Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

Then, without thinking, he pulled out his GBA and opened the enhanced version of Tetris with improved graphics and sound.

In his final save screen, his level was stuck at difficulty level 15.

His high-speed brain can easily handle level 15 Tetris difficulty, and level 16 is not particularly difficult either. Only level 17 difficulty makes him feel that it is difficult to break through.

Perhaps, Tetris is the only video game that can truly captivate me.

Well, this Tetris game is pretty fun, and it's the only video game I can actually accept.

At this moment, Takeyusei was unaware that a formidable enemy would appear in the future; he was currently compiling sales figures in Japan.

On its first day of release, the GBA sold more than 1.3 million units.

Breaking one million on the first day is a very rare breakthrough for a game console.

Meanwhile, the best-performing game among the initial releases was WarioWare.

Because WarioWare had been actively promoting itself, it naturally attracted more players.

Surprisingly, Wario's first-day sales reached over 1.5 million, far exceeding the sales of the game console itself.

It is quite rare for a game to outsell a game console.

This can certainly be used as a promotional gimmick.

Meanwhile, the success of Wario's creation also greatly encouraged the creative team.

In fact, WarioWorks was almost entirely developed independently by them from start to finish.

Zhu Youxing only provided a general direction at the beginning, and then it was up to them to use their creativity and imagination to create their works.

This should also be considered the first work that sold very well despite having almost no involvement from Takeyusei.

They have finally forged their own path.

Zhu Youxing was quite pleased with this.

In this way, these people will be able to stand on their own in the future, and I won't have to worry about them anymore.

By now, with games like Metroid, Castlevania, and Dragon Quest, Takeyus has essentially delegated all development rights.

He no longer interferes with the development of these games. As long as the storyline remains unchanged, the gameplay variations are entirely up to them.

The results have been quite good; all of his subordinates now have extensive experience in game development.

Chapter 316 The Birth of a Gaming Ambitious Man

"Excuse me, sir, are you familiar with the GBA?"

"GBA?... Oh, you mean that upcoming handheld console, right? Of course I know, how could I not know about something so interesting?"

On a very busy street in the United States, a television reporter and a cameraman are randomly interviewing people on the street.

As the popularity of the GBA gradually increases, especially after its initial release in Japan, some unboxing and review videos have appeared on online video platforms. People in the United States are naturally very excited to see those games with beautiful graphics.

In the days leading up to the release, reporters also seized the opportunity to capitalize on the hype.

The reporter pointed the microphone at a young man on the street and continued to ask him questions.

Are you planning to buy this latest product?

"Of course, because it's the most fashionable thing right now, and it's not expensive to begin with."

"Are you interested in other similar handheld consoles? For example, handheld consoles from Surrey Electronics or Lierda?"

The young man looked bewildered: "Huh? What are those?"

"That's right, there's more to handheld consoles than just Yuxing Electronics Entertainment. You can try out other companies; their games are just as good," the reporter explained patiently.

"Is that so..." The young man was still a little confused.

He was just a player who had been forcibly drawn in by the hype; before that, he didn't even own a game console.

All my previous gaming experiences were obtained from friends.

He only knew about Yuxing Electronic Entertainment.

"Hey, don't listen to this reporter's nonsense. Other game consoles are garbage and not worth mentioning at all."

At this moment, the young man's friend cautiously tugged at his companion.

Americans aren't short of money; even if they spend extra money to buy several game consoles costing over a hundred dollars, it's not a big problem.

But buying a bunch of junk only adds to your own frustration, so why create trouble for yourself?

The reporter felt embarrassed; clearly, his attempt to promote the idea had failed.

So he immediately changed his strategy: "Other game consoles are indeed not doing very well right now, but the game industry also has a promising future. It's impossible for one company to dominate forever, right?"

"I don't know, but all I know is that right now I should just buy Yuxing Electronic Entertainment."

The young people being interviewed initially didn't quite understand what was going on, so the interview ended abruptly.

The reporter then asked several more passersby on the street.

Ultimately, only a minority of people truly understand the entire gaming industry, but some have indeed heeded his recommendation and are preparing to try out other game consoles.

The release time difference between these game consoles was so short that other game console manufacturers didn't have much of a chance to take advantage of it.

However, before Yuxing Electronics' true 3D graphics game console has been officially released, many manufacturers have already set their sights on new game consoles.

If all you need to do is make a game console that can run 3D games, even a pseudo-32-bit game console would suffice.

By using two low-quality 16-bit chips, forcibly increasing their frequency to make them run 3D graphics, it's both cheap and can fool novice gamers.

In the United States, many developers still place more emphasis on the game console itself, or the physical game cartridge.

Only a minority truly value content.

Because the United States has always been a country that values ​​physical assets, even after the introduction of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, it still has not paid enough attention to the quality of software itself.

