Chapter 404: A Boy from Poland
In fact, Kazuo Hirai didn't guess exactly.
Jester really didn't talk to Nintendo about the World Video Game Association and the development of game rating standards, in fact, he didn't even talk to Nintendo about the game show, and from the beginning, he didn't want Nintendo to be involved in this matter.
This matter is not something that Kazuo Hirai and Hisao Koguchi can decide, and Jester came to talk to them about it, just to let them use it as a voice and pass on his meaning to their respective backers behind them, the biggest advantage of this is here, if Jester talks directly to Hayayao Nakayama or Kutaragi about this matter, when their intentions are not clear, if something refuses happens, it is not a good thing for both parties.
More importantly, if Jester proposes this to someone who can make a decision between the two companies, then he will be in the position of a weaker person who is often mentioned in negotiations, because he is pleading for mercy.
But if the other party contacts you, then you will immediately be on the dominant side of the negotiation, because the other party is making a request to you, and just by passing on the middle of the story, you can easily make the same thing attack and defense.
Of course, in the end, whether Sony and Sega agree or disagree with their two constructions, he can only go back and wait slowly.
Jester returned as soon as he had finished talking to Kazuo Hirai and Hisao Oguchi, and that was his nature, and he had no interest in these banquets, although there were many celebrities in Hollywood who wanted to get acquainted with him, but Jester had no interest in them.
Marchin. At the age of fifteen or sixteen, Ivansky was a graduate of high school, a Pole who had lived like him in Eastern Europe under the terror and repression of the Soviet Union. It was impossible to come to the Western world, but it was not the harshest period of the Cold War a few years ago - even the red behemoth of the Soviet Union was planning to change color on its own, and his father was a filmmaker, so he was fortunate enough to be able to travel with his father in the Western countries.
Originally, his father was only able to study in some countries in Western Europe, after all, his reputation was limited, and the films he produced were not particularly good. One of Ivansky's father's films was selected as a candidate by a small film festival in the United States. Evensky's father was invited. Came to the United States.
At the same time, there was also Marchin. Ivansky.
This is Malchin. Ivanski came to America for the first time, to Los Angeles, the heart of the West Coast, to Hollywood, the heart of American cinema, to Paris, to the Federal Republic of Germany, to the Apennines, to England, all of which were much more prosperous than a small town in his native Poland. About before that, he thought that the places he had followed his father to were heaven. It is the most prosperous place in the world, and above all, there it is, Malchin. Evensky was introduced to video games for the first time.
That feeling. It is no less than seeing God.
And now that he has come to the United States, and Los Angeles, which is one of the most prosperous in the whole of the United States, he knows it. Compared to this place on the other side of the ocean, the so-called countries of Western Europe are almost no different from hillbillies -- in any respect, there is no comparison with the United States.
On top of that, he was here, in any of the malls here, and he saw a huge array of game consoles, all sorts, hundreds of game cartridges - and even sixteen game consoles that he had never heard of!
As for what the sixteenth is, the current Marchin. