Video Game Empire

"Kitayama-kun, isn't this new game console much better than the old machine in your house! Let me play a game with you. The effect of "The King of Fighters" on this new game console is completely the same as in the The feeling of being in the arcade is almost the same!" Toksen Hoxian walked out of the store and said to Shuhei Kitayama, a customer who was playing games alone in front of the TV.

The TVs and game consoles are all Desen Haoxian, who are specially placed outside the store for everyone to try out, to increase the popularity of their game store and attract business. The -1 game console has always been connected to the TV before, and the -1 console is also the most popular video game console in Japan.

But this morning, Desen Haoxian deliberately unsealed a newly arrived -2 ​​game console. In the next period of time, he will mainly promote this new product just launched by Dongfang Game Company. Because compared with the profit of 10,000 yen per unit of -1 console, the newly launched -2 ​​game console can bring him a profit of 15,000 yen.

"Kitayama-kun, do you see that this gamepad is also very different from the one on the old machine! The old gamepad was long, and this new one is '' shaped, we hold it in our hands It will be more comfortable!" The owner of Desen kept promoting the various benefits of the -2 game console to his guests.

The two quickly completed a match, and the Kitayama Shuhei is obviously a big fan of the "King of Fighters" series. Although he chose a new hero added to The King of Fighters 2, he picked it up quickly. And the store owner Desen Haoxian who was fighting against him obviously put more energy on selling game consoles, so he was accepted not long after.

"Kitayama-kun. Dongfang Game Company has also launched another very great new game this time, do you want to try it?" Desen Haoxian asked seductively.

"Desen-san. Quickly bring out the good stuff! Let me experience what you call the great game, how attractive it is!" Kitayama Shuhei smiled indifferently. After he finished speaking, he raised his hand and looked at the watch on his wrist.

He was working in an office building not far away, and ran out on purpose during his lunch break. It was still some time before going to work in the afternoon, so he was ready to see the game that boss Desen boasted.

In fact, Kitayama Shuhei also knows that every game the sellers say is good, otherwise why would they persuade players to spend money to buy them. It's just that since Boss Desen can use the word "great" to describe it, this new game must still have some standards.

Desen Haoxian quickly walked back to his store and took out a box of "The Legend of Zelda" game CDs.

"Why does this game console use disks instead of previous game cartridges?" Kitayama Shuhei noticed that on the new game console in front of him. There is no cassette slot like the -1 mainframe.

"Since October last year, the price of memory chips has been rising sharply, which has led to a rise in the manufacturing cost of game cartridges. You may not have noticed that the prices of all new game cartridges on the market in recent months have generally increased by more than 10%. .And the game picture quality running on -2 is better, which also means that the data capacity of the whole game is larger and requires more memory chips.

If the previous game card is still used for production, the cost will definitely be high. In order to take care of your players' wallets, Dongfang Game Company has specially changed the new game console to a disc drive type! ' Desen Ho-hyun explained a few words to his customers.

He was talking. He reached out and pressed the button of the disc drive, then removed the game disc of The King of Fighters 2 from the ejected disc tray and replaced it with the game disc of The Legend of Zelda.

certainly. Desen Haoxian did not forget to say all kinds of good things to Dongfang Game Company. Business people are very realistic, whoever can bring them benefits, they will support whoever. The Eastern Game Company launched a series of home game consoles. a handheld game console, has always been one of the best-selling items in Desen's boss store.

Kitayama Shuhei is a long-time gaming fan. Desen Haoxian gave a little guidance, and he quickly understood the general gameplay of the game "The Legend of Zelda". Desen Haoxian looked at the other party with a focused expression. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he returned to the store to continue sorting out the goods.

About half an hour later, Desen Haoxian glanced outside the store and found that Kitayama-kun was still very engaged in playing the game, without noticing the passage of time.

Kitayama Shuping is also a regular customer of Desen Haoxian. Since he came to work in a nearby office building, the other party has often come to his game store to spend. Kitayama Shuping often likes to take advantage of his lunch break to shop for new games in his store, because there are often fewer customers in the store at this time. Kitayama likes to take the opportunity to exchange various game experiences with Desen Haoxian.

