Chapter 257: Empire Games' Second Game "Pac-Man"

Chapter 257 Empire Game Company's second game "Pac-Man" is officially launched!

November 1, 1978.

Empire Group Conference Room, Federal Building.

Today, a press conference on the official launch of Empire Game Company's second game "Pac-Man" was held here.

Attendees of this press conference.

Empire Group General Manager Myles.

Empire Game Company Deputy General Manager Barlow.

Empire Game Company Design Director Tomohiro Nishikado.

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Since Empire Game Company's first game, "Space Invaders" purchased from Taito Co., Ltd. in Japan, was launched on April 1, 1978, as of today.

Global sales have exceeded 400,000 units. At $6,500 per unit, the revenue involved is $2.6 billion, equivalent to 14.3 billion Hong Kong dollars.

This is an arcade game, and it is also the electronic game console with the highest sales, highest revenue, and highest net profit in the history of electronic game consoles.

When this game console became popular all over the world, it not only boosted the arcade market in Japan and the United States, but also boosted the arcade game industry, allowing the arcade game industry to enter its golden age.

Not long after "Space Invaders" was launched.

Under the guidance of Yang Ming, Empire Game Company was fully responsible for the development of the first truly self-developed electronic game "Pac-Man" by Nishikado Tomohiro.

Compared with "Space Invaders", "Pac-Man" is a more complex game.

In the eyes of Nishikado Tomohiro and other Japanese game workers, this game is more fun than "Space Invaders".

After more than half a year of research and development, debugging, and internal testing, the playability of this game has been continuously improved.

Finally.

On this day, Empire Game Company held a press conference and officially released it.

At the headquarters of Empire Game Company, that is, in the Empire Group conference room, a global press conference was held.

Xu Qingsheng, who is far away in Japan, will also hold a press conference in Akihabara, Japan on behalf of Empire Game Company, and release information about the new launch of this game.

Reporters from major newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong, Asia Television, TVB, and major reporters from all over the world stationed in Hong Kong, were invited by Empire Games and rushed here early in the morning.

Mai Lisi represented Yang Ming and Empire Group to attend the game conference, but the real host of this game conference was Nishikaku Tomohiro.

Nishikaku Tomohiro has now completely established his position in Empire Games and is the first person under Yang Ming, Barlow, and Xu Qingsheng.

He has been valued and trusted by his boss, Mr. Yang, and he has put all his talents and sweat into play.

"Dear journalists, I am Nishikaku Tomohiro, the design director of Empire Games. I am very happy to see you at this new game conference."

"Since the successful launch of Empire Games' first game "Space Invaders", under the guidance of our Empire Games Chairman Mr. Yang, a large amount of research and development funds have been allocated, and our company will soon develop the second game."

"It took nearly half a year, and now the second new game is finally going to meet you, as well as many fans and game enthusiasts."

This is Nishikaku Tomohiro's opening remarks.

He didn't speak Japanese, but English.

After coming to Hong Kong, he has gradually adapted to the working atmosphere and work rhythm here, even in all aspects.

Cantonese and English are mainly used here. As for Japanese, they only speak it when they communicate among themselves. Most of the time, they communicate in English.

Nishikado Tomohiro and his wife have also been working hard to learn Cantonese and integrate into the culture of Hong Kong.

Nishikado Tomohiro is a science student and an outstanding game design genius. Now he talks about introducing it from a game as much as possible.

Introduce it from the fun of this game, etc., to make global game players and even buyers feel that it is worth the money.

In front of the press conference site.

There are three arcade game machines.

These three arcade game machines have been transplanted with the new game "Pac-Man" and can now be played at any time.

Nishikado Tomohiro operated this game through the arcade game machine, which immediately attracted the attention of the reporters present.

On April 1, 1978, when Empire Game Company's "Space Invaders" was just released, it attracted many reporters.

At that time, when they learned that the global unified price of a "Space Invaders" arcade game machine was as high as 6,500 US dollars, for most reporters, they were afraid that their annual salary could not buy this game machine.

Now, this "Pac-Man" game has just been released, and they saw Nishikado Tomohiro demonstrating it there, and they were immediately attracted.

Even Nishikado Tomohiro invited three reporters to play on the spot.

Two male reporters and one female reporter.

In this era, Hong Kong is very rich in material and spiritual aspects. There are all kinds of movies, TV series, Cantonese opera, novels, comics, news and newspapers, etc. to watch or play.

However, arcade games still have an unspeakable temptation for most people.

Just now three arcade games.

If the male reporters present were asked to choose between a game machine and a person they like, they would definitely choose the game machine in front of them.

The three reporters started playing under the guidance of Tomohiro Nishikado.

Start from the first game and continue playing.

It took about half an hour.

Nishikaku Tomohiro invited the reporters to go down again and asked them to express their feelings about the game they just played.

After the three reporters expressed their feelings, they all felt that this game was still very exciting and worth playing. Players might even forget about time and all their worries while playing.

"Director Nishikaku Tomohiro, I wonder how much this game will cost when it is launched. Can consumers in Hong Kong or even the world afford it?"

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The reporters were most concerned about the price of this game.

If it is still like "Space Invaders", most of these poor reporters can't afford it.

However, if you have time, go to the streets and alleys and see game consoles or game rooms. You can still play them by spending some money. But if you want to buy a cheap one and take it home to play at home, it is not something that ordinary people can afford.

"Everyone, please be quiet. Now I officially announce the global unified price of the "Pac-Man" game console."

The reporters immediately quieted down.

"Everyone, considering the R&D funds, hardware and software expenses of the game console, the price of this new Pac-Man game is bound to be expensive. Like the first game Space Invaders, the global unified price is 6,500 US dollars, which is 35,750 US dollars in Hong Kong dollars and 1.3 million Japanese yen in Japanese yen. There may be some differences depending on the exchange rate in different parts of the world."

"6,500 US dollars per unit?"

This is still very expensive, and many reporters present were disappointed when they heard it.

If the price of a game console can be reduced to 5,000 US dollars, or even one or two thousand US dollars per unit, they still have hope to buy one back.

Now it is as high as 6,500 US dollars, but it is still unaffordable.

Yang Ming, Mai Lisi, Nishikado Tomohiro and others actually considered various aspects for this price.

In the future, the price of global game consoles will definitely fall sharply, but it is different now.

The price is very low at the beginning, and it will be difficult for Empire Games to sell at a high price in the future. Therefore, the price of game consoles like these will be gradually reduced.

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