Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

However, these companies are indeed also plagued by pirated games.

The open-world games they develop are generally playable and of decent quality, but not essential games.

Sometimes, players aren't really interested in a game but still want to try it out, so they choose to find pirated versions online, which is a loss for these companies.

The products promoted by the hippies successfully won them over.

Ultimately, most of these people are driven by capital, prioritizing profit above all else, with everything else being secondary.

Chapter 995 Targeted

995

"I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I feel like games lately are getting worse and worse. Of course, it's not that the games are of poor quality, but they just don't seem to be made with much sincerity. Every game is very similar, and every game has similar problems."

"That's right, I feel the same way. Some games even have very similar bugs. I've already bought the best computer, but the experience is no different from that of a regular computer. It's very laggy. Lag is one thing, but if the graphics are good, I won't say anything. But if the graphics are terrible, I can't stand it."

In the latter part of 2016, more and more people on the internet began to complain that video games were becoming boring.

While becoming uninteresting, the gaming experience also declines sharply.

Even if a game is uninteresting, the maturity of industrialized games means that it is at least above average. Even if it is a series of games, with the fans attracted by the previous series, the sequels may be quite similar, but as long as the core of the game does not change much, loyal fans will still be willing to spend money.

For many fans, playing this game is more of a pastime, and also a habit; they feel very uncomfortable if they don't play it.

This can be seen as a characteristic of the positive cycle in the development of video games.

Even if the game's quality is close to a decent average and there aren't many standout features, players are still willing to play and experience it.

This approach can quickly cultivate a large group of game developers.

Over time, a few of these game developers will eventually unleash their extraordinary talent and create truly eye-catching games.

Whether it's video games, movies, novels, or other entertainment and cultural products, truly high-quality products are extremely rare; most are merely mediocre.

You can't really expect every game to be amazing.

However, while the game's quality hasn't changed much recently, the experience has been declining sharply, leading to increasing dissatisfaction among players.

They began to feel that spending money was a waste of time.

However, some profit-driven game companies don't care about the emergence of such clues.

They only care about short-term gains.

Yuxing Electronic Entertainment naturally discovered the same problem.

Yuxing Electronic Entertainment focuses on one thing: consistently producing high-quality games with excellent gameplay experiences.

At least, the games from Yuxing Electronics Entertainment have very few bugs and vulnerabilities, and even if they do appear, they won't be serious enough to affect the gameplay.

Sometimes, players even joke that Yusei Electronics Entertainment has finally fallen from grace after discovering some bugs in the company's games.

However, it was just a joke; players still have a high level of trust in Yuxing Electronic Entertainment.

However, at the same time, more and more pirated games began to appear online.

Among these pirated games, those from Youxing Electronic Entertainment are the most numerous.

Often, as soon as Yuxing Electronic Entertainment releases a new game in its series, pirated download versions of the game will appear online the next day or the day after, and the speed of dissemination is quite fast.

It initially spread through the Facebook social platform.

However, Facebook quickly realized something was wrong and promptly blocked these related downloads. They also started tracking keywords to minimize the promotion of these pirated games.

As one of Facebook's major shareholders and Bob's most admired person, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment certainly doesn't want any negative information about Yuxing Electronic Entertainment in his products, especially the promotion of pirated games, which is something he absolutely must prohibit.

Facebook acted very quickly in banning it, but other forum platforms were not as swift.

Many forums are privately set up, which are essentially lawless areas. Moreover, the people who share are completely anonymous and use very covert methods to hide their whereabouts.

It's obvious that this guy is a very skilled computer and internet person, capable of finding almost no clues.

Due to the rampant spread of piracy, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment experienced a rare decline in game sales over the past few decades.

Revenue from the PC platform has declined by about ten percent.

This percentage, around ten percent, is roughly equivalent to a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars per month.

That would be fatal.

Players clearly prefer free stuff; after all, getting something for free is an instinct, and it makes people happy and excited.

In his original world, Zhu Youxing started learning about video games through pirated games. However, after growing up, he gradually realized that video games also have intellectual property rights, and that buying genuine games is a way to support the creators of video games. So, Zhu Youxing started buying physical or digital copies of many of the games he had played.

