Tomonobu Itagaki leaned back against the genuine-leather chair, satisfied.
This was exactly the effect he wanted.
They would use the most primitive, most direct visual stimulation to pull passerby players over and make them drop in coins, then use a solid system packed with strategic depth to keep them pinned down.
This combination punch had caught the entire arcade market flat-footed.
"The arcade side can be considered completely stabilized. Next, we push the Jupiter console port with everything we've got."
Tomonobu Itagaki tapped the table, pulling the focus of the meeting back to the main topic. "According to the original plan, it has to launch around next summer. We need to strike while the heat is at its highest and earn the home-console market's money too."
Hearing this, the development lead immediately opened another technical document at his side. "Thanks to the technical support Sega provided, the underlying architecture of the Model 2 board overlaps heavily with the Jupiter console, so the porting work is much less difficult than imagined. At present, we've already completed more than sixty percent of the code conversion. After preliminary testing, the degree of visual downgrade is completely within an acceptable range, and the frame rate can also remain stable at sixty frames."
"Just achieving a perfect port is nowhere near enough." Tomonobu Itagaki cut him off without mercy. "Use your brains and think about it. In an arcade, players can spend just one hundred Japanese yen and play the original, authentic game. Why would they shell out five thousand eight hundred Japanese yen to buy a disc and take it home to play alone?"
The meeting room instantly fell silent.
Several core planners looked at one another and began thinking at high speed.
"We add a large number of hidden costumes to the console