Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

Zhu Youxing thought to himself.

"Moreover, the fact that those baseball players were so sensitive this time makes me think there must be something wrong."

Tsukino Aya, being incredibly clever, immediately said, "You're guessing that those baseball players were hit where it hurts, and that they might have done those dirty tricks in video games?"

“That’s right, but I think it’s not easy to investigate this kind of thing clearly. If there were a channel to get this kind of information, it would be much more convenient.”

After saying that, Takeyusei deliberately observed Tsukino Aya again.

Aya Tsukino, on the other hand, remained quite calm.

"I'm sorry, I only know some programming and network maintenance. Finding out insider information is not my area of ​​expertise, so I can't help you. However, if you want me to hack into a company's or individual's network, that's no problem."

You're already amazing. Sometimes Zhu Youxing even wonders if he's recruited a genius.

Suddenly, Zhu Youxing had a brilliant idea: "That's right, what if we hacked into the personal networks of those baseball players and got some juicy information?"

Aya Tsukino nodded: "That's possible. What, do you want me to help you with this?"

"No, you are my best employee. I can't let you take risks. If it gets discovered, the risk is not small. I'm just suggesting a hypothetical situation. I can try to find someone who is good at doing this myself."

Even if you travel to a parallel world, gray areas will exist everywhere.

If Zhu Youxing is patient, he will definitely be able to find such a place.

Then you can just pay a few people to help you investigate.

There's no need to risk having your employee do something like that, even if she could do it flawlessly.

It's not easy to find an employee who excels in both networking and programming these days, so we have to protect them.

Tsukino Aya's body trembled slightly, and she gently raised her head, her beautiful eyes beginning to stare intently at Takeyusei.

"So you don't need my help? Then why did you call me here? Actually, I can help. I'm quite confident in my stealth skills. I can get some dirt on other people without getting caught."

Zhu Youxing shook his head: "No, the company needs you right now. I can't let you take any risks. Okay, let's leave it at that. I'm very grateful to you for giving me a good idea. If you have any questions about making the game, feel free to contact me anytime. I will never refuse."

Zhu Youxing was very happy; he felt he had found a good solution.

So, all that's left is to find a suitable candidate.

By the way, if that Longtail Rain helped me before, maybe she would use the same method?

After all, they are better at the internet.

However, he obviously couldn't ask them for help. That guy coveted his company, and he couldn't give him any expectations.

Finding the relevant person shouldn't be a problem.

"Oh, by the way, if you have any difficulties with music and painting, don't worry, you can bring it up anytime, and I'll try to find a solution for you. Ultimately, no one can do everything at once. Sometimes you have to delegate some unnecessary things to people who are better at them. Clear division of labor will also make the game better."

Tsukino Aya nodded: "Okay, I understand. If I really need it, I will ask. Also, if you... if you really want to try my game, I can show it to you privately, but only to you. I will never release it until it is finalized, and you must keep it a secret for me."

"Huh? You're suddenly being so easy to talk to? Great! I'm always happy to let you try out the game. Sometimes, only outsiders can really judge whether a game is good or bad after they've actually played it. You can't keep it to yourself forever. I can help you check it out then."

"Hmm..." Aya Tsukino lowered her head, seemingly lost in thought.

Meanwhile, Zhu Youxing started thinking about how to get some dirt on those guys.

He now has a lot of notes on the people who orchestrated this incident in his little notebook; these guys need to be taken extra care of.

Okay, I'll search online later to see if anyone does this kind of thing. It doesn't matter if it costs more money, since he's not short of money now anyway.

Takeyusei was so engrossed in finding a suitable candidate that he didn't notice when Tsukino Aya left.

He didn't even notice that Tsukino Aya glanced at Takeyuusei twice before leaving the office.

Under attacks from those baseball players and television stations, it seems that Yusei Electronic Entertainment is being suppressed, as if it has become a target of everyone's hatred.

However, the actual game sales figures remained rock solid.

Whether it's the Famicom, the Super Famicom, or the Tamagotchi which is very popular among girls, sales have not decreased at all.

Therefore, weekly sales of SFC continue to remain above 100,000 units.

Sales of the Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System) have declined slightly, from a peak of 200,000 units sold in a single week to 70,000 to 80,000 units sold.

This was mainly due to the impact of its own Super Famicom (SFC), not because people liked the Famicom anymore.

Later, a price reduction strategy was implemented, and the price of the Famicom dropped to 5,000 yen per unit. First-party game cartridges for the Famicom also generally dropped in price by about 10% to 20%.

Because of this price reduction strategy, sales rebounded to 150,000 to 160,000 units per unit.

