This kind of large-scale motion-sensing game has extremely high hardware requirements, and all the TVs of current competitors cannot carry it.
Moreover, fitness rings and fixed straps are all developed based on Xingyi TV. TVs of other brands are not suitable for fitness sets even if they are later configured.
Therefore, if users want to experience "Fitness Ring Adventure", they can only choose Xingyi TV.
This will become a unique core competitiveness of Xingyi TV.
Just like if you want to play "Zelda Breath of the Wild", you can only buy a switch.
Exclusive games are a major source of competitiveness.
If you want to promote it to other brands on a large scale, unless Wang Yi also develops a professional game console.
Wang Yi made the final decision: "The game development is left to Xingyi Game Team, but the development of game controllers, fitness rings, and fixed straps is left to Xingyi Smart Home. I will send you the specific design plan by email."
"Okay, Chairman, I will set up a team later, connect with Xingyi Games, and develop it as soon as possible." Meng Qingzhen responded.
Wang Yi nodded and continued: "There is also a smart soundbar that needs to be developed. Once the research and development is completed, it will be handed over to Goertek for OEM and will be released in January next year to create a smart home theater for high-end users!"
Afterwards, Wang Yi and the CTO discussed some technical details before adjourning the meeting.
Everyone left one after another, but Wang Yi was deep in thought, should he make a Switch?
The configuration of Xingyi TV is very high, so playing games is not a problem, but the storage space is limited.
8G storage, system and software take up a lot, and the remaining space is limited, so you can't install many games at all.
It can be said that Xingyi TV is suitable for light game users.
Moderate and heavy game users who want a better experience must buy a Xingyi game console!
This year, in the console field, PS3 and Xbox 360 have been released, and next year PS4 and Xbox One will be released.
As for Switch, it was released in 2017.
If Xingyi Technology makes game consoles at this time, it will definitely not be able to compete with Sony and Microsoft.
After all, the most important thing about a game console is not only the hardware, but also 3A games.
The hardware is easy to get, but the games are very difficult and require time to accumulate.
There are not enough exclusive high-quality games, AAA games, and Xingyi game consoles cannot be sold.
As for the field of handheld consoles... Since the past few years, the market for handheld consoles has begun to slump significantly, and Sony has even given up on the field of handheld consoles.
The handheld market is in decline, and the console market cannot compete with Microsoft and Sony. Then Wang Yi's only way out is the switch mode, the integration of handheld and console, and one machine can be used for two purposes!
In this way, at home, connected to a TV or monitor, it becomes a host and you can enjoy a large-screen experience.
When you are outside, you can hold a handheld console in your hand and play as you please.
There is no problem in overtaking on such a curve.
This is how Switch succeeded.
Everyone knows that the configuration of Switch is far inferior to that of PS5 and Xbox, the games are not as fun as PS5 AAA, and it is not as cheap as XBOX membership, but they still buy it.
Why?
This is because PS5 and Xbox can only be played at home, while Switch can not only be played at home, but also outside.
On a business trip, in a car, traveling, at a family gathering, etc., you can take out the switch and play a game as you like.
This advantage cannot be matched by Sony and Microsoft.
More importantly, in 2012, Nintendo just had the idea of ​​​​integrating consoles and handheld consoles, and it would not be able to launch the switch until 2017.
So if Wang Yi starts planning now and releases a handheld + console two-in-one Switch in 2013 or 2014, and then develops accessories such as fitness rings and fixed straps, he will be invincible.
The past two years have been enough to develop some hit games as exclusives for Xingyi game consoles.
For example, "Ring Fit Adventure", "Breakup Kitchen", "Just Dance"...
Then with the help of the Xingyi game platform, a large number of excellent games are absorbed and transplanted, making the game library of the Xingyi game console more substantial, and linked to the sales of Xingyi TVs, there is no need to worry about whether it will sell well.
If "Zelda Breath of the Wild" is made again, there will really be no need for Switch.
Of course, when Wang Yi makes "Zelda Breath of the Wild", he will definitely not copy it as it is. On the contrary, he will completely replace it with oriental elements and upgrade it in an all-round way!
By then, Xingyi Games will have "Zelda Breath of the Wild", MiHoYo will have Genshin Impact, and Nintendo's "Zelda Breath of the Wild" hasn't been released yet, and it will be out of date.