On this point, some industry professionals have also offered their opinions, hoping that American companies will adopt them.

However, most game development companies and game factories in the United States are still subsidiaries of large companies.

The companies above must adopt the same attitude as the developers. Even if they want to focus on cultivating game quality, it will be difficult for them to offer game developers higher compensation.

In this respect, small game development teams, who were once all the rage, actually made a fortune.

Back then, they took advantage of the chaotic period in American game development to frantically produce all sorts of cheap pirated and high-imitation games.

Many of the pirated games they developed at the time were simply copied and reused from the code of Youxing Electronics Entertainment.

Even though Zhu Youxing reacted extremely quickly in this regard, swiftly mobilizing his legal team and other resources to crack down on these groups, many of them still made a considerable amount of money.

Some people have achieved financial freedom in just a few weeks, which is quite a crazy era.

However, this chaotic era did not last long, and these small teams gradually came to an end due to the maturing game market.

The main reason, of course, is that Youxing Electronic Entertainment is suing people everywhere like a mad dog.

None of those teams had clean hands, so naturally, every lawsuit they filed was successful.

In the end, these people either hid or went into hiding until the US government stepped in to sanction Youxing Electronics Entertainment. Only then did they reappear, pontificating that Youxing Electronics Entertainment was about to die out and that their era had returned.

However, their joy was short-lived, as Yuxing Electronics Entertainment turned the tables on them with brand-new game consoles.

These people gradually became somewhat desperate, and some were even preparing to give up on the video game industry.

They were just a group of guys who got together out of interest to make quick money. Although they gained experience in game development, they were also a little apprehensive.

Seeing that Youxing Electronic Entertainment was about to grow bigger and stronger, and looking at some of their previous street interview programs, these people decided to change careers.

However, at that moment, someone appeared.

He is the former CEO of Lierda, and his name is Hack Brown.

He is somewhat of a legendary figure; Lierda was founded by him alone.

However, he met the same fate as Myron Case of Red Fruit Company; both were kicked out of the companies they founded.

But a chosen one like him would never easily give up because of one or two setbacks.

Unlike Myron, who disliked the gaming industry, he genuinely loved the video game entertainment industry.

Even before video games existed, his company, Lierda, had already become a small local power in the physical electronic toy industry.

Then, riding the wave of the video game boom, he seized the opportunity and established himself with two Lierda game consoles.

He just didn't expect that his several violations of the higher-ups' strategies would lead to his being kicked out.

This time, he wants to make a triumphant return. He wants to truly create a company that belongs only to him, just like Youxing Electronic Entertainment. The first thing he needs to do is recruit people, and those game developers who used to create trash games have become his targets.

Chapter 317 A New Ambitious Man

"Hello, I'm Huck Brown, former CEO of Lierda. Do you want to take down the outsider, Youxing Electronic Entertainment, who's made things so difficult for you?"

Hack Brown personally visited each and every one of the former game developers, finding their homes and persuading them to return to the game development industry.

"I'm planning to start a brand new game company, and what I need most right now is talent. I may not be able to offer you high salaries in the short term, but I believe that under my unified leadership, we can compete with Yusei Electronics Entertainment and make that Japanese company suffer. Now I just want to ask you, do you want to make Yusei Electronics Entertainment suffer?"

This statement hit a nerve with many people.

They owe half of their current success to Yuxing Electronic Entertainment.

When they learned that there would be an opportunity to challenge Yuxing Electronic Entertainment and that they would be a participant, they agreed almost without hesitation.

Anyway, many of them already have some savings, so they can live a life of ease for three to five years without any problem.

They just couldn't swallow the anger from the previous lawsuit filed by Youxing Electronics Entertainment like a mad dog. If they hadn't run away quickly enough, and if the US government hadn't intervened quickly enough, they probably would have been beaten to death on the spot by Youxing Electronics Entertainment, and might even have ended up owing money to them.

Therefore, they harbor hatred towards Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

However, they also questioned Hack Brown's idea.

What makes you think you can compete with Yuxing Electronic Entertainment?

Today, Youxing Electronic Entertainment is already a behemoth.

Hack Brown, however, didn't seem to care.

"There are no eternal kings in this world, and a single game company can't possibly swallow the entire game market. Are you really planning to just hand over the American market like that? Then I'll really have to look down on you. Let me tell you this now: I've successfully convinced over a hundred game developers like you, and they're just waiting for my order to start a brand new game company. This time, we'll focus on game development, and all revenue will be used for game development!"

Half of what Huck Brown said was a lie. He hasn't convinced many people yet, probably only a dozen or so. Talking about hundreds is just empty talk. Besides, he doesn't actually have much money right now, but he has big ambitions. He can only try to trick these people into working for him for free for now, but he'll definitely get benefits from them later.