Li Haoyu thought back for a moment and found that at this year's E3, Sony launched PS5 and Nintendo launched WiiR, two concept models, and said: "Sister, Sony and Nintendo have indeed released their own concept models. ”

The so-called concept model is not a product to be produced, it is just to show people the new, unique and advanced ideas of the designer. Concept machines are generally in the stage of product creativity and testing, and some concept machines are never even put into production. The concept machine is the latest scientific and technological achievement of the times, representing the development direction of a certain type of product in the future, so it shows a great role and significance, which can inspire people and promote mutual learning. Because the concept machine has advanced ideas, embodies unique ideas, and applies the latest scientific and technological achievements, it is extremely valuable for appreciation.

Sony and Nintendo have each launched their latest concept models, indicating that they have begun to ambitiously develop the next generation of consoles, and perhaps in less than two years, these two concept models will become real machines and appear in the hands of the majority of gamers.

"Haoyu, do you think about Microsoft launching its own concept model on this E3?" Li Yayan asked.

Li Haoyu was shocked in his heart, he seemed to understand something, and said thoughtfully: "Is Microsoft really interested in selling the Xbox business?" "It only makes sense that at such an annual event, Xbox, which is one of the three major console platforms, has not launched its own new generation of Xbox platform, which is really puzzling, but after Li Yayan said this, it is true that only Microsoft is about to sell Xbox can explain it.

"Sister Yayan, but even if Microsoft wants to sell the Xbox business, the price will definitely not be so low, right?" Xiao Yuqing asked suspiciously.

Li Yayan smiled: "In fact, Microsoft's Xbox business has always been in a state of loss, and in several years, there have been rumors that Microsoft sold Xbox360 at a loss in order to compete with Sony and Nintendo on the console platform, and lost $100 if it didn't sell one, and the more it sold, the bigger the loss." It is said that two years ago, the Xboxone sold 1 million units within 24 hours of its release, but Microsoft is said to have lost a billion dollars for this, and the Xbox business has been a serious drag on Microsoft's development in recent years, plus the Indian CEO has not mastered the game business, so it is almost imperative for them to sell Xbox. ”

"In this way, Microsoft will sell Xbox, but sister, you can guess that other companies should be able to guess, we don't have much of an advantage!" Li Haoyu said a little heavily.

Li Yayan said: "That's true, I thought about it on the way to the United States, our mythical group wants to acquire the Xbox business, and the main opponents are Samsung and Lenovo, and it is unlikely that Nintendo and Sony will make a move." ”

Samsung?

Hearing this name, Li Haoyu's face suddenly became solemn.

Samsung Group is the largest enterprise in South Korea, but also a large multinational conglomerate, Samsung Group includes many international subsidiaries, its subsidiaries are: Samsung Electronics, Samsung C&T, Samsung Airlines, Samsung Life Insurance, etc., business involves electronics, finance, machinery, chemistry and many other fields.

Samsung's life, aviation and property services may not be familiar to many Chinese people, the first thing that Chinese people think of when they mention Samsung is Samsung's wide variety of electronic products, they don't know that Samsung Electronics is actually only the largest business of Samsung Group, but it cannot represent the entire Samsung Group.

The reason why Samsung makes Li Haoyu feel heavy is that Samsung Electronics is indeed a very large giant, from various parts of the computer in addition to the CPU and graphics card to mobile phones and other electronic products, basically Samsung's products can be seen in popular electronic products on the market, and the wide range of business scope makes people feel smacked. This is nothing, but Samsung can be the top in the world in most of these businesses, and can compete with other manufacturers specializing in a certain electronic product, which shows its strength.

If Samsung really intends to enter the console platform business, then with its strong strength, it is indeed very likely to reach an agreement with Microsoft, compared to the competitiveness of Huaxia's Lenovo Group.

Coupled with the fact that the current Xbox has been in a state of loss, if you want to make this business a big profit, then you need to invest a lot of money in the acquisition of Xbox to develop the next generation of console platforms.

At the beginning, the war between PS3 and Xbox 360 was not only about the game console market, but also involved the question of who would become the future hegemon of Blu-ray and HDDVD, and in the end, Sony had the last laugh. Although the PS3 was not as successful as the PS2, it played its due role in dominating the market for the Blu-ray format, and Microsoft was forced to abandon HDDVD to accept Blu-ray.

