Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

CDs can truly be considered the future of video games.

From this perspective, Zhuyouxing clearly places greater emphasis on the Future Star game console launched by Jinping Entertainment.

Who knows, this guy might just become the Sony of the future.

However, once he got his hands on the game console, he realized he had been overthinking things.

This thing... is basically a CD player. As for its gaming performance, that's just a bonus.

When the engineering development department disassembled it, they found that the video game motherboard module inside was added later. It can indeed have 16-bit game console performance, but it should be a stripped-down version, only slightly better than 8-bit.

Later, someone from the engineering development department told Zhu Youxing that this was probably because Jinping Entertainment had unsold CD players in stock and was trying to clear out the inventory under a different name.

This left Zhu Youxing speechless for a moment.

This rising star is really just trying to ride the wave of popularity, completely treating players like idiots.

No, that's not right either. This Jinping Entertainment isn't aimed at video game players, but rather at a group of celebrity fans.

Zhu Youxing suddenly felt a little sorry for them. These guys spent money chasing after celebrities, and ended up buying such a fraudulent product.

As for the games in this Future Star console, you can see a bit of ambition. It seems to be a video game developed by people who really want to make games. However, there are serious signs of being rushed. The games are very rough, comparable to the original PN console when it was first released.

Faced with such an opponent, Zhu Youxing simply chose to pass, realizing he had been overthinking things.

The only real competitor right now is Surui Electronics; the others are no match for it.

Vides plans to focus on the arcade market, which doesn't conflict with his own interests but rather complements them. He welcomes companies like this, as they can effectively expand the player base using cheaper methods.

My Dragon Quest 3 will probably beat them so badly they won't even recognize their own mothers. It would be great to show them the true terror of a series' sales figures.

And soon it was three days before the release of Dragon Quest III.

Now, all the major stores have posted large posters of Dragon Quest at their entrances.

Tents had already been set up at their doorstep.

Moreover, the tents alone have already stretched for dozens of meters, which is quite spectacular.

This was actually quite good news material, but several TV stations dared not interview it.

Only TV Tokyo acted as if nothing had happened, casually interviewing people setting up tents on the roadside, and TV Tokyo reaped all the attention.

Meanwhile, an online forum also became the focus of attention.

A website that focuses on video game reviews has somehow gotten its hands on Dragon Quest III ahead of schedule.

This had never happened before. The forum was quickly overwhelmed, with the number of daily real-time visitors surging from a thousand to more than seven thousand, causing the forum to crash. In the end, the forum's founder, Kazuo Murakami, had to ask his father for help to solve the problem.

He is indeed a child and has many shortcomings.

However, this did bring him traffic, and his online fame gradually grew.

In particular, his article reviewing Dragon Quest III in advance was quickly reposted.

He lavished countless praises on Dragon Quest III, essentially saying: This game is a masterpiece, and you'll regret it for life if you don't play it.

However, he cleverly did not reveal any plot details, only marveling at the charm of the story itself.

Even just experiencing the story makes this game well worth the price of admission.

With this review as a basis, some players are even more interested.

Even players who have never played Dragon Quest are starting to consider giving it a try.

This once again slightly boosted the sales of the first Dragon Quest game, bringing it to 700,000 copies sold.

At this moment, there is only one day left until the official release.

On the night of this final day, the number of people queuing outside several authorized stores all exceeded two hundred.

It's unbelievable that more than two hundred people lined up in the middle of the night.

Especially at the very first authorized store, the line outside the former Daejeon Entertainment Hall stretched for over 500 people.

Even though it's early spring and the weather is still a bit chilly, it can't dampen the players' enthusiasm.

Surui Electronics has once again realized the immense popularity of video games.

Hayakawa Ueto was even more eager to take the PN game console overseas, first make a quick buck, and then, like Yusei Electronics Entertainment, polish a few truly high-quality games.

Chapter 100 Unexpected Events

For many players, Dragon Quest is now their favorite game.

Among the people queuing, some even started cosplaying.

He was wearing a red cloak, a horned helmet, and carrying a plastic sword and shield.

The children in the line now had their eyes shining, staring wide-eyed at the large poster of Dragon Quest, imagining what kind of story it would be.

