Chapter 198: Take action
At this time, Henry handed a document to Simon Hodge and said, "This is a list of acquisitions, which details the company we want to acquire!!!
Simon Hodge took it, flipped through it, and read it in a low voice: "; Henry explained: "It's a British sports game company, it's still very small, but it has a lot of potential, I think it can be acquire!!d!
The Fm soccer manager produced by this company in the future can be said to be stronger than the FIFa soccer manager of EA company, and the game opening ability is very good!
But obviously, in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, a game called "FIFa Football Manager" was launched, and it was more popular!! FIFa refers to FIFA, and its responsibility is to organize various football events around the world!
The production team of Need for Speed has not yet been established, and Henry cannot find them. Need for Speed needs a unique game engine, including graphics, aI, sound, and physics, all of which must perform very well! So, since the original team of Need for Speed has not been found, Henry intends to give the new team that is about to be formed enough time to let them drive a good engine!!
Three years to sharpen a sword.
At that time, as soon as the flying car comes out, who will compete!
And there are companies in the football category, plus the team recruited by Firefly Game Company, it should be enough to create excellent works!
Henry didn't rush either, let them drive slowly, anyway, in 1993, it was low, and the game was going to be made!
Now there are at least two years left, more than two years. _Yawen 8w=w=w'.To make two football games, it is definitely based on the quality of the game!!
But there's still a lot of work to be done before the game starts.
Before you drive, you have to take down the car magazine; Football manager before opening. Get the official license for the event, the player and the FIFa!
Firefly Games has accumulated hundreds of millions of dollars over the years by relying on the works of other game companies, and at present, there is no need for Henry to inject capital into the company!
After Henry left Firefly Games, Simon Hodge did as Henry told. Started a big expansion strategy. Advertised on TV, newspapers, and the Internet, recruiting a large number of programmers and game developers, and recruiting more than 1,000 people.
And this move immediately scared EA companies a lot!
Overnight, it suddenly became clear that his competitors were actually recruiting thousands of new employees, was there something big that couldn't be done?
EA held an emergency meeting. Then discuss how to deal with it.
At the same time, EA sent more than N people to inquire what was going on!
However, this matter is known to Simon Hodge and Henry Henry.
The matter of opening the firefly game platform is confidential, and it will not be disclosed to the outside world for the time being! And those programmers who just arrived immediately signed a confidentiality agreement and arranged for the secret research of the platform to be carried out in a remote office building!!
As soon as the Blizzard game comes out, the platform will officially debut! At that time, it will definitely blind everyone's eyes......
At the same time, Firefly Games also made a formal acquisition request to Auto Magazine. The W'W·W·.'Y-A's car magazine was worth only a few million dollars, and the magazine was not profitable. So under the powerful check offensive of Firefly Games, it will be surrendered!
In the end, it cost five million dollars to acquire it wholly; This move made EA see a little sign.
"Firefly Games is going to start a racing game?!!," EA wondered.
By this time, Simon Hodge had already sent someone to England. Subsequently, the company was acquired. The company is still a small company, and in the face of the acquisition of a world-class firefly game company, it quickly agreed!
However, as a new company, the company's founders still want to retain their shares and have some autonomy over the company's games. And the reason for this request. It is because Firefly Games has become one of the giants of the American game industry, and its business model is already well known, and its subsidiaries are equivalent to independent companies, and the parent company will not intervene in general, unless the subsidiary will cause significant losses......
The company also took a fancy to this and was naturally very happy to join it.
It's good to enjoy the shade with your back against the big tree, and there is a backstage cover, which is better than fighting alone and going out alone!!
Soon, Firefly Games completed the acquisition of the company, taking 75% of the shares, leaving the remaining 25% to the founders and employees. The company was acquired and did not attract any attention because it is a small company......
However, the next action was shocking!!
Firefly Games made a PR campaign with FIFa and spent $100 million to win the official game license for all future events, players, and FIFa!!
As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a sensation around the world!!
EA was dumbfounded, they originally had this plan, but before it was implemented, they were taken the lead by Firefly Game Company!! what is even more surprising is that Firefly Game Company was actually full of courage and spent $100 million to win the official license!!
Fans all over the world cheered, Firefly Games is so awesome, since they are willing to spend 100 million dollars to get the license, then, they will definitely invest a lot of money in the game, presumably, the football game produced must be very fun!!
For a while, fans and players alike were looking forward to the upcoming football game from Firefly Games!!
Simon Hodge was not very difficult in communicating with FIFA. FIFa is naturally very happy to see that some companies will play football, because in this way, it will expand the influence of football!!
And Simon Hodge offered to get an official authorization, FIFa thought about it, and finally agreed after a while for the sake of money. And it is also an official exclusive license for four years, and it is obliged to promote Firefly Games at the 1994 World Cup!
At each event, a screen ad will show a short piece of Firefly Games' soccer game!!
A big move by Firefly Games Company made EA feel an unprecedented sense of crisis!
Tripp Hawkins, CEO and founder of EA, is at the helm of the company. In particular, it is pointed out that the Firefly Game Company wants to use football as a breakthrough to enter sports games, and EA must not tolerate it, and must snipe it outside! Therefore, EA's next game, football!!!!!!
Subsequently, EA held a press conference and declared: "EA has decided to spend a huge amount of money to open a football game !!"
And after the press conference, it was lively.
The two largest game companies in the United States will compete in the game of football!!
Will EA, which specializes in making sports games, win, or will Firefly Games, which has emerged as a new phenomenon, win?
Countless people are speculating, but most of the media and players still voted EA to win, EA is a professional sports game business, and Firefly Games is currently only a game of other companies, and it has not yet made a game, and everyone does not know what its strength is!!
The suspense will be revealed in 1994!!
At this time, Las Vegas and several British bookmakers have announced that they will officially open the odds at the end of 1993, betting on whose game is more popular!! but at present, they are more optimistic about EA company, therefore, the bookmaker claims to the foreign spokesperson that if the odds are opened now, EA company will open a 1:3 odds against Firefly Game Company!!
(To be continued.) )