Soon, news broke that Atari had merged into Firefly Games.

However, this is clearly to be expected.

At the same time, Nintendo also issued a warning to third-party game companies on its side, if any game company cooperates with Firefly and lands on the Atari console platform, then Nintendo will refuse to cooperate with it!

Nintendo President Yamauchi Pu said in an extremely arrogant and indifferent tone: "Whoever dares to cooperate with Firefly Game Company, we will let him get out!!"

Nintendo has a strong multiple-choice question for all game companies!

Choose Nintendo, or choose Firefly......

This question, obviously, Nintendo is now the overlord of the home console game platform, occupying more than 80% of the market, unbeatable!

Atari has the support of fireflies, and it is just as difficult to compete with them!

Moreover, Atari has failed year after year and suffered serious losses, and I am afraid that launching a new game console again will not be successful either!

Many game manufacturers have little confidence in Atari.

Coupled with the threat from Nintendo, the vast majority of game companies are in a wait-and-see mode.

"Nintendo has spoken, whoever dares to cooperate with Firefly Games will not be allowed to log in to the SFC platform for the company's games...... That's too strong!"

SFC has such a large market share, so naturally the games on this platform can sell more, and all game manufacturers want to release their own games on the SFC platform......

"Actually, it's good to have a spoiler. Nintendo's royalty system is so unpleasant! It's going to take a big chunk of the profits, if it's a loss. But it's all on our own!"

"Yes, before each game is released, we have to pay a huge amount of money in advance for the production of game cartridges, and if the game cartridges can't be sold, we still count them in. And Nintendo has already made a lot of money just by helping us make game cartridges! It's so depressing to think about it!"

"I don't know what Atari's next game opportunity will look like, and whether it can break Nintendo's monopoly......"

“……”

Although Nintendo has spoken harshly, it is only threatening some ordinary game manufacturers. For those well-known third-party game companies, Nintendo actively wooed them, proposed more preferential policies, canceled the royalty system, and charged less platform fees, because Nintendo knew that good games were the lifeblood of game consoles. Previously, the reason why Nintendo was able to develop was because of good games!

At this moment, Nintendo sent someone to contact Konami. Glorious, Namco, Square Enix and other game companies, and Henry also sent someone to contact these four famous Japanese game companies!

The contest has begun.

These four companies are well-known in the gaming world. He has developed many classic games and has a very high status in the industry. Now in this situation, there are countless game companies that are paying attention to them. If there are companies among them that support Atari. Then, there will be many game companies that choose to side with Atari!

But the man sent by Henry replied. All four companies are considering, although they have not agreed. But I didn't refuse, anyway, I dragged it first, Firefly Games is not a small company, and there is Henry Williams behind it, in case it really overturns Nintendo, it's not impossible, it's better not to offend.

Henry was not surprised to get this reply. Nintendo is now the king of the home console market, and no game company wants to offend it easily. What's more, they don't know what Atari's new machine looks like, what functions it has, how much it costs, and whether the market competitiveness is strong or not, so they definitely don't dare to make a decision casually!

Henry thought about it, and he had to start from himself.

Strong self-strength is the last word.

Starting with home consoles, Henry came to Atari to design the next generation of Atari consoles.

After arriving at the company, Henry called all the company's senior personnel over.

Henry sat in the first place, glanced up at everyone, and said with an expression on his face: "Firefly Games has thrown an olive branch to the world's most famous third-party game companies, but none of them are willing to release games on our new machines! Some of them told me vaguely that Atari can't make game consoles, the market share is too low, and if they sell games on them, not only will they not make money, but they will also lose money!" Henry paused, looked at everyone, and asked, " How do you feel about that?"

When they heard this, they did not blush.

I had to look at each other, but no one dared to speak.

Henry said lightly: "However, the more they say this, the more we have to make the game console well." The purpose of my coming to Atari today is actually very simple, to help you design the 'Jaguar'!"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at Henry curiously.

Henry was silent for a moment, and then said: "In my design requirements, the Jaguar game console can be connected to the Internet, that is, it needs to install a built-in network card, and at the same time, there are two more USB ports, one for a USB mouse, and one for a USB keyboard!"

At present, USB has been recognized by some computer manufacturers, but it has not yet been fully popularized. When a large number of USB mice and USB keyboards appear on the market, countless computer manufacturers must want to get USB authorization!

Looking at the hesitant expressions of the crowd, Henry said loudly: "Only by connecting the Internet can the Jaguar be competitive!" We will develop a 'TV Battle.net' platform, and all 'Jaguar' users can play games with other players through the TV Battle.net. When you're at home, most of them are playing alone, so wouldn't it be nice to be able to play with other people?"

Henry paused for a moment to make everyone think, and then continued: "In addition to having TV Battle.net, we will also develop a TV forum website, TV Exchange! Discuss the game. The TV exchange, on the other hand, allows players to trade commodities here. For example, player accounts, weapons and equipment, etc. The game levels are very difficult, you need to buy better weapons, you can buy weapons on the TV exchange, you can buy them from the system through PayPal, and you can also buy them from players!"

As soon as Henry finished speaking, everyone was a little confused.

The TV forum website is okay, after all, it is a website for players to communicate. But TV Exchange, this is just an exaggeration, right? Everyone is talking about each other......

Henry saw this. He coughed twice to silence everyone.

