Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

Perhaps I could show these things to Yuxing Electronic Entertainment and ask the opinion of that gaming god.

Originally, he thought of another person, his mysterious benefactor, but unfortunately, this benefactor almost never replied to any of his messages. Obviously, the other party did not want to have much contact with him, which he understood, so he did not bother the other party too much.

Without hesitation, Murakami Kazuo contacted Takeyusei, wanting to personally discuss with him what was happening in the video game industry recently.

At this very moment, Bamboo Star is at a critical stage in the development of Monster Hunter World.

Since the basic framework of Monster Hunter was completed last time, the game's promotional work has officially begun.

Meanwhile, the game development cycle has also entered the countdown phase.

However, given the current size of the Youxing Electronic Entertainment team, there's no need for them to work overtime, and everything is still very stable.

Now that Monster Hunter is becoming more and more popular, Takeyusei is more confident in facing those who want to criticize Monster Hunter for being wrong.

These people bring absolutely no benefit to video games; all they bring is harm.

Just then, Zhu Youxing's private phone rang.

Zhu Youxing picked up his phone. Not many people have their own private phone number. Apart from the core members of his company, no more than ten outsiders know his private phone number.

He glanced at the screen on his phone and saw that it was Kazuo Murakami, so he answered the call.

It's quite rare for Kazuo Murakami to call you first.

I don't usually have much contact with Kazuo Murakami. As Kazuo Murakami's influence has grown, he only calls me once a year during the annual game awards to discuss the awards.

Nowadays, Zhuyouxing is considered one of the important judges for the annual game awards.

Even Zhuyouxing has an absolute voting right.

In other words, aside from the biggest Game of the Year, Takeyusei can use its absolute voting power to vote for any game and make it the winner of a certain award.

Even if the game is terrible, this vote can still make it win the award.

This is a privilege reserved for him, the unique leader in the gaming industry.

And almost no one disagreed with this.

Zhu Youxing calculated the time and realized that the annual game selection should indeed be starting soon. So, the other party should be contacting him as usual to discuss the details of the annual game selection.

"Hey, Murakami, it's been a long time since we last talked," Takeyusei greeted him after answering the phone.

"Senior Zhuyou, I usually don't dare to bother you too much, because I'm afraid of disturbing you and affecting your development of interesting games."

Kazuo Murakami chatted very familiarly with Yusei Take.

The two sides don't communicate much normally, but their relationship is actually very good.

Murakami is much younger than Takeyusei, but Murakami Kazuo was able to become a leader in the game review industry thanks to Takeyusei's support.

Zhu Youxing can be considered one of the village's talent scouts.

Therefore, Kazuo Murakami also had great respect for Takeyusei.

After a few casual words, Zhu Youxing got straight to the point: "Are you contacting me this time to talk about the upcoming annual game?"

"That's right, it's about the selection of this year's Game of the Year."

Zhu Youxing said, "I haven't played many games this year, so you can give me your opinion on what game of the year is best. I trust your judgment. If you don't get enough votes, you can use my absolute vote."

"No, Senior Zhuyou, I actually have no problem with the details of the selection for the time being, but I have some other issues that are troubling me recently."

"A perplexing problem? What problem?" Zhu Youxing asked, puzzled.

"Senior Zhuyou, have you noticed any changes in the direction of the video game industry lately?"

Zhu Youxing pondered for a moment: "Wind direction? Which specific direction do you mean?"

"Nowadays, people's evaluation of a good game is no longer simply about whether it's fun or not; they have more dimensions to consider."

Zhu Youxing nodded and said, "That's not a problem. It's a step forward for the game industry to have more dimensions to evaluate good games. But I feel like there's something more to what you said."

Kazuo Murakami smiled wryly and said, "If this dimension only concerns the playability of video games, I wouldn't have told you, Takeyu-senpai. Recently, I've noticed that the game industry is becoming increasingly influenced by external voices."

"Give me a specific example."

Are you familiar with the game "Deep Space Exploration"?

"I have some recollection of it, but I don't know much about new games lately because I have quite a few projects on hand."

With several projects underway in home console game development and numerous projects in the future smartphone field, Zhuyouxing really doesn't have much time to play games anymore.

His original dream was to be a lazy bum in this world and play the games created by this world.

Unfortunately, it seems that he has no choice in the matter.

Kazuo Murakami introduced the game, saying, "It's a space exploration game with a decent story. It's considered a high-quality game among similar titles."

“Are you planning to give this work an award? That would be a good idea,” Zhu Youxing said.

