Chapter 232: 3 Hours of Sales
Some heavyweight guests, such as Xu Qing and Hayao Nakayama, came from the backstage to the front of the stage.
The stage was built in the open air, Xu Qing took a cursory look, and there were at least tens of thousands of people gathered in the area around the stage.
Most of the people who came to Sony's PS conference were young people, and most of them were men.
Some of these people are holding glow sticks, and some are holding luminous posters, Xu Qing's eyesight is good, and he can clearly see the content of the poster close to him, which says Sony, we support you.
Xu Qing and the guests sat close to the stage, separated from other ordinary people by a railing, and there were security guards standing next to the railing.
Because Xu Qing and Hayakuo Nakayama are heavyweight guests, they sit closest to the stage.
The area of the stage is not very large, and Xu Qing's position is a few meters away from the stage, so even if Xu Qing and they sit in the front position, they can still see the situation of the entire stage clearly.
At 7 o'clock, fireworks suddenly erupted around the stage, soaring several meters high, which was extremely dazzling in the night.
Immediately after that, the music sounded, and a group of Japanese girls dressed in energetic clothes came out and danced energetically.
Xu Qing didn't know these Japanese girls, but listening to the voices of the players around her, it seemed that these girls had a big name in Japan.
After the opening dance, the music sounded again, and this time it was a group of Japanese men, young and handsome, and the dance was also very good-looking.
Does Sony want to use these two dances to give male and female players their respective audio-visual feasts?
After the Japanese man finished dancing, Norio Oga finally appeared on the stage, and he began to introduce the performance, appearance, game content, and various characteristics of Sony PS.
In every respect, the Sony PS can be said to be an excellent gaming console.
Even before the release, it was speculated that the game content would become a shortcoming of PS, and at tonight's press conference, Norio Oga introduced more than 10 game masterpieces and invited several top third parties.
Game content is the most critical factor in whether a game console can sell well, and Sony's behavior has broken the doubts of the outside world and put many players at ease.
At 9 o'clock in the evening, the press conference ended, and the Sony PS officially went on sale.
For games released in Akihabara, consoles have a habit of going on sale immediately after the press conference, and usually this sale is limited to Akihabara.
This is one of the reasons why many players come to Akihabara to participate in various press conferences, so that they can experience the latest games and consoles first.
Akiba used to have a large number of game stores, and these stores generally did not sell the products of just one game company, but all game companies.
Before the start of the press conference, these game stores have already placed Sony PS, and after the press conference, many players will come to buy.
Because of the large number of game stores, even if there are tens of thousands of players who come to the press conference, they can digest it in a short time.
From 9 o'clock to 0 o'clock in the morning after the press conference, the sales volume of these 3 hours can predict the future sales of Sony PS, and this prediction is very accurate.
Now Japan is the country with the most gamers in the world, and the taste of players here is the vane of global gamers.
After the press conference, Norio Oga and other Sony executives will wait in Akihabara for the number of Sony PS sales in 3 hours.
Xu Qing had no interest in waiting, he said goodbye and left, returned to the hotel, the distance between the press conference site and the hotel was very close, Xu Qing walked back directly.
The press conference site that was crowded just now is either leaving Akihabara or scattered in various game stores.
Xu Qing walked on the street and saw that the game stores on both sides of the street were crowded with players, and all the game stores Xu Qing saw were crowded with players on the road from the press conference site to the hotel.
Maybe some players are not here to buy Sony PS, Sega SS is also selling well, and there are many people who buy it, Nintendo GB has been selling well for a long time, and there are still many people who buy it.
However, Xu Qing can be sure that most of the players who came to Akihabara tonight are buying Sony PS.
The success of Sony's PS is doomed, and in the original time and space, Sony's PS consoles have set a total sales record of more than 400 million units, of which the PS1 has sold more than 120 million units.
This sales record, the current Ohga Norio can't even think of it, before in the background, Xu Qing asked Ohga Norio about the sales forecast of PS, and his forecast is 5 million units.
In Norio Oga's view, Sony is the first time to make a game console, and the gamer fans and game heritage are not as good as Nintendo and Sega, and the goal of achieving 5 million sales has been achieved.
Xu Qing returned to the hotel and had some supper, before the press conference, Xu Qing only ate a little dinner, and his stomach was a little hungry.
After eating supper, chatting with Carlyle and a few guys to blow water, Carlyle proposed to call a few Japanese girls to play, Xu Qing rolled his eyes, Carlyle had to give up this idea.
The next day, shortly after Xu Qing finished breakfast, he received a call from Norio Ohga, who told Xu Qing in an extremely excited tone that the sales of Sony PS reached more than 7,000 units last night.
This may sound like a small sale, but it is important to know that this sales are only 3 hours of sales in Akihabara.
There were about 10,000 players who came to the press conference last night, that is, most of the players bought Sony PS.
This is very good sales for Sony, which released a game console for the first time, after all, the current Sony is not a game company of Nintendo, Sega.
Xu Qing congratulated Norio Ohga on the phone, and he invited Xu Qing to attend tonight's celebration party, and Xu Qing agreed to attend.
Xu Qing stayed in the hotel for a while, left the hotel, came to the GAME FREAK club, and chatted with Tajiri Tomo.
"Pokemon" has been developed, and the original development progress was not so fast, it was completely smashed by Xu Qing with money, and because Xu Qing acquired Atari, some of Atari's technicians were transferred to Japan to assist in development.
Although Atari has declined, the technical background is still very strong, and with Atari's support and Xu Qing's money, the development progress is much ahead of the original time and space's "Pokemon".
At noon, Xu Qing had a meal with all the staff of GAME FREAK, showing the presence of Xu Qing, the big boss.
This month, Xu Qing will also release the handheld, of which "Pokemon" is the key factor in the success of the handheld.
In the afternoon, Xu Qing and a few people went shopping in Ginza, Ginza was quite big, and Xu Qing came a few times and didn't finish shopping.
Ginza during the day was not as lively as it was at night, and a few people bought some things and returned to the hotel.
In the evening, Xu Qing attended Sony's celebration party, eating, drinking, chatting and blowing water, and the party passed.
Early the next morning, Xu Qing and a few people got on the plane back to San Francisco and began to prepare for the relevant things released by the handheld.