I lost my vegetative state, and I became the richest man in the world

Chapter 109 Formation of Empire Game Company!

With the appearance of the first arcade machine in country M, and introduced by Taito to the East, it was welcomed by the East market.

Let Toyo's companies see the business opportunities here.

Formed a game console company based in Toyo Taito.

Country M is a game company dominated by Atari, among which Jobs and Woz, the founders of Apple, also joined Atari.

Driven by Taito and Atari, electronic game consoles, including arcade machines, began to develop in the East, Europe and the United States.

What really changed arcades around the world, though.

In 1977, Taito game designer Tomohiro Nishikaku began secretly developing a new game.

He assembled a microprocessor by himself, and based on this microprocessor, he independently completed the design and game programming, and made art and sound effects for it.

太东在1978年4月1日发布《太空入侵者》，1978年7月进入量产。

From April to December 1978, Taito installed more than 4 "Space Invaders" arcade machines in Toyo, with a revenue of 12 million US dollars.

As of June 1979, Taito manufactured about 6 "Space Invaders" arcade machines in Toyo.

These machines can earn 10000 yen a day.

"Space Invaders" was licensed overseas to Midway. By the end of 1979, the global sales of Space Invaders had reached 750 units.

From 1978 to 1980, "Space Invaders" was the top player in the arcade industry, second only to "Pac-Man".

In 1982, its total revenue exceeded US$39 billion, and Taidong's annual profit reached US$5 million that year.

From Taito and his game "Space Invaders", we can see the popularity and profits of video games.

Now Taito Company has been developing games for several years, but for the truly popular and worldwide video games, Tomohiro Nishikaku must still be secretly developing and adjusting them at this time.

This game, since Taidong Company will announce it soon.

It's more than February now, and there are less than two months left.

Unless Taidong Company is acquired, it will be difficult to win this game.

Yang Ming looked at Meris and the 15 people in front of him, and when he asked them who knew about video game consoles or arcade machines, the faces of these people were very strange.

Barlow still said: "Boss, the arcade machine you mentioned, I have seen it in a bar in London, and you need to put coins into it to play."

Yang Ming nodded.

That's the kind of arcade he was talking about.

Of course, why are arcade machines more popular in the Toyo and M country markets.

This has a lot to do with Japan, the environment of country M, and even the economy.

In the East, even M country may be more common.

On the Xiangjiang side, it should have started to increase after the 80s.

Even if there are such things in some corners of Xiangjiang, there must be very few of them.

According to the sales and sales of "Space Invaders", which has not yet been launched by Taito Co., Ltd., the sales volume is 6.7 units, and the sales volume has reached 6700 million U.S. dollars. Calculated, an arcade machine costs nearly 37000 U.S. dollars, which is about [-] Hong Kong dollars. .

Such an expensive arcade machine is not affordable for ordinary people.

Taito Co., Ltd. also produces it and puts it in some public places to make money. When ordinary people can also play with coins, it is actually not cheap.

According to Taito Co., Ltd., each machine earns 10000 yen a day. Calculated according to the exchange rate, it is 50 US dollars for one machine, and 275 Hong Kong dollars when converted into Hong Kong dollars.

For ordinary people, it is crazy to earn more than 1000 Hong Kong dollars a month and a machine to earn two to three hundred Hong Kong dollars a day.

So much so that Taito Co., Ltd. produces 20 units a year, and the profit is not small.

"Boss, I saw it at a friend's house in Xiangjiang. It looked very big, similar to those vending machines. At that time, I didn't ask how much it cost. Judging from my friend's family background, it should not be cheap." Xu Qingsheng also said.

Arcade machines in the 70s were really expensive, and ordinary consumers couldn't afford them.

Yang Ming didn't expect that there were two people who at least knew about it and had seen it with their own eyes.

The rest of the people don't quite understand.

In that case, Yang Ming asked Xu Qingsheng and Baro to stay.

I looked at the time, and it was almost time for the Asian stock market to trade.

"Baro, hand over your work to Hai Li. Xu Qingsheng, hand over your work to Li Yongfeng."

Both Barlow and Li Yongfeng were surprised.

If the work in your hands is handed over to others, then what should you do.

The two of them felt a little unwilling.

Now they each bring their own subordinates, and now they hand over the work, which does not actually affect their work.

"Except for Meris, Tang Shilian, Lin Xiuzhi, Barlow, and Xu Qingsheng, everyone else went back to do their own work."

The others didn't stay either.

In particular, several principals who are preparing to enter the Asian stock market trading will soon open.

When they left, these are the few people left now.

"Since Barlow and Xu Qingsheng have seen the arcade, let me tell you what an arcade is."

Under Yang Ming's description.

These people are becoming more and more aware.

"Boss, is this just for playing? Isn't this just a slot machine?" Tang Shilian said.

"It's related. However, arcades have a wide range."

Because of the limitations of the times, Tang Shilian and others told them that the future video game consoles will not be like this.

Of course they won't know.

Yang Ming came from that era, and he knows better than anyone else.

What's more, he was a master programmer in his previous life and a member of a hacker organization, so he was very clear about the development of arcade machines and video game consoles.

"At present, Toyo is dominated by Taito Co., Ltd., and Country M is dominated by Atari. As far as I know, Tomohiro Nishikado, a game console designer in Taito, is already secretly researching a game."

How did Yang Ming know.

Of course these people didn't know, and Yang Ming wouldn't say anything.

"Now I am going to set up Empire Games Company. I will still be the chairman, Barlow will be the deputy general manager, and Xu Qingsheng will also be the deputy general manager. In addition, Tang Shilian will send someone to take charge of the financial aspect."

When Barlow and Xu Qingsheng saw that their jobs were replaced by others, they were not happy.

In a blink of an eye, the boss wanted to set up a new company, and he was actually the deputy general manager.

Doesn't it mean that he has been promoted?
Barlow and Xu Qingsheng immediately cheered up and almost cried out.

"Barlow, Xu Qingsheng, I asked you to do it now. First, you go to Dongyang immediately. First, you see if you can acquire Taidong Co., Ltd. Second, if Taidong Co., Ltd. cannot be acquired, then you and Taito Co., Ltd. The boss Mikhail Kogan and their designer Tomohiro Nishikaku met to buy "Space Invaders", which has not yet been launched. In terms of price, you can decide for yourself, as long as they are willing to sell, the price can be negotiated. Third, if they are still unwilling to sell that game, then you can poach talents from major game companies in Toyo, and we want talents from every department of the game company.”

Although Toyo is now Taidong as the main game company, Namco has already appeared, which is enough to show that Toyo and many companies have begun to be involved in video games.

In other words, Toyo has a lot of talents in this area.

(End of this chapter)