Although Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's seats were much more spacious than other internet cafes, there was a limit to how spacious it could be.
When players surfed the internet, all they needed was a table and a chair. Even if they left enough space on both sides and behind them for others to move around freely, it would only be four to five square meters at most.
In theory, VR equipment could also be played in four to five square meters of space. However, that was only the basic space needed for the game. It did not take into account the buffer zone.
If it was in one's living room or study, five square meters of space would be enough. That was because that was private space. There was basically no need to worry about touching things or other people while playing.
However, it was different in the internet cafe.
If two players both had five square meters of usable space, they would easily touch each other because they were constantly moving and waving their arms. That would affect the gaming experience.
Therefore, to be on the safe side, partitions had to be made if they wanted to change to VR equipment. What's more, the space had to be bigger than their own homes. The real space needed was at least six or seven square meters.
If each equipment took up two square meters of space, wouldn't the entire space be able to accommodate a lot less customers?
What's more, VR games were only for temporary novelty. It was not a long-term solution. What most customers really wanted was to play client-side games with their friends on the computer.
Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's new VR gaming experience area might have good occupancy at first, but it would soon become deserted. After the craze passed, no one would be interested.
People on the first floor wanted to play, but there were no seats. The VR equipment on the second floor was all empty, and no one came to play.
How wonderful that scene was!
After that, Pei Qian went to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's sales area.
This was also the layout that had been finalized when Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0 was first planned. The sales area was not big; there were only four or five shelves. They basically sold peripherals related to games, such as mice, keyboards, controllers, and the like.
After Fish-Catching Internet Cafe developed ROF's computer-installation business, there were also products like graphics cards, memory chips, and ROF machines for sale and display.
As far as Pei Qian knew, the peripherals here were selling quite well!
That was because Zhang Yuan was the one who managed the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe previously. The employees that they recruited were also very knowledgeable about computers. The keyboards, mice, and earphones that they chose were all from first-tier well-known brands. They were definitely easy to use.
Gamers walked around and tried it out. They felt that it was very useful and immediately paid for it. Although it was more expensive than selling it online, most customers who could afford to come to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe did not care about the price difference.
After Fish-Catching Internet Cafe became popular, there was a lot of traffic. This also became a huge source of income for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe!
Pei Qian said, "All the third-party products here, including keyboards, mice, earphones, and the like, will be cleared out. They will not be sold in the future! We'll only sell Tengda's products. "
"Of course, the original recommendation function must be retained. The staff can still recommend keyboards, mice, and other peripherals to the customers, but after the recommendation, the customers will have to go online to place their own orders. We won't be earning money from this middleman. "
That way, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would lose another chunk of income.
While it might generate profits after changing to Tengda's products, Tengda had fewer products in general. There were only a few products in this place. Compared to the previous variety, it could be said to be greatly reduced. Sales would definitely be greatly reduced.
What's more, after the 'professional sales team' led by Tian Mo was completed, Pei Qian would arrange for the sales team to 'occupy' all the sales areas of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in turn to dissuade customers.
That way, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's income would definitely decrease!
It might not decrease by a lot, but it would add up.
Now that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had opened so many shops, it would not be a small figure if each shop were to decrease a little.
Xiao Peng frowned and pondered seriously.
Obviously, he was interpreting the deeper meaning behind Boss Pei's words.
Xiao Peng was one of the older employees of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He had personally witnessed the entire process of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe turning losses into profits. What's more, he had single-handedly created Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0 and 3.0. It could be said that he had a very deep understanding of the entire Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's business model.
Obviously, he felt that there were some problems with Boss Pei's plan.
"Boss Pei, VR games are very likely to be the trend of future games. I understand that very well."
"However … the current development of VR games is still too immature. The number of players is not just one or two orders of magnitude lower than computer players."
"The number of players interested in VR games is probably less than a fraction of the number of computer players."
"Of course, I agree with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe setting up a VR zone. However, there's no need for it to take up the same amount of space as computers, right? I think 1: 2 is about right. It can even be smaller. "
Pei Qian chuckled.
He knew that Xiao Peng would not willingly accept this loss-incurring plan.
However, it did not matter. Boss Pei had his own glib tongue waiting for this group of diehard people.
"You're right. VR gamers are indeed several orders of magnitude lower than computer gamers."
"However … have you ever thought that it's precisely because of this that we need more VR equipment?"
"Huh?" Xiao Peng was stunned and could not react for a moment.
