At first, YOO had a lot of money and was willing to spend it to secure enough market share for itself.
However, with Takayuki from Gastar Electronic Entertainnt around, he had been tirelessly advising Bob not to be too aggressive. Even though they had a lot of funds from investors, they still maintained a relatively conservative stance.
This had prevented their video platform from dominating the market.
Simply relying on a Final Fantasy 7 animated movie wouldn't be enough to truly change everything. They needed a wide variety of films and dia content to attract a majority of users.
On this front, Facebook could purchase many copyrights, and YOO could do the sa.
However, now, Nagao had already pulled so of that funding, which lightened the load for Facebook's video departnt, instantly eliminating one competitor.
The difference in purchasing video rights between the two wasn't as significant anymore. With Facebook's better viewing experience, users began to slowly return to their platform.
As for YOO, their newly funded ga developnt team worked even harder to develop gas.
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Nagao didn't just pour all the money into the developnt of the football ga; several other gas were also in the developnt stage, all of which required financial support.
He believed that as long as the gas were completed, their sales would definitely be high.
It was with this belief and attitude that he continued to invest in them.
However, the more funds Nagao invested, the more Takayuki and Gastar Electronic Entertainnt invested.
Gastar Electronic Entertainnt wasn't just developing a football ga. During the sa period, they also announced the developnt of a first-person shooter ga: Counter-Strike, and a brand new installnt of the Need for Speed series: Need for Speed 5.
Both gas appeared to be massive investnts.
Especially Need for Speed, the graphics of this ga looked like they were from an entirely new era, with quality that rivaled the graphics of Need for Speed 9.
Even though the gaming consoles were still roughly at the PS2 level, this ga was originally designed for the PS2 era, but with Gastar Electronic Entertainnt's ample funding, the graphics for Need for Speed beca more realistic.
This ti, the marketing wasn't just about ga advertisents. There were many demo areas for the latest Need for Speed across Europe and the U.S., where players could experience the top-tier graphics of GS1 for free. This was essentially pushing the gaming console to its limits—so much so that even the fra rate couldn't stay at 30 fras per second, which was stable for previous gas.
However, players in this era were more tolerant of fra rates, and compared to fra rates, they were far more likely to be impressed by the visuals. Therefore, occasional drops in fra rate were still acceptable as long as the graphics were stunning.
In addition to Need for Speed, there was also Counter-Strike, which focused on competitive play.
This ga originally ca from a mod of the Half-Life ga, but Counter-Strike later beca more popular and Takayuki decided to create it in this world, letting players experience a ga that had been popular for over 20 years in his previous life.
With racing, shooting, and sports gas all covered, it wasn't enough. Other developnt teams were also releasing their own projects under sufficient funding.
For example, the latest Pokémon ga, the latest Monster Hunter ga, and a mysterious ga that would only be revealed at the end of the year. This ga was being promoted as the work of Takayuki, the "God of Gas," and it would be a horror-thed ga.
Altogether, Gastar Electronic Entertainnt had at least ten gas in developnt, and each of them seed to be a big-budget project.
If YOO didn't keep up, they were destined to fall behind.
Although Nagao didn't want to keep pushing so aggressively, to keep up with Gastar Electronic Entertainnt and prevent himself from falling too far behind Takayuki, he had no choice but to continue investing.
Even if his investnt didn't match Takayuki's, it couldn't be too far behind.
The more he invested, the more nervous he beca.
How much money does Gastar Electronic Entertainnt really have?!
How is it not running out?
These gas were definitely big-budget projects. The least expensive of them, Monster Hunter, cost at least $40 million, not including the advertising and promotional costs.
Where did Gastar Electronic Entertainnt get all this money?
For years, Takayuki had adhered to a strategy of saving money, keeping funds in hand so he never had to worry. Though this sotis made his developnt slower than anticipated, had he spent those funds, his expansion could have been faster. But Takayuki was used to saving money.
After all, his position was solid enough now. He was already at the top, and there was no need to think about expanding further. He just liked making video gas, and occasionally branching out into ga-related projects, but his primary focus was still on gaming.
It was like an arms race. Takayuki had poured all of his saved funds into developing multiple big gas.
He certainly didn't want his position to be challenged, so even if it ant spending all his money, he would do whatever it took to maintain his status.
This was a battle to see who would break first.
And it seed that, in the end, the outco was tipping in Takayuki's favor.
On a plane to the U.S., Nagao sat in first class, his mind heavy with thoughts.
Just a few hours earlier, the Wall Street capital giants behind him had called him to go to the U.S.
On the phone, he could tell their tone wasn't particularly friendly.
Previously, they had been very lenient with him. YOO's portal developnt had been progressing extrely fast, with the user numbers skyrocketing geotrically, and these capital giants had been very supportive of him, continuously providing funding.
But recently, it seed they were starting to beco dissatisfied with his operations.
They started expressing a desire to take a more active role in the managent of his company.
They no longer trusted him.
Damn it. He couldn't help but think of his two forr predecessors, Hackbrown and Myron Kess.
These two had lost control of their companies due to too much capital infiltration.
He had thought that he didn't need to worry about these things, but now it seed he had been too naive.
These bloodthirsty capital giants weren't easy to handle.
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