Japanese investors

Chapter 172 Otakuman
Kentaro Miyamoto had lunch with Ayaka Kato, and then went to a coffee shop.They each ordered a cup of freshly brewed coffee.While the two were sitting facing each other, they were playing "Genshin Impact" on their mobile phones.

Kato Ayaka blurted out unhappily: "It's crooked again. Who invented this game mechanism of paying to draw cards?"

Kentaro Miyamoto put his mobile phone on the table and continued: "Now, it is recognized that in 2013, the Japanese game developer Square Enix launched the card game "Million King Arthur" The game mechanism of paid card drawing is used for the first time.

Before this kind of paid card drawing game mechanism was launched, it was not very popular at all.However, facts speak louder than words.Nowadays, more and more people have begun to accept this game mode. "

Kato Ayaka said bluntly: "So that's it!"

Kentaro Miyamoto once said: "Ten years ago, among the voice actors in the game "Million King Arthur" were Rie Kugimiya and Kana Hanazawa.

However, at that time, the two of them were definitely not as popular and well-known by so many people as they are now.

To be precise, they have just officially debuted in the voice actor industry, and have not really embarked on the path of becoming idols as voice actors.

What's more, it seems that this paid card drawing game mechanism not only has advantages and disadvantages, but also contains gambling elements.

Advantageous, especially for game manufacturers.Once the game was launched, it became a hit. The high turnover and quick return on investment are visible to the naked eye.As for the disadvantages, they are more for gamers.

Taking "Genshin Impact" as an example, in Japan, 12000 yen is charged for the largest order and in mainland China, 648 yuan is charged for the largest order, and the effect is exactly the same.However, there is a big difference for players from the two countries who recharge.

In Tokyo, the minimum hourly wage is 1000 yen (the actual minimum hourly wage in 2023 is 1072 yen). For the largest order, you can work 6 hours a day for 2 days.

In Shanghai or BJ in mainland China, it is almost impossible to earn 648 yuan in two days by doing odd jobs.

In fact, most people in mainland China earn far less than 100 yuan a day.This working time is more than 6 hours a day.

So, you should understand why MiHoYo, a mainland Chinese company, attaches great importance to the Japanese market!Who makes the Japanese have the highest per capita consumption in the world in this regard? "

Kato Ayaka asked curiously: "Back then, how could you think that MiHoYo, a mainland Chinese company, would have a future?"

Kentaro Miyamoto said truthfully: “Half of it is a gamble, and the other half is that I agree with this company’s precise positioning of some of the needs of otakus.

However, otakus are not all the kind who have psychological pressure to interact with women, and they are very eager to interact with women.In my personal opinion, there are different subdivisions among otakus.

If they are really the kind of otakus who are looked down upon by the Japanese, hikikomori, nerds, otakus, squatters at home, unwilling to take the initiative to leave the room, their consumption power is very weak.

First of all, they have almost no source of income.Nine times out of ten, the way they obtain money is through asking their parents.The pensions of ordinary wage earners in Japan are not high to begin with.

If you are not a corporate retiree, you only have the most basic national pension.This kind of national pension is quite low, basically 6 yen per month.If you don't pay for a certain period of time and don't get the full amount, it will be even lower, not even 6 yen per month.Those Japanese elderly who only receive the Japanese national pension every month only have more than 4 yen per capita.

One of the fundamental reasons why Japan’s 70-year-olds still have to work is because of this, and not because of the so-called love of work.To put it bluntly, an individual’s monthly pension is not enough.

The Japanese elderly who really have relatively high pensions, dress fashionably, and can travel abroad from time to time every year are in the minority.

They are either formal members who have retired from large-scale enterprises, or they are formal civil servants who have retired from government departments.In addition, they will also receive a relatively generous pension. "

He paused for a moment before reaching out to pick up the coffee cup on the table and took a sip, then continued: "It is not that difficult to make money from otakus in a paid card drawing game.

Even if they can play paid card games, they are often prostitutes for free.If some of them still have low desires, they will not even think about making money.If I can make money from it, I lose.

Therefore, the true definition of otaku is not the derogatory term with the same meaning as otaku.They are typical two points and one line.Apart from work, I spend most of my time at home.

Playing games has become a common pastime for them to relieve their personal loneliness.If you want to make money, you must start from this group.

They have certain financial strength and more or less the spending power in card-paying games.They are willing to spend money on things they like.

In addition, more and more contemporary Japanese young people are not in love, not getting married, and not having children, which has led to an increase in the number of otakus.There is still a lot of depth that can be tapped into this market.

If this is coupled with various technical geeks.For example, the market for cartoonists, light novel writers, and other people who work from home is even bigger.In fact, the profession of lawyer can also be classified as an otaku. "

Kato Ayaka's eyes showed a little admiration, and she smiled and said, "You know so much."

Kentaro Miyamoto said calmly: "Who makes me an otaku? Of course, the person who knows otaku best can only be an otaku."

Kato Ayaka disagreed and said: "What kind of otaku do you think you are? I see that your life is very colorful, and you are like a real cash-in."

Kentaro Miyamoto defended: "It's all your misunderstanding. I'm the kind of boy who can't go out without going out. Even if it's traveling, I have no interest in it.

The so-called scenic spots and historic sites are not the man-made landscapes of the past.This is true for the Statue of Liberty in New York, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, etc.

Beautiful natural scenery, full of humanistic atmosphere, mysterious legends... There is no lack of good publicity and marketing among them.Isn’t the most famous one the Loch Ness Monster?

There is an endless stream of people visiting that place every year.Why is the Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto famous?In my personal opinion, one of the important reasons is that it comes from Mishima Yukio's novel of the same name "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion". "

(End of this chapter)