Hiroshi Yamauchi sighed. He was very tired when he talked to the person sent by Sony just now, but the gains and results made him very satisfied.

It was inappropriate to say that he was satisfied. He got the promise he wanted, but he also knew what he would face in the future, a mortal enemy who hated him very much.

However, at least for now, they still have no threat to themselves. Although the fact that they have a new console together has given Sony a platform that is not inferior to itself, years of experience in the gaming industry tells him that relying on one platform is useless and cannot produce excellent games. Moreover, there are a large number of excellent games. Players will not buy a toy that can only be eaten dust and put it at home for decoration.

Thinking of this, Yamauchi Hiroshi picked up the phone and called the R&D department, and directly called Masayuki Uemura's office.

The answer was Masayuki Uemura. He knew that Sony sent someone to negotiate privately before, and the matter was about the ownership of Super Nintendo. This is also the most critical issue for whether they can survive in life and death. Obviously, as Hiroshi Yamauchi expected, Sony did not want to argue with Nintendo about this matter. At the beginning, they expressed their attitude that the ownership issue could be discussed, but the ownership of the new console cannot be just one.

In fact, it is not impossible to have the same architecture of the machine. As long as different decoding methods are used, the encryption format of the cassette will not be the same. Therefore, even if it is the same host, for two game companies, changing the shell will be different hosts. Therefore, Sony's requirements are very simple, that is, it is OK to let them not make a fuss on the new host, but it has full sharing.

If it were the past, then Hiroshi Yamauchi would never agree, but the situation is stronger than others, and this matter cannot be bargained. Sony is willing to discuss this because they also want to get ownership of the new console, which is their most fundamental benefit. If this item cannot be satisfied, then no matter what conditions he has made, it will be useless. Moreover, he also learned the inside information, just like Sony and Sega have his own sources of information in Nintendo.

"Sony Computer Entertainment...hum!"

While silently chanting the name of the department that was about to be announced to the public, Yamauchi Hiroshi felt a palpitation unnaturally. This feeling was something he had never seen before. He knew that the one he had ever contacted, named Ken Kutaraki, would hold a very important position in this upcoming branch, and be fully responsible for everything in the home game console. It was this person who gave Yamauchi Hiroshi a very uneasy feeling.

First, he closed his eyes, and then opened them. Yamauchi Hiroshi forced some of the messy thoughts in his heart. Then he pretended to be disdainful, perhaps to give himself a sense of peace of mind. He said in a contemptuous tone: "A home appliance company also wants to make games, hum. Can you bear this loss?" If Sony is willing, he will naturally bear the losses when he first entered the industry to seize the market, but the huge loss is probably far beyond Sony's expectations. It is one thing for them to bear, and it is another thing for them to bear it.

The next day, at Sony's headquarters, at a press conference attended by Nobuo Oga, he personally announced a news that was extremely shocking to the outside world but had known about the industry for a long time.

Sony Computer Entertainment, officially established.

With Toshio Ozawa as president, looking at the overall situation, the outstanding representative of the new generation of the group, Ken Kutaraki as vice president, responsible for specific operational affairs, for Nintendo, this is an official entry of the enemy. For Sega, this is actually good news, because they are also a novice who has just joined the home console field, and the more chaotic the situation, the better it is for them.

Because in this way they can take advantage of the chaos.

Moreover, Shinto Nakayama was extremely confident in his strength. He believed that one of them would definitely be his own if he had a way out of this chaos.

But for Jester, this is not the case.

As a ruler in the industry, they must seek stability first. They are unwilling to accept turmoil, change, and take advantage of the chaos. Because these things happen, it means that the market will be divided, and where does the market share come from? Of course, it is to cut off the body of themselves, but this kind of thing is inevitable. It is not normal for a company to occupy more than 75% of an industry's share.

When this situation occurs, it will inevitably arouse the envy, jealousy and hatred of others. In addition, this is a violent industry, which will inevitably introduce more big players. Japan Electric is the first, Sony is the second, and there will be 3do that is unwilling to be lonely in the future. Of course, whether Microsoft will enter the market will be Jester is not sure, but in the end, those who are full of ambitions and ** will not watch so much fat in the hands of a company.

What's more, this is Sony. In addition, Ken Kutaraki who has his own unique understanding of the game industry, Jester's previous life was a Sorgei Sol. He likes Sony's games. He believes that Sony's games represent the future of games, and Nintendo's games are representatives of backwardness. Of course, these are just one-sided and unobjective one-on-one words and are not worth mentioning, but because of this, he knows how powerful Sony is.

He knew that he might meet the most powerful opponent. Sony is not more than twenty years later. At that time, Sony was extremely weak. The proud electrical appliance business department suffered losses for years, and even its market value was not as good as Xiao Mi. Sony is rich now. They have enough ability and courage to support Sony computer entertainment, moving from its current weakness to its future strength.

As long as they want.

And Jester, who knows history, never misjudged Sony's determination.

"What should they do next? For Sony, it is not difficult to talk to Nintendo about the common ownership of the new console, because this is the most urgent thing for both parties and a win-win situation. With hardware, then it is software? It is unrealistic to rely solely on New Japan to plan those companies. What they need is a development company that can become the mainstay."

Just as Jester was thinking about these things, one of his assistants pushed the door into his office.

The assistant respectfully handed over a report.

Jester took it and saw it. It was about "Civilization". He submitted it. He also knew that Sid Mel had just completed the game that was almost legendary in the company. Since Sid Mel's "Pirate" sailing game, Mark Seni has become a brainless fan of Sid Mel.

Moreover, Jester had heard Mark Seni talk about him more than once, his respect for Sid Meyer.

Mark Seni was more impressed by himself, which was something that Jester could feel, but for Sid Mel, it was a completely different feeling. Jester could clearly feel his intense emotions about Sid Mel, which only fans would have when they met their idols.

Jester himself wouldn't have been there once.

In this enthusiastic report, Mark Seni praised "Civilization" to almost nowhere in the sky, and there were many comments on the greatest games in history. However, after a crazy praise, Mark Seni expressed his personal opinion as a director of Mars Entertainment. He felt that "Civilization" is a game that is so great that it can be said that it has lost no friends, but the sales of this game will definitely not be satisfactory.

Below, he also listed in detail why he said that.

He said a lot of things. Maybe when he wrote it, he had just played "Civilization" and was still shocked and disbelief of this game. To be honest, when Jester played "Civilization" for the first time before he was reborn, the feeling was like he discovered a brand new world. Therefore, the wording was not too rigorous, so some things were written too messy.

After Jester quickly read it, he probably extracted two reasons from it, the same as his previous thoughts.

First of all, the disadvantages of the platform.

Because of the system and gameplay of the game itself, "Civilization" only has a PC version, and the sales volume of the PC version of the game cannot be compared with home consoles. For example, "Thor's Hammer" caused such a sensational effect. The sales volume of the game that was called epoch-making by countless media has just exceeded 1.5 million sets. This is the data obtained after statistics from the Christmas season last week.

If it were on a home console, such an influential game has been on sale for almost three months now, and it would have reached five or six million sets. Fortunately, there will be another DLC package release event in late January, which should be used to increase sales of one horse, reaching two million sets.

This is still "Thor's Hammer". This "Civilization" with too complicated gameplay is too difficult to achieve this kind of sales.

Secondly, the gameplay is non-mainstream and not popular enough, which is also very fatal.
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