Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

Sometimes, while games may offer better gameplay, people are more easily drawn into visual spectacles and more realistic music.

This is similar to how later generations of gamers, unless they have a strong sense of nostalgia, find it difficult to play those older games that are not considered masterpieces.

For example, the Duck Hunt game released on the Famicom sold 20 million copies worldwide, but how many people still play it today?

Many players are still drawn to new games with more exquisite graphics and special effects.

In fact, it can be said that humans are visual animals, and they are more likely to have a preference when stimulated visually.

It is for this reason that Zhuyouxing plans to speed things up and catch up with the latest performance game console before Surui Electronics' 16-bit game console development takes shape.

Now, Zhuyouxing and Surui Electronics are on the same track.

With the endless stream of video games from Yusei Electronics, if Su Rui Electronics doesn't find a way to advance further, it really won't be able to compete with Yusei. It would be better to surrender sooner rather than later.

Now, news has surfaced that Yusei Electronics Entertainment is preparing to develop an even more powerful game console, and Hayakawa Ueto immediately believed it.

Given the current manpower and financial resources of Youxing Electronic Entertainment, they are already capable of doing this, and developing more advanced game consoles would also be very beneficial in order to completely control the entire market.

No, we can't wait any longer; we must push forward with the development of the new game console!

Hayakawa Ueto was getting restless; he wished he could cast a spell right now to bring all his employees to him and give them new tasks.

And so, it was time for work to start at eight o'clock in the morning.

The employees arrived at the company one after another.

The programmers began writing code step by step to prepare for the new game, while the engineers were still researching various peripheral controllers for the PN game console. Recently, they had just developed a controller that could be tracked, which is a technology that can sense human motion through the controller. They have begun to plan to develop a test version to test the effect.

However, at that moment, Hayakawa Ueto walked into their development office.

"Everyone, stop what you're doing. I have some terrible news to announce, which is more important than the work you're doing right now."

In the video game division, the entire floor is now occupied by their staff, and the number of people has expanded from a few dozen at the beginning to more than a hundred.

This floor is a large, open-plan space with almost no partitions. Hayakawa Ueto did this so that employees could communicate more smoothly. He believed that real-time communication between engineers and game developers was very important.

In this way, the collision of ideas between the two sides can generate some wonderful sparks.

He didn't know why he thought that way; it was just that some kind of business intuition made him think it would be useful.

In such a spacious, open-plan apartment, Hayakawa Ueto only needs to raise his voice a little so that most people in the area can hear him.

Everyone looked up from their workstations and gazed at their superiors.

"Just this morning, I received some news that Youxing Electronic Entertainment seems to be preparing to completely crush all our competitors and monopolize the entire market."

"How is that possible? We already have a player base, and recently two or three of our games have started to gain popularity. We're no longer the clueless team we were at the beginning."

A section chief from a game development team spoke loudly.

Under Hayakawa Ueto's leadership, his department's employees have become a more open-minded group, and they are now able to raise any questions or concerns proactively.

This is management experience he learned from the United States, and he finds it very useful.

And in fact, this seems to be the case, and his employees are more cohesive as a result.

If not, how could they possibly gain a certain market share in the face of monstrous opponents?

"Could it be because of the release of the Super Famicom? And that Game Boy console that's been getting a lot of hype? Our engineers must be working on it already, right? Haven't they made some progress?"

The section chief of the engineering development team stood up and said, "We are almost ready to complete the first batch of engineering prototypes. They are also eight-bit, and they have color screens. The screens can also be kept on, so players can play the game consoles at night."

Chapter 142 I'll provide the manpower, you provide the labor.

The members of several groups also started discussing, and they all felt that even if Yusei Electronics released the SFC, it would be impossible for them to completely defeat them.

At most, they'll continue to dominate their territory, and no one can shake their dominance. But their PN game consoles aren't something you can just bully anymore.

Unless the other party intends to use some underhanded methods.

For example, secretly poaching customers, or exposing some shady dealings to smear PN game consoles.

When faced with his subordinates' questions, Hayakawa Ueto simply asked them to quiet down again.

"People in the engineering development team, tell me, if we were to develop a 32-bit game console now, what kind of games could we make?"

The section chief of the engineering development team immediately replied without hesitation: "While it may not far surpass current 16-bit game consoles, it is definitely groundbreaking. Both the graphics and sound effects will be far superior."

In fact, in the 32-bit era, performance can no longer be simply described by the number of bits.

Sometimes different 32-bit chips can have vastly different performance characteristics, but for chips larger than 16-bit, the difference is almost undeniable.

"It seems that Youxing Electronic Entertainment is now preparing to invest a huge amount of money to start research and development. They have assembled a larger research and development team to conduct secret research and development, and they also plan to develop 3D graphics performance. You should have seen the special effects movie that was released in the United States last year, right? They are very likely working in that direction."

"Impossible minister, this is almost impossible."

As soon as Hayakawa finished speaking, the engineering development team immediately denied it.

In other Japanese workplaces with strict hierarchical structures, someone who openly questions their superior would probably be sidelined.

But Hayakawa Ueto felt nothing; he simply turned to look at the man, waiting for him to say what he was about to say.

"It's not that I look down on Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, I'm just saying that with the current graphics and special effects, it's almost impossible to create the kind of 3D special effects seen in movies with the current game development technology. Even if we really wanted to do it, the amount of money required would definitely be in the billions of dollars."

