Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

In Europe and America, there are many players who are very interested in The Sims.

This kind of experience of different lives and the freedom to play are what they particularly like.

Japanese players, on the other hand, have reacted lukewarmly; they are not yet interested in a simulation game that is not much different from real life.

However, simulation games will also be a major part of the game industry in the future.

Realistic racing games, flight simulators, Euro Truck Simulator, and The Sims are the leading games in the simulation industry.

Other simulation games also flourished, and later even beggar simulators and internet cafe simulators appeared. It can be said that everything can be simulated, so Zhuyouxing is not worried about this type of market.

Aya Tsukino is also very happy with her work.

Compared to The Sims game itself, she prefers solving all the bugs and problems encountered in the game.

The more complex and numerous the functions, the easier it is to encounter bugs. This is why programming experts like Aya Tsukino are really needed to solve these problems.

Anyway, Takeyusei hasn't encountered any truly troublesome bugs yet, which has really saved a lot of time.

In the television drama industry...

The screenwriters have already started promoting their new TV series, which they co-produced.

Because of the previous high-profile event, the number of people paying attention has increased significantly.

The screenwriters became even more smug, and they even continued to mock Youxing Electronic Entertainment from time to time.

This is quite annoying, especially since their motives are not pure; they just want to use this kind of popularity to increase their own fame.

Not long after, TV Tokyo retaliated decisively.

They released clips from the recently completed "The Winner Takes All" documentary as a promotional video.

It's a legal drama series, and it also has a plot connection with Ace Attorney: Ace Attorney.

Furthermore, in order to make people understand the relationship between this show and Ace Attorney more intuitively, the show has a main title, but "The Winner Takes All" can only be a subtitle.

Ace Attorney: Justice Prevails.

This is the full name of the show.

The announcement just came as a shock to several screenwriters.

They never expected that Zhuyouxing would actually be thinking of releasing another adapted film or television series.

Since this is a game adaptation, which is also one of the demands of the Japanese government, and given the mess that had happened before, the chairman of the Japan Creative Content Agency approved the collaboration almost without hesitation. He also shared some government resources with the adaptation to further increase the influence of the Ace Attorney game and its TV series adaptation.

Then, these screenwriters had a vague sense that something was wrong.

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It's okay, don't panic. Even if there is a TV series adapted from the same name, it doesn't mean that the other party will be successful.

Moreover, even if we succeed, as long as the impact isn't exaggerated to a certain extent, it will be difficult to determine the winner of this bet, so we can still remain in an invincible position.

These screenwriters quietly comforted themselves.

However, at this point they were clearly losing some confidence.

The clues can be seen from just a small portion of the new TV drama scripts they've written since then.

Their hearts were already a little unsettled.

And just like that, a year passed quickly.

2001, the first true year of the new millennium, always gives people a rather special feeling.

Today, the video game industry has fully flourished.

However, as the leading company, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's influence has never diminished, because Yuxing Electronic Entertainment has never produced a product with negative reviews, which is quite rare.

The quality of works from other cultural circles always fluctuates, but even if the quality of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment doesn't rise, it always maintains a very high standard, which makes it almost impossible for Yuxing Electronic Entertainment to have any fluctuations in influence.

Under such circumstances, even if some US agencies wanted to target Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, they couldn't do anything about it.

Because their games have now become the coolest thing in the hearts of many young people.

They now only slightly regret not controlling the development of video games in the first place.

However, American institutions can at least offer some consolation.

Video games, at the very least, have boosted consumption.

Although the United States remains the most powerful country, it has recently inevitably fallen into a state of sluggish consumption, with people's desire to consume decreasing. However, video games can still stimulate their consumption, which is at least a positive thing.

It's a pity that the majority of the consumption benefits the Japanese, not the Chinese.

Soon, April arrived.

Two games personally supervised by Takeyuki Sho will be officially released this month.

Players have been eagerly anticipating this for a long time.

Besides these players, there were also some onlookers.

Because this was the day that a few veterans in the TV drama circle made a bet with Zhu Youxing.

They were all eager to see what aspects of this game could have that would make it socially impactful.

So even people who don't play games subconsciously buy a copy of Ace Attorney to see for themselves who might win or lose this bet.

The drama series written by those screenwriters was scheduled for 8 PM on a Friday night in April, which is considered prime time on Japanese television.

NHK was clearly also holding its breath, and they were unwilling to admit defeat easily.

These screenwriters are, after all, family, so we should support them.

Ace Attorney: Winner Takes All is scheduled for Mondays.

The two sides did not directly engage in a direct exchange of fire at the same time.

TV Tokyo's status ultimately cannot be compared with other commercial television stations, so they subconsciously want to avoid direct confrontation.

However, given the buzz surrounding the topic, there are clearly quite a few people waiting to see who will prove the winner right on Monday.

On Monday morning of the same day, Ace Attorney was also officially released.

As with many previous game releases, any game supervised by Takeyusei is guaranteed to sell well.

Players had already been queuing up in front of various stores.

Actually, you don't have to wait in front of the store anymore.

If you previously visited a store with a GBA, you will receive a pre-loaded digital version of Ace Attorney.

Then, when the unlock time arrives, these players can play the latest game without having to wait in line.

However, the downside is that there are no physical game cartridges; the game cartridges can only be stored in the console's internal memory or on an external memory card.

But for players who are truly passionate about games, this doesn't matter at all.

If they prefer the physical version, they can simply wait a few days to buy it; as long as they can play the game as soon as possible, that's fine with them.

Promoting digital games is also one of Bamboo Games' upcoming plans.

The biggest advantage of digitizing games is that it saves more costs and makes more money.

And it can also be more convenient to lower the price over time.

Physical games, due to the limitation of physical form, can only reduce the cost to that of a game cartridge at most.

It would be very difficult to lower it further.

Honestly, sometimes it's okay to give away digital versions even for free.

So you can see this scene when you're queuing.

Some players who genuinely prefer physical copies will still queue up to buy the game.

However, they also pre-loaded the digital version.

When Monday morning at eight o'clock, their game consoles played the iconic Ace Attorney BGM, a sound used to remind players that they could officially start playing the Ace Attorney game.

These players would immediately get excited and pull out their GBAs to start playing.

Meanwhile, in the queue, the players in front of and behind these players would crane their necks to watch them play.

"Excuse me, could you please make room for me? I'd also like to see the latest game experience, thanks!"

"Huh? Is this a word game? That's a bit disappointing."

"Hey, you haven't been paying attention to the game's promotions, have you? The game's initial promotions stated that it was a text adventure game, but even if it is a text adventure game, it's personally supervised by the God of Games, Bamboo Star, so it's definitely different from other text adventure games."

"Really? But it does look pretty good, at least it should be worth playing."

These people were chattering away in the group, discussing the game.

Those players who get to play the game immediately become the object of people's admiration.

They excitedly grabbed their GBAs and started playing the game.

The first thing that catches the eye is a sculpture that is dripping blood.

The black background, coupled with the blood-dripping sculpture, instantly creates a powerful atmosphere.

"Damn it, why did this have to happen?"

A dialogue pops up in the game.

A somewhat ugly man stared in horror at a woman lying in a pool of blood.

In his hand he held a statue of a thinker dripping blood.

The first thing that catches the eye is a sculpture that is dripping blood.

Although it is a word game, the careful arrangement of the images and scenes makes it feel like a motion comic.

In Japan, a country where the manga industry is very popular, they quickly accepted this form of expression.

Then, the crowd, who had been having a heated discussion, gradually quieted down. They were now all focused on watching the next part of the story with the player holding the GBA.

Chapter 398 A Two-Pronged Approach