Chapter 0531: The Sensational Effect of the Dancing Machine
Due to the limitations of hardware performance at this stage, the character image in the game is unsatisfactory in terms of detail performance, EA is to make up for this shortcoming through comics, posters and other peripheral methods, in order to achieve Tang Huan's requirements of "the game should be played to the height of culture".
Therefore, there are many ways for EA players to have fun, and cosplay is one of them.
Especially with the launch of popular female game characters such as Chun-Li in "Street Fighter", the pirate Spanish girl Catarina in "The Great Voyage", Mrs. Qian and Sun Xiaomei in "Monopoly", the range of cosplay available has become more diverse.
To the beat of the music, Larry. Ellison squirmed into the venue of the "Monopoly" live chess and card game, kissed the cosplayer of "Mrs. Money", and laughed: "The value of life depends on the amount of money, what a brilliant quote." ”
Similar to Steve Jobs, Larry. Ellison's personality is more complicated.
He was born in Manhattan in 1944 to an unmarried Ashkenazi Jew to an Italian-American father who was a U.S. Air Force pilot by profession.
Nine months after birth, Larry. Ellison contracted pneumonia, and his mother gave him up for adoption by her aunt and uncle.
Until the age of 48, Larry. Ellison was able to meet his birth mother again.
Larry, who grew up in the lower middle class of Chicago's Jewish Ghetto. Ellison, who did not show any particular qualities and achievements, paid great attention to dressing up and enjoying himself, and when other children were still haircut by their parents, he hired a professional barber to take care of it.
In 1966, Larry Brown, who had dropped out of school several times. Ellison left his hometown and came to Berkeley, California. Prepare for graduate school. At the same time start working to earn money.
Over here. Larry. Ellison met AddaQuinn, who majored in Chinese history, and they soon got married in 1967.
Larry who focuses on enjoyment. Ellison, apparently never bothered with bills, so Fed up, AddaQuinn filed for divorce.
Larry. Ellison persuaded, "I'm going to be a millionaire, and if you're with me, you can get whatever you want." ”
AddaQuinn naturally refused to believe that Larry was a programmer at the time, but he couldn't make a living. Ellison, the two eventually divorced in 1974.
Those two years, Larry. Ellison works for a company called Amdahl. Japan's Fuji owns 45 percent of the shares of a large-scale computer production company that competes with IBM.
Hence the Larry. Ellison had the opportunity to go on a business trip to Japan and was captivated by the oriental exoticism of Kyoto.
Japanese Zen and culture have profoundly influenced Larry. Ellison, making him a lifelong lover of Japanese culture and art.
I have to say that in addition to his personality, in terms of life history and personal hobbies, Larry. Ellison also bears a striking resemblance to Steve Jobs.
In the original plane, Larry. Ellison is in addition to being recognized as a marketing wizard. There is also the title of "Playboy".
ALTHOUGH ORACLE IS NOT CURRENTLY PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, LET LARRY. Ellison enters the ranks of multimillionaires. But his personal life is still enough to be called colorful.
After divorcing his first wife, Adda Quinn, Larry. Ellison entered his third marriage this year, and his wife, Barbara Booke, is the front desk receptionist at Oracle, which shows the dude's chic.
In this fun game world, Larry. Ellison's personal charm was unleashed to the fullest, and he soon became enthusiastic with a few chicks, flirting and scolding, so unhappy.
Soon, Larry. Ellison was taken to the new game release area by one of the beauties, where there is a music arcade game that EA has just launched, DanceDanceRevolution, or DDR, which is widely known as the dance machine in the original time and space.
After following the arrow tips a few jumps, Larry. Ellison was immediately obsessed with it, unable to extricate himself, and he would not have been willing to leave if he had not been urged to rotate.
Larry who was disgraced. Ellison, annoyed, asked, "This game is available for purchase now, right?" ”
"Of course, and during COMDEX, there are discounts." The chick replied with a smile.
