Chapter 6 The better the better, the more wrong

The departure of Junhei Yokoi is tantamount to an earthquake in the video game circle.

You know, since Nintendo began to enter the field of video games, no important person has left his post.

And in the eyes of people in the video game circle, the importance of Yokoi Junhei even exceeds that of Shigeru Miyamoto, who has been canonized by European and American players.

You know, Shigeru Miyamoto is good at game design, not hardware design.

And what makes Yokoi Junpei amazing is his terrifying game console design.

Whether it's a game watch or a game boy, the machines he leads the production of are not bad at all.

And, because his thinking is based on backward technology, even each machine can directly make Nintendo a lot of money.

This kind of talent can only be said to be hard to find, but what is happening inside Nintendo now, and such an excellent talent has actually left?

You know, Nintendo is a century-old store, which means that Nintendo has a long history, but it also means that Nintendo is very traditional.

A Nintendo's "retainer" actually quit, why is this?

Everyone's eyes were immediately on VrBoy, who was led by Yokoi Junhei.

This machine is actually a little different from the way Yokoi Junhei has been thinking with backward technology.

After all, the technology that Keio University has just developed in the laboratory for a few years can't be commercialized so quickly.

However, Gunpei Yokoi made this choice.

Judging from the initial sales, it can't be said to be a failure, but why did you leave the company?

Speaking of which, this has something to do with Nintendo's own N64 and Sony's PS.

What does it matter?

The VrBoy is not so much a portable console as it is an alternative home gaming console.

This home game console, of course, has a new game visual experience, but using it to make games can only be described as a nightmare.

It's completely different from the previous game production model, and perhaps only Nintendo itself can make fun games on this platform.

Other game manufacturers, whether third-party or second-party, have encountered a lot of problems.

And as soon as N64 and PS came out, this situation was even worse.

If there is no new generation of consoles, maybe third parties will still have the patience to make games on this platform.

However, with a new generation of consoles that look even more promising at first glance, how is it possible to continue making games for VrBoy in such a situation?

Without the support of subsequent games, VrBoy's sales naturally began to avalanche.

Although one million units were sold at the beginning, it has been so long that VrBoy still sells less than two million units.

Maybe two million sets is a lot.

However, such an alternative game console, in order to maintain sales channels, and various costs can be very expensive.

Nintendo lost money on this console.

That's right, it's a real loss.

This is a first for Nintendo.

Since the time of the red and white machine, nothing like this has happened.

Even the red and white disk drive that can only be described as mentally retarded expansion peripherals has sold more than three million sets, and the hardware alone makes money.

As the promoter of VrBoy and the head of the first development department, Junhei Yokoi is naturally responsible for his mistake.

If it were in ancient times, maybe Yokoi Junhei would have committed suicide by seppuku.

But in modern times, there is no such thing, and Yokoi Junhei was just swept away, like a lost dog, and left Nintendo.

Since learning that Junhei Yokoi has left Nintendo, there have been waves of manufacturers who have approached Junhei Yokoi.

Ask him to join his own business.

However, although Yokoi Junhei has been swept away by Nintendo, he still has a loyal heart.

Erwuzai, the second surname is a slave, he can't do that kind of thing.

After a month off, he started a brand new company on his own. The company's initial business was to sell game consoles with printed LCD screens similar to game watches.

To make such a game, Yokoi Junhei can be said to be familiar with the road.

If he doesn't understand more complex techniques, he can still make small games such as printing LCD screens.

Although it is already a game console that is behind the times, because it is cheap, the sales are actually good.

The company founded by Junhei Yokoi himself really survived because of this kind of gadget.

Other manufacturers are very concerned about the dynamics of Yokoi Junhei, and when everyone knows that Yokoi Junhei's company has survived, they are very impressed.

You know, video games have been around for 20 years.

In other words, this market has passed a period of rapid development, and it is not easy to survive in such a new period.

Because this means that the market is already a sea of blood, and old game manufacturers are struggling to survive, let alone new manufacturers.

Perhaps, when Gunpei Yokoi single-handedly pushed VrBoy forward, it was because he had seen that the video game industry had entered a stage of stagnation.

If you want to make a breakthrough in this new stage, you must go off the rails.

However, Yokoi Junhei failed, and he left Nintendo, followed his old path and survived.

Of course, leaving Nintendo and surviving the old way does not mean that you can survive the old way in Nintendo.

Whether it's Nintendo's GB handheld or Wanhu's GG handheld. Today, it has developed into a series of handhelds.

For example, Nintendo's handheld has the original version of GB, and there are colored handhelds like GBC, as well as stronger handhelds that GBA is developing.

However, in such a race, Nintendo is not the advantage.

Nintendo has no technology, only capital, and Wanhu, a manufacturer with technology and capital, how to fight it?

If one road goes dark, there is only one dead end.

Gunhei Yokoi saw this and developed VrBoy.

However, it seems that God did not favor Yokoi Junhei this time.

However, after leaving Nintendo, in a small company, it seems that God has begun to favor him again.

And the better Yokoi Junhei is outside, the more it shows that it is not he who is wrong, but Nintendo who is wrong.

Nintendo, a century-old store, is engaged in a business related to gambling (meow) gambling such as flowers. How can it not be connected to a dynamic social organization?

Yamauchi received information about Yokoi Gunpei, and his face was gloomy as water, and he made a difficult decision with his fingers on the table.