The reporter was stunned, and then interviewed a few more people, and the answers were similar.
There are not a few people who trade in old ones. Looking around, at least half of them are holding bags or cartons, which obviously contain the first-generation Flamingo game consoles and game cartridges.
The reporter was very puzzled and said to himself: "What is the Flamingo company doing to buy back the Flamingo-1 game console and game cartridges?"
Of course he didn't know that both mainland China and Taiwan were rampant in piracy, and Li Zetian bought back the Flamingo-1 game console to stop these pirates.
In the 1980s, Taiwanese pirated "Little Genius Game Consoles" quickly appeared and became popular in Taiwan and the mainland.
In the 1990s, the mainland pirated "Xiaobawang game console" turned out and quickly occupied the Chinese mainland market.
The Nintendo in the previous life was basically in a state of ignorance, and they couldn't figure it out. The pirated version actually defeated the genuine version.
sue them
Oh, and if the law works, can piracy still be so rampant
Piracy thrives because it's cheap and still profitable.
To beat piracy, it's cheaper than piracy.
Mainland China has a population of more than one billion and a huge market. According to Li Zetian's experience in his previous life, most of the people in the 1980s grew up playing mini-game consoles.
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Electronic product stores around the world are crowded with people, and the Flamingo-2 game console is on sale. The Flamingo Company's store was overcrowded, blocking the road, so much so that the traffic police were dispatched to organize the order.
Previously, Apple launched the CD-Walkman, and people couldn't help but love CDs.
The Flamingo company launched the CD-ROM type of Flamingo game console this time, which is also very popular.
It can be said that the great charm of CD-ROM can't be stopped, and the game cartridges look dirty, but any player who is a little fashion-forward will disdain the game cartridges.
Every time a customer sees a Flamingo-2, the Flamingo Company kindly presents a beautiful and delicate disc bag for storing and carrying the disc. Although the disc bag is not worth a few dollars, it looks tall and improves the grade of the entire game console!
And how is it easy to carry such a big and thick thing as a game cartridge
The Flamingo-2 was a complete mess. In one day, the total global sales volume was as high as 3.25 million units, of which the number of trade-in units accounted for 1.8 million units, and the CD game discs sold exceeded 24 million!
Li Zetian asked Nolan Bushnell to deliberately announce the sales results of Flamingo Company. As soon as the news came out, the performance went against the sky and caused a sensation in the industry. Third-party game developers seem to have taken a reassurance, only looking for Flamingo Company, and no longer have two hearts. And some new game development companies that are preparing to enter the game industry have also contacted Flamingo. At the same time, it has also deterred other companies that want to enter the game console market. They are coveted and eager to move in the game console market, but they have heaven and other companies as their lessons, so they dare not set foot in easily. Right now, Flamingo-2 As soon as the sales results came out, they were even more afraid.
The Flamingo-2 is so popular that it sold three million units in one day. Wouldn’t it be courting death for a company to enter the game console market at this time
At this moment, it is raining in Japan, and Nintendo's headquarters is just as gloomy as this rainy day.
As soon as he got the sales data of Flamingo-2, he heard a thunderbolt, and the president Yamauchi almost vomited blood and fell into a coma.
"This, this can't be true..." Yamauchi Pu said slowly, with an unbelievable look on his face.
"President, this is absolutely true. Nolan Bushnell, CEO of Flamingo Company, told the media personally. Could he still lie in front of the media?" A middle-aged male employee with annoying toad eyes said.
Yamauchi was silent, thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's true, news from all over the world said that the Flamingo-2 is extremely popular, and there are queues outside the store all day long. Flamingo Company The trade-in strategy of Flamingo is very successful, and at least half of them bring the first-generation Flamingo game console to exchange for a new one! And the gossip has always said that the inventory of Flamingo-2 is not much, and Flamingo Company is going to engage in hunger marketing , which scared a lot of players, and made them all focus on the first day of Flamingo-2 to snap up! A variety of reasons were intertwined, and the sales of Flamingo-2 broke out, reaching an astonishing and terrifying data !"
Hearing that, everyone present was silent and depressed. The sales of FC game consoles have not exceeded 100,000 units for a year. The Flamingo-2 easily reached 3 million units on the first day, and the gap is simply a world of difference!
"President, it's time to make a decision!"
"Give up the FC game console, we have to admit defeat! Persevere, we will lose even more!"
"Yes, give up FC, then bow to the Flamingo company, and beg them to forgive us, so that our game can be released on the Flamingo-2 game console platform!"
"… "
The people advised.
Yamauchi Pu seemed to be ten years older all of a sudden, his face became more and deeper, and he lost his vigor and spirit.
"Okay, give up the FC game console!" he said in a low voice.
After saying this, he slumped on the chair and stared at the ceiling feebly.
He knew that it would not be long before someone else would take his place as president.
In reality, many people choose to ignore the glory that the other party has created, and only see the sins he has committed.
Although he is a major shareholder of Nintendo and a descendant of the founder, the company went public very early, and Yamauchi couldn't absolutely control it. The shareholders would be very dissatisfied with him and swept him out of the house.
Nintendo has made great achievements under his leadership, but he personally took Nintendo into hell!
On that day, Nintendo's stock price fell like an avalanche, and it was terrifying.
The next day, Nintendo held a press conference, announcing that it would no longer produce FC game consoles, abandon the hardware department, and be a third-party game developer with peace of mind.
As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar in public opinion.
However, this is to be expected.
Flamingo-2 is so awesome, who dares to fight against it
At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon that day, a reporter photographed Nintendo's president Yamauchi and several company executives on a plane to Los Angeles.
"What is the intention of Nintendo's executives going to Los Angeles this time?"
"Is the Jagged President Yamauchi looking to bow his head to the Flamingo Company to beg for mercy?"
"… "
The media couldn't help but talk about it.