Chapter 457: ===457 Discs Are Future Stars...?===(None Edited)
Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's handheld consoles have been sold at a loss so far, with an average loss of more than 20 US dollars per unit.
So if you want to make a profit in the early stage, you will definitely need a sufficient amount of video game sales.
Youxing Electronic Entertainment estimates that the annual sales of GSL handhelds should be close to 20 million units, or even 30 million units.
If it is 30 million units, it is a loss of more than 600 million machine costs.
If you want to make money back, you have to make at least 600 million or more profits on video games.
The average profit of a first-party game with millions of sales is about 20 to 30 million US dollars.
According to the current regular sales data of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's first party, if Zhu Yuxing personally supervised the work, it may go directly to the sales volume of tens of millions.
And if it's just a first-party game, it's about one million to three million sales at most.
Under normal circumstances, this year's gains on game cartridges can definitely make up for some of the cost losses on game consoles.
But all of this is based on the premise that the game can be released normally and the supply of cassettes is stable.
Now, however, there is a problem with the production of the cassette, and this problem may directly affect the three-month cassette production capacity.
Now is the high-frequency stage of the confrontation between the two parties, and a slight mistake by either party may affect the future pattern.
"I'm very sorry to the customer. The supply of cassettes has been tight recently. You need to wait for the Legend of Zelda Cartesian cassettes for a while.
" already."
When the time came to May, the shortage of cassettes began to gradually appear.
Yuxing Electronic Entertainment has tried to put more cassettes into popular works such as The Legend of Zelda, which is a bit unfair to other works, but this is also a matter of no choice. It is now time to give priority to games with a larger audience of players. A choice that must be made.
But even so, the stock of cassettes is gradually running out.
This is not only to provide a region in Japan, but also to provide the game's cassette to the world.
For the dissatisfaction of the players, the game store promises to send these users free mail as soon as they get the cassette goods, and also comes with a free digital game, which only needs to be exchanged in the online mall in the future.
This can alleviate the dissatisfaction of players a little, but their demand for entertainment, as Nagao Yu said, will not weaken in the slightest. On the contrary, they will be more eager to obtain the entertainment brought by video games.
The Nintendo of the previous life was very good at playing hunger marketing in the early days, deliberately creating a situation where some popular works were out of stock, making users more eager to get their games.
But this is based on absolute advantage.
In the early days, if Zhu Yuxing wanted to do this, it would definitely be no problem, because there were almost no opponents at that time, and he could also be accepted by players when he played a little trick.
But now it can't be done, Suri Electronics is staring intently.
The player walked out of the Yuxing Electronic Entertainment store in disappointment, and the clerk of the store selling Suri video games on the same street immediately warmly invited the player to come over.
"Guest, you can come to our house to try our latest game works. Some works are not inferior to Yuxing Electronic Entertainment." The
player was a little disdainful, and he didn't believe the clerk's nonsense.
But he couldn't help it after seeing the very cool game video pictures at the door of Suri Electronics.
Once people get used to the entertainment that video games bring, they can no longer easily accept the feeling of losing it.
Although old games are not impossible to play, no one can refuse to have more cool and updated games.
In the end, the player walked into the store and bought a handheld and several games.
Because even if these games are not as good as those of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, the overall quality is not much worse.
Because these games were also made by the studios that made games for the Youxing family in the past.
Youxing Electronic Entertainment is the enlightenment of the game industry in this world, and it is also the existence of the Whampoa Military Academy in this world game industry. It has cultivated countless outstanding game producers, and they are also the treasures of this industry.
Now Suri Electronics also has many games with more than three-star quality.
Players who do not have absolutely strict requirements on the quality of video games are also acceptable.
Between the stores, the players finally chose Suri Electronics helplessly.
In the media and newspapers, Nagao Yu was also excited again.
The strong sales data of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment before made him really a little lack of confidence.
But now, seeing the rapid growth in sales on their side, and the fact that their opponents are slowly decreasing due to the limited production capacity, he began to ridicule in a somewhat gloating tone.
Before, I thought it was a bit of a loss to buy Downstream Electronic Entertainment for 10 billion, and then I wanted to spend 3 or 4 billion to buy it. Now it seems that it should not be 3 or 4 billion, and a billion should be enough. Just look at Yuxing Electronic Entertainment. Are you willing to let go, or, if Yuxing Electronic Entertainment decides to re-use the optical disc carrier form to make game consoles, Su Rui Electronics may be able to provide a little 'technical help'
. The words are very yin and yang.
Then, from time to time, he would show off how many capital favors his online portal had gained, and how many stable users his new online shopping fantasy had.
In such a situation, he did not forget to advertise himself to brag about himself, but he was still a bit brainy.
At this time, Suri Electronics also took the opportunity to publicize the benefits of its own optical disc standard.
The biggest advantage of CDs is that they are cheap and easy to obtain materials.
As long as the authorization is obtained, even a company with no technical foundation can quickly build a mature optical disc production line, and there is no such thing as limited production capacity.
So if there are other third-party manufacturers loyal to Youxing Electronic Entertainment who are interested, they are willing to provide any technical support.
If a third party wants to build a CD production line directly, their technicians will definitely give the best technical service support.
For a while, there were more and more remarks about the advantages of CD-ROM, and some experts with relevant interests also took the initiative to promote CD-ROM as a carrier, saying that this is the star of the future. There are too many uncertainties in flash memory chips, and the cost of materials is higher than that of CD-ROM. , and there is still a certain degree of difficulty in mining. In the end, they even brought out the argument of environmental protection. The production process of optical discs is more environmentally friendly than flash memory chips, which is the best choice for the development of industries in many regions.
