Chapter 126: Bondage

Capitol Hill, USA.

At the congressional meeting just underway, it has been confirmed that the Asgard host will be banned from American society.

At the same time, the Japanese cabinet meeting has just ended, and a directive was also made at the meeting - prohibiting the Agar host from entering Japan!

Asgard host, forbidden to enter the United States and Japan!

When these two bans were issued, they immediately caused an uproar around the world.

"Microsoft is afraid that the Asgard console will encroach on the XBOX market share, and it lobbied Congress to ban the Asgard console from entering the United States!"

"The holographic console that spooked Microsoft!"

"Sony exerts influence in the cabinet, and the Japanese government has ordered a ban on the Asgar console from entering Japan!"

"What is the Microsoft Sony Alliance? I'm afraid of a company that has just been established for half a year! ”

"Shame! Microsoft Sony doesn't know how to improve itself, and actually makes such a move! ”

For a while, both the technology and entertainment industries were swept up by these two news, and countless people were shocked that the Asgard console would have such a heavy influence, so that Microsoft and Sony did not hesitate to use such unacceptable means to prevent the expansion of the Asgard console.

……

Microsoft and Sony are naturally aware of the reports of the outside media, but they really can't find any excuse to refute them except for a wry smile.

Because the reason why they resorted to this method to stop the expansion of the Asgard console was really because they had no chance of winning in the face of holographic games.

More advanced gaming equipment?

If it is faced with the Asgard console half a year ago, Microsoft and Sony may choose to improve the performance of the console to make players get a better gaming experience, but when facing a holographic game that is completely different from a flat game, the game performance is completely insufficient to make up for the gap between the two.

More exclusive games?

Microsoft and Sony have done just that, but in the end, like the previous one, Microsoft and Sony will never be able to prevent the game developers from leaving in the face of the invasion of holographic games.

VR games?

It is true that VR games are a powerful tool to stop holographic games, but the flaws of VR games are just as prominent as their advantages, which are the problem of screen damage to the eyes, and until now, Microsoft and Sony have not found a solution that can make VR device wearers both comfortable and fully enjoy the game.

As a result, Microsoft and Sony have come up with no other way to stop the Asgard console than to use the simple and crude method of administrative means.

Especially when the sales volume of the Asgard console reached 750,000 within a week, Microsoft and Sony were even more anxious.

However, just after the U.S. and Japanese governments made rulings, to the surprise of Microsoft and Sony, in the face of their own bans, Justify Technology has not made any response, and gamers in their own countries have protested.

Redmond Town, Washington, USA.

A crowd of protesters, mostly young people, marched through the streets of Microsoft's headquarters with banners.

"Let the Asgard host in!"

"We want a holographic console, not an XBOX!"

"Microsoft, incompetence!"

"Do you dare to fight in the light?!"

"The spirit of America is freedom!"

Looking at this procession of dozens of people, everyone who came over cast a complicated gaze.

Because Microsoft implements an open corporate atmosphere, even the buildings of the company's headquarters are scattered, and there is not even an outer wall, so it can be said that Microsoft's headquarters is perfectly integrated with Redmond Town, regardless of each other.

But it is precisely because of this that these marchers are able to move freely between the buildings of the Microsoft headquarters.

Moreover, they just marched with banners and did not shout, so that Microsoft had no reason to call the police, and could only suffer this dumb loss.

The same thing is happening at Sony's headquarters.

However, unlike Microsoft's relatively quiet march, even the protests in Japan, a magical country where console games are extremely developed and the otaku community is extremely strong.

Beneath the Sony headquarters, a marching group of more than 1,000 people, almost all of them young people, some wearing headbands to cheer for the Asgard console, some with silk scarves with the words "Freedom" wrapped around their arms, and some with Japanese characters written on their faces......

And, unlike the quiet protesters in the United States, the Japanese players who support the Asgard console are much more organized, shouting slogans in unison every minute or two, drawing sideways glances from all pedestrians on the road.

"Down with Sony!"

"Take out your bushido spirit and fight with Asgard host Bright Battle!"

"Sony, you don't deserve to be a citizen of the Yamato nation!"

"Support holographic consoles, boycott PS4!"

All kinds of slogans are constantly sounding in the sky above the Sony building.

……

"Brother Wang, there has been a lot of news about Dao Technology recently."

In an elegant room, Xu Jun said teasingly.

"Hehe, let Brother Xu smile."

Wang Xiao naturally knew that Xu Jun was making fun of the protest demonstrations that broke out in the United States and Japan because of the Asgard host.

Just after the United States and Japan officially announced the ban on Asgard consoles from entering their countries, this ban suddenly exploded like a nuclear bomb in the player group, and almost everyone's anger was blown out.

