Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

However, all of this was because Nintendo and other manufacturers were not prepared at the beginning and were caught completely off guard by the mobile internet. If they had been prepared, the situation might have been completely different.

Under the supervision of Zhu Youxing, the development of Counter-Strike is nearing completion. The development team is now so engrossed in the game that they would forget the game is about to be released if they didn't remember they had to go to work.

Counter-Strike is a game that has conquered the entire world, and it can be said to have defined the standard for first-person shooter games. Later games such as Call of Duty and Battlefield can only be considered imitators.

The development of Need for Speed ​​is also very fast, but it will still take some time before its release. The development has been slightly delayed due to the tuning of the car stats and some preparations made by Zhuyouxing for future game development.

Zhu Youxing originally planned to temporarily end Need for Speed ​​after releasing the ninth installment, leaving Need for Speed ​​at its peak. Although there were many excellent Need for Speed ​​games afterward, it was difficult to make any breakthroughs in the context of the later popularity of open-world games.

Bamboo Star left the development team with all the settings for Need for Speed ​​up to the ninth installment, allowing them to develop one game every year and continuously learn about racing game production in the process, laying the groundwork for the Forza series that Bamboo Star plans to launch in the future.

Guns, cars, and sports are the three main development areas for the US team: Super Soccer Tournament, Counter-Strike, and Need for Speed.

In Japan, Yusei is preparing a new Mario game, the first Resident Evil game, and the second Monster Hunter game. Of course, following Yusei Electronics' tradition of never having a second game, the second Monster Hunter game will definitely be the third one.

The third Monster Hunter game was also a kind of transformation attempt, an attempt to broaden its audience.

For gamers, 2003 and 2004 were simply the happiest years.

Because outstanding works have emerged one after another in the past two years.

From the brilliant game Stardew Valley, created by a single person, to the numerous mega-productions by major studios, every game development company is trying its best to make its games more appealing.

Technological capabilities, gameplay, and the performance of game consoles all surged rapidly during this period.

The years 2003 and 2004 were like a carnival for gamers, with exciting new games to look forward to every moment.

Even Suri Electronics has produced a few high-quality games that can be rated four and a half stars, but they are still a little short of masterpieces, and quite different from the numerous five-star games available from Yuxing Electronics Entertainment.

In mid-2004, Suri Electronics' second highly anticipated game for the European market was officially released. It was a standard shooting game that drew inspiration from Brown Entertainment's war shooting games and imitated Doom Saga from Yuxing Electronics Entertainment to develop a sci-fi shooting game. The shooting experience was also very good, which shows that the development team put their heart into it.

Furthermore, since FIFA had already opened up the European market, European players had a good impression of Suri Electronics' games, and this shooting game also sold well from the beginning. However, due to slightly weaker marketing than FIFA, sales did not reach one million in the first week, but it still reached about 800,000 in the first week, which is also a very good result.

Taking advantage of this long tail of rain, they became even more smug.

The game only performed well in its first week, after which sales plummeted.

Meanwhile, Yuxing Electronics Entertainment, which had previously been at a disadvantage in the Super Football tournament, is now seeing an increase in sales as the number of GS1 game consoles installed in the European market rises. It is still contributing more than 300,000 game sales every week, which is very consistent.

FIFA's sales have likely plateaued at around two million, while Super Soccer Tournament surpassed FIFA's sales about ten weeks after its release.

However, this data is not specifically compiled by anyone.

However, all the stores that sell game consoles can gradually notice that there are more and more people discussing Yusei Electronics' game consoles and games, and more and more people want to buy them.

Meanwhile, the fatigue of Surui Electronics and many of its games is gradually becoming apparent.

These savvy shop owners naturally know which games to place on their front shelves.

"Come on, place your bets now! This is the venue for our first Super Football Tournament at Spin Spin Bar. The winner will receive a keg of beer every day for a year!"

In a remote European town, the town's only bar is bustling with activity at this very moment.

A group of seemingly idle hooligans gathered here, and not only that, many others skipped work to come and join the fun.

This kind of attention is usually only drawn by the most prestigious football matches.

Chapter 582 Subtle Influence

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Organize a video game football match, and the winner will receive a year's supply of free drinks at the bar.

This idea came from the bar owner's son.

Besides being a loyal gamer, he is also someone who really loves esports, a new and trendy thing.

He watches every StarCraft match online as soon as it's available.

When the Super Soccer Tournament was officially released and he played the game for the first time, he was deeply attracted to it.

Along with them, many of my old friends who come here to drink every day are also drawn in.

These guys had previously been somewhat dismissive of FIFA, thinking the game lacked realism.

The cheers in the FIFA football game sound very stiff and fake, and the players' movements are also slightly unnatural.

They were initially just curious about this new form of entertainment, but quickly lost interest; the game wasn't enough to pique their interest.

But when Carson agreed to share his game console in the bar, allowing more people to experience another game called Super Soccer Tournament, the bar's old buddies and the gang of thugs became completely unwilling to leave the bar.

This has led to a surge in the bar's beverage sales.

Not only that, but the young hooligans and thugs who used to be idle and fond of smashing and robbing are now surprisingly well-behaved.

Because of the advent of video games, their energy seemed to have been completely drawn to them, and they had forgotten about fighting.

