Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

Carson was deeply moved; he felt incredibly lucky to have found such a girlfriend.

On that day, they registered online. After successful registration, the webpage prompted them that they needed to travel to the nearest national capital city to participate in the preliminary selection a month later.

The selection process is divided into national preliminary rounds, European finals, and world finals.

The world finals will be held at the StarCraft Carnival the following year. At that time, the cost of going abroad will be paid by the recruited e-sports teams, and they will no longer have to worry about making a living.

Then, the two began a life of saving money and training. Carson even refused invitations from his good friends to drink, citing health reasons, at least until they completed the preliminary selection.

……

In Japan, in the United States, in Europe, and all over the world, everyone is excited about the Switch.

Because here, no matter what kind of game enthusiast you are, you can find your favorite launch game.

In the second half of 2010, Surui Electronics wisely avoided a direct confrontation with Youxing Electronics Entertainment, instead choosing a different path to strengthen its existing IP games and solidify its player and fan base.

Zhu Youxing is like a leader charging at the forefront, leading his game army in a great battle against their current opponent, Mikefu.

Mickford was not going to give up easily, but the sheer number of video games that Yusei Electronics Entertainment had brought out this time was truly terrifying.

With a game development team of nearly 20,000 people across all aspects, Youxing Electronic Entertainment will not be unable to develop the games it wants due to a lack of manpower.

Twenty thousand people—just standing together is already an impressive sight. Mikeford's entire company, including business and marketing teams, only has a little over eight thousand members.

Of course, in terms of profit per capita, Mikefu is stronger than Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, but unfortunately Mikefu has no way to compete in the market.

Even business journalists and commentators have chosen this time to strongly recommend Yuxing Electronics Entertainment, a complete reversal from their previous pessimistic outlook. This is mainly because Yuxing Electronics Entertainment's offensive this time is indeed quite aggressive.

In the second half of 2010, Youxing Electronic Entertainment achieved almost everything in the field of electronic entertainment and electronic products.

The Switch's performance isn't good enough? So what? I have great games.

The Switch console can only play games? No other extra functions? That's great! I just want to play games, and good games are enough for me!

Moreover, it wasn't just Youxing Electronic Entertainment that was conquering territory; a whole host of Youxing Electronic Entertainment's underlings were also joining in the conquest.

They are a loyal third-party partner of Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

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Triangle Studio's highly anticipated indie game: Music Meow Meow

A casual and relaxing game featuring a cat as the main character, who wreaks havoc in a room to the rhythm of the action. Created by Oto-chan, it has been loved by many since its release, with its cute character and stress-relieving gameplay being its highlights.

The latest installment in the Ninja Project series, produced by renowned producer Kazuma Yumawaki, has been released.

This game boasts superior visuals, and with a team of over 500 members, it took more than three years to develop this masterpiece.

To better cater to the American audience, the main stage for this Ninja Project was set up in New York City.

The protagonist in the game travels through time to the frontier era of the United States, where he then fights alongside modern people against enemies.

This game series has released more than ten titles, basically telling almost all the stories that could be told. This game has become the temporary farewell title for the series. Coupled with the original enthusiasm of the players, the game successfully achieved a million sales in its first week, and it is very likely to break ten million.

This work is also the first to use the open-ended formulaic game promoted by Takeyusei.

The biggest feature of this type of game is its large quantity and satisfying gameplay, which is quite attractive to players who have just experienced the open-world game genre.

Looking back, Ubisoft also spent many years developing open-world games before gradually changing the gameplay after people got tired of them.

Roppongi has released many of its own games adapted from anime and TV dramas.

They are famous for having a lot of anime IPs, and any one of them can be used to attract a large number of fans to buy the game. Even if the quality of the game is not that good, players are still willing to pay for it.

At this point, the industrialized game production model acts as a safety net for these games. No matter how bad the quality is, it's at least a three-star passing grade, and it won't get any worse.

With high-quality first-party games from Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, coupled with decent games from third-party developers, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment has been rampaging through the video game market.

Mikeford was originally looking for ways to expand its business, planning to focus on personal portable computers and desktop computers.

Unfortunately, no one in this world gave Mikefu the opportunity to develop.

Following Zhu Youxing's reminder, the Morgan Group quickly launched a blockade. Whatever function Mikefu introduced, the Morgan Group's operating system would follow suit with an even more advanced function, giving Mikefu no chance to rise.

In the world that Bamboo Planet once existed, Apple also rose to become one of the world's most famous companies through its meteoric rise.

At the time, many related companies were caught off guard; they did not believe that Apple could develop to such a terrifying extent in the future.

It wasn't until they saw Apple grow into a behemoth that they realized they had underestimated the company.

In this parallel world, Mikef wasn't without his chance, but unfortunately, there was a transmigrator with cheat codes who could always predict Mikef's plans one step ahead of him.

Myron Case felt extremely frustrated, as he would get beaten up no matter what he wanted to do.

Ultimately, his game team suffered repeated setbacks under these circumstances, and at the end of 2010, they chose to abandon the personal PC industry and refocus on researching smartphones.

They still hold a dominant position, at least in this market.

Bombarded by dozens of top-tier games, Mikefu had no chance of survival. Now, gamers who like to pursue the latest trends will no longer easily choose Mikefu products.

