During the development of the SFC and GB, Takayuki already instructed the employees to prepare in advance for future internet and online connectivity. However, until the related games and systems were thoroughly perfected, Takayuki didn't intend to make it public, aiming to prevent competitors from learning too early and copying their products.
Things like adding a network port to their own game console or adding wired multiplayer connectivity were not difficult at all. Moreover, even if they applied for related technology patents, bypassing these simple technology patents would be easy for Surui Electronics with its research and development capabilities.
It's just like the previous directional pad patent; I can choose not to make it a directional pad and instead make it four directional buttons shaped like squares, circles, and triangles, which cannot be stopped.
So Takayuki's only advantage was to catch others off guard.
Thanks to the fact that no one had made game consoles or handheld consoles in this world, those who came later learned from their electronic gaming godfather.
They only thought of doing what they themselves did.
Only Surui Electronics had a bit of originality, making a wide variety of controllers to increase the diversity of games.
But what really affected games was the gameplay itself, not these flashy controllers.
And their internet connection module and the handheld's wired connection could directly affect the overall gameplay experience.
Takayuki wanted to catch their competitors off guard.
They pinpointed the approximate time frame when their research and development of the new game console was almost complete and announced several unexpected features to disrupt their competitors' rhythm.
Before they made it public, even if their competitors thought about using the internet or wired multiplayer, they definitely wouldn't have the foresight of someone from the future like themselves.
They would only continue to experiment and often take detours, while Takayuki already knew the most correct answers directly.
Now, Takayuki's plan had succeeded.
Currently, Surui Electronics' 32-bit game console had already reached about 80% of its development stage and was about to be completely developed. The remaining tasks were the game console system and related game development work.
And their handheld console, being researched faster, was nearing completion and had already begun contacting manufacturing factories for mass production.
But now, Takayuki suddenly announced that their game console could be connected to the internet and even play multiplayer games, which was quite sudden.
Odachuan hurriedly asked, "Can we still add this wired multiplayer system and hardware module to our handheld console now? Also, immediately contact the factory and stop all production lines preparing to manufacture the mainboard. I'll take responsibility for the losses!"
Seeing that the handheld console could play multiplayer games with wired connections, and seeing the happy faces of the children playing together in the advertisement, Odachuan knew that this was a very important point that would affect the sales of the game console. They must also implement this wired multiplayer feature, absolutely cannot fall behind in this aspect!
An employee quickly ran out to contact the factory to stop production.
And the head of the engineering team, wiping cold sweat, said, "We can still add this module to the mainboard now... it's just that it might affect our planned release schedule for the game console. We need to do hardware debugging, and then wait until the debugging is perfect before we can determine the new mainboard design."
"How many days of development time do you need to tell me?"
"At least half a month."
"I'll give you ten days. Work overtime and finish it for me. I'll increase your overtime pay by one and a half times per person."
With the lure of money, several engineers also became excited.
Overtime in Japan was quite common, and sometimes just getting extra overtime pay was already considered generous by the company.
And Odachuan directly announced an increase in overtime pay by one and a half times, so they were all immediately motivated.
The head of the engineering team glanced back at the reaction of his subordinates, then nodded vigorously. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, we can guarantee completion within ten days."
Odachuan began to ponder. The release date of the handheld console had already been set for early November, and preparations for various publicity announcements had already been made. But now it seemed that they would have to recall all these advertisements.
At the same time, he also needed to ask the head office for more research and development funds.
Just providing employees with extra overtime pay wasn't enough; they also needed enough research and development funds to quickly design a mainboard compatible with the wired multiplayer module. And this would probably require at least 100 million yen.
But Odachuan thought this was acceptable, just not sure if the people at the head office would agree.
Hopefully, they would agree to allocate the budget this time for the sake of his father's face.
Takayuki, you young man, you're really amazing. You always manage to come up with something unexpected that catches me off guard. Why didn't someone like you have any reputation before? This shouldn't be the case.
Could it be because his father's brilliance overshadowed his child's potential?
Odachuan was very proactive. After issuing the tasks, the employees immediately got to work, each performing their duties.
Because of the generous rewards, the employees worked very hard.
In addition to the research and development of the wired connection for the handheld console, he also needed the team developing the new console to add a network module. This time, they absolutely could not fall behind, and he had already begun considering forming a dedicated creative team.
The creative team didn't need to do any boring work every day; they just needed to continuously provide various ideas, good or bad, for me to review and determine whether they could truly become future development directions.
Other companies in the gaming industry that were also researching game consoles were now in a panic.
The unexpected advertisement from GameStar Entertainment caught many companies in the industry off guard.
If you don't keep up, your game console will be outdated.
If you do keep up, you'll have to redesign everything, and the cost of this effort is a bit painful.
Now, many bosses of medium-sized entertainment companies are cursing Takayuki.
You damn guy, why did you release such an advertisement at this time? Our game console is almost done, and then you pull this move on us.
If it weren't for you, maybe we could make money more easily. Couldn't you develop a bit slower? At least give us a chance to slowly drink soup!
With the rapid development of Game Star Entertainment, other imitating companies couldn't afford to take it slow.
This is an era of liking new things and disliking the old. If you don't develop together with the leaders, you will be completely left behind and never be able to turn the tide.
Many medium-sized companies that had just invested heavily in transitioning to the gaming industry were now faced with the need to reinvest funds to develop game consoles again, which was quite a loss. Many company bosses are now thinking not about catching up quickly, but silently cursing Takayuki for not being hit by a car so that the development of electronic games could progress slower, and they could make money more comfortably.