I thought it was a big business to come, but who would have thought it would be a potential competitor?

Should I sell it to him?

Lin Ping was naturally a little hesitant, but it was only a moment.

This deal is of course necessary. I just put forward the conditions and the other party has agreed.

If you regret it because you know the other party’s identity, the company’s credit will probably decline significantly in the market.

Besides, arcades do need a good start order now.

If possible, Lin Ping hopes that the order he received within one year will be enough to consume all the procurement of electronic components.

Only when the order volume is large and long queues can the factory's production line operate at full capacity.

Only by spending all the $10 billion chip orders purchased by Motorola as soon as possible within the next two years can you successfully position all your competitors and make any competitor no longer interested in the arcade market.

As businessmen, few people have the courage to rush into a saturated market.

Every businessman desires that they encounter emerging markets that need to be developed.

Even if it is harder to open a brand new market, it is much better than the cruel and reluctant struggles in those already saturated markets.

Although Lin Ping wanted to keep these arcade machines and wait until his business center opened before providing services to ordinary consumers.

However, no matter how much you think, you still have to consider the cruel reality.

In the semiconductor industry, technology changes are very frequent.

The electronic components and all the chips I am purchasing are current products, but once new products are introduced from the laboratory to the market, the chips I am purchasing will instantly cut in half.

Taking memory chips as an example, the ones I use now are generally thirty-two kb and 64 kb, but once there are 128 kb or even stronger 256 kb memory chips in two years, then the depreciation speed of these things in my hands is beyond everyone's imagination.

Today I purchased a super big order of 10 billion US dollars from Motorola, but once the things I purchased in two years are probably not worth even 3 billion US dollars.

If this 10 billion US dollars chip is sold to the second-hand market, few people would choose such things unless the price is extremely low.

Only when the price is low will the cost-effectiveness be highlighted. If a product without cost-effectiveness is not favored by anyone.

At that time, the 128 kb memory chip will probably be exactly the same as the current 64 kb memory chip.

No one will buy backward products at the same price. This is the cruel side of the semiconductor industry.

Whoever masters the latest technology will be the king of this era.

Backward technology will always seem so cheap.

Just like in the era of the Internet explosion, taking PC computers as an example, the CPU and graphics cards used by most domestic users only have very little time to use the top models in contemporary products.

Even in 2021, the number of graphics cards used by gamers on steam is still 1,660.

The reason why there is such a large proportion is that this graphics card meets the needs of most people for gaming.

Not everyone needs a 3090!

But who has noticed that purely domestic graphics cards have the performance comparable to the overall quality of 1080.

This is not only the success of a graphics card, but also represents a comprehensive improvement in domestic chip capabilities.

Ninety percent of PC users can use domestic hardware systems without feeling any performance drag.

Only those who need high-performance computers can use Intel's top CPUs and 3090 graphics cards.

There is no logical problem, but it is extremely difficult to succeed in the market.

It can be used to fully meet the needs of most users, but it still cannot achieve outstanding sales results in the market.

It can even be used in specific procurement machines. Ordinary users would rather use a 1660 graphics card at the same price than purchase a domestic graphics card comparable to 1080.

This is not a natural barrier constructed by a series of complex software ecosystems.

Although the performance reached 1080, not many super gaming companies optimized the performance for this graphics card.

And back to the 1980s where Lin Ping was.

The technology changes are even more dazzling. After all, a nine-nine-in-one game card in the early 1990s was sold all over the streets and alleys.

At this time, Lin Ping’s priority is that the materials in his hands should not be devalued before the technology changes.

If new technology appears, any seller will lower the price of their arcades.

At least now he is still the world's top product, and there is no similar product to choose from, which gives Lin Ping sufficient quotation rights!

It was already half past the contract between the two parties to sign the contract at 1:30 in the evening local time!

Although the check is received, according to the contract signed by both parties, the other party needs to wait at least two months to get the goods.

And even after two months, the monthly delivery volume only remained 10,000 units.

It will take at least eight to ten months to complete this contract order!

Paying all the money in advance and waiting for so long, although the other party was a little helpless, he had to accept it.

This reminded Lin Ping of the situation when he bought a car in the era of the Internet explosion. Even if he booked a car, he had to wait for several months to get it. Some of the popular models were outrageous and had to increase the price in the 4S store!

Lin Ping is not playing the same routine as hungry sales, but it is impossible for Motorola chip supply to explode in a short period of time.