"Kitayama-kun, it seems that your lunch break is almost over!" Desen Haoxian patted his shoulder and reminded him.

Kitayama Shuhei only then reacted, and immediately raised his hand to look at his watch, and sure enough, it was almost time for work. At this moment, he is controlling the protagonist Link, doing a letter delivery mission. "The Legend of Zelda" not only has a huge game map, but also has exquisite background music and game pictures, and more importantly, the exploratory gameplay is addicting.

"How long will it take for this game to be released on -1?" Kitayama Shuhei asked with concern.

Boss Desen shook his head at him: "You can also see that the game quality of this "The Legend of Zelda" is simply unmatched by ordinary games! It is Dongfang Game Company, in order to give full play to the r-1 processor The performance of a specially developed high-end game. The -1's host computing performance is too low to drive this game at all!"

"Bagya Road!" Kitayama couldn't help but cursed in a low voice.

Desen Haoxian laughed at this without saying a word, as if he didn't hear anything.

"Desen-kun, how much does this new game console cost?" Kitayama Shuhei quickly asked what Boss Desen had been waiting for for a long time.

"The unified retail price in Japan is 100,000 yen!" The smile on Desen Haoxian's face became more and more intense.

Kitayama Shuhei could not help frowning. His current monthly income is 400,000 yen. 100,000 yen is equivalent to a week's salary, which is by no means cheap for him.

"Desen-kun. I'm sorry, this price is too expensive. I need to think about it again! The work time is almost up, I have to go first!" Kitayama Shuhei bowed. Just say goodbye and leave.

Although the guests didn't buy anything, there was not a trace of unhappy expression on the face of the boss, Desen Haoxian. He knew very well that Kitayama Xiuping was a game house, and the reluctant look in the other party's eyes before he left just now convinced him that Kitayama-kun would definitely come back and pay for it obediently.

-2 The performance of the console itself is absolutely top-notch, and the only thing that could hinder this product's popularity is its high price. Touhou Games has a global retail price of $399 for the -2, with a list price of 100,000 yen in Japan.

Such a high price has made many dealers worried about the affordability of consumers, so they have not dared to place large-scale orders, fearing that if the game consoles are not sold, it will cause a lot of capital turnover.

But Desen Haoxian was very bold and ordered 100 -2s in one breath. In addition to the various new game discs ordered together, the total value of the entire order exceeded 10 million yen, almost draining all the liquidity in his hands.

Eastern Company's products have always been very popular, so the company has never had the habit of selling on credit to distributors. In order to compete for the priority supply of popular products, many dealers often pay in advance even before the products leave the factory. As early as a few years ago when the -1 game console was launched, Desen Haoxian had experienced the scene of too many monks and too few porridge, and he did not want to experience it again this time, seeing the helpless feeling of seeing the opportunity to make money slip away.

Desen Haoxian believes that with the excellent performance of the -2 game console itself, as well as high-quality games such as "The King of Fighters 2" and "The Legend of Zelda" that are sold together. Even the higher price of the game console will not stop the enthusiasm of real game fans.

Today is Friday, and with the closing of schools and companies in the afternoon, the popularity of the entire Akihabara. Finally getting more and more prosperous. Desen Haoxian's game store has also entered the best time of day for business. From time to time, game fans from all walks of life come in to choose their favorite games.

"Uncle Desen. I'm sorry for being late today!" said a teenager running in sweating profusely.

"Jiangchuan Xinsang, hurry up and start work! A new game console was replaced outside today. Hurry up and familiarize yourself with it. Your main task today is to demonstrate two new games, "The King of Fighters 2" and "The Legend of Zelda"! " Desen Haoxian frowned. Said slightly dissatisfied.

This young man named Jiang Chuanxin was specially hired by him to demonstrate various new games to passersby outside the store. In the past, Jiang Chuanxin often came to Desen's store to play various new games, and he was very savvy, no matter what game he played very quickly.

So Desen Haoxian simply agreed with the other party that Jiang Chuanxin would not only play games for free after school every day, but also pay him the corresponding part-time salary. Jiang Chuanxin's game level is indeed very good. Every time he plays the game on the street outside, he often attracts a lot of onlookers, and indeed brings a lot of business to Desenhao.

