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"The second point, which is very simple, is that they don't have a foundation, a player base. ↑ Title Novel, "

Speaking of which, Mark. Saini's face couldn't help but show a hint of happiness: "The current situation is not four or five years ago, the situation at that time was under the influence of the impact of Atari, the industry was withering, in this case, there is not much difference from us re-opening a market, at this time, it is the easiest to get the support of players." ”

"But what about now?"

Speaking of which, Mark. Saini's tone was a little heavier: "The current situation is that the game industry is booming, the market is close to saturation, we, Nintendo and Sega, have a fixed audience, and Sony does not have these, although they have gathered a lot of developers, but this is far from enough." ”

Mark. After Saini finished speaking, he looked at Jester quietly.

Jester pursed his lips and thought for a moment, before he spoke.

"You said a lot, very right, I won't say the first point, I'm just analyzing the second point you said, and say my opinion."

For Jester's words, Mark. Saini also nodded.

"You're right, Sony doesn't have enough player base among gamers, but the player base doesn't mean you can't get it from the beginning, and I can guarantee that even after ten years, there will still be game companies rising."

Jester kept tapping his fingers on the table, his movements small and his voice soft.

"Sony's biggest advantage is that they have money, enough money to smash a market share. As long as they have such a base area, then they can make great achievements in the future. ”

Jester said this sentence very firmly, in Mark. In Seny's ears, it was as if Jester could see the future when he said this.

"Perhaps." He had nothing to refute Jester's words.

However, he continued to express his doubts: "What do you think Sony can make next big moves - so what is the so-called big move?" Is it just a release like today? "Now Sony's PS1 has been on sale for half a day, but the results are not satisfactory. Although I don't know the specific sales volume, judging from the news from the front and the fact that there were not many people at the release site, I don't think it was a successful sale.

"This is not Sony's but the problem, first of all, Namco and Hudson's new games will not be available until half a month later, and now the vast majority of people who pay attention to Sony's game consoles may also be fans of these two game companies, and secondly, Sony's focus should not be on this generation of consoles."

Jester had just finished his words. Mark. Seny's brow furrowed, he didn't understand what Jester meant by this, what did it mean not to focus on this generation? If this generation doesn't do well, then there will be the next?

"What do you mean by that?"

Since I can't figure it out. Then Mark. Seni immediately asked.

"You don't know the person Kutaragi Ken." Jester smiled and said, "I've had people investigate him before and find out he's a man...... It's very special. ”

"Special? How so? "Mark. Saini was also a little curious.

"Stubbornness. What is his ability, I have it in the analysis meeting before, and I sent you the article Jiàn. One thing you may not have noticed is that one of his biggest characteristics is not that he is talented and knowledgeable, but because of his stubbornness, and this kind of person has a characteristic, that is, once he makes up his mind, even if he breaks through the south wall, he will never look back. ”

Jester thought back to what he remembered about Kutaragi Ken, and it seemed that it was really the case.

This time Mark. Saini didn't answer, but listened quietly, he knew that Jester hadn't finished speaking, and Jester only paused slightly, and continued: "He was born in hardware, and he is extremely interested in hardware, which is also Sony's tradition, he said at Sony's conference before that the future game industry must be 3D, and this is also a meeting before the success of our "Quake", what does this mean?" This shows that he went to the same place as us! ”

Speaking of which, Mark. Saini had some realization.

However, before Jester could speak, he continued: "Such a person, a person with a clear goal here, do you think he will put his energy on the sixteen-bit machine that he is not optimistic about?" For him, the sixteen-bit machine is just a war book on behalf of Sony, he represents, Sony is coming, if my guess is right, maybe the thirty-two-bit machine, and it is a new type of host based on 3D imaging capabilities, it should be in Sony's research and development. ”

At this time, Mark. Saini suddenly remembered that when he learned the news that Sony had just been established, he immediately announced the official establishment of the third-generation host research and development work at the internal meeting, and this time the establishment was not to set up such a department first, and it will be added slowly later.

But just after it was formed, a lot of elites were drawn from within, and within a week, the formal research and development work began, which was not done in Dreambox2.

Although Dreambox2 was just released in Dreambox, a R&D team was formed, but it took a few months for the R&D team to fill it up, and Jester didn't pay as much attention to this time as it is now, and, when the 32-bit machine was developed before, the final debugging work of Dreambox2 was not over, and it was also a period when Dreambox2 needed manpower, even so, Jester still had at least a third of the people from Dreambox 2 come up with a new team.

"Do you think Sony's new mainframe will be released very quickly?"

Mark. Saini is a little incredulous, such as Nintendo's FC or their Dreambox has been on sale for five years now, after all, sales have been relatively stable, and it is foreseeable that even if the new generation of consoles has been released, these two old consoles can still have a lot of vitality within two to three years.

So, game development companies. In fact, I don't like to blindly enter the functional war the most, because the development of hardware is really, very expensive.

For Mark. Saini's question, Jester smiled.

"Mark, in fact, some of your ideas are not quite correct, in the case of a small gap in technology, it is really useless to rashly develop hardware, just like the PC-E developed by NEC, this game console is indeed stronger than our Dreambox, but so what? If the technology generation difference is as large as ...... How so? ”

It seems to be thinking about how to describe the image a little. Jester touched his chin and pondered.

After a minute, Jester's eyebrows relaxed: "For example, I said 3D before, if a new console has the ability to run 3D games with the ability to rely on real-time calculations, the whole game, from the scene and the characters are genuine 3D effects, then the player can only run 2D games on such a console and a 3D game is very difficult to run, even if his 2D effect is the best console to choose, which one do you think players will choose?" ”

"And. The most important thing is that for this generation of consoles, Sony's goal is not to be able to make much money with this console, he just needs a group of fans who can support them. Because in this generation, that is, on the sixteen-bit machine, they don't make money, and the longer it drags on. The more money they will lose, the more competition they will lose as much as possible in this era. Entering the next era in which they have an advantage is Sony's goal. ”

Jester's words did make Mark a little bit angry. Senymouth suddenly felt that he seemed to understand why Jester would regard Sony as his real rival, but for the old rival before, although the new console has not yet been released, Nintendo, which still has more than 60% of the market share in the Japanese market, and those who rely on arcade games and have a large number of fans around the world don't care much.

"In the final analysis, in the future of the video game world, there is still a world of money and research and development, you can't make a good game yourself, you can buy an excellent company, an excellent person, you can also carry out a wide range of publicity activities if you have money, whether a product can be sold, it starts from the first thing to let customers know that there is this product, and the research and development is strong, then you can develop a host faster than others that others can't develop, such as excellent 3D imaging capabilities, which is also Sony's strength."

"But ......"

As he spoke, Jester's tone changed, and he saw that Mark. There was a worried look on Senny's face, and he smiled and continued.

"Actually, Mark, you don't need to worry about these things, because the premise of this qiē is that someone is willing to invest enough money for this, just like the current Sony, they now need to pay real money in order to win a real group of players who belong to them, and their sister needs a lot of money to get a real fan, and now, a strange company enters this industry, maybe loses hundreds of millions of dollars a year, and can occupy a fixed market share for several years in a row, And in 10 years, it may take two or three billion dollars a year to do so. ”

At this time, Jester couldn't help but think of the past when Microsoft lost $2 billion a year for three consecutive years in order to gain a foothold in the game industry. (My novel "Game Development Giant" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)