The situation seed to be escalating, with so smaller countries getting involved, claiming that if ga companies didn't make adjustnts to their rating systems, they would implent a sales ban on gas and prohibit their sale in those countries.
This only made more ga companies on edge.
Previously, the criticisms from those oddball groups only damaged their reputation.
But a national ban would directly harm their profits.
As a result, under repeated pressure from shareholders, so companies had no choice but to make compromises, adjusting their ga creation strategies and becoming more cautious.
For a ti, the atmosphere in the gaming industry beca sowhat heavy.
Ga developers were no longer creating with joy, and players found that the gas they wanted to play weren't as engaging as before. Gradually, discontent began to grow.
The controversy surrounding video gas, however, brought joy to many other industries.
...
For example, the television industry.
Many in the industry had long believed that video gas had stolen a significant portion of their viewership, especially several major Japanese comrcial TV stations that had previously been opposed to video gas.
Seeing video gas in decline, they seized the opportunity to kick them while they were down.
However, only a few dared to do so, because the video ga industry had beco one of their major sources of advertising revenue.
Television, like an old, dying cal, still held a dominant position, even though it now appeared to be in decline.
Advertising on TV was still one of the most profitable thods.
Video gas, with their ample financial resources, always bought up advertising space in large quantities.
Now, TV stations still depended on the gaming industry to make money, and those hoping to capitalize on the situation by kicking them while they were down could not succeed. Anyone who suggested such a thing would face consequences.
Criticizing clients? Do you want to give up your inco?
If you don't want money, then forget about your salary as well. We'll all work for free, out of love.
As Gastar Electronic Entertainnt was at the center of attention, many people were curious to see how they would respond.
Previously, the president of Gastar Electronic Entertainnt had personally confronted those so-called scholars, openly criticizing them for doing nothing but stir up trouble. Many people, eager to escalate things, were eager to fan the flas even further.
However, these events had no effect on Gastar Electronic Entertainnt's operations.
The company continued its work as usual.
Even with the public's loud criticism, Gastar Electronic Entertainnt remained unmoved.
In fact, they took advantage of the situation by increasing the update frequency for gas like Monster Hunter, actively encouraging more players to engage in online gaming.
Since the animal protection organizations were criticizing Monster Hunter for being too cruel, Takayuki thought, "Well, let's take it a step further and not give these groups any face at all."
As for the issues about character design, Gastar Electronic Entertainnt also ignored them.
The character models for Final Fantasy, developed by the peripheral team, were selling like hotcakes.
In particular, the models of Alice and Tifa were big sellers.
The peripheral team even considered creating life-sized models, but due to the high production costs and the potential for loss, they decided to abandon the idea.
These actions from Gastar Electronic Entertainnt left the critics very dissatisfied.
Why are they so special?
Other ga companies have already begun to compromise, but Gastar remains unaffected. It seems like they haven't learned any lessons.
Well, then we'll just raise our voices even louder, so more people can hear us, and then reject the gas they've developed.
"Reject Gastar Electronic Entertainnt—a company with no social responsibility. They don't listen to the people's voice and arrogantly make gas the way they want. This company has beco a proud dragon!"
"Reject all products from Gastar Electronic Entertainnt. Their growth is a disregard for the people's voices, and they need to be made aware of this!"
"Takayuki, should we do sothing?"
The voices outside were growing louder, and Ayari, who had been keeping an eye on the situation, could no longer stay quiet.
As his close companion, she also wanted Takayuki to pay attention to the voices outside.
At that mont, Takayuki was sitting at his desk, looking at the progress of ga developnt on his laptop.
"Takayuki, I'm talking to you! Shouldn't we take so action?"
Takayuki replied, "It's simple."
"Simple? Do you already have an idea?"
"Sort of. Actually, my people have already started taking action."
"So, what are you planning to do?"
"Of course, we'll slap them in the face," Takayuki said with a smile.
That night, on Gastar Electronic Entertainnt's official website, a new page quietly appeared.
It was a sales statistics page.
This page tracked the sales of various Gastar Electronic Entertainnt gas every week.
Since these people kept calling for a boycott, let's see just how Gastar Electronic Entertainnt's sales are doing.
...
"Haha, our voices are getting louder. Gastar Electronic Entertainnt doesn't even dare to respond to us directly. Clearly, our plan is a huge success!"
In a conference room, a group of people were discussing with great satisfaction.
They were mbers of so of the opposing groups.
Recently, they had joined in on the criticism of the gaming industry, seizing the opportunity to make a na for themselves.
"Our website has over 100,000 registered users now. See? This is the power of chasing the trending topics. I think we should continue with this montum."
"Hopefully Gastar Electronic Entertainnt will continue to stay tough. The more they resist, the more attention we'll get!"
"I'm sure Gastar Electronic Entertainnt isn't doing too well right now. They've rejected all compromise, so their ga sales must have taken a hit."
"That's right. The public has already been influenced by us, and now they believe video gas are harmful. Just a few neighbors of mine have stopped buying Gastar Electronic Entertainnt products."
"But do any of you actually know what Gastar Electronic Entertainnt's real sales are?"
"Well... I don't think there's ever been a channel to release that, but does it really matter? Just by looking at the people around us, we can tell that Gastar Electronic Entertainnt has definitely suffered major losses. Given their current scale, they probably can't last much longer, right?"
"So, does this an that if Gastar Electronic Entertainnt collapses, the video ga market will be reshuffled?"
"Definitely! Maybe we can take this opportunity to enter the ga industry and make a profit!"
"Hmm? Aren't we the ones boycotting gas? Can we still make gas?"
"Of course! Why not? After all, the video ga industry is quite profitable."
These people were already planning for the profit distribution after Gastar Electronic Entertainnt's collapse.
But just then, Gastar Electronic Entertainnt's official sales statistics page was updated...
It showed the recent sales of both gas and ga consoles.
The GSX console had sold over 500,000 units in just one week.
The GS1 console still had 20,000 to 30,000 units sold.
And most surprisingly, the first generation of the FC console, which was 14 years old, was still selling 100,000 units a week.
This was a ga console that had been around for 14 years.
As for gas, sales hadn't decreased compared to previous figures.
Reviews
All reviews (0)