===162 Two Unexpected Advertisements===(None Edited)

  It was two adverts that employees panicked.

  The two commercials just aired on TV Tokyo this morning.

  The two advertisements are about GB game console and SFC respectively.

  In the advertisement, a child excitedly took out a small box about the size of a matchbox and inserted it into a data interface at the rear of the SFC.

  Before, this data interface Suri Electronics has also noticed.

  However, that interface is more like a general-purpose extra interface. At that time, Hayakawa Ueto and others thought that it should be connected to additional controller peripherals, but they did not take it too seriously.

  Their family also produces handle peripherals, and there are a wide variety of them, so Yuxing Electronic Entertainment is expected to prepare for this aspect.

  It's just

  that the matchbox-sized box is clearly not a handle.

  Because the angle at which the child was standing was blocking the line of sight, this was obviously intentional, making it difficult to see what the box was for at first.

  After placing the box at the end of the SFC, the child happily turned on the SFC machine. With a familiar sound of turning on the machine, the child sat in front of the TV seriously.

  Then, a prompt screen appears.

  'It is detected that the machine has been connected to the Internet, whether to connect to the network service. '

  The child chose the 'Yes' option without hesitation, and then entered the main interface of the game selection.

  In the upper right corner of the main interface, a mark like a network connection has appeared.

  'Let your entertainment computer have the function of networking, networking allows you to update your ranking data at any time, and challenge the various records and achievements of the game with people all over the world. '

  ' The SFC network module is now on sale for only 100 yen, players are welcome to buy. '

  Haakawa Zhiren suddenly had a bad feeling.

  Can SFC be connected to the Internet?

  How come you never know this?

  He immediately looked at the engineering development staff: "Haven't you dismantled SFC's game consoles? Have you found this networked module before?"

  "This... This is something we did not expect, because this is also a External peripherals."

  Hayakawa Ueto said: "However, this also requires a related network module in the game console, right? Just an external network socket is definitely not enough, and the system also needs to be prepared. Network-related programs will do."

  Being in Suri Electronics, a top international electronics company, he certainly understands some basic electronic product manufacturing structures.

  If a device wants to add an Internet port, at least some reserved capacitors for network services or a separate network module must be prepared in the motherboard in advance.

  The motherboard of a desktop computer sometimes comes with its own, and sometimes it is implemented through a separate network card. This is what happened in early computers. In later generations, the network module has been fully integrated and rarely separated.

  The engineers were a little ashamed.

  They were really negligent at the beginning and didn't find any network plug-ins reserved in SFC.

  Hayakawa Ukito also understood what was going on, but instead of scolding the employees for their incompetence, he just asked, "Can our game consoles do it now?"

  The engineer immediately replied: "Yes, but we have not made reservations in the software and hardware in advance, so the cost of our network module production may be higher."

  "How much higher?"

  "More than two hundred yen."

  Hayakawa Ukito A moment of silence.

  The cost of its own network module is twice as high as the retail price of others. How can this be done?

  However, Hayakawa Zhiren felt that the network module of Youxing Electronic Entertainment should be sold at a loss. One hundred yen, which is the price of a bottle of cheap drinks in Japan, or the money of cheap rice balls. If you want to buy an electronic product, that is Really losing money.

  The production cost alone costs 200 yen. If the transportation and other packaging costs are included, the total cost is more than 300 yen, so if you want to make a profit, you have to exceed 300 yen.

  This is a bit of a headache.

  At present, their PN game consoles have sold 700,000 units. If they are also sold at a loss of 100 yen, if all 700,000 units are equipped with network modules, they will directly lose 140 million yen.

  Now the company is dissatisfied with the frequent loss-making promotion of the game division, and the follow-up profit has just filled up the previous marketing costs.

  But now there is no choice, they have to follow up.

  At present, their game consoles can't match the performance of SFC. If they can't even match the service, then their players will probably abandon them quickly.

  As Hayakawa Ukito was thinking, the employee who reported earlier said cautiously, "That... Minister, we still have a second advertisement that we haven't seen."

  Hayakawa Ukito responded and said, "Then what are you waiting for, the second one? There's also an advertisement out."

  The employee immediately operated the computer and released the second recorded advertisement.

  This time the advertisement is the advertisement of the GB game console that just announced not long ago.

  It started with a group of kids getting together to play GB.

  However, this is nothing special, it looks like a very ordinary advertisement.

  But at this moment, a child was quite bored and said, "Oh, it's really boring to play like this. Each of us can only play on our own. What if we could play together?"

  Seeing this, Hayakawa Ueto said, Feeling as if he had expected something, his eyes slowly widened.

  And then, a child smiled slightly, and at the same time took out a data cable from his pocket.

  "Come on, we can connect now. Just connect this line, and we can communicate with us immediately. We can play Tetris and Super Mario together!

  " Take the data cable and plug one end into a port on the side of your GB handheld.

  The interface should be the charging interface according to reason, and the engineers of Suri Electronics thought so too.

  Until now they were a little unbelievable.

  Is this interface not used for charging, but for data transmission?

  Earlier, when GB was released, it also launched its own dedicated rechargeable battery. This rechargeable battery will have a longer battery life. At the same time, there is no need to buy extra batteries. It seems quite cost-effective, and the interface seemed to be only Just for charging.

  But now, they suddenly realized that this thing has other functions besides charging, and this function is obviously more important.

  At this time, Hayakawa Ukito couldn't take it anymore.

  "Didn't your engineering team even find this?"

  The person in charge of the engineering team is now breaking out in cold sweat.

  Where did he find this kind of thing? No one has ever made a handheld computer in the past, let alone that this charging port can also be used to transmit data. If no one said it, it would be really hard for them to think of this.

  It turns out that when this thing is plugged in and connected to other handhelds, it can still play online?

  This is really insightful, I never thought about it before.