I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 498 - 166: Climax upon Climax! The Most Explosive Product Launch Event in History!_8

Chapter 498: Chapter 166: Climax upon Climax! The Most Explosive Product Launch Event in History!_8

"High-price buyback of Slover13! 50 bucks each, we’ll take as many as you’ve got /Dog Head with a flower"

"I don’t know if you guys have noticed a detail, but the top player initially compared two major features to another bulky handheld console. It clearly hinted at Slover13, but in the following features that revolved around the joy-con, that console never appeared again. What does this tell us? No need for me to say more, right?"

"Wow, so Slover13 isn’t even worthy of comparison now? The veil has been lifted."

"Baby Ke is driving a stake through the heart with this move! But I like it! /Wicked smile"

"Wuwuwu, I admit, I’m defenseless. Please stop the hate, guys. Seriously, I do have a Slover13 on hand. Is there any kind bro willing to take it off my hands for 2500... It’s 99% new, a girl’s personal item!"

"SE! WRNM! Refund!!"

"Fuck! Isn’t this just plain electronic fraud? Had it not been for the top player, I’d have been fucking scammed too, to think they dare sell me this piece of crap for 5199? I’ll end you, you little Japanese!"

"Brothers! Those who haven’t received their orders yet, you can still get a refund! SE, this sly company, will only allow exchanges but no refunds after delivery, so deceitful!"

The barrage of comments in the live broadcast room had already turned into a chaotic mess.

And in reality, the players from various places who had not spoken up were also starting to stir beneath the surface.

All this happened within just half an hour of the Switch presentation.

Hattori Hiroshi had already received several calls from the sales department, requesting to arrange for staff to work overtime.

The reason was that the previously stable sales wave of the Slover13 was plummeting like a cliff and large numbers of refund orders were coming in. The sales department staff alone would probably have to process these orders until dawn the next day.

They were anxiously asking Hattori Hiroshi what to do.

"Huh..." Hattori Hiroshi wiped his forehead, finding his palms were also sweaty, his eyes slightly unfocused.

Hattori had been with SE for over thirty years, with the company steadily moving forward, and he hadn’t seen any major troubles for a long time.

Even if there truly was commercial warfare with other corporations in the past, with SE’s years of good reputation and the fans it had gathered,

they almost never suffered any significant setbacks.

But this time was different.

This time, Hattori Hiroshi sensed a very dangerous signal!

Their headquarters, being a large corporation with many collaborative projects and countless game titles, naturally wouldn’t crumble overnight.

But in the global monopoly of the handheld console market,

Switch’s nearly vertical lead had brought the Slover series right to the edge of a minefield.

It wouldn’t blow up in a matter of days.

But given enough time, the downfall of Slover was almost visible to the naked eye.

If the handheld console market fell, SE’s overall revenue would nearly cut in half.

By then, they’d inevitably have to pull back their external branches to focus on stabilizing their headquarters’ development.

The president position he had held for over a decade would likely be up for replacement by the board.

Facing such a drastic change in the industry landscape, Hattori Hiroshi hadn’t even dreamed it would come, and his cold sweat grew more profuse.

Just a few days ago, he was still mocking the top player for attempting to oust CN·SE, thinking it was beyond their capacity.

Even after their own successful press conference, he threatened the media by saying, ’If young upstarts like the top player recklessly confront a veteran like SE, they’ll meet a very ugly end.’

But in the blink of an eye, the roles of hunter and prey had reversed!

"No... I can’t fall!"

As a rush of thoughts flooded through his mind, with no immediate solution at hand, Hattori Hiroshi calmly spoke into the phone.

"Stall the refund orders on various pretexts, don’t deal with them for now, and instruct all sales department staff to clock out."

The reason for this decision,

was because Hattori Hiroshi still held onto one last hope!

He had one final lifeline!

That was the Slover13’s exclusive game, ’Legend of the Giraril Continent’!

Although he hadn’t been involved in the development of this new title, feedback from his subordinates indicated that the game had received good ratings and high sales, quickly grossing nearly half a billion in just one week.

With such strong support from players, it surely meant the game had a punch, right?

This assurance gave Hattori Hiroshi some peace of mind.

A flagship title that could rake in half a billion in one week, kiddo!

Your Switch may have dealt us a deadly blow, but the top player’s highest-grossing game before, ’Cloud Top’, took nearly a month to reach just under four billion in sales.

The sales for the games before that were even worse.

It’s been just three months since ’Cloud Top’; what kind of flagship game could you produce?

As long as your flagship game flops,

we at SE can still fight Switch to a standstill with the exclusivity of ’Gilralel’.

We’ll then hurry up with the iteration of Slover14, subtly copying all the advantages of the Switch! And then, we’ll lower the price and improve performance!

Even if it costs us, we’ll take back the market!

By then, we won’t worry about pulling your Switch off its high horse!

We’ll solidify SE’s eternal dominance in the handheld console market!

Thinking this, Hattori Hiroshi’s complexion improved a bit.

He chastised himself for being too smooth-sailing for too long, to be so easily rattled by a minor issue.

After contemplating, he realized SE’s odds of winning were still quite substantial.

Immediately, he breathed a sigh of relief.

His gaze once again settled on the press conference happening on the screen.

Come on, you little brat! Show us the game!

What kind of household name of a flagship game can you come up with?