Chapter 41: A new round of next-generation console battles
"Doctor, come here, this computer has the Mecha Storm you want to play." Zhao Wei stood next to a computer that had just been vacated and beckoned to Li Wenbo.
"Hey, here we are." Li Wenbo agreed, handed his No. 96 card to the staff in the trial area, and then took three steps and two steps, came to the computer and sat down.
Zhao Wei tapped an icon on the screen with his hand. Reminder: "Well, this is it. At this time, Li Wenbo also noticed, and hurriedly moved the mouse and double-clicked the icon, launched "Mecha Storm", and entered the game world of Gundam.
"The operation is generally similar to the popular FPS, with WASD plus a mouse, and number keys to switch weapons...... Because it's a trial version, you can only choose GX-9901-DX and GS-9900G-FALCON for the time being, and the merge function is not open for the time being, but when the official version comes, there will be more body options, and the merge function is believed to be open...... "In order to help Li Wenbo get familiar with the game system as soon as possible, Zhao Wei also took the trouble to introduce the operation of "Mecha Storm" on the side, and even some game settings were also said by him.
But there is one thing that Zhao Wei is not clear, in fact, "Mecha Storm" is a game that mainly considers the international market, after all, when the Internet is not yet developed, Gundam animation is not popular in China, and most of the players who know and understand Gundam are some SS and PS game consoles, and they generally know Gundam through the game, and then they will go to find a disc to watch. Coincidentally, Li Wenbo happens to be such a person.
As a principled person, Li Wenbo did not hesitate to choose the GX-9901-DX when choosing the body, and when the body configuration screen came out, he was almost stunned. The size and weight of the organism in this picture can be painted in different colors, the armor and power can be fine-tuned, the number of fixed weapons such as double-barreled satellite cannons, chest launchers, and serial Vulcan cannons can be adjusted, and optional equipment and special equipment can be freely selected.
DIY a special Gundam body and create a unique GX-9901-DX that belongs to him, these can be said to be a dream that Li Wenbo has always had, so when he saw this DIY picture, he immediately indulged in it, if it weren't for Zhao Wei reminding him on the side, he wouldn't have been able to mix up his half an hour like this.
Wu Yufei on the other side originally wanted to try his skills in "Warring States Policy", but halfway through the road, he found something more interesting, in the trial area, there were many people surrounded in front of two computers, and two people were watching...... Dancing, yes, is dancing. Wu Yufei observed for a while, and found that the two people standing in front of the computer were not jumping blindly, but seemed to be dancing to the rhythm of the music and the arrows on the screen.
"The game can still be played like this." Wu Yufei sighed while inquiring about the crowd of onlookers. After this question, he learned that the two people in front of the computer were playing a game called "Dance Party". The rules of the game are also very simple, and players don't even care what kind of music is playing, just look at the arrows on the screen and step on them according to their direction.
"It doesn't seem too difficult." Wu Yufei thought of this in his heart, and at the same time became interested in the novel "Hot Dance Party" in front of him, and couldn't help but stop, planning to line up and find an opportunity to intervene.
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On the third day after the end of the first game expo, Zhao Haiguang looked at the preliminary statistical report of the game expo in his hand and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. In these three days, the expo visitors more than 50,000, more than 40 exhibitors, including even a few early computer hardware manufacturers, except for the first day because it is a test day and a little deserted, the remaining two days are still quite lively, after the random survey of the leaving audience, also showed that the audience is more satisfied with the exhibition. Although there are many shortcomings, because of the venue and influence, the number of exhibitors is relatively small, but the flaws are not hidden, after all, this is only the first time that the association has organized such a large-scale professional exhibition, and Zhao Haiguang is already very satisfied with this achievement.
