Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

A few days passed quickly.

As Lin Baicheng guessed, the sales of Xingyue consoles and game cartridges have decreased during these days.

On Sunday, a total of 8,380 units of the regular version of the Xingyue console, 8 units of the high-end luxury version, and 36,460 game cartridges were sold in the United States, Japan, and Hong Kong.

This time, the sales volume in the United States is the highest, followed by Japan, and Xiangjiang still has a small number.

The sales volume on Sunday was only about 70% of yesterday's. Lin Baicheng was not only not disappointed, but also quite satisfied.

In the past two days, Xingyue console has sold about 20,000 units. After deducting the pre-sale of nearly 10,000 units, the actual sales volume in these two days is also about 10,000 units. An average of 5,000 units per day is not too low.

After the weekend, although the promotion of the Xingyue console and various games continued, sales still dropped a lot from Monday to Friday.

On Monday, a total of 2,480 units of the regular version of the Xingyue console, 1 unit of the high-end deluxe version, and 10,870 game cartridges were sold in the United States, Japan, and Hong Kong.

On Tuesday, a total of 2,510 units of the regular Xingyue console, 1 high-end deluxe edition, and 11,800 game cartridges were sold in the United States, Japan, and Hong Kong.

On Wednesday, a total of 2,585 units of the regular version of the Xingyue console, 3 units of the high-end deluxe edition, and 12,450 game cartridges were sold in the United States, Japan, and Hong Kong.

On Thursday, the United States, Japan, and Hong Kong combined sold 2,710 units of the regular version of the Xingyue console, 2 units of the high-end deluxe version, and 13,380 game cartridges.

On Friday, the United States, Japan, and Hong Kong combined sold 2,930 units of the regular version of the Xingyue console, 5 units of the high-end deluxe edition, and 15,500 game cartridges.

The sales volume of Xingyue consoles and game cartridges during these five days was much lower than the previous two holidays. The total sales volume of the five days was not as much as the two days on the weekend.

However, the good news is that the sales of consoles and game cartridges are gradually increasing every day, which is good news.

Calculated in this way, seven days a week, a total of more than 33,500 units of the regular Xingyue console were sold, with sales of a little more than 6 million US dollars; 120 high-end luxury version consoles were sold, with sales of 47,880 US dollars, less than 50,000 US dollars. Ten thousand.

A total of 152,000 game cartridges were sold, each priced at $40, with total sales of $6.08 million.

The sales of the regular Xingyue console are similar to the sales of game cartridges, except that the former is losing money, while the latter is making money.

However, for the same sales, game cartridges make more money, and Xingyue consoles lose less, so overall they make money.

However, if the costs of research and development, publicity, employee salaries, etc. are also included, Lin Baicheng's investment in the console can truly be repaid only if the sales of game cartridges reach 500 million U.S. dollars and the profit is 250 million U.S. dollars.

Of course, if the sales volume of the regular version of the Xingyue console is not bad after the price increase, then the loss of the console can be reduced a lot, and the sales of game cartridges do not need to reach as much as 500 million US dollars to recover the capital.

Game cartridges need to sell almost 100 million copies to make back the money. In addition to increasing the number of games, such sales require time and savings.

If the investment in Xingyue Electronic Game Company can be repaid within one or two years, Lin Baicheng will be satisfied and will make a profit from then on.

Judging from the current sales volume, it is not easy to achieve the goal of repaying the capital in one or two years, so Xingyue Electronic Game Company will continue to work hard.

From the current point of view, the sales of Xingyue consoles and game cartridges can be said to be on track, and Lin Baicheng no longer has to keep an eye on them in Los Angeles every day.

However, the United States and Japan are the most important markets, so it is necessary to find a manager for the branches in both places.

With the branch manager and the local assistant, I believe there will be no mistakes.

Judging from the current world economy, the markets of the United States, Japan and European countries are the most important. Star and Moon consoles will definitely enter the European market. However, the markets of the United States and Japan have not yet established themselves, so there is no reason to open up more international markets. , distracting energy.

On Friday night, Los Angeles time, Wobb Wilson called from Tokyo.

"Chairman, Taitung Co., Ltd. is still unwilling to release their company's games on the Xingyue console. They said they need to reconsider it."

"But Taidong may not want to offend the chairman. The other party later said that as long as the company's total sales of Xingyue consoles reach 500,000 units, then as long as the conditions are right, they are willing to release some old games on the Xingyue console platform first. .”

The Xingyue console cannot be separated from games, and the more games the better. Lin Baicheng’s own game company will definitely not be able to develop it, and the number of games will be less than Atari. This may lead to more people choosing to buy Atari. Because of VCS, in order to expand the number of games on Xingyue console, Lin Baicheng decided to find a third-party game company.

As long as conditions are reached with third-party game companies such as Taitung, there will be no shortage of games for the Xingyue console in the future, and the quality and quantity must be high, and it will be more certain to beat Atari's console.

What's more, after cooperating with third-party game companies, Xingyue Electronic Game Company not only has no cost for the games they publish, but can actually make a fortune through the Xingyue console platform.

The more cartridges third-party game companies sell, the more Star and Moon Electronic Games makes.

"We require Taidong Company to sign an exclusive agreement. Once the game is released on our Xingyue console, it cannot be released on other consoles. For its own interests, Taidong must consider it carefully."

"If Taidong didn't have a deep cooperative relationship with me, I might not even have the conditions we have today."

"That's what I mean. You need to find a manager for the branch in Japan first. Then you can contact various game companies and ask them to publish the game on our platform. Just leave it to the branch manager."

"Remember, if possible, it is best to sign long-term cooperation contracts with several small companies or studios. We can invest a certain amount of capital to invest in them, and then hold them up to set an example and attract more game companies to cooperate with us. "

"Yes, Chairman, I will do the relevant work well."

Wobb Wilson responded.

Lin Baicheng reminded: "One thing you must remember is that all games released on the Xingyue console platform must be reviewed. Only passing games can be launched online. Only sophisticated and excellent games can receive the company's resources."

The locking system of the Xingyue console is prepared for the review of games. Not all bad games can be released online on the Xingyue console, and it cannot follow the old path of Atari's collapse in the previous life.

Today's Atari is still on the road to collapse. There are no restrictions on third-party games. All games can be released on Atari's platform, which has laid hidden dangers for future collapse.

"Chairman, don't worry, I will remember all of this."

Wobb Wilson responded that Lin Baicheng told him the development route of the Xingyue console, and of course he would not forget it, nor would he dare to forget it.