Tokyo Video Game Tycoon: Chapter 260 follow fashion

Chapter 260 Following Fashion

FC has now begun to enter a slow elimination period.

 But this is only in Japan.

In the United States, FC has never landed.

Especially on FC, there are actually many high-quality games that American players have never experienced.

 In the beginning, in addition to the first party, other third-party manufacturers also slowly shifted their development direction to 16-bit game consoles.

In the later upgrade process of SFC, apart from Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's own first-party games, only a small number of third-party games participated in the SFC upgrade, and most of FC's games did not appear on SFC.

Zhuyouxing has considered compatibility with game consoles, but that would increase the cost of the game console again, which is not particularly cost-effective at the moment. Therefore, it can only try to promote third parties to participate in game upgrades instead of backward compatibility.

It’s just a pity that third-party manufacturers think this is not cost-effective. They cannot make more money from games with upgraded graphics. After all, they have different ideas from Zhuyouxing, and Zhuyouxing does not force it.

This has resulted in many American players actually missing out on a lot of good quality FC games.

It would actually be a good deal if these games were also released into the US market and the channels were opened at low prices.

 Because these eight-bit console games have gradually become difficult to sell in Japan, many third-party manufacturers have also accumulated some inventory. They originally planned to destroy them when they heard about Zhuyouxing's plan, and they became interested.

Even if it can only be sold to the United States for five dollars, their average income from a box of cassettes is only two dollars, but the pie that Zhu Yuxing painted is enough to make them excited.

 This is a good opportunity to expand the market again. If they miss it, it will affect their future game releases in the United States. It is better to recycle these inventory cartridges and throw them all to the United States, so that the United States can absorb the inventory here.

Fortunately, Zhuyouxing has long ago required these manufacturers to use at least three languages ​​when making games, including general English. This has reduced a lot of unnecessary work, and Japanese cassettes can be directly released. Go to the US market without having to do anything extra.

So, when September came, a cargo ship from Japan docked at the port on the west coast of the United States.

Containers marked with Youxing Electronic Entertainment were hoisted down one by one. Inside were stored tens of millions of boxes of game cartridges of various types, as well as more than five million FC red and white consoles.

The day before docking at the port, Minoru Matsuhashi stayed up all night and came to the port to wait for the cargo to be unloaded. She had to keep an eye on this matter personally, because this was likely to be an action that would change the pattern of video games in the United States, and she had to ensure that All processes must be flawless.

Workers unloaded the containers one by one, and then began to conduct customs inventory and confirmation. It took another four days of running up and down Matsukiao.

“Video games...cassettes, video game consoles? Such a large number?”

The American customs employee looked at the containers in surprise, and then glanced at Minoru Matsuhashi who was standing by and staring intently at the unloading.

Matsuhashi Minoru turned around and nodded: "Yes, sir, these are goods to be sold in the United States. All tariffs and documents have been handed in in advance."

 After carefully inspecting one or two containers, the official finally nodded to confirm the release.

There is nothing special about the product itself, but the quantity shipped this time was indeed quite large, which surprised them a bit.

The customs officer looked at Minoru Matsuhashi and had to say that women are inherently friendly, and men would let down their guard in informal situations.

After confirming that the product was correct, the official began to chat casually: "Speaking of which, my child is also playing this kind of game console, but he has been saying that it is not fun recently and complaining that the game console is boring. With so many products, can they really be sold?”

Matsuhashi Minoru glanced at the official, showed a friendly smile, and then winked at a subordinate next to him.

"Sir, maybe you don't know much about the video game industry. In this industry, games are divided into good and bad. If your child says he is bored, then he probably bought some games that are not particularly good. These games It will make children lose confidence in this kind of product, but I believe that after our products are released in the US market, they will definitely make children and you, sir, believe in the charm of video games again."

Matsuhashi Minoru's subordinates quickly brought over a cardboard box, which contained three FC game consoles and dozens of various FC cartridges.

"Sir, please accept our gift. This thing is not worth much. The cost of a box is probably less than a hundred dollars, so it is not considered a bribe."

  Customs officials have long been accustomed to this, and were relieved after hearing the price, but were only slightly curious.

 He ​​casually took out a plastic-wrapped cassette from the box, with the words Super Mario Bros. 3 clearly written on it. However, these were refurbished and plastic-sealed, otherwise the previous cassette would only have Japanese characters.

He said with slight amazement: "The cost of a whole box is less than one hundred dollars? Is that an exaggeration? The game console I bought for my child already cost a full one hundred and thirty dollars, and a box of cassettes cost even more." It’s ten dollars.”

Minoru Matsuhashi said with a smile: "Yes, you heard it right, the cost is indeed not high. This product is more like our attempt to open up the market, so you can safely take it and play with your children. I believe they will like this new console."

The customs officer said to himself: "Youxing Electronic Entertainment? I remember it. It seems that your products are still worthy of trust."

With that said, the large trucks had already loaded the containers and were heading out of the dock. Matsuhashi Minoru said goodbye to the official and made an appointment to communicate with each other again in the future.

Being able to establish good relations with American officials is also a necessary step, and Matsuhashi is already very good at this.

 Now she has several local councilor friends.

 Even has a friend who is a member of Congress.

 In the next few days, she will also package some FC game consoles and give them to members of Congress.

They are also equivalent to living advertisements. Letting them promote in their respective jurisdictions is sometimes more useful than pure advertisements.

The customs officer took a look at the box left here. He thought for a while and was about to take out a game console and play it himself.

Always said that this video game is very fun. According to the news, even adults have been conquered by it. He feels that he should also follow the fashion.

 (End of this chapter)