In Capitalism 2 Labs, the successor or expansion although for some reason never marketed as such. too an oldie buisness simulator that had both educational as well as brilliant gameplay user cases. (i used it, a lot as a teenagerhuman.
How does this old "gem" stand the test of time, as i sit down for a playthrough after all these years. I will Introduce the game through said playthrough.
You can choose from hundreds of products, diffrent approaches too marketing, product development, research. retail, manyufacturing. the game has almost evrything, you can even strife too become a real estate mogul.
We start out with 50.000.000$ And i decided to build a Ailver mine in South Africa, and a Factory in Cape Town to manufacture Silver neclaces. And Jewelry stores in prime locations in the prestigius old european cities of Amsterdam and Berlin. (here you see the interface, i have built the Amsterdam branch at this point.
And here you can see the Berlin branch, i am also selling gold rings and steel or silver, i´m not sure watches from competitor corporations and through import. And as you can see the store is taking off nicely.!
Stockprice remained low my first year as the corporation was heavily in debt and "reasons" i guess, i´d deffinatly buy me at 9.73 there compared to what some of the AI´s are doing and going for 11-12 ish....
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At the start i had a little trouble with high cost of marketing and financing the initial investments, i spent the duration of my first year on repaying a big loan, however it was easy to finance an expansion of my retail arm to include stores in Shanghai and Rio De Ja Nero.
All stores, mine and factory are running in good profit, but i might need more raw materials and that wouold be an investment. and lock me probably too much in to the single product or as a raw material provider for the other companies.
The ways forward are
A: Expand in diffrent jewelry manufactoring and research too get more quality product.
B: make Steel and Iron ore mines in South Africa, and a factory creating Steel, with the aim of making Steel watches, (and i´d need too sell most of it to competitors. (also making me raw material provider but i´d add a product).
B.2: Make them watches, and diversify into steel requiering manufactoring. creating a "Wwider branch".
Let me know abiut what you think of the options, or just the feel of the game, or if there is a game you recommend. give me reply in the comments and i will be handing out BEER and LUV ... let´s get this social thing going.
Finally the "Financial statement".
As you can see the game is detailed, covers a wide spectrum and does so mainly through numbers, the graphicas and "whooplash" are not to be spoken off. this is a raw buisness simulator that gets it´s depth from it´s simplistic mechanisms.
In my opinion Capitalism 2 Labs is an awesome game that truly has stood the test off time. And now, eather too wake the wife, for some communal coupling, the socialist way. or play my African Silver baron game... i wonder what it´ll be... Excuse me good sir, do you need perhaps, a silver necklace, fresh from my production lines.
I thank you who have read and joined me in this nostalgic gaming session!
Eythorphoto!!!!