Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

"Asakusa, have you played this game before?"

The person called Asakusa said with a hint of pride, "Of course, I've played a lot of games. My dad grew up playing games when he was young, so of course I have to follow in his footsteps."

Someone immediately muttered in a low voice, "Is this how you use the phrase 'inheriting one's father's business'?"

After boasting about himself, Asakusa immediately added, "Let me tell you, it's okay to play games like Assassin's Creed, but this game has released three installments in a row, and it's going to be one per year from now on. It seems like they're planning to release one game per year in the future. This kind of one-game-per-year release seems a bit rushed now, and it's actually a bit of a waste to play it."

Do you have any game recommendations?

"Of course, you guys seem to have never played many video games in the past, so my top recommendation is definitely Super Mario."

Someone immediately perked up and said, "Oh, I've heard of that name before. This game seems to be quite famous in the gaming community."

"Tch, how can it be just famous? This game series is practically world-dominating. Every time a game in this series is released in the past, it breaks records!"

"Any other games you would recommend?"

Asakusa asked, "What kind of game do you want to play?"

One of them looked at the TV screen and said, "It's like Assassin's Creed, I think it's pretty cool."

Asakusa immediately said, "What's the point of playing this? Cool games can't put food on the table. The industry now generally agrees that Assassin's Creed is just a formulaic 'canned' game. In the future, other game companies will produce this kind of game without limit. You guys don't really need to play this kind of game."

At that moment, the person who was playing Assassin's Creed put down the controller. Someone was mocking the game he was playing, and he couldn't hold back anymore.

"Asakusa, you know absolutely nothing about Assassin's Creed."

“How could I not know?” Asakusa said with a light laugh. “The Assassin’s Creed series has long been recognized within the game industry as a benchmark for open-world canned games, and it is also the production template for standard games that Yusei Electronics Entertainment showcases to the outside world.”

Asakusa answered with almost no hesitation.

However, for someone who is only fifteen years old to start analyzing the inner workings of the video game industry like an adult is indeed a bit unusual.

In fact, these were not his opinions, but rather the content discussed by people in the game forums he usually liked to read.

It was a forum on a game review website, where people were very vocal and constantly researching trends in the gaming industry.

There always seems to be something they can point out and criticize.

The kid who was playing Assassin's Creed blushed, very unconvinced. Then he suddenly remembered something and immediately said, "You definitely don't know that the next Assassin's Creed game will be released before Christmas this year. This game is confirmed to be a brand new and innovative title, with some new mechanics."

"A completely new mechanism? I don't believe it."

Just you wait and see!

……

As of December 2014, Assassin's Creed was released on schedule.

This did not surprise people in the industry, because this series of games is a standard industrial game template, which tells game developers that this kind of development can represent the basic capabilities of a game company.

Or, to put it another way, Assassin's Creed represents the baseline for Yuxing Electronics Entertainment to showcase the company's overall strength.

If they can develop a standard Assassin's Creed game like Yusei Electronic Entertainment, then they will have entered the ranks of top game development companies and have the opportunity to get a larger share of the game development pie.

If a company lacks the development capabilities to create a game like Assassin's Creed, it will remain stuck in the lower half of the gaming industry, unless it occasionally becomes a breakout hit among indie games.

"President, today is the release date of Assassin's Creed by Yusei Electronics. Shall we buy a copy and try it out?"

Within Su Rui Electronics, the head of the game development division personally accompanied Hayakawa Ueto to inspect the development progress of his department's games and game console-related products.

Since news broke recently that Yuxing Electronics Entertainment will launch a new generation of next-generation home game consoles instead of portable devices like the Switch, Surrey Electronics is naturally not willing to fall behind, because if it lags behind in this area, its video game sales will definitely be greatly reduced.

"Assassin's Creed? That formulaic game from Yusei Electronics?"

"That's right, President."

What's your opinion?

Chapter 933 What the superiors do, the inferiors follow

933

Upon hearing Hayakawa Ueto's question, the minister immediately replied seriously, "President, I believe this series of games is a standard answer for us and other companies. We have already purchased three games in this series, and the improvements in gameplay in these games are not significant. I don't think there is much need to purchase them again."

"What are your reasons for not wanting to buy it? Do you think it's a waste of time?" Hayakawa Ueto continued to ask.

“Yes, President.” The minister nodded in reply. “There’s not much to learn from games like this anymore. My team already knows how these kinds of games are made, and we now have the capability to develop them, so there’s no need to waste any more time looking at how Assassin’s Creed was developed.”

Hayakawa Ueto gave the department head a deep look and said, "Is this your own idea? Or does it also include the department's development team's idea?"

"This... is my own idea, mainly because we really don't have much time to develop games right now."

Hayakawa Ueto said, "Looks like you're complaining to me about how you guys work overtime every day."

"No... absolutely not." The minister hurriedly explained in a panic.

"I didn't force you to work overtime every day. It's just that your development efficiency is indeed not as good as that of Youxing Electronic Entertainment. Of course, there's nothing we can do about it, so we can only make up for the gap in talent with hard work."

As the president of a company, and a top-tier one at that, Hayakawa Ueto faces considerable pressure to meet performance targets.

