Chapter 333: Overlord Treaty

"Okay, I know everyone's situation. However, Xiaobawang prefers exclusive collaborations! Today, I will announce a new rule to you - in the future, new games will sign an exclusive release agreement with Xiaobawang, and they will receive 80% of the game royalty. If the exclusive distribution agreement is not signed, then the previous share ratio will be implemented. Mi Zhen said, "I don't know what everyone thinks of this clause!" ”

"Agreed!" "My next game will definitely sign an exclusive deal!" "Always loyal to the little overlord!" ”

Many game companies are not only tempted by Xiaobawang. They have begun to decide to sign a large number of agreements for the exclusive release of new games with Xiaobawang.

Mi Zhen looked at the statements of many game manufacturers, and a sneer appeared on his face.

No matter how good the games these third-party game makers are, they are just pawns of game console companies. Before the host manufacturer makes a statement, the chess pieces can step on multiple boats. But once console manufacturers get tough, they have to take sides.

Xiaobawang Games has surpassed Atari and become the world's best game console company. Unless they are willing to give up the profits of the Xiaobawang platform, they must accept Xiaobawang's "Overlord Treaty"!

———————————— Nintendo, miserable and miserable.

After Xiaobawang's decisive price cut, Nintendo's strategy of quickly occupying the market was shattered. According to the market survey data in July, FC's market share in the market once reached 40%!

But soon entered August, Xiaobawang from 12,800 yuan, the price was reduced to 9,800 yuan, and Xiaobawang's crazy sales in the home game console market share reached 75%.

Nintendo's market share also quickly decreased to 15%. The remaining 10% is occupied by Atari and other console companies.

Although 15% market share, it is already a lot. But this did not meet the ideal data in Yamauchi's mind. What made him even more depressed was that the game production companies of the book also met to change their doctrine and began to end the cooperative relationship with Nintendo.

"Yamauchi-kun, the new game developed by our company next month is not ready to develop the Nintendo FC version!" The CEO of a game company called.

"Why? Didn't you say yes? Yamauchi was surprised.

"Because, the new game is ready to sign an exclusive release agreement with Xiaobawang. If you sign that agreement, you can get 80% of the royalty of Xiaobawang. However, the opportunity to cooperate with other gaming platforms is lost! The boss of the game company apologized, "After all, our company's main profit now comes from cooperating with Xiaobawang."

"It doesn't matter, we still have opportunities to cooperate in the future!" Yamauchi said reluctantly.

"Then there will be a chance to work together again!" The boss of the game company hung up the phone.

Yamauchi sighed, this is already the tenth game company's contract breaking call. Of course, it is mainly those agreements that have been negotiated orally and have not been written in writing.

I can only be glad that the agreement signed by the title of the book has not been broken so far.

The written agreement signed by Nintendo mainly includes more than 10 older games, such as "Pac-Man" and "Little Bee".

And Nintendo's exclusive game is actually only its own "Donkey Kong". Donkey Kong was ported from arcade to home console, and the style of the game is somewhat close to that of Super Mario. However, after all, it is not as strong as Super Mario of Xiaobawang.

Not to mention, on the Xiaobawang platform, in addition to "Super Mario", there are also extremely best-selling works like "Alice Cube". Moreover, there are more than 100 types of games that can be selected on Xiaobawang's game console, and players can have sufficient choice.

This all constitutes the main reason for the success of Xiaobawang.

"In addition to Donkey Kong, we also have more fist products, boutique games!" Yamauchi said emphatically to Shigeru Miyamoto.

Shigeru Miyamoto said, "This is my latest game plan! ”

"The Legend of Zelda?" After looking at the game planning, Yamauchi began to discuss it with Shigeru Miyamoto step by step.

Shigeru Miyamoto is also a genius in game design.

After the completion of "Donkey Kong", Shigeru Miyamoto was the designer of "Super Mario" in history. But due to a change in history, Super Mario became the exclusive game copyright under the banner of Xiaobawang.

However, Shigeru Miyamoto quickly came up with a new idea - "The Legend of Zelda"!

The Legend of Zelda action-adventure game. In this game, there are no experience points, and there is no upgrade system. Players are required to challenge themselves with their own game experience.