Pei Qian explained. "Five or even ten years ago, internet cafes were much more popular than they are now. Why? Because most players at that time were relatively poor and could not afford high-end computers. They could not get the best gaming experience so they chose to play games in internet cafes with their friends. "
"Why has the entire internet cafe industry changed in recent years? There are fewer and fewer internet cafes and more and more sophisticated. From low-end internet cafes with foul atmosphere to high-end internet cafes with elegant and comfortable environments? "
"It's because the functions carried by the internet cafes are different.
"Now that everyone's economic level is high, more and more people have their own high-end computers. Therefore, the audience for internet cafes is narrowing, and we have to change the model."
Xiao Peng nodded, deeply agreeing with this point.
Obviously, this was one of the key reasons why Fish-Catching Internet Cafe could stand out among the other internet cafe brands: it was the first high-end internet cafe brand and was ahead of the entire market for a year or two.
Pei Qian continued. "In the future, internet cafes may not necessarily disappear, but their attributes of being purely used for playing games will definitely fade. Moreover, client-side games have been gradually declining in recent years, and mobile games have been rising rapidly. This has made the situation of internet cafes even more difficult.
"There are indeed fewer VR game players, but have you ever thought about it: it is precisely because VR is a new thing that fewer players are willing to buy VR glasses that they are more inclined to come to the internet cafe to experience it? How about equipping a large number of VR glasses in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe so that the enthusiasm of players can be satisfied as much as possible? That way, the entire VR player group will expand faster? "
Pei Qian's expression was serious as if he was telling the truth.
In fact, he knew very well in his heart that this should be a business model that was not very feasible in his memory. At least, the high-end internet cafes in his memory did not replace half of the computers in the entire internet cafe with VR glasses.
However, it did not matter. This did not affect his ability to bluff Xiao Peng.
Pei Qian believed that with his strong ability to bluff and acting skills, coupled with his halo as the helmsman of Tengda Corporation, he would definitely be able to arrange Xiao Peng clearly and make him finally accept this decision.
Sure enough, Xiao Peng showed a look of realization after deep thought.
"So that's how it is!
"The success of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is because we understand the development law of the entire internet cafe industry and walk in front of all our peers. Now that a large number of high-end internet cafes are emerging and the competition is fierce, we have to take a big step forward again and walk in front of all our peers again!
"At that time, the VR experience area will be a core selling point that distinguishes us from other internet cafes!
"Boss Pei is really far-sighted!
After suddenly seeing the light, Xiao Peng suddenly thought of some ideas. "Boss Pei, if that's the case, I have a suggestion.
"We can change all the computer desks and monitors on the second floor into a foldable form. The mainframe will be placed on the top of the head, and the mouse, keyboard, headphones, head displays, etc. will all be hung up. The chairs will also be folded.
"In this way, players will have enough space to experience VR content in a folded state. Players can also play computer games normally when the desktop and chairs are unfolded."
Pei Qian: "…"
You are really a clever little devil!
Obviously, Xiao Peng's plan was a more compromise plan. The entire VR experience area might be mainly for VR experience, but they could also normally surf the internet and play games.
This was equivalent to having an insurance policy. When the VR craze subsided, players could continue to play computer games.
Pei Qian laughed in his heart.
Xiao Peng, Xiao Peng, actually, if you did not tell me and did it secretly, I would definitely not be able to do anything afterward.
However, if you tell me now, wouldn't I be able to take precautions in advance?
Pei Qian thought for a while and immediately said: "Of course not!
"It should not be a big problem to make the monitor and computer desktop into foldable ones. However, the chairs are also made into foldable ones. It would definitely be uncomfortable to sit on them!
"No matter how the folding chairs are designed, it would be difficult to compare with specialized ergonomic chairs, eSports chairs, or single sofas because the premise of folding would definitely sacrifice comfort.
"We want to give players the most perfect experience. We can't just make do like this."
Xiao Peng thought about it. "Er … Boss Pei, what you said makes sense. This is indeed not appropriate.
"However, even if you play VR games, you also need a mainframe, right? After all, those large-scale VR games are all operated on the mainframe. What's more, when opening the game platform or searching for content, you still need to use the keyboard, mouse, and monitor.
"Even if you don't want the chairs, you can't save these, right?"
Pei Qian thought about it and realized that it was really the case.
It was impossible to completely replace the PC with the current technical level and content of the VR headset. Many content needed to be set up on the PC before it could be experienced with the headset.
The all-in-one VR headset could only run VR games that were about the same size as cell phone games. Those large-scale games still had to be calculated by the computer.
Therefore, the display, mainframe, and keyboard and mouse were still indispensable.
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