The game carrier used by GSL handhelds is still in the form of cassettes.
And what is used is the flash memory chip.
Suri Electronics insisted on using the CD format because it wanted to implement its own standards.
As of now, it is completely unclear which model is more feasible.
The cost of CDs can be very low, and the form of cassette flash memory can be very portable and convenient, but the cost will be higher than that of CDs.
Zhu Yuxing believes that in the form of a handheld, the cassette is obviously better. Players can carry many cassettes to play different games at the same time, but even a CD-sized disc cannot be carried around too much, which is a bit inconsistent with the palm. The portable style of the machine.
Moreover, future generations can also prove that cassettes are indeed a more reasonable form for handhelds. In the future, cassettes can also be very low-cost and have more advantages than CDs in all aspects.
However, the cassette has a very fatal problem, that is, the material output of the manufacturing is always unstable, and the manufacturers of flash memory are also very fond of doing things.
The news of a fire at any time said that it would reduce production capacity. Later, people would always ridicule these manufacturers that if they had no money, they would just set a fire at home.
As for whether it was a real fire or a fake one, Zhu Yuxing didn't know either, so he couldn't make a rash conclusion.
But now the production of cassettes will obviously suffer as a result.
"We have contacted other flash memory manufacturers as soon as possible, but this period of time will cause the production speed of cassettes to slow down, and some areas may be out of stock."
Zhu Yuxing frowned, thanks to the built-in memory chip manufacturer and cassette storage of the game console. The manufacturing plants are separate, and if they are manufactured by the same company, it is really possible to finish them together.
Also, I did not make those simple casual games into cassettes, otherwise, it would occupy more cassette production lines, and the impact would be even greater.
"Is there an estimated time? I want to know how long it will take to restore production capacity." "It is expected that it will take at least three months to
restore the previous production capacity."
It is even more difficult to expand production capacity.
For delayed delivery of products, if the contract period is exceeded, the flash memory factory will definitely lose money.
However, the previous multiple cassette productions were relatively short-term contract orders. The flash memory factory has always been a thief in this regard. It has never signed a long-term contract, just to prepare for any price increase.
The cassette is the lifeblood of the current Yuxing Electronic Entertainment handheld console. If there is a game console, if there is no cassette, the game console is equivalent to a piece of scrap metal.
It is still too early to implement online digital games, and the soil is not mature enough.
But there is no better way at the moment.
"Then contact the second manufacturer immediately and share the production of the cassette."
The person in charge of the outsourcing department nodded and said, "Yes, but I'm worried about another thing."
"What?" Zhuyou star asked.
"Other manufacturers are also likely to increase the price of cassettes, so that our manufacturing costs will also increase."
Take Yuxing said: "But it must be done, we must meet the needs of players, not Because of the cost, players lose the opportunity to play our games." The
person in charge asked: "Can we make suggestions to third-party game companies to increase the royalties? Let them also share some of the manufacturing costs of the cassettes?"
Zhu Youxing shook his head immediately after hearing this: "No, this amount of money is still affordable, our royalties are already not low, and increasing them will increase their burden, this is a matter of word of mouth, for a The cost of adding a few dollars to the cassette is not worth it at all."
"Okay, I see, then I will now contact if there are other flash memory manufacturers who are willing to take over immediately."
After the person in charge left, Zhu Yuxing fell into deep thought.
Flash memory manufacturers do this kind of unexpected things in the future, because they have very legitimate reasons.
Unless you directly acquire a flash memory manufacturer and only serve your own industry, you don't have to worry about any unexpected situations.
It is obviously unrealistic to want to develop the entire industry chain, develop chips, and develop various components. No matter how abundant the funds are, Zhuyouxing cannot cover the entire industry chain, and even other superpowers can do it. Not yet.
However, if you want to choose a physical industry as the core, flash memory chips are obviously the best choice.
This is one of the fastest-growing real industries in the foreseeable future, and it has relatively low technical content and low labor costs, and only needs to produce cassettes for their own products.
So this does seem to be a feasible idea, but I am afraid it requires a lot of money. Is it enough to toss with my current wealth of three or four billion US dollars?
In the memory of Zhu Yuxing's previous life, a certain manufacturer's acquisition of Intel's flash memory business seemed to cost seven billion US dollars.
However, that is almost after 2020. At that time, flash memory chips were already one of the hottest physical industries. Now, there may not be such a high price, and I don't really want to do the flash memory industry. It's just an exclusive cassette factory.
Then maybe three or four billion dollars is enough, but then things will be delayed for the theme park that I plan to do.
Unless you make more money yourself.
It is difficult to set off any waves outside the industry for the fire in the cassette foundry of Youxing Electronic Entertainment.
But in the industry, it spread almost immediately.
Especially YOO's long tail rain, he almost jumped up when he heard the news.
This is simply a godsend.
If it follows the normal routine, then there will inevitably be problems with the release speed of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's video games, and this gives him an opportunity to take advantage.
So he immediately contacted Hayakawa Ukito.
"Haakawa, did you know that there was a problem with the cassette production at Yuxing Electronic Entertainment?"
Hayakawa just finished the meeting, and it happened that this was the content of his meeting today. After hearing Nagao Yu's call, he nodded directly. Said: "I know, it seems that there will be some problems with the production of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's cassettes this time."
Nagao Yu immediately said excitedly: "This is our good opportunity, we can take this opportunity to expand production, if players want There are no cassettes in the games of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, but their demand for entertainment is definitely not less, so we can take the opportunity to take away some users?"
Hayakawa Ueto said: "It makes sense, but I don't think that Zhu Yuxing will easily sit still."
"Whether he will sit still or not, let's seize the opportunity first!"