Chapter 458: ===458 Being a big bad wolf===(None Edited)
Youxing Electronics Entertainment is still very fast in finding a second manufacturer of flash memory cassettes, and the other party simply set a price, which is one dollar to five dollars more expensive than the average cassette before. It varies, and the cost of cassettes of different capacities will also vary.
This is not selective, and bargaining is definitely indispensable, but it is guaranteed that the needs of players are the highest priority.
However, just after the contract was signed, Zhu Yuxing immediately made a decision.
Cassettes must not be restricted by anyone any longer.
He must buy a flash memory manufacturer.
It doesn't need to be too big, as long as it has certain independent patents, and it is best to have a mature R&D team. He hopes that the cost of cassettes will continue to be reduced through continuous research and development.
He has to prove that the cassette should be the best carrier for the handheld.
It doesn't make much sense whether the console uses a cassette or a CD, but the handheld is definitely more suitable only for the cassette.
It is not easy to buy a flash memory manufacturer, but the world is not short of companies that are on the verge of bankruptcy.
If you want to buy such a company, it will be much simpler. Zhu Yuxing immediately asks people from relevant departments to investigate. The investigation all over the world shows that the flash memory industry is relatively mature, and it is not as monopolized as processor chips. , It is not too difficult to find a relatively small flash memory company.
It's just that Zhu Youxing's thinking is still a bit simple. It took the company's people about a month to find a company that meets the requirements.
This company is from Poland, and it used to be considered a little famous. The boss of this company was on the verge of bankruptcy due to the failure of investment, but the other party's asking price was relatively high, because many companies were eyeing this company, entirely because of this The company has a lot of patented technologies, and these things are still worth a little money. If they want to buy them wholly, I am afraid they will need at least two billion US dollars.
And the companies that are preparing to bid are also relatively strong, and the final price that is actually finalized is likely to exceed three billion US dollars.
If Zhu Youxing really bought it with a stomp, then he would have almost no cash, and then he would spend a lot of money to make a 3A masterpiece that doesn't expect anything in return, or if he went crazy and made a film, he might not be able to get his money back. Forget the Final Fantasy 7 movie.
Zhu Yuxing thought about it seriously and decided to give it a try first.
Anyway, it's just the bidding stage. If it exceeds expectations, quit and find the next one.
And this time, another two months have passed. Taking advantage of this period of rapid expansion, Suri Electronics has tried every means to promote its own optical disc standards and products, and vigorously promotes that optical discs are the future.
If it wasn't for Zhu Youxing's experience in the afterlife, he would have almost believed it.
At that time, flash memory was the ultimate victory, even if it cost more than CD.
The reason for this is actually quite understandable.
Because the CD itself is not as convenient to carry as flash memory, and the ability to read and write data is not comparable to flash memory.
A flash memory chip the size of a fingernail can later store 1TB of content, and it can also be copied and deleted at any time, which is many times more convenient than a CD.
The only advantage of the CD in the end may be that the lifespan is longer than that of the flash memory, but it is more suitable for some long-term storage work.
But that's a niche industry.
But many people in this world do not have the prophetic advantage.
It is also impossible for a company as large as Surui Electronics to foresee the future.
Instead, they took advantage of this opportunity to increase the production capacity of CDs, because CDs are now in short supply, and they have to send some people to provide technical support. It can be provided for free, and of course, the patent fee is not less than a dime.
"President, this is the sales data of Surui Electronics' latest game consoles and game CDs. The situation is not optimistic."
After Surui Electronics' new quarterly sales report was released, it was put on the table of Zhuyouxing for the first time. .
After three months of sales, the sales of PNV handhelds exceeded 5 million units, which is very gratifying, during which they once again boasted about the benefits of CDs.
Then there are the sales figures of PNF home game consoles at 2.3 million units.
Because Youxing's GS1 home console also uses CD-ROM as the physical carrier, it was also implemented to reduce the cost of the console game entity at that time, and it used the standards and technology of Suri's opponent's home. , Because there is Morgan Group betting, and one of the big customers like Youxing, the optical disc standard of this company can still compete with the standard of Suri Electronics, and it does not fall into the disadvantage.
There is naturally no problem with the physical disc on the GS1 side, so the home machine side is more popular.
Now it seems that neither the home computer nor the handheld Suri Electronics has surpassed the Yuxing side.
But their growth momentum is very fast, really can not be underestimated.
Zhu Yuxing glanced at the sales data of his opponent, and then looked at his own sales data again.
In three months, GSL handhelds have sold nearly 7 million units as expected, which is more than 1 million units more than Suri Electronics. There is really nothing to be afraid of.
In the past three months, the GS1 has also sold more than 6 million units, which is still more than Suri Electronics, but it should not be careless.
Suri Electronics should indeed have found some directions this time.
However, the production capacity problem on our own side will not last for too long, and the next competition will be more interesting.
However, this time, Zhu Youxing also remembered the flash memory factory that was on fire, and also remembered the few flash memory companies that took advantage of this opportunity to increase their prices. They all recorded them in a small book, and then they will settle accounts one by one. .
By the way, maybe I can take the opportunity to add fuel to the flames?
Looking at the sales results of his own GS1 CD-ROM games, Zhu Yuxing suddenly took it into his head.
Why don't you find a channel to disclose the sales data of GS1 discs, and then see the reaction of these guys to see if they will be anxious because they mistakenly believe that the disc is very promising, and they may miss something of.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuxing showed a somewhat villain-like smile.
He has never been a little sheep, he even likes to be a big bad wolf, but he didn't have the opportunity to be a big bad wolf in the past, because he is the lion king of the game industry, and he basically has no opponents.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuxing called back Tsukino Aya, who had not seen her for more than three months.
Now is her turn to show off her talents. Before, Tsukune Aya helped herself find some secret channels to do something shameful. This time, she can use it again.
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