Super Tycoon

Sami Company began to accept orders from distributors all over the world, and distributors also began to contact game halls to count the number of orders.

Such large-scale equipment is mainly supplied to game halls, so naturally there will not be too much inventory, and it is basically produced according to order.

Of course, they have also begun to develop some new sales channels. For example, in some shopping malls, there are no game halls, so they can specialize in this. Putting it together with dance machines and tambourine machines is just as attractive.

And you can also make changes, such as not using coins, but using a key to open the number of times. Anyway, playing this is definitely more expensive than playing ordinary game consoles.

Another thing is to try to contact some driving schools and ask them if they are interested in buying a batch of simulators for students to practice. You can even make special adjustments to the program, for example, there will be a prompt for speeding, and a crash will mean that you fail the exam.

The news quickly reached the ears of other arcade machine manufacturers, and they were very helpless.

What's the matter, we are still developing a CD player to replace Zhiduoxing gmInI, so you are going to use a 3D simulator?

One is so expensive, yet there are still so many people buying it. Doesn’t it mean that the products in the game hall in the future will all belong to you Zhiduoxing and Sami?

Originally, Sami's pinball machines were the most popular in island countries, Europe and the United States, and even in places such as Australia City, there were many products, and the supply was certainly not ordinary game halls.

In fact, they are also at a disadvantage in the competition on CD players, because their number of games is too small, and the prices cannot be so cheap.

The price of 2D games on Zhiduoxing g is very low. When Nintendo's 2D games generally sell for forty or fifty dollars, Zhiduoxing only sells for less than twenty dollars.

Those arcade machine manufacturers in the island country, the cost of their games is not low, and it is impossible to achieve such a low price as Zhiduoxing. In addition, their DVD technology was originally purchased from companies such as Songxia, and other factories had to be found to manufacture CD players, and even the production of CDs had to be found by others.

In the island country market, a gmInI sells for 29,800 yen, and it also comes with three game discs replaced within three years. They are almost the same price just for the production of disc players.

Originally, these arcade machine manufacturers were hit by gmInI at the beginning, resulting in losses. Some borrowed money to survive, some received capital injections, and some merged.

But no one expected that they could not grab much market after they made the CD player. But at least they survived,

Some classic games are still liked by many players.

But when the simulator came out, it was still in 3D, and they immediately saw the gap.

Several major shareholders of an arcade machine manufacturer sat together, smoking with their heads down. The room was filled with smoke, revealing their depression.

"You didn't listen to what I said at the beginning about the development of a 3D CD player. I said that 2D in arcade halls is enough, and there are more game choices. Are you behind now?" Ichiro Arakawa complained.

"Develop a 3D CD player, so do we still have a market? When you succeed in developing it, the entire arcade market will be occupied by Sami and Zhi Duoxing."

"Besides, do we have the copyright of 3D games? You have also seen that the price of 3D games in the market is now, and none of the fun ones is less than 20,000 yen."

"Even if we bought it and licensed it, should we find an OEM to produce it ourselves or let the game company publish it? Can we make any profit? Can we compete with the 2D game group of Zhiduoxing?"

"Besides, Zhiduoxing has richer experience in 3D games than ours. When our 3D CD player goes on the market, I am afraid it will be next year. Even if we can get some cheap 3D games, how can we ensure that our products can be sold and earn money? money?"

Arakawa Ichiro didn't say a word, he knew all this, but what should he do now?

The opponent's research and development capabilities are much stronger than theirs, and they also have huge financial support and a huge game camp. Just the games developed by Zhiduoxing itself, or the exclusive games bought out, are enough for the game hall.

If they hadn't launched a 2D disc player at the end of last year, I'm afraid they would have to withdraw from the arcade market, because the market is saturated.

"What I am most worried about now is, what if the price of gmInI is lowered? If the price continues to be lowered, our optical disc players will not be sold at all. How will our company continue to operate at that time?"

After saying this, the others fell silent. When the production cost is at a disadvantage, once the other party starts a price war, they will have no power to fight back.

"How about, let's talk to Naoki Watanabe. Didn't Sami's company say that they were interested in our company?"

"Murakami, what are you talking about! We chose to merge because we didn't want to be annexed by Sami Company. Now you want us to sell to Sami Company, so what is the significance of our merger?"

"Ichiro Arakawa! The meaning of the merger is to survive, not to go bankrupt! Do you have a better way?"

Several people quarreled and complained to each other. When the company is doing well, they seem to have a good relationship, even if they were once competitors.

But when the company was in trouble, their kind surface was peeled off, revealing their true inner thoughts.

"Have you considered giving up the hardware field?" Someone suddenly asked.

They all looked at the speaker: "What do you mean?"

"If we want to survive, we may not have no choice. Give up the hardware field and sell this part of the assets. It doesn't matter even if we lose a little. We have transformed into a game development company, and we are good in this respect."

"We all have arcade games that were once popular, so transplanting them to TV game consoles should sell well. Now we are jointly developing 3D games. As long as we succeed in one game, the company's crisis will be over."

"And after becoming a game manufacturer, we don't have to look at Sami's face, and we don't even have to pay attention to Zhiduoxing. We can find Nintendo, Soni or Sega Bandai to cooperate. When they see a good game, they will definitely be willing to pay a high price. Avoid Bought by a competitor."

"It will be easier for us to make games, the cost will be lower, and we will get more respect. We got together for the same goal, but the goal is not necessarily to be a game console or a game motherboard. , It’s the same with making games, we have not quit this industry, and we can still leave our name.”

Arakawa really moved: "Why don't we try?"

Suddenly a faint voice came from the corner: "Are we sure that we will succeed in making games? What if our games also fail?"