"President Takagi, I'm Shuhei Sonny Yoshida."

Kushiro Takagi, the president of Bandai Namco, receives a call from Shuhei Yoshida.

"Oh, President Yoshida, hello, what's the matter?"

Kushiro Takagi had some doubts in his heart, after all, his own products "Iron Fist", "Ace Combat" and "Ridge Racing" had just been launched on the PS4 platform, and the effect was not bad, and Shuhei Yoshida had no reason to contact him at this time.

"That's right, Mr. Takagi, we would like to discuss extending the exclusivity period of several of your company's games."

Shuhei Yoshida's tone revealed a momentum of ambition.

"Extension?"

Kushiro Takagi's thick black eyebrows suddenly squeezed together, "President Yoshida, this is a bit unruly." ”

Because Microsoft's XBOX and Sony PS4 are in love with each other, major game manufacturers have chosen to vacillate between the two, and the most important embodiment is this exclusive period.

In the past, game console platforms often made various restrictions on game manufacturers, such as restrictions on game sharing, restrictions on the exclusive period, etc., but later the major manufacturers felt that it was not a way to be suppressed by the game platform, so they joined forces to boycott the two major game platforms, and finally, Sony and Microsoft made a compromise, and the exclusive period of each game can only be one quarter at most, and made huge concessions in the game share.

But now Shuhei Yoshida has made this kind of "degenerate" mention again, which makes Takagi Kushiro extremely dissatisfied.

"President Takagi, don't be in a hurry."

Yoshida Shuhei's tone was still very flat, without the slightest pyrotechnic atmosphere, but it made Takagi Kushiro feel an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart, "President Takagi may not know that just now, we Sony and Microsoft reached an alliance agreement, all games released on our two game platforms must extend the game exclusivity period for at least two years, and the game must not be ported to third-party game platforms during this period!" ”

Takagi Kushiro's heart sank when he heard this, and he immediately realized that Shuhei Yoshida was going for Dao Technology!

Takagi Kushiro naturally watched the press conference about the Asgard console, and he was also surprised by the excellent performance of the Asgard console, especially the imitation of the physical laws of the avenue engine developed by it made Takagi Kushiro salivate.

You must know that Bandai Namco's own signature game "Iron Fist", but so far there is no game engine of its own, has been using the German CRYTEK company's CryEngine engine, every year to pay a lot of money for this, if you can release the game on the Asgard console platform in exchange for the right to use the Avenue engine, Takagi Kushiro feels that it is definitely a win-win cooperation.

"But ......"

Takagi Kushiro's face became more and more gloomy, if Sony and Microsoft reached a cooperation, then the purpose of his desire to cooperate with Dao Technology would not be achieved in any case, but rejecting Yoshida Shuhei's words would mean tying the future of Bandai Namco to the Asgard console, and it would also mean giving up the millions of markets that have been obtained now!

Kushiro Takagi hesitated, he didn't dare to bet!

"President Takagi, you can think slowly, I still need to contact a few other manufacturers, and I am temporarily out of company."

Shuhei Yoshida can naturally imagine the contradiction in Takagi Kushiro's heart, but ...... Shuhei Yoshida chuckled and hung up, once Sony and Microsoft joined forces, he was confident that Kushiro Takagi would definitely make a decision that satisfied him.

As Shuhei Yoshida thought, Kushiro Takagi was indeed caught in a contradiction, and if Shuhei Yoshida was promised, it would mean that Bandai Namco's products lost an opportunity for players to have a better experience, and also lost a game engine for games; However, rejecting Shuhei Yoshida would mean abandoning the market that has already received millions of purchases, and it would mean saying goodbye to existing interests.

After hesitating for a long time, Kushiro Takagi still didn't make a decision, so he dialed Ryozo Tsujimoto, the current president of Capcom.

Japan's gaming industry is quite developed, and unlike the rest of the world, there is little room for computer games in Japan, and almost all Japanese gamers play handheld or console games.

However, no field can escape the influence of Sony's supergiant, whether it is a handheld or a console, so most Japanese game manufacturers want to have a good relationship with Sony so that they can get convenience on their game platforms.

However, there is a good saying that "there are no absolutes in the world", in the case that the Japanese game industry is almost monopolized by Sony, Capcom, which is called a by Sony players, was born, and they are entangled with Sony love and hate, today I will send the game that should be exclusive to you Sony to Nintendo handheld, and tomorrow I will send another game to Microsoft XBOX, in short, it is not a bird you Sony Da-Fa.

It can be said that Capcom is definitely an alternative in the Japanese gaming industry.

Because of this, after Takagi Kushiro was threatened by Shuhei Yoshida, he immediately thought of Ryozo Tsujimoto, the new head of Capcom.

"President Takagi, don't talk yet, let me guess, you called me in your busy schedule...... Presumably Shuhei Yoshida called you before, right? ”

After the phone was connected, Ryozo Tsujimoto's voice came.

"I really can't hide it from President Tsujimoto, yes, President Shuhei Yoshida did call me just now...... I don't know what President Tsujimoto thinks about this......"

Kushiro Takagi was not surprised that Ryozo Tsujimoto had guessed his motives, and he believed that there must be a wide range of links between Japanese game manufacturers.

"My opinion...... Hehe. ”

Ryozo Tsujimoto sneered, "Sony really thinks that it has unified the console game industry!" ”

Takagi Kushiro smiled bitterly: "It's true that Sony didn't unify the console game industry, but after he formed an alliance with Microsoft, it was no different from unification." ”

Ryozo Tsujimoto was also slightly silent when he heard this.

Why does Capcom not care about Sony, and even teases Sony again and again, is it not because Sony can't cover the sky with one hand in the handheld and console world? In addition, the quality of its own games is excellent, so Capcom will carry out this kind of behavior that seems to play with fire.

But if Sony and Microsoft form an alliance, the nature of things will change.

"President Takagi, have you been in contact with Dao Technology?"

After a while, Ryozo Tsujimoto suddenly asked.

"Not really, but what's the use of contacting them?"

Kushiro Takagi said nonchalantly, "The alliance between Sony and Microsoft controls almost the entire console market, and I admit that the performance of the Asgard console is indeed very good, but it is still too bad to overthrow this alliance!" ”

Ryozo Tsujimoto heard this, but he didn't quite agree with the other party's point of view, it had paid careful attention to the Taoist technology company, the other party was able to reach a market value of 10 billion US dollars in just over half a year, and it was definitely not a simple enterprise - whether it was the previous motion capture, voice recognition and other high-tech, or the current launch of the Asgard console, it shows that the other party has a great advantage in technology!

And technology has always been the best weapon to overthrow the so-called alliance or even the dynasty!

In the past, Nokia dominated the mobile phone world, but Apple's touch screen and perfect ecological chain pulled it down; The rapid development of mobile phone storage has directly revolutionized the life of MP3; The advent of digital camera technology has caused film manufacturers to go bankrupt and disappear into the long river of history; The rapid development of digital streaming technology has directly reduced the production of optical discs to an all-time low......

Industries that were once glorious will collapse in an instant in the face of new technological challenges, and Ryozo Tsujimoto believes that the same will be true of the now-seemingly unbreakable alliance between Microsoft and Sony.

It's just that he doesn't know if Dao Technology has such a technology......