At this moment, the media is making a big fuss about Apple's acquisition of Sunbird, which has become a hot news recently. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Critics have also voiced their opinions.

"At present, Flamingo-1 basically monopolizes the game console market, and it is very popular with players, and it is almost impossible for Apple to challenge it at this time, even if it acquires Sunbird!!"

"With Chronos Li at Flamingo and classic games emerging one after another, Apple's foray into consoles is tantamount to digging its own grave!"

“……”

However, there are those who disagree.

"The game is very profitable, and although the market has been dominated by Flamingo, it doesn't mean that other companies don't have opportunities. As long as there are excellent game consoles and game software, they will also be liked by players! The reason why Flamingo was able to replace Sunbird is precisely that. Now, after Apple's acquisition of Sunbird, the game development capacity has increased greatly, and I believe that as long as the game is carefully crafted, even if it can't beat the Flamingo and compete with it, at least we can share the game market together!"

Warner Bros. once threatened that Sunbird could not be defeated, but the fact is that in more than a year, Sunbird fell off the altar. The biggest drawback of Flamingo is that it has implemented a royalty system, which has led to the anger of many third-party game developers. If Apple offers very favorable conditions, it will definitely be able to attract them to join Apple's camp!"

On television, critics were at loggers wrangling and the discussion was intense.

At this time, Apple, with the support of the Rockefeller consortium and the California consortium, accelerated the pace of acquiring Sunbird Corporation.

On the morning of March 20, the sun was shining, and Apple held a press conference to announce that Apple had officially acquired Sunbird, but the purchase price was not announced.

Li Zetian naturally received the news as soon as possible.

It is true that Apple's acquisition of Sunbird has posed a certain threat to Flamingo, but in his opinion, it still cannot shake Flamingo's position.

At first, Li Zetian didn't take Apple seriously, but Apple's subsequent actions disgusted him.

It didn't take long for Apple to poach people from Flamingo.

Within a week, more than 30 people from the Flamingo Company had been poached.

At the same time, in order to win over top third-party game developers, Apple promised six or seven companies that there would be no royalties, and even no platform fees.

Some companies are prepared to develop games for Apple behind Apple's conditions.

Apple's various "three indiscriminate" actions, Li Zetian is clear.

If Apple is allowed to do this, I am afraid it will be the second "Sony"!

Li Zetian decided to fight back against Apple!

He picked up the phone on his desk and dialed Nolan Bushnell's office number.

"Bushnell, I'm Chronos!"

"Hello, Mr. Li!"

"Apple has been making small moves lately, and Flamingo must fight back!"

"Yes, Apple is very arrogant with the support of the Rockefeller consortium and the California consortium!"

Li Zetian smiled disdainfully and said: "It's just a strong outsider and a middle cadre, Apple's current situation is not optimistic at all, personal computers have been tilted by IBM, Compaq and other compatible computers, and Walkman's market share has also plummeted." Once the game project fails, this will be the last straw that will overwhelm Apple!"

Nolan Bushnell nodded approvingly, Apple is now using loans to develop the gaming industry. If you fail, you will be responsible for it, and you will not be far from bankruptcy.

"Mr. Li, did you have something to tell you when you called?" asked Nolan Bushnell.

"Yes,"

Li Zetian nodded, and said in a cold and domineering tone: "At the beginning, the Sunbird Company issued a ban order to the Flamingo Company, and now it is also giving them a taste of the ban order! From now on, all games developed on the Flamingo - game console platform must sign an exclusive agreement! Games on other home game console platforms will all be refused to land on the Flamingo-1 game console platform!"

Nolan Bushnell frowned, "Mr. Li, if you do this, you will probably pile up some game developers on Apple's side." ”

"If we don't, won't they be developing games for Apple?

"Okay, I'll announce it to the public later, as you instruct!"

Li Zetian nodded and continued: "In order to consolidate Flamingo's own position and provide our game development capabilities and quantity, we can acquire some third-party game developers with development potential, such as Namco, Konami, Koei Co., Ltd., and Nintendo......" Finally, when talking about Nintendo, Li Zetian showed an inexplicable smile on his face.

"Mr. Li, there is nothing wrong with acquiring Namco, Konami and Koei Co., Ltd., these three companies have been established for a very short time and are not large. However, Nintendo......" Nolan Bushnell thought for a moment and replied, "I'm afraid I can't buy ......"

"Can't buy it?"

"Yes, Mr. Li. This company is a 100-year-old Japanese company, which was listed on the second board of the Osaka Stock Exchange in 1962 as a poker manufacturer, and its excellent financial statements have caused the stock price to soar all the way to about 900 yen, and the subsequent performance is also very good and well-capitalized. And according to the investigation of the Japanese branch, Nintendo is developing a home game console in an attempt to challenge the position of the Flamingo company!"

Li Zetian couldn't help but laugh, he plagiarized Nintendo's famous Game-Watch and "Donkey Kong", and even Yokoi Junhei and Miyamoto Shigeru poached, this girl actually dared to develop game consoles!

In this way, the Flamingo company is making too much money in the console market, which is eye-catching!

"Then buy Namco, Konami, and Koei Co., Ltd.!" However, the movement should be smaller, so as not to let Apple and Nintendo notice, so as not to get in the way!" Li Zetian said with a final word.

"Yes, Mr. Li. ”

Li Zetian hung up the phone at this time.

In the video game market, Namco and Konami are undoubtedly the pillars of Japanese video games.

In the previous life, "Pac-Man", "Taiko Tatsujin", "Tekken", "Ridge Racing", "Ace Combat", "Xenoblade Tales", etc. were Namco's signature games.

And "Silent Hill", "Contra", "Metal Gear Solid", "Castlevania", "Pro Evolution Soccer", "Heartbeat Memories", "Saloman Snake", "Fantasy Water Margin", "DDR", "Yu-Gi-Oh GX", "Yu-Gi-Oh" and so on are Konami's signature games.

Koei Co., Ltd. was founded a little later than these two companies, in 1978, and was developed by the company such as Nobunaga's Ambition, Warriors of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Age of Discovery, and Angelica.

It's just that all the games listed above have either been plagiarized by Li Zetian or have not yet been developed, so the fame and strength of these three companies are far from reaching their peak, and they are currently in their infancy at best.

The Rockefeller consortium and the California consortium thought that Apple had acquired Sunbird and co-opted a group of game developers.

As everyone knows, several of the most promising video game companies are about to be acquired by Flamingo!