The Flamingo-1 sold so well in Japan, which exceeded Li Zetian's expectations, and sold nearly 10 million units in November alone.
When Nintendo released the FC game console that year, although it was already very popular, it was not so exaggerated. It only sold more than 1.3 million units that month.
However, if you think about it, there is a reason why the Flamingo-1 is so popular. Li Zetian and the Flamingo Company are already well-known in Japan, and their sales channels are much stronger than Nintendo. In addition, when Nintendo released FC, it came with three games: "Popeye", "Donkey Kong" and "Donkey Kong Jr.".
And when the Flamingo-1 was released, it had Super Mario, Contra, Tank Wars, Double Dragon, Saloman, Metroid, and The Legend of Zelda. , "Pac-Man", "Donkey Kong", "Super Arkanoid", "Chinese Square" 11 games.
The disparity between the two is too great!
The game itself is so classic, coupled with the large number, it broke out completely crazy! The game of Flamingo Company was hesitantly thrown into Japan like atomic bombs, causing an unprecedented sensation!
Currently, USD/JPY is about 1:250.
The Flamingo-1 console is priced at 50,000 yen ($200).
Flamingo's console revenue alone was 500 billion yen ($2 billion) in November
The Flamingo-1 game console is not the most profitable, but the game cartridge is the most profitable!
Each game cartridge was priced at 7,500 yen ($30), and in total nearly 80 million game cartridges were sold, or 600 billion yen ($2.4 billion).
In addition, the game novel sold 10 million copies at 500 yen each, for a total of 5 billion yen ($20 million). The Japanese love to read manga, and game manga sold 50 million copies at 1,250 yen each, for a total of 62.5 billion yen ($250 million).
Based on the above, according to statistics, in November alone, Flamingo's revenue in Japan reached an astonishing 1,165 billion yen (4.67 billion US dollars)!
The Flamingo Company has achieved such impressive results, which shocked the world!
The amazing thing is that this is only the Japanese market, and there is a larger American market waiting for Flamingo! In addition, there is a European game market with huge development potential!
"My God, Flamingo has activated the global game market. It used to be a multi-billion-dollar market, but now it has become a tens of billions of dollars, and Flamingo will occupy more than 90% of the game market share! "
Countless game development companies have sighed.
The scale of the ant factory is now getting bigger and bigger. Li Zetian initially thought that the production capacity of 5 million was enough, but it was far from enough, and he had to recruit more people. There are more game markets around the world waiting for Flamingo to develop!
Soon, the much-anticipated Black Friday is here, the start of the big Christmas shopping in America, and the launch of Flamingo's consoles!
American players have long been looking forward to it. Many people lay on the floor and line up all night, just to be able to buy the game console as soon as possible in the morning! Such a grand event is rare before!
The price of the Flamingo-1 game console is not expensive, and the population of the United States is two or three times that of Japan. Naturally, there are many users who buy it.
From 8:00 in the morning to 24:00 in the evening, the Flamingo-1 game console hit a record of 2.5 million sales!
People can't describe it in words except shock.
The Flamingo-1 game console is so popular that it is bound to counter the Atari 2600 in the US market.
In fact, it only took two days.
On the second day, the Flamingo-1 game console sold a total of 4 million units, while sales of the Atari 2600 in the United States did not reach 4 million units.
The game industry was shocked, and the media were in an uproar. This symbolized the fall of one game empire and the rise of another game empire!
As a result, the third game developers changed their flags one after another and took the initiative to surrender to the Flamingo Company!
However, Flamingo has not given any answer.
On the third day, 1.2 million Flamingo-1 consoles were sold.
On the fourth day, 840,000 Flamingo-1 game consoles were sold.
On the fifth day, 760,000 Flamingo-1 game consoles were sold.
On the sixth day, 650,000 Flamingo-1 game consoles were sold.
On the seventh day, 55 Flamingo-1 consoles were sold.
Looking at a set of data, all game companies are envious and jealous. Within a week, the sales of Flamingo-1 reached a terrifying 8 million units! The vast majority of American households are buying the Flamingo-1 game console.
The Atari 2600 has apparently been dumped a few streets!
The Flamingo-1 game console, plus sales of game cartridges, novels, and comics, brought Flamingo's revenue to $3.8 billion.
With sales of $3.8 billion in North America alone in one week, Flamingo has created an unprecedented myth!
Don't look at the huge sales, but the Flamingo-1 game console is almost unprofitable. It is sold at cost price, first occupying the market, and then making money from game cartridges. In the future, with the improvement of the manufacturing process and the reduction of the price of spare parts, the Flamingo-1 game console will be able to bring profits.
