Super Tycoon

Zhang Yang thought of Suuni's PsP in his previous life, which can also be used as an MP4 and can play movies. When this function appeared, it was very popular for a while.

However, the high price and the small number of best-selling games caused the PsP to still lose out to Nintendo's gBa series.

Now Zhiduoxing has begun to think about compatibility with mP3 functions, and consumers will be more used to it if it continues to be compatible with mP4 audio-visual functions in the future.

The company has a large number of R\u0026D personnel, and the person in charge may not be able to think of some directions, but others can think of it, which saves Zhang Yang a lot of worry.

More than half a month later, Sunny's Ps2 and Nintendo ngc are on the rise. Zhiduoxing announced that the fourth-generation handheld Zhiduxing z4 began to accept pre-orders.

Same as the previous method, global synchronization, more than ten language versions, prepay half of the fee, and you can buy it one month later.

After the performance of the 32-bit handheld was announced, it immediately attracted the attention of many players. How many people went directly to the store to queue up, hoping to buy it immediately.

The advantage of the handheld is portability, no matter where you are, you can play. It can be in the car, in the bedroom, in the classroom, or in the hospital (this scene seems a bit strange), which is much more convenient than a video game console.

The maximum usage time of eight hours is enough to meet the requirements of most players, after all, it can also be played while charging. And it saves you some money by not having to keep buying new batteries, right?

Many people still recall the classic 32-bit games on Zhiduoxing g at the beginning, not to mention that this time it is not only the original classic games of Zhiduxing, but also some 32-bit games from other companies.

In the past, Zhiduoxing players could not play these games, but now they can play.

During this period of time, Nintendo has been constantly wooing third-party game companies, and it has spent a lot of money for this, not only to re-strengthen its own game camp, but also because their 32-bit handheld gBa is about to go on the market.

It's just that Nintendo didn't expect that Zhi Duoxing would take another step ahead. No wonder some game companies quoted so high before. It turned out that there was a price hike!

The damn thing is, those game companies didn't say anything. If Nintendo knew that Zhiduoxing's z4 was going to be launched, they would definitely make some countermeasures, such as speeding up the research and development progress, or releasing some promotional videos in advance to attract players, and it is too late now.

The emergence of z4 has attracted the attention of the other three major game console manufacturers.

Sunny has long wanted to be a handheld player,

There is only a video game console, and it is obvious that a new profit channel is missing. Sunny also owns a lot of 32-bit game copyrights. As the sales of their Ps1 continue to decline, they can no longer make much money. Psone is on the market, and the sales are also very mediocre, far from meeting expectations.

To revitalize some games that are about to become uninterested and earn more profits for the company, then a handheld device that can drive 32-bit games is needed.

Sunny believes that the performance of the game console is the most important. As long as the performance is good, it will definitely win the favor of consumers, and it will also be able to widen the gap with other game consoles.

In fact, they have always had the idea of ​​developing a 32-bit machine, but they just want to wait for the Psone to sell first, otherwise the 32-bit handheld will definitely affect its sales.

Nintendo has been talking about the benefits of gBa before, and Sunny didn't care too much. Now seeing the pre-sale of z4, Suoney is moved.

We also want to have our own handheld, and it needs to be more fun, with better performance, larger screen, stronger battery life, and better sound quality.

Sega Bandai was in a meeting here, and Bill Gates also flew to the island country at the invitation of Isao Okawa. By the way, he could check the work of the Microsoft branch here.

"Everyone, when Nintendo announced that it would launch a 32-bit handheld gBa, we discussed whether Sega Bandai should continue to make handhelds."

"I know that each of Sega's previous handhelds failed and brought a lot of losses to the company. But at that time, the company's technology was far inferior to what it is now, and there was no help from Microsoft."

"Now our technology has improved several times compared to the original, and the funds are sufficient. We also have Microsoft to help with system development, and we also have other partners."

"Everyone has also seen that the Zhiduoxing z4 is currently on the market for pre-sale, and there are many players queuing up to make reservations. In a week, their reservations exceeded one million units!"

"What about one month? How much sales can it achieve after it goes on the market?"

"We have also disassembled the machine of Zhiduoxing z4. The production cost of this machine will not exceed one hundred dollars. They currently have two different designs with the same performance. One sells for 129 dollars and the other sells for 149 dollars. Everyone Unexpectedly, the $149 handheld is selling better because the design is very novel.”

"We have many 32-bit games, which sold well in the past, and more than one sold millions of copies. Now we also have games adapted from Bandai animation. If we launch handhelds, the sales will definitely not be bad."

"As long as we can sell 10 million units, it is enough to ensure that this product will bring profits to the company, and the subsequent games will definitely have higher profits."

"We also have relevant experience in handheld console development. As long as we make up for some previous mistakes and omissions, it should be very easy to sell 10 million units. This number can be reached in island countries and North America."

"The competition in the handheld industry is smaller than that of video game consoles. On video game consoles, the current sales of our Super Uranus can only be regarded as unsatisfactory. We have stopped losses, but we can't make much money."

"If the company wants to make money, it needs a new revenue direction. One is to license our games to other game console manufacturers, which reduces the competitiveness of our game consoles, and the other is to develop new hardware devices, so that our Game sales are up."

Ueno Kazunori looked at Isao Okawa and sneered: "Then what about the development funds? Do you know how much someone else spent to make a handheld? At least a few hundred million dollars."

"Hardware architecture, software development, publicity, production, game transplantation, etc., they can even spend a billion dollars to do this, can we?"

Sega Bandai doesn't have that much liquidity at all, let alone a billion dollars, not even half of it. And it is still not possible to reduce the promotional expenses of the video game console, otherwise this side will also fall into a loss.

Isao Okawa looked at Ueno Kazunori: "So are you planning to let us give up this business? Did you know that Sunny has also started to develop handhelds? A company that has never done handhelds dares to do it, but we have experience but want to do it. Give up? How do you solve the company's revenue?"

"The money problem, I think it can be sorted out. Bill, you'll help, won't you?"

Bill Gates had a triumphant smile on his face: "Of course, I will let Microsoft inject capital into Sega Bandai, and at the same time develop a better system for Sega Bandai's new handheld."

"If others are one step faster than us, we can still catch up. If we are a lap faster, it will be impossible for us to catch up again."