Chapter 18 Understanding Through Piracy
After unloading the two followers from Kyoto Harmony, Takahashi boarded the plane to Japan alone and returned to Tokyo.
Just less than a week apart, Tokyo is still the same Tokyo, and there is no obvious change in the place.
The Space Warrior Production Team is still in the preliminary preparation stage and has designs about various actions that are being verified little by little.
Since Nintendo provides test machines too stupid and cannot effectively carry out efficient game development, Wanhu himself modified Nintendo's development machines.
The magically modified development machine is connected to a huge server, which can basically achieve the effect of later generations after writing a piece of program and then checking the actual effect.
However, this is also very expensive. The price of a Nintendo development machine is only one million yen. For all companies that are interested in making home games, and even for most ordinary Japanese people, although they do not have one million cash in hand, in their opinion, one million yen is not considered money.
But the server that Wan Outdoors is expensive, imported from the United States, the price is more than 400,000 US dollars, and more than 100 million yen.
Therefore, there is only one server for the production of red and white machines in Wanhu. It connects several terminals and distributes it to several project teams. Since everyone does not have to run the results in real time, it can be used even if it is time-difficult. Even if the time is not staggered and the car crashes, it means that the calculation speed is slowed down, and the picture you should see can still be seen.
Wanhu will not use manual piles like some companies in order not to buy expensive machines.
Takahashi believes that machines serve people. Since machines can make people relax, why do you need to use artificial piles?
Of course, this is because of the wealth of tens of thousands of households. Those companies that borrow high-interest loans have no funds at all and cannot think about future things.
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"Dongdong!"
"Please come in."
"President, this is the Tetris imitation machine that appears on the market. The box on the left is a imitation machine in Japan, and the box on the right is a imitation machine from the whole world, with notes of the source on it." The secretary sister carried a large box, which happened to be placed under two indescribable meat balls, and trembled on Takahashi's desk.
Although it is impossible to solve piracy from a technical perspective. However, Takahashi is not a technical lord, and all problems need to be solved with technology.
Wanhu's headquarters is in Japan and its branches are in China, which has already surpassed large enterprises. Although the market is still mainly based on Japan, it has begun to deploy markets outside Japan.
Due to different national conditions, each country also has different markets.
For example, in China, it is difficult to push electronic game consoles, because the New China attaches importance to education and believes that playing things is losing its ambition.
For example, the United States is not good at pushing electronic game consoles. Although it is not rejected by electronic games, everyone is afraid of it because of Atari's great collapse.
When facing different markets, you must have different strategies. Although many markets have not entered yet, and even have no plans to enter in a short period of time, you need to start observing and preparing.
And how to understand a market?
Rely on consumer research?
joke!
For investigation reports, it’s okay to believe one or two points, but if you want to believe everything, you will be dead.
Just like can you trust a consulting company? Yes.
But can you believe it all? No!
Food critics can eat and comment but not necessarily cook.
There is nothing wrong with adjusting the taste of the critic, but it would be too nonsense if a chef cooks according to the critic's words.
Consulting companies and consumer reports are both the same as critics. Their perspectives and positions of viewing problems are completely different from manufacturers.
So how do you understand the market in a region?
After a period of observation, Takahashi discovered a way to watch pirated versions!
Manufacturers who engage in pirated copies are usually small manufacturers. Their companies make small changes and make quick money, they will frequently invest multiple products in the market.
Regardless of where the prototypes of these products come from, after repeated trial and error, they will definitely be able to find the most popular products among local consumers.
Takahashi is not a rigid person either. Is plagiarizing a counterfeit company considered plagiarism?
Just like a manufacturer who made the Elder Scrolls, directly using the Chineseization results of the domestic pirated Chinese group. Although it is not a good idea to steal, there is no big problem in terms of procedural matters.
Takahashi picked up the pirated Tetris handheld console from Japan. To be honest, I really can't tell that this is Tetris handheld console, and it doesn't look like it from the appearance to the game.
You should know that every tetris image in the game Tetris is copyrighted by thousands of households.
Therefore, although the core gameplay of similar fallen games is the same, there is no second game that also uses similar deformation blocks as the elimination.
Almost all the rest are distinguished by color.
I learned the elimination mode of Bubble Dragon, and several of the same color were built together to eliminate it.
Then there are pirated game consoles in overseas markets.
First of all, it is from Japan's old neighbor South Korea.
Due to South Korea's strange policies, almost all industrial products except the United States cannot be sold directly in South Korea.
Therefore, the Tetris handheld machine of Wanhu cannot enter the Korean market.
Also, since Tetris has not applied for copyright in South Korea, the Tetris handheld machine in South Korea is almost a replica of the Ten Thousand Tetris handheld machine.
In addition to the letters "" that have become "".
Next is the Tetris handheld machine imitated by Taiwan. Although it is like South Korea, it is also copied unscrupulously. However, unlike South Korea, Taiwan is not only sold in Taiwan, but exported to the whole world.
For some reasons, Taiwan, as the youngest brother of the United States, can do it unscrupulously.
It is reported that Tetris handheld machines produced in Taiwan have been discovered in North America, Brazil, India, and South America.
However, unlike South Korea's Samsung Group, Taiwan's Tetris handheld machines have different brands, and there are currently no less than 100 trademarks, although it doesn't feel any difference except for the different trademarks.
Whether it is the strategy of pack wolves or the strategy of killing the master's tutor, it is because cheapness also occupies a part of the market.
The rest are American imitation manufacturers, American Iger Company is a rather weird company.
I have made countless pirated handhelds, but they are also creative. The model of Tetris handhelds seems to open a door to a new world for them.
The series of handheld machines they made based on Wanhu's Tetris handheld machine made Takahashi feel that they had a broader range of ideas.
The note posted on the body not only states the sale area, but also the approximate sales volume. Looking at the handheld machine with the best sales in each region, Takahashi also understands the different preferences of different players in different regions.
For example, Tiger Irer sells better machines, larger buttons, and Europeans like a more simple appearance. These are valuable experiences made by pirated manufacturers.
Chapter completed!