Therefore, everyone, including Jester, actually didn't care whether Shenmue could succeed.

Because in the entire next-generation host battle, this matter is really irrelevant.

To be honest, if Mars Entertainment had not been released one after another, then in the release of Dream Wave 3, even if "Hao Hero" has the highest quality and Jester's reputation is high, it would not have been possible to directly beat the other two companies.

Because this is impossible.

The essence of a game platform is games, or the first party is strong, just like the original Nintendo and the current Mars Entertainment.

Either a third-party strong, like Sony.

If neither of these two aspects is strong enough, then the survival ability of such a platform is actually rootless Ping, and he cannot withstand any blow at all.

Sega used to have an arcade support, but the arcade market was not booming?

Now this situation is put in front of Sega.

That's why Sega took a try, but Jester still doesn't really like Sega this time. I'm afraid there will be no difference from Sega in history, because Sega's business has never changed. Basically, the road is still the same road, so the final outcome will definitely not be too far apart.

"There is another thing about Sony, that is, in a previous interview about Ken Kutaraki, he personally admitted something, that is, Sony is preparing to enter the handheld market."

Everyone knew about what Jester said before, so they were not surprised.

In the current handheld machine market, although there are several handheld machine manufacturers in Japan, such as Namco, which has a handheld machine with good sales, the real overlord is Mars Entertainment, which almost dominates the entire handheld machine market share. Other handheld machine companies can only drink some leftovers.

Therefore, everyone doesn't care much about this matter.

In recent years, more people have wanted to get a share of the handheld machine market. But which one has succeeded?

Didn’t Sega look at the handheld machine market and want to get a share of the pie? What was the result? He couldn’t steal the chicken and lost the rice, and he lost his wife and his soldiers.

So what about Sony?

However, when Jester spoke, his tone was a bit serious.

"I learned from my friends that Sony has indeed established a new hardware department. It is also responsible for the development of handheld machines. They have great ambitions for this handheld machine, but they have not yet officially entered into development. It depends on the situation of ps3, but some development ideas have come out..."

Jester said as he asked someone to send the documents to others.

When publishing these documents, Jester also took advantage of this time to make a joke.

"I said before that I resigned from the position of chairman of the board. Actually, I shouldn't have held this meeting anymore. However, I have always been responsible for these things, and Claudia did not participate, so I worked for the time being. However, this may be the last high-level meeting I presided over. After this meeting, my identity at Mars Entertainment will only be the person in charge of the development of a game."

When everyone in the audience smiled when they heard Jester say this.

They also knew that Jester was just joking. Whether he was the chairman of the board or Claudia, there was actually no difference.

It's just a family matter.

They were not there either, and they even laughed.

However, when they saw the information they sent, they couldn't laugh at all, because Sony's idea of ​​their handheld device is definitely not just a handheld device.

It seems that this time Sony wants to continue the handheld computer to make a handheld computer thing, which can be used to read documents. It can be used to watch videos, not just to play games, but if this thing is really made by them, it will be a big blow to their current GBA.

Moreover, it can be concluded that Sony has great confidence and even ambitions from the investment of ps3, the solicitation of third-party studios, and the preparation of first-party studios.

After all, Ken Kutaraki still wants to use the pedal of Sony Games to get involved in the throne of Sony President.

If you can't achieve excellent results, it will probably not be so easy to ascend to this throne.

In Jester's memory, it was precisely with the brilliant success of ps2 that Ken Kutaraki became the successor of the most popular Sony president. He could have taken it as a matter of course to ascend to the throne he had always dreamed of, but because of this unprecedented defeat, Ken Kutaraki, the father of ps and Sony's legend, resigned.

It even made Sony choose a non-Japanese president without permission.

But this is all in Jester's memory.

Of course, it is impossible to do it accurately in this world.

Jester's eyes swept across everyone, and he saw the changes in his expression on his face when everyone saw the information he had sent.

In fact, this is not the information he obtained through any internal relationship.

This is just a little bit of PSP design ideas.

psp is a very successful product that has allowed Sony to enter the handheld console market, expanded Sony's product line, and enhanced Sony's fame. However, if you want to say how much money this project makes, it may not be possible. Of course, sales are very high, but one of the big disadvantages of psp is that it has too many shares, and many people use ps not just for playing games.

Moreover, due to the cracking, the sales of most games on PSP are not too high.

Of course, it is not that there are no highs. For example, the sales of gta and mh are very amazing, but such games are still a minority.

But it was also a hit on Nintendo's gba at the beginning.

Then, under the insistence of Satoshi Iwata, Nintendo began the development of NDS.

It created a prosperous era in the handheld machine, which happened later.