My electronics factory in Beijing has already been in the prototype of a super OEM factory. As long as all the spare parts are in place, you can start terrifying productivity if you want to build a super factory.

But Motorola probably didn't expect that the chips it produced would be worried about due to insufficient production capacity.

At first, the board of directors was just worried that the price was too high and it couldn't be sold. The actual situation was indeed the case. The excessive price made downstream production and design companies afraid to use this chip from Motorola.

Excessively high prices can only be passed on to consumers, while excessively high prices will discourage consumers.

If there are alternative products and the price is moderate, no one will choose Motorola 68000.

Fortunately, with a stable sales channel, it is only a matter of time before Motorola wants to expand its production capacity, whether it is Motorola's financial capabilities or its ability to utilize resources.

Due to the dates specified by the procurement contracts of both parties, Motorola's production capacity will grow at a visible rate every two weeks.

After all, for Motorola, you can receive the payment as long as you complete the delivery.

The sooner the delivery, the sooner the purchase contract will be, and the numbers in the annual financial report will be better.

Early the next morning, before Lin Ping could get up.

Potential consumers, some have seen the newspapers of the day.

The Consumer Electronics Show is also one of the important exhibitions of the year for New York, the world's largest city.

At this time, many newspapers left their headlines to the Consumer Electronics Exhibition.

Even though the headlines were not left to the newspapers of the Consumer Electronics Show, many media still left the content to the follow-up reports of DC introduced to EA Games.

It can be said that in the newspapers the next day, all the newspaper headlines and ea game company-related news accounted for more than 70%.

Such high-density dominates the headline titles, which really makes Nintendo's people's jealous eyes shine green.

Although they also hope that ea game company will get better and better, this is not about sales performance, but about the hope that the games launched by ea game company will get better and better.

Only when more and more games are invested in the market can consumers have more choices and even more firm choices to enter the red and white machine market.

Nintendo's home game consoles have huge advantages over the price of red and white machines, which allow them to ignore the source of "food" like parasites.

However, now ea game is performing better and better, which is what Nintendo doesn't want to see the least.

How I hope that the company that appeared on the headlines of the newspaper today was Nintendo, not ea game company.

"The arcade system game is really desperate. Although I only played it for more than half an hour yesterday, if I go to play Conra after I get home, I have no passion.

"Contra" is my favorite video game, no doubt.

However, after playing "Metal Slug", I realized that I was so fond of the old and the old.

This is really terrible. I actually fantasized about buying an arcade with the "Alloy Slug" game and put it in my bedroom. Even if I get up at night and pee, I can turn on the arcade and play it." Since today is an open day for the public, more staff came to Nintendo's booth to facilitate the service of consumers who come to consult.

During the time of entering the venue an hour in advance, these staff members were still savoring yesterday's game content, and some even held today's newspapers in their hands.

"The Metal Slug" is indeed much more fun than Conra. Whether it is the rendering of the picture, the production of sound effects, or even the stimulation of the game levels, it is far from comparable to the little red and white machines.

When Conra appeared, his competitor was Atari's 2600.

Because the opponent is too weak, Contra is too great.

Now that we see the alloy warhead, as our taste is getting higher and higher by EA Games, we naturally feel that Conra is just a two-player shooting game.

Whether it is to say that you are fond of the old or to pursue the trend too much, after all, the hardware strength of the arcade system is placed there. If such a powerful hardware strength cannot be far ahead of the red and white machines, then such a product may be extremely failures." The colleagues around you think that all this is an extremely normal phenomenon.

If the game products created by new technologies are not as fun as before, then such products are destined to be eliminated by the market and even become clowns despised by the market.

"You two just played the game "Metal Slug" yesterday! Maybe you two like this shooting game.

However, as professionals, you should not let your preferences influence your profession. You should take a look at other games more. If you put more energy into other games yesterday, you will find that "Metal Slug" is not the best.

The two players cooperate to pass the level, although the game mode is exactly the same as Conra.

However, the difficulty coefficient ratio does increase, perhaps because the mission of arcade machines and red and white machines is different.

Red and white machines are family game consoles, and the difficulty of the game is closer to the joy of the family. It is impossible to adjust the game to the point where it cannot pass the level. This seriously affects the mood of the people who play the game and may even affect the harmony of a family!

This alloy warp is different. It is likely that its mission is to place it in the game hall to make money for the boss. Only when consumers invest more game coins can the boss make money.

If you want consumers to invest more game coins, there is no second way to increase the difficulty of the level.
To be continued...