Zhongshan Rihua Electronics Factory.

Duan Yongping has just assembled a technical development team to reverse engineer Nintendo's Famicom (FC) console.

However, at this moment, Wujiang Group announced that it would authorize any domestic company to produce compatible machines (knock-offs) of the "Qiongqi Game Machine" and sell Kirin 1 chips, MMC chips, and even customized game machine motherboards at low prices!

This news was utterly astonishing and unbelievable.

Is Wujiang Group planning to abandon the domestic game console market?

I am indeed prepared to give up, but not completely.

Instead of making money directly from ordinary people, they now make money from game console manufacturers.

Game consoles are widely criticized in China, damaging the image of companies.

In the past, the government even introduced policies to ban the domestic production of game consoles.

Of course, things might be different this time. After all, Wujiang Group has become a global gaming giant, stimulating the economy, driving the development of related industries, and generating foreign exchange for the country.

"Director Duan, what do we do now? It seems unnecessary for us to copy Nintendo's FC. We can just make a compatible version of the 'Qiongqi Game Console'!" a technician said at this moment.

After a long pause, Duan Yongping nodded and sighed, "Yes, you're right. We can just make compatible consoles for the 'Qiongqi Game Console' now. However... after Wujiang Group announced this news, I'm afraid many companies will enter the game console market in the future, and the competition will be extremely fierce!"

The technician chuckled, "Director Duan, what we're making isn't a game console, it's an educational machine!"

"Yes, yes, we're making learning machines, so we're sure to be the last one standing!" Duan Yongping laughed heartily upon hearing this, feeling a surge of confidence.

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Since Wujiang Group announced that it would open up the compatibility standard of the "Qiongqi Game Machine" to the outside world, a number of companies have approached it for cooperation, including Zhongshan Rihua Electronics Factory.

In today's world, speed is of the essence. The company that launches its first game console will be the first to reap the rewards and make a fortune.

Duan Yongping visited Wujiang Group, met with the relevant person in charge, and reached a cooperation agreement.

Zhongshan Rihua Electronics Factory directly purchased Kirin 1 chips, MMC chips, game console motherboards, and even Wujiang game cartridges from Wujiang Group. The cost of Wujiang Group's game cartridges was lower than that of pirated versions, and their domestic price was extremely cheap, making it unprofitable for those who produced pirated game cartridges.

However, Wujiang Group wouldn't dare to pirate games on the Nintendo FC platform, so this would have to rely on domestic pirates.

Zhongshan Rihua Electronics Factory may be purchasing MMC chips in an attempt to create clones of FC games and then add MMC chips to enhance the game graphics.

Clearly, Zhongshan Rihua Electronics Factory is quite ambitious. Some companies didn't buy MMC chips, so the graphics of their knock-off games are naturally much worse.

Duan Yongping had just signed a contract with Wujiang Group for an initial order of 100,000 Subor learning machines. Duan Yongping deduced that while there weren't many households in rural China with incomes exceeding 10,000 yuan, incomes were higher in large cities, especially first-tier cities like Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Shanghai, where the number of such households was not insignificant. Each Subor learning machine cost 900 yuan to produce and sold for around 1,000 yuan, so many families should be able to afford it. Furthermore, 100,000 machines should be easily absorbed by the national market.

Wujiang Group wouldn't dare to copy games from the Nintendo Famicom platform, but Zhongshan Rihua Electronics Factory would!

Zhongshan Rihua Electronics Factory wants to be the first company to take the plunge!

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At this time, an executive from the Shenzhen branch of China Electronics Components Co., Ltd. also came to Wujiang Group to discuss cooperation. Like Duan Yongping, he came to purchase Kirin 1 chips and game console motherboards.

Wujiang Group has already set the price, and there's no room for negotiation. They say production is limited, putting on an air that if you don't buy now, you won't be able to buy it later.

The executive had no choice but to grit his teeth and buy it.

But as soon as he stepped out of the Wujiang Group's gate, a look of excitement flashed across the executive's face. He muttered to himself, "No one would have thought that as long as we buy Wujiang Group's Kirin 1 chip and gaming motherboard and modify them, we can turn them into learning machines! Selling game consoles under the guise of learning machines will definitely be a huge hit!"

At this time, Duan Yongping was unaware that he was not the only one with the idea of ​​transforming game consoles into learning machines; people at the Shenzhen branch of China Electronics Components Corporation also had the same idea.

There is more than one intelligent person in the world.

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Three days.

Fifty companies have partnered with Wujiang Group to enter the gaming industry.

Goodness, they're really not afraid of fierce market competition; everyone's crowding in!

Zhao Ye couldn't help but sigh when he saw it. In the end, only a few companies can survive in the market. It's very cruel.

There are already 50 companies, and there will only be more entering the gaming industry in the future, which is a bit scary.

Just as Duan Yongping returned to Zhongshan Rihua Electronics Factory in high spirits, a meeting was being held within Wujiang Group.

Zhao Ye stated, "Through observations over the past few days, it's become clear that many domestic companies are preparing to enter the gaming market. This is a good thing for us, considering we've sold quite a few chips and game console motherboards..."

It's difficult to prevent game cartridges from being pirated, and there's nothing that can be done about it.

The 16-bit game console being developed by Wujiang Group will use CDs as the storage medium. Zhao Ye knows many CD anti-theft technologies from his previous life, which are enough to ensure that no one can crack them in this era.

Once the game can no longer be pirated, players will only be able to buy the "Qiongqi 2 Game Console" and the official game.

Currently, Wujiang Group's decision to open up the compatibility standard for the "Qiongqi 1 game console" is merely a last resort. Since they can't stop it, they have no choice but to embrace it, at least they can still make money by selling chips and game motherboards. If they are allowed to pirate Nintendo FC, they will only use the FC standard, and in terms of processor selection, they will only choose 8-bit 6502 or Z80 processors.

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