In November, DC is about to go public. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After seeing the configuration of DC, Ken Kutaragi did feel a little nervous, but after carefully analyzing Sega's promotional strategy and their goals, Ken Kutaragi knew that Sega's move this time was two routes with the PS2 that Sony was developing later.

Ken Kutaragi felt that Sony had a great advantage.

"This kind of handle, it's so weird. ”

It's still a few days before the DC launches, but Ken Kutaragi has a way to get the machine.

――Who called him the head of Sony SCE?

Kutaragi Ken, this benevolent brother, is the father of PS, that is, he took PS2 and threw Sega DC into the dustbin of history.

The full name of SCE is sony_puter_entertainment_inc, that is, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony's game console division, is SCE.

N64 didn't make many waves in Japan, Sega's SS also collapsed, at this time, Sony's PS is simply unmatched, at this time, Sony is the overlord of the game console industry!

However, just as the empire was about to approach noon, Sega, the former challenger, reappeared.

Sega used to be a challenger to Nintendo, they fought with Nintendo for half their lives, and now, Sega is a challenger to Sony, they stand under Sony, challenge the new overlord.

The former president of Sega, Hayao Nakayama, once said, "I live to make Nintendo uncomfortable", and now that Nintendo is no longer good, Sony will face Sega's "make you uncomfortable".

At first, Kutaragi Ken was still very cautious.

However, after noticing that Sega used a CD-ROM instead of a DVD-ROM, and these people also funnily added a hard disk to the DC!

In Kutara Kiken's view, the Internet can be used as a supplement to the game console, but they are actually used as a complete accessory in the machine to put it in the machine, this way of increasing the cost is simply a dead tooth!

And when I tried the first game VR Warrior 3TB version on DC, Ken Kutaragi realized a problem - this handle is actually like a disc!

"No, this thing doesn't work......"

Kutaragi shook his head.

In his opinion, Sega is simply funny.

Obviously, there was a very good reversal, but Sega made an extremely funny choice.

"Obviously, Sega's strategy is to focus on various types of games, and Internet features should be the focus of their strategy, but the Internet is such a niche thing, and it is a shame that they can do this kind of thing in order to increase the cost......"

In Kutaragi's view, many of Sega's strategies look good, but are actually meaningless.

For example, Sega's network, and Sega's addition of a hard disk to the game, this kind of thing is simply a dead thing for game consoles, and it is not a shame that Sega can do it.

Sony has a big advantage.

Kutaragi Ken dropped DC's mouse, and he felt stable now.

――This is not only because of the supply problem, but also because of the reason why Kutaragi Ken feels stable, that is, when he got this DC, he learned the news, and this news is that the supply of DC is insufficient.

According to Sony's understanding, although the DC has not yet been listed, the number of orders is at least more than 300,000 units, and according to their speculation, it is likely to be between 500,000 and 700,000 units.

But the tragedy is that now Sega DC's shipments are only about 100,000 units - because the display chip is out of stock.

The processing chip used in the DC is Hitachi's SH-4, and the display chip is the PowerVR2 chip from NEC.

But the problem is that the current Sega has encountered a very sad thing, that is, NEC has dropped the chain.

The yield of chips cannot be improved, and this is the tragedy they are experiencing now.

NEC's current problems have directly led to Sega's current DC game consoles facing big problems.

There are not enough shipments, there is no way to spread the goods, and for Sony, this is an opportunity for them to take advantage of.

......

"It's not scientific!"

On the other hand, Qianjia, who had just arrived home, also sighed.

"So, senior sister, why have you always been so surprised lately?"

Originally, Qianjia was in a good mood today, and after class, I was very kind to invite everyone from the current inspection institute to go to the café to eat dessert and drink coffee.

However, when Qianjia returned halfway back and answered a phone call, Qianjia began to worry about it.

No, to be precise, it wasn't a phone call, but Qianjia thought of something with great interest, and then made a call herself.

And after the phone call, the current Qianjia has become like this.

