Chapter 172 You must see the finished product in one month

Author: Quiet Thought

Chapter 172 You must see the finished product in one month

Shirakawa Kaede took the handheld machine from Iwada Satoshi and looked it carefully. The screen was very small and there were only five buttons around it.

Two red circular buttons on one left and one right indicate the direction keys, and the other three buttons at the bottom of the screen are all auxiliary function keys.

For example, switching games, calling out time, etc., it seems quite simple.

"When will it be released, and how much will they sell for?" Shirakawa Kaede fiddled with this handheld machine, and she was already aware of it, so she looked up and asked Iwada Satoshi and Tanimura Masahito.

Iwada Satoshi answered first, "It was released a week ago and the price is 5,800 yen."

No one noticed it two days before it was launched. It was not until yesterday that Satoshi Iwada accidentally saw this small machine in a convenience store that he remembered the handheld game console that Shirakawa once said.

So he was curious and bought one and then studied it carefully, and found that it was indeed the portable gaming console I mentioned before.

Therefore, there is today's HAL trip to Shirakawa Kaede. Competitive products have appeared, so of course we need to understand its various performances as soon as possible.

At 5,800 yen, Shirakawa Kaede silently estimated that the price is not ordinary.

Judging from the material cost alone, it can be done in less than 2,000 yen.

Now Shirakawa Kaede can roughly understand the manufacturing cost of these electronic products at a glance.

So apart from the material cost and the R&D expenses of the game, the rest is basically profit.

The cost of game development is probably mainly manual. The development time of this kind of mini-game is not long and it is not difficult.

Therefore, the cost in this regard is only a small part of the investment.

If calculated in this way, the profit of a handheld machine can even be 2,000 yen.

To be honest, Shirakawa Kaede was extremely tempted, and even a small thing was almost half as profit as the Walkman.

There is a trick, there is definitely a trick. Its production difficulty is completely incomparable to the Walkman, but it is profitable.

Shirakawa Kaede paced back and forth in the office with his waist on his back, and suddenly he stopped.

"Can HAL come up with two mature games in one month?"

"Eh?" Not only Iwada Satoshi, but even Tanimura Masahito showed a surprised look.

“Time is endless, now is the best time to seize the market.

If it is too late, a large number of other manufacturers will join, and it will be difficult for us to expand the market at that time."

Shirakawa Kaede, who has experienced Walkman marketing, knows that the speed of war is high, and the current market is still in a mid-blank period.

This is the best time for Shirakawa Electric to seize the mountain. It is just right to show off Shirakawa Electric’s signature in the game market.

Otherwise, after others join, there are so many brands, who knows which onion is your Shirakawa Electric Appliance?

This is why Shirakawa Kaede is so anxious. The public has preconceived ideas. As soon as they enter the market early, they mean that they have a deeper qualification.

When faced with all kinds of brands, people don’t have to think that people will choose what they look familiar with or what they have heard of first.

Looking at Shirakawa Kaede's serious eyes, both Iwata Satoshi and Tanimura felt unprecedented pressure.

It was not until then that they remembered the peer in front of them, not only a student at Meiji University, but also Sang, the president of a company.

It is not revealed in normal times, but now it is discovered that the difference between the two is very different.

However, among the two, Tanimura Masahito reacted first, and he gritted his teeth and said with a cruel heart.

"HAL will definitely complete the code programming of the two games within one month, but in terms of hardware debugging..."

"The hardware is handed over to Shirakawa Electric, and a prototype will be sent in two weeks. As for the software recording, it will be handed over to HAL."

Shirakawa Kaede made a promise without hesitation, and he was confident in Shirakawa Electric.

This is not the first time that reverse engineering has been done, and this kind of handheld machine has no value for reverse engineering.

Any graduate students in the technical department can be handled by just pulling them out.

In Shirakawa Kaede's opinion, the only thing worth keeping in this handheld machine is its chip and LCD display.

