Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

After Zhu Yuxing finished releasing several games such as Monster Hunter and Bayonetta, he finally had time to work with Facebook.

So, for the next period of time, Facebook and Yuxing Electronic Entertainment began to collaborate on promotional activities.

Yusei Electronics also occasionally interspersed the promotion with another upcoming title: Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core.

This can be considered one of my most treasured works.

There are many players who are still disappointed with Final Fantasy VII, and they are eager to experience more about the world of the Final Fantasy VII series.

However, we can keep this a secret for a while and not rush to release it completely. It would be most appropriate to release it after the players' emotions have accumulated to a certain level.

The specific release date has been set for Black Friday, a traditional shopping holiday in the United States. Releasing the latest products during the hottest shopping season is also a way to maximize profits.

Facebook's smartphone, on the other hand, was released in early August.

At launch, different bundled games will be provided to users who purchase different versions of the Facebook phone.

They will give away some relatively older games for free.

For example, the NES versions of several Super Mario games, or the original Legend of Zelda, Metroid, and so on.

These works were among the most talked-about works for a period of time.

Even now, many players still love these older titles, and they are frequent participants in speedrun challenges.

This time, I can experience these old games anytime, anywhere with my mobile phone, without having to carry a handheld console with me anymore, which is pretty good.

Some manufacturers also sensed the business opportunity and launched controllers that could be adapted to smartphones before Facebook made its announcement.

The research and development cost of this thing is quite low, but as long as the sales performance is good, it can make a lot of money. It is a highly profitable business, so companies that are not related to the game industry get involved.

Facebook's smartphones sold over a million units on their first day of release.

This is a brand new electronic product, yet it achieved such high sales on its first day, demonstrating the effectiveness of a powerful collaboration.

Of course, people's demand for smartphones is also starting to increase.

Mikefu is positioned as a high-end smartphone product.

And ordinary people also have a demand for smart products.

There were some companies that originally intended to participate in this market.

However, Facebook was immediately hit hard when it entered the market.

They had previously planned to make a profit by selling relatively low-quality products.

But Facebook's near-indiscriminate release of phones left them with almost no room to survive.

Facebook's phones are basically sold at cost price, coupled with its aggressive marketing strategy. Those phone manufacturers who originally planned to take advantage of the situation suddenly complained bitterly, cursing Facebook for disrupting the market and using this low-price strategy to seize market share.

However, they didn't have much of a choice. Facebook wasn't selling the product at a loss; it was just selling it at a slightly higher price than the cost price. Once users found out, they mostly supported Facebook's actions, believing that Facebook was a conscientious manufacturer. Moreover, it was a high-quality game console, and the demand from gamers alone exceeded one million. In the coming period, sales would inevitably continue to rise steadily.

Chapter 770 Isn't this also a kind of...?

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“Mr. Zhuyou, to be honest, you really should go public on the stock market. If you go public on US Story, I’m sure your stock price will skyrocket, and it might even reach a market value of hundreds of billions.”

Bob now has a great admiration for Bamboo Star.

Zhu Youxing truly makes every decision flawlessly.

It's as if he has a godlike perspective, as if he has opened the eyes of the world; he can easily solve any problem related to business or video games.

In response to Bob's flattery and sycophancy, Zhu Youxing simply shook his head and said calmly, "My business strategy is quite different from yours. I don't need funds to do anything big... No, maybe I really do have some big things to do, but I make money pretty quickly anyway, and if I really need money, I can just sell some of your shares, which will alleviate a lot of my financial pressure."

Bob immediately shook his head and said, "Mr. Zhuyou, you don't need to do this at all. If you really need money, just tell me if it's under 10 billion, and I'll do my best to help you. But you absolutely shouldn't sell your shares so easily! That's a huge amount of capital, and under your guidance, Facebook will definitely become stronger. Selling them now would be the biggest loss!"

In the eyes of a typical company founder, if an original shareholder intends to sell their shares, the founder would probably be very happy to conduct an insider deal with the other party, trying to buy as much of the other party's equity as possible and gain more say in the matter.

However, this does not apply to Zhu Youxing.

He couldn't be happier if Zhu Youxing could acquire even more shares.

However, the US government probably wouldn't agree. Thirty percent is the limit the US government can accept, and it would have to be a full delegation of voting rights to Bob himself.

With the voting decision-making power delegated to Bob himself, there is even less need for him to covet Zhuyouxing's 30% stake.

At least he doesn't need to, and if Zhu Youxing sells part of his shares, he will also lose some of his shareholding rights, which is not worth it at all.

Therefore, even if he had to borrow money, he would try his best to prevent Zhu Youxing from selling his shares.

Zhu Youxing smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, I was just using an analogy. But we can probably consider borrowing money later."

Zhuyouxing isn't in a particular hurry right now. The company is already at an unprecedented scale, with over 15,000 employees worldwide engaged in game development.

