Zhongshan Rihua Electronics Factory.

Duan Yongping has just formed a technology development team to prepare for reverse development of Nintendo's FC red and white machine.

However, at this moment, Wujiang Group announced that it authorized any domestic company to produce compatible machines (copycat machines) of "Qiqi game consoles", and can sell Kirin 1 chips, MMC chips, and even custom game console motherboards at low prices!

As soon as this news came out, it was jaw-dropping and unbelievable.

Is Wujiang Group planning to give up the domestic game console market?

I am indeed ready to give up, but not completely.

Instead of making money directly from the hands of ordinary people, it became profitable from game console manufacturers.

Game consoles are scolded in China, which damages the corporate image.

In previous lives, the state would even introduce a policy to prohibit the domestic production of game consoles.

Of course, this life may be different, after all, Wujiang Group has become the global game hegemon, stimulated the economy, driven the development of related industries, and earned foreign exchange for the country.

"Director Duan, what now? We don't seem to have to copy Nintendo's FC, just make a compatible machine for the "Poor Odd Game Console"! A technician then spoke.

After Duan Yongping sounded for a while, he nodded and sighed: "Well, you're right, we can just make a compatible machine for the "Qiqi Game Machine" now." Merely...... After the announcement of this news by Wujiang Group, I am afraid that many companies will enter the game console market in the future, and the competition is very fierce! ”

The technician smiled: "Director Duan, what we are doing is not a game machine, it is a learning machine!" ”

"Yes, yes, we're learning machines, so we're sure we'll have the last laugh!" Duan Yongping laughed when he heard this, and he had a little self-confidence in his heart.

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Since the announcement of the opening of the "Qiqi Game Machine" compatible machine standard, Wujiang Group has successively found cooperation with companies, including Zhongshan Rihua Electronics Factory.

Soldiers are fast, and now whichever company is the first to launch a game console will be the first to eat crabs and make a lot of money.

Duan Yongping came to Wujiang Group, found the relevant person in charge, and reached a cooperation.

Zhongshan Rihua Electronics Factory directly buys Kirin 1 chips, MMC chips, game console motherboards, and even Borderless game cartridges directly from Wujiang Group. The cost of game cartridges produced by Wujiang Group is lower than that of pirated games, and the domestic price is very cheap, making it unprofitable for anyone who makes pirated game cartridges.

However, Wujiang Group does not dare to pirate the games on the Nintendo FC platform, so it depends on domestic pirates.

Zhongshan Rihua Electronics Factory buys MMC chips, perhaps because they want to copy FC games, and then add MMC chips to enhance the game screen.

Obviously, Zhongshan Rihua Electronics Factory is still more ambitious. Some companies didn't buy MMC chips, so the picture of these companies' copycat games was naturally much worse.

Duan Yongping has just signed a contract with Wujiang Group, and the first batch of orders can build 100,000 Xiaobawang learning machines. Duan Yongping deduced that there are not many 10,000-yuan households in rural areas in China, but the income of people in big cities is relatively high, especially in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Shanghai, which are first-tier cities, and the number of 10,000-yuan households is not small. A Xiaobawang learning machine, the production cost is 900 yuan, the price is about 1000 yuan, there should be quite a lot of families who can afford it, and 100,000 machines are placed in the national market, which should be easy to digest.

Wujiang Group does not dare to copy the games on the Nintendo FC platform, but Zhongshan Rihua Electronics Factory dares to do it!

Zhongshan Rihua Electronics Factory wants to be the first company to eat crabs!

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A senior executive of the Shenzhen company of China electronic device company also came to Wujiang Group at this time to discuss cooperation, and like Duan Yongping, he came to purchase Kirin 1 chips and game console motherboards.

Wujiang Group has set the price, and it is not allowed to bargain, saying that the output is limited, and putting on a posture that you don't buy and can't buy in the future.

The executive had no choice but to grit his teeth and buy it.

But as soon as he walked out of the gate of Wujiang Group, a trace of excitement flashed on the executive's face, and he muttered to himself: "No one would have thought that as long as you buy the Kirin 1 chip and game motherboard of Wujiang Group and transform it, you can turn it into a learning machine!" Selling game consoles in the name of learning machines will definitely become popular! ”

At this time, Duan Yongping didn't know that not only did he have the idea of transforming the game console into a learning machine, but also people from the Shenzhen company, a Chinese electronic device company.

