After returning from the mainland, Xia Tian called Square Games in Fuso and instructed Masashi Miyamoto to develop an electronic pet machine.

Electronic pet machines were once very popular in the 1990s. At that time, almost everyone had a small thing, helping to feed water, feed, bathe, see a doctor, play, etc.

There are actually not many functions, but the advantage is that they are petite, can be carried with you, and the functions are simple and easy to understand, and they have cultivation skills, which makes people feel very successful, so they are very popular among players.

In fact, the research and development of electronic pet machines is not difficult, it is nothing more than chips, batteries, motherboards, displays, etc., and these world-class technologies can be manufactured.

Square is now the largest electronic game company in Fuso. Its classic games include role-playing "Final Fantasy", fighting "Street Fighter", action "Double Dragon", sports "Simulation Football", "Simulation Baseball", "Simulation Football", "Simulation Basketball", "Simulation Ice Hockey", etc. Among them, the last three types of games are mainly sold in the United States, including "Speed ​​Racing" in the racing category, "Super Racing" in the management category, "Ritas Sushi Shop", music "Dance Master", strategy "Shiwuyun", etc., which can be said to cover almost all game types.

The sales volume of each game is more than 500,000, among which "Final Fantasy", "Street Fighter" and "Simulation Baseball" are the most popular, with sales volumes of more than one million and annual profits exceeding $500 million.

Now developing an electronic pet machine with simple functions is very simple for Squareps, which has super R&D capabilities. The sales of electronic pet machine is so high. If done well, it will make money than any game.

"Xiasan, will such a game be popular?" Miyamoto Masashi said a little worried. He really couldn't imagine any market prospects for such a simple and childish game.

"Are you questioning my eyes?" Xia Tian asked unhappily when he saw that he was actually worried.

"No, Natsu Sang, I will do as you tell me immediately." When Miyamoto Masashi heard this, he immediately changed his words.

Although Xia Tian is not a professional game industry person, no one can refute this if he is the top planner in the game industry.

Games such as "Final Fantasy", "Double Dragon", "Simulation Football", and "Street Fighter" are all planned by him, both groundbreaking and interesting, and are no exaggeration to call them works of art. He should not question Xia Tian's idea.

"Well, if the electronic pet machine is developed successfully, pet upgrade elements, pet battle elements, and pet collection elements can be added in the future." Qin Fen also advised Masashi Miyamoto.

In my previous life, a "Pokemon" sold 300 million copies, and even saved a generation of console game-boy. The profit each year exceeded 1.5 billion US dollars, making it the second most profitable game in history. Such a top-selling game is impossible to miss in summer.

After hearing this, Miyamoto Masashi's eyes lit up.

He found it meaningless to develop a pet simply. After all, it was too naive and too low-powered, and he was afraid of being unpopular. But if you add upgrades, battles and collect elements, then this game might be fun.

"Na Sang, I understand, I'll do it right away." Miyamoto Masashi said proudly.

"Well, don't let me down." Xia Tian nodded.

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"By the way, Xiasang, Sony is developing a new game console and wants to attract us to develop games for it. It has given us very generous conditions and greatly reduced the premium. Do you think we should cooperate with it?" Miyamoto Masashi said again.

When I heard this in summer, I immediately remembered the new game console play-station (ps).ps series game consoles launched by Sony in 1994. They are the king of the home game console field. The sales volume of each machine exceeds 50 million, and the sales volume of ps1 and ps2 even exceeded 100 million.

If you can launch a game on this console platform, it would be a little bit worth selling tens of millions of sets based on the quality of games such as Final Fantasy and Street Fighter. Moreover, if you earn multiple revenues on multiple platforms, it is naturally a good thing to be able to cooperate.

But then again, there is still some friction between him and Sony's president Sheng Dianshaofu, and this hurdle has not yet passed. Moreover, Tianxia Home Appliances, Tianxia Technology and Sony also have a lot of competition, so Xia Tian doesn't want to cooperate with him.

Furthermore, although Nintendo's game console sales are not higher than Sony's PPS, it is also one of the overlords of the game console industry and has been famous all the time. Square and Nintendo also enjoy extremely high treatment when cooperating with Sony. So now it seems that there is no need to rush to cooperate with Sony.

Summer wants to wait for a price.

Square is the largest game company in Fuso, with more than 20 classic IPs under its umbrella, and its annual game sales exceed 20 million sets. Such a heavyweight company is a company that any console company wants to win over its own camp.

Xia Tian wants to wait a little longer to see who pays the higher price and who receives the better treatment, and Square's company will cooperate with.

"Don't rush to express your opinion, just spend time with Sony to see what discount it can give." Xia Tian instructed.

Masashi Miyamoto nodded, "Nah Sang, I also have this opinion."

"That's it." Xia Tian nodded.

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"Xiasan, with your financial resources and our technology, do you see if we can launch a game console?" Miyamoto Masashi suggested again.

Like Nintendo, Sega, and Sony are now working on game consoles, and they have made a lot of money because of this. Especially Nintendo, who earns a lot of money by collecting premiums alone, so he is more jealous.

With Square's financial resources, summer support, and the technology of the World Group, Miyamoto Masashi felt that it would not seem that difficult to launch a game console.

When Xia Tian heard this, she smiled.

Although he knew that the sales of game consoles were indeed good, console games were also very profitable, such as Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, all invested huge amounts of money in research and development, which was obviously profitable.

But he also understood that the prospects for game consoles were not very good.

First, smart devices will become popular in the future and can provide relatively good gaming performance. For example, smartphones can completely replace handheld game consoles. Even Nintendo, which has always developed games for its own consoles and has never been willing to port games to other platforms, has launched a mobile version of Pokémon, which has caused the world to snatch Pokémon.

Second, the popularity and improvement of computers have also snatched away a large number of game console markets. The reason why game consoles were more popular than computers was mainly because they were cheaper and had good performance.

Like early computers, one was at least a thousand dollars, and the performance was not very good. But a game console was at most two or three hundred dollars, four times cheaper.

Because early computers were not developed for games, the game performance was relatively poor. In terms of the picture and operability, they were far less exquisite and smooth than game consoles. Therefore, many players like to play games with game consoles instead of computers.

But now the computer configuration is getting higher and higher, and the upgrade is easy and the price is not expensive, so it is more popular than the host.

Third, the content of computer games is becoming more and more abundant, and players are paying more and more attention to genuine versions. Especially the birth of online games has made many players involved.

In comparison, it will take at least 2000 to connect to the game console (dc version of "Fantasy Star Online" was released on December 21, 2000). The world's first online game, "Space War", was developed in 1969, and the first graphic online game "Genesis", was developed in 1997.

So in Xia Tian's opinion, although there is still a glory in the game console, he is unwilling to waste time and money to do this.
Chapter completed!