Apple Inc.
Vincent Gay frowned and was depressed. He didn't expect the Flamingo Company to be so powerful and developed so many classic games, which made the Flamingo-1 game console quickly defeat the Atari 2600 and become the overlord of the game console.
The opponent Apple will face in the future is simply too strong!
Vincent Guy isn't even half sure that Apple's game console, the Ares Flamingo-1...
It would be nice if Apple didn't have a console development project in the first place, but the project is halfway through, and it will cost Apple a lot to lose. However, continuing to develop may be a bigger mistake!
Vincent Guy was flustered and undecided.
Not long after, Thomas Rockefeller came.
"Mr. Rockefeller, Flamingo is too powerful, is Apple's game console development program going to continue?" Vincent Guy asked.
Thomas Rockefeller frowned: "Of course it continues, Apple has invested so much money! What's more, the game console Apple is currently developing uses the latest technology, so it is more advanced than the Flamingo-1, and has Competitiveness!"
According to Thomas Rockefeller, gamers and third-party game developers would buy into the power of consoles.
Vincent Guy nodded and said: "Okay! By the way, Mr. Rockefeller, I heard that Warner Bros. plans to sell Sunbird..."
"what is the price?"
"$2 billion!"
Thomas Rockefeller smiled contemptuously: "The Sunbird Company is obviously not good. It is worth several hundred million dollars at most! For 2 billion dollars, I am afraid that no one is willing to buy it!"
"Yes," Vincent Guy laughed, "but there's no way that Warner Bros. won't recover the cost if they don't sell so much. When they bought Sunbird, they spent more than $4 billion."
Yes, that's right.
Warner Bros. plans to sell Sunbird. The board of directors judges that Sunbird is no longer able to bring profits to the company. The sooner the company sells, the better.
At this time, the Sunbird Company was panic-stricken.
Wu Guangguang frowned and sat in the office, silent for a long time.
When Li Zetian founded the Flamingo Company, he did not go when Nolan Bushnell switched jobs. In his opinion, Sunbird is already the dominant player in the industry. With its monopoly in the industry, Flamingo cannot beat Sunbird.
When he stayed in Sunbird Company, he was the CEO and the helm of the company. If he wanted to sleep with the secretary, he would sleep with the secretary. No one dared to gossip. But when he went to Flamingo Company, he had to look at Li Zetian's face, and he couldn't be the secretary. Although he was the CEO in name, Li Zetian still had the final say in the company.
Wu Guangguang has become accustomed to giving orders by himself. Although he was promoted by Li Zetian as the CEO of Sunbird, he finally chose to betray him and work for Warner Bros.
It's just that he never imagined that in just over a year, the Sunbird Company had fallen from the dominant position of the game, and now it has been reduced to the end of being sold.
"If I had known today, I would also go to Chronos Li..." Wu Guangguang sighed and regretted it.
As soon as December passed, Li Zetian announced a news that shocked the game industry - the royalty system!
"In the era of Atari 2600, the market is full of a lot of junk games and pornographic games. In order to ensure the quality of the games, all third-party game developers who want to develop on the Flamingo-1 game console platform All merchants adopt a royalty system.
The royalty system stipulates:
1. The Flamingo Company shall review each game;
2. Require third-party manufacturers to only produce 5 games per year;
3. The third-party manufacturer needs to predict the sales volume of its own products, and then the Flamingo Company will make the game cassette. The third-party manufacturer not only has to pay the production fee but also bear different amounts of royalties. "
As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar in the industry, and game companies expressed dissatisfaction.
This approach is not harmful to Flamingo Company. It has obtained considerable profits under such rules, and completely threw the risk to third-party manufacturers.
The Flamingo Company is simply outrageous! overbearing! Impossible!
At this moment, in Nolan Bushnell's office, he frowned slightly and said to Li Zetian, who was sitting by the side, drinking juice leisurely, "Mr. Li, shall we do this?"
"What's good or bad..." Li Zetian said indifferently, "It's up to us now. If game companies want to make money, they must abide by our rules! By doing this, we are also rectifying the game environment!"
Of course, Li Zetian knew that the royalty system made game companies angry and resentful. However, Nintendo itself is also dead, and has been sticking to the game cartridge, and the CD used by Sony as a game storage medium is more liked by players.
There was still a trace of worry on Nolan Bushnell's face, Li Zetian patted his shoulder and smiled: "Don't worry, they will compromise!"
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