Kotaro didn't care at all whether electronic games were gendered or not. He just wanted attention.
Now he was getting a lot of attention from the girls.
"In a while, an anime called Pokémon will be broadcast on Tokyo TV. There's also a game called Pokémon you can play. If you're interested, we can play together another day."
"What's the Pokémon game like?"
"It's probably about controlling Pokémon to battle monsters."
"Ah? That sounds so cruel. The babies are so cute, do they have to fight monsters?"
"Yeah, exactly. I just want to feed them, let them sleep, get married. Fighting monsters is too cruel. You boys are all bad for wanting these cute babies to fight."
The girls started chattering excitedly.
Little did Odachuan know, he was truly capturing the girls' attention.
"But I think it might be interesting. Think about it, cute babies with fighting abilities, they can protect their owners. That actually sounds pretty good."
A very pretty girl among the girls said.
Kotaro's heart skipped a beat, his eyes sparkling.
"Do you think so too? That's exactly what I think, but I didn't dare to say it earlier," Kotaro said, slightly excited.
"Yeah, I do."
Kotaro was very happy.
He didn't expect to receive such an unexpected gain. She didn't seem averse to video games, so perhaps there would be many opportunities to chat in the future.
Yes, he had to work even harder!
Kotaro silently encouraged himself.
...
Now, the most popular phrase in Japan is "video games".
This industry, which has just risen for more than a year, already has millions of audiences and is still growing.
The gold mine of video games seems to have finally been completely excavated from underground, emitting dazzling golden light.
At the moment, as long as a company invests a little money in this industry, it will immediately make a profit, almost never losing money, which has led to countless companies flocking to it.
Takayuki had already anticipated this.
In the previous life, the video game also experienced such a period of outbreak, with countless companies pouring in, and at this time, the video game was also the most mixed, with uneven quality, but it was also an era of great works.
Almost every once in a while, there will be those super classic games that will not be outdated for more than a decade.
Not to mention the series of their own company, each series has become an industry benchmark.
Companies such as Surui Electronics, Weidus, and Kinping Entertainment have also gradually developed their own series of games and their own audience base.
This is an era of booming development of video games, and also a great gold rush era.
At present, newspapers, magazines, TV programs, and even the Internet are full of video game figures.
Even the Internet giant YOO has invested in games.
After being rejected by Takayuki's game company, Chou Yuyu had another idea. Since Takayuki's game company did not accept investment, he simply formed his own team and developed games by himself.
But his focus was on home computers, preparing to develop games suitable for the Internet.
Weidus developed arcade games, YOO developed home computer Internet games, Surui Electronics developed console games and handheld games, and other companies such as Kinping Entertainment drank soup under the umbrella of Game Star Entertainment and Surui Electronics, and each company developed its own path in the field of video games.
By September, it seemed that several companies had gradually entered a stable development period, and there was nothing special about the Gamestar game company, except for the heavily promoted Pokémon game, which attracted many girls but nothing else.
This morning, after Odachuan completed the preparation work, he immediately held a meeting as soon as all the employees came to work. First, he summarized the results of the work in the recent period, then planned the work content for today, and finally confirmed the progress of the plan to see if there were any areas that could be optimized.
"The Sun Knight handheld version has entered the final stage of development and is waiting for the release of the handheld."
"The development of the HM1 handheld has encountered some difficulties, and we need some time and budget."
Odachuan looked at the engineering development personnel: "What difficulties are there?"
"The main problem is with the battery. We've tried many batteries, but none of them can achieve the amazing over 30-hour battery life of the GB."
After saying this, the head of engineering development muttered quietly again, "In fact, we can't even hold out for five hours."
Odachuan frowned slightly, "Can't we increase the battery capacity?"
"We can, but according to our ergonomics research, the weight of the game console that is most suitable for long-term gripping with both hands should not exceed 300 grams. Once it exceeds, players will find it difficult to play for too long and will feel tired."
Odachuan didn't understand these detailed data, but with so much research by the engineers, there shouldn't be a problem.
He thought for a moment and said, "Apart from the battery, what else can be reduced in weight?"
"There are places where weight can be reduced, such as the shell of the game console. We originally used engineering plastics, which are very sturdy and durable, but the drawback is that they must be thick and heavy enough to resist damage from falls."
"What if we switch to aluminum alloy?"
"This... will increase the cost again. The production cost of the game console may exceed 4,000 yen per unit, and then we will have a big gap compared to Gamestar Electronics in this regard."
Aluminum alloy is still a cutting-edge material at present. Once this material is used for the shell, the cost will increase significantly.
If that's the case, then if the Gamestar game console is sold for 8,000 yen, it will hardly make any money.
If Takayuki's company can make 4,000 yen per machine.
Then their machine can only make one or two thousand yen, which is a big gap.
Odachuan also found it unacceptable to hear this.
For a while, Odachuan was lost in thought.
Then he asked again, "Let's put aside these issues for now. How long will the battery last with a weight of 300 grams?"
"Only four hours." The voice of the engineer at this time was even smaller.
This battery life is not really good, it's even a bit bad.
Competitors have fun games, and the game console also has sufficient battery life, this advantage is very obvious.
And the biggest factor in the power consumption of game consoles is the chip of the game console itself.
It's really a dilemma.
Just then, a staff member rushed in from outside, looking a little flustered.
"Sorry, Minister, I didn't mean to disturb your meeting, but I think there's something you should look at right now. GameStar Entertainment has released another new teaser."
Odachuan's heart jumped. How come GameStar Entertainment still has something to tease? Could it be that they are already prepared to announce a new 32-bit game console?
This is too fast, premature announcements will seriously affect the current sales of game consoles.
Odachuan couldn't sit still and stood up, saying, "The meeting stops here for now. Let's go see what's going on."