Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

"President, should we follow up on this game? Should we create something similar?"

Hayakawa Ueto shook his head: "Not for now. Look at the players' reactions here. They seem to be only attracted by the game's graphics. From this point of view, it seems we should make a game with more refined graphics. By the way, how far have we progressed in improving the game's graphics?"

The game development manager immediately replied, "Our latest game is using the latest data resources provided by Unreal Engine, which has greatly improved our game's graphics."

"Are we still using Unreal Engine? Didn't I say before that we should develop our own game engine if possible?"

The person in charge of development looked troubled and said, "It's not that we don't want to do it, but we're already short-handed. If we could expand our development team and invest more budget, we could develop our own game engine."

Recently, Hayakawa Ueto has increasingly felt the need to break free from the shackles of Unreal Engine.

Ultimately, this belongs to Youxing Electronics Entertainment, not to us. Every game data we develop will be uploaded to the Unreal Engine team without reservation. This is equivalent to us continuously providing game development data to Youxing Electronics Entertainment, which is a huge loss.

Now he finally understood why Zhu Youxing had agreed to let him use their engine.

This is the purest form of numerical monopoly; Unreal Engine, through the efforts of countless developers, has collectively nurtured a behemoth.

This behemoth now seems to possess an absolute dominant position.

This is really not what Hayakawa Ueto wanted to see.

Hayakawa Ueto hardened his heart and said, "I will try to inject more funds into you. The game team is starting to show signs of profitability, and we have some capital to develop the game engine. It is necessary for us to create our own game engine."

Even with Hayakawa Ueto's assurance, the person in charge was still somewhat reluctant.

Honestly, he's already gotten used to Unreal Engine.

Unreal Engine is incredibly user-friendly now, with all its features being very intuitive.

Furthermore, the Unreal Engine team continuously improves the engine based on their specific requirements, and the speed of improvement is incredibly fast.

If I were to use Unreal Engine now, I would be the customer, someone the Unreal Engine team would need to continuously serve.

However, if they develop their own new engine, everything will have to start from scratch, and it will definitely not be as good as Unreal Engine.

However, this was the president's request, and they had no choice but to comply.

"By the way, I noticed that the Monster Hunter character's movements are incredibly smooth. How is that done?"

Hayakawa Ueto stared at the screen and suddenly asked a question.

At this moment, the live TV broadcast has already started showing gameplay footage of Monster Hunter.

Takeyusei personally served as the commentator to try out the hunter wielding the greatsword.

The hunter searched the world map for powerful monsters and began to fight.

Judging from this battle scene, everything looks incredibly realistic, as if a completely new world has been created out of thin air.

Everything conforms perfectly to the laws of physics.

The adjustments to the game's action stats gave him a sense of amazement.

So how were these action values ​​created? That was what he was most curious about.

"This... is probably Yusei Electronics' secret weapon. These values ​​are not provided in Unreal Engine, so they must be Yusei Electronics' secret."

The person in charge of game development was also envious of the smooth movements of the monsters and characters in the demo.

Unfortunately, he was quite certain that these values ​​did not exist in Unreal Engine.

Of course, the motion data in Unreal Engine is also very realistic, but it still falls short compared to the motion data in Monster Hunter.

Hayakawa Ueto sighed and said, "That's the advantage of Yusei Electronics Entertainment. They'll always be one step ahead of us. That won't do."

To win this console war, they must first find a way to approach the quality of their games with Yusei Electronics.

"President, I don't think it's something to worry about too much. We should actually focus more on the visuals, which is at least what we can do right now."

At this moment, the marketing team leader spoke up.

"Why do you say that?"

"According to our marketing team's research, players are more interested in games with excellent and exquisite graphics, and improving game graphics is the easiest thing to do. As long as the game console's performance is sufficient, we can make the graphics infinitely realistic, which is also the most cost-effective way."

Hayakawa Ueto doesn't particularly approve of this kind of thing.

He still believes that the innovativeness and powerful game development technology of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment is the right path.

However, the marketing team is also right. In terms of cost-effectiveness, games with sufficiently exquisite graphics and average game quality are the most cost-effective.

After hesitating for a moment, Hayakawa Ueto said, "Let's continue to focus on developing the core technology of the game. Of course, we can't neglect the visual presentation, but it will be secondary."

The marketing team leader wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Hayakawa Ueto.

He has made up his mind and will not be easily swayed.

Meanwhile, the Monster Hunter game demonstration at the carnival venue has ended.

