Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

After making the decision, Zhu Youxing immediately selected twenty people from each of the three development teams that were still in a relatively relaxed phase, and then temporarily formed a new game development team, which he personally led. This was also a challenge for him to see if he could create a larger-scale and higher-quality game in a relatively short period of time.

This will also help prepare for the future.

Chapter 237 A Flourishing Variety of Games

This is a challenge for Zhu Youxing.

However, for the sixty people who were temporarily transferred out, it was a good opportunity to learn from the big boss.

In their hearts, Zhuyouxing is truly the god of games.

Several employees even have photos of Zhu Youxing in their homes, and their worship is so intense that they donate a little money to worship him every day.

Besides being employees of Youxing Electronic Entertainment, they are also die-hard video game players, especially fond of all the games developed by Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

The opportunity to personally work with Zhu Youxing on game development was a rare and wonderful one, and none of them wanted to waste it.

Zhuyouxing is actually quite confident about this game development.

The team is different now than before.

The team is now a powerful game development force, with each member performing their duties to near perfection.

Especially in terms of game action, thanks to the massive amount of action data continuously provided by Street Fighter, it is easier to make the character's action effects more beautiful and look cooler.

Even the previous version of Metroid 3 couldn't compare to the action sequences I'm preparing to create now.

Therefore, not much time was wasted on the development of game actions and basic game architecture, and the overall framework was quickly built.

This process took about a month.

In September, Lierda officially launched its second-generation game console in the United States, a console that can also run 3D games, called the Lierda 3600. They also developed their own unique game controller, which added joystick functionality to the controller. It looks like a single-handed control joystick for a fighter jet, and it is 80-90% similar to the original Atari controller from the previous generation.

The games released include several 3D adventure and racing games.

Racing games are now a sure-fire money-making category, and almost every manufacturer seems to want to enter this field to make a quick buck. Players are also very receptive, willing to pay for any racing game. Clearly, Need for Speed ​​and Surrey's 3D racing games have played a leading role, rapidly expanding the audience for this category. There are even professional racers actively promoting it, and these aren't advertisements, but rather genuine recommendations from these racers.

As a result, other game developers also loudly announced through various channels that they would be developing racing games as well.

Meanwhile, things remained calm on the other hand, with Yuxing Electronic Entertainment simply iterating on different games and releasing new generations of titles.

Relying on the advantage of its series of games, Yusei Electronics Entertainment can make a fortune even by simply releasing sequels and living off its past successes, making other game companies drool with envy.

Seeing that Youxing Electronic Entertainment has remained like this for more than half a year, many people have begun to wonder if Youxing Electronic Entertainment is starting to prepare for retirement. They have indeed made a fortune and seem to have no motivation to continue developing. Moreover, Youxing Electronic Entertainment is now standing at the top of the mountain, with no rivals to compete with them. Perhaps they have become complacent.

Even Hayakawa Ueto thought so. He felt this was a good opportunity, so he immediately arranged to speed up the game development process and try to take advantage of Yusei Electronics Entertainment's slackness to expand its scale.

As for Zhu Youxing himself, he had completely stopped listening to the outside world and was focusing all his attention on game development.

It's definitely worth checking out the latest developments in the gaming industry every day.

But the game itself is ultimately the most important thing.

Keeping up with industry news every day won't change anything; we still need to start with the game itself.

This is a belief held by the game creator himself, and also the sole faith of the game player.

To this day, Zhuyouxing has never changed.

After a month, the game entered the stage of optimizing the graphics.

Most of the time was previously spent building the game's foundation.

Besides wanting to develop a sequel, he also has his own ambitions. He doesn't want to just replicate the old ways of his predecessors; he also wants to further enhance the game's technical capabilities.

At the same time, it's also important to make the game as stable as possible when laying the foundation.

If a serious bug occurs due to initial negligence, it would waste too much time to go back and find the error again.

Therefore, it wasn't until a month later that Zhuyouxing entered the stage of perfecting the game's graphics.

This time, in addition to using his own illustrators to draw the artwork, he also hired several people from the animation company under TV Tokyo to help out.

The company's own in-house artist will determine the style, and then other artists who come to help will assist with coloring, refining, and so on.

Zhu Youxing's requirements this time were extremely high. Even though the artists themselves were very skilled, they were still somewhat tormented by Zhu Youxing's various demands.

It wasn't that Zhu Youxing's request was too outrageous; it was just that Zhu Youxing wanted the visuals themselves to be as perfect as possible.

First, it aims to achieve near perfection within the limitations of the SFC's own game console performance, fully utilizing the console's capabilities. To this end, Takeyusei also plans to add extra storage chips and cores to the cartridges during production.

By using game cartridges, the performance limitations of the SFC game console itself are forcibly increased.

This will naturally increase the cost of cartridges.

If this game were to actually be sold, it would likely cost at least 7000 to 9000 yen in Japan.

In the US, it would cost at least $99.

This is actually quite terrifying.

This price is really not something the average player is willing to pay.

However, based on various previous data statistics, Zhu Youxing felt it was worth taking the risk.

Let the game become a groundbreaking pinnacle.

The third generation of Metroid was already a groundbreaking game in his previous life, and he wanted to take it a step further.

