Chapter 577 Yang Ming Proposed E-Sports!

June 30, 1980.

Monday.

Yang Ming woke up early in the morning. Ah Zhu and Zhong Chuhong watched him swim a few laps in the swimming pool. After getting out of the swimming pool, today was Monday. Yang Ming had to go back to Empire Group. He had something important to discuss with the management of Empire Games.

Yang Ming changed his clothes and had breakfast with his parents in the restaurant.

These days, newspapers in Hong Kong have been reporting on the news about the first generation of home game consoles released by Empire Games, the third generation of home game consoles in the world, the Famicom.

The Famicom is not expensive. As long as there is a TV at home, you can play it. Compared with the arcade machines that you can't afford, the Famicom, which is more fun than the handheld game console, has attracted many players.

Yang Ming finished breakfast.

He took a car to Empire Group.

Going upstairs to the chairman's office, Lin Xiuzhi first made a cup of coffee for the boss.

Yang Ming sat there, dealing with some more important documents and contracts.

If Mai Lisi was here, he wouldn't need to deal with these documents and contracts. However, now that Myers is in London, he must handle it himself.

10:45 am.

Yang Ming brought Lin Xiuzhi downstairs to the Empire Games office building.

After the release of the Famicom and Super Mario Bros. on Friday, the Empire Games office building seems to be even busier now.

"Go and notify Tomohiro Nishikado, Akio Nakanishi, Masato Matsushita, and Akiyoshi Fujiwara to come to the conference room for a meeting."

Empire Games also has a conference room.

Yang Ming came to the conference room and sat down.

Not long after, Tomohiro Nishikado, Akio Nakanishi, Masato Matsushita, Akiyoshi Fujiwara and others came over. Looking at these all-Japanese people, Yang Ming didn't have anything to say.

Now, Tomohiro Nishikado and his friends are also doing their job conscientiously.

After they sat down.

Yang Ming asked: "Fujiwara Akiyoshi, how are the sales of the Famicom and Super Mario Bros?"

"Boss, the orders for the Famicom are booming."

Historically, Nintendo's Famicom has sold more than 60 million units worldwide, including pirated copies or counterfeit copies from Taiwan, and it is really impossible to count.

At this time, the agents of Empire Games around the world have long known that this home game console will definitely be popular.

The agents in Japan, the agents in the United States, and the agents in various European countries, especially now that Barro is in London and is responsible for the Empire Games business in London, the sales of Empire Games in Europe have greatly increased.

"From the current order feedback, today is the fourth day, and the order volume in the first three days has exceeded 30 million units."

30 million units?

These are all orders placed by Empire Games agents.

However, the agents of various countries are based on market reactions and customer orders.

"The orders for the Super Mario Bros. game cartridges have also exceeded 30 million sets, and the sales of this game for handheld consoles have exceeded 10 million sets, but there are not many orders for arcades."

The game "Super Mario Bros." was originally prepared for the Famicom. It is not as fun to play it on an arcade machine as imagined, but it is still very good to use it on a handheld console.

The best-selling game in arcades worldwide is "Street Fighter 1" launched by Empire Games last year.

Now, the development of "Street Fighter 2" continues this year, and the sales are still very hot.

In other words, Empire Games' revenue and profits are very hot just because of these games.

After hearing Fujiwara Akiyoshi's words, Yang Ming nodded.

In Yang Ming's opinion, this is still not enough.

"I want to ask you, what is the attitude of the Japanese towards electronic games?"

Yang Ming remembered that in his era, many parents were very disgusted with games in terms of game consoles. Even because of the existence of some game halls, many people thought that playing games was related to those gangsters.

Many children don't like going to school or their grades drop rapidly because of playing video games, and those parents are very disgusted with games.

It was not until after 2010 that the domestic attitude towards video games gradually changed.

"Boss, I don't know what attitude you are talking about?" asked Nishikado Tomohiro.

"I heard that some children playing video games were strongly opposed by their parents because video games waste a lot of time and they think they are useless."

So that's it.

"Boss, the attitude of Japanese people towards game consoles, especially arcade machines, is relatively good. It may have a lot to do with the fact that pinball machines appeared in Japan very early."

It's impossible for you to say that no one objects.

Game halls in Japan are also monopolized by those clubs. Some Japanese people, especially Japanese parents, are also disgusted with them appearing in such places.

Nakanishi Akio, Matsushita Mito and others told Yang Ming based on what they learned.

Yang Ming nodded.

"Playing video games in leisure time is really good. If you get addicted to them, it will have a great impact on a person's body and mind. However, these are not things we should change. In my opinion, the emergence of video games always has more advantages than disadvantages."

"I am going to change the negative attitude of those parents towards games, let them think that the existence of video games is beneficial, and further consolidate the position and influence of our Empire Games in the world."

"I have come up with a solution. If we regard video games as an e-sports sport, what do you think it will be like?"

Mr. Yang treats games as e-sports?

Nishikado Tomohiro and others were surprised.

When they reacted, they were immediately shocked.

Before this, many people only regarded track and field competitions, football games and other sports as competitive sports, including the most famous World Cup, Olympic Games, etc.

They never thought that the boss Sir Yang proposed that game competition is also a sport.

This proposal can perfectly solve the negative impact of the original game.

Historically, the first person to propose that electronic games are also a competitive sport was not someone else, but Nintendo.

In 1990, Nintendo held the Nintendo World Championship, officially facing the world, and treated Nintendo's games as a competitive competition.

This not only made Nintendo more famous, but also made Nintendo's game consoles and games more famous, further promoting the development of global games.

Today, in 1980, Empire Games has begun to monopolize the global game industry, including hardware and games.

In Yang Ming's view, it is far from enough. He needs to give the game a proper name and further consolidate the position and influence of Empire Games in the world.

Yang Ming is also ready to propose competitive competitions related to games.

Empire Games' "Space Invaders", "Hong Kong Cube", "Super Mario Bros.", "Bee", etc. can all be played by scores, and "Street Fighter" is also very suitable for competition.

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