Chapter 159 Try to Pick up the Slack, Third Update

The Juggernaut obviously can't catch up with the Halloween activities.

It's almost October now, and it's still quite troublesome to produce cassettes and transport them.

Now it is no better than later generations of disc-released games.

For games on a disc, you only need to copy the games into the disc in batches.

However, current cassettes must first be adapted to match the game, and then be produced on the production line. The efficiency is definitely lower than that of optical discs.

That's why Sega will consider replacing it with optical disc media in later production line links, so that optical discs can only have the function of storing games.

Sega's people estimated that the mass production of cassettes would start at the end of October, and 500,000 copies of cassettes should be produced within half a month.

Originally, Sega wanted to produce millions of cartridges at once.

But Zuo Zhen was more conservative.

In his previous life, he remembered that the sales volume of the first version of the Heavy Duty game was actually not very high, only a few hundred thousand in total.

That was the sales volume on the Famicom. Even at the end of the Famicom era, this sales volume was a bit pitiful.

Later, the heavy-loaded mechs were able to continue to be developed entirely because players who had played the heavy-duty mechs in depth would like it very much. The general response to the heavy-loaded mechs through the questionnaire was very good, which determined the company to continue to develop heavy-duty mechs. idea.

Now Sega's machine has actually entered its final stage. After the Sega MD game console is released next year, the status of heavy-duty mechas will be a bit embarrassing.

"Next year, I will develop a heavy-duty mech suitable for your new Sega game console. This first part will be used as a stepping stone to let players know about this game."

Komura Yu waved his hand: "Okay, let's do what Zuo Zhen-san said. After all, if the cassette is produced and cannot be sold, it will be a loss."

In fact, half a million sales is quite good.

At the same time, Zuo Zhen also promised him that he would develop several first works for their new game console next year. That team is quite exciting.

After discussing the contract, the rest is just a small talk process.

Komura Yu told Zuo Zhen that NGS has been moving very frequently recently.

First of all, it released the third part of its own series Super Mario. As soon as this game was released, quite a few players were interested and clamored to buy this game.

Komura Yu is very envious. This top-notch game series naturally has a group of fans.

Even if the sequel doesn't make any progress, you can still make a lot of money just by resting on your laurels.

"There is also Dragon Quest, the leader of role-playing games. Enix has been really strong in the past two years. The Dragon Quest made by Enix is ​​simply unrivaled. Fortunately, this game will be released in February next year, and Zuo Zhen-san, your heavy-armed mechs were misplaced."

Zuo Zhen's heart moved and he suddenly asked: "By the way, have you ever heard of a Square company?"

"Square?" Komura recalled carefully and finally shook his head.

"I've never heard of it. What happened to Zuo Zhensang's company?"

"I just suddenly remembered that I saw their new game in some magazine. It is estimated that the new game will be released at the end of this year or early next year. It will also be a role-playing game."

"Oh, this is quite common." Komura didn't take it seriously.

"There are quite a few companies developing role-playing games now. The company you are talking about should be a newly established or a small company that has never been known."

Zuo Zhen thought for a while and said, "Well, please help me keep an eye on it. I still want to know more about this company, okay?"

"No problem. If you can take Zuo Zhen-san so seriously, it seems that this company is not ordinary. I will ask someone to investigate and I should be able to give you the news tonight."

"Okay, thank you."

If Zuo Zhen’s prediction is correct, Square Enix, which has not yet been merged at this time, should soon release its own role-playing work, Final Fantasy.

Final Fantasy is also considered an important part of the history of video games.

In his previous life, Zuo Zhen played almost the entire series several times, the most famous of which were Final Fantasy 7 and the online game Final Fantasy 14.

This should also be considered a strong competitor.

But actually Zuo Zhen had another idea.

He wanted to see if he could get the company in advance.

The developers of this company are all very potential people, and taking over this company can give you a certain foothold in Japan.

It just so happens that I already have some spare money on hand, so I can consider acquiring or directly buying their stocks.

Of course Zuo Zhen has another way.

That is to wait for Square to commit suicide and bankrupt himself, and then Zuo Zhen will take advantage of it.

But it will be a long time after the millennium when it goes bankrupt, so if we can make money early, in the future, Final Fantasy, the world's top role-playing game IP, will belong to us.

Last year Zuo really wanted to make Final Fantasy.

But he once remembered that this month's game seemed to have been developed a long time ago, so Zuo Zhen did not consider Final Fantasy at that time.

Otherwise, a car crash is likely to occur.

Zuo Zhen told Komura the name of the game Final Fantasy and asked his helper to pay attention to see if there is such a work and if there is a company called Square.

Perhaps because it is a parallel world, this company may not exist in this world.

But you always have to try your luck and see if you can pick something up.

"By the way, Zuo Zhen-san, I have a small request. Of course, this request is not mandatory."

After signing the contract, Komura Xiong took the initiative to talk to Zuo Zhen about his incident.

"What kind of request is it? If it is your request, I will definitely agree to it as much as possible."

Komura smiled and said: "Actually, this should be more beneficial to you. It is an interview program on a Japanese TV station. They have already wanted to interview you, a special game developer, in person."

"However, this TV station actually has a good relationship with our Sega, otherwise the other party would not find me, and then through me hope that you can go to their TV station to participate in the program."

"Participate in the show, of course there is no problem."

Zuo Zhen really had no reason to refuse.

The interview activity should be regarded as a very rare thing.

Even if Takamura Yu hadn't said anything, Zuo Zhen would definitely consider participating in such an interview event.

"Then you agreed? Okay, okay, then I'll contact my friend right away and see if I can make an appointment for you on an interview show in the next few days. You won't be returning to China these days, right?"

Zuo Zhen shook his head: "I won't go back to China so soon this time. This is a rare time for our employees to come out to have fun. They always have a lot of fun. I estimate that I will play here for half a month before going back."

"That's great! Let's do this, Zuo Zhen-san. We, Sega, will handle the rest of your and your staff's schedule."