Although Wang Yi has invested in MiHoYo and will definitely make Genshin Impact in the future, MiHoYo is MiHoYo and at best he is an adopted son.
Xingyi Games is his own son.
What's more, MiHoYo's Yuanshen has a pure Japanese style of painting. If Wang Yi wants to do it, he must use our own elements and oriental style.
In this way, if MiHoYo overturns, Xingyi Games will still have a guaranteed bottom line.
After all, Wang Yi didn't know what to say about the "straggler" incident in his previous life.
In addition, another advantage of the Xingyi game console is that it can be used as a supplement to the TV to solve the problem of insufficient TV storage space.
You can directly use the entire large memory and use the digital version!
Nintendo's idea is that games are extremely expensive to sell, with a game costing three to four hundred dollars. The advantage is that after you finish playing the cartridge, you can sell it to get your blood back. But if you want to play it again in the future, you have to buy it back and play through it again...
This is undoubtedly a disaster for users who have a collecting hobby.
If you don’t sell it, you won’t be able to get your blood back. After you sell it, you’ll have to spend money again if you want to play again in the future, and you’ll have to start over, which is even worse!
Therefore, Wang Yi still plans to make a digital version, make the game body larger, lower the game price, reduce the cost of game entry, and achieve small profits but quick turnover.
For example, the standard version of "Zelda Breath of the Wild" sells for more than 400, the special edition costs about 700, and the master edition costs about 900, which is not generally expensive.
Xingyi Technology will use the digital version, discounting the price by 50% to about 200 for the standard version, reducing the acquisition cost and increasing sales and the number of users.
We don’t push any special editions or master editions, but directly add some paid experiences to the game.
For users who don’t want to spend money, the standard version is enough. If they want to pursue a better experience and more fashionable fashion, they can spend money to upgrade by themselves.
As for mass production, Xingyi mobile phone factory and Xingyi tablet factory can do it.
Currently, several major factories have insufficient production capacity and no capacity to produce game consoles.
But in the second half of next year, there will be overcapacity!
At the end of this year, the Xingyi mobile phone super factory in Jeju will be fully operational.
In the second half of next year, the second Xingyi mobile phone factory in Jeju, the super tablet factory, will be fully delivered and put into production, so the production capacity will expand!
Coupled with three shifts, production capacity continues to soar, and Xingyi mobile phones and Xingyi tablets cannot be used.
After all, the previously planned annual production capacity of 50 million was calculated in two shifts. Now with three shifts, it is naturally 50% more, reaching 75 million.
The Didu mobile phone factory operates in three shifts, with an annual production capacity of 45 million mobile phones.
In the second half of next year, Jeju's two major super factories will all be put into production, with an annual output of 75 million in three shifts.
It can be said that in the second half of next year, the total production capacity of the three major mobile phone factories will reach 195 million.
Even if the annual sales of Wujie mobile phones are 100 million units and the annual sales of Xingyi mobile phones are 60 million units, there will still be an additional 35 million units of production capacity in the year after next, which can be used to mass-produce Xingyi game consoles!
Similarly, Xingyi Tablet Factory No. 1 has an annual production capacity of 10 million units in two shifts, and Factory No. 2 has an annual production capacity of 50 million units in two shifts. After all are delivered in the second half of next year, the total production capacity in three shifts will reach 90 million units.
The Xingyi Tablet is selling well all over the world, with an estimated sales volume of only 70 million. The extra 20 million in production capacity in the next year can be used to produce iFlytek learning machines and even Xingyi notebooks.
This will exactly solve the problem of overcapacity in the coming years.
It can only be said that as Xingyi Technology's business territory increases and its products increase, there is only a shortage of production capacity, not a surplus.
However, the processor of the Xingyi game console is a big problem.
For gaming, the processor must be powerful, especially the GPU.
Not to mention PS4, even Switch is equipped with a customized version of Nvidia X1 processor. The CPU is equivalent to Snapdragon 820, and the GPU is terrifying, equivalent to Snapdragon 845!
At present, Xingyi Technology's processor cannot be used at all. Even next year's Kunpeng 900 will be useless.
Qualcomm 800 is also useless.
