Chapter 109 Establishment of Empire Games Company!

With the emergence of the first arcade machine in M ​​country, it was introduced to the East by Taitung and was welcomed by the East market.

Let Dongyang companies see the business opportunities here.

A game console company dominated by Toyo, Taitung, was formed.

Atari is the main gaming company in the country of M. Later, Apple founders Steve Jobs and Woz also joined Atari.

Driven by Taitung and Atari, electronic game consoles, including arcade machines, began to develop in Japan, Europe and the United States.

But what really changed arcades around the world.

In 1977, Taito game designer Tomohiro Nisikado began secretly developing a new game.

He assembled a microprocessor by himself. Based on this microprocessor, he independently completed the design and game programming, and produced art and sound effects for it.

Taitung released "Space Invaders" on April 1, 1978, and entered mass production in July 1978.

From April to December 1978, Taitung installed more than 100,000 "Space Invaders" arcade machines in Japan, generating revenue of US$670 million.

As of June 1979, Taitung had manufactured approximately 200,000 "Space Invaders" arcade machines in Japan.

These machines can earn 10,000 yen every day.

"Space Invaders" was licensed overseas to Midway. By the end of 1979, global sales of Space Invaders reached 750,000 units.

From 1978 to 1980, "Space Invaders" was the top player in the arcade industry, second only to "Pac-Man".

In 1982, its total revenue exceeded US$3.9 billion, and Taitung's annual profit reached US$500 million that year.

The popularity and profits of video games can be seen from Taitung and his game "Space Invaders".

Taito Company has been developing games for several years now, but Tomohiro Nishikado must still be secretly developing and adjusting the truly popular and worldwide video games at this time.

Since Taitong Company will announce this game soon.

It’s already over February, with less than two months left.

Unless Taitung Company is acquired, it will be difficult to win this game.

Yang Ming looked at Meris and the fifteen people in front of him, and when he asked them who knew about video game consoles or arcade machines, these people had strange expressions.

Barlow still said: "Boss, I once saw the arcade machine you mentioned in a bar in London. You need to insert coins into it to play."

Yang Ming nodded.

This is the kind of arcade machine he was talking about.

Of course, why are arcade machines more popular in the markets of Japan and China?

This has a lot to do with factors such as the environment of Japan, Country M, and even the economy.

It may be more common in Japan and even country M.

In Xiangjiang, it probably started to increase in number after the 1980s.

Even if there are such things in some corners of Xiangjiang now, they are definitely very few.

Judging from the sales volume and sales volume of Taitung Co., Ltd.’s “Space Invaders” that has not yet been launched, the sales volume is 100,000 units, and the sales volume has reached 670 million U.S. dollars. Calculating that an arcade machine costs nearly 6,700 U.S. dollars, that is about 37,000 Hong Kong dollars. .

An arcade machine that expensive is not something ordinary people can afford.

Taito Co., Ltd. also produces and puts them in some public places to make money. Even if ordinary people can play with coins, it is actually not cheap.

According to Taito Co., Ltd., each machine makes a profit of 10,000 yen per day. According to the exchange rate, one machine is worth 50 US dollars. If converted into Hong Kong dollars, it is 275 Hong Kong dollars.

For ordinary people, it is crazy to earn more than 1,000 Hong Kong dollars a month for a machine to earn two to three hundred Hong Kong dollars a day.

As a result, Taitung Co., Ltd. produces 200,000 units a year and makes a lot of profits.

"Boss, I saw it at a friend's house in Xiangjiang. It looked very big, a bit like those vending machines. I didn't ask how much it cost at the time. Judging from my friend's family background, it shouldn't be cheap." Xu Qingsheng also said.

Arcade machines in the 1970s were indeed very expensive, and ordinary consumers simply couldn't afford them.

Yang Ming didn't expect that there were two people who at least knew about it and had seen it with their own eyes.

The rest of the people don't know much about it.

In that case, Yang Ming asked Xu Qingsheng and Barlow to stay.

I looked at the time and saw that the Asian stock market trading time was soon approaching.

"Barlow, hand over your work to Haili. Xu Qingsheng, hand over your work to Li Yongfeng."

Barlow and Li Yongfeng were both surprised.

If you leave the work in your hands to others, what should you do?

The two of them were a little reluctant.

Now they each bring their own subordinates, and now they hand over the work, it does not actually affect their work.

"Except for Mai Lisi, Tang Shilian, Lin Xiuzhi, Barlow, and Xu Qingsheng, everyone else went back to do their own work."

No one else stayed.

In particular, several people in charge are preparing to enter Asian stock market trading, which will soon open.

When they left, these were the only ones left.

"Since Barlow and Xu Qingsheng have seen arcade machines, let me tell you what they are like."

Under Yang Ming's description.

These people are becoming increasingly aware.

"Boss, is this just for playing? Isn't this a slot machine?" Tang Shilian said.

"It's related. But, arcades are very broad."

Because of the limitations of the times, Tang Shilian and others told them that future video game consoles would not be like this.

Of course they won't know.

Yang Ming came from that era and knew it better than anyone else.

What's more, he was a master of programming and a member of a hacker organization in his previous life, so he was very aware of the development of arcades and video game consoles.

"Currently, Toyo is dominated by Taito Co., Ltd., while M country is dominated by Atari. As far as I know, a game console designer from Taito, Tomohiro Nisikado, is already secretly researching a game."

How did Yang Ming know.

Of course these people don't know, and Yang Ming won't tell.

"Now I am planning to establish Empire Games Company. I will still serve as the chairman, Barlow will serve as the deputy general manager, and Xu Qingsheng will also be the deputy general manager. In addition, in terms of finance, Tang Shilian will send someone to take charge."

Barlow and Xu Qingsheng were not happy when they saw their jobs replaced by others.

In the blink of an eye, the boss wants to set up a new company, and he is actually the deputy general manager.

Doesn't it mean that he has been promoted?

Barlow and Xu Qingsheng immediately became happy and almost cried out.

"Barlow, Xu Qingsheng, what I want you to do now. First, you go to Dongyang immediately. First, see if you can acquire Taitung Co., Ltd.. Secondly, if Taitung Co., Ltd. cannot acquire it, then you and Taitung Co., Ltd. The boss of the game, Mikhail Kogan, and their designer Tomohiro Nisikado met to acquire their unlisted "Space Invaders". As for the price, you can make your own decisions. As long as they are willing to sell, the price can be negotiated. Third, if they are still unwilling to sell the game, then you can poach the major game companies in Japan. We want talents from all departments of the game companies."

Although Toyo is now the main game company with Taito Company as the main game company, Namco has already appeared, which is enough to show that Toyo and many companies are beginning to be involved in video games.

In other words, Toyo has a lot of talents in this area.