"Then, then bring me two units first and deliver them to my company in Silicon Valley." Larry. Ellison immediately pulled out a check, "Is there a version of the home video game console platform?" ”
"It should be launched before Christmas on the second-generation Xiaobawang console, but the first release may be in Japan." The chick asked, "Do you want to book?" ”
"The game developed by EA is still very reliable, and 5 sets are booked." Larry. Ellison happily wrote another check.
Wait for Larry. AFTER ELLISON RETURNED TO THE ORACLE PLATFORM WITH A LARGE BAG OF OTHER THINGS HE HAD PURCHASED, ED . Oates couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you go to spy on the military, how did it turn into a shopping spree?" ”
"Don't worry, don't delay." Larry. Ellison replied unhurriedly, "When developing ORACLE3, many programmers quit halfway through because they thought it was too hard. When it came time to develop the ORACLE4, although the situation had improved, it was still a lot of complaints. I bought these entertainment equipment to help improve the morale of the R&D ORACLE5. ”
"You've got a plan for ORACLE5 so quickly." Bob. Hearing this, Mina walked over, "Did you hear any valuable news from Zheru?" ”
"Sort of." Larry. Ellison nodded with emotion, "The server/client architecture is the development trend of databases, and we can't afford to fall behind, and we must support the server/client architecture based on the TCP/IP network communication protocol in the ORACLE5." ”
Speaking of which, Larry. Ellison changed the subject, "EA's new music game called DDR is particularly exciting. You might as well go and experience it. I've already bought two. It will be delivered to the company in a few days. ”
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In fact. It's not just Larry. Ellison was obsessed with the dance machine, and the whole COMDEX was captivated by this novel game.
Seeing that the situation was gratifying, EA struck while the iron was hot, and quickly began to distribute the arcade version of DDR to the whole of North America, and openly accepted the pre-order of the second-generation Xiaobawang game console version, which immediately brought a glimmer of hope to the bleak game market.
The groundbreaking DDR that changed the mode of playing games from hand to foot not only set off a dance machine frenzy, but also received widespread praise from the media.
This healthy way to play. It largely reverses the inherent "plaything" evaluation of video games.
From celebrities of all colors to housewives, they are scrambling to use this joyful game to achieve the purpose of fitness and weight loss.
In less than a month before Christmas, the number of pre-ordered versions of the Xiaobawang game console in the North American market reached 200,000 copies, which directly drove the sales of the second-generation Xiaobawang game console.
Many people who have experienced the arcade version of DDR have finished booking the game before they remember to buy a high-priced second-generation Xiaobawang game console.
In this year's crash of the North American home video game console market, people from all parties who have suffered heavy losses have seen EA buck the trend. I don't know how to express my surprise other than being dumbfounded.
Someone tentatively inquired. "Is the home TV game console market bottoming out?"
As a result, all I got was all kinds of sneers, "Go on a dream, the current situation is still that glory and money belong to EA, and if others want to drink this pot of soup, they must board the big ship EA according to the royalty system." ”
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At Nintendo's headquarters in Kyoto, Japan, President Hiroshi Yamauchi was watching the news on TV as housewives lined up to buy a dance machine.
Since the quality problems of FC game consoles were discovered, due to EA's strong market pressure, Hiroshi Yamauchi, who has always been full of courage, finally did not dare to give up the Christmas sales season and fully recycle defective products.
As the game becomes more and more complicated, the amount of data involved is also rising, which makes the bug that the FC game console will go down as soon as it suffers from data transmission congestion, from occasional to frequent.
Nintendo's service attitude towards this is very good, and without saying a word, it promised to exchange the goods to the customer.
But the complaints caused by this incident could no longer be concealed, and the well-intentioned media quickly found the problem and reported it in a big way, making Nintendo disgraced and embarrassed, and the brand value fell to a level all of a sudden.
Yamauchi Hiroshi regretted it a lot, he knew this, so he let it go out at the beginning, like Tang Huan, and fully recycled the product to completely solve this problem.
