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Chapter 494 - 166: Climax upon Climax! The Most Explosive Product Launch Event in History!_4

Chapter 494: Chapter 166: Climax upon Climax! The Most Explosive Product Launch Event in History!_4

The audience’s heated discussions had just started, but they soon quieted down.

Because everyone had noticed.

This game console, only the size of a palm, seemed to lack any highlights?

Or rather, it was too ordinary.

The overall shape was just like a square pencil case.

On the left was a joystick + four buttons, and the right side was the same.

And when the specifications were presented.

It was even more disappointing.

Although it featured 1K high-definition quality + a stable 30 frames per second.

The East Intelligence 150 level processor it carried was a product from 10 years ago; the configuration was definitely not suited for running 3D blockbusters.

Running Pubg, the proprietary game of the top player, would be a struggle even at the lowest graphics setting.

It could probably only play games like Hollow Knight that didn’t demand much in terms of specifications.

Playing Stardew Valley into the late game, with the increase in crops, there was even the risk of burning out the processor.

"Ah, this..."

"Er..."

"Hmm..."

The crowd on-site was at a loss for words.

But the live stream’s commentary was not so forgiving.

"Top player, are you for real? How can you even consider putting such an outdated machine on the market?"

"East Intelligence 150 level processor? They really dug deep to find that one, huh? Plugging that thing into a computer and opening a few web pages would probably cause it to hang..."

"The main point is, they had the guts to launch it, which must mean they have a decent stockpile, right? Where they wholesale this chip from is a big mystery to me..."

"Did you even get permission from East Intelligence to use their discarded chips?"

"Setting performance aside, even the manufacturing process seems pretty average... The only bright spot was the horizontal mode, but with the new Switch handheld coming from SE, even that small highlight vanished."

"My rating is, it’s worse than Slover13."

Meanwhile, whether it was Tengjing or Netcom.

The executives in the conference rooms exchanged glances.

No one could figure out what the top player was trying to pull off.

Why start with such a lame handheld console...

Even if it was a lite, portable version, adjusting the configuration from this point.

It would likely be difficult to meet expectations.

On the other hand, at SE Headquarters, a group of executives’ corners of the mouths were constantly rising with increasingly evident mockery.

"Normally, you would expect them to debut the standard model first, then on that basis, add lite, plus, pro versions to cater to a wide audience."

"They put out the lite version first, doesn’t that imply they have no confidence in the Switch’s standard model? So they lowered expectations with a lower configuration first, and then plan to release a standard model with higher specifications."

The employees’ chatter was endless, and Hattori Hiroshi also scoffed at this moment, "Using such petty tricks at the unveiling, I genuinely feel sad for the top player."

"I even regret launching Slover13 ahead of time because of such an opponent."

From the current perspective, the top player was not even worth pulling out the big move they had been hiding all along.

This level of an opponent was simply not a match for them...

Hattori Hiroshi’s last word had not yet fallen.

Suddenly, a red light struck his face, interrupting his thoughts.

To be precise.

It was the screen at the unveiling, now covered by a bright red color.

Following that, two simple line-drawn controller icons were presented in the center of the screen.

The two controllers formed a straight horizontal line, one lower than the other.

And then, in the next instant.

"Click!"

A crisp locking sound drew the attention of all the viewers.

On the screen, the asymmetrical controllers emitted a clean noise and then remained parallel to each other.

"Wait... could it be..." Hattori Hiroshi stared intently at the screen, as if anticipating something.

As the red glow gradually receded.

What appeared before everyone was a handheld console larger than the lite version, quietly displayed in a showcase.

Its exquisite design made it look smooth with every detail meticulously polished, the texture of the outer shell, as well as the layout of the buttons, all reflected a user-friendly design philosophy.

After a brief display of the exterior.

The scene quickly switched.

This time, it was a cozy personal nook.

The girl who had left the stage earlier reentered the screen, seen snuggled on a sofa holding a bulky handheld console that somewhat resembled the Slover13, engrossed in playing a game.

However, after using it for a while, she seemed to struggle a bit and shook her sore hand, setting the cumbersome console down, her delicate hands slightly red.

Then, she picked up the Switch from a table nearby.

In full view of everyone.

She detached the controllers on either side of the handheld console... right in front of everyone’s eyes.

At the moment the controllers were removed.

The venue erupted with noise!

"Ah???"

"What???"

"Isn’t this... Can these controllers be detached?"

The commentary in the live stream went wild, with a flood of question marks scrolling by.

"????"

"wtf? What am I seeing?"

"Bloody hell, holding a handheld can tire out your arms, so the top player just unloaded the entire weight of the screen? Only letting players hold the controllers, this design idea... It’s genius!"

"No wonder that little logo they showed before unveiling the standard Switch made a ’click’ sound, it was hinting that these controllers could be detached."

"Sss... This handheld, quite interesting!"

"That’s more like it! I said it, how could my Baby Ke’s handheld be so mediocre?"

Not just the audience.