"No, it's not that I want to give, but that certain groups want to give, but I myself... don't actually want to give."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youxing decisively replied, "I trust your judgment. You make the decision yourself, and I will support you."

Chapter 720 should be properly corrected.

720

To be honest, I was quite disappointed with Zhu Youxing.

It seems that no matter how the world's trajectory changes, the general direction is always difficult to alter.

The events that happened in the original world are being replayed in this world.

The video game industry, or rather the entertainment industry as a whole, has begun to be influenced by certain statements.

Video games are perfectly fine; people can create whatever they want, as long as they don't violate human ethics or morality.

Even adult games are ruthlessly rejected on Yusei Electronics' home console platforms, but some variants of these games can be logged into the PC Battle.net platform.

This is already a fairly relaxed environment.

However, there are still people who artificially impose constraints on this environment.

Normal game characters are becoming uglier and uglier, under the guise of aesthetic diversity.

But these games are so uniquely ugly that they're even uglier than the average human being. These games aren't about pursuing absolute realism, so why be so serious about this aspect?

Instead of wasting time researching such boring things, it would be better to study how to bring more interesting gameplay to players.

When Murakami Kazuo said a few words to Takeyusei, he immediately understood what it meant, because he had experienced it firsthand.

"Believe in yourself. If you don't even believe in yourself, then my absolute voting power can give you some support. If there is any game that forces you to make a choice, just tell me, and I will cast my absolute vote."

Before he knew it, Zhu Youxing found himself becoming a powerful figure in the area.

What used to be words only big shots could say, I can now easily say myself.

After receiving a guarantee from Takeyusei, Murakami Kazuo's emotional state improved significantly.

"Senior Zhuyou, I can rest assured with you here. I was still hesitating and wondering if my choice was the right one."

Kazuo Murakami breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed he no longer needed to worry about this matter. After all, he had the backing of the top figures in the gaming industry, so he really had nothing to fear.

Previously, an increasing number of votes and emails were telling him that if he didn't vote for those games, there would be some unforeseen consequences.

But now he no longer needs to worry about it.

After hanging up the phone, Murakami Kazuo's confidence soared. He completely ignored the previous votes and emails and began to seriously prepare the program details for the annual game awards.

As for Zhu Youxing, he fell into deep thought.

Many large companies in the gaming industry are now being influenced by those voices.

Only companies with a slightly smaller reputation wouldn't care about such things, but these smaller companies have become the clear targets of those people's attacks.

The video game industry is something we created ourselves in this world, and Zhuyouxing will absolutely not allow any outsiders to interfere with our territory and run wild.

Well then, since those people are making such a fuss, I'll give you some strong medicine.

Zhu Youxing stayed in his office for more than two hours, eventually finding three brand-new game development proposals on his desk.

Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core

Bayonetta

NieR: Automata

Previously, when he developed Monster Hunter, he faced animal rights activists; when he developed Ring Fit Adventure, he faced those who criticized the value of video games. This time, he is ready to give those human rights 'fighters' a good lesson.

That's not enough; Monster Hunter Takeyusei is also preparing to include sufficiently attractive characters.

Of course, simply having a beautiful appearance isn't enough. Zhuyouxing has another plan: to develop one of the most classic technologies in the game industry: a character customization system.

This is now a standard feature in open-world games, and it's perfect to add it now.

Moreover, character customization allows users to freely choose their appearance, and he wanted to see how those so-called human rights 'fighters' would choose in this character customization game.

Developing the three games was not difficult.

These three games are considered relatively simple for today's Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

Since these three games are roughly from the previous era, their performance and visual effects can be fully demonstrated by the capabilities of the PS3.

And it can naturally perform even better on the GSX console, which has performance comparable to the PS4.

This time, Zhu Youxing doesn't need to make any specific arrangements.

The development team no longer needs to manually adjust and track the game. They only need to put forward their needs for game ideas and finalize the main storyline, and the development team can handle the rest.

Therefore, BambooStar is not worried about these three games failing.

He also upgraded the character creation system for Monster Hunter World, which he was working on, to a higher level.

He had underestimated this aspect before.

There will always be people who want to ruin video games, so it would be a real shame not to give a strong counterattack.

Video games can't always be on the defensive.

As for the impact of smartphones, let's put that aside for now. Facebook's new phone development will also take some time anyway. Let's deal with all these monsters and demons first.

So Zhuyouxing took action, assigning the three games to three different game development teams.

Immediately afterwards, a new round of game trailers officially began on the Facebook social platform.