And since Kitayama Shuhei left the game, his heart was itching all afternoon. He was completely attracted by the previous game called "The Legend of Zelda". So just after get off work hours, he couldn't wait to go straight to Desen Haoxian's game store.

Before he reached the door of the store, Kitayama Shuhei saw a circle of people surrounding him, and there were bursts of cheers from time to time. He tried hard to squeeze into the crowd, and found that the game screen of "The Legend of Zelda" that he longed for was not on the TV, but the battle screen of "The King of Fighters 2".

Jiang Chuanxin is fighting a duel with a passerby. The main setting of "The King of Fighters 2" basically follows the previous "The King of Fighters 1", so Jiang Chuanxin got started quickly with this new game. The -2 game console showed various dazzling fighting moves of the "King of Fighters 2" game, which made the crowd cheer from time to time.

Taking advantage of Jiang Chuanxin's defeat of a passerby, Kitayama Shuhei immediately stepped forward and asked for another game. Jiang Chuanxin just remembered that the boss of Desen did let him try two new games in turn, so he did not object.

So Kitayama Shuhei quickly replaced the game disc of "The Legend of Zelda", and then took advantage of the game loading time to explain the basic gameplay of the new game to Jiang Chuanxin. Kitayama Shuhei chose the two-player team mode this time. In fact, “The Legend of Zelda” can support up to three players to play at the same time, but then players need to purchase an additional game controller.

Kitayama Shuhei has the game experience in the afternoon, and now he has become familiar with it. From time to time, he would give instructions to Jiang Chuanxin, who was in contact with "The Legend of Zelda" for the first time. Kitayama Shuhei's game character is the first protagonist Link in the game, and Jiang Chuanxin's character is Link's fellow villager.

The two first completed a few simple tasks on the initial map, the small village where Link was born, which was used to allow players to quickly familiarize themselves with the basic gameplay of the game. After completing all the tasks in the village, the two protagonists can finally start their adventure.

Kitayama Shuhei and Jiang Chuanxin were very fascinated, and the crowd around them also watched with great interest. Many people are whispering about the name of the game. At this time, the owner of the store, Desen Haoxian, appeared among the passers-by at a very timely time, and started to solicit business with a wink.

"Xiaoxin, let this Asada-san come and try it out!" Desen Haoxian quickly persuaded a customer. So he patted Jiang Chuanxin on the shoulder and motioned for the other party to make way for the customer. Jiang Chuanxin had to reluctantly hand over the game controller to Mr. Asada.

After playing for about ten minutes, Mr. Asada decided to buy a new -2 game console. This made Desen Haoxian who was standing on the side immediately praised him loudly. The other party made a correct choice and invited him to the store to pick up the goods.

As soon as Mr. Asada put down the gamepad, a man beside him who was already ready to move immediately took the lead~www.readwn.com~ got the gamepad before several other competitors. The man only played for ten minutes, and then gave the gamepad to others at the urging of others.

This made Shuhei Kitayama, who had occupied another gamepad from the beginning, feel very embarrassed, but he really liked the game "The Legend of Zelda" very much. So he finally gritted his teeth, gave the gamepad to others, turned around and walked into the game store, ready to take a -2 home.

-2 On the first day on the shelves, Desen Haoxian's game store sold 8 new game consoles. This makes Desen Haoxian very confident that all the 100 -2 game consoles in his hand will be sold out before the end of the month. So he decisively made a call to the sales department of Dongfang Commercial, and ordered 100 -2 game consoles again, and paid 10% of the purchase price in advance as a deposit.

There are four or five hundred stores in Japan that sell -2 game consoles like Desen Hoxian. In line with the large-scale advertising promotion of Dongfang Game Company, the newly launched -2 ​​game console quickly gained popularity among all Japanese gamers.

In fact, not only in Japan, but also in North America and Europe, -2 game consoles are also meeting consumers at the same time. Although the price of 399 US dollars is not cheap, it still does not let players who really love this game console be discouraged! (To be continued..)