Satoshi Iwata was thinking.

Pu Yamauchi is about to retire at the end of the month, and after that, the old Ren is Satoshi Iwata.

And Satoshi Iwata, at this moment, is contemplative.

They learned about the Order of the Phoenix's handheld plans.

It's not the kind of thing that is completely secret, as the Order of the Phoenix has been developing handhelds before.

As a new brand, the Order of the Phoenix's Xbox can be said to be an instant hit.

Although this thing was able to sell tens of millions of sales, it was mainly because of the strange "Brain Platinum" game. But there's no denying that it's a surprising thing.

According to Lao Ren's investigation, the function of Xbox as a serious game console is actually not very good.

But this has several advantages.

One of the biggest advantages is "Brain Platinum", this game can be said to be moisturizing and silent, usually, you can't see this game selling out, but you can just see this product standing at the top of the sales list every year.

The second advantage is that it serves as an "advanced controller" for DC-P and GS, because it has a screen projection function when there is a limited connection, which is especially interesting when playing some games such as racing or action games.

Of course, the quality of the screen itself is actually not very good, but for players, what is the dissatisfaction with being able to play games with that kind of cool picture on the handheld?

Because of this, many players jokingly say that "Xbox is the most high-performance handheld". Although it is a joke, it also shows that people are powerful, because this machine solves a problem from 0 to 1. While not everyone will be able to use this feature, it is a selling point.

It's like a lot of people don't take many photos, but Chrysanthemum mobile phones can still lead the industry with crazy and cool cameras in many mobile phones.

One trick is eaten all over the world.

Xbox players may not be able to use this feature, but they will probably think that it would be better if the handheld could have this feature.

Of course, the survey here is only for Xbox at the time.

But if you expand the scope of the survey and extend Xbox to Xreader, the situation changes.

XREADER, which is jokingly called a gal machine, has a large number of galgame and other resources, which can be said to be very amazing.

This machine is very convenient to connect to the computer, so there are quite a few games on it.

Well, in a large eastern country, many people simply use this product as an e-book.

In the past, the state also promoted it, but later, the state only promoted this thing in universities.

The reason is very simple, because too many students use this thing in class, which has caused a very bad impact, because of the protests of parents, so ...... Shrunken.

But it doesn't matter, for the Order of the Phoenix, they have already won the market and made the brand deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

This also means that when the other party has a new product launched, it is easy to have a group of users.

At first, Satoshi Iwata and the old upper echelons didn't know much about this matter, but they went to a certain eastern country to inspect NGC, and they also opened up the market.

However, in this investigation, they found that the side of a large eastern country is almost the world of the Order of the Phoenix.

The Kirin computer over there is the vest of GS, but people use it as a computer in such a serious way, and there are still a lot of users, and the Internet café is full of machines, and the PC is not an opponent at all.

It's right to think about it.,GS has StarCraft (Blizzard launched the GS version)、Sword Art Online、There are also MUV moonfall and Counter-Strike,In addition,There are many casual games,Basically, it has covered eighty percent of the game market in a large eastern country,And more importantly,The price is still cheap (relative to PC),It's unreasonable not to be popular。

It is said that the stock price of a certain company that makes computers over there has plummeted because of this, and it seems that they still want to use their connections to suppress Kirin Computer, but they have not succeeded.

Who let Senxia have some unspeakable resources that some big eastern country wants? And they don't just play by themselves, they also act as brokers, helping people to match, such as some machine tools or something......

Well, of course, that's something Iwata doesn't know.

However, Satoshi Iwata knew that the Order of the Phoenix was very large, even much larger than Lao Ren.

And if you look at the Order of the Phoenix, the A Society, and Musashino as one, you can see the dominance of Mori Xia's side in the entire game circle and animation circle, or the entire ACGN circle.

After learning this, Satoshi Iwata began to want to know the situation of this opponent very carefully.

E3 is a great opportunity.

However, to his surprise, the Order of the Phoenix did not launch a handheld, or even a message, but an arcade machine......

The arcade itself is not a problem, the problem is that this somabrasive arcade is absolutely shocking.

Like now.

Satoshi Iwata was looking at the exhibition hall on the Order of the Phoenix at this time, and countless reporters were queuing up to experience this incredible motion capture technology.

There is no doubt that the news will most likely break tomorrow.

This is of course, because many people do not regard it as news in the industry, but think of the news that Senxia developed motion capture technology a few months ago.

Is this a cheaper version after a cheaper version? Will there be a cheaper version in the future?

Once you think about it, it's a little scary.

And that's the real reason.

"But there are no handheld games. Iwata pondered.

There are no handheld games, and in the eyes of others, it may be because they are not ready.

But in front of Iwata Satoshi, this is what they mean when they are ready to hold back their big moves.

Because this news means that they may have completely abandoned the Xbox handheld and continued to develop.

Satoshi Iwata thought of another piece of news, that is, the Order of the Phoenix and Sony seem to want to develop a mini-disc together, which may have something to do with it, this news was not obtained from the Order of the Phoenix, but from Sony.

Naturally, this kind of news cannot be fanfare.

After all, it's a trade secret to be discovered.

But......

What kind of machine will need a mini disc?

Obviously, home phones don't need this stuff.

Well, the answer is obvious.

And only handhelds.

After all, it's a handheld.

So, their new handheld will use a mini disc.

Combined with the news of the USB flash drive, Satoshi Iwata guessed that the USB flash drive was the product of their failure to develop the cassette, which is even more telling.

No news is the biggest news, which allows Lao Ren to analyze what the other party wants to do.

