"Adams, does Xbox have any plans to develop the latest generation of console platforms lately?" Li Haoyu asked.

Adams looked at Li Haoyu's face before saying, "BOSS, we do have a plan to develop a new generation of Xbox, but this plan has been suspended recently. ”

"Adams, tell me about the new Xbox."

Li Haoyu nodded understandingly, Xbox is facing the fate of being acquired recently, and this kind of plan should be suspended, and no one can guess what their new boss thinks of this new generation of Xbox. Besides, at this time, it is impossible for Microsoft to allocate funds for them to develop this new generation of console platform, and it is not a wedding dress for others to give Microsoft's style.

"Joseph, the new generation of Xbox is led by you, you can introduce the boss." Adams looked at Joseph, the chief engineer of Xbox.

Arthurf nodded and said, "Okay, BOSS, our latest generation of Xbox is tentatively named XboxF, which means the fourth generation of Xbox, and F is the first letter of FOUR." This new generation of Xbox I expect to use the same AMD chipset as the Xboxone, and the CPU is AMD's upcoming Jaguar-based octa-core CPU, clocked at 2.1Ghz. The display chip, that is, the GPU, is also AMD's latest display chip, with nearly 1,000 stream processors, which is more than 200 higher than Xboxone. The memory is 12GB DDR3-2133 system memory from Corsair, and the capacity of the hard disk will reach an unprecedented 1TB......"

This Joseph said that Li Haoyu was big for a while, his understanding of the computer is limited to how to use it, as for the hardware in the case, he knows a few parameters of the three major parts of the machine, and the others are basically blind, at this moment, hearing Joseph's series of professional terms, he quickly interrupted Joseph's words and said: "Joseph, you don't need to say the specific parameters, you just need to tell me what advantages XboxF and the current Xboxone have, and how much money is needed to develop it." ”

The others chuckled, and although many of them were in this business, they also had a headache for these specific parameters. It's just that Joseph is the most senior engineer in Bbox, and as long as they talk about it, it must be related to these things, and they can only listen to it no matter how headache they have.

Now the new boss seems to have a headache with these specific data, and they immediately feel that they have met a bosom friend, and it is estimated that Joseph will not open and close his mouth like this with a large string of numbers, right?

Joseph scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "BOSS, that's how I said it, I'm used to it." Compared with the current Xboxone, the new generation of Xbox I designed has about 35% higher CPU and GPU performance, 25% higher memory, 50% higher hard disk capacity, and 15% higher average performance than the PS5 and WIIR announced by Sony and Nintendo in E3 this year. In terms of software, Xbox has not only made all the games and software compatible with the previous Xbox one and Xbox 360, but also made some optimizations for the game's peripherals. For example, the gamepad is more user-friendly, the somatosensory game captures the human body's movement trajectory with higher sensitivity, smaller size, etc., I believe that the new generation of Xbox will be able to surpass Sony and Nintendo! ”

"Mr. Joseph, how much money is needed to develop this XboxF? How much does it cost? How much do you lose for each unit sold? Li Haoyu asked several questions in a row.

Joseph's face stiffened, and he snorted: "BOSS, it will cost about 500 million US dollars, and if it is still based on the current selling price of 499 US dollars for Xbox, we will lose about 70 US dollars for every unit sold." ”

Li Haoyu's face became ugly, although he had already guessed this result, but when he heard with his own ears that every Xbox would lose so much money, he still couldn't help but gasp.

If you really want to develop this new generation of console platform, the $2.5 billion doesn't seem to be enough now, and it's already good to support it for half a year.

"Xiaoyu, will the fourth-level authority really have the skills of the host platform?"

Li Haoyu asked Xiaoyu for confirmation, if this news is true, then he can save a lot of money on research and development. If this news is not confirmed, then even if you have to invest more money, you have to get a new generation of Xbox, otherwise Xbox will face the possibility of losing a large number of customers after the launch of the new console platform of Sony and Nintendo.