However, Switch was a product released in 2017. If the Xingyi game console was released in the second half of 2013, it would not need such high configuration.
After all, games were relatively small in 2013, and this hybrid handheld and console game console couldn’t enjoy 3A masterpieces.
Even if it is transplanted to the switch after castration, the experience will be indescribable.
To put it bluntly, this kind of handheld and host two-in-one game console focuses on portability and family interaction. It can also play small games such as "Ring Fit Adventure", and the maximum limit is only "Zelda Wilderness".
Breath", "Two people travel together".
Therefore, the solution is to develop a high-performance processor by yourself, which does not require a baseband, CPU, and GPU, just like the iPad chip.
Although the A5X performance of iPad 3 this year has shrunk, iPad sales have shrunk, and it has been hit hard by the Xingyi Tablet. The sales of iPad 3 are very poor.
However, the A6X chip installed in the previous iPad 4 is much more powerful than the A6, making the iPad 4 a classic.
Similarly, Xingyi Technology, whether it is for next year's Xingyi tablet or Xingyi game console, needs to develop a chip that is more powerful than the flagship mobile phone chip!
If we continue to use Kunpeng 900, there is still hope for Snapdragon 800, but it is difficult to do A6, let alone A6X, which is impossible.
What’s worse is that because the iPad 3rd generation released in March was too slow, Apple will quickly release the iPad 4 equipped with A6X in October this year!
By then, Xingyi Tablet will encounter powerful enemies and dangers will arise one after another.
Although it has advantages in other aspects, the processor really can't match the A6X.
Wang Yi has made up his mind that in addition to the Kunpeng 900, he will also develop a more powerful Kunpeng 900S next year!
Kunpeng 900S does not require a baseband, but the CPU and GPU must be powerful. It will benchmark against Apple's A6X and will be used in Xingyi tablets, Xingyi high-end TVs, and Xingyi game consoles in the future!
In addition, the system of the Xingyi game console is also a problem.
Sony's PS4 and Nintendo Switch are both self-developed systems.
In addition, it is based on Windows system.
As for game consoles based on Android systems, they were popular for a while in the previous life, but in the end they all died out.
For example, God of War F1 started beautifully but ended unreasonably. It sold hundreds of units and was miserable.
The reason is that you chose the wrong direction.
The Android system is inherently mobile, with light applications and small games. If it is used as a handheld console or a two-in-one fusion machine such as the Switch, it will be no problem.
However, game consoles with Android systems such as God of War F1 are all intended to be consoles to compete with PS4 and Xbox One.
This is suicide!
Whether it's configuration, system, or game content, I can't do it.
The simplest thing is that there are not many 3A masterpieces on Android, and it cannot compete in the console field.
The advantage of Android is that it is mobile and has lightweight applications. Its shortcoming is that the Android system is not suitable for developing 3A masterpieces, nor is it suitable for playing 3A masterpieces.
Even if it is transplanted, the experience will be very poor.
Even if it is an eight-core machine in the future, once it runs 3A, one core will be fully loaded and seven cores will be watching.
Not to mention the current quad-core, which cannot drive 3A at all.
To put it bluntly, it is difficult to run a AAA masterpiece smoothly, but it is even harder to run it perfectly.
You can only castrate and castrate again...
Wang Yi's positioning of the Xingyi game console is the integration of handheld console + console. It is essentially a portable handheld console and a family interactive console.
In this way, even if you use Android system, there will be no problem.
It just so happens that Xingyi TV and Xingyi tablet are also Android systems, so they can share the database with Xingyi game platform.
By then, the game data on Xingyi mobile phones and tablets can be synchronized to Xingyi game consoles and Xingyi TVs!
Focusing on four-terminal interconnection.
As for why I still need to buy a Xingyi game console when I can play games on my mobile phone?
Naturally, the screen of the mobile phone is too small and it is not fun to play without a controller.
The Xingyi game console has a large screen, high configuration, large storage, and a handle. It can also be turned into a console to connect to TVs and monitors to enjoy a large-screen experience.
It can also be paired with a fitness ring set to enjoy body-sensing games.
And these are things that mobile phones cannot do.
In this way, the deeply customized Android system + the super powerful Kunpeng 900S can create the first-generation Xingyi Switch!
Of course, this in-depth customization is based on the bottom layer and the in-depth customization of reconstructing the underlying algorithm.
