Chapter 216: Public discontent
Hayakawa Uehito's transformation was not sudden; it came gradually as Takayuki's position became increasingly unshakable, and he gradually understood his own direction.
As a giant in the electronic field, there was no need to insist on winning or being the first in any field.
Of course, this didn't mean he had completely given up on competing with TakayukiElectronic Entertainment. He would continue to arrange for people to produce high-quality games and develop the latest game consoles, even if it meant paying a considerable price.
He would closely follow in Takayuki's footsteps, waiting for any unexpected events from Gamestar Electronic Entertainment and then immediately taking advantage of the situation.
And if Gamestar Electronic Entertainment didn't face any unexpected situations, then he could only patiently wait.
In Hayakawa Uehito's view, as long as Gamestar Electronic Entertainment remained just a gaming company, their ability to withstand risks would be poor. Any fluctuations in the electronic gaming industry would affect them. In contrast, Suley Electronic, their company, would not be shaken by industry turmoil.
Soon, the first week of game sales in the US quietly ended, and the first-week sales results for the SFC were also obtained.
Thanks to the promotion to college students, the total sales in the first week reached a total of 700,000 units.
Combined with the SFC's sales performance in Japan, it had already exceeded 4 million units.
The GB, however, lagged slightly behind, with first-week sales in the US totaling 430,000 units.
Originally, it was estimated that there were at most 3.5 million electronic game players in the US.
Now, with Gamestar's arrival, the player base had instantly increased by more than a third.
Street Fighter sales reached 520,000 units. American youth really liked this game, with its inherent competitive nature and flashy moves; not many young people could resist such a game.
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"Why don't you have Street Fighter here?!"
"I'm very sorry, sir, we don't have Street Fighter for sale. We don't know the specific reason, but please rest assured, we have better gaming products, such as the recently popular PN1 game console..."
"I don't want rubbish that can't play Street Fighter! It's disappointing that such a large department store like yours doesn't even have such a product!"
"Sir, please, don't leave yet. If you don't like the PN game console, we also have the Lil'Da 2600 game console, which also has excellent games!"
In a Woodson department store, several young people were expressing their dissatisfaction to a clerk.
These young people intended to buy game consoles.
Before, they had the opportunity to experience Street Fighter and several other games at a friend's house in another city, and they instantly fell in love with them.
When they returned home, they decided to buy a game console together.
So, they went to Woodson department store to make the purchase.
There were no small department stores near their homes, so if they wanted to buy a game console, they could only go to these large supermarkets.
However, at first, they were completely ignorant about game consoles and thought that as long as they bought a game console, it would be fine. Then they ignorantly bought several PN game consoles and Lil'Da 2600s.
But when they got home, they found that these things couldn't play Street Fighter.
They angrily questioned the store, and the final answer they got was that they bought the wrong game console. If they wanted to play Street Fighter, they had to buy the SFC, but sorry, we don't sell the SFC.
Of course, if you want to return the goods, we are happy to assist you, but if you want the SFC, we can't help you.
These young people were very dissatisfied, but after returning the goods, they did not forget to inquire about the SFC every other day, but each time, the results left them disappointed.
Why doesn't such a large supermarket like yours have such a product?
Clearly, this product is very popular and trendy. We seriously doubt the variety of products in your department store.
The sales clerks at the department store naturally didn't understand why they didn't have this kind of game console for sale, and they were even more puzzled than these young people.
In the company building of Woodson department store, the business supervisor, David, frowned as he looked at the data in front of him.
After looking at it for a few minutes, he looked up at the employee in front of him and asked, "Do we receive emails every day asking why we don't sell the SFC?"
The employee replied truthfully, "Every day, these emails are increasing in number. We received over 110 of them this morning alone."
The US was the largest consumer of electronic products, and people here would not hesitate to send emails expressing their dissatisfaction if they couldn't buy what they wanted or to make complaints.
David was very annoyed. What were these customers complaining about every day? It was just that we couldn't sell a product, it's not like we didn't want to sell it. We're being restricted by several other large companies. If I sell it, they will immediately cancel their cooperation with us, and then I'll lose my job.
There was no need to take risks for just one product.
Previously, he had only regarded this game console as a children's toy.
Selling one less toy product shouldn't affect anything.
But what he didn't expect was that this thing could actually interest young people.
Young people were the most troublesome bunch.
They were energetic, and as soon as they encountered something they didn't like, they would make a scene.
David shook his head somewhat irritably and said, "Alright, go ahead. I already know. From now on, pick out these emails and burn them all, leave none behind."
"Okay."
The employee left, and David sighed deeply.
These customers were really annoying, but it was only annoying for him; the dissatisfaction of a group of customers still couldn't affect him.
What made him even more headache-inducing was the daily flood of emails.
"Hello, this is the daily game console sales performance of our Gamestar Electronic Entertainment. In the absence of large supermarkets stocking up, our sales for today are: ... If you are interested, please feel free to contact us."
David could be one hundred percent sure that these damn emails were coming to bother him!
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