Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

At this moment, the game console and the games have not yet been released.

Now they can only satisfy their cravings by looking at the advertisements for those video games.

The most popular game promotional videos were for Street Fighter, followed by Street Basketball, and then Need for Speed.

Human beings inherently possess a violent streak that cannot be hidden; it is a kind of human instinct.

So when Street Fighter's promotional videos circulated online, some college students even started to spontaneously recommend it to others.

Games like Street Basketball and Need for Speed ​​are currently only gaining attention among college students, but Street Fighter spread to external networks just three days after its promotional video was released.

Many forum posts contain links to related videos, which you may not want to click on but are forced to take a look.

From childhood to adulthood, from seven or eight-year-old teenagers to thirty or forty-year-old American working-class people, they are all attracted by the cool moves of Street Fighter.

In the past, they had only seen fighting scenes in movies and TV series.

Those fighting scenes are utterly weak compared to the fighting effects in Street Fighter.

Street Fighter can throw projectiles, can you do that in real life?

Of course, you can do it if you really want, as current special effects technology is quite advanced, but most film and television companies are still unwilling to spend too much money on this aspect for the time being.

Games don't care about those things; they can freely showcase the exaggerated aspects of fighting.

Durant, keep it up! (And that's a joke!)

The two classic ultimate move sounds immediately resonated with people.

Although they didn't quite understand what the sound of this ultimate move was, they felt goosebumps every time they saw people in the promotional videos recognize the sound.

It was a feeling of rushing blood to my head.

Once their interest is fully piqued, the rest is pretty predictable.

What is this thing called?

Street Fighter? An entertainment product? How much does this thing cost?

What? You can experience something like this for only $69.9? What are you waiting for? I'll give you the money right now.

Huh? I need to buy an extra game console? Ugh, this is so troublesome. Oh well, it's okay to spend a little more money just to experience it. It's only $199.

Hey, hey, hey, why aren't you giving me the goods when I want to spend money?

Oh, so it can only be purchased on February 1st. That's fine then, I'll wait until February 1st.

In the US, a movie ticket can cost ten or twenty dollars, so it's perfectly understandable that a video game that can be owned for a long time and played anytime would be more expensive.

Everything is going as expected.

Of course, some people are happy while others are not.

Aiden is the one who's unhappy.

He didn't look too good at work all day today.

Damn it, this Yuxing Electronic Entertainment is like a persistent ghost.

I've already tried so hard to stop you, and you still managed to sell the game console. You're pretty amazing.

Now Aiden has to admire the company's controllers.

However, he felt that this probably had little to do with the controller, who was only in his twenties. There must be someone secretly helping him and giving him advice.

This person behind the scenes is someone he's wary of.

Because Aiden was in a bad mood, no one in the company dared to provoke him further.

The only thing that could cheer Aiden up was that the PN1 game console was also very popular, with people asking when it would be released, both online and in retail stores.

The sales of the PN game console, which is currently on sale, are also rising steadily.

Previously, the player base only numbered in the hundreds of thousands, but suddenly even more players flooded in.

The biggest culprit behind this is undoubtedly the advertising campaign for Bamboo Star.

Bamboo Star's advertising campaigns are very popular and can capture everyone's interest, making them interested in video games.

The increase in sales made Aiden feel a little better, and what pleased him was that gamers were very generous and not particularly restrained in their spending on games.

Sometimes, instead of buying just one game, people will bring their game console and buy more than ten games at once.

The games on their PN consoles are generally of low quality, but people in the US haven't experienced better games, so they can accept the quality of the PN consoles' games.

However, Aiden had a lingering unease. He always felt that this might be a ticking time bomb, and that Youxing Electronic Entertainment could turn the tables at any moment. He had to find a way to contain it.

January 1rd, only eight days remain until the official release of the Super Famicom.

Most of the game consoles have already been delivered to retailers.

Due to contractual restrictions, they can only release it on February 1st.

If anyone dares to sell ahead of schedule, the terms of the contract will bankrupt them.

Chapter 213 The Day I Met the American Players

"President, based on the feedback online, we estimate that the sales figures for the first day will reach at least 100,000."

During the conference call, Minoru Matsuhashi truthfully reported the information he had compiled.

"Can those small retailers still hold out?"

"They have to endure it even if they can't help it, because they are still very afraid of the compensation in the contract."

"That's good. This is our strategy. We absolutely cannot release it too early, otherwise the promotional effect will be much worse. How is the public's anticipation right now?"

Matsuhashi Minoru replied: "Overall, there are about 500,000 gamers in the United States right now, and about 10% of them are interested in the Super Famicom. The rest are new gamers that we have cultivated in various universities. The sales figures I mentioned are actually relatively conservative. If we are more aggressive, I think it is possible to sell more than 300,000 copies on the first day."

