Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

Zhu Youxing's words were very straightforward, and everyone knew immediately that there was no room for negotiation, so no one else mentioned it.

Finally, Zhu Youxing checked on the development progress of the Olympic Games game.

Video games cannot be included in the Olympics, but the Olympics can be a part of video games, which reflects the inclusivity of video games.

Moreover, this was a project that the Japanese government begged for help to develop, so Takeyusei had to give the Japanese government face.

The game's name is straightforward: Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The game can be played on any device, and it doesn't need any exclusive features, although some gameplay elements can be restricted.

The motion-sensing gameplay is exclusive to the Yuxing Electronics Entertainment game console, as is the VR-plus-motion-sensing gameplay. Players can only experience this content using a regular PC or Yuxing Electronics Entertainment's home game console; other game consoles and platforms cannot fully experience this content.

It's not that Zhu Youxing wants to monopolize it; his vision isn't that narrow. It's just that the development of this part of the function is based on a very user-friendly programming and development method, which is also compatible with current regular PCs and Youxing electronic entertainment game consoles.

For example, the game consoles from Su Rui Electronics have motion sensing and VR functions, but the overall operation logic and system are very closed. Youxing Electronics Entertainment has to optimize them one by one on these platforms. Zhuyouxing doesn't have that much time to do this kind of thing.

After discussing the Olympic-related projects, the meeting ended. Hayazawa Airi pulled Takeyu Aya aside to chat, while the others went about their own work. Takeyu Hoshi also began his inspection work in different development departments.

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A few days later, at the company headquarters in Mikeford, USA, Myron Case looked at the latest data report with a somewhat gloomy expression.

Recently, games that were originally expected to sell at least a million copies are now far from achieving that goal.

These games were originally planned to generate a profit of around 30%.

But now, let alone profits, even breaking even is extremely difficult.

And the culprit behind all of this is Cyberpunk 2077.

This is really weird!

It's truly unbelievable!

A game that had been on the market for just over two months suddenly saw its sales surge dramatically from a point of gradual decline.

Sales exceeded one million in a single day.

This is an achievement typically seen only at the launch of top-tier games.

Or something similar might happen during a large discount event.

However, Cyberpunk 2077 hasn't been discounted yet, and it's a game that already has two installments released. From any perspective, there's no reason for its sales to explode again.

But that's exactly what happened.

When Myron Case found out, he was completely bewildered.

He couldn't help but wonder if entering the video game market was the right choice.

Why do all sorts of unexpected things always happen whenever I want to show my skills?

He knew the reason for the explosive sales growth of Cyberpunk 2077: it was an animated film.

It's all because of an animated film!

This is simply unbelievable.

When did an animated film become this influential?

Chapter 1090 An Unexpected Accident

Based on the historical trajectory, Myron Case and the Steve Jobs that Zhu Youxing knew in his previous life share more than 90% similarity.

He single-handedly founded a strong electronics company and launched several flagship products.

He also has quite good foresight.

It is anticipated that electronic products will gradually become smaller and more portable in the future, and smartphones have a bright future.

However, his career path was quite different from that of Steve Jobs.

That is, after being kicked out of Red Fruit Company, he chose not to start an animation company.

He continued to stick to his choice and made electronic products.

This may be influenced by the butterfly, Bamboo Star.

Steve Jobs was ousted because his temper and some of his business strategies were disliked by Apple's shareholders at the time.

Steve Jobs may have felt frustrated when he was ousted, but not too strongly. So after being ousted, he chose to work in another emerging technology industry: 3D modeling and animation, and created the world's first 3D feature-length animated film: Toy Story.

Later, as Jobs' animation company grew larger and larger, Apple's business deteriorated due to poor management. Eventually, at Jobs' invitation, the "Dragon King" returned and led Apple back to glory.

This is a fairly standard typical "sweet and satisfying" story.

But in this world, Myron Case was kicked out by business competition.

Myron Case was ousted from the company because he failed to gain an early advantage in the video game market at the time, and his own products were clearly not competitive enough. Shareholders believed he was not a qualified CEO.

Myron Casey felt more resentful after being kicked out of this world.

He believed he was on the right track, but those idiots at Red Fruit Company were only thinking about immediate profits.

Since that's the case, I'll prove to you that my path is correct.

So he resolutely founded Mikefu, producing and selling portable music players, smartphones, and personal computers.

He ultimately succeeded, but he lacked some of the experiences that Steve Jobs had in his previous life.

Therefore, he did not have a deep understanding of how much impact animation could have.

