This answer is even more shocking than the answer just now, in the ears of these reporters.

Didn't you say before that the 'Era' project only cost $100 million, why is the slow development of Dreambox3 still related to Jester? Is it impossible to divert funds from the development of Dreambox3......

When the reporters were once again in shock, Jester did not pause at all, and continued: "Don't get me wrong, it's not a private embezzlement of development funds, in Mars Entertainment, the distribution and expenditure of every money are supervised by a special department, and no one can just draw money from other departments to do their own things." ”

As he spoke, Jester paused slightly, as if he wanted to let the reporters in front of him accept the news he had just announced.

After a few seconds, when he saw that the reporters were wide-eyed, and he was extremely eager to know what Jester was going to say next, he continued with a smile: "Actually, it's very simple, if we calculate the development progress of Dreambox3 when we first set up the project, then now our brand new consoles should have been on sale for almost half a year, and the reason why we haven't announced the new console until now is also very simple, that is, Dreambox3 is still in development. ”

Everyone was a little overwhelmed by Jester's two seemingly contradictory words, and they didn't know why.

At the beginning, it was said that the console should be released now, but why did it immediately say that it was not developed yet? All of a sudden, many reporters were in a state of panic.

Jester also didn't have much time for them to think about it.

He immediately explained: "The reason is also very simple, after the 'Era' project is established, I need to determine what kind of performance our future host will be." Because the project was relatively early when the project was established, I was personally not very satisfied with the performance, so after discussing with the people in the hardware development department, it was also so that the designers could complete the game in their minds as much as possible, and also so that players could play more realistic games, so we decided to make our third-generation console. And that's why we can't come up with samples yet, because there are no samples. ”

"For the Dreambox3 sample, it will also be possible in early next year at the earliest."

This answer surprised the reporters greatly.

Because this turn of events is something they didn't expect many times to think about, and it was redeveloped halfway, but the question is, how dare they?

Don't they know. Will this be a lot later than their competitors?

And time, the first-mover advantage, in the competition of the host, is too important! It's so capricious! That's what the major media outlets are thinking right now. However, soon, a reporter stood up and asked a little impatiently.

"Mr. Li, I don't know if you will answer this question. But I'm a fan of you, and I grew up playing the games you developed, although I was interested in you. And your company, there is endless trust, but are you really not worried that the release so long after your competitors will cause any irreparable damage to your third-generation home console market share competition? ”

That's a very sharp question.

This is also the reason why these reporters did not guess in this aspect before, because this kind of initiative turns their advantage in time into a disadvantage, which is really incredible in their opinion.

It's not just a matter of folding your wings.

Although on the game console, each era is starting from scratch, but, Mars Entertainment has an almost overwhelming advantage in the second generation of consoles, after all, if they can release the console so long in advance, maybe, when the other two are released, Mars Entertainment's new console will already have close to 10 million units sold.

The gap in sales is so big that it's hard for people to catch up.

However, as it stands, Mars Entertainment is likely to face a difference in sales of millions of units before their consoles are released.

"Actually......"

Jester's tone was still quite indifferent.

"We anticipated this problem when we made the decision to re-develop the console, and we felt that such a situation was not unacceptable, besides, our creed at the beginning of Mars Entertainment was Do-be-the-best, to make the best games, and later we launched our company's manifesto is to create faith."

As he spoke, Jester paused, stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, moistening his somewhat dry lower lip.

And then he continued: "Players trust us and are willing to support our games as if they were faith, because we've always done it, we make the best games, the best, the most fun, so when we decided to make a game that was like shaping a world, we felt that we had to make it possible for players to experience it, so redeveloping a console was a no-brainer." ”

"This is determined by the characteristics of our company, many people say that we are no longer game designers, we are businessmen, and we don't think about things for players anymore, I want to say that all the game development work of our Mars Entertainment is to make a game more fun, and it has never changed from beginning to end, which is also the biggest difference between us and other game hardware companies."

Jester's words were extremely moving.

Even these journalists are no exception.

After all, those who are willing to be journalists in the game industry must be some loyal gamers, and to be honest, in this era, as long as you have played games, it is unlikely that anyone has not been exposed to Jester or Mars Entertainment's games.

Because, almost the entire architecture of modern video games up to this point has been built by Jester and his company.

The next question is not too difficult to answer, but because it involves a lot of development secrets of Mars Entertainment, so, when asking this question, the reporter was also prepared that Jester would not answer, but to his surprise, Jester said that he had some things that he couldn't say yet. But he still explained in great detail why he was so confident in their host.

The media reporter asked: "Mr. Li, looking at you just now, it seems that you are not too worried about the release of your Dreambox 3 night for a year, do you really have such information about your Deambox3?" ”

"Huh."