What players like the most is, of course, the game.

If your game is good, I will play it, and if the game is not good, I will not play it.

So is holographic games fun?

If you ask this question to 10,000 players, you will get 10,000 positive answers.

Therefore, after Zhengdao Technology officially announced that it would launch a holographic host, players except Huaguo began to look forward to when the Asgard console would land in their own country.

As a result, they did not wait for the news of the entry of the Asgard host, but waited for the ban on the sale of the Asgard host in their own country.

This simply hurt the hearts and minds of gamers, so angry players spontaneously organized themselves and began to march at Microsoft and Sony headquarters.

If that's all it takes, Microsoft and Sony will at most pretend to be ostriches and turn a blind eye, but the next day, players were furious when they saw that Microsoft and Sony didn't respond in the slightest, so they went to the "White House Petition Network" to petition and ask the U.S. government to explain the ban on the Asgard console.

Originally, this petition was not favored by people, after all, in the eyes of the mass media, the player group is a group of introverted and withdrawn otaku, although the number of this group is getting larger and larger, but in the eyes of mainstream society, it is still a minority group.

However, it was this petition, which was not favored by everyone, that actually received more than 20,000 signatures in just one hour!

Subsequently, 30,000 signatures......

40,000 signatures......

50,000 ......

80,000 ......

In the end, in less than five hours, the petition directly exceeded the number of 100,000, setting a new record for the "White House Petition Network" to reach the goal of 100,000 petitions, and forcing the White House to promise a clear answer to the matter within a month.

This small miracle created by the player group attracted a lot of attention from the global media in less than a day, and they were really shocked by the power of the whole player.

Originally, it was only thought that it was an otaku and a group that was considered to be on the fringes of society, but I didn't expect it to be able to burst out with such a cohesive force.

Even a candidate who is preparing to run in next year's U.S. presidential election has been alarmed, saying that he will support legislation when he elects next year to get the government to treat esports players as sports athletes as soon as possible.

……

"What, it looks like you're confident, brother?"

Seeing Wang Xiao's leisurely appearance without worry, Xu Jun couldn't help asking, "Is there any way, can you sue Brother SΓΉ?" ”

Wang Xiao smiled freely: "It's nothing, since the Americans and the Japanese are unwilling to let me sell the Asgar host to them, I just promised...... However, they don't want to get a holographic TV either. ”

"Shhh

Xu Jun couldn't help but gasp, "Brother, can you use this method of injuring the enemy by one thousand and self-inflicting eight hundred?" ”

Wang Xiao shook his head and said with a smile: "It's true that you hurt a thousand enemies, but you can't talk about losing eight hundred." Brother Xu, you also know that the production efficiency of holographic screens has not been very high, since it cannot be sold to the United States and Japan, it is just to supply Europe with all its might. ”

Xu Jun nodded with relief, but still said: "Brother, if there is anything that can't be solved, remember, brother will always support you, and Huawei will always support you!" ”

"Thank you, Brother Xu."

Wang Xiao said solemnly.

As the vice president of Hua Wei, Xu Jun's words are not light.

……

A day later, regarding the blockade of the United States and Japan, Shendao Technology finally came forward to explain.

At the press conference, when Wang Xiao and Cheng Yaodong, the president of Yuwai Technology, jointly announced that they would temporarily ban the sale of holographic TVs to the United States and Japan, everyone was shocked.

Although Cheng Yaodong said "temporarily", everyone knows that as long as the United States and Japan do not lift the ban on the fairy palace host, then Yuwai Technology will not stop the ban on holographic TV sales to the two countries for a day.

Reporter: "Mr. Cheng, is this decision your own wish of Yuwai Technology?" ”

Cheng Yaodong: "Yes, this decision is made by us ourselves!" ”

Reporter: "May I ask Mr. Cheng, for what reasons did you decide to ban the sale of holographic TVs to the United States and Japan?" ”

Cheng Yaodong: "The main reason is that our company's production capacity cannot keep up, and we can only supply European countries at present. ”

Reporter: "Mr. Cheng, aren't you worried that consumers in the two countries will misunderstand this?" ”

Cheng Yaodong: "No, I'm sure consumers in the U.S. and Japan will understand very well why we made this decision!" ”

Although Cheng Yaodong blamed the reason for this decision on production capacity problems, none of the reporters after the meeting described it as such.

"Good brother, Yuwai Technology supports the Asgard host!"

"Since you don't want the Asgard host, then don't want a holographic TV!"

"Reproducing the classic bundling policy, doubting that Dao Technology and Yuwai Technology have reached an alliance."

"Players in the United States and Japan said that they will hold a parade again to get their governments to lift the ban on the Asgard host!" (To be continued.) )