Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

However, it seems that Facebook has not yet fully succeeded in retaining its core players. Its mobile phone sales are still not as good as Myron Case's. But for Facebook, which has just entered the mobile phone industry, it is a huge success.

At least Facebook has managed to establish itself under the strong dominance of the US in the US, which is something to celebrate.

Next, the mobile game development team's works can enter the smartphone field like a bombardment. I have already given them the direction and standards for development. All that is left is to quietly accumulate strength and make sufficient preparations for the next few blockbuster works.

As for the present, Zhuyouxing already has a new plan, which is a new handheld game console.

However, this handheld console will be different from the traditional handheld console. It should be called a combination of handheld and console, which is the Switch form of the original world. This is something he has wanted to do for a long time. Now the technology is mature and the player base has reached a certain level. Uniting handheld players and console players is what Zhuyouxing wants to do now.

However, this is still in the early stages of research and development, and a series of ideas are not yet perfect.

"Zhuyou, based on your idea, we've finished the design of the console you call 'Switch'."

Dressed in a white engineer's uniform, Airi Hayazawa arrived at the floor where the fifth game development team was located, carrying the latest draft.

Currently, Takeyusei is closely monitoring the development of Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core, which is considered the most important project at this stage.

Zhu Youxing turned his head and glanced at the design draft, and a sense of familiarity immediately washed over him.

The game features a detachable controller design, a dock that can be connected to a display device, and a game console body with a small cooling fan.

This was a huge size for any handheld game console before, but it was very compact for a home game console, falling somewhere in between.

It turns out that the Switch was designed very differently from the final product. Its release date was 2017, but the earliest design started after the release of the Wii U. At that time, the Switch was just a simple handheld console, which can be regarded as a successor to the 3DS. Later, due to various reasons and improvements, it gradually became the final Switch product.

Zhuyouxing skipped this step entirely, going straight to the final product of the Switch, which saved a lot of time.

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"It's pretty much what I imagined; the home console and handheld can be used together."

Airi Hayazawa couldn't help but ask, "But then the performance definitely won't be as good as a real home console, right? Takeyusei, are you planning to give up on a proper home console?"

"Of course not. Home consoles are designed for traditional, large-scale games, and there are still many players who pursue high-quality graphics. We can't abandon these people."

"But then those games with really good graphics won't be able to be released on the Switch, right?"

Zhu Youxing nodded: "It depends on the situation, but if we want to put it on the Switch, we'll definitely have to cut a lot of the graphics."

The Switch will focus more on gameplay, using relatively low development costs to try out all sorts of novel gameplay.

Even if you lose 30 to 50 million US dollars, you won't feel too bad.

Moreover, I have a lot of Switch game ideas on hand, so creating a completely new type of dual-function game console is no problem at all.

As for home consoles, there will be more thorough and large-scale investment in game development, as well as more standardized and industrialized game development, such as top-tier graphics football games, top-tier graphics Need for Speed, and the upcoming Assassin's Creed.

Now that Takeyusei had decided on his direction, Hayazawa Airi didn't say anything more. She simply asked again, "So, Takeyu, when do you plan to announce this game console?"

"Actually, we can secretly leak some information now, preferably so that Myron Case can also hear about it."

Yuki Uesugi, standing to the side, raised an eyebrow: "President, do you mean you want Myron Case to know this, and then divert his attention away from Facebook on his phone?"

Zhu Youxing shook his head: "How could that be? Myron Case isn't that stupid. I just want him to know that I want him to understand how he took away the handheld market, and I can take it back in the same way."

At this moment, Zhu Youxing was full of confidence.

Facebook is just a starting point; the ultimate goal is to allow more players to access more interesting games.

The group still doesn't quite understand Zhu Youxing's plans, but completing the mission according to Zhu Youxing's requirements shouldn't be a problem.

Then Takeyusei said to Hayazawa Airi, "You don't need to rush your research and development. During this process, I think some chip manufacturers will come to us, and we can wait for the right price."