Jester smiled softly.

"It's fake to say that I'm not worried, I haven't started to launch products yet, similar products, others have already bought millions more units than you, and they are two opponents, maybe the players who originally liked you very much, may also be attracted by their new games. After all, the improvement of the new host in terms of function is not comparable to the previous host, which is really a cross-era progress. ”

"And with this kind of cross-generational advancement, it's almost heaven for game designers, many of whom have just thought about it before, but are suffering from the limitations of the function, and can't achieve it. can be achieved, this improvement is very huge, for example, if you set the expressiveness of the previous game to ten. Then the expressiveness of the games on the new console may reach a hundred. ”

After Jester finished speaking, the reporters present began to discuss it one after another. Although they know that the performance of the third-generation console has improved greatly, this is the first time that the previous second-generation console has been compared with specific numbers.

No one doubted Jester's right to speak.

"Actually, I'm not worried about the reason. Or is it because, the game console is just a tool, his role is to play games, when a player is purchasing a game console, he will not buy you because of the release of your game console, nor will he buy you because of your good performance, what he wants to see is that there are fun games on your game console, and there are fun games that cannot be played on other game consoles, this is the line! ”

As he spoke, Jester's tone became extremely confident.

"When it comes to game development, especially first-party game development, we at Mars Entertainment are not weaker than others."

Hearing Jester say this, the reporters present also laughed, in fact, it is not weaker than others, basically, in the game industry now, in terms of game development capabilities, Mars Entertainment may recognize the second, and no company dares to admit the first.

Still, someone asked right away.

"But Mr. Li, I heard that many Japanese game companies have announced that they will carry out a classification strategy on new consoles, for example, Enix, the developer of "Dragon Quest", has made it clear that their next-generation DQ will only be available on PS2......"

This question is still quite tricky.

After all, Jester just said that their own development ability is strong, but your development ability, the comprehensive strength of the third party is also very strong, they don't put the game on you, what can you do, and also took Enix's DQ as an example, you know, with the high level of DQ in the past dynasties, coupled with the standard Japanese style, now DQ's influence in Japan is simply scummy.

The FF series simply cannot be compared.

Of course, overseas, FF's influence is not comparable to DQ.

But Jester still said in a weak tone: "This question is nothing, each game company has their own choice, what platform they choose, it is their own business, our World Video Game Association, just stipulated, game hardware manufacturers, can not oppress software manufacturers to only sell their own platforms, but for software vendors, their own choice, there is nothing to say." ”

As he spoke, he paused again, smiled, and said, "And, most importantly, they can solicit the support of a third party alone, can't we?" ”

After asking such a rhetorical question first, he didn't wait for the reporters to react.

"For some reason, I can't say which company is the game, but I can guarantee that one of the first games on our new console will be a very good series exclusive game on our console, and this company is also a very famous Japanese game company."

Jester's speech is only half of what he says, and it is the most intriguing thing that can arouse people's imagination.

I heard Jester say that there is also a very famous game company that will also have an exclusive game released in the first game of Dreambox 3.

They immediately began to guess.

However, because of the relationship between the branches in Japan, Mars Entertainment has a very close relationship with Japanese game companies, and the strength of several development teams in Japan is also extremely strong.

However, soon, these reporters thought of a company, which also jumped from Nintendo's camp to Mars Entertainment's camp for the first time, of course, later this company was able to develop to the current level in the whole of Japan, which is second to none, and Mars Entertainment is also in addition to a lot of power, such as their arcade games, at the beginning, in the developer of the substrate, Mars Entertainment provided a lot of help.

Capcom!

This is the first reaction of many journalists.

Someone asked if it was Capcom, but Jester just laughed and didn't answer.

The whole press conference was not very long, about half an hour, and Jester answered a lot of questions.

The reporters didn't leave right away.

After all, I came to the game development headquarters of Mars Entertainment once, and I was a little sorry for myself if I didn't interview it, except for some projects that are under development and can't be announced to the public, but the others can be visited.

Moreover, the news I got from Jester before was shocking enough, and there was no need to hear any other news from the development team of Mars Entertainment to break the news.

This time, the news to be exploded has been enough for the entire industry to digest for a long time.

Jester really didn't dare to say what he said at the press conference, but he also explained the few things that the industry is most concerned about at present, that is, the development investment of the 'Era' project, the current situation of Dreambox3, and why the earliest Dreambox3 has not been traced until now.

If there is an official explanation for these few questions, it will be enough.

Really.

After the content of today's press conference was announced, whether in reality or on the Internet, the debate about whether Jester said was true or false, immediately flew all over the sky. (To be continued......)