I'm working on the third scenario in the Capitalist campaign where you have to branch out from Seoul to Taipei. It seems that the AI has a huge lead in market share in just every profit making product. I don't know how to start. The few times I've played this scenario, I've failed. I just can't seem to make any kind of decent profit. The fact that you only start out with $12 mil and only have $1.5 that you can borrow seems to be really unfair to me. All the AI players start out with $50mil plus and already are making big profits. How am I supposed to break into this very crowded field and actually make money? Every time I try to start with a retail store it loses money. I don't have the luxury of lowering my prices to nothing to stimulate demand. I can't sustain prolonged loses.
Edit: Sorry, I noticed that somehow I double posted this. It was accidental.
Need help with Scenarios
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carpii
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Re: Need help with Scenarios
You dont need to be market leader to make a profit, although obviously it helps.
Maybe try looking at some different cities, and see where they haven't yet penetrated?
Try looking at the CEO personalities too, it might give you a clue on how to approach it.
For example, if the leader is low on R&D, then maybe thats your inroad as a long goal.
Or if he is high on 'endure loss to avoid layoff' then its unlikely you can drive him out of a sector by undercutting him.
Maybe you can play the stock market for a few years, until you've made enough to really get going?
I've not played this scenario since I skipped Cap 2 and moved to Cap Lab, but my hunch is I would start with frozen goods, which are quite low outlay but can still profit early on.
Maybe try looking at some different cities, and see where they haven't yet penetrated?
Try looking at the CEO personalities too, it might give you a clue on how to approach it.
For example, if the leader is low on R&D, then maybe thats your inroad as a long goal.
Or if he is high on 'endure loss to avoid layoff' then its unlikely you can drive him out of a sector by undercutting him.
Maybe you can play the stock market for a few years, until you've made enough to really get going?
I've not played this scenario since I skipped Cap 2 and moved to Cap Lab, but my hunch is I would start with frozen goods, which are quite low outlay but can still profit early on.