Chapter 353: Rupture
"Don't do that."
Yamauchi Pu immediately withdrew his importance for Kutaragi Ken, and the current Kutaragi Ken is not the Junjie he fancies, but his opponent, or in other words, the enemy.
However, to tell the truth, Yamauchi Pu did have the idea of entrusting him with Nintendo's responsibility if Ken Kutaragi was willing to join Nintendo, and even in the future, after he retired, the idea of entrusting him with Nintendo, this is also the first time he had the idea of Nintendo's heir, and it was rumored in the outside world before, whether it was his son-in-law Minoru Arakawa or Shigeru Miyamoto, he never had such an idea.
It is true that Minoru Arakawa is a very good businessman, but it is not enough to lead a great game company with just one businessman, in addition to being a great businessman, you also need to have a passion for the industry, which Arakawa does not have.
In Minoru Arakawa's eyes, the game is just a commodity, and now the game can make money, so he is more eager for it, if the game can't make money, maybe he won't be so concerned about this thing that he sees as just a commodity, which is also the reason why Yamauchi Pu is dissatisfied with his son-in-law, it's too utilitarian.
This point, in the game industry, does not work.
As for Shigeru Miyamoto, Pu Yamauchi shook his head even more, if it was just research and development, he was indeed the best candidate, but to support Nintendo, it was useless to rely on research and development.
On the contrary, it is Ken Kutaragi, especially since their official cooperation with Sony, some things in their eyes have shown more and more that he is the most suitable successor to Nintendo, but it is a pity. He's from Sony, and he doesn't seem to have the slightest interest in joining Nintendo.
Kutaragi straightened up. He still looked at Yamauchi Pu with a smile on his face, waiting for the other party's speech. In fact, the other party doesn't need to speak, he also knows what Yamauchi Pu is looking for himself, he has looked for himself nine times before, this is the tenth time, what the other party wants to say, he can even recite it backwards, but he is still so respectful, because he knows. Now is not the time for a complete face-out with Nintendo.
"What the hell are you trying to do?"
This time, Yamauchi's first sentence was unceremonious, and even full of accusations.
Kutaragi Ken's expression also changed when he heard it, he didn't expect that Yamauchi Pu didn't plan to come slowly as usual today, but as soon as he started, he wanted to talk to himself about things, but he couldn't talk about things with the other party.
"Why did the president say that?"
Kutaragi Ken pretended not to know, and a puzzled look appeared on his face.
"Huh."
Yamauchi Pu sneered a few times, and then quietly took out a bunjiàn clip from the table and threw it in front of Kutaragi Ken. He continued to say in a cold tone, "Then, Mr. Kuta, you can take a look at this. ”
There is no way for Ken Kutaragi. He knew that this time Yamauchi Pu might really want to play the real game, but didn't Yamauchi Pu, an old fox, think about the situation that Nintendo would face after falling out with him completely? As a last resort, Kutaragi Ken still picked up the text jiàn folder thrown by Yamauchi Pu, in fact, before reading it, he knew what was written in it.
This is not a secret in the industry, in fact, for Nintendo, which has deep roots in the industry, no matter how secret its previous actions were. In front of these deep-rooted people, there is actually nothing to hide.
Really. As soon as Kutaragi Ken opened the folder, he was immediately taken aback by the information recorded on it. He knew that he couldn't hide the matter of those third-party development companies from Nintendo, but he couldn't have imagined that Nintendo would investigate this matter so carefully, and even completely blocked the excuse for his own justification.
"Do you have any other explanation?"
Yamauchi Pu's anger was faint, and he lowered his voice, but anyone could hear it, and the anger in his tone could erupt at any time.
Kutaragi Ken closed his eyes slightly, and after a moment, he opened them again, and then sighed as if nothing, he didn't explain anything, but said in a light tone: "President Yamauchi, I am not very familiar with these things, this may be an internal matter of the head office, according to the regulations, I have no right to intervene......"
"Smack!"
Before Taramu Ken finished speaking, Yamauchi Pu stood up suddenly, and slammed a crystal ashtray on the table to the ground, smashing fans, he looked at Kutara Kiken with emotionless eyes, and said coldly: "I don't care how you explain it, our agreement has clearly stipulated this matter before, you are responsible for hardware development, we assist, we are responsible for game development, and we have also promised to give you sixty percent of the right to review the game, but, The right to review the game, not the right to develop the game. ”
Ken Kutaragi was silent for a long time before he said: "President Yamauchi, with all due respect, I think that the right we signed in the agreement regarding game review represents the right to independently develop games on PS on our own, and there is no contradiction between the two. ”
"Hmph."