Therefore, it can be seen that these thugs who often fight do not really like fighting. They are just bored and have no other way to pass the time. Video games have completely suppressed or consumed their previous impulse to fight, making them no longer interested in fighting. Now, all they can think about is how to play the most fun Super Soccer tournament.

Today, the Bayern Tigers are going to crush your Barcelona weaklings!

Of course, these people aren't always so well-behaved.

Their latent violent nature still occasionally makes them furious when they lose a game.

They were angry and wanted to vent their frustrations by causing some destruction.

One guy did just that.

Enraged that his team had lost, he slammed the controller hard onto the TV screen.

The TV screen went black and started smoking, just as the TV had intended, and the controller was smashed.

Then no one got to play games that day.

Then, the guy who had angrily broken the game console was beaten up by a group of other angry people, including a few very honest customers who also joined in the beating.

This shows just how much public outrage was caused by the broken game console.

In the end, the bar owner didn't say much. He spent money to buy a new, bigger TV and a few spare controllers. To be honest, this loss was nothing compared to the trouble these guys who loved to fight all the time had caused.

After that, no one dared to do anything to game consoles and televisions.

They can now play games in front of the TV very obediently, and no one will overstep their bounds anymore.

It was at this moment that the young bartender came up with the idea of ​​giving the football game a whole match.

Of course, the gimmick of the competition was merely to increase the attractiveness and revenue of their own bar.

But to everyone's surprise, men, women, and children from all over the town who were interested in football all came to the bar.

Children have milk to drink, women have sweet fruit wine, and men and older men have fine beer.

Suddenly, the bar's revenue soared to a whole new level.

For the people in the small town, the feeling of watching their familiar team win in a video game is completely different.

It's as if the team belongs to you, and you are the soul of the team.

Thanks to the meticulous attention to every detail in Super Soccer Tournament, this soccer game achieves unparalleled realism. No one who has played it will find Super Soccer Tournament boring; that's the charm of Super Soccer Tournament.

The rapid increase in sales naturally excited Pinebridge, which already had a presence in Europe.

This is a small-scale success. She remained very calm when sales were lower than FIFA's in the previous weeks, and she did not respond much to the attacks from her opponents.

But things are different now.

Football games have gradually become a topic of conversation among Europeans, who are amazed that such an interesting new form of entertainment exists in the world. They can control the teams at will, and these teams are all based on real teams, which makes the sense of immersion even stronger.

Immediately afterwards, Matsuhashi Minoru began to use the money he earned to heavily invest in advertising.

Despite YOO's extensive early FIFA promotions that led to a rapid increase in sales.

However, Youxing Electronic Entertainment now receives a continuous influx of funds, and the money earned is used for promotion to further expand its influence.

Gradually, people began to talk mainly about the Super Football Tournament.

These changes are subtle and gradual, and unless you have highly professional market researchers, it's really hard to notice these invisible changes.

As for Nagatari, he was still basking in his previous success and hadn't quite come to his senses.

Perhaps by the time he truly comes to his senses, it will be too late.

Following that, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's second game for the European market was also officially released, namely Counter-Strike.

This time, Counter-Strike was not only released on home consoles, but also on PCs.

Like the United States, Europe also has a very high rate of personal computer ownership.

Furthermore, the system used here is Morgan Group's DOS system.

Thanks to the collaboration with Morgan Stanley, Counter-Strike is optimized exceptionally well; you don't need a high-performance computer to easily run the game.

Through the Battle.net system, you can also engage in real-time battles with players from all over the world, which has allowed Counter-Strike to quietly open up a second battlefield.

With the previous Super Football Tournament as a foundation, Counter-Strike's first-week sales were significantly better than before.

By the end of its first week, Counter-Strike had sold 930,000 units, of which 500,000 were consoles and 430,000 were personal PCs.

The combined sales in the first week of this event directly surpassed those of YOO's shooting games.

The advantages of multi-platform operation seem to be gradually becoming apparent.

Moreover, this time Matsuhashi Minoru had a much larger supply of ammunition than before.

Takeyusei simply wrote down that all the money earned from selling games in Europe should be handed over to the European branch for management. This was equivalent to giving Matsuhashi Minoru a large sum of money and telling her to spend it as she pleased, and to come back to him when she ran out.

Chapter 583 Results Halved

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After YOO released its first-person shooter game, they quickly followed up with their own racing game.

Need for Speed ​​5 was enhanced by the addition of highly successful elements such as police chases and story mode by the Bamboo Star, while YOO leans more towards true racing competition.

It's obvious that the game studio has realized they can't compete head-on with Yuxing Electronic Entertainment. After all, racing games aren't just limited to street racing; we can easily make a track-based racing game too.

Before the game's release, Nagao Rain, as usual, launched a large-scale promotional campaign, especially announcing a high-profile collaboration with well-known racing events, allowing players to experience the most classic racing events. They also spent a lot of money to obtain the licenses, clearly aiming to replicate the success of the FIFA football game.

However, after the first week of sales ended, the game's performance was not satisfactory, and could even be described as somewhat poor.

With 320,000 sales in its first week, this is a more significant achievement than the sales of the two games that were cut in half.

On various social media platforms, player feedback has been rather lukewarm, with most players seemingly uninterested in racing games, and the game's vigorous promotion has not yielded much success.