Chapter 7 Talking
After Takahashi finished speaking, he raised his head and glanced at Kudo Hiroshi, and saw the curious expression on Kudo Hiroshi's face before continuing. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"I think that's why RB Street will outperform the U.S. Takahashi moved the coins on the table to make it noise.
"I don't know if you have noticed, RB seems to have more coins than other countries. One thing I've noticed after being at RB for so long is that everyone seems to have a lot of coins in their hands.
Compared to banknotes, coins are heavier and less difficult to carry. Often, when people buy goods, they give preference to coins that are not easy to carry.
The increasing number of vending machines on the roadside should also confirm my claim.
I think arcades are actually a better way to spend these coins than vending machines. No one cares about these coins, they fall on the ground, and no one wants to pick them up except for small children.
People have plenty of heavy coins in their pockets, and the arcade games are fun enough. I can't think of a reason why people wouldn't trade coins for happiness. ”
Hiroshi Kudo listened to Takahashi's analysis and nodded from time to time. Don't look at Takahashi who doesn't say much, but the logic is self-consistent. This is very rare, you must know that most people can't do the simple four words "say something".
Hiroshi Kudo, who has a broader vision, is naturally able to connect the theories that Takahashi said with reality. If you think about it, people are really annoyed by these coins, and it seems that these annoying coins are really one of the reasons why the RB arcade industry is taking off.
"I'll admit you have a point, but you know what. In 1982, the revenue of the arcade machine industry in the United States was as high as $8.9 billion. You know movies, American movies are good, and the revenue from American movies is only $3 billion. Do you know what this means? Are you sure that the RB arcade industry will surpass the United States?" Kudo Hiroshi used the information he knew to mislead Takahashi by taking advantage of the information asymmetry.
"The American game industry is not ......," Takahashi didn't finish his words, and quickly swallowed back. He realized that Kudo Hiroshi was talking about 1982, and he just wanted to say, "The game industry in the United States hasn't collapsed yet?"
In his impression, the decline of the video game industry in the United States and the rise of the video game industry in RB have a very critical time node, that is, the Atari impact in 1983, the Atari collapse.
As the largest arcade home video game manufacturer in the United States and the world, Atari and many other game companies have released too many junk games on the Atari 2600 home game console platform.
Released on Christmas Day in 1983, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was triggered by the low-quality licensed game adaptation of Spielberg's hit movie. The vast majority of U.S. consumers and investors have lost confidence in video games.
Consumers voted with their feet, stopped buying video games, and a lot of capital fled. The U.S. video game industry collapsed. Millions of slow-selling E.T. Extra-Terrestrial cartridges, transported to the desert of New Mexico for burial, became an urban legend that has been around for years.
"What do you want to say?" Kudo Hiroshi doesn't like people who spit out.
"Isn't the U.S. game industry collapsing?" Now that he said it, there was no way to continue to hide it, and Takahashi simply said it.
"How do you know?" Kudo Hiroshi was slightly surprised. It's no secret that the U.S. gaming industry is collapsing, but not many people know about it at RB.
Of course, this is not that the people of RB do not pay attention to foreign news, but that RB's local game manufacturers have deliberately blocked relevant news.
Maybe because of the defeat, maybe because of the American garrison in the RB, maybe because of American movies and music.
In short, the RB of this era admired all aspects of the United States, whether it was production or manufacturing, and consciously imitated it in many aspects.
Although the physical distance between the United States and RB is far away, I don't know where to go, but if the vast number of consumer groups know about video games, it is not fashionable in the latest United States. There will definitely be an impact on the RB game industry.
Out of consideration for their own interests, RB has teamed up with a number of local game manufacturers to block this news through the media.
Ordinary people don't know about this news, but the RB game industry has a lot of thinking about the collapse of the United States.
The most notable point is that Nintendo has established a royalty system and a game review system on its home game console, the red and white console.
No game can be sold on a red and white console without Nintendo's approval and permission.
In this way, it is ensured that there will be no flood of inferior games on the red and white machine.
The ensuing monopoly, but an unexpected add-on, contributed to the formation of the Nintendo empire.
Kudo Hao was a little suspicious in his heart, which game company sent the spy in front of him?
No, no spy will stupidly say that he is Chinese and put a conspicuous mark on himself.
But it's strange to say that he's not an industry insider and is quite familiar with the game industry.
Takahashi opened his eyes and said nonsense, "You also know that I am Chinese, and the places where I live are also Chinese. Quite a few of them have been to the United States, and that's what they told me. ”
"Oh. Kudo Hiroshi nodded, and that made sense.
For nearly 200 years, there have been Chinese workers everywhere in the world.
Although local workers often look down on Chinese workers, entrepreneurs from various countries like Chinese workers very much.
Workers hate Chinese workers because they have low wages and are industrious, robbing them of their jobs, while entrepreneurs like Chinese workers because they are industrious and low-paying, so that they can do more with less money.
"Well, you're right. Hiroshi Kudo handed the strip in his hand to Takahashi. Takahashi took the note and took back the coins on the table.
"You can go to the games department and ask for a copy of the Gold Digger Tournament Edition, which is also a recent event in the company, and you can play more and maybe use it. ”
"Got it. Takahashi closed the door, took the slip in his hand, and went to the finance department to collect the money.
I thought that the finance department would take out two thick stacks of money and give a black plastic bag, but I didn't expect to get two thin banknotes.
Takahashi looked at the two banknotes and was amused for a while. I actually forgot that RB has 10,000 banknotes. It's been a long time since I've touched a large banknote.
As for going to the game department to ask for a copy of "Gold Digger Tournament Edition", Takahashi went to the game department, but he didn't ask for the game cartridge, but looked at the time and asked directly if he could play here.
He also wanted a card to take back and play slowly, but the conditions didn't allow it. Where he lives, let alone a red and white machine, he doesn't even have a TV, so what's the use of asking for a cassette to take back.
Fortunately, someone in the game department recognized him as GQ who had just broken the record three times in a row downstairs, and it made sense to let him play here.