They would choose the more stylish and cool-looking Facebook phone and Switch.

The Switch handheld console, which was generally not favored by business people before, sold very well in 2010, and the second half of the year completely belonged to the Switch.

Later, people regarded 2010 as the year that belonged to Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, and even in the many years that followed, no other product could have had such an impact.

In the gaming community, players directly refer to 2010 as the Year of Gaming Stars in commemoration.

Meanwhile, Zhu Youxing's influence grew day by day, seemingly without any rivals.

As the year draws to a close, the annual Game Awards ceremony is held as scheduled. After years of development, the Game Awards has become a global phenomenon, rivaling the Oscars, namely the Millison Film Awards.

At the same time, Kazuo Murakami also made a decision this year.

This year's awards ceremony featured Game Star Electronic Entertainment.

This year, games from Yusei Electronic Entertainment swept all the smaller awards, including Best Soundtrack, Best Action, and Best Story. Only in categories like Best Indie Game, which Yusei Electronic Entertainment couldn't reach, did other games get a chance to shine.

Yuxing Electronic Entertainment achieved a grand slam at this awards ceremony. Of course, this will also be the only time Yuxing Electronic Entertainment will appear at an awards ceremony in the future. After all, allowing a game company as overpowered as Yuxing Electronic Entertainment to take the stage would leave no room for other game companies to survive.

The reason why Yusei Electronics Entertainment was awarded a grand slam this time is because Kazuo Murakami believes that the success of the Switch has brought a very strong impetus to the entire game industry.

If we don't give such an influential event a unique awards ceremony, then it really wouldn't be right.

As for the other game companies that participated in the competition, they all remained silent this year. In subsequent interviews and comments, they unanimously stated that Youxing Electronic Entertainment deserved the award.

They even felt that being nominated alongside Yuxing Electronic Entertainment this year was a great honor for them.

As for Zhu Youxing himself, he received a unique honor.

Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in the video game industry.

When attending the annual game awards ceremony, Takeyusei was unaware of this award. He was taken aback when he heard Kazuo Murakami call out his name and announce the award.

But everyone acted as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Even Hayakawa Ueto, who took time out of his busy schedule to attend the awards ceremony, gave Takeyusei an approving look.

Bamboo Star absolutely deserves this achievement.

The Lifetime Achievement Award for Future Games will only be given to Zhu Youxing. Others can only receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at a game award ceremony, not one for the entire game industry.

This is what makes Bamboo Star unique.

After the awards ceremony ended, Zhu Youxing looked at the various awards and trophies piled up on his table and felt helpless.

It seems that winning too many awards at once can also be a bit of a problem.

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"Zhuyou, congratulations! You have become a truly unique presence in the gaming industry."

When the awards ceremony ended, Hayakawa Ueto, a person who was both an enemy and a friend, took the initiative to wait for Takeyusei at the door, wanting to personally congratulate him.

At this moment, Zhu Youxing was holding only a lifetime achievement trophy that belonged only to him.

The trophy's design features a half-body portrait of Zhu Youxing, as if the award was truly tailor-made for him.

He smiled helplessly and said, "To be honest, I don't care too much about this award. I would rather see more high-quality games than this kind of formality."

There is no such popular meme as Versailles in this world, but now Hayakawa Ueto has a similar idea.

Zhu Youxing is just too much like Versailles!

However, he does indeed have the qualifications.

Hayakawa Ueto smiled and said, "So, since you want to release more and better games, it seems you already have a plan for the future?"

Zhu Youxing nodded: "There are indeed some new ideas, and they should be quite ambitious."

Hayakawa Ueto immediately asked tentatively, "What kind of game will it be? Another open-world game?"

"Please allow me to keep this a secret for now," Zhu Youxing said calmly.

He doesn't plan to reveal any information about the game yet; he wants to wait until the game he envisions is at least 70-80% complete before releasing it publicly.

He doesn't mind if this game takes three to five years, or even seven or eight years to develop; it's his biggest dream.

"Okay, then I won't ask any more questions about the game's genre, but at least tell me a little bit about how much you plan to invest in this game you're planning?"

Hayakawa Ueto clearly wanted to estimate what kind of game Takeyusei wanted to make by looking at the amount of money Takeyusei was prepared to invest.

Takeyusei thought about it and felt that revealing this information wouldn't have any impact. Anyway, when the project was actually launched, Hayakawa Ueto's intelligence network would definitely be able to investigate this matter clearly.

So he frankly said, "We'll estimate 300 million US dollars first, and at the same time prepare another 200 million US dollars to invest at any time. If we can finish it with 300 million US dollars, we'll use 300 million US dollars to finish it. If we can't finish it, we'll invest more."

Hayakawa Ueto's expression froze for a moment.

Three hundred million US dollars?

No, it should be five hundred million US dollars.

Zhu Youxing really wants to take a huge gamble.

Also, how much savings does Zhu Youxing actually have?

Oh, by the way, the Switch sold very well in the second half of this year.

By not competing with the Switch at all, and even deliberately avoiding it, the console has led more players to choose this newly launched product. Coupled with its strong lineup of games at launch, it's hard not to make money.

Thinking of this, Hayakawa Ueto suddenly felt a little regretful. Should he have competed with Takeyusei a little, so that he could at least get a share of the profits?