Most of the game trailers have already been shown.

The information that players most wanted to know has been largely revealed.

"Oto-chan, can you slow down a bit? I've never seen you so focused on anything before?"

"You two are too slow. This place is so interesting, don't you have any interest at all?"

Three girls kept weaving through the crowd.

The three girls were all wearing classic Japanese sailor school uniforms.

Yinjiang's eyes were fixed on everything around her without blinking.

She was already a little dazzled.

The game-related things around me were so fascinating.

Oto, Kazumi, and Aiko are best friends since they were little. They played together from when they were about four or five years old until junior high school.

Aiko is the smartest among them, and she often ranks first in her grade.

Oto and Kazumi are much less capable than Aiko, so Aiko often tutors them.

One day, Aiko, who always loved learning, suddenly brought out a handheld game console during their study session.

Aiko said she got it from a boy she'd known since childhood, saying that she'd get a completely obedient follower after completing a certain game challenge.

Finally, through the tireless efforts of the three, Aiko fulfilled her bet.

This should have been just a minor incident.

But for some reason, ever since she tried Fruit Ninja, Oto-chan's interest in video games has become uncontrollable.

Video games are something that most boys like, but Oto-chan likes them exceptionally much.

Despite her generally aloof and icy image, she has an extraordinary obsession with games.

Then, when she learned that Yuxing Electronic Entertainment was going to hold a carnival, she did not hesitate to invite her two best friends and they went to the carnival together.

This is really rare at a carnival.

Ninety percent of the players who come here are male.

Of the remaining 10% of women, at least 90% came with male companions, and they themselves may not actually have any interest in video games.

People like Yin Jiang are really a minority.

"Aiko, I've noticed that Oto-chan is probably completely obsessed with games. Shouldn't we try to find a way to help her get rid of this addiction?"

Kazumi and Aiko followed behind Oto, who was moving quickly, and the two talked to each other.

Yin-chan ignored the discussion between the two behind her and continued to focus on watching the interesting games around her.

The three of them had already arrived at the demo area on the second floor. Yin Jiang was switching between different demo games at a rate of almost three minutes each time, as if she never knew when to stop.

Aiko, who had the air of a top student, shook her head and said, "I don't think it's necessary. Have you forgotten that Oto-chan even solved a math problem that I couldn't solve just so she could play the game? I've always said that Oto-chan has a great talent for learning, but she just hasn't been paying attention. But now, because of playing the game, she's willing to make a bet with us and is willing to study hard for the game, so I think this is a good thing."

Kazumi muttered, "But I always feel like she'll get addicted. If the two of us aren't keeping an eye on her, she'll probably become a complete shut-in during the Heisei era."

Aiko said, "Then we should stay together even more, even in college, right?"

"Hmm... that's the problem. You know my brain. I'm the dumbest of the three of us. I might not be able to get into the same university as you."

He Mei was still somewhat dejected when she said this.

She was the least intelligent of the three, and sometimes she was really insecure.

"Don't say that. Trust me, I will work hard to help you get better grades, and we will definitely get into the same university."

"Aiko, Kazumi, are you two done talking? Let's move on to the next place. We agreed that I'd be in charge today, and I got into the top ten in the grade for that."

"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say."

Aiko took Kazumi's hand, who seemed a little self-conscious, and said, "We'll be friends for life, and that will never change."

The three of them eventually arrived at a brand new casual game trial area.

The game here is called Bejeweled, and it's a very casual game.

The game's development is credited to Zhu Youxing, so many players frequent this place.

However, most players only dabble in it briefly, as they are not very interested in such simple and mindless games.

But Aiko and Kazumi liked it very much because it was just right for the two of them who didn't have much talent for games.

Yinjiang tried it out for a while but quickly lost interest.

"Huh? Aiko? Kazumi? And Oto-chan, what are you three doing here?"

Just then, a boy's voice rang out.

Aiko turned her head and saw that it was the guy she had known since childhood, Tian Chong.

It wasn't surprising to see Aiko Takashi here; after all, this was a carnival for players, and it would be strange if Takashi didn't come.

"What? Can't we come?" Aiko asked back.

"No, it's not that. It's just really surprising. I thought you guys weren't interested in video games."

"Video games aren't that difficult. Don't forget, I beat you at Fruit Ninja."

Tian Chong's face immediately turned red: "That's just because I didn't play Fruit Ninja seriously. That kind of game is not for me at all. If I'm going to play, I'll definitely play something very hardcore and very difficult, like Monster Hunter."

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