Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

Airi Hayazawa picked up a broom, and having already taken off her coat, she immediately put on an apron to prevent dirt and a small cleaning hat, along with a pair of waterproof gloves, and began to clean.

Seeing Hayazawa Airi tidying up, Takeyusei had no choice but to lend a hand.

A full hour had passed, and the second half of the Red and White Song Festival was drawing to a close before the cleaning finally ended.

"Phew, it feels so much better after cleaning up. Come on, boss, let's eat together! This is a delicious meal my mom made."

After cleaning, Airi Hayazawa happily ran to the foot warmer, opened the bento box, and a gentle steam wafted out, accompanied by the delicious aroma of the food.

The food on the foot warmer table stays warm even after a while, and the current temperature is just right.

Airi Hayazawa showed an expression of enjoyment.

Zhu Youxing was also attracted by the smell and craned his neck to take a look.

Ise shrimp, pickled octopus, and shredded red and white radish are all foods that symbolize good fortune.

There's also steaming hot rice cake soup, and Date rolls made with minced white fish and egg yolk.

These dishes require housewives to prepare for more than ten days in advance, showing how much care they put into making them.

"Auntie's cooking is really good."

At this moment, Zhu Youxing's eyes also couldn't help but light up.

This is so much better than eating cold dishes at home during Chinese New Year.

Airi Hayazawa said happily, "Hehe, of course. My mom loves cooking, and I heard that half of the students who come here for the New Year do so because of my mom's cooking."

Takeyusei looked up at Hayasawa Airi: "So, how's your cooking?"

"Eat up, it's going to be delicious!"

Airi Hayazawa completely ignored Takeyusei's question.

"How come the food you made is... um..."

"Come on, have some fish and shrimp rolls! They're delicious! My mom spent a whole day and night making these fish and shrimp rolls!"

Hayazawa Airi grabbed a piece of fish and shrimp roll and stuffed it directly into Takeyusei's mouth, stopping him from asking any more questions.

Zhu Youxing wanted to say something, but he was quickly captivated by the delicious food and forgot the question he had just wanted to ask.

Immediately afterwards, the two of them transformed into complete foodies, devouring the delicious food in a flash.

Airi Hayazawa brought a large basket of food, which would normally be enough for three or four people.

However, Takeyusei and Hayasawa Airi managed to wipe them all out.

Even after they had eaten their fill, the two of them would occasionally sip some rice cake soup to moisten their throats, and for a moment the only sound in the living room was the slurping of soup.

"Phew, that feels so good."

After finishing her meal, Airi Hayazawa burrowed half her body into the warm electric tumbler, covered herself with a quilt, and completely got rid of the chill she had felt earlier.

Zhu Youxing was quite satisfied.

Suddenly, this New Year feels much warmer.

"By the way, Zhuyou, let's play a game, the kind you play for two."

"Great, this is a good opportunity to test the latest game console and see how well it performs."

"The latest game console? Zhuyou, you brought back the prototype?"

"Well, I originally planned to familiarize myself with the new machine during these few days of the New Year, start making games for it, and then make a splash when it launches."

As he spoke, Takeyusei crawled out of the warm kotatsu table, went to a cabinet next to the TV, and took out a game console that looked much better than the Famicom.

This game console is the Super Nintendo that Zhuyouxing plans to release in the future.

As the performance of the game console approached the limits of Zhuyouxing's manufacturing capabilities, he began planning to create a game console with even better performance.

Super Nintendo is his next target.

The machine has actually been manufactured for some time.

However, he was not in a hurry to release it directly.

At least for now, apart from myself, none of the game development teams feel they have fully explored the limits of the Famicom. I am just taking precautions so that if PN releases some big move, I will have a way to deal with it.

The Super Nintendo was a 16-bit machine, which was more powerful than the original Famicom's 8-bit performance, allowing it to handle more content and produce better graphics.

The PN game console was also 16-bit, but they didn't make good use of this advantage at all, and instead let the Famicom have the upper hand.

However, if Surui Electronics takes a more ambitious approach in the future and releases a game console with even better performance, it's only a matter of time before it surpasses the Famicom.

Sometimes gameplay is indeed more important than graphics, but you can't be too bad either, or you'll easily be left behind because you can't keep up with the times.

Nintendo almost messed up on this back then.

Zhu Youxing connected the game console to the TV and started it up. After the familiar GameStar logo animation ended, the game selection screen appeared.

The game selection screen features classic games from the NES.

Takeyusei handed a brand new controller to Hayasawa Airi, who was still hiding in the kotatsu, and then he selected Tetris.

With the powerful performance of the Super Nintendo, the graphics of Tetris, which were originally somewhat monotonous, seem to have been enhanced, and the colors have become more vibrant.

If this game console were to appear in front of players right now, they would probably shout with excitement at its vibrant visuals.

