of this chapter)