Today's Xbox uses a Blu-ray drive, in other words, Microsoft pays Sony two to three dollars in royalties for every Xboxone sold! In the past two years, the amount of Xbox one sales has exceeded 20 million units, and Microsoft has paid Sony $50 million in royalties.

Of course, this is not a big deal for Microsoft, but for other companies interested in entering the Xbox business, it is necessary to carefully weigh the pros and cons.

"My dear master, it's best to buy the Xbox business, I remember that it seems that there is the latest generation of console platform technology in the fourth level of permission, and it is definitely a big profit to buy the Xbox business at this time." Xiao Yu said at this time.

Li Haoyu was originally just interested, whether to acquire Xbox or not, Xiaoyu's words made Li Haoyu firm in his determination to acquire Xbox, and said: "Sister, I'm very interested in Xbox, not to mention 1.5 billion US dollars, even if it is 200 billion 3 billion, I will buy it!" ”

Li Yayan only mentioned it to Li Haoyu, and did not necessarily plan to acquire Xbox, even if it was to be acquired, it had to be considered in the long run, but I didn't expect Li Haoyu to decide to acquire Xbox so quickly, and frowned: "Haoyu, let's still think about it in the long run, at present, the Myth Group has to allocate funds to build the headquarters building that is about to start, and also acquire Xbox, and the funds are very tight." ”

Li Haoyu waved his hand and said: "Sister, I know this situation better than you, so I don't use the company's funds, and I will pay for the acquisition of Xbox myself this time!" ”

Li Yayan has long been accustomed to Li Haoyu's mystery, and nodded at the moment and stopped persuading, anyway, most of the companies currently acquired by the Mythical Group are funded by Li Haoyu himself, and there are not many more Microsoft Xbox, she is just a little curious about how much money is in Li Haoyu's private small treasury for him to squander like this?

Chen Qingmei was extremely surprised that Li Haoyu could personally invest in the acquisition of Xbox, this is not tens of millions, but more than a billion or even more than two billion dollars, even if Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, wants to come up with so much cash to estimate that he will have to sell some of his Microsoft shares, right?

Xiao Yuqing's reaction is much better than Chen Qingmei's, she has known Li Haoyu for two years, and she knows more or less about his mysteries, and she also knows that Capcom and Xishanju before Lu Dao were purchased by him with private funds, but her temperament is like this, and she never asks Li Haoyu about these secrets.

"Brother Li, it's not a small amount of money to buy Microsoft's Xbox!" Chen Qingmei looked at Li Haoyu worriedly.

Xiao Yuqing said: "Sister Qingmei, don't worry, since Haoyu said that he can buy Xbox, then he must be able to, I haven't seen him fail yet!" Her trust in Li Haoyu has reached a very high level, and with Chen Qingmei here, of course she is unwilling to weaken her momentum.

Chen Qingmei glanced at Li Haoyu deeply, as if he wanted to see his innermost thoughts, and said, "Since Brother Li is confident, then it is the best." It's just that we can't confirm whether Microsoft is interested in selling Xbox, and there are quite a few competitors, so it would be great if we could meet Microsoft's top brass in advance. ”

Li Haoyu said: "Qingmei is right, but no one introduced it......" He said this, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, he is not a shareholder of IBM, and the current chairman of IBM, Romanty, should know the senior management of Microsoft.

Thinking of this, Li Haoyu said: "I suddenly remembered a person, maybe she can introduce us to Microsoft's top management. Pick up your cell phone and dial Romantic's private phone.

Soon after, Romanty answered the phone and said in a relaxed tone: "Lee, you should be in Los Angeles for E3 now, is there anything to call over?" "Romanty was originally only the president of IBM, but recently because of the big sales of Lingyun game servers and Lingyun enterprise servers, and the old chairman Peng Mingsheng, so Romanty became the chairman and CEO of IBM.

Li Haoyu smiled and said, "Ms. Romante, I have a question I would like to consult you. ”

Roman said: "Li, you are the majority shareholder of our IBM, if you have any questions, I will know everything and say everything." ”

"Ms. Romante, it is said that Microsoft is interested in selling the Xbox business, I wonder if this is true?" Li Haoyu asked straight to the point.

Roman sighed and said, "Li, I don't know too much about Microsoft, but looking at their actions, they do mean this, do you intend to acquire the Xbox business?" ”

"I'm really interested in Xbox, Ms. Romante, I wonder if you could please introduce you to the top of Microsoft?"

Romanty pondered for a moment and said, "Bill and I are quite familiar, let me find a time for you to get acquainted." ”

"Then thank you, Lady Romante!"