No one would refuse even better graphics on top of a good game.

After setting up the game, Takeyusei grabbed the controller and ran into the kotatsu. The two of them were now only one person apart, both lying down and looking up at the TV. Hayazawa Airi couldn't help but turn her head and steal a glance at Takeyusei.

Takeyusei was now focused on the television and seemed oblivious to Hayasawa Airi's gaze.

Hayazawa Airi stared intently at Takeyusei, occasionally tilting her head slightly, lost in thought.

"Alright, let's begin! Let's see who can last the longest!"

"Ah... Oh! Watch me defeat you, boss!" Hayazawa Airi withdrew her gaze and, together with Takeyusei, immersed herself in the game world...

Chapter 88 Two New Challengers

On the morning of January 11, 1994

The employees of Youxing Electronic Entertainment Development Department were in high spirits as they started their first day of work.

Apart from essential daily customer service staff and sales personnel, the game console developers and game developers all took a fairly long holiday during the New Year period.

Having just returned, they felt extremely happy at work, and now their minds are suddenly bursting with inspiration, giving them plenty of energy.

This is a very dynamic young company, and even under the intense competition from Surui Electronics, it doesn't seem to have affected the morale of these game development employees.

Internally, several departments have quietly begun developing the Super Nintendo game console.

Of course, the Famicom will not be given up easily, and the two machines will go hand in hand in the future.

The price of the Famicom will be reduced because the cost was not high to begin with. Now, Zhuyouxing hopes to expand the player base, so the console should not be too expensive, otherwise it will exclude many potential players.

Then, if you want a better gaming experience, the Super Nintendo is another option.

When original games are released on the Super Nintendo, they are usually enhanced to some extent, resulting in better graphics.

In particular, top-tier games such as Super Mario 3 and The Legend of Zelda will undergo special graphics enhancements, resulting in even better visuals.

However, this is a major move, a preparation to guard against unexpected events at any time.

Unless something unexpected happens, Super Nintendo will not be made public for the time being.

But just a few days after the New Year, an accident really happened.

However, this unexpected event did not originate from Surui Electronics.

Instead, they are two different companies.

They announced their game consoles almost simultaneously after the New Year, and both claimed that they had amazing and fun games.

A company called Vides has announced its constellation-themed game console, Aries. The console will run on a 16-bit chip, and the announced game lineup looks quite impressive. Vides also confidently claims that each game has been in development for at least three months, ensuring quality and quantity.

This company already has a business division focused on electronic entertainment, similar to the pachinko machines, dance machines, and karaoke machines that Kubonki has produced in the past.

This business unit was directly transformed into the Video Games Business Unit, focusing all its attention on video games.

There is also a large film and entertainment group called Jinping Entertainment, which has made a high-profile announcement that it will use its own film and television IPs to develop exclusive games, bringing a brand-new sensory experience to fans who love animation and film.

They also developed a game console called FutureStar.

The name is very similar to Gamestar, the name of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, which is obviously an attempt to ride on the coattails of the brand's popularity, and a rather blatant one at that.

The entire game console is about the size of a CD player and uses optical discs as its medium. This medium greatly reduces the production cost of the game's hardware, allowing the console to be priced as low as 7000 yen, the same as the Famicom, while still offering higher 16-bit performance.

To this end, they have begun to recruit electronic engineering developers and programmers from the outside world at high salaries, and can even directly sign lifetime employment contracts.

These two industries in Japanese society instantly became highly sought-after.

Many unemployed young people also seem to have seen a new hope.

The landscape of the video game industry has drastically shifted from a duopoly to a four-way battle. In this comparison, Yuxing Electronics Entertainment appears somewhat unstable.

This is, after all, a new company, and it seems to be no match for these three established companies in different fields in terms of financial resources and human resources.

However, both companies seem to be purely looking to make money.

They saw the huge market potential of the Famicom.

In less than a year, sales have exceeded one million, and that was just a month ago.

It has now reached at least 1.1 million.

Of course, the actual sales figures have reached 1.4 million.

People's desire to buy things increases during Christmas and New Year, especially when it comes to buying things for their children, they are no longer stingy and are willing to spend money on goods for their children.

The Famicom, being the most fashionable device at the time, naturally became the top choice.

According to statistics, sales exceeded 100,000 on Christmas Day alone. This is the first time that game console sales have reached 100,000 in a single day, which is quite astonishing.

Then on December 30th, the day before the New Year, sales figures broke through 12 again.

The Famicom has now entered a period of extremely rapid growth.

However, PN game consoles followed closely behind. Thanks to the previous vigorous promotion, it did have a very good effect. Now, daily sales can reach nearly 10,000, and the user base is constantly expanding.

Of course, the games are still just so-so, and it seems that PN game consoles are now only trying to expand their user base as much as possible.