Super Tycoon

While Zhiduoxing's g3 architecture has been preliminarily completed and testing is underway, some new-generation video game consoles from other companies have also completed their designs and are undergoing testing.

The fastest among them is Sega Bandai. No one would have thought that their new generation of game console Neptune has been designed.

They found a number of top hardware semiconductor manufacturers such as ib, nec, ati, and Songxia to design together, and paid expensive design fees for this, and at the same time, they had to purchase some products from the other party.

But finally the product structure and test results were completed, which made Bill Gates very satisfied.

The hardware performance is no worse than the mainstream computers at this time, and some of them are even better.

Moreover, after two years of development, their game store is also doing well. In the future, players can download and install some games by themselves, just like the Zhiduoxing game store.

This game store not only has handheld games, but also games for video game consoles. But since it needs to be downloaded and installed, the existing CD storage will not work.

Therefore, when Microsoft designed it, it was required to have a hard disk. This Neptune can also be equipped with a 20G mechanical hard disk, which is enough for players to download multiple games.

Bill Gates discussed with Izuko Shoichiro that it is necessary to speed up the introduction of this product to the market, and strive for the second half of this year.

According to their survey, both Nintendo and Suni plan to launch new game consoles in the first half of next year, but Zhiduoxing did not announce it, so it must be this year.

Zhiduoxing always likes to be one step ahead of others, so Zhiduoxing will definitely launch g3 this year, they must speed up, and can no longer lag behind.

Everyone has seen our product design, which is very advanced, much better than the performance of Super Uranus. This game console will make us turn around.

If you have any comments and suggestions, you can put them forward now, and we will make this Neptune go on the market as soon as possible.

Bill Gates himself chaired the meeting, and all the executives came.

Mr. Gates, what about the cost? How much does it cost us to produce this game console? What is the expected sales volume? Ueno Kazunori asked proactively.

He also hopes that Sega Bandai can make money, so that he can make money and his shares are valuable. Why is the market value of the other three game console manufacturers all so high, and Sega Bandai is the cheapest, less than four billion US dollars?

The gap between them is not that big. Besides, in the animation industry, they are the leader of the island country, and they are also well-known in the world.

If we sell 30 million units, the average cost of one unit will be around US$400. Because the prices of many hardware will decrease in the later period, and the overall R\u0026D expenses will be amortized in it.

Hearing this price, Ueno Kazunori frowned, the cost was a bit high. The previous generation of game consoles only sell for about two hundred dollars now, and the most expensive Super Uranus is only $249. Now the price has nearly doubled. Will anyone like it?

Mr. Gates, then I suggest that we learn from Zhiduoxing and Nintendo, hardware products do not make money,

Monetize gaming software.

So my suggested retail price for this product is 400 US dollars. In the island market, based on the exchange rate, it is about 44,800 yen.

As soon as Ueno Kazunori finished speaking, some people objected: Vice President Ueno, are you mistaken? Just now Mr. Gates said that the cost price of selling 30 million units, or the average cost price after the future hardware cost is reduced. .You are now selling $400, not a question of capital preservation, but a loss!

We can accept that hardware doesn't make money, but we can't lose money, right? So I think it's more reasonable to set a minimum price of $500.

Besides, our game consoles did not sell very well before. Even if we can launch ahead of schedule this time, we are in a leading position, but we do not have an advantage in distribution channels such as game stores, so maybe this product will not be big. Sell, we better guarantee the profit margin.

What's more, have you ever calculated that we produce 10 million units to supply the global market, so how much money will we occupy? Four billion US dollars! Can we get this money?

Although we can negotiate with the foundry to delay the payment, or ask the retailer to collect a deposit, then we need to prepare at least one billion US dollars in funds, which requires a loan.

We lost a lot of money last year, and we can't continue to lose money this year. Even if our products don't sell well, this price can guarantee that we won't lose a lot.

Ueno Kazunori looked at the vice president and sneered, is this what you mean, or is it what Izuko Shoichiro meant?

This kind of thinking is so stupid!

Mr. Gates, I insist on the price of 400 US dollars. If possible, it can be lowered again. Our product is going to turn around, so we must ensure sales. As long as the console sells well, the game will definitely not Poor, nobody buys a console without buying new games.

History proves that if the price of the mainframe is too high, it will all lose money. Our price is much higher than that of the previous generation, and we need to promote and cooperate to tell everyone about our performance advantages, so that we can sell well.

If the price is too high and the product cannot be sold, what is the future? As for the problem of capital occupation, I think it can be solved, and we can go public in separate markets.

Now even Shoichiro Izumi couldn't sit still: President Ueno, do you know what you're talking about? Now other manufacturers' products are launched at the same time around the world, and we are also doing translations in other languages. Can be completed, you want us to list in batches?

Kazunori Ueno looked at Shoichiro Izuko: That's right, why not? Are you worried that we won't buy well in the first market, which will affect the overall sales? Don't you see the performance advantages of our product?

We will sell in North America and the island countries first, so it is enough to prepare 3 million units, and we need less funds, which will allow us to have sufficient funds for advertising.

If according to your method, the global listing is synchronized, will there still be funds for publicity? Or do you want to issue additional stocks in exchange for a sum of funds?

Ueno Kazunori will not agree to continue to issue additional shares, and his equity cannot continue to be diluted. Izuko Shoichiro is simply a traitor. Isn't this going to make Sega Bandai a subsidiary of Microsoft?

I insist on letting the products be listed in separate markets. Mr. Gates, I also think this is the most suitable model for the company. Many products are sold in this way, and they are not bad. We can't learn from Zhiduoxing. We don't have so much money and we don't have our own The factory. This way the risk is also lower, this time our product can no longer fail!