Chapter 1551 Let Them Continue Poaching!

Pei Qian originally had no thoughts about game consoles, but after a trip to the Dawn Games platform, he suddenly had this idea.

Now that he’s made a game platform, isn't it perfectly reasonable to make a console as well?

Relatively speaking, the chances of losing money on a console are much higher than on products like smart speakers, headphones, or TVs, right?

Consoles are a money pit all over the world, and there are definitely no more than a handful of manufacturers who can really figure them out.

And they basically don’t make any money.

So, Pei Qian felt that messing around with consoles was a good direction.

But seeing Old Song's excited expression, Pei Qian felt that this expression wasn't what he wanted; the possibility of losing money was obviously not high enough!

This reminded him of that classic scene.

Can consoles lose money?

Yes, but Tenda might not.

Can routers lose money?

Yes, but you have to make the product weird enough.

So, can consoles plus routers lose money?

May I ask, great hero, where do you come from?

I am Pei Qian, chief designer of Tenda!

Tenda already has a considerable amount of experience in making consoles. On the one hand, it has many excellent game products that can be moved to its own console, and on the other hand, it has the Dawn Games platform, with enough players who recognize Tenda.

If there is any company in China qualified to make game consoles, it must be Tenda.

This risk of making money is too great, and Pei Qian finds it a little hard to bear.

At this time, Pei Qian thought of that very famous joke again, the one where consoles are mistaken for routers.

Can you lose money making routers? To be honest, it's a bit difficult.

Although routers are also a product with a certain technical threshold, you can poach existing technical teams and find OEM factories!

Even if the products aren't particularly good, selling them a little cheaper won't necessarily lead to losses.

So, if the technology isn't extremely bad, you have to make the router weird enough if you want to lose money.

Thinking of this, Pei Qian immediately found the direction.

Combine the router and the game console into one! Make them the same thing!

Wouldn't that be weird enough?

Of course, Pei Qian had already anticipated that Old Song would be confused, or even suspicious, so he added a few more sentences.

"Oto Technologies' products have always been committed to solving users' pain points!"

"For example, the fully automatic intelligent argument machine is designed to solve the problem of argument machines not being intelligent enough."

"The smart fitness clothes rack is designed to solve the problem of fitness equipment not being convenient enough for drying clothes."

"And now, this router console is designed to solve the problem of game consoles being difficult to hide."

"Many people forcibly say that game consoles are routers. Tell me, isn't that just deceiving themselves? What part of that shape looks like a router?"

"You have to add a few antennas at least!"

"So, our product is designed to solve this pain point, allowing men to openly put it in the living room and say to their wives, it is a router! It may be expensive, but it must be a router with a very good signal!"

"Its appearance will look like a large router, an eight-legged octopus shape, and the antennas must be fully inserted, not a single one missing."

"And even a lie detector won't help, because the man is absolutely telling the truth. It really is a router!"

"It just has a little bit of extra functionality, which is that it can play games."

"In addition, there are other benefits to combining the console and the router."

"Directly connecting the console and the router can speed up data transmission between the two, directly avoiding the network fluctuations that may occur after the console is connected to the wireless network."

"In addition, because its internal storage is large enough, it can also store some resources, while also serving as a console, router, TV box, and other functions, providing consumers with a one-stop living room solution!"

"Of course, because this game router has a strong signal, I think we can also integrate a game streaming function. Whether it's a computer, mobile phone, console, TV, or other devices such as VR glasses, they all have to be connected to this game router. This way, you can very smoothly project the game screen of the router onto any display device!"

"In the past, it was relatively troublesome and unstable to stream PC games to mobile phones, or mobile games to TVs, and there was no mature solution."

"But with the game router, all of this will be changed!"

"Open up a dedicated wireless network in the game router. After any display device connects to this network, it can display the game screen of the console, realizing the effect of cloud gaming in your own home one step ahead. You can play wherever you go."

"Don't you think this router has great potential?"

Old Song blinked, with a shocked expression on his face.

Good heavens, he felt that what President Pei said made a lot of sense!

How could someone with a normal brain come up with such a magical product?

But if you think about it according to the ideas given by President Pei, it actually makes a lot of sense.

What is the most important thing for a game console? First, obviously, is the excellent game content on it, and second is its hardware configuration.

Tenda doesn't lack these two points, or rather, it doesn't lack them relatively speaking.

Although it may not be comparable to those foreign game console giants, in China, Tenda is definitely the most qualified to make game consoles.

But is that enough?

