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 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 have no clue about how to make games, and 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. The employees from big companies all 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 very unsatisfactory in terms of sales.

In the next month, the sales volume of PN game consoles was just barely higher than the first week, more than 2 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 is discussing because they have been dazzled by the excellent games of the red and white machines, and they have forgotten how bad PN games are. 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 thought in their minds.

How the hell 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 too embarrassed to let their colleagues know that they are frugal and bought this thing.

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

He didn't even 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 and six-armed monsters that work around the clock 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 in front of them 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.

After the minister's anger subsided, he could talk a little more, but it seemed to be of no use.

Apparently the minister seemed a little anxious to get results.

"You guys are all 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 a word.

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

Super Mario 3 alone is a peak 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 own work to be delayed. In other words, is this a malicious competition of the competitor?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 our secret survey data, the sales of red and white machines have exceeded 30 units at least, and they are rapidly expanding at a rate of more than 3 units per day. There is also Super Mario [-]. My gossip is that their first week The sales volume has reached [-] boxes, do you know what this concept is?"

The following group of programmers did not look surprised when they heard the number.

One hundred thousand?

Isn't this normal, this game is totally worth [-] sales.

Not to mention the 30 Famicoms you surveyed, if there are 300 million, they have reason to believe that the sales of this game in the first week will directly exceed one million.

This is no exaggeration.

"The price of a box of their cassettes is [-] yen, and they sold [-] 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. Among them, the cost of marketing, the cost of cassette production, and the cost of merchants must 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 40 units of red and white machines have been sold, but the daily increase in sales is indeed around 3, and it is still rising slowly, while the sales of Super Mario Bros. 20 have exceeded 20 , together with Dragon Quest, Tetris, Contra and Super Baseball, entered the [-] sales camp,
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 [-]-year-old minister's eyes widened. Usually, the president only appears in 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 Kentaro Hayakawa.

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 there are any, you can tell me directly."

Hayakawa Kentaro was uncharacteristically, from his imposing 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.

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

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

Hayakawa Kentaro nodded, and then walked to the position where the minister was just now. The minister almost rolled and crawled and immediately gave 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've been paying attention."

Everyone's breathing was stagnant.

It turns out that your own trends have always been paid attention to?
Everyone, including the minister, was breaking out in a cold sweat now. Of course, the minister had more cold sweat, because he was his direct supervisor, and he would be most directly blamed for any 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.

Immediately, 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 all the time, 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.

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

"The data is outdated, and your investigation is still not detailed enough. If there are no accidents, the sales of Youxing Electronic Entertainment's game consoles should have reached more than 40, and the sales of four games have exceeded 20."

The data survey was wrong, and it was very different, which can be said to be quite a serious error.

At worst, this will obviously lead management to 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 the 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 increase the investment of capital and manpower in your business department. Even if it can't reach the first-level business department for the time being, it is 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. Does this mean 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 a long time, and now his heart is suddenly thrown into the ice lake.

It’s over.

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

With a direct order from the president, there is almost no room for anyone to intercede. Obviously, Hayakawa Kentaro is really starting to take video games seriously.

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

However, 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)