Chapter 128: Fuel the fire
"Hi, I'm ABC reporter Sean. Jerome, I'm at this CES show right now, and not far behind me is the booth of Mars Entertainment, which had been in the limelight the day before and was caught up in a storm of infringement. A middle-aged reporter in his forties, wearing a pair of black glasses, was talking to the camera, and as he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the booth of Mars Entertainment, which was surrounded by countless people behind him and couldn't see the specific situation at all.
Because of the venue, it is impossible for Jester to prepare hundreds of machines at this CES exhibition like he held before the trial meeting, and there are only a few more than 30 machines in the trial area here.
Jester knows that players will only buy your game if they like it.
Although there are only a few more than 30 Dreamboxes with 19-inch color TVs, they still can't stop the enthusiasm of players, since the exhibition began to allow visitors to enter, it is surrounded by enthusiastic players, and in addition to being loyal fans of Mars Entertainment, there are many people who are driven by curiosity after reading this morning's report.
Sean. Jerome approached the display case of Mars Entertainment, he was old and had little interest in video games, but his youngest son, who was in middle school, loved Mars Entertainment's games very much, and even regarded Jester as his idol, Jerome was not dissatisfied with this, after all, Jester is now also a role model for young people in the United States, and one of the most outstanding young entrepreneurs.
Looking at these people who were shouting and playing around the new host of Mars Entertainment, Jerome also seemed to see his son, after he waited patiently for a while, a young man who had just finished the game, and the trial time that belonged to him was also over, and the young man who had just finished the game and left his seat in frustration, and the people who had been queuing for a long time behind him couldn't wait to grab the handle and start their own trial.
"Hey, sir, may I ask you a few questions?" Seeing that the young man was about to go to the place where the Mars Entertainment Arcade was about to try, Jerome hurriedly took a few steps forward to stop the other party, and then asked with a gentle smile.
The young man first looked at Jerome with a microphone, and then at the camera following him, as if he saw the camera or the ABC logo on Jerome's ID, and the young man hesitated slightly, but finally nodded in agreement.
"I'm Shaun, a reporter for ABC. Jerome, you can call me Sean, I want to ask, I was just next to me and watched you try this game of Mars Entertainment and was fascinated, is it so fun? First he introduced himself, and then Jerome started to ask his own questions, but he also knew that the question he was asking was not interesting, it was just a routine, it was a mutual benefit between the TV station and Mars Entertainment, he was just an interviewer.
Hearing Jerome's somewhat questioning question, the young man seemed to be extremely dissatisfied, he furrowed his eyebrows vigorously, and then said in a very heavy tone: "Mr. Reporter, I think Jester. If you want to know how great Balotelli's Otherworldly Adventure is, I think it's better for you to try it out for yourself, rather than interview me here, it's just a wasted effort. ”
After the young man finished speaking, he snorted disdainfully, and then ignored the ABC TV reporter who was a little embarrassed by what he had just said, and walked straight towards the arcade trial area that had long been surrounded by water, he had already heard that in this trial, there was a complete version of "The Avengers", which was the game he was most looking forward to.
Looking at the background of the young man's departure, Jerome could only smile bitterly, he could only go and interview other people now.
There were so many people who simply came to try it out, and after a few minutes, Jerome stopped another one, this time Jerome watched the departing player play for a long time from outside the crowd, the game he had just played was different from the one played by the young man who scolded him earlier, although he didn't know much about video games, but he could still tell the difference between a bouncing villain and a plane firing bullets.
The player interviewed was obviously much more temperamental, and when he heard Jerome's question, his eyes widened at first, then at Jerome as if he were an alien, and finally in a very unbelievable tone.