The inaugural Game Expo is over, but its impact continues. Those players who were lucky enough to go to the Expo site, after returning home, most of them excitedly spread their experiences at the Expo among their friends, boasted about their experience of trying it out with their own hands, and showed off the wonderful moments recorded with their cameras. What's more, some people posted their on-site experiences of the expo to the forums he frequented, and some of them even scanned and uploaded the washed photos. So many people through the narrative of friends or enthusiastic netizens sharing, using those words, words and pictures in their own minds to reconstruct the excitement of the Expo scene, of course, more people just from the TV flashing news clips know that there is such a grand event, and then they can only wait for the newspaper and magazine to describe in more detail, but they did not expect that the report of the Expo came out later, but it was not what they wanted to wait.
“…… The mysterious domestic game console was unveiled at the first International Digital Interactive Entertainment Products and Technology Application Expo (referred to as the Expo), and the man in black guarded the scene, and the reporter watched the "Game World" column of an IT newspaper ......in the southwest region.
“…… Is the mysterious domestic game console that appeared at the expo real or fake? The reporter did not receive a response for on-site verification...... "An IT newspaper under a well-known newspaper group described.
Before the newspaper, many game forums have already discussed the mysterious domestic game console posts have been put to the top, many netizens have joined, posted to discuss, and simply top posts to get points, but many divers have surfaced because of this.
"Is the mysterious game console that appeared at the first International Digital Interactive Entertainment Products and Technology Application Expo real or fake? If you have a prawn that you know, please come out and bubble. "[Landlord] [Cabbage upstairs planting]
"I'm here to sit on the couch, please." 【1st Floor】【Lost Turtle】
"Does anyone know? I'm out of town and haven't been to the site. [2nd Floor] [Legendary Godzilla]
"Where's upstairs? I'm also out of town, so maybe we're still fellow countrymen. ^_^ 【3rd Floor】【Small Fish Pot Pork Ribs】
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"The first international digital interactive entertainment products and technology application expo site photos, address http://......, more to kill cats, kittens cautious." 【27F】【Bull's Eye World】
"I went to the site to see the exhibition, and the booth that displayed the game console seemed to have a 'Baofeng Electronics' mark, has any prawns heard of it?" [28th Floor] [Autumn Fragrance Angry Tang Bohu]
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"I know that Baofeng Electronics is a factory in Shenzhen, and it seems that the learning machine I used back then was produced by that factory." 【56F】【Blue and White Elegant】
"Learning machine factory + production of game consoles =?" 【57F】【I'm outside Aoyama Building】
"Wow, no, this so-called game console can't be a learning machine!" [58th Floor] [Li Tianwang dragged by the tower]
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"The legendary mysterious domestic game console, the clear picture is visible, http://......, kittens are cautious." 【256F】【A pen】
"After looking at the picture upstairs, I was moved to tears." [257th floor] [I just want to reply to a post]
At first, the discussion about the mysterious domestic game console was limited to a small circle of game media and game forums, but as some traditional media began to intervene in the report under the influence of Zhao Haiguang and his friends, things began to change slowly.
The well-known comprehensive weekly newspaper "Southern Weekly" put an eye-catching report on the front page, "The New Hope of Domestic Games, Interview with ......, the head of Baofeng Electronics". Soon after, the well-known national newspaper "China Evening News" also published an interview, "Baofeng Electronics intends to ...... in the international video game market", and another "People's Daily" also published a report on almost the same day, "Baofeng Electronics blows the ...... of the home entertainment market game rallying cry".
Although the last two reports were not published on the front page, the influence was incomparable to that of the Southern Weekly, and since the appearance of these two reports, the topic of domestic game consoles has been completely detonated, which has attracted many media to track and report for a while, and even attracted the attention of TV stations. People who were skeptical of domestic consoles at first, after reading these two reports, hope was also ignited in their hearts, and the discussion about domestic game consoles in the game forum became more popular.
But since being interviewed by three newspapers, Baofeng Electronics has become less enterprising, and even its general manager is a dragon who has not seen the end, and the media that can't find the content for a while has to find a way to continue to dig on hot topics, so with the help of people with a heart, articles such as "How Nintendo digs gold from the game!" "New Choices for Healthy Entertainment for Adults", "My Years in Game Companies - Interviews with Famous Domestic Game Producers" articles have been released, and even a newspaper has released a research article "Brain and Games" that is said to be a famous brain professor.
