Pei Qian did not have any thoughts about game consoles at first. However, he suddenly had this idea after going to Morning Dew Games Platform.
Wouldn't it be reasonable to make a game console since he had already made a gaming platform?
In comparison, the chances of making a game console were much higher than making smart speakers, earphones, televisions, and the like, right?
Game consoles were considered a huge pit in the world. There were less than a handful of manufacturers who could understand it.
What's more, they basically did not make money.
Thus, Pei Qian felt that it was a good direction to go in.
However, Pei Qian felt that Old Song's expression was not what he wanted after seeing his excited expression. The possibility of incurring losses was obviously not high enough!
That made him think of that classic scene.
Could the game console lose money?
Yes, but Tengda might not.
Could the router lose money?
Yes, but the product had to be strange enough.
Could the game console and router lose money?
May I ask who you are, Big Brother?
I'm Tengda's Chief Designer, Pei Qian!
Tengda already had a deep foundation in making game consoles. On one hand, it had many outstanding game products that could be moved to its own game console. On the other hand, it had Morning Dew Games Platform. There were enough players who recognized Tengda.
If there was any company in the country that was qualified to make game consoles, it would definitely be Tengda.
The risk of making money was too great. Pei Qian could not bear it.
At that moment, Pei Qian thought of that famous joke. It was the joke of calling a game console a router.
Could he lose money making a router? To be honest, it was a little difficult.
The router might be a product with a technical threshold, but he could poach a ready-made technical team and find an OEM!
Even if the product was not particularly outstanding, he would not lose money if he sold it at a slightly cheaper price.
Therefore, in a situation where the technology was not as good as it could be, if he wanted to lose money by relying on the router, he would have to make it weirdly shaped.
Pei Qian immediately found a direction with that thought.
Combine the router and the game console into one! Make it the same thing!
Wasn't that enough to make it look weird?
Of course, Pei Qian had expected Old Song to be confused and even suspicious. Thus, he added a few more words.
"Otto Technologies' products have always been dedicated to solving the pain points of users!"
"For example, the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine is to solve the problem that the Bickering Machine is not smart enough."
"The smart fitness drying rack is to solve the problem of fitness equipment not being convenient enough to dry clothes."
"Now, this route machine is to solve the problem of the game console not being easy to hide."
"Many people insist that the console is a router. Tell me, aren't they lying to themselves? Which part of this looks like a router? "
"You should at least add a few antennas!"
"So, our product is to solve this pain point, so that men can openly put it in the living room, and then tell their wives that it is a router! Although it's expensive, it must have a very good signal! "
"From the outside, it looks like a large router. It's in the shape of a square octopus. The antennas must be fully plugged in, not a single one missing."
"Moreover, it's useless even if it's a lie detector, because the man is not lying at all. This is really a router!"
"However, it has a little additional function, which is to play games."
"Apart from that, there are other benefits to combining the host computer and the router."
"The host computer and the router are directly connected. It can accelerate the data transmission between the two and directly avoid the network fluctuations that might occur after the host computer connects to the wireless network."
"Other than that, because its internal storage is large enough, it can also store some resources. At the same time, it has multiple functions such as host computer, router, television box, and so on. It provides a one-stop living room solution for consumers!"
"Of course, due to the strong signal of this game routing machine, I think it can also integrate a game streaming function. Whether it's a computer, cell phone, console, television, or other equipment such as VR glasses, they all have to be connected to this game routing machine. That way, the game image of the routing machine can be smoothly projected onto any display device! "
"In the past, it was more troublesome to stream PC games to mobile phones or mobile games to TV. Moreover, it was unstable and there was no mature solution."
"However, with the game routing machine, all of this will change!"
"Open up a special wireless network in the game routing machine. Once any display device is connected to this network, it can display the game image of the host computer. It will be the first step to achieve the effect of cloud games in one's own home. They can play wherever they go."
"Don't you think this routing machine has a lot of potential?"
Old Song blinked with a shocked expression on his face.
Good lord, I feel that Boss Pei makes sense!
How could anyone with a normal brain circuit come up with such a magical product?
However, if he thought about it according to Boss Pei's train of thought, it really made sense.
What was the most important thing for a game console? The first was obviously the excellent game content on it. The second was its hardware configuration.
Tengda did not lack these two things, or rather, it did not lack them.
It might not be comparable to the game console manufacturers overseas, but Tengda was definitely the most qualified to make game consoles domestically.
However, was that enough?