Although it is still an Android system, it has been completely transformed.
Greatly optimizes the stability and fluency of Android.
And this is just the transition, or the first step.
Since last year, Wang Yi has established a system department to develop the system in three steps.
The first step is to reconstruct the underlying architecture of Android and optimize Android.
It has now been realized.
When the second generation Xingyi mobile phone is released next month, Wang Yi will release a modified Android system, which will surpass Android 4.0 in terms of smoothness and functions.
The second step is to launch XOS, a self-developed system integrated with Android.
XOS, like Android, is a brand-new system developed based on Linux, but it is compatible with Android applications, similar to the Huawei Hongmeng system in 2023.
This step is ongoing, and it is expected that XOS 1.0 will be released next year, which is a 64-bit system that supports 64-bit processors and applications.
The current Android 4.0 is only a 32-bit system. iOS 7.0, released by Apple in September next year, will become the first 64-bit mobile phone system.
Android's 64-bit system was not released until Android 5.0 in 2014.
A 32-bit system processes 4 bytes at a time, while a 64-bit system processes eight bytes at a time.
Although Xingyi Technology's Kunpeng series chips started late, they are directly based on the latest ARM V8 architecture, starting with 64-bit.
It can be said that while Apple, Qualcomm, and MediaTek were still making 32-bit processors, Xingyi Technology was already making 64-bit processors.
But it makes no sense. Only a 64-bit processor paired with a 64-bit system and 64-bit applications can improve performance by 30%-50% and start up 10%-30% faster than 32-bit processors.
Obviously, if you continue to use Android next year, the 64-bit Kunpeng processor will not be able to exert its full performance.
When Xingyi Technology replaced it with a self-developed 64-bit XOS system and adapted it to a 64-bit APP, the performance of the Kunpeng series processors was completely unlocked, and the performance soared by 30%-50%!
By then, the 40-nanometer Kunpeng 510 processor, which is fully compatible with 64-bit, will be able to run the 28-nanometer Qualcomm APQ8064 processor!
If XOS 1.0 progresses smoothly and is released before September next year, it will become the world's first 64-bit mobile phone system.
By then, Android will be trapped.
After all, XOS 1.0 is compatible with Android 4.0, but it is far ahead of Android 4.0 or even 5.0!
Friendly businessmen will laugh out loud if they say that Xingyi XOS is not a self-developed system, but an Android package.
After all, XOS, which is a skinned version of Android, is one generation ahead of Android, which is not justified in terms of IQ.
From last year to next year, it will take more than two years for XOS to be ready.
By then, Wang Yi plans to adapt the new system to Xingyi TV, Xingyi tablet and Xingyi switch first.
For example, the self-developed "Zelda: Breath of the Wild" was developed based on Android 4.0 and can only be used in 32-bit, which is a big problem. The hardware requirements are also very high, very high.
After all, Android runs on a virtual machine, which is equivalent to an extra layer of system. It is estimated that Kunpeng 900S cannot run it.
However, "Zelda Breath of the Wild" is developed based on the self-developed XOS system. It does not require a virtual machine and runs directly on the self-developed XOS system. The requirements for performance configuration are much lower, and fluency is not a problem.
, Kunpeng 900S is fine.
If it is made into a 64-bit app, the performance will be improved by 30%-50% compared to the 32-bit version of Android, which will be even more powerful!
And based on the self-developed XOS system, "Zelda Breath of the Wild" is equivalent to a closed system game and cannot be played on other Android platforms or other platforms.
This becomes an exclusive game.
Users who want to experience "Zelda Breath of the Wild" can only purchase Xingyi switch equipped with XOS system, Xingyi mobile phone with 32G and above, and Xingyi tablet.
Xingyi TV is quite tough, after all, "Zelda Breath of the Wild" requires 14 G.
The same is true for "Ring Fit Adventure".
If it is developed based on Android, it is not an exclusive game and can be easily cracked.
As for the simulator?
If we don’t launch an emulator at all, we won’t be able to play it on other platforms!
What Xingyi Switch lacks the most is high-quality exclusive games, which can only be built one by one based on the self-developed XOS system.
Moreover, with the self-developed XOS system, Xingyi TV can be fully upgraded and become smoother and more powerful.