Airi Hayazawa nodded: "I understand. Then let's prioritize designing and fine-tuning the game console's functions."

After speaking, Airi Hayazawa took the draft design drawings and left the fifth development team, while Yusei Take continued to work on the development of Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core.

This game is also a classic of its time, and it ranked among the top five must-play games on the PSP handheld console at the time.

Moreover, judging from the feedback from players online, all Final Fantasy VII fans are eager to learn more about the core crisis story of the Final Fantasy VII prequel.

Actually, the story isn't particularly complicated. In short, it's the story of a soldier named Zack from birth to death, and in more detail, it's about how this soldier will grow throughout this adventure.

It includes themes of family, love, mentorship, and betrayal, and in the process, players will also learn about the entire process of Sephiroth's true fall into darkness in Final Fantasy VII.

When Takeyusei handed the story to Uesugi Yuki, he praised it highly, believing that it truly embodied the consistent style and characteristics of the Final Fantasy series.

The game has also evolved further from the turn-based system.

Based solely on the game's story structure, Yuki Uesugi believes that this title's sales will at least reach the level of NieR: Automata recently. Both games have touching and thought-provoking stories, making them truly excellent games.

While Zhuyouxing was immersed in the game development process, news quietly leaked by Youxing Electronic Entertainment caused a small sensation in the outside world.

An anonymous online insider posted a very blurry picture on Facebook. The picture looks like a handheld game console, and a very blurry GameStar logo can be seen in a corner of the console.

That's the hallmark of video games and electronic entertainment.

At first, no one believed the photo, thinking it was just a trick by some people to fool online gamers.

Because by now, Yusei Electronic Entertainment has almost no secrets that can be easily leaked.

Yuxing Electronic Entertainment is very adept at using security measures.

It's likely that only a company like Su Rui Electronics with a massive intelligence network could uncover some of the secrets of Youxing Electronics Entertainment through a few clues.

Of course, even if a large company like Surui Electronics knew this secret, it wouldn't reveal it to the outside world. On the one hand, there's no need for it, and on the other hand, revealing it wouldn't benefit them at all. On the contrary, it might cause a surge in popularity for Youxing Electronics Entertainment, which would be detrimental to their own game console sales.

Therefore, this insider revelation was treated like a daily experience post and was not worth believing at all.

However, the photos posted on this social media platform were deleted after only a short time.

Moreover, the account that posted the photo was also deleted.

Shortly after, a new Facebook account posted a new message.

He claimed that he was the insider who had his account deleted, and that he had been warned by Youxing Electronic Entertainment and given a lawyer's letter asking him to delete his account. That was all he could say. Half an hour after sending the message, the message and the account were deleted and canceled, as if they had never existed.

However, it was precisely because of this back-and-forth that those who had previously been indifferent became genuinely interested.

The news that Yuxing Electronics Entertainment proactively sent a lawyer's letter demanding its removal? This is quite unusual!

Could it be... that Yusei Electronics Entertainment is really planning to develop a new handheld console?

The news spread like wildfire, exciting the entire player community.

They still have a deep affection for handheld consoles.

For a long time afterward, Yuxing Electronics Entertainment did not pay enough attention to its handheld console business, and the quality of its games was no longer as high as before, with an average of one perfect or near-perfect masterpiece per year. This caused dissatisfaction among a small number of handheld console players.

However, due to the impact of smartphones, players gradually understood that Yusei Electronics was planning to avoid direct competition. The era of smartphones seemed to have truly arrived. However, they still felt some regret that Yusei Electronics' decision to avoid direct competition might be permanent. Perhaps in the future, Yusei Electronics will no longer release new handheld consoles and will focus on home consoles.

But just when the players had calmed down, the news that Yuxing Electronics Entertainment was preparing to make a new handheld console was suddenly released, how could they not be excited?