In Jester's eyes, the eyes of everyone present became serious, because they could see Sony's courage and ambition from this information. If this PSP that Sony is conceiving comes out, then their GBA may be defeated and will not even have any resistance and will be wiped out by the other party.

"We also need to start the development of our new host again, no longer an expansion on GB, but a brand new handheld machine. It is different from the current one."

Yokoi Junhei was speaking, he was still the head of the handheld machine development department, and of course, he was one of the vice presidents.

Hearing him speak, Jace nodded and signaled the other party to continue.

"Actually, you know about this. We have done several handheld designs before, but it is just a variant on GB. So we have not adopted it. So this time, we plan to put aside the design ideas of GB and start the design again. It doesn't matter how innovative it is..."

Yokoi Junhei said a lot, all of which made great sense, and Jester also nodded silently.

But there is another point to be clear.

"In fact, there is one thing that must be clear when developing a new handheld console, that is, what are we doing, whether we are making a pure handheld gaming device like GB? Or a handheld computer like PSP that can perform more entertainment? If this question cannot be clarified, then the development of a new handheld console may be difficult to continue."

Jester's issue is indeed the key among the keys and is also the place where many people argue.

Then there is the time for debate. Some support the pure handheld game consoles, and some support the design plan similar to Sony's PSP.

The two sides had a dispute.

No results were discussed for more than an hour.

Jester was just listening quietly. He was not involved. When others asked for his opinions, he just nodded. This was true for both parties, so no one knew what he was thinking.

It is not a solution to see everyone discussing this way. Jester couldn't let them continue to argue like this.

So, he coughed.

He attracted everyone's gaze and said, "I'll just say a few words."

However, although Jester said he said a few simple words, he did not say it directly. Instead, he asked the others.

First of all, Junhei Yokoi insists that the handheld console is a handheld console, a handheld console, and should not add other functions that are useless at all. All functions should be used on the game so that the best game can be made on this handheld console, and his theory is also very simple.

The handheld machine has a small space and can accommodate functions that are small, so we should not waste already weak functions to let them do other things.

"Yoshii, are you just objecting to Sony's idea?"

Jester asked with a smile, but there was no way to see from his face that he was inclined toward this question, and Yokoi Junhei didn't think much after hearing this, and immediately replied: "No, because we are not Sony. Sony is not just a game company. Games are just a part of them, and games are all of us."

It was simple, and Jester nodded while listening.

Of course, he kept nodding before, and it was not possible to conclude that he agreed with Yokoi Junhei's statement just by relying on this action.

Then, Jester asked the other party about his thoughts and nodded the same.

Finally, Jester pondered at first, as if he was engaging in a very fierce ideological struggle, which lasted for a long time. Even Jester spoke at the reminder of Claudia beside him.

"To be honest, at the beginning, I really admired Sony's development plan, which completely changed the properties of the handheld machine, making it no longer just a handheld machine. This is very useful. It can even be said without hesitation that this can quickly increase the sales of the handheld machine and expand the number of our potential players."

Speaking of this, Jester paused.

"So, I also tend to use PSP handheld consoles, but I was also considering this issue during this period. I suddenly discovered a problem, that is, what Yokoi said just now, Sony is not just a game company, he does PSP not just for playing games, but what about us? We are a game company, and our goal of making handheld consoles is to enable players to play better games."

"If you add other functions to the fixed functions of the handheld console, the functions of the game will inevitably be reduced. You may say that you can make good games even after reduction, but why not reduce the functions and make the game better?"

"We are always a game company. From beginning to end, our company's philosophy is to make the best games. This is what is engraved on our walls on the first day of our company's creation, and it is also our creed and the belief of our game developers. So I think the design of our brand new handheld console is still that this is a handheld console that plays games, and its full performance must be served."

After Jester expressed his thoughts, Yokoi Junhei's people laughed.

The other party was a little disappointed.

But I have to say that what Jester said makes sense.

"But my opinion is this. What's more, it still needs to be discussed. Moreover, there is another very important reason why I don't agree with Sony's design plan. We are at most reluctant to leave our money in the hardware of the handheld console. We can't be called making money. We mainly rely on games to make money. For users who expand like Sony's PS, they may not necessarily buy games. Although they are potential users, they are not very useful."

What Jester said is actually a bit unreasonable.

Because everyone knows that letting others buy your hardware is the first part, and the second part is to let others buy your software.

Although many hardware bought for the sake of buying software, this situation is not typical and does not have universal reference significance. It is more of a two-step process.

Being able to buy hardware is the first step of this two-step process. Only with the first step can we better advance the second step. Otherwise, we can't even do the first step, so how can we talk about selling games to make money?

However, it is precisely because of this that it clearly reflects a signal that Jester wants to convey.
Chapter completed!