Although the loss is not small, but at least the reputation has been saved, how can it be like now, no matter what you do, Nintendo is not a person inside and outside - replacing products is what your manufacturers should do, if you were more serious at the beginning, it will not cause trouble to us customers now.
As soon as the picture turned, the TV station began to discuss the dance machines that frequently appeared in the game in recent variety shows.
It is worth mentioning that the girl idol group Girls' Generation, which came to Japan from Xiangjiang to receive training, actually formed a Sailor Moon squad and defeated their opponents in the dance machine game competition.
"A dance machine brings up the platform of the second-generation Xiaobawang game console. Now that there is a lot of talk about dance machines, there is no other game in the minds of customers. Hiroshi Yamauchi muttered to himself.
"President, Taidong is here again to ask, do we participate in their royalty system?" Hiroshi Imanishi said tentatively.
"Wolf ambition." Hiroshi Yamauchi snorted coldly, "EA wants us to abandon our FC console platform and become their game software developer instead, leave it alone." ”
Hiroshi Imanishi nodded, "The current market competition situation is becoming more and more favorable to EA, and we have to find a way quickly." ”
"Lowering the price of FC consoles again." Hiroshi Yamauchi gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe it, in our own local market, we can't compete with foreign companies." ”
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Hong Kong, St. Stephen's Church Secondary School, like other schools, is preparing for the first international marathon in Hong Kong to be held this Saturday.
In addition, there is a physical education teacher at the school who wants to set a Guinness World Record for running a marathon with a spoon and an egg at the same time.
Such an interesting idea suddenly made this person the focus of recent school discussions.
Because the class was easy, Zhou Huimin took out a copy of the "Sailor Moon" comic from his schoolbag in the interval between classes.
Zhou Huimin's family is poor, and of course she is not willing to spend money to buy DreamWorks comics, which were lent to her by students when she was a musician tutor.
The style of DreamWorks comics is becoming more and more diverse, and it has long jumped out of the circle of simple fighting and killing in the early Xiangjiang comic industry, just like this "Sailor Moon" with the theme of magical girls, which is very popular with young girls nowadays.
It is said that DreamWorks intends to further operate "Sailor Moon", which will have the latest girl idol group, Girls' Generation, play its role.
One proof of this is that DreamWorks is soliciting songs for "Sailor Moon", and at the same time, it has not stopped recruiting for Girls' Generation.
Thinking that the time to graduate from middle school is not too far, and he still has some achievements in music, Zhou Huimin couldn't help but be moved, and secretly decided to find an opportunity to sign up at DreamWorks.
was thinking about it repeatedly, and a burst of cheers suddenly erupted in the classroom, startling Zhou Huimin, she hurriedly followed the prestige, and saw that it was a girl who received an unusual gift - a music box.
DreamWorks Cinemas recently released a comedy "Yin and Yang Error" starring popular star Alan Tam and treasure island newcomer Ni Shujun, which was very popular and won more than 10 million box office.
Before the release of this movie, it was full of gimmicks, it is said that a total of 5 directors were changed, 7 photographers were used, and during the filming, the wives of 5 staff members were pregnant, and they all had miscarriages at the same time.
In the end, the young and vigorous Lin Lingdong stepped forward and took over the rest of the filming work, so that the film could be completed.
It can be said that the filming process of this movie is even more magical than the content of the film itself.
At present, in the classroom, the music box that has become the focus of everyone's envy is from the movie "Yin and Yang Wrong".
During the process, the wives of 5 staff members were pregnant, and all of them had miscarriages at the same time.
In the end, the young and vigorous Lin Lingdong stepped forward and took over the rest of the filming work, so that the film could be completed.
It can be said that the filming process of this movie is even more magical than the content of the film itself.
At present, in the classroom, the music box that has become the focus of everyone's envy is from the movie "Yin and Yang Wrong". (To be continued.) )