After Yamauchi Pu heard Kutara Kiden's words, he just snorted coldly, he still looked at Kutara Kidan with cold eyes, and he didn't say anything for a long time.
And Kutara Muken didn't speak, and the two of them were silent like this.
It took a long time of ten minutes before Yamauchi said, "This is you, or Sony's opinion?" ”
Hearing Yamauchi's question, Kutaragi Ken hesitated for a moment, he pursed his lips vigorously, as if he was weighing something, and after twenty or thirty seconds, he made a decision, and he said in a resolute tone: "This is my opinion, and it is also Sony's opinion." ”
Hearing this answer from Kutaragi Ken, Yamauchi snorted disdainfully: "Can you represent Sony?" ”
In the face of Yamauchi's unceremonious questioning, Kutaragi Ken did not back down in the slightest, and said without humility or arrogance: "Yes, I can represent Sony in this matter, this is the right given to me by Mr. Norio Oga, and he supports me for any decision I make in cooperation with you, even if it is ......" Speaking of this, Kutaragi Ken paused slightly, and then continued to speak.
“…… Even if it is to terminate our cooperation agreement. ”
"Good! Good! Good! ”
Hearing Kutaragi Ken's answer, Yamauchi Pu didn't laugh angrily, he said three good words in a row, and then re-examined it with a strange gaze, Kutaragi Ken who was standing in front of him, the more he looked at him, the more he felt that the other party was the most suitable person to take over Nintendo, but it was a pity that ......
Sighing again, Yamauchi waved his hand and let Kutaragi go out.
Then he was alone in the chair, staring blankly at the ceiling, knowing that the decision he was about to make would have a huge impact on Nintendo.
He slowly closed his eyes, he needed enough confidence to make this decision.
Truth be told, he really won't necessarily lose this time.
Because Sony breached the contract first, and announced the termination of the contract with the other party, then the breaching party will definitely not be himself, but if he does, will he be able to sell a new console? That's the most important question, and if you break with Sony and put your plan to release a new console on hold, it will be too much to lose.
After all, only by letting the new console go on sale can the current predicament be better.
After thinking about it for ten minutes, Yamauchi Pu was not sure that if he really fought this lawsuit with Sony, he would definitely be able to win, but in extraordinary times, he had to use extraordinary means to make constant interruptions...... At this time, Yamauchi couldn't help but think of the predicament he needed to face when he had just left school and had just taken over the company Nintendo, and when he was my second aunt, it was ten times more difficult than now.
Didn't you survive it the same way?
So that's it.
Yamauchi opened his eyes, his eyes were shining, and he seemed to regain his usual fearless momentum, he reached out and picked up the receiver of the phone, and skillfully dialed a number with his fingers.
When the phone was dialed, Yamauchi Pu said into the receiver without thinking: "Hold a press conference, I want to announce a very important news...... Yes, I'm here in person, I'll announce it personally, well, the location is set at Nintendo's headquarters, and the sooner the better......"
The next day.
Jester listened to the news that Tamahideyoshiro had just told him in the earpiece, and he seemed to hear the biggest joke in the world.
Although he had seen the rift between Nintendo and Sony before, but, given that the cooperation between the two sides is now at the most critical stage, he never thought that such a huge variable would happen between the two sides at such a juncture, which also made Jester sigh, Old Man Yamauchi, is still real steel.
Just earlier today, the head of Nintendo, Pu Yamauchi, who has been at the helm of Nintendo for more than 40 years, held a press conference at the headquarters of Nintendo in Kyoto, because the press conference explained in advance that the press conference will be attended by President Pu Yamauchi himself, and the major media that have smelled some unusual atmosphere before have also attended.
For example, the Asahi Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun, some of the largest newspapers in Japan, naturally have no shortage of them.
It was at this press conference that Yamauchi Pu left the scene after only announcing one news, and the announcement of this scene also caused an uproar at the first time.
"Nintendo today officially terminated any agreement with Sony for the development of a new game console." (To be continued) R466