[PS: I've noticed that some readers have doubts about the race values. Because the author has never played Pokémon before and only knows a little about them, the Pokémon in the novel are modified versions of Boss Jia's. So don't directly use the settings of Pokémon in reality! Also, the Fantasy Race Value is 100 for a single attribute. In reality, the total Race Value is 600.]
"9 USD per unit? How is that possible?" At that moment, Minoru Arakawa was also watching the Pocket Electric Pet Show. When Jack Orrence announced the price of the machine, Minoru Arakawa was shocked.
As the president of Nintendo in North America, Minoru Arakawa was not directly in charge of the manufacturing of the machine. However, he was very familiar with the cost of producing a GB machine.
Nintendo's GB machine was sold for 11,999 yen in Fusang and 199 USD in the United States. However, the profit was not high. Because the cost price of a GB machine was about 10,000 yen, the GB machine could only be sold at a profit in the United States. If it was in Japan, it would be a loss to sell a machine.
Of course, it did not matter if the machine was sold at a loss. After all, the money could be earned back by selling games.
However, the cost of each GB machine was close to 10,000 yen.
But now, the price of Jia Yapeng's pocket electronic pet machine was only a mere nine dollars. If converted to yen, it was only a little more than 1,000 yen. How could this machine be sold so cheaply!! Did Jia Yapeng really want to make money?
Could the price of 9 USD really make up for the cost?
Minoru Arakawa was dumbfounded. No matter how he thought about it, he could not understand how the price of 9 USD could be achieved.
A machine like this required a custom-made plastic shell mold, a chip inside, and various electronic components. The most important thing was that so many electronic components had to be shrunk and installed in a small machine the size of one's palm.
Although the technology involved was not very high, it was very troublesome to process. The various components were also very expensive.
Minoru Arakawa estimated that if Nintendo were to build this machine, the technology would not be a problem, but the cost would be around 19 USD per unit. Jia Yapeng was selling it at half of Nintendo's cost, so how much was his actual cost?
Arakawa Minoru felt as though his head was about to explode. He found it hard to believe that the cost of the Pocket Electronic Pet Machine was lower than the cost of the Pocket Electronic Pet Machine.
Even a professional like Minoru Arakawa felt that the price was unbelievably cheap, not to mention the audience watching the live broadcast in front of their televisions.
Through the demonstration on the TV, the gamers knew that this small pocket-sized electronic pet machine had a complete set of functions. It had a display screen, buttons, and a connection device. Most importantly, it could be used to battle against each other. That was how it could achieve so many gameplay and functions. Basically, it could be regarded as an electronic game machine, a handheld electronic game machine.
And a handheld electronic game console, no matter which brand or manufacturer it was produced, was basically priced at more than 100 US dollars. Such a price was enough to make many poor Americans stop in their tracks.
Although the United States was very developed, there were still poor people in a big country. They could not fork out 199 USD to buy a game machine.
But now, the price of this game console was only 9 USD. Although the functions of this electronic game console were a little simple, and it couldn't be used to insert cards, it couldn't be used to play other games, and it could only be used to raise electronic pets, but it was still a game console. The price of 9 USD was too cheap!
This feeling was like the first time they went to the Capital and found out that a one-square-meter house in the Capital was only 1,000 USD for Boss Jia. This price was too cheap. It would be a crime not to buy it!
Buy it, I have to buy it. It's too damn cheap!
In an instant, everyone who was still hesitating made up their minds. It was only 9 USD per unit. They would not lose out if they bought it, but they would not be cheated either!
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It was finally February 25th, the day when the Pocket Electronic Pet Machine went on sale all over the world.
On this day, in a crowded apartment, a child tiptoed and found his mother with a smile on his face. "Mother, can I buy a Pocket Electronic Pet Machine?"
“NO！” His mother refused without hesitation. Then she said loudly, "I knew you wanted to buy that thing for a long time, but Kevin, you have to understand that our family's finances are tight now. We don't have so much money to buy you a toy. Do you understand?"
"But Mother, I haven't bought a toy for a year. Even for Christmas, you only bought me a lollipop. I just want a Pocket Electronic Pet Machine. Can't I do that?" The child suddenly felt sad and was about to cry. "My friends all went to buy a Pocket Electronic Pet Machine. I'm the only one who doesn't have one. Mother, please, buy one for me!"
"Baby …" His mother looked at her son crying and felt very sad. How could she not know that her son hadn't bought new clothes or toys for more than a year? But her family's conditions really didn't allow it. Her salary was not high. It was already very difficult for her to support herself and her son. She also had to prepare the tuition fee for her child's school. It was really too difficult for her to afford such an expensive game console.
"No, that thing is too expensive!" His mother made up her mind.
"No, Mother, that thing is not expensive at all. It's only nine dollars!" The child said quickly.
"Nine dollars is not expensive … Nine dollars is enough for us to eat a McDonald's meal … Wait, how much did you say?" His mother was stunned.
"Nine dollars!" Her son said quickly.
"Nine dollars? Isn't that an electronic game console? How can it be so cheap as nine dollars? Could you have made a mistake? "His mother was shocked.
"No, it's reported on TV. It's nine dollars each. They said it on TV!" The child said, "Mother, if you don't believe me, you can accompany me to buy it. If it's not this price, I won't buy it!"
"Okay, then let's go!" His mother agreed instantly, which made her son smile excitedly.
Although his family was in a bit of financial difficulty, it was only 9 USD. It wasn't too much of an expense. He could totally afford it. More importantly, only nine dollars could make up for her guilt of not buying a toy for her child for a year. It could also make her child happy. It was really a good deal!
In fact, not only this poor family, but many poor families also agreed to their child's request after hearing that an electronic game console was only nine dollars. After all, nine dollars was just too cheap!
Therefore, when the mother took her child to the nearest toy store that sold the pocket electronic pet machine, she found that the entire store's entrance was already overcrowded. The customers who wanted to buy a pocket electronic pet machine lined up from the store's entrance to the traffic light. The distance was a hundred meters. It was really terrible.
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