If it were Steve Jobs in his previous life, after watching Cyberpunk Edgewalker, he might have foreseen that the animation would have a very strong impact, at least in the field of video games.

Myron Case simply couldn't foresee this, because he didn't have that concept.

"Hey, where are you going?"

In the game development department in Mikefu, a young man was about to leave with a document in his hand when the department head immediately stopped him.

That young man has recently become quite popular in the department.

He and a few friends created a technology that can randomly generate infinite worlds, adding endless exploration fun to the game.

However, the development of this infinite world technology requires sufficient funding, which cannot be accomplished by a few young people alone. Therefore, they sought help from Mikeford to develop the game they envisioned.

Myron Case was very optimistic about it, and so was the person in charge.

The young man was called over. He turned around and saw that it was his department head calling him. He immediately said happily, "I want to report to Mr. Myron Case about my recent game development progress. Thanks to your help, boss and supervisor, our development is progressing very quickly. We have already made a demo of the game."

The department head felt a surge of satisfaction upon hearing this. This young man was quite idealistic, and he was happy to create a game development environment for such an idealistic person.

It's great that he achieved something, but...

"Don't go see the boss yet, he's been in a bad mood lately."

"Huh? Why? We seem to have had a lot of good games released recently, and I've played them all. They're all pretty good games. Could it be... that they're not selling well?"

"Yes, and it's not just that sales are bad. There are reasons for the poor sales. The boss has been in a bad mood lately because of this."

The department head recalled that he went to report to his boss the day before yesterday, and his boss had a gloomy look on his face.

After checking the sales figures for the games up to today, he didn't dare bother the boss anymore.

We should wait at least a few days before discussing it further.

"The reason? What reason?" the young man asked cautiously.

"Because of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, they used a promotional tactic they had never used before, which caused the game's sales, which were declining, to suddenly rebound sharply and dominate the trending topics on social networks, affecting our game's sales."

There's no need to hide this from the young man; anyway, some gaming media outlets will probably be talking about it in the next day or two.

Cyberpunk 2077 has defied the trend and made a comeback, regaining the top spot in sales on the Battle.net platform.

The game's sales had finally fallen out of the top ten weekly sales charts, but thanks to the Cyberpunk Edgewalker animated series, it has returned to the top spot.

Generally speaking, the top-ranked player on Battle.net needs to have hundreds of thousands or even millions of sales.

Only Yusei Electronics could maintain its top position for a game that's been on the market for over two months.

"Boss, are you talking about... Cyberpunk 2077?"

"Yes, that's right. You follow this game regularly, right?"

"Of course, this game is the pinnacle of the current gaming industry, even though it's our competitor."

The department head said, "So, because this game is selling so well, it's squeezing our game's sales space. The boss is very upset and angry right now, so you should wait and go see him again."

The young man said somewhat reluctantly, "But I should consider this good news for the boss, right? There's new progress in the game development on my end."

"Now I'm afraid my boss will get angry whenever he hears about video games, so I suggest you don't go looking for trouble."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, boss." The young man finally gave in; his boss's words did indeed make sense.

The two then chatted for a while about Cyberpunk 2077.

Even as the head of the game division in Michigan, he highly praised Cyberpunk 2077, developed by their competitor.

There's no doubt that Cyberpunk 2077 is the pinnacle of video games right now.

But he prefers to examine the game from the perspective of a game developer, hoping to learn something from it.

The two of them seriously studied the various merits of this game for quite some time, to see if they could be applied to current game development.

During this process, the young man asked with some concern, "Boss, do you think the boss will reduce funding for our department because of this setback?"

The young man was clearly worried about whether the investment in developing his game would decrease. His random world was quite expensive, costing at least ten or twenty million US dollars.

He used a system called programmed random generation, and the research also cost a lot of money.

"You don't need to worry about that. This loss was an unexpected event that only disrupted some of the boss's original plans. It's not a matter of reducing investment."

Myron Case was not short-sighted; he also knew that this accident had nothing to do with sportsmanship.

"That's good, that's good." The young man breathed a sigh of relief.

Chapter 1091 The Game of Making Up the Numbers

"By the way, how's the progress of your technology?"

"I expect the game to be officially launched soon, around the beginning of next year. Right now, the game demo is available for testing. I was originally planning to show the boss the game demo, but that may not be possible now."

The department head nodded: "Yes, it's not really appropriate for you to report this to the boss right now, but he should only be angry for a few days and then recover. When you show him the results, I think he will be very happy."

Seeing that the previous projects had all failed, he felt that if this young man's project made significant progress, it would be very promising.