When the doors of the authorized stores officially opened, the crowd began to stir, creating a spectacular scene. The lines outside almost filled the blocks of each store.

The other shops in the street were staring wide-eyed.

That kind of heartfelt envy, jealousy, and hatred cannot be concealed.

Look how popular those other stores are selling game consoles, while these stores selling other products are practically deserted. The contrast is just too obvious.

These shops have already begun to consider whether to transform into stores that sell video games.

Player enthusiasm for the series has increased significantly.

This is different from Super Mario 3.

The plot of Super Mario 3 itself is not coherent; it's just a fairly traditional story about rescuing a princess, and each installment features a different version of that princess rescue.

Super Mario 3 is more about gameplay winning.

However, in Dragon Quest, the story and gameplay are equally important.

Countless players are eager to see brand new adventure stories, which is a powerful attraction.

In addition, the sales of the Famicom have now exceeded one million and will soon reach two million, and the user base is much larger than before.

Inside the store, in addition to the regular queuing area for sales, there are several game play areas.

You can play the game ahead of time by simply inserting a coin.

These places are now dominated by powerful forces, and almost every arcade in the game area only has one game: Dragon Quest III.

These tourists aren't short of money; they're just so eager to have some fun before buying anything, and they'll buy later when the queue is almost over.

The store was instantly packed with people, almost shoulder to shoulder, comparable to the Spring Festival travel rush in China.

"I want ten boxes of Dragon Quest III!"

"I'm sorry, sir, we are currently implementing a purchase limit policy. Each person can only buy two boxes at the moment. Here are your two boxes of Dragon Quest. Thank you for your patronage."

"Please give me a game console, and a box of Dragon Quest 1 and 3."

"Okay, thank you for your patronage."

……

These shop assistants are absolutely swamped right now.

However, they seem to be getting used to this kind of work.

There are always a few particularly busy days each month, which can last from eight in the morning until ten at night.

But these are often the days when they earn the most, so they are all very happy.

Moreover, their work is not uninterrupted; there are people to take over shifts in between, otherwise even an iron man could not last this long.

Thanks to its phenomenal sales, Dragon Quest has once again broken sales records for Famicom games.

On the first day, sales reached 130,000, and subsequent daily sales exceeded 20,000.

Finally, Dragon Quest III achieved an astonishing 280,000 units sold in its first week, almost breaking the 300,000 mark.

It's worth noting that this Dragon Quest III costs a whopping 3 yen.

Priced the same as the Famicom, it cost over 280,000 yen in its first two weeks, generating a total of 2 billion yen in sales!

This is outrageous!

Moreover, it's blatant robbery without any regard for reason.

This is a first-party game. After deducting 30% of the sales costs, the cost of the cartridge is almost negligible. In just one week, Dragon Quest alone has generated at least 1.3 billion in net profit.

This time, Zhu Youxing did not conceal this data.

This kind of data is already so alarming that it can no longer be concealed.

In just one week, a small company that had been established for less than a year achieved a sales profit of 1.3 billion.

If it's a large company with ample publicity channels, the data would likely be even more staggering.

Even Su Rui Electronics was shocked this time, and held a meeting overnight to discuss whether to increase investment in the video game division.

These sales figures are not something that Surui Electronics can easily ignore.

Even though these weekly sales figures only represent a specific period, it's already a huge profit in just one week.

However, most people at Youxing Electronic Entertainment were not happy at this time.

Because during the release of Dragon Quest III, something else happened.

During Fuji TV's evening news segment, a talk show was temporarily inserted.

The program's title was: Why does a video game lead to multiple violent incidents of group fighting? Is video game a star of evil?

The program begins with a video recording.

The video is very shaky, seemingly filmed with a handheld camera, and occasionally a noisy, cursing sound can be heard in the recording.

"Damn it! This is my game!"

"Nonsense! I bought it first! I queued for a whole day and night!"

"Go to hell!"

In the video footage, several people are seen wrestling and grappling, while several Dragon Quest III game cartridges are scattered nearby.

Surrounding the fighting group was a group of people who looked uneasy and frightened.