Chapter 774 Suspicion from the Outside World

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"Is this news fake? Hasn't Yuxing Electronics Entertainment already started to enter the mobile game market? Handheld consoles should be doomed by now, right?"

"That's true. Handheld game consoles are already outdated products, so why would they develop new ones? It must be fake news, right?"

"But Yuxing Electronic Entertainment forced the other party to delete the message because of the leak, which seems like a cover-up."

Core gamers are naturally very welcoming of new handheld consoles, but some feel that Yuxing Electronics Entertainment seems to be taking a wrong turn.

"Is Yuxing Electronic Entertainment preparing to return to the handheld gaming market? I think this will be the company's first major failure."

Why do you think that?

"It's obvious. Handheld consoles are too limited in functionality. They can only be used for playing games or watching videos. But look at smartphones! A smartphone has many more functions than a handheld console. It's already outclassed in terms of functionality. Moreover, we've now been defined as the first year of smartphones. How can handheld consoles possibly survive?"

"It seems that's indeed the case."

Across major media outlets, almost all voices expressed pessimism about Yuxing Electronics Entertainment's new handheld console development.

While Yuxing Electronic Entertainment has indeed achieved unexpected success with many of its previous decisions, this does not mean that Yuxing Electronic Entertainment can continue to win indefinitely.

People like to create gods, but at the same time, they still prefer to believe in the laws they want to believe in.

Previously, handheld consoles had been completely overtaken by smartphones.

Surui Electronics has been deeply involved in the gaming industry for many years and has begun to gradually gain a certain market share in the handheld gaming sector.

Just as Surui Electronics was preparing to fully unleash its potential in the handheld gaming market, the emergence of smartphones was like a fatal blow. Almost everyone except core video game players prioritized smartphones.

It's not that buying a smartphone means they can't buy a handheld game console; it's just that there's a limit to what a normal person can carry with them.

The average adult usually carries a wallet, keys, and one or two mobile phones in their pocket.

With these products taking up space in the pockets you carry, there's much less room for the handheld console.

And it's not like you can't play games on your phone.

Even the MK series, which has a relatively limited game lineup, still has some games that are around two or three stars in quality.

Hardcore gamers might not even bother playing such low-quality games, but for ordinary people, they're enough to kill time.

Core gamers also gradually develop a higher standard of game quality, starting with little ability to judge game quality.

For people who never played games in the past, these games, which are generally rated two or three stars, are enough to keep them entertained for a while.

As a result, more and more people are pessimistic about the latest decisions made by Yuxing Electronic Entertainment.

They didn't believe that Youxing Electronic Entertainment could achieve anything in this area, and that they would definitely suffer a setback and then slink away from the handheld console market.

Almost no one believed that Yusei Electronics would be successful with this handheld console.

However, they also thought of something else: even if Youxing Electronic Entertainment stumbled this time, it might not be seriously damaged.

Based on the fact that Yuxing Electronics Entertainment holds a 30% stake in Facebook according to the current public investigation, Yuxing Electronics Entertainment is definitely not short of money.

If all else fails, even selling some of their Facebook shares could cause Yuxing Electronic Entertainment to stumble dozens of times.

Not to mention the assets that Yuxing Electronic Entertainment currently owns.

According to some professionals' rough estimates, the building of Youxing Electronic Entertainment is now very valuable. It is said that the construction cost was paid in full without any arrears, which shows that Youxing Electronic Entertainment has a very strong financial reserve.

Furthermore, the fact that Yusei Electronics was able to operate multiple high-investment projects simultaneously without showing any signs of fatigue also proves that Yusei Electronics is very wealthy.

It's quite enviable, especially for companies that had to sell most of their shares to gain scale in their early stages. Yuxing Electronic Entertainment is like an anomaly, carving out its own niche with its strong game lineup. This company is unique in the entire market.

It has achieved its current status with almost no external capital, and it would be hard to find another company like it in the world.