This is a way to put my mind at ease.

Therefore, Zhuyouxing is not angry about players playing pirated games; on the contrary, he doesn't think it's that bad.

The fact that players are willing to go to great lengths to play pirated games at least proves that the games they create are still very popular.

However, pirated games also have some drawbacks, such as their unknown origin and the potential for players' computers to become infected with computer viruses.

Then these players will complain about how bad the game is, which is tantamount to shifting the blame directly to Yusei Electronic Entertainment.

This bamboo star could not tolerate it.

As soon as 2016 ended and the first month of 2017 arrived, a financial report appeared on Takeyusei's desk: "President, this is last month's revenue. December is clearly the best time for video game sales, but last December's overall revenue was not as good as the revenue of a normal month in the first half of the year."

"Is it because of piracy?" Zhu Youxing asked.

"That's right, that's the biggest reason. Pirated games have caused our overall revenue to decline significantly."

Zhu Youxing remained expressionless, seemingly lost in thought.

"President, we should find a way to stop the spread of pirated games. Perhaps we could try using a game program encryption system? I've heard that many game companies are using such products, and their game sales have remained stable, or even increased. This..."

Zhu Youxing interrupted the other person, saying, "There's no need to say more about this. I don't want to put any more restrictions on video games."

After Zhu Youxing finished speaking, he narrowed his eyes and said, "However, your words made me think of something."

Chapter 996 Another Visit

996

No matter how you look at it, it's all somewhat of a coincidence.

The company that made the game encryption program last year is looking for a partnership.

After he refused, the other party left some harsh words, but Zhu Youxing didn't take them seriously at the time.

But when his subordinate mentioned the encryption program to him again, he suddenly felt something was off.

However, it's just suspicion at the moment, and we can't prove anything yet.

Is there any way to prove it?

Perhaps there really is...

Yusei said to the person reporting the financial report, "Go back to work. I already know about the recent issue of pirated games. I will find a way to resolve it. You just need to focus on the upcoming home console promotion. This year's Yusei Carnival will reveal the full picture of the latest game console, which is the focus this year. Also, there's the issue of the lineup of launch titles."

"Ok."

Since the president said he could find a solution, his subordinates didn't need to say anything more.

This year is also a relatively important year for Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

The latest GS home video game console will be announced this year.

Furthermore, following the announcement of home video game consoles, new development work will begin on the latest handheld console products.

The new handheld console will also keep up with the times, using the latest and best performance and the best cost performance.

Recently, more and more players have begun to complain about the insufficient performance of older Switch consoles.

Therefore, it's time for the next generation of Switch products to appear.

Before the Bamboo Star travels through time, the Switch simply refuses to release a new game console.

Players have long been complaining about Nintendo.

But since Nintendo's games are so fun, players can only grit their teeth and bear it.

However, in this world, Takeyusei himself wants to experience a better handheld gaming experience, so he naturally can't be like Nintendo in the original world, squeezing every last drop of profit from the Switch before releasing the latest handheld.

After the person who presented the financial report left, Zhu Youxing picked up the phone to find a solution to the problem of pirated games.

But at that moment, Zhu Youxing's internal phone rang on its own.

That was a call from the assistant.

Zhu Youxing immediately answered.

"President, someone wants to see you. You met him last year. Would you like to meet with him?"

"I saw him last year?" Zhu Youxing's heart skipped a beat. "Who was it?"

"It's Ivan, the guy with the rather unique outfit."

"Evan? Who is Evan?"

"Oh, sorry, boss, you might not know his name. He's the hippie you met before."

When it comes to hippies, Takeyusei immediately thinks of this guy.

That's him.

Zhu Youxing really didn't remember this guy's name, or rather, he didn't ask for the guy's name at the time.

Is his name Ivan?

Zhu Youxing pondered for a moment, then said, "Let him come. I happen to be free, but he only has five minutes. I need to go to the game development department to supervise the game development later."

"Okay, I'll have him go up there right away."

Evan was very unhappy.

It turns out that Zhu Youxing never knew his name from beginning to end.

He had only just learned Ivan's name.

This is a completely disregard for their own dignity.

He was indeed a very arrogant guy, and an outdated old-fashioned one at that.