At the entertainment expo, many companies are doing their best to attract gamers to their booths.
Some offer numerous prizes, others use beauty to grab players' attention, while some offer high challenge bonuses, and so on.
In theory, with Gamestar Entertainment's current influence, they don't need these promotional methods to attract others.
Because they are already a symbol themselves, and Gamestar Entertainment's games are all high-quality.
However, Gamestar Entertainment still provides various prizes.
The prizes are all exclusive to this event, such as limited edition plush toys, venue-exclusive badges, and so on.
These prizes may not be expensive, but for players, they are like treasures.
Takayuki also arrived at his own booth.
Because he's wearing sunglasses and a mask, no one can recognize his appearance at all.
In this cosplay-filled venue, Takayuki's attire doesn't attract much attention.
"Excuse me, sir, do you have any favorite games? I can help you choose and even let you try them on the spot."
A sweet-looking girl approached Takayuki and began to guide him through the games.
She noticed that Takayuki had been wandering around for a long time and guessed that he might not be able to find a game he liked, so she decided to come over and help.
Being a gamer herself, she has a high enthusiasm for other players, even though this job is quite dull, she is still very dedicated.
"I haven't decided yet. Are there any games other than the latest Gamestar ones available for trial?" Takayuki asked.
"Games other than Gamestar ones? Sir, are you not interested in Gamestar's first-party games? Gamestar's first-party games are very interesting."
Takayuki thought to himself that he had played those games countless times, and besides, he created them himself. He definitely wouldn't want to play them right away.
If possible, Takayuki has always hoped to play the original high-quality games of this world.
So far, there have been some, but compared to the vibrant game market of his previous life, it's still a bit monotonous here.
It's understandable though; the electronic games in this world are still in the exploratory stage, and no one has truly understood the essence of games yet, so it's not easy to develop interesting games.
Takayuki replied, "I just want to try some games other than Gamestar's first-party ones. Do you have any recommendations?"
The girl thought for a moment and said, "Then I recommend you try an action game from Kyuhonmoku. It's their latest release, but it's definitely not as interesting as Gamestar's first-party games."
Takayuki shrugged indifferently, "Let's take a look then."
"Sure, please follow me. I'll arrange a trial machine for you."
Gamestar Entertainment's booth has hundreds of gaming machines, but even with long queues for trials, people can quickly play the games they want.
Takayuki followed the girl to a player who had just finished playing.
The player looked a little reluctant to leave the screen.
Each person's playtime is limited to fifteen minutes.
And this player was playing Final Fantasy 7.
Fifteen minutes is naturally not enough for this game, but he still had to reluctantly leave the machine.
However, he quickly went to the nearby Gamestar Entertainment booth and decisively paid to reserve a GS1 with Final Fantasy 7.
"Sir, you can play now."
After the player left, the girl picked up the controller and started operating, bringing up the action game installed on the gaming machine, then handed the controller to Takayuki.
After thanking the girl, Takayuki picked up the controller and started experiencing it.
It's a 3D graphics action game.
However, Kyuhonmoku's 3D graphics technology is still a bit immature. With the support of the game engine, the overall game effect is good, but it's just Samsung level, not excellent.
But it's not bad either. Takayuki roughly experienced it and felt that it has potential in today's market, but it hasn't reached the level that would make him addicted.
With decades of experience in gaming, Takayuki hasn't found any original games in this world that can completely captivate him.
After playing for fifteen minutes, Takayuki left the trial area without any attachment.
Next, he was ready to check out the games in other companies' booths.
With the booming development of the gaming market, the electronic gaming market is no longer completely monopolized by Gamestar Entertainment.
Two or three years ago, Gamestar Entertainment could dominate over ninety percent of the terrifying market share.
But this momentum will definitely decrease as more and more people enter the market.
Currently, Gamestar Entertainment still occupies eighty percent of the market share in Japan and the United States.
The remaining twenty percent is owned by different gaming companies and enterprises.
Different strokes for different folks; even though Gamestar Entertainment tries to create more gaming experiences, players still have different preferences.
Especially some gaming companies native to the United States seem to have found other business opportunities, such as finding games authorized by the same name.
For example, games adapted from movies, animations, etc.
These already have a certain fan base, and as long as they put a little effort into it, they can at least reap the profits of the original fans.
There are many companies doing this kind of thing in the current gaming market because making money in the gaming industry is really easy now. As long as you can develop games, you won't have trouble finding a job in this industry.
And recently, a new type of game has become popular.
It's called video games.
With real actors performing in the cutscenes, and the graphics are roughly at the level of 16-bit machines, the gameplay tends to be more generic.
These games are highly homogenized, but they still occupy a certain market share.
Takayuki remembers this.
In the original world, when 2D games were transitioning to the 3D gaming era, some gaming companies developed games like this.
This is a good way to avoid development difficulties, save a lot of resources, and develop quickly.
A company like Activision once revived itself with video games and eventually created another world-class series, Call of Duty.
However, it's not to say that all these video games are garbage; it's just that they're heavily homogenized, and they've played this genre to death.
In Takayuki's view now, these video games are not that great. None of them are worth playing, so he doesn't need to care about them.