Chapter 69 Beyond IBM

If we take all the countries on the planet, in terms of advanced and backward, rich and poor, the whole world is a golden tower structure.

The so-called communist revolution is more suppressed in relatively advanced and wealthy countries, and it is more difficult to develop.

Therefore, both the Soviet Union and China have completed the socialist transformation with the attitude of a backward country that is a latecomer.

Naturally, it is a latecomer, and it is naturally inferior to the developed countries in terms of scientific and technological advancement, so it will inevitably face the technological blockade of other countries.

This was true in the Soviet Union in the past, and it is also true in China today.

Whether it is Batumi or the Wassenaar Agreement, there are strict restrictions on what China can import.

Of course, it's not that you can't buy any model of equipment, but that the technical indicators of the parts are strictly jammed.

When Wanhu is developing electronic technology, it hits a wall almost everywhere.

As long as it's a part that you can't make yourself, it's almost an embargo.

In order for the final finished product to be sold in a foreign country, it is necessary to obtain a patent license for these technologies or bypass them.

Although in terms of materials, China still has a long way to go.

However, with the joint efforts of relevant Chinese professionals and talents excavated from the former Soviet Union, they finally bypassed one wall after another, overtook in corners, and achieved certain achievements.

Even the relevant R&D personnel can't believe that it will go so smoothly.

And yet, it was that smooth.

Perhaps they haven't realized that Wanhu can develop so smoothly because of a power that they may see every day, but they can't realize it.

That's it – Takahashi.

Because Takahashi is clear about the route of future technological development, it can guide the direction of technological development to a certain extent.

Experiments that might have taken 10,000 attempts to succeed may have been shortened with Takahashi's guidance, and it only took 1,000 experiments to succeed.

If you save so many times in each experiment, it will change from quantitative to qualitative, and show a completely different landscape.

Today, the scenery of Wanhu is such a landscape.

It is precisely because of such a strong technological explosion of Wanhu that electronic companies in other advanced countries have begun to take Wanhu seriously for the first time.

Although Wanhu has been producing electronic components for some years before, there has always been a generation gap of more than one generation with the world-class level.

In fact, the generational difference of one generation is not long when converted into time, at most only three or five years.

However, in the field of consumer electronics, a generation difference of three or five years is enough to determine who consumers choose.

The advantage of Wanhu is not that they have the technology of generational difference, but that they choose specific consumer products.

To be honest, there are few manufacturers in the world who are willing to do this kind of handheld game console.

Of course, there were many companies that tried it at the beginning.

But the ultra-low hardware profit margins, as well as huge losses, forced them to give up attacking this field.

Even before Sony's successful foray into home video game consoles, large companies in the United States thought that Nintendo had the aura of the protagonist, and only Nintendo could survive well in this field.

However, know that Sony breaks the game.

Microsoft, which has entered the video game console market three times and twice, has finally re-entered the market with its own murder box.

However, although the murder box is menacing, the record in Yuben is ugly.

If you talk about the price, the price of the murder box is definitely not expensive. In order to promote this hardware, Microsoft lost billions of dollars.

However, such a heroic posture has not been recognized by the players.

First, from the perspective of the exterior design, the murder box looks like a big evil omen, and it looks a bit like an urn.

In terms of game lineup, the large number of shooting games and ball games above are not very in line with the game preferences of this player.

Of course, although in the end, it is a pity that it did not contribute to the market. However, with the advantages of the distribution system, the murder box has achieved good sales in North America, South America and Europe.

It seems to have replaced the already cool Sega and became a rival in direct competition with Sony.

And although Nintendo is still the absolute hegemon in the United States, the current Nintendo makes many people feel that something is not right.

In one sentence, Nintendo lives in its own world.

In fact, there is no way for Nintendo to live in its own world.

Sony has its own hardware production plant, and it can build its own game consoles almost without the cooperation of foreign companies.

Microsoft is backed by Silicon Valley and has deep pockets, and almost all hardware manufacturers rely on Microsoft's snort.

And what does Nintendo have?

Nintendo is just a small workshop in Kyoto.

It does not have its own hardware production plant, nor does it have the strength to look up to.

Sony can dominate the field of white goods, and Microsoft can dominate the world in computer software.

However, there is only one home of Nintendo, and that is the video game market.

Although there are benefits of focus, when it needs to be upgraded, it often costs more than Sony and Microsoft for Nintendo to upgrade.

Nowadays, the star who once said that if the PS sells more than a million units, he will walk with his head, that is, Pu Yamauchi.

It's already in a state of semi-retirement.

A huge part of the company has been handed over to Satoshi Iwata.

Satoshi Iwata definitely has a passion for video games.

Therefore, he also has his own set of methods for the management of the company.

All of Nintendo's more than 3,000 employees, each of whom he knows by name, can correspond to them, and knows the basic information of each person.

Even recently, I've been trying to have a face-to-face conversation with everyone.

His style is slowly changing the atmosphere of the entire Nintendo.

However, in the design of the product, Satoshi Iwata still faced great difficulties.

When he got the mobile phone that Wanhu had already sold in batches, Satoshi Iwata's hands trembled slightly.

It's not because he's afraid of Wanhu, or because he's afraid of this product.

But he suddenly discovered that Nintendo was so far away from Wanhu, a latecomer.

Satoshi Iwata and Takahashi were the first to enter the electronics industry, and their original ambition was to build a company that would surpass IBM.

However, although he is now the nominal president of Nintendo, can Nintendo compare to IBM?

I'm afraid it's not that I can't.

However, Satoshi Iwata saw the opportunity and possibility for Wanhu to surpass IBM from Wanhu's mobile phone.

He held a small mobile phone and muttered, "Is the future really the era of mobile Internet?"