noveltune Chapter 57 I said I'd buy NovaBox, you 2 dragons?
Chapter 57 I said I'd buy NovaBox, you 2 dragons?
After half an hour.
Emma reluctantly let go of the controller only after Hunter's strong condemnation.
Oh no, what's wrong with me? I'm getting a little tipsy.
"Auntie, please stop playing, I need to go home soon..."
Hunter was on the verge of tears. He had originally thought that the aunt looked pitiful here, so it wouldn't hurt to let her play with him for a while.
Unexpectedly, she played with it for half an hour, refusing to let go no matter how much they tried to take it from her.
I've never seen such a despicable adult!
"No, are you sure this is a game on NovaBox? You're not lying to me?"
"..."
"Mommy...Mommy, what are you doing?"
Just as everyone was speechless, Vincent's voice came from afar.
He ran up excitedly, holding cartridges of Super Mario Bros. and Battle City.
When he saw his mother confronting a group of children about his age, his heart skipped a beat.
Oh no, is my mom going to be nosy and annoying again, just like before?
"Mom, I've made my choice." He rushed forward, pulling his mother aside, his voice trembling with excitement. "You're right, Mom. The NES is so much fun! I shouldn't have given my opinion before even playing it."
He played Super Marathon and Tank Battle for almost half an hour in the demo area, and it was incredibly fun.
If he had known the NES was this fun, he wouldn't have bothered with the NovaBox.
It seems my mom was right; those people must have never played the NES before to be so sure.
"Huh? Uh... Vincent, this... you don't want NovaBox anymore?"
"???"
Vincent stood there dumbfounded, wondering what his mother was up to this time.
"Yeah, I just played it. The NES is really fun! We can go home and play Battle City or Super Mario Bros.!"
"Hmm..." Emma nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Well then, since you've been really good lately, I'll make an exception and allow you to buy a NovaBox!"
"¿¿¿"
"But there's one condition: you can't buy Wolfenstein 3D, and you can't buy the light gun. Come on, let's go pay, and you'd better put these two cartridges back right now."
Emma pulled Vincent along, and they went to find a clerk to get a NovaBox.
After thinking for a moment, she suddenly stopped and turned to Hunter and his group, saying:
"By the way, kids, does NovaBox have a Zelda-themed console? In that direction? Oh, okay, thank you."
Amidst the stunned gazes of Hunter and his group, Emma dragged Vincent towards the NovaBox shelf and, without hesitation, picked up a Zelda limited edition.
"Having a mom who loves playing video games...that's great..."
Hunter murmured.
This is obviously something he wanted to do himself!
Vincent's eyes were practically drooling as he looked at the Ultramarathon cartridge!
……
It must be said that the first step of Lin Lixin's trilogy of youth stories was a great success.
Even more successful than imagined.
With its groundbreaking gameplay and staggering scale, The Legend of Zelda quickly became the hottest game of the season.
Its popularity has even surpassed that of Street Fighter and Super Mario.
"Console sales have increased significantly this quarter, and Zelda-themed consoles are sold out in many places."
Sam hung up the phone with Meyer and shouted excitedly.
Who would have thought that selling games could boost game console sales?
In the past, such as during the Atari 2600 era, sales were not generated in this way at all.
The upper limit of a game's market size is entirely determined by the console's sales volume.
The Atari 2600 sold 3000 million units, while a hit game would probably only sell a few million copies.
However, this rule doesn't seem to apply to The Legend of Zelda.
An extremely strange situation has occurred in the past two days.
Zelda cartridge sales have surpassed NovaBox's total shipments to date.
What's going on here?
Let alone the deluxe version with printed maps and other merchandise, even the bare cards are in high demand and short supply.
In less than a month, sales have already exceeded one million units.
The Zelda game alone has already made up for the money lost on the console.
That's right, NovaBox is sold at a loss.
It's fair to say that the more consoles they sell, the more they lose.
A device with a multi-chip, multi-processor architecture and a complete floppy disk drive cannot possibly be priced below $250, even at cost.
If it weren't for the sales champions Wolfenstein 3D and Tetris, NovaBox would almost have become GAMENOVA's biggest loss-making venture in history.
But now everything is different.
As the game's scale continued to expand, the revenue from game cartridges had already offset the losses from the consoles, and even began to continuously inject a surge of cash flow into GAMENOVA.
"It's not just because it's fun enough, Sam. The Legend of Zelda has a feature that other games can't do."
"What?"
"slow!"
Sam was taken aback, but immediately understood what Lin Lixin meant.
That's really true.
Looking at GAMENOVA's works to date, none of them have ever had such a slow-paced gameplay.
This is understandable, as unlike previous titles, The Legend of Zelda was never intended to be released on arcade platforms from the very beginning.
It's not a game that requires players to rapidly upgrade their characters to achieve a higher coin-operated rate.
Explore freely and leisurely in the open world.
It achieves true archiving through floppy disk writing, allowing you to play it anytime, anywhere.
The game is no longer a one-time speedrun experience, but an "other world" that can last for weeks or even months.
This grand gaming experience is unprecedented.
They sacrificed profits from the arcade market in exchange for a wider world.
"It seems you've really decided to shift your entire focus to home consoles?"
Sam was surprised by Lin Lixin's new strategy. With the two console exclusives, Wolfenstein 3D and The Legend of Zelda, the NovaBox was transformed into an extremely competitive "high-end machine".
Not entirely.
Lin Lixin smiled and said, "Besides this kind of small computer that's plugged into a TV, there's another form of home computer."
However, that will have to wait until Zilog has finished developing his custom-made new chip.
Before that, it's time to execute the second part of the whitewashing plan.
A highly rated masterpiece that has been unanimously rated as suitable for all ages by multiple rating agencies such as ESRB and CERO.
His gaze was fixed on the draft.
The "Boy's Adventure" section has been circled, indicating that it is complete.
Next: A cozy pastoral scene.
This naturally refers to Stardew Valley, the great predecessor of farming simulation games and the eternal teacher of all games.
Story of Seasons
This simulation game, published by Marvelous Inc., brings idyllic rural life to the world of video games.
Besides its quiet and peaceful gaming atmosphere, its excellent compatibility with handheld consoles was also an important reason why Lin Lixin chose it.