During the period of overwhelming coverage by the traditional media, the sensitive topic of game consoles reappeared in front of the public, but under the deliberate guidance, game consoles have successfully got rid of the status of children's toys, at least in the eyes of some adults, and have become a new choice for future amateur life, and maybe even a good development platform.
The topic of domestic game consoles is still hot, and even under a gentle wind, it has come to Japan.
In the Tokyo Sega headquarters building, Shoichiro Iriko was sitting in the president's room studying the documents at hand, when suddenly the red light next to the phone on the table turned on, and he casually pressed the call button, and then the voice of his secretary, Miss Sugiyama, came out of the intercom: "President, Mr. Nakagawa has something to look for you." ”
"Well, please let him in." Shoichiro Iriko said casually while looking at the documents in his hand.
"Yes, sir." After Miss Sugiyama finished speaking, she hung up the phone, then raised her head and said with a smile, "Mr. Nakagawa, the president invites you to come in." ”
There was a knock on the door, and Shoichiro Iriko raised his head and shouted, "Come in." ”
Nakagawa turned the doorknob, pushed the door and walked into the president's office, Shoichiro Iriko put down the documents in his hand, and asked with a pleasant face, "Nakagawa-kun, is there something wrong?" ”
Nakagawa Li bowed and said with a little anxiety: "President, we have learned a situation, just recently, there is a Chinese company trying to enter the home game console market, during this time many media on their side are reporting this matter, the company that develops game consoles seems to be in a place called Shenzhen in southern China. President, are we going to send someone to investigate? ”
"China, Shenzhen, huh." Shoichiro Irito smiled and shook his head: "Will the Chinese develop their own game consoles?" It's impossible, what will they do besides piracy and copycats, you just have to worry too much. ”
"President, but ......" Nakagawa Li still wanted to argue, but Shoichiro Iriko was already impatient, he waved his hand dissatisfiedly, and said: "Nakagawa-kun, you have this spare time, you might as well care about our own Dreamcast host, don't you know, because of insufficient preparation, the listing time may have to be postponed." If you have time to care about what's going on across the sea, you might as well go and see what else the Dreamcast console is not ready for. ”
"Yes, President." Nakagawa had no choice but to bow helplessly, and then turned around and left the president's office.
Shoichiro Iriko looked at the back of Nakagawa Liyuan, leaned back, and snorted coldly......
At about the same time, in the headquarters building of Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), which is also located in Tokyo, Ken Kuta, who was sitting in the president's office, suddenly felt chills all over his body for no reason, so he got up and planned to go outside, and as soon as he walked out of the president's office, he met a subordinate hurriedly approaching.
The visitor caught a glimpse of Kutara Mujian, and quickly stood up and bowed: "Hello, president!" ”
Kutaragi shook his jaw and asked, "Aoyama-kun, are you in such a hurry, is there something wrong?" ”
"President, I heard the news that a Chinese company is planning to enter the home game console market, and their media have been reporting on this every day during this time." Aoyama Akihiro bent slightly and replied respectfully.
"Oh, there is such a thing, do you know anything about it?" Kutaragi asked.
"President, we are still investigating. Now we only know that the company that produces and develops game consoles is located in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, but the specific specifications and launch time of the game consoles have not been announced, and we are a little skeptical that this will be a false propaganda. ”
"Well, there is such a possibility, you continue to investigate, and tell me in time if there is any progress." Kutaragi Ken then commanded.
"Yes, President." Akihiro Aoyama bowed respectfully and turned to leave.
Kutaragi Ken came to the window in the hallway and looked through the window into the distance. "How can the Chinese master any advanced game hardware, they will only pirate." Thinking of this, Ken Kutaragi gritted his teeth a little, maybe because he remembered the mountains of pirated PS game discs. After calming down a little, he remembered his old rival Sega: "I wonder how their Dreamcast console is ready?" ”
On November 27th, the Dreamcast console, which had been postponed for a week, finally appeared in Tokyo's Akihabara Electronic Street, although the first game was not as many as expected, although many games were postponed, but a new round of next-generation console battles officially kicked off......
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