Even if many years later, the Android-based Xingyi TV starts to lag, after upgrading to the self-developed XOS system, it can continue to operate for another two years.
The third step is to launch a pure-blood XOS system that eliminates Android applications, similar to Hongmeng Next, and is completely incompatible with Android software.
However, this step will take several years of development. The key is ecological adaptation, which requires opportunities.
But it is undoubtedly a good choice to launch the self-developed XOS system on Xingyi TV, Xingyi tablet and Xingyi game console first.
When the self-developed system matures and the ecosystem is cultivated, it will be popularized in Xingyi mobile phones to completely replace Android and completely cut it off.
Three-step strategy, step by step.
Wang Yi has calculated that the self-developed XOS system compatible with Android and games and game consoles developed based on the XOS system are the key strategic directions for next year.
When I return to the Imperial City, I will go to the system department and first make XOS suitable for large-screen TVs and game consoles.
As for the development of game consoles, it has to be left to the tablet department.
Xingyi tablet X2pro and Xingyi Switch are developed together. Both have the same processor and similar configurations. The only difference is their focus.
The former is a comprehensive application, while the latter is a dedicated game console + handheld console two-in-one.
The processor of iPad 4 is too terrible. Even if it is difficult to compete with iPad in the tablet field, if it can be used as a game console, the chances of winning will be even greater.
They are all part of the Xingyi ecosystem, with game interoperability and data interoperability. This is an advantage that Apple does not have.
The future is an ecological battle between Xingyi Technology and IOS and Android!
Two days later, Xingyi TV's production capacity soared. Wang Yi had no worries and returned directly to the imperial capital:
"Chairman, this is our lidar department. This is Director Tonya Dhawan, a professor from Massachusetts. We have hired a big brain with a lot of money. He is very knowledgeable in the field of lidar."
Jian Ziyan introduced.
Since Wang Yi set out the strategy to develop lidar in June, Xingyi Technology has started poaching people like crazy.
As an emerging field, LiDAR does not have many domestic talents and can only be found overseas.
Originally, I only wanted to recruit doctoral students in related majors from famous universities such as Massachusetts, but unexpectedly, I also recruited their professors, and the research direction is lidar!
Tong, the chief human resources supervisor of Xingyi Technology Group, personally flew to the United States and finally brought Professor Tonya Dhawan and some of his students back together.
All I can say is well done!
"Hello, Mr. Tonya Dhawan." Wang Yi smiled and stretched out his hand.
"Hello, Boss. It's just like what Williams said. He is young and promising, which can be called a miracle!" Tonya Dhawan said with a smile.
"Oh? Professor Tonya knows William?"
"Of course, to be honest, when Director Guan came to see me, I had some... lack of confidence in Xingyi Technology's new energy vehicle business. Later, I found out more about it from Williams, and it was he who persuaded me."
"Oh? How did you persuade him?" Wang Yi became interested.
"Williams only said one thing: 'Dr. Wang is a great entrepreneur and trustworthy.'"
"Haha, you are not so easily convinced."
Tonya Dhawan nodded: "That's right. I said I trust Director Wang, but I don't think Director Wang will invest heavily in the field of lidar. This is an emerging field, and there are not many achievements in Europe and the United States."
"As a result, William said that Xingyi Technology can even produce chips, not to mention radars. Come on, you will fall in love with this country, this company, and this boss. Moreover, the scenery, culture, and history of the imperial capital are all outstanding."
"So I came."
"You made a wise choice!"
Wang Yi laughed and said, "I have to add chicken drumsticks to Williams, this guy will cause trouble."
Like Mr. Hu, when such industry giants join, they will bring their students and confidants to join them.
To put it bluntly, they are just a team!
And with the golden name of an industry leader, it will be even easier for Xingyi Technology to recruit relevant talents again.
Even many top talents will come here because of the reputation and recommend themselves.
So within two months, the R&D personnel in the lidar R&D department were instantly full, and the number of R&D engineers exceeded 330!
Such a R&D team is already quite powerful nowadays.
For example, in the previous life, Hesai Technology had a team of 560 people and developed a complete set of lidar solutions.
There are also administrative, secretarial and other auxiliary staff. In fact, there are more than 400 pure R&D staff.
Chapter completed!