"No matter what kind of game it is, Jaguar will faithfully record all kinds of data from the game. Once connected, the TV Exchange will first scan the Jaguar to get the user's game data! After the transaction is completed, the game data in the Jaguar will change accordingly! Players will be charged a 20% fee for transactions through the TV Exchange, of which 10% will be paid to the game development company. In this way, we will be able to generate more profit for game development companies, which in turn will attract more game companies to join us! The TV exchange can continue to generate profits, which will definitely enable game development companies to improve the balance of the game, make the game more durable, and they will be able to earn more!"

Then. Someone asked loudly: "Chairman, if you do what you say, then the jaguar is in a sense." It can also be considered a 'server'. That's why security is so important. If someone tamperes with the data. There will be immeasurable losses!"

Henry smiled and said, "That's right! It is necessary to strengthen defensive measures on two fronts. On the one hand, TV Exchange has the ability to screen data errors. Each jaguar has a serial number, and if a problem is found, it is frozen and not allowed to be traded!

Henry said in a light but confident tone: "I will ask the world's most powerful security company, 360 McAfee, to help us develop the jaguar, even if the FBI gets the jaguar, it will also make them helpless!!

After hearing this, everyone looked left and right, and was shocked.

Then, without waiting for everyone to react, Henry continued: "At the same time, I will have people develop a 'TV emulator' platform on the computer! The games on the 'TV emulator' platform are played by purchasing a registration code, and all game data will be saved in the company's server and bound to the game account!

Henry finally said loudly: "A game can be powered by both a jaguar and a computer, I don't believe it, there is no game company that is not impressed!"

In fact, doing "TV simulators" will reduce the sales of jaguars to a certain extent. After all, if you can play games through a computer, some people won't buy a jaguar. However, this will be beneficial to the game company, and they can sell more games.

Henry's move is actually to attract more game companies.

The more game companies there are, the more Jaguar sales. And many players have become users of "TV simulators", which is equivalent to potential users of jaguars. Henry will strictly control the "TV simulator", and will not simulate all games, some classic games can only be played on the jaguar, the player can watch it, but can't touch it, can you not feel it? In the end, you can't buy a jaguar?

When Henry finished, he went back to his office and thought about the game.

No matter how good the game console is, without a game, it is for nothing.

In the previous life, "Resident Evil 1" was the birth of the strongest dark horse in history, and almost everyone's attention at that time was focused on the shocking news of the PS version of "Final Fantasy VII" published by Square Enix, "Resident Evil I" was like an unknown wildflower quietly blooming in a secluded corner. The first day of sales was less than 100,000 games, but the game's ultra-high quality sparked word of mouth among players, which can be described as a word-of-mouth explosion, and the shipments in Japan alone exceeded one million in one fell swoop, which is also the first game on the PS1 console to exceed one million!

Although Resident Evil 1 is not the highest-selling game on PS1, it is of great significance to PS1. At the time, it was almost a savior that Sony's PS1 was killed in the middle of Nintendo and Sega!

Henry called Capcom to find out about the games the company was working on recently.

Not long after the release of The King of Fighters 1992, Capcom was already working on The King of Fighters 1993. At the same time, two other games are also in development, one is Resident Evil 1 and the other is Mega Man X series.

"Mega Man X Series" is the second series of "Mega Man".

Mega Man is a character from the game Mega Man. Capcom has great ambitions, and after the success of the first part of "Mega Man", he also wants to follow Nintendo's example, intending to build Mega Man into a very valuable character like Super Mario, so that it can continue to launch sequels and create huge benefits for the company!

Capcom's step is the right one, and in the future, Mega Man will become Capcom's most famous video game character, with a huge IP value!

Henry nodded in satisfaction, then hung up.

At this time, he was thinking, although there is "Resident Evil 1" and "Mega Man X series", and the "King of Fighters" series can also be transplanted to home consoles!

However, Firefly Games is working on Need for Speed, so it can add staff and speed up the development process, aiming to complete the production before next year's Atari Jaguar console is developed, and then move it to the Jaguar.

That's one more classic game!

"FIFA1994" would have been best re-released in the 1994 World Cup. So, the soccer game was still slow, and by 1994, it would be possible to log in on both home and PC!

The Jaguar console was about to be released in 1993, and four games were obviously not enough, so Henry sat in his office and pondered for a moment, and suddenly thought of a lot of good games to develop.

Naughty Dog's "Crash Bandicoot 1"!

Rockstar, also known as R-star's Grand Theft Auto 1!

"Crash Bandicoot 1" was originally released on Sony's PS1, and its sales were even higher than "Resident Evil 1", as many as 6.7 million, and Naughty Dog Company formed an indissoluble bond with Sony, and the final result was that it was acquired by Sony......

At that time, Nintendo's Mario, Sega's Sonic, and Sony's Crash Bandicoot were often compared, which shows how well-known Crash Bandicoot was.

"Grand Theft Auto 1" is violent, very well-known, and the entire series has sold more than 100 million games, shocking the industry, and is one of the few series in the world that can exceed 100 million sales!

Both companies are very weak now, but within a few years, they will develop the famous titles of "Crash Bandicoot 1" and "Grand Theft Auto 1" respectively. Therefore, Henry will not hesitate to send someone to investigate these two companies, and then launch an acquisition action!

PS: A little more tomorrow.

(To be continued.) )