It didn't seem to be.
As a product, it had to have unique highlights and a reason for people to remember it. Why would gamers buy it if it was just a poor imitation of foreign game consoles? Why not buy foreign consoles?
The local sentiment might be one of the reasons, but if it was just this one reason, it would not be enough to support it.
Tengda had many games, but they were basically cross-platform. It was impossible to take the games off the official platform and make them exclusive to this console.
Even if there were exclusive games on the console, they would have to wait for the new game.
As for the hardware, it probably would not have much of an advantage.
That was because the hardware of the console was not very profitable. The strategy of all the big foreign manufacturers was to sell the console at a low price and then use games to earn profits.
If the price of the console was too high, it would not be conducive to popularization. They would first set a low price so that the console could be popularized in the living rooms of thousands of households. They would slowly cultivate gamers and then use various outstanding games to earn money.
What's more, the big foreign manufacturers had a large output and did not have to worry about selling. Thus, they would have a stronger bargaining power with the suppliers and be able to negotiate the price.
All in all, even if Tengda could subsidize its own console, it probably would not have any advantage in terms of hardware configuration and price compared to those foreign consoles.
To gamers, even if they bought a console, they would probably only buy one. There were still very few core gamers on all platforms after all.
Most gamers bought game consoles for fun. They might not be able to play well even if they bought one. Why would they buy a second one?
That was also an important reason why it was not easy to enter the field of game consoles: the emerging manufacturers could not compete with the big foreign console manufacturers at all.
Tengda might seem to be well-prepared and only lacked the east wind, but in fact, there was still a huge gap between the quality and the big foreign console manufacturers.
They had to think of other ways to succeed under such circumstances.
On the other hand, the idea that Boss Pei proposed was at least popular and recognizable. Once it was released, it would naturally attract the attention of gamers.
After the game console and the router were combined, it could do some new functions, such as quickly, conveniently, and stably streaming game images to all the display devices in the room that were connected to the wireless network. That was an advantage that other game consoles did not have!
Of course, it would still take hard work to achieve such an ideal product.
However, at least Boss Pei had pointed out a bright path for this product!
Old Song recalled the plans he had made before, such as wireless headphones, smart speakers, television … he felt that he was a mediocre person!
What was the most important quality as a product manager?
Imagination!
He clearly claimed to be an outstanding product manager, but he had no imagination. That was too shameful!
Look at Boss Pei. This was the ideal form of an outstanding product manager!
At that thought, Old Song said firmly, "Alright, Boss Pei. I'll work harder and develop this game routing machine!"
Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction and stood up. "Alright, I'm almost done with the work here. I should go back."
There was no need to worry about Otto Technologies in the short term.
Old Song sent Boss Pei out and then went back to seriously study the two plans.
Pei Qian's cell phone rang again just as he got into the car.
"Eh? Why are so many people looking for me today? "
"That's right. It's already Friday. They probably have some questions to ask."
"It's Teacher Qiao? If I remember correctly … he should be in charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream now, right? "
Pei Qian picked up the phone. "Old Qiao, what's the matter?"
Qiao Liang's nervous and anxious voice came from the other end of the line. "Boss Pei, I realized that Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream are secretly poaching our live-streamers!"
"They might not be poaching with great fanfare, but their actions are obviously bigger than before. The conditions given are also more tempting. Some of our live-streamers have already jumped away! "
Pei Qian could not help but feel a little surprised.
Eh? Waiwai and Wolf Fang Live-Stream have made a move?
Sure!
However … why are they still 'secretly'?
Go ahead and poach openly! I won't stop you. Seriously.
Pei Qian was not sure if the Anti-Tengda Alliance was behind this.
The Anti-Tengda Alliance might be the one who urged them to poach people. However, since they did not dare to poach people openly and fall out with them, it meant that the two live-stream platforms were still in a wavering and hesitant state.
Since that was the case, he would help them!
Pei Qian said, "Let them poach. It doesn't matter."
Qiao Liang was stunned. "Don't do anything? At least expose their shameless actions, right? "
Pei Qian smiled. "There's no need."
"The live-streamers are free. They can go wherever they want. We can't boast that we are a free platform while thinking of ways to tie down the live-streamers, right?"
"If the conditions offered by the other two platforms are really tempting and they poach the live-streamers, it means that we are not doing well in some areas."
"One has to be strong to forge iron!"
On the other end of the line, Qiao Liang remained silent for a while before saying, "Yes, I understand, Boss Pei."
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