Originally, Satoshi Iwata wasn't so nervous. Mainly before this, he got the news that the Sony family next door was also engaged in handhelds.

If the three of them are developed together, this is quite delicate.

Especially at this time of age.

I don't want to admit it, but NGC is basically a failed product.

At this time, the only one who can support the old Ren is the GBA.

The handheld business is their backbone.

At this time, if someone else enters the venue, it will indeed be a pressure for Lao Ren.

Although the GBA is in full swing, the old man who is prepared for danger in times of peace has actually begun to develop the next generation of handheld computers.

The piezoelectric screen is the latest technology they have got, this technology is fully compatible with the touch pen of the resistive screen, and it can also be directly touched by hand, so there will be no problem in using it.

The cost of this technology is slightly higher than that of resistive screens, but if it is mass-produced, there is still a chance to lower the price.

So they give themselves the host of the future...... Changed a screen.

However, Iwata thinks that perhaps this approach can be more sophisticated.

"Perhaps...... Nokian practice ......"

Noki Kee wants to make a gaming phone.

In Lao Ren's opinion, Nuo Ji is simply joking that no one would spend so much money to buy such a game phone.

But if it's a mobile phone with a communication function...... Lao Ren can do it himself, right?

Satoshi Iwata believes that if you want to make a game, it is best to focus on the game itself.

But at this time, he couldn't even help but think.

Is this kind of mobile phone or something, is there really any development value?

There should be, right?

Of course, Satoshi Iwata feels that this little bit of "whether there is or not" is not the key.

The key is costing.

If the cost is not a problem, then there is no problem.

But if the cost is too high, it is not conducive to product promotion.

That's absolutely not.

Lao Ren attaches great importance to cost.

Even in the 3DS era, in order to occupy more markets, they also launched a lower-cost castrated version of 2DS, which castrated the original 3D function.

So at this time, what should Lao Ren do by himself is a very important thing.

In fact, as Iwata Satoshi thought, Mori Xia is actually quite a headache for the cost.

After all, the prototype of the handheld has already been made, and the effect is even good.

But the price of all this is the cost.

The cost is too high, so the next job of the development team is to find ways to reduce the cost of the equipment.

And Senxia also has high requirements for the appearance of this product, Senxia even requires that the screens on both sides of the screen be cut as much as possible, and the thickness of the fuselage should be reduced as soon as possible......

"But these games are also quite interesting. ”

The second game that Satoshi Iwata cares about is the cubeman game "The Story of the Creation Country".

This game is weird.

The script is Takahashi Ryuya, which Satoshi Iwata doesn't care about. The other party started by making galgame.,He'll join the side of the leader of the "Mithril Force".,It's a very normal thing.。

But the problem is the style of this work.

There are also a lot of games in the easy category, but these games in the light style are all small games.

Such as "Plants vs. Zombies".

However, they never took this style to a larger level.

But "Creation Country Story" is different.

It's a very subtle worldview that looks very cartoonish on the outside, but the story on the inside is myriad.

While maintaining a relaxed gameplay style, the depth of the game is also not low, which gives this game a soul.

And there are also novel ways to play.

Minecraft is an amazing game. It's a game that's so magical that you can get addicted to it, and some people can spend an entire year just trying to make a home of their own.

"Creation Country Story", which was born out of "Minecraft", is more like a new game made by extracting the elements from it.

It's incredible, and it's perfect for family fun.

The number of die-hard fans of this kind of family game will not be particularly large, but the audience of these products will be particularly broad.

This kind of game, used to harvest users, is actually the best.

Of course, it is impossible to expect to be the same as "Minecraft", running for tens of millions of sales, and "Minecraft" is still selling very well, and it is a popular game.

"And the game over there......"

Doujin.

Satoshi Iwata came up with the idea of this kind of game. These games were originally sponsored by Senxia's side, of course, and there were before, but they didn't have such a big fanfare as Senxia's side.

Senxia's support for indie games is very strong.

In Iwata's view, he didn't do it to target players.

It's for ...... For developers.

First of all, for the developers of indie games, the support from Senxia's side is a huge benefit for them, which will undoubtedly gain their respect and popularity.

Secondly, Senxia does this, maybe which game can become popular, which is also a good thing for Senxia's side.

Finally, their approach is also likely to arouse the favor of a wider range of developers.

Indie game makers themselves make games by one or several people, and those who work on indie games have always been isolated, and Senxia's help can get their gratitude and the favor of other developers.

Try to think about it, there is such a job in the industry, even if you haven't worked under the job, but the sponsorship of others, you will appreciate it very much, right?

That's what Satoshi Iwata thinks.

In fact, he also thinks that it is good for the other party to do this.

"Is it because there are fewer third parties? No, it's not right. ”

If you want to talk about third parties, there are also a lot of third-party game manufacturers in the Order of the Phoenix.

But none of them have the same existence as these indie developers.

"Well, what they need is a high-quality product, a better product......"

Looking at these players here, as well as those independent developers, Satoshi Iwata seems to understand.

He thought of the domestic fanfair.

Speaking of which,A company started at the beginning.,It seems to be related to the same exhibition, their exhibition.,It's also the existence of the crowd at the same exhibition.。

It's in their genes.

It's like the core of Lao Ren's several series of games developed by themselves......

......

Piezoelectric screens, there are really a lot of reality, the most famous is the wisdom of the device, their pdf reading was also a must at that time, but unfortunately with the withdrawal of Deyi, they also withdrew from the tablet market, and now it seems to no longer exist.

Two-in-one meow.