There is more than one wise man in the world.

……

Three days.

Fifty companies have partnered with Borderless Group to enter the game industry.

Good guys, this is not too much of a fierce competition in the market, and they are all squeezed in~

When Zhao Ye saw it, he couldn't help but sigh a little, the market often only survives a few companies in the end, which is very cruel.

There are already 50 companies now, and there will only be more companies entering the game industry in the future, which is a bit scary.

Just as Duan Yongping happily returned to Zhongshan Rihua Electronics Factory, a meeting was being held within the Wujiang Group.

Zhao Ye said: "Through the observation of the past few days, many companies in China are ready to enter the game market, which is a good thing for us, after all, a lot of chips and game console motherboards have been sold......"

It's hard to prevent piracy with game cartridges, and there's no way around it.

The 16-bit game console being developed by Wujiang Group will use CD as the storage medium, and Zhao Ye knows that there are many kinds of CD anti-theft technologies in his previous life, which is enough to ensure that in this era, no one can crack it.

Once the game cannot be pirated, players can only buy the "Poor Odd 2 Game Console" and the genuine game.

At present, Wujiang Group is opening up the compatibility standard of the "Qiqi 1 game console", which is just a way to do it, since it can't be stopped, then it can only take the initiative to embrace, at least you can make money by selling chips and game motherboards. If they are asked to pirate Nintendo FC, they will only use the FC standard, and in terms of processor selection, they will only choose 8-bit 6502 or Z80 processors.

"How do you stand out in this particularly competitive situation?"

Zhao Ye paused, his eyes swept over everyone's faces, smiled slightly, and said, "Have you thought of how to stand out?" ”

Everyone shook their heads, and they didn't come up with it for a while.

Zhao Ye said slowly: "If you make a game console into a learning machine that can learn typing and programming, do you think you can stand out?" ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone was full of shock, this idea is really amazing!

However, they would have been even more surprised if they knew that Duan Yongping had proposed this idea earlier than Zhao Ye. Their boss is a genius, they are used to it, and it is natural to accept it, but Duan Yongping is just a small factory, but he also has this kind of whimsical idea, which is really admirable.

"Boss, your idea is simply fantastic, so are we going to enter the learning machine market?" Someone asked.

Zhao Ye pondered for a moment and shook his head: "There's not much need, as long as we launch this kind of learning machine, I'm afraid we will be copied immediately." Moreover, I can come up with the idea of developing a game console into a learning machine, which others may not be able to think of. We still focus on foreign markets, and the domestic market will give them well, so we will sell some electronic components and drink soup......"

As soon as these words came out, many people present forced themselves not to laugh.

What is a sip of soup? It's just a big bite of meat!

The main cost of game consoles is chips and game motherboards, other companies can't produce them themselves, so they can only buy them from the Wujiang Group, the price of these things is not cheap, but the actual cost is very low.

Let's talk about the Kirin 1 processor, the cost is only a few dollars, and if you sell it for 100 yuan, you have to buy it hard.

Moreover, the more competitive the domestic game industry market, the more Wujiang Group earns.

"Alright, let's get down to business." Sales in Europe, the United States and Japan have leveled off, but our factory has such a large production capacity that we urgently need to open up new markets and sell game consoles all over the world! In addition, release part of the production capacity and change the production line for the production of handheld game consoles! ”

After such a long time, the handheld game console has naturally been successfully developed, and the degree of localization is very high. Batteries, chips, etc., are all manufactured by the group itself, but the LCD screen adopts the STN LCD screen made by Sharp.

At present, Wujiang Group can only produce TN LCD screens, which are worse than STN in terms of color, and when used in handheld game consoles, the game screen will look very poor.

There is no way, Wujiang Group can only import STN LCD screens.

However, the LCD factories under the Wujiang Group are actively absorbing TN LCD technology and have carried out research on STN LCD technology. At present, more than 10 universities and scientific research institutions are fully cooperating with Wujiang Group to overcome STN liquid crystal technology.

With the investment of Wujiang Group regardless of the cost, it is expected that the LCD factory will soon be able to master STN technology, so as to get rid of the import dependence on Sharp STN.

(End of chapter)