Zhu Youxing said, "Then we'll stock up based on the first day's sales target of 500,000. Anyway, we don't lack supplies. And remember to promise those American retailers that we'll buy back any unsold stock at the original price, so they won't have any worries at the beginning."

Zhu Youxing was genuinely worried that these small department stores might falter at crucial moments, so he needed to provide them with some support to ensure they could confidently sell their products.

Once you establish sales channels, everything else will be much easier.

"Ok."

At that moment, Zhu Youxing suddenly remembered something and asked, "Oh right, is the sarcastic email ready?"

When Matsuhashi Minoru heard the term "mocking email," he paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Of course we're ready. In fact, we started sending emails yesterday to the executives of those large department stores with the results of our group survey, mocking them for being blind and ignoring hundreds of thousands of customers."

"Very good, keep it up. You don't need to report the daily sales figures to me, but don't forget to send a copy to those department store retailers every day."

"Don't worry, boss, I'll definitely handle it perfectly!"

Matsuhashi Minoru revealed a slightly sly smile.

This move can be described as quite disgusting.

Let those guys who look down on us see our sales figures, and you'll regret it.

Of course, the main reason was to mentally torment them, ultimately forcing them to take the initiative to make peace and accept the game sales rights of Youxing Electronic Entertainment. Furthermore, since the other party would take the initiative to come to us, there had to be some additional conditions, otherwise the initiative would not have any effect.

After the conference call ended, Takeyusei returned to overseeing the production of Castlevania.

The game is now about halfway complete.

The first Castlevania game was released on the Famicom (FC).

This time, since Takeyusei skipped the Famicom and chose to release on the Super Famicom, the graphics, sound effects, and game content will inevitably be much richer, so there is still a lot to be done.

This time, Takeyusei plans to release the first part of Castlevania first, and then after a while, release the story content of the second part of Castlevania as an extension of the first part. This is equivalent to DLC for the game. However, it is the actual game size. It just reuses the original game's materials, which can greatly reduce the cost of making the game. Of course, the price can be relatively lower.

The Witcher 3, a game with a high level of integrity in its previous life, followed this path and won a good reputation. However, they later ruined it with another game.

In terms of sound effects, this time, Zhu Youxing has assigned a professional composer to be in charge of the main composition. Under Zhu Youxing's guidance, this person will try to make the sound effects as close as possible to the classic sound effects of the previous Castlevania series, ensuring that it is as perfect as possible.

In film and television dramas, excellent theme songs can, in turn, help promote the production and distribution of the show.

The music in video games has the same effect.

For example, the enduring Mario opening sound effects, the classic Dragon Quest Proof of Courage, and the Final Fantasy Crystal Prelude – Takeyusun spared no expense in providing ample time and money for these elements.

While overseeing the development of Castlevania, Takeyusei was also keeping a close eye on the developments in the United States.

Street Fighter has not been released yet, but it already seems to have become a popular product that has been on the market for a long time.

Recently, adults and children have been frequently coming to the toy sections of some department stores to ask if they sell Street Fighter.

Or they might be asking if there are any SFC games or other similar titles.

However, most mainstream department stores gave very consistent answers.

We're sorry, we haven't heard of this product. However, if you are interested in video games, you can purchase the PN game console that we are currently selling, or other Lierda 2600 game consoles, etc.

These game consoles also have some really fun games.

Some people who were still somewhat clueless about video games were naturally fooled and took out their money to buy these game consoles.

However, since they had never experienced it before, they had a lot of fun.

Aside from some large department stores, some people who inquired about small department stores received a different answer.

On February 1st, the Street Fighter and Street Basketball games you've all been waiting for, along with the Super FC game console, will be officially released. We've already started accepting pre-orders, and pre-ordering will also come with some small gifts. The game console is $199, and the games are $69.9 each. You won't regret it!

This pre-sale system alone has made these small department store owners, who haven't even shipped their goods yet, very happy.

This at least proves that this thing is really interesting, and when it is actually released, it should sell well.

With Zhuyouxing promising to provide ample stock, they opened the pre-order window and are now waiting for the official shipment.

And soon it was February 1st.

On that day, however, it did not reach the level of near-total closure seen in Japan.

After all, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment has only just started developing in the United States. No matter how much it promotes itself, it still cannot generate a significant social impact due to the deliberate suppression by competitors.

However, there were still quite a few people queuing up to buy on that day.

Players who have pre-ordered can simply use their pre-order code and identification to pick up their game console and game.

On the other side, there were some customers queuing up, most of whom were college students from nearby universities.

They are usually the kind of people who have some spare money and like to keep up with the latest trends.

Among the crowd was a man in his thirties, dressed in a suit, who seemed somewhat out of place among the younger people.