"Why is this happening, Sen Xia-kun, haven't you already set up a lot of flags for Sega here, why is this still happening......"

Qianjia was a little puzzled.

"So what the hell is going on, and what's going on with Sega, why do you want to forcibly get involved with me!" Mori Xia said as he went to the side and put down his school bag, Yukino is now working at Toba Shrine, and Mori Xia, who put down his school bag, is going to see Yukino first.

Then, Sen Xia was grabbed by Qianjia.

"To put it simply, Sega's Dreamcast is now in a major crisis. Qianjia frowned.

"Oh. So, what's going on?" Senxia certainly knew that Sega's DC was going to run into problems, and that was a clear thing.

As Sen Xia, who has already been mentally prepared, of course he is not shocked at this time.

No matter how bad things happen, Sega will not be worse off than it has been in history.

Therefore, when Qianjia frowned, Senxia's heart did not fluctuate in this matter, and he even wanted to laugh a little.

"Sega now has an order book of about 600,000 machines," says Qianjia, "and the number of orders is still increasing." ”

"Isn't that a good thing?"

600,000 units? Senxia's memory is not clear, but he barely remembers that the DC reached 5000000 units or something, and that should have been in 1999.

Isn't that a good thing?

"However, the number of shipments now ...... There are only 150,000 units. Not as many as we have pre-ordered games. Qianjia pressed her head and sighed.

The two versions of Sin Crown on DC, and then the four series of RPGMAKER and Plants vs. Zombies combined, had 160,000 pre-orders and growing.

In other words, if this trend continues, when DC is officially released, DC may not sell as much as these games from Animic combined......

Although this may seem unfair compared to four games and one machine, the dilemma that DC is facing now is probably like this.

"I see, it's a problem with the display chip. Senxia immediately understood.

"Huh, that's right. Qianjia was a little surprised, but Senxia actually knew this, "How did you guess?"

"Because the supplier is NEC!" Senxia said as a matter of course, "If it's NEC, then they drop the chain, isn't it a normal thing!"

"Huh?" seems to make sense......

"Anyway, the problem of Sega DC is very serious now, and the production capacity or something, this is not something that can be solved in a while. Qianjia sighed, this kind of thing, of course she knew what was going to happen, "Originally, we could have caught Sony off guard, but now the supply of DC is not enough, and it is easy for Sony to take advantage of it." ”

The conditions of the DC platform itself are still very good, and the sales of 10 million units in history also show how popular DC is.

But the problem is that if there is no way to suppress Sony now, Sega's early advantage will almost non-existent.

At this time, it is the most troublesome thing.

Even Qianjia can see the problem, of course, Sega can't not see it, but NEC drops the chain, no matter how anxious Sega is, I'm afraid there is no way.

"So, Sen Xia-kun, do you have any wonderful ideas?" asked Sen Xia.

"Ahh We're just outsiders after all. "If it weren't for the fact that Daddy had a stake over there, Qianjia probably wouldn't be in such a hurry, and Sen Xia is now persuading the other party to calm down.

"But it's just a bad feeling. Although it is useless to know, if you can listen to your opinion on Sen Xiajun, there will be no problem. Of course Qianjia knew the situation, but she just couldn't let it go.

"There's no way around this kind of thing, Sega itself has the basic plate of the arcade, and if they have a way out, they are destined not to break the boat, and simply relying on the suppression of Mr. Okawa and Uncle Qianyu, I'm afraid it won't have much effect. Senxia shook her head.

Sega is big enough, they have enough ways to retreat, so this is destined for them to have no way to break the boat, and in the end, they choose to give up the stop loss, which is a normal thing.

"But it's always very unwilling. Damn, I really want my own console platform!" Qianjia shook her head.

"Instead of thinking about this, let's find a way to do two more gentleman's games. I think it would be more helpful and motivating for us to develop a few popular gentleman's games on the home console platform!"

Mori Xia said that gentlemen are king.

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Today's second update, this is the festival ~ (to be continued.) )