Any shop owner with a sound mind should clearly understand one thing at this moment----
Two units are not enough!
Bad vegetables, we didn't buy enough!
Henry turned his head and looked at the television set in the store, which was playing a promotional video featuring Indiana Jones himself.
This promotional video, produced by Industrial Light & Magic ILM) of Lucasfilm, boasts an astonishingly high level of CG quality.
Not to mention Lucasfilm's already mature film industry system, making the quality of this promotional video worlds apart from those that Gamenova used to outsource.
"It's too late!!!"
Henry reacted quickly, leaping to the telephone and immediately dialing the number for Silicon Oasis.
After a series of busy signals, the call ultimately remained unanswered.
This means that the distributors responsible for their region no longer have enough lines to handle his calls.
This also means that if I want to order another batch of Temple Run, I'll have to wait until the next batch of stock is produced.
Luckily, I was quick-witted and managed to snag one of the first batches of the initial release; otherwise, I'd have no one to blame but myself now.
He hung up the phone dejectedly and sighed helplessly.
We should always stick to our trust in GAMENOVA, no matter what.
"Never mind, something is better than nothing."
His gaze fell on the box of brand-new student cards on the table, and his eyes lit up.
Henry now fully understood that this thing was probably the main event.
That incredibly fun arcade machine was probably just a byproduct that Gamenova casually created during their experiments.
This is an incredibly terrifying level of development capability.
"Suggested retail price of $29.90 per ticket? That's expensive?!"
It was only then that he noticed the inscription on the box.
This price is astronomical compared to the common cards currently circulating in the market.
"Fans—is there a premium for fans? What is this? Nova tax?"
Henry scratched his head.
It's not uncommon for fan merchandise to command high added value and premiums, but isn't this premium a bit too exaggerated?
Several tens of dollars is no small amount.
His gaze fell on a small instruction manual inside the box. He raised an eyebrow and reached out to take it out.
"IC smart cards—featuring read/write memory and a Mitsuo microprocessor—are highly secure and reliable."
I was shocked.
That explains why I didn't see a magnetic strip on this thing.
Henry had just thought that Gamenova had found some kind of transparent magnetic strip medium.
It now appears that this is completely different from a magnetic stripe card.
He looked at the thin plastic card in his hand.
If the contents of this instruction manual are true—this card actually contains a complete built-in computer system.
This is a SoC----
In other words, this thing is actually Turing Complete!
"It has a built-in cryptographic coprocessor dedicated to RSA and ECC asymmetric encryption----"
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Henry wasn't quite sure what RSA encryption was or what ECC elliptic curve encryption was, but based on what was written here...
Theoretically, even exhausting all of humanity's computing power to brute-force the information on this card would be impossible.
This is a highly secure information card, unlike magnetic stripe cards which can be easily cloned.
"No wonder."
Henry then realized what was happening.
It is indeed expensive, but there's a reason for the high price.
Just like its name suggests, this thing is the GAMENOVA All-in-One Card, and it's likely that many games will adopt this system in the future.
Moreover, the fact that all the data was stored on GAMENOVA's own cloud servers gave Henry a flash of inspiration.
He seemed to have grasped something vaguely, but it was still unclear.
This feature is far more complex than it appears.
"Hey Henry, you managed to get your hands on a brand new phone that just came out today? You're something else."
The sudden sound interrupted Henry's reverie.
He then came to his senses and looked at the man in front of him.
This is a regular customer of their store; he's been playing there ever since he was in that little arcade.
We're old acquaintances, you could say.
"Of course, you don't even know who we are. By the way, here's a new membership card system from GAMENOVA. Consider it a thank you to our loyal customers, I'll give you one for free. You must try it out!"
"Huh?"
He looked at the various patterned cards inside the box with a puzzled expression, chuckled, and casually picked up a Guile version.
"Thanks, but speaking of which, GAMENOVA is making arcade games again? It really brings back some memories."
His gaze swept over the arcade machines produced by GAMENOVA in the store, and for a moment, he couldn't help but show his true feelings.
The more a player has followed Henry all the way to this point, the more they understand the excitement of the journey.
"I wish those console-only or PC-only games could be ported to arcades someday. Sometimes I still prefer to play with you here."
Console games have their advantages, and arcade games have theirs too.
No matter how groundbreaking the games on NovaXeno may be, they can never completely eliminate the arcade market.
What was said without malice may have been taken to heart by the listener.
Henry, who was sitting to one side with his chin resting on his hand, suddenly had a flash in his eyes, slammed his Table and stood up abruptly.
"Huh?! F**K! That's it!"
He suddenly realized another terrifying potential of uploading data to the cloud.
Cross-platform!
If a game has PC, NovaXeno, and arcade versions, then player data stored in the cloud is the key to connecting all of them!
No matter what device you use, as long as you have a telephone line, you can synchronize data!
If my guess is correct, then GAMENOVA's strategy this time is truly terrifying.
For Gamenova, the biggest advantage of arcade games compared to other platforms was perhaps their astonishingly fast distribution speed.
Through their distributor network, a week would be enough for them to sell this new machine all over the country.
With the addition of a large number of orders shipped overseas, the arcade machine production line finally reached its full capacity.
However, the sales figures for this newly launched all-in-one card are even more impressive than those for the arcade machines themselves.
Whether for personal collection or out of a genuine desire to use it in Temple Run, this item was quickly snapped up by enthusiastic players as soon as it was released.
The price of nearly $30 did not dampen people's enthusiasm for buying.
Rather, it's precisely because of its outrageous price that people are more eager to buy one and see what's going on.
Fortunately, the production line for this product is more mature, and the output is still able to meet the demand.
Looking at the sales statistics of the all-in-one card in his hand, Lin Lixin saw that Sam had sorted the different designs by sales volume and compiled them into this table.
"This is an unexpected bonus----"
Surprisingly, this thing can be used as a reference for the popularity of their company's IP.
For example, top-ranked characters like Guile and Fei Long, the starter trio and Mew, clearly and objectively reflect players' level of affection for a particular IP character.