I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 497 - 166: Climax upon Climax! The Most Explosive Product Launch Event in History!_7

Chapter 497: Chapter 166: Climax upon Climax! The Most Explosive Product Launch Event in History!_7

"But such a machine that’s practically pushed to the limit can’t be cheaper than the Slover13, right?" Hattori Hiroshi had to admit to himself.

In terms of functionality.

Undoubtedly, the Slover13 had been completely outclassed.

But he still held onto a sliver of hope.

That was the price!

All these revolutionary features, plus the performance to run games smoothly.

The price surely can’t be more affordable than his own, right?

With this thought, Hattori Hiroshi didn’t feel relieved; instead, a bitter smile crept onto his lips.

Before today’s press conference, he had taken pride in his Slover13.

Now it could only compete on price with Tengjing’s top player...

And less than half an hour had passed...

It was undoubtedly a huge blow.

And just as Hattori Hiroshi thought he had reached his limit,

An even bigger blow hit him like a tidal wave!

After the functionality of the Switch had been fully demonstrated,

The detailed specifications appeared on the big screen.

Apart from a slightly smaller screen than the Slover13 and lesser battery life,

The same 2K resolution and stable 60 FPS configuration

Performance was almost on par with the Slover13, only slightly less overall.

But the price...

2599!

The moment that price was revealed, Hattori Hiroshi nearly blacked out and fainted.

The audience on site was completely stunned!

The live stream was already covered with layers upon layers of question marks, with a continuous stream of ’What???’ flooding the entire screen!

"Are... are you serious??" Ling Zhetao, watching the live broadcast for Tengjing game, saw the price and his eyes went wide as he jumped up and blurted out a curse, "Are these bastards even human to offer such pricing???"

He remembered last week’s SE press conference vividly.

An integrated processor comparable to a PC-grade 1080T+i513600F, plus the manufacturing costs of the handheld console itself.

The Slover13, with the added vibration feature, was priced at 5199.

Even after deducting after-sales/tax, and the one or two hundred profit for SE,

The cost price of the Slover13 was at least above 4K, maybe even closer to 4500.

Based on this price point, even if you deduct the price fluctuation due to the performance difference for the Switch,

The cost price must be around the 3000~3500 mark!

And now, with the 2599 price...

It means that.

Just by selling the handheld console,

Not only does Tengjing’s top player not make any money,

But even the OEM factories making the consoles for Tengjing’s top player, didn’t plan to make a profit!

A game company that doesn’t make money, coupled with a factory that doesn’t make money??

Like, have you both lost your minds?

Soon, Tengjing’s top player released the specifications for three different models for comparison.

Among them, the Switch lite, priced at 1099, equipped with an East Intelligence 150-level chip, 1K resolution + stable 30 FPS performance, couldn’t handle major 3D games and served almost exclusively for proprietary titles or smaller PC games.

The flagship Switch Oled version, priced at 2599, came with an East Intelligence 450-level chip, 2K resolution + stable 60 FPS, able to handle mid to low-quality 3D games on the market, mainly focusing on proprietary titles. And compared to the lite version, it had a significant leap in functionality.

The final model, the Switch Oled pro version, priced at 4999, was equipped with an East Intelligence 550-level chip, 2K resolution + stable 90 FPS, overclockable, able to handle all games on the market, encompassing all features of the Oled flagship model, plus an extra storage bag + handheld case, and the ability to customize the appearance of any game from Tengjing’s top player catalog according to the player’s preferences, free of charge.

The unveiling of the three configurations sparked cheers from the crowd!

To be honest, many in the audience and even in the live stream were just pure gamers who half-understood or even didn’t understand at all about configurations or performance.

I’m just a gamer; do I really need to master so much just to play games?

Clearly not.

But the problem is.

After SE’s press conference a week ago, confident in victory, SE spent a sum on marketing for the Slover13.

They bought many bloggers from the East Asia circle to educate the newbie gamers on handheld console performance.

They all touted the Slover13 as a value-for-money electronic product that held its value, encouraging gamers to buy without thinking.

So many newbie gamers started to get a rough idea of what handheld console performance meant.

Normally, this was not an issue.

But today...

After the release of Tengjing’s top player’s three models and their prices,

The newbie gamers realized.

Oops! We can understand it now!

The highest-end model of the Switch not only had better performance than the neighboring Slover13, but it was also 200 cheaper.

On top of that,

The functionality of the Switch completely blew the Slover13 out of the water!

And theoretically,

The Switch oled version was already a match for the Slover13, and despite slightly lower performance, the functionalities, and the halved pricing, could send the Slover13 flying.

The live chat was already exploding!

Fans of Tengjing’s top player who had been frustrated for a long time, finally had a moment of triumph, starting to dominate the chat!

"Ah? Where are the SE fans who were barking last week? Come out and keep barking!"

"Why are you silent now? Weren’t you guys praising the 5199 price to the skies? Last week you hyped it as such a bargain, almost saying you’re not from Huaxia Nation if you don’t buy it. Now I just want to ask one thing, are there any SE fans who regret buying the Slover? /smirk"

"For 2599, a Transformer that can also play games, look at the other side..."

"Don’t awkwardly bash, my kid bought a Slover13 last week and now it’s perfectly propping the front door as a brick, can your Switch do that? /pout/pout"