In ancient times, there were various table games, including Cuju, dominoes, beast fighting, Go, billiards, etc.
In modern times, there is entertainment that can be experienced on the screen.
Movies, entertainment programs, TV games, handheld games, music, etc.
Video games are just a product that was born no more than a hundred years ago and has only been around for less than twenty years.
It's impossible for something like this to completely occupy everyone's time. Everyone has their own different entertainment methods and needs.
And if a product has very rich functions and can provide extremely rich entertainment content, and it is also a product that can be grasped in the palm of the hand, and can also take into account the daily communication needs of people, the success of this product is almost inevitable.
Smartphones have actually become increasingly popular in this world.
Before Myron Case's Mickford Company released their first smartphone, there were several relatively mature smartphone operating systems in the world.
It's just that everyone is like a blind man touching an elephant, and everyone is slowly groping.
But from Zhu Youxing’s perspective, it will take time for smartphones to become the mainstream among people.
This is not like a game console. If it can sell 100 million units in a six-to-seven-year life cycle, it is already a top-notch game product.
But smartphones consume more than one billion in the world every year.
In the previous life, Apple's annual sales reached 200 million units before Bamboo Traveling Star traveled through time.
This is a comparison of the amount of market demand. It seems that the game industry can only be regarded as a small leader after all.
So when Zhu Youxing saw Myron Keys taking out the slightly familiar yet unfamiliar smartphone at the live broadcast conference, he understood that the era of the mobile field had arrived.
In terms of impact, the handheld market was definitely the biggest impact. Later, it was almost completely wiped out by the mobile phone field.
If Nintendo hadn't turned the tide later and supported the market with countless top-notch games, it is estimated that the handheld console market would have completely become a niche in his world.
But most people in this parallel world don't seem to realize this yet.
Especially Surui Electronics.
They only paid a little attention to the news on Mickford's side. After discovering that the other party was developing a mobile phone, they didn't pay too much attention. Only their mobile phone department paid more attention.
At present, Surui Electronics' key product line is not in the field of mobile phones, but in cameras, game consoles, televisions and other products.
It's just a mobile phone, and they don't think it will have any impact on themselves.
At this time, Surui Electronics is still increasing its investment in handheld consoles, hoping to seize more markets while Youxing Electronic Entertainment is not paying enough attention to handheld consoles.
It's not that Zhu Youxing doesn't care about the handheld market, it's just that he knows what he wants to do.
He wanted to first present the top games he was familiar with.
As for handheld consoles, the current technical capabilities are still not enough. He also hopes that the technical capabilities of handheld consoles can be improved further.
So after reading about Myron Case's revolutionary new product release, he just smiled and devoted himself to new game development again.
At the press conference held by Myron Keyes, the mk1 mobile phone he released became the focus of attention.
Because it looks very fashionable and has a strong sense of technology.
The sounds of various taking pictures have been connected into a film, and countless reporters seemed a little excited at this moment.
They still don’t quite understand how smart a smartphone is, because previous smartphones were generally poor.
But they were conquered just because this mobile phone can listen to music, watch videos, take pictures, record videos, communicate, and browse the web online, and it looks very smooth.
So on that day, all kinds of press releases were output like a bursting dam, brand new products, and a new era.
However, many people are skeptical about new products.
Because this doesn’t look like a serious mobile phone no matter how you look at it.
Because serious mobile phones generally have numerical buttons.
Even if some weird manufacturers do not launch mobile phones with digital buttons, there will be some alternative methods, such as joystick-style buttons, or complex button combinations, etc.
But like Mickford, it looks very simple. The number of buttons on the entire phone surface does not exceed five, which is really too few.
They really can't imagine how it can be used as a mobile phone with so few buttons.
It's quite suitable as a music player.
But this will not affect the North American Development Department of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment.
At this point in time, the Titanfall project of the North American Development Department has entered a critical early stage.
The team has produced a demo for trial use, but there has not been much success in terms of art, action, etc.
Zhu Youxing has returned to the branch in the United States to monitor the development progress of this game at any time to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
As soon as he entered the company, Zhu Youxing saw a somewhat frowning guy.
Zhu Youxing knew him. He was the art designer of the team. His office was surrounded by various piles of scrap paper, which were all scrapped manuscripts of Titanfall.
Ever since Zhu Yusei proposed the basic concept of the game Titanfall, he has been thinking day and night about how to create a Titan mecha that looks powerful and is very close to reality.
In this regard, Zhu Youxing did not give a clear answer at the beginning, but just let them explore on their own first.
So until now this designer has been stuck here and unable to get out.
"Looks like you're having trouble with the design?"
After seeing this, Zhu Youxing did not rush to test the demo. Instead, he came to the designer and looked at the waste paper in his place.
The designer shook his head and said without raising his head: "The problem is huge. We have never tried this kind of near-future setting before. This is comparable to simply designing a science fiction character, or an ancient modern character.
What’s even more difficult is how to make it look real and look sci-fi at the same time. It’s really difficult to grasp this degree. Speaking of which, who came up with the idea?”
"It's the president of the company." Zhu Youxing said with a smile.
"Ah, it's the God of Games. No wonder. It's just that the tasks assigned by the God of Games are a bit overwhelming. I've been thinking about it for more than two months, but I haven't been able to design a Titan mecha that satisfies me.
It’s really too difficult.”
The designer was complaining. He didn't seem to realize at this moment that the person appearing in front of him was Zhu Youxing himself.