In the United States, the status of women is actually also low.
But compared to Japan, it's not even a little bit better.
At least women here can work normally without many people judging them.
From Zhu Youxing's point of view, Songqiao is actually a very capable tool man who has always been conscientious in his work.
Moreover, she also has some alumni and friends in the United States, and these alumni and friends may also become a resource to help expand the American market.
So Zhu Youxing agreed to her idea of going to the United States to work hard.
As for myself, of course I still stay at the base camp in Japan. At most, I will occasionally go out to the United States to do some town work.
However, he still plans to attend the International Consumer Electronics Show in person.
He wanted to see with his own eyes what level of technology the world has reached, and to get a glimpse of some future trends at consumer shows.
Since the stable sales of Pokémon, GB's sales have also been rising.
The team that originally developed Pokémon was a little frustrated.
They felt that the game they made was a failure.
But I didn't expect that this game would become a hot topic in an instant and become a very popular thing among children.
And this is not limited to boys, many girls have also joined in.
Because the Pokémon game Bamboo Star has also added more elements of development, basically all the development features in Tamagotchi have been moved to GB Pokémon.
This also makes many girls buy game consoles because they like the development characteristics of Pokémon.
At the same time, all employees of Youxing Electronic Entertainment also arrived at the new office location.
It has a better office environment than the previous company, and the average office area has also been expanded. The overall atmosphere is also very good.
All employees who just came to the company immediately liked this new office location.
What's more, what makes these employees excited is that there is a film and television agency upstairs, and they can see all kinds of celebrities, big and small, coming in and out every day. This is a treatment they have never had before.
Even if we can't talk at close range, it's nice to be able to take the same elevator occasionally.
The news that a company with amazing potential came to this building also spread in the building, and many people looked curiously at this large company that had just rented five floors.
"What does this company do?"
"I heard that he makes games."
"Making games? Are they the video games that are very popular recently? Which company is it?"
"It's the most popular company that makes GB, Famicom, and SFC."
"Wow! It turns out to be that company. We are really lucky. We can be in the same building as this company. Have any of you asked about the recruitment requirements of this company?"
"Don't think about it. You, who are engaged in mechanics, have nothing to do with others who are engaged in high-end electronics."
After all the employees had almost finished moving, Zhu Youxing summoned the main employees for a meeting.
This time I am going to confirm the progress of the current work and arrange the next game development plan.
Now, there are a total of six game development teams in the company, from first to sixth.
There are still only two groups dedicated to developing game consoles and peripherals, but the total number of people in both groups has expanded over the past period of time.
The meeting was held in the afternoon after the move, and the heads of each group and the heads of several additional departments gathered together.
Zhu Youxing asked them one by one to report on their current work progress.
Among them, the main research and development direction of the first engineering development team is the development of new 32-bit game consoles. This is the most important project in the company, and it is also the most confidential.
Except for the leaders of each group, no other outsiders know the development progress of the first engineering development group.
The purpose is to finally burst into a blockbuster.
The second engineering development team is studying an expanded version of the gb handheld console, which is the color backlit version of gba.
This Bamboo Gamer is expected to be launched around this time next year, replenishing ammunition for branches that have just entered the European and American markets, allowing them to use stronger handheld consoles to conquer cities and territories.
Among the six game development teams, the first team is responsible for the development of Dragon Quest 4, which has now come to an end. Zhuyusing arranged for them to check more game loopholes, and then let them wait for the release of European and American game consoles.
Dragon Quest 4 was released as a launch game.
Team 5 is responsible for the simultaneous development of Final Fantasy III and IV.
Because the Final Fantasy series has almost no connection between each story, Takeyusei can easily skip the second part and complete his challenge of never making a second game.
The third and fourth parts will be released at the same time and are planned to be released on future GBA and SFC game consoles respectively.
The third one is the Crystal Myth Story, which is more of a medieval legend. It will be exclusively available on GBA and, like Dragon Quest, will be the first to enter the US market.
The fourth part will be a little slower. It will be logged on SFC. After the popularity of Dragon Quest has passed, Final Fantasy will immediately follow up and launch a set of combo punches.
Judging from the U.S. game console market share disclosed by Surui Electronics, there may be some strong competitors in the U.S.
This is quite normal. Programmers in the United States started developing earliest, and they were also more creative in program development. In the first two decades of the 21st century in their previous lives, the United States was almost invincible in the software field.
There are also talented programmers there.
Having a programming genius like Tsukino Aya under his command is already a very rare species, but there are many like them in the United States, and they are even better.
Therefore, Zhu Youxing did not dare to be careless. When he was planning to enter the US market, he had to make some big moves as the first step. Otherwise, he might not be able to make any big splash.
The reason why Nintendo in the previous life was able to dominate the United States for many years was simply because the United States had just experienced a video game winter, and Atari, a game manufacturer, single-handedly destroyed the entire American video game market.
Later, Nintendo took advantage of the situation and forcibly occupied the vast majority of the market share in the United States, and finally established an unparalleled position.
As for himself, I'm afraid he doesn't have that kind of luck. He may have to face multiple strong competitors from the United States at the beginning.
In addition to the development of game series that the first and fifth teams specialize in, the sixth team has just released Pokémon. They have to give them some time to breathe and let them settle slowly, waiting for another wave after the release of GBA.
Just a big move is fine.
The second, third and fourth teams are currently working on three-month short-cycle game development. In the past month, they have successively produced some classic games on the previous NES and SFC.
There are Galaxy Storm, Mario RPG, football and basketball games, as well as a golf game and a Go puzzle game developed in cooperation with the Japanese Chess Academy.
The sales of most of these games hover around 200,000 in the first week, and then slowly decrease in the following weeks.
Since the original production cost of these games is not too high, they are basically games that Zhuyouxing can make based on his creativity. Therefore, they can generally make back their money by selling around 100,000 copies, which can be considered a small profit-making game.