But chips are not a problem at all, and the 8-bit chip of an ordinary calculator is enough.

It's a calculator, not a computer.

That's right, it's the kind of calculator you can use to calculate it at hand.

There is no need to develop this kind of chip, and it is much cheaper to purchase directly, about a few hundred yen per piece.

Another LCD monitor is not a problem, and an ordinary printing screen can be done.

The so-called printing screens, the electronic watches worn by primary and secondary school students are.

So in terms of hardware, Shirakawa Kaede thinks two weeks are enough.

"Since that's the case, there is no problem with HAL. We will launch our own handheld machine in a month."

It is rare to be decisive in Gu Village, and all kinds of obstacles have been cleared. If you don’t show some courage at this time, it is indeed a bit unreasonable.

It is said that Tanimura has now quit his job at Seibu Department Store and runs HAL full-time.

With plenty of time, work efficiency will naturally improve.

As for Satoshi Iwata, Shirakawa Kaede patted his shoulder. "Did you feel the pressure?"

The slightly fat Satoshi Iwata nodded first, then shook his head.

"Don't worry, Shirakawa Jun, the game programming framework has been set up and will definitely not affect the launch of the handheld console."

Iwada Satoshi was really shocked when he heard that he would take care of everything in a month.

However, after listening to Shirakawa Kaede's analysis, Iwada Satoshi became a little excited again.

This is not impossible, it can even be said to be completely fine.

A game console with your own design game, what else can be more exciting than this one?

The student, Iwata Satoshi, had the aura of being a newborn calf not afraid of a tiger, and he was even ready to do a big fight at this moment.

"Okay", seeing that the morale of the army is available, Shirakawa Kaede did not say any more false words.

"Everyone, this is HAL's first appearance. It is important to let those guys see the style from the young soul."

"Yikuso!", "Go!"

Sure enough, some middle-second encouragement is more effective than any promise for these young people.

"By the way, Shirakawa Sang, what's the name of our handheld machine?"

At this time, Tanimura Masahito suddenly remembered that the project code for the game console was not yet available.

Name? Shirakawa Kaede glanced at the Nintendo handheld in his hand.

"Just call it Game Boy."

Game Boy? Everyone's faces were a little subtle, but this was not impossible.

At least it sounds more obvious than Nintendo's Game Watch, and this is a gaming console.

Instead of some weird game watch, the time function is completely useless in Shirakawa Kaede.

Because there is no overlap between the two people who want to watch time and the ones who want to play games.

If an adult wants to watch time, he will not stare at the gaming console at all. Is the watch on his wrist taller than it?

As for students, they don’t pay much attention to time, they just want to play games.

So before Shirakawa Electric's handheld prototype came out, Shirakawa Kai cut off a function.

HAL came and went here in a hurry.

However, he took Nintendo's handheld machine away, and it would be handed over to the technical department and completely dismembered.

It's not technically difficult, but it's okay to know the opponent's background.

…

After handing over the game console to the people below, Shirakawa Kaede didn't pay much attention to it. He had more important things to do.

One day in mid-May, Shirakawa Kaede brought Shirakawa Electric's group to Kawasaki City opposite Tamakawa.

To be precise, he was invited. Recently, Shirakawa Kaede has received more than one or two similar invitations.

Moreover, these invitations come from invitation letters sent by the government level. Tsk, this is very embarrassing.

The reason why it suddenly became a hot commodity is that Shirakawa Electric has been looking for the construction of a new factory recently, with an investment scale of at least several billion yen.

So when this news was revealed, Kawasaki in the west, Hachiozi City in the north, Chiba in the east, etc. were all moved.

Even when I heard the wind in my hometown Akita, I directly called Shirakawa Kaede.

However, due to the planning restrictions, there is no plan in the northeast yet.

From this we can also see that the charm of Shirakawa Electric Appliances Investment comes.

It's only 1980 now, what does it mean to have billions of yen?
To be continued...