Xiao Yu said impatiently: "My dear master, I have already told you many times, there must be a new generation of console platform skills in the fourth level of authority. It seems that the Xbox developed by Microsoft more than 20 years later, the performance is definitely a few streets away from the current platforms of Sony and Nintendo, so you can rest assured. ”

Li Haoyu was relieved at this moment, and said: "Mr. Joseph, XboxF is temporarily on hold, and the company's funds are currently tight. You should also know that Xboxone still needs to subsidize a lot of money, and if it invests in the development of a new generation of platforms, then the company's funds will not be able to make ends meet. ”

"BOSS, but if we don't develop a new generation of consoles now, then we won't be able to keep up with Sony and Nintendo!" Joseph said bitterly.

"BOSS, Joseph has a point, no matter how difficult it is, we have to develop the next generation of console platforms!" Arthur, an architecture engineer, also said.

"BOSS, do you see if you can invest a little less money first, such as investing 30 or 50 million US dollars for the time being, and then invest a certain amount of money appropriately when there is progress in the future, so I believe the company should be able to bear it, right?" President Adams proposed.

Li Haoyu thought about it carefully, and felt that it would be better to stabilize these people with tens of millions of dollars first, and then he could directly take out the technique after opening the fourth-level authority in the future, otherwise he would have to make a fuss if he didn't agree to them like this.

After all, these people are all for the sake of Xbox, and Li Haoyu didn't want to blame them, so he nodded and said: "Okay, I'll use 30 million US dollars as a special fund for the development of the next generation of Xbox, Joseph, you have to save a little, the mythical group is not as rich as Microsoft, and I will see a breakthrough before issuing the next batch of funds after allocating it." ”

Joseph nodded again and again: "Boss, don't worry, I won't cost you a penny!" ”

Li Haoyu said with a wry smile: "I hope so, I ask you to make the most results with the least money, but not to let you save everything, you still have to use it." By the way, I don't know much about Xbox right now, so if you have any suggestions, comments or questions, you can say them now, and if you can impress me, then I will take your opinions. ”

Xbox Product Consultant Kristen asked, "BOSS, what will we do to sell Xbox after Microsoft spins off?" ”

Li Haoyu said: "My plan is to build my own sales network, and at the same time sell on global supermarket chains such as Wal-Mart and Carrefour, as well as online shopping platforms such as eBay and Amazon, so that I can basically cover most of the world's regions." ”

Park Mi-hye, Asia Sales Director, asked, "BOSS, what should we do about after-sales problems?" In the past, Xbox relied on Microsoft retail stores all over the world for after-sales service, and now after-sales is a big problem. ”

Li Haoyu's face stiffened, and he said with a headache: "Director Park, do you have any opinions?" ”

Park Mi-hye said: "There is not much way for the time being, only to temporarily set up one or several after-sales service outlets in a country, for example, in the United States, we now have three Xbox franchise stores, which can basically meet the after-sales needs temporarily." It's just that in this way, the after-sales pressure is relatively large, and a country only has two or three or even one after-sales service network, which can easily cause dissatisfaction among players. ”

Li Haoyu had a headache and said: "Director Park, how many Xbox franchise stores are there in the world now?" ”

Park Mi-hye turned her head to look at Adams, and Adams said: "BOSS, at present, we have a total of forty franchise stores, mainly distributed in more developed countries and regions, and most of the other places rely on Microsoft retail stores for sales and after-sales, I think that building sixty such stores can be extremely reluctant to meet the after-sales problem." ”

Li Haoyu nodded, he estimated in his heart that sixty franchise stores would cost $60 million for one million dollars, not counting the monthly rent in the future. Of course, these stores will also be able to sell single-player game discs and console games in the future, which will be very beneficial in the long run, but all of this will require a lot of money!

At least $2.5 billion has to come up with at least $800 million to acquire Huanju Times and Jinshan, and half of the remaining $1.7 billion will be used to subsidize the cost of buying consoles, and it is also necessary to recruit a large number of people, build dozens of mythical retail stores, etc., where is this money enough!

More than half of the funds of the Mythical Group will be used for the construction of the Mythical Building, and the remaining hundreds of millions of dollars are just a drop in the bucket, and it seems that we have to find another way!

"Are you taking too fast steps?"

Li Haoyu asked himself, when I used to read online novels, I saw that pig's feet were pickling girls or something every day, and I didn't see how he managed the company, and in two or three years, they used goldfinger to turn their own company into the world's largest company, and it is still a monopoly in N industries.

Now that I think about it, all these novels are written is bullshit, where is there such an easy thing in this world to handle the whole world!