He needs to achieve even better results if he wants to secure his position.

Ultimately, he is a capitalist. Under pressure from shareholders and performance targets, coupled with a lack of talent, he can only rely on pressure to force himself to keep up with the pace of Upstar Electronic Entertainment.

However, this does cause some pain for game developers.

If Surui Electronics hadn't offered such a generous sum, these people probably wouldn't have been able to afford it.

Hayakawa Ueto said, "I know about Assassin's Creed, and it's true that the recent games are all pretty much the same. But I still suggest you continue to buy Assassin's Creed games. Yusei Electronics Entertainment is not as simple as you think. If you think that the games developed by Yusei Electronics Entertainment are not worth learning from, do you still expect to make a name for yourself in the game industry?"

"Yes... I understand." The minister, sweating profusely, lowered his head, not daring to look Hayakawa Ueto in the eye.

Now, Hayakawa Ueto is nearly sixty years old and has been the president of the company for more than ten years. Gradually, he has acquired the same aura as his father when he was in power, which is even more oppressive, and no one dares to be disrespectful in front of him.

"Focus on your current work. There's no need to rush to finish the game development in the near future. Video games are ultimately cultural and entertainment products, and creating cultural and entertainment products under pressure is not advisable. I shouldn't put so much pressure on you. Take a break."

Hayakawa Ueto's words were like a royal decree, and the minister naturally dared not disobey, continuing to force the team to develop the game.

The minister immediately bowed his head and replied, "I understand, President."

Hayakawa Ueto had finished his inspection. He waved his hand, no longer allowing the minister to see him off, and left the office area alone to take another look at other places.

As for the minister, he quickly returned to the development team's offices to announce the president's orders.

Upon hearing the order, those who had barely had a proper rest for two or three months due to game development immediately cheered.

While the emergence of standardized game templates has recently reduced the difficulty of game development, it also means that developers will have more time to develop more games.

Idealists in game development like Yusei Electronic Entertainment are ultimately too few and far between.

Many companies ultimately end up on a path of endlessly repeating the same formulaic games.

Zhu Youxing had no control over this aspect; he could only instill his own ideas when teaching courses in the past.

The time saved by game development tools is not for developers to work intensively on the next game, but for them to spend more time creating more ideas for the existing game.

However, only a minority of companies actually heed this advice.

Capital and the diversity of cultural products always seem to be in constant conflict.

Unless the game's creators possess the prestige and influence of figures like Miyazaki, Miyamoto, or Kojima in the original world.

"Alright, everyone, just putting down your work doesn't mean you can relax too much. As the president just said, after you go home at get off work tonight, you should all play Assassin's Creed Revelations, which was released in the last two days. Then, after a week, you should all write a game experience report for me. I want to see what you think and feel about the game."

"Huh? Minister, what's so fun about this game? Isn't it just a standard formulaic game?"

"Yeah, playing games like this is a real waste of time."

The minister said, "There's nothing I can do. This is the president's order, or do you all want to disobey the president's orders?"

These people immediately dared not say anything more.

The president suggested giving them a break, and although they complained a bit about having more time to play and experience Assassin's Creed Revelations, it was still better than the crazy overtime they had been working before.

As for the minister himself, he had no interest in experiencing this kind of formulaic game.

Instead of wasting that time, you might as well socialize more or play a round of golf.

This is the life of the upper class.

This minister had climbed his way up from the bottom and had a strong desire for power and a strong desire to enter the upper class. He considered wasting time on things he thought were meaningless a crime.

As for the experience report the president wanted, he left it to his subordinates to handle. Once it was in his hands, he would combine it with several other reports and polish it up, and that would be his own report.

He was making his own plans, then told his men to continue with their work.

When it was time to leave work, almost all the game development staff left the company quickly, as they had been wanting to leave on time for a while.

This is such a rare opportunity, we absolutely cannot let it go to waste.

Several people who had just left the company had already made plans to go out for karaoke, drinks, and the best sushi tonight.

As for the game experience report, there's no harm in waiting a little longer.

Isn't that what their minister does anyway?

The superiors set an example for the subordinates.

Moreover, deep down they also believe that the Assassin's Creed series of games is not worth playing.

Chapter 934 Canned Food Game

934

"I really shouldn't have bought this thing, and I especially shouldn't have bought this game and actually played it at home."

An employee in the video game development department of Suri was somewhat frustrated.

He originally intended to go out for food, drinks, and entertainment.

However, before leaving, the minister specifically instructed them to write a game report on Assassin's Creed. While the others didn't take it too seriously, he obediently followed his instructions.

He later learned that most people didn't actually intend to play the game seriously.

Because, in the eyes of these game developers, such games no longer have much appeal.

Usually, playing a game genre once is enough. The rest is about constantly exploring what makes that genre stand out. There's no need to continue immersing yourself in the world of video games.

Ultimately, video game development is just a job, and not everyone can enjoy it as much as the people at Yuxing Electronic Entertainment.

"Forget it, there's no point in going out now. Let's just have some fun."

Previously, he had already roughly understood the overall storyline of the game from the trailers for Assassin's Creed Revelations.