Hayakawa Ueto said quietly, "I didn't say that Yusei Electronics would directly develop such a game. What I mean is that they are already preparing to conduct research on 3D graphics games. I think this is definitely the future trend of video games, and I hope that you will also start to study it."

“But…” the section chief of the engineering development team looked troubled. “Minister, we are short-handed right now. We need to develop handheld game consoles, game controllers, and cooperate with game developers. We don’t have time to spare.”

After a moment of contemplation, Hayakawa Ueto said, "I'll go to headquarters to ask for more people. You don't need to rush. What I mean is, once the new recruits come in, you veterans need to train them as quickly as possible. We have to speed things up."

After he finished speaking, he looked at his deputy minister's subordinate.

"Arrange for the marketing department to announce to the public that we are preparing to develop a new type of game. I will transfer a few special effects artists who were just poached from abroad from the film and television department of the head office to help produce promotional videos for the game console. We cannot fall behind in the research of new game consoles, otherwise the market we have worked so hard to gain may vanish in an instant."

In the United States, he witnessed firsthand how rapidly several startups rose to prominence, simply because they possessed exceptionally high-quality and advanced products.

Companies like the one that developed the operating system and another that developed computers have risen rapidly, posing a significant obstacle to Surui Electronics' entry into the high-end electronics market in the United States.

Currently, Surrey Electronics and the Americans are locked in a fierce battle in this area. Ironically, Surrey has opened up a new battlefield with its newly released game console and is gradually gaining the upper hand in the competition among those American electronics giants.

Therefore, he absolutely cannot back down this time.

Hayakawa Ueto spoke up: "I won't make things difficult for you. Do what you should do. Give me a careful evaluation of whether this is feasible or not. If it is, then get on with it. I will use my connections and do my best to make it happen."

Hayakawa Ueto refused to believe that the technological strength of the entire Surui Electronics could be surpassed by such a small company.

Just a few days after Zhu Youxing had someone quietly release the so-called 'real news', he got the message he wanted to see.

Surrey Electronics has publicly announced that it will develop a new type of game console and will provide players with real-time updates on its development progress every month, striving to release it before Christmas.

This time, they will have even more powerful performance and are prepared to be the first to develop 3D graphics performance, allowing players to truly experience more realistic electronic entertainment.

After seeing this news, Zhu Youxing felt that Su Rui Electronics' action was highly efficient.

This is quite different from traditional Japanese companies.

By the way, the head of their company's game division is the president's son. Could this relationship have solved a lot of troublesome problems?

After all, the entire company belongs to someone else.

Looking at Hayakawa Ueto's resume and abilities, he is very likely to be the best candidate for president in the future.

So it's likely that no one would make things difficult for him because of a video game.

Moreover, they are now gradually making a profit through video games and are constantly expanding their influence.

"President, are we going to announce our game console next?"

"No, no rush. We don't need to retaliate now. Let him step on the landmine first, and then we'll follow up. As for us, let's focus on developing our game and the official release of the GB."

After its release, the Super Famicom (SFC) naturally became the most popular game console among countless players.

More beautiful graphics, better console performance, and most importantly, their old games can also run on the new console.

Moreover, for only 500 yen, you can replace the cartridge with a new one and play older games with upgraded graphics, which is quite a pleasant surprise.

Next, Yuxing Electronics Entertainment released its new games on the Super Famicom in an orderly manner, while guiding more game studios to gradually migrate to the Super Famicom to develop games.

With better performance and more development space, making games is actually relatively simpler compared to the Famicom.

Because they no longer need to worry about how to cram more things into a limited space.

At least for now, there's no need to worry.

Subsequently, Takeyusei led his team to release their fifth game on the SFC after the initial release, Super Baseball Tournament, subtitled: Hot-Blooded Major League.

A baseball game that is a spin-off of the Super Baseball Tournament.

Chapter 143 You're insulting baseball!

In order to compete with the Super Famicom (SFC) Direct, Surrey Electronics released a baseball tournament game licensed by the Koshien Baseball League for its PN game console.

A baseball game that connects with the real world, where players can control familiar baseball teams and compete on the field, offers a natural advantage in terms of immersion.

Therefore, upon its release, this game immediately became the best-selling game on the PN console in its first week.

Almost everyone who owns a PN game console will buy this game without hesitation.

In their view, this game seemed to be one of the few good games available on the PN console.

The fact that it can interact with real-world competition teams is already quite appealing.

The game also broke their record for the first time in its first week, selling 100,000 copies.

Despite selling only 400,000 game consoles, they achieved 100,000 sales in the first week.

This is a small miracle for Surui Electronics.

Furthermore, the release of the licensed Koshien baseball game also led to a surge in sales of the PN game console.

Despite the fact that the game's sales fell below 1,000 units in the first week due to the pressure from the Super Famicom, Koshien baseball game was still quite popular in the month of its release.

It is only in Japan that baseball games are so popular and sought after.

In contrast, the Super Baseball Tournament of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment seems somewhat inferior.

On the one hand, the footage of the Super Series has become somewhat outdated after a year.

Furthermore, the gameplay has gradually fallen out of favor, and players are getting tired of it.

With the release of the Super Famicom (SFC) console, Takeyusei felt it was time to develop a new SFC baseball game.

Developing this type of sports game is relatively simple.