It doesn't seem to be.

As a product, it must also have unique highlights, reasons that make people remember it. If it is just a clumsy imitation of foreign game consoles, then why should players buy it? Why not buy foreign consoles?

Patriotic sentiment may be one reason, but this reason alone is not enough to support it.

Tenda has many games, but they are basically cross-platform. It is impossible to remove the games from the official platform and make them exclusive to this console.

Even if they release exclusive games for the console, it will have to wait for the new games to come out later.

As for the hardware, there probably won't be too much of an advantage.

Because console hardware doesn't make much money in the first place, the strategy of all the major foreign manufacturers is to sell consoles at as low a price as possible, and then make a profit from the games.

The price of the console is too high to be popular. Set a low price first to make the console as popular as possible in thousands of households, slowly cultivate players, and then make money with various excellent games.

Moreover, foreign console giants have large production volumes and don't worry about selling, so their bargaining power with suppliers is also relatively strong, and they can negotiate the price down.

Considering all of the above, even if Tenda can subsidize its own console, the price may not have any advantages in terms of hardware configuration and price compared to foreign consoles.

For players, even if they buy a console, most of them will only buy one. Core players who have all platforms are, after all, a minority.

Most players buy game consoles just for fun. They can't even finish playing one, so why would they buy a second one?

This is precisely an important reason why the game console field is difficult to enter: new manufacturers are simply unable to compete with those foreign game console giants.

Although Tenda seems to have everything ready except for the opportunity, in fact, it still has a relatively large gap with foreign game console giants in terms of quality and quantity.

If you want to succeed in this situation, you have to think of other ways.

And the idea proposed by President Pei, at least it has the heat, it has the recognition. Once it is released, it will naturally attract the attention of players.

After the game console and the router are combined into one, some of the new functions it can achieve, such as quickly, conveniently, and stably streaming the game screen to all the display devices in the room that are connected to the wireless network, are advantages that other game consoles do not have!

Of course, it will take arduous efforts to bring the product to this ideal state.

But at least President Pei has pointed out a promising path for this product!

Old Song recalled the plans he had made before, such as wireless headphones, smart speakers, TVs… and felt that he was simply a mediocre person!

What is the most important quality for a product manager?

Imagination!

He clearly prides himself on being an excellent product manager, but he has so little imagination, which is really too shameful!

Looking at President Pei again, this is the ideal form of an excellent product manager!

Thinking of this, Old Song said firmly: "Okay, President Pei, I will definitely work harder to develop this game router!"

Pei Qian nodded with satisfaction, then stood up: "Okay, the work here is almost arranged, I should go back."

Oto Technologies doesn't need to be worried about in the short term.

Old Song sent President Pei out the door, and then went back to carefully study these two plans.

As soon as Pei Qian got into the car, his phone rang again.

"Huh? Why are so many people looking for me today?"

"That's right, it's already Friday. I guess there are some remaining issues that need to be asked."

"Old Qiao called? If I remember correctly… he should be in charge of Rabbit Tail Live now, right?"

Pei Qian answered the phone: "Old Qiao, what's the matter?"

Qiao Liang's somewhat uneasy and anxious voice came from the other end of the phone: "President Pei, I found that Wolf Fang Live and YY Live are secretly poaching our streamers!"

"Although they are not poaching in a big way, their actions are obviously larger than before, and the conditions they offer are even more tempting. Some of our streamers have already jumped ship!"

Pei Qian couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Hmm? YY Live and Wolf Fang Live have taken action?

Not bad!

But… why are they still doing it "secretly"?

Why don't you let go and poach openly! I won't stop you, really.

Pei Qian wasn't sure if this was instructed by the Anti-Tenda Alliance. The poaching may have been instigated by the Anti-Tenda Alliance, but since they didn't dare to poach openly and break face, it shows that these two live streaming platforms are still in a relatively wavering and hesitant state.

In that case, let's help them!

Pei Qian said: "Let them poach, it doesn't matter."

Qiao Liang was stunned for a moment: "No reaction at all? Shouldn't we at least expose their shameless behavior?"

Pei Qian smiled slightly: "There is no need."

"Streamers are free, they can go wherever they want. We can't boast that we are a free platform on the one hand, and then try to tie up the streamers on the other hand, right?"

"If the other two platforms are offering really tempting conditions and poach the streamers away, then it means that we are not doing well in some areas."

"You have to be strong yourself!"

On the other end of the phone, Qiao Liang was silent for a while, and said: "Well, I understand, President Pei."