Chapter 527: How hardware makes money

"Everyone, in terms of software to increase revenue, everyone is saying good. Next, we talk about hardware. I know that many of you are not responsible for hardware. Even today's hardware leader, Zhao, did not come. I want to hear. Your opinion."
"How can we increase our hardware revenue while ensuring sales?"
Zhiduoxing g2 sells best on 128-bit game consoles, but there is no profit because the price is too cheap. The price of Ps2 and Super Uranus is 50% more expensive, and the performance is not much improved, just to increase profits.
Selling other electronic products, hardware can be profitable, so why not be profitable when selling game consoles?
If it wasn't for the spoils of Zhiduoxing, in fact, on 32-bit machines, everyone can make a lot of money, and there is no need to drop prices again and again.
Many people even think that the reason why Nintendo n64 was so cheap at the time was that Zhiduoxing led the price reduction of game consoles, which made Nintendo dare not sell too expensive and feared repeating the same mistakes.
Just like everyone buys a mobile phone, they also use the software inside, but does the hardware make money? Definitely earn.
Zhiduoxing Group is now relying on the price of the people, to ensure that the market sales are far ahead. At this time, if you want to increase the profit of the hardware and thus increase the selling price, it will definitely not work.
They also started the development of the next generation of video game consoles, hoping to make money on the game consoles in the next generation, rather than relying on software to make profits.
"President, on our Zhiduoxing g, we have made money with two kinds of hardware. The first one is the addition of a new joystick with analog sticks and vibration sensing. When it was listed at the time, it sold very well, and we also made a profit. Less money."
"The second one is the peripherals of the dance mat. This one is still selling well. The product has also been upgraded twice. The old models have been discontinued, but many of the new ones are purchased. Our dancing game discs are sold. It’s still pretty good."
"Under the circumstances that the price of our game consoles cannot be raised, I think there are only two directions to make profits. The first is to reduce production costs. Over time, our spare parts prices are getting lower and lower, but after-sales costs Then more and more."
"Even if we can make money, it won't be too much, so we can imitate gmInI and launch mInI2 to make this device more compact, while adding portable devices such as screens, external power supplies, etc., to increase our camp Close."
"The second is the introduction of new peripherals. The previous peripherals are no longer enthusiastically sought after by consumers. We need new selling points and can also stimulate the sales of our consoles."
"For example, a higher-precision light gun; for example, a microphone, our product can be used as a DVD player, and naturally it can also be used as a family karaoke; or a gamepad using new technology."
Zhang Yang suddenly interrupted Watanabe Naoki's words: "You say a new technology gamepad? What do you mean?"
"President, I think of this based on other devices. For example, the old microphones have a very long line. This is not very convenient. Many people are also easily tripped, so there is a wireless microphone."
"Just like traditional phones require telephone lines, today's mobile phones do not need those. Limited by technology, the distance varies."
"Also, most of today's people use wired mice, and wireless mice have long been available. The use of infrared transmission, or Bluetooth transmission, is said to have progressed very quickly."
"Why can't we make a wireless game controller? There are not so many lines under our feet, and we won't break the game console by accidentally pulling the line. In fact, most of our machines are in after-sales maintenance. It was broken, and half of them were accidentally pulled by the wire and fell to the ground."
"And no company has launched a wireless controller now. We will launch it first, which will win the player's like the original vibrating controller, and will also give the player a better image of our technology."
Pappa~~
Zhang Yang took the lead in applauding, and everyone else applauded. No way, the most proficient in hardware here is Naoki Watanabe, no one else can think of this.
"This idea is very good. You take off and take a look back and communicate with Lao Zhao. I hope to make it as soon as possible and push it to the market."
"The cost does not need to be considered too much. Just like our original vibrating handle, it doesn't matter if the price is higher. There will be players who are willing to pay."
"Does anyone else have any ideas? Ideas about making money on hardware."
"I have an idea here, but I don't know if the current technology can be realized. Everyone knows that the light gun emits light and lets the screen receive it to make some commands. So, can this technology be combined with a wireless controller? "
"The combination I’m talking about is to use the wireless controller to move left and right to control the direction of the characters. Haven’t you seen it? Many people have a sense of substitution when playing games. When they see monsters coming from the left, the body will be subconscious Follow to the right to dodge."
"So why can't you have a controller that allows you to control the movement of the game characters when you move it? Does this make you feel immersive?"
Zhang Yang asked loudly on the phone: "Who came up with this idea?"
"President, it's me, Allen."
"Allen? Why did you come to this meeting too?" Zhang Yang was a little surprised~EbookFREE.me~ He didn't notify Blizzard's people to come to the meeting, but this suggestion was very constructive.
This is the concept of future somatosensory game consoles. Nintendo also relied on this concept to regain the status of king of game consoles, and opened a new era of home game consoles.
At that time, game consoles were facing the impact of computer games. Many game manufacturers no longer developed any games specifically for home game consoles, but developed computer games and games controlled by mouse and keyboard. Because of this higher sales, they do not have to follow the game. Machine manufacturers share or pay platform royalties.
"I came to Edson to report on some jobs, and I just heard these. Of course, this is just my personal idea, and I don't know if it will succeed."
"Regardless of whether it can be achieved, I hope to add this function to our next-generation game console. And this game console, I named it as a somatosensory game console, that is, a game console that is controlled according to body sensing, it will definitely be more popular!"
"Allen, after the company's successful R&D, it will also give you a bonus."
"President, big news, big news!" Matsuda Shiji's voice came over the phone, extremely anxious.