While the Super Famicom (SFC) boasted more exquisite graphics, it remained incredibly popular if the Famicom (NES) were cheap enough.

After all, no one can resist something cheap and fun.

Chapter 149 Let the Facts Speak

Despite widespread criticism of the Super Baseball Tournament, Takeyusei has not changed its release date in the slightest.

Many critics believe the company shows no remorse and is even considering continuing to release the game.

If I were the president of this company, I would immediately stop the project and issue a public apology to gain public forgiveness. This way, the company could regain public recognition and be seen as having made a momentary lapse in judgment.

However, those commentators did not expect that the game would still be released on schedule.

Such an unprofessional game could never be accepted by people. This company is really willing to do anything to make money. Even if they know that releasing it will lead to a collapse in reputation, they still want to make up for some losses by releasing it?

Such a company is really short-sighted, completely disregarding the future.

It must be because they made too much quick money in the past year and have become arrogant.

Four television stations recently invited such commentators to occasionally irritate Youxing Electronic Entertainment on their daily television programs.

Zhu Youxing seemed to have no reaction to this, and simply continued to do his own thing as usual.

But in reality, he had already been secretly taking action for a long time.

Just before the game's release, a mysterious person suddenly appeared online and contacted Zhu Youxing. The person offered to help, but on the condition that Zhu Youxing develop a game specifically for him or her. This game had to belong exclusively to this mysterious person and had to be novel and interesting enough.

Zhu Youxing found this request strange, but he also understood that it was normal for such people to have a somewhat peculiar way of thinking.

Many of these people who walk on the edge of the gray area are oddballs in real life; their thinking is different from that of ordinary people.

Zhu Youxing readily agreed to this request.

The other party wants a sufficiently interesting game? Great, I happen to have the same idea and am planning to make it happen.

It would be a good opportunity to develop a game for them as well.

This deal is completely profitable.

They agreed to deliver the game three months later, and then the other party immediately disappeared without a trace. There wasn't even a record of their conversation on Zhu Youxing's computer; they had already concealed themselves to a certain extent.

Now all Zhu Youxing needs to do is wait patiently, and then deliver a fatal blow to these guys.

During this process, he could focus on releasing his games step by step.

He actually knows best what players want, and those criticisms from society have no effect on the release of his game.

If you let these people influence you to make games that aren't fun at all, that would be a real failure.

Just when the loudest voices were swearing that this baseball game would never be popular, the game was officially released.

The result they got was that the game remained popular, seemingly unaffected at all.

No, perhaps it was still affected to some extent.

The number of adults buying the game this time has decreased significantly; instead, most of the buyers are children or junior high school students.

Children often don't care about public opinion.

As long as the game is fun, that's enough.

The Super Famicom (SFC) and the Famicom (NES) were initially geared towards children, which ensured that Takeyusei's core user base remained virtually unshaken.

In some families, if the father dislikes SFC because of it, but if the child likes it, they have no choice but to pay for it for the sake of family harmony.

After all, family is still more important.

It seems unnecessary to cause family discord over a game like this.

This baseball game is already quite fun. With a basic introduction to the rules of baseball, it adds even more fun and a touch of humor. Overall, the game is incredibly enjoyable.

Furthermore, this game was developed by a group of countries.

Children especially enjoy having their own country's athletes defeat athletes from other countries one by one; they find it very rewarding.

They didn't care at all about the baseball aspect of the game itself.

Zhuyouxing has astutely grasped this pain point for players, making it impossible for them to refuse the game.

Moreover, besides these children, there is another group that also loves this game.

Those are the office workers.

They already have a hard day's work, and all they want is to find something that can make them happy.

Before that, it was TV dramas; later, it was drinking alone in silence; and then, it was video games.

They just want to have fun in video games.

Whether this baseball game is professional or not is secondary.

This game can bring them a smile from time to time, and that's enough.

Those who claimed the game was doomed to fail fell silent on the first day of its release.

Because reporters from TV Tokyo went directly to various sales sites to conduct on-site interviews.

Almost every authorized store had long queues, just like when popular games were released in the past.

They were shouting enthusiastically on TV programs, but the players seemed not to be listening at all.

This made the commentators quite embarrassed.

Of course, they weren't the most embarrassed, because they were just hired by the TV station to smear Yusei Electronic Entertainment.

The most embarrassed ones were those four TV stations.

They spent money and effort, and even invited real baseball players to speak out, all to make Yusung Electronic Entertainment, the culprit behind the declining ratings, suffer a real setback.

The previous unexpected setback hindered the development of Youxing Electronic Entertainment, so this time they are putting in extra effort, even taking advantage of their prime time slots several times in order to expand their influence.

However, it had no effect whatsoever.