Later, it became the mainstream RPG game of the game category, and on the basis of the game, the elements of growth and upgrading were added.

Historically, The Legend of Zelda was launched in 1986 and sold 1.69 million units in the original book and 4.82 million units overseas due to its innovative action-adventure concept. One of Nintendo's flagship products.

The sales of the entire series of "The Legend of Saidar" exceeded 52 million units, earning Nintendo more than hundreds of millions of dollars in profits.

Now that "The Legend of Zelda" will be released in advance, it can be seen that due to the emergence of Xiaobawang, the development of the game industry has accelerated compared to history!

Shigeru Miyamoto and Pu Yamauchi chatted excitedly about their thoughts and creativity.

"The only problem is that this game is more complex than Donkey Kong, requiring a team of dozens of people and an investment of 3 billion yuan," Miyamoto said.

Yamauchi Pu made up his mind and said, "3 billion yuan, right? I approved it! However, you have to work hard and make it within half a year as soon as possible! ”

Shigeru Miyamoto said with high morale: "Half a year should be enough!" ”

————————————Because of the third-party game manufacturer of this book, there is milk is a mother. Although at present, due to the coercion and temptation of Xiaobawang, many game manufacturers have signed a large number of exclusive sales agreements with Xiaobawang.

However, with Nintendo and other game companies, the market has gradually grown. There are definitely some game makers who have thrown themselves into the arms of Nintendo.

In order to avoid over-reliance on the game production capabilities of this manufacturer.

Since August, Xiaobawang has set up a special fund for low-interest loans to game development teams in Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places to support the growth of game production studios and companies in these regions, so that Xiaobawang has game producers in different regions.

In Taiwan, a number of video game production companies were already produced in the 80s. Although the technology of these companies is simple, their love for the game industry is not inferior to that of Europe and the United States. With the support of Xiaobawang, game studios such as Zhiguan, Third Wave, and Daewoo have emerged in advance.

Hong Kong, although there is no foundation for the video game industry. However, the headquarters of Xiaobawang is located in Hong Kong, and Xiaobawang has also set up a game development department in Hong Kong. And some game developers who originally worked in Xiaobawang also started their own businesses after receiving support from the company. The entrepreneurs of these companies have all been trained in Xiaobawang Company, so they have a very keen insight into the game industry, so the strength of these game development companies established in Hong Kong is not weak.

In Chinese mainland, in Guangzhou, some college students who had interned in Xiaobawang received funding from Xiaobawang and recruited people in major universities to form 8 game studios.

These new partners need to grow over time before they can play a mainstay role.

Of course, if your father has her mother, it is better to have it yourself, let alone a partner. Business operations are originally for profit, and fraud is inevitable. Today's allies may be enemies tomorrow.

Only when you have the strength and confidence is the key to truly standing tall.

After winning over the game manufacturers and cultivating more partners, Xiaobawang also paid more attention to developing its own games. For example, on August 25th, Xiaobawang launched a "Tank War", which once again demonstrated the strength of Xiaobawang's development strength!

The game consists of 35 levels of 13×13 size maps, including 5 types of terrain: brick walls, sea water, steel plates, forests, and floors, and the player fights as the commander of the last remaining elite unit of the tank army to defend the base from destruction. Treasures with a variety of functions can be obtained in the game, and there are 4 types of enemies: armored vehicles, light tanks, anti-tank guns, and heavy tanks, and there are settings where shells cancel each other out and friendly fire is accidentally damaged.

Due to the unique style of "Tank Wars", it is very tense and exciting to play. Compared with "Super Mario" and "Alice Cube", it is not inferior at all.

Moreover, this game has been released last year, but it has been skipping tickets and has not been released. Therefore, the expectations of the player are quite high.

When "Tank Wars" was officially released, in just one week, orders for 1 million sets of game cartridges were obtained in Japan, the United States and other places, which was stunning!

"Tank Wars is selling like crazy, selling 1 million sets a week!"

"The inventory is all empty!" "Overtime, overtime, we must produce 500,000 sets of "Tank Wars" today"

With the urging of countless dealers, the major production lines of Xiaobawang Company have fallen into a production frenzy. "Tank Wars" has gradually become a super blockbuster on the same level as "Super Mario" and "Alice Cube"!

(To be continued)