"Yes, sir, "Saloman Snake" is the best game I have ever played in my life, I just came back from Japan, I played that game called "1942" before, and at the time I thought it was the best in the world, but now I know that it was a big mistake, "1942" did not deserve to carry shoes for "Saloman Snake", worthy of Jester. Mr. Li made his own zuò game! What the? You ask me how I know it's Jester. Mr. Li made zuò? Don't you know anything about video games? Except for Jester. Aside from Mr. Lee, do you think anyone else can make such a great game? ”
After that, Jerome interviewed several players who tried different games, and they all praised the games they played, and basically more than ninety percent of them said that as long as the price of the Dreambox was not too expensive, they would definitely buy one, and even a couple in their thirties also said that his son's birthday present had been dropped this year after playing the cartoon-style game "Balotelli's Otherworldly Adventure".
To be honest, the result of this interview was also very surprising for Jerome, he didn't expect Mars Entertainment's games to be so popular, and even made him, who had never had the slightest interest in video games, have the idea of giving it a try, but his interview mission is not over, and he has one of the most important interviews next - an interview with Jester.
Jester is a celebrity, and Mars Entertainment is not a company without a reputation now, and they have made many media headlines when their turnover exceeded $500 million before, but Mars Entertainment has always appeared with a positive image before, and this time it is the first time that they have been accused of infringement so badly in negative news.
Moreover, in many media and newspapers, there has even been a debate of different tones for this purpose.
The first to do so was Newsweek, and the one who questioned Jester during the Q&A was Elizabeth. Winnie's beautiful reporter successfully published an article in support of Jester's use of simulators at the exhibition to not count as infringement, and then immediately people from all sides dismissed her claims, and some people even directly said in the article that Jester and Miss Elizabeth were legally blind.
Infringement is infringement, and there is no right or wrong or reason.
However, the average person, especially those who like video games, are very supportive of Jester's demo because he does so that they will not be deceived by the players.
Some angry gamers even directly stated that they would never buy a console from the scam company Nintendo.
"Mr. Li, do you still think that what you did before is not infringement?" After meeting Jester for the first time, and after being shocked by Jester's youth, Sean . Jerome asked a question that wasn't easy to answer.
Jester smiled, he didn't answer directly, reached out and touched his chin, as if thinking.
In fact, ABC has a good relationship with Jester, and Jester thinks that things are getting more and more intense now, and if he still avoids various media like before, it will inevitably make people feel that he is empty, so after thinking twice, he decided to accept an exclusive interview, and then he gave this opportunity to his old relationship ABC.
And Sean. Jerome also received the above signal, as for Jester infringement or not, it is not the key for them to the media, the key is that the topic is heating up now - in the past, it was always American companies suing Japanese companies for infringement, and this is the first time that a Japanese company has filed an infringement lawsuit against an American company in the United States, which is enough to attract attention.
His task is to continue to stir up the topic.
Jester agreed to be interviewed and had this in mind, the video game market isn't hot right now, although it's been much better than the depression when he first arrived, and he asked Carly to do a survey before that most people who had played their own games before said they wouldn't mind buying one if their console games were interesting.
But this can only represent a simple intention, and in the eyes of the current mainstream media, video games are showing signs of recovery, but there is still a long way to go before they can return to the heyday of Atari.
Jester knew that relying solely on arcade gamers to drive home console sales was a drop in the bucket, and what he had to do now was to take advantage of the escalating situation in which Nintendo sued him for the simulator to create more buzz and get as many people as possible to pay attention to it, especially those who had been hurt by Atari and vowed never to play video games again—now it's not the same as it used to be, the fun games are back, and we're completely different from Atari.
Facing Sean. Jerome's question, Jester just thought about it slightly, and then he didn't hesitate at all, and said categorically: "If the truth is also an infringement, then it's okay to say that I'm infringing, I don't understand a point, my employees made a simulator, but we didn't make a profit from it, I just showed others how the function of FC is based on righteous indignation at the beginning, so that players know in their hearts, this is originally a thing that everyone is satisfied with, how did it become an infringement?" ”
Hearing Jester's brazen statement, Sean . Jerome, a veteran journalist who has been working for decades, couldn't help frowning, and he secretly thought in his heart that it would be a pity not to be a politician with this young man's black-and-white way of speaking. RS