About a month later, in October 1995, other companies in the same industry also launched their own different types of games.

Nowadays, video games are truly flourishing, with an increasing number of video games appearing worldwide every month. This month alone, more than 500 video games, including those for personal computers, have been released.

There are more than four big-budget games among them, from several well-known game companies. Three of them are exclusive to the Super Famicom (SFC), further consolidating the SFC's position. The other one is a game released on multiple platforms. Statistically, the SFC still has higher sales.

Another one is a brand new adventure game launched by Surui Electronics. It's a really fun side-scrolling platformer, but it's not a Metroidvania type game. Instead, it's more like a purer and simpler side-scrolling adventure game.

Chapter 238 Who is Regressing?

The gaming industry flourished, making this a memorable year—a year of explosive growth for the industry.

Starting from this year, games became a choice for more people.

Previously, there were only a few hundred thousand players in the United States.

However, from the beginning to the end of this year, the number of players increased by at least 1,000 percent, according to industry estimates, reaching a scale of nearly six million players.

In just one year, video games have attracted more than six million viewers, which is a figure that cannot be ignored.

Any entertainment product that can reach millions of viewers indicates that the industry is poised for rapid growth.

This month, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment remained as calm and uneventful as ever.

Several large companies, including Surui Electronics, are still trying to find out some inside information about Youxing Electronics Entertainment.

However, Zhuyouxing's secrecy was indeed excellent, almost airtight, and the disguise was quite good. Every employee went to get off work and left work normally, and they did not seem to be particularly tense in their daily work and life, appearing very relaxed.

This made those who were preparing to speculate from the sidelines suddenly feel that Yuxing Electronic Entertainment was really planning to rest on its laurels and live off its past achievements.

However, Kentaro Hayakawa, the president of Surui Electronics, did not think so.

His son previously thought that Zhu Youxing had become complacent and planned to take the opportunity to expand his influence, which was a good idea.

However, it would be a gross oversimplification to assume that Yuxing Electronic Entertainment has no future plans.

So one day, Kentaro Hayakawa called Ueto Hayakawa, who had been so busy that he hadn't been home for over a month, to his office.

"President, you wanted to see me?"

At this moment, Hayakawa Ueto looked rather disheveled and his appearance was not particularly good. His hair was messy, like a bird's nest, and his eye sockets were somewhat sunken. His daily working hours had reached a terrifying twenty hours.

I only get four hours of sleep each day.

Even while eating, he didn't forget to continue supervising the work.

Even in Japan, where working overtime is common, such a leader is extremely rare.

Seeing his child turn out like this, Kentaro Hayakawa felt a mix of emotions.

I feel both relieved and heartbroken.

I am gratified that my child is hardworking and diligent enough, which is far superior to the offspring of other large families.

He can rest assured that such a person will inherit his family business in the future.

But with his son working so hard, he was genuinely worried that his son might suddenly die, and then this old man would have to bury his son.

Although he has several children besides Hayakawa Shigeto, they are far inferior to Hayakawa Shigeto, and he cannot trust them to inherit the family business.

"You've worked hard these past few days."

Kentaro Hayakawa gave a rare compliment to Ueto Hayakawa.

This was extremely rare in the past.

Hayakawa Ueto was taken aback, then his gaze softened slightly.

The reason he addressed Hayakawa Kentaro as "President" was mainly because we were in the company, and we had to follow company procedures; there couldn't be any negligence in the way he addressed people.

However, he now felt that the person in front of him was not the company president, but his father who truly cared about him.

So he softened and asked, "Father, what did you want to see me about? Do you want me to rest for a bit?"

Kentaro Hayakawa raised his hand and said, "Sit down first. You need to rest when necessary. You can't always be so tense. Your strength is ultimately limited. People aren't machines. I don't want to see you die suddenly. You are a valuable resource for the company."

Hayakawa Ueto felt that his father really didn't know how to talk. He had just praised him, which was just like a casual conversation between father and son, but instead he said these seemingly heartless things with a stern face.

However, Hayakawa Ueto could understand his father, so he shrugged and said, "I am indeed quite busy right now, but after finishing this last half month, I think I will be able to relax, because the next game and peripherals are about to be completed, and I am confident that I can take away some of their users while Yusei Electronics is slacking off."

As he spoke, Hayakawa Ueto was full of confidence, and his previously tired eyes lit up.

This is a golden opportunity to create a better game before Yuxing Electronic Entertainment can react, and then seize their market share.

In any industry, the situation is constantly changing, but it seems that young Zhu Youxing does not fully understand this point. He has become complacent after reaching the peak. If he does not take this opportunity to develop properly, it would be a great loss.

Kentaro Hayakawa nodded: "Your idea is good, and the direction is also fine, but don't underestimate this kid named Takeyusei."

Hayakawa Ueto was stunned.

He vaguely remembered that his father seemed to have a special appreciation for Zhu Youxing, and had compared him to Zhu Youxing many times before.

His desire to keep catching up with Zhu Youxing was partly driven by a desire to prove himself to his father.

However, his father only slightly acknowledges his efforts and doesn't yet think he's better than Zhu Youxing.