If you include the Unreal Engine team, the total is around 16,000 people.

This does not include the number of employees from the flash memory manufacturers they acquired, as well as the number of store sales staff hired by the company.

Even Ubisoft, the world's largest potato cannery, is nothing special.

Ubisoft, on the other hand, only needed so many people to develop canned games and ensure a stable income regardless of market conditions.

But this is a real need for Zhu Youxing. If he doesn't have enough employees, how can he bring more games to this world at a faster speed so that people in this world can experience the wonderful video games of his world?

If Zhuyouxing wants to continue expanding now, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Many people would fight tooth and nail to join Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

As long as Zhu Youxing announces that he is creating a new game development team and needs new employees to join, countless people will rush to join him in the blink of an eye, and most of them probably won't be pursuing any high-ranking positions.

Becoming a member of Youxing Electronic Entertainment is the dream of many game developers today.

However, my need for expansion is not that strong right now. I already have a lot of work on hand. Perhaps I can expand again in the future, but I'll have to wait.

Facebook's phone was successfully launched and sold very well.

Consequently, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment also began to frantically generate revenue from games.

First, there are the old NES games that are sold in bundles.

These games have also experienced a resurgence thanks to smartphones.

Many players had already experienced these games on handheld consoles, but they didn't care, since this one was indeed very cheap.

Being able to play games anytime, anywhere with your mobile phone is also a very convenient option for gamers.

At the same time, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment also launched its latest mobile game.

Some games originally released on handheld consoles have also been adapted for this purpose.

Games like Fruit Ninja, Angry Birds, and Cut the Rope were born in the early days of smartphones. Each of them was a wildly popular mobile game at the time, and their quality was quite good, making them ideal as launch titles for mobile phones.

Then, Zhuyouxing also had a brand-new mobile game team develop video game products specifically for mobile phones, including a brand-new, improved version of Tetris, as well as some derivative works based on the same IP of the game.

For example, the relatively simpler jumping games in the Mario series are designed to allow players to experience these games in short bursts of time, when they don't have time to think about other things.

On mobile phones, the role of games is to occupy users' fragmented time as much as possible.

Mobile phone users and traditional gamers are ultimately different. You can't simply port games from handheld consoles and game consoles to mobile phones. If you do that, you'll eventually be eliminated by other companies that specialize in developing mobile games.

Faced with the booming sales of Facebook products, Mikeford was clearly not going to sit idly by.

Not long after they released their latest product, they finally did something Myron Case least wanted to do.

That is to actively recruit game development teams and companies, and get them to develop video games for their smartphones.

Myron Case's requirements weren't high; he just wanted to develop a video game that was no worse than Tetris.

MK phones were originally a platform that was also very suitable for gaming, but Myron Case had never paid much attention to it before, or rather, he deliberately ignored the gaming attributes of his products. However, some companies had already started developing video games, but they had never really taken off.

However, with the support of the official Mike F. Smith, these people were able to develop the corresponding video games much more efficiently.

However, Myron Case was still somewhat unwilling to give up, as he never wanted to realize the value of his company's products through video games.

However, if he didn't do this now, the shareholders who initially gave him angel investment would probably be very unhappy. Even though he wasn't afraid of being kicked out again for his current shares, he still had to consider their feelings as his investors. So he could only reluctantly agree to the cooperation with the video game company.

Chapter 771 Let's play a little longer

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"Mom, I'm home!"

In a Japanese family, a child rushes home after school.

“Bunta, you’re back just in time. I’ll give you some money to buy a new bottle of soy sauce. We’re out of soy sauce at home.”

……

"Benta?"

"Bunta!"

The mother walked out of the kitchen, looking somewhat unhappy, and went to the television in the living room.

She could already hear the television being turned on in the hallway, followed by the familiar Mario voice.

This guy started playing games as soon as he got back. It's infuriating.

Before this, the child liked anime and tokusatsu dramas, but now it has changed to video games.

Not only Wentai, but even her mother occasionally plays these trendy video games.

After her husband and children have left the house, she first watches her daily morning drama, then goes out to chat with other housewives and talk about recent events.

After returning home, she would tidy up the house properly, and finally, she would play the latest video games by herself in front of the TV.

She still remembers the scene when she met her husband.

Back then, she was a naive young girl, and she was selecting a motion-sensing game from an official store of Youxing Electronics Entertainment.

Then, her husband appeared and personally recommended some video games to her.

Then she became his wife.

Over the years, video games have long been integrated into their families.

However, Bunta started playing games as soon as he got back and completely ignored what I said, which was intolerable.

So she walked straight up to Wentai, grabbed his ear with one hand, and said, "Go buy me some soy sauce, you hear me? If you don't go, I'll confiscate all your video games right now!"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, Mom! I know, I know, I'll go right away!"