I lost my vegetative state, and I became the richest man in the world

Chapter 378 Empire Game Company releases the first generation of handheld game consoles!

When Empire Games was established, Barlow and Xu Qingsheng were both deputy general managers.

Today, Barlow is based in London.

Xu Qingsheng is based in Tokyo.

The real person in charge of Empire Games has become Tomohiro Nishikaku.

With the addition of the current Akio Nakanishi and Masato Matsushita, that is to say, the current Empire Game has become the original Taito Co., Ltd.

However, Taidong Co., Ltd. lacks a boss like Yang Ming.

Office of the Chairman of Empire Games.

Now Yang Ming, Nishikaku Tomohiro, Nakanishi Akio, and Matsushita Mito are here to discuss news about the release of new products in the first half of the year.

"Now, the three of you are working together again, how does it feel?"

Yang Ming looked at the three of them and said.

"Boss, I'm very happy to be able to work with Nakanishi Akio and Matsushita again."

Tomohiro Nishikaku is interested in game design, such as managing a company, or even marketing. He is really not interested. He knows that Akio Nakanishi and Mito Matsushita are very capable.

Now, these two people are very happy to join the game of empire.Moreover, Tomohiro Nishikaku also knows that Empire Games is powerful, which is completely different from the original Taito Corporation.

Akio Nakanishi and Mito Matsushita are also very happy. The most important thing is that they know Tomohiro Nishikaku's character and can tolerate them.

In other places, the same kind of people tend to fight fiercely among themselves, even in a life-and-death kind.

Now they can go back to their old jobs and all seem very happy.

"Since the first half of the year, we have successfully developed a variety of products. However, what I value most is "Xiangjiang Cube"."

Akio Nakanishi and Masato Matsushita were very surprised after seeing the new products of Empire Games that have not yet been launched, especially the "Xiangjiang Cube".

They thought it was a genius idea.

I learned from Xijiao Youhong that this was actually proposed by the boss, Mr. Yang.

At that moment, they knew that Mr. Yang was really much better than their original boss Kegan.

"Among them, we're releasing a real handheld."

Speaking of handhelds.

The world's first handheld device was "Mattel Electronic Rugby" released in 1977. Its interface is so simple that you can only rely on your imagination to make it playable.

The fluctuating red dots on the screen are actually athletes running under the court.

However, for most children, such a scene is still hard to imagine. If you don't read the instruction manual, you don't even know how to play this novelty.

However, in terms of history, the handheld consoles with real significance and market value came from GAME&WATCH, a product of Nintendo.

It is Nintendo's first portable game console and the world's earliest handheld LCD electronic game console.

It's simple to play and diverse in variety.

It was the PSP of that era.

On April 1980, 4, Nintendo launched the first G&W game BALL, priced at 28 yen.

It has only two buttons, the left button and the right button. The player controls the character to throw the ball with both hands. As the score gets higher, the ball moves faster and the game becomes more difficult.

In the past three years, GAME&WATCH has sold a total of 3200 million units worldwide, and Nintendo has accumulated a cash flow of 40 billion yen. These earnings have become powerful capital for Nintendo to flex its muscles in the game field soon.

At the same time, it also laid the foundation for Nintendo's hardware status in the game industry.

However, it is only 1979 now.

That Nintendo product isn't out yet.

In fact, to Yang Ming, whether it is listed or not, it doesn't mean much to him.

Because last year, Yang Ming began to let Xijiao Youhong organize personnel to secretly develop the handheld.

Yang Ming is going to take out "Xiangjiang Cube" and release it as a product of the first generation of handheld games of Empire Games.

Of course, like the arcade, he did not give up.

It’s just that the price of arcade machines is still too expensive. Globally speaking, not many consumers can afford an arcade machine costing US$6500.

If it's a handheld then it's different.

Historically, the price of Nintendo's first handheld was 5800 yen, which fluctuated up and down according to the exchange rate at the time of 1 US dollar and 250 yen, which was about 23 US dollars.

Compared with the price of 6500 US dollars, this price is really far away.

In addition, the game products launched by Nintendo at that time were not very popular, but they were also popular all over the world, which is enough to show that small profits but quick turnover.

"Our first-generation handheld was launched, and it was mainly "Xiangjiang Cube"."

Yang Ming knew that most of the popular "Goose Cube" in his previous life was related to handheld devices, which can be played anytime and anywhere. The global sales volume is really impossible to count, and almost everyone owns one.

In addition to being cheap, the most important thing is that the game "Goose Ross Cube" is suitable for all ages, as long as you can move your hands, you can play it.

At that time, Tomohiro Nishikaku was also surprised, not to mention Akio Nakanishi and Masato Matsushita.

"Our handhelds in the first half of the year focused on this product, and several other games will also appear on handhelds. In addition, there will be new games in the future, which will also be used on handhelds. On the other hand, in the arcade market , and continue to maintain our global monopoly advantage.”

For Yang Ming, this game is a money printing machine, a gold-absorbing beast, which will bring him and the Imperial Group a steady flow of funds.

Even more and more companies will join the game industry.

However, Yang Ming was not worried.

Because his advantage is too strong, it is a dimensionality reduction blow.

"The three of you have discussed it first and decided to officially hold a press conference in the conference room of the Empire Group tomorrow morning. In addition, there will also be a press conference in Toyo and London to go public together."

"Yes, boss."

Tomohiro Nishikaku, Akio Nakanishi, and Mito Matsushita left here, and they went to Tomohiro Nishikaku's office to discuss.

. . .

Take a night off.

Early the next day.

After Yang Ming had breakfast at the mid-level villa in Repulse Bay, he took a car to the Imperial Group.

At this time, many reporters had come to the conference room of the Empire Group. They had already learned that the Empire Game Company under the Empire Group would release a new product, and it was the kind that would shock the world.

9:00am.

Imperial Group meeting room.

Design Director Nishikado Tomohiro, Marketing Director Akio Nakanishi, Product Director Matsushita Minato, Sales Director Akiyoshi Fujiwara, and Financial Director Tang Shiren from Imperial Group attended the press conference.

Among them, Tomohiro Nishikaku served as the host of this press conference.

"Friends from the press, don't worry, we will soon enter the press conference time."

This time, in addition to the five arcade machines in the conference room, there are fifty handheld machines that are as big as two palms.

After these reporters saw it, they all seemed very curious.

Among them, the games released and listed this time include three products: "Xiangjiang Cube", "Little Bee" and "Snake".

These three games are on the market, in addition to handhelds, arcades are also available.

However, the main product of this press conference and product launch is the handheld, not the arcade.

Among the handheld games, "Xiangjiang Cube" is the main feature.

In addition, the handheld also includes "Space Invaders", "Pac-Man", "Little Bee", "Snake" and so on.

At the beginning of the press conference, Xijiao Youhong grandly introduced the three products.

Among them, the first product "Xiangjiang Cube" immediately amazed the reporters present.

They didn't expect that there is such a fun game. It can be said that no matter men and women, children, adults, or even the elderly are suitable for playing.

While introducing these products, Xijiao Youhong gave reporters an operation demonstration.

Five male reporters were invited to the stage to play those arcade machines, making those reporters almost forget that it was time for the press conference.

In addition, there were fifty handheld cameras, and Tomohiro Nishikaku invited 25 male and female journalists to come on stage to play by himself.

Now the first handheld of the first generation of Empire Games is not very big, only the size of two palms, but it is very easy to operate.

Especially when playing "Xiangjiang Square" or "Little Bee" or "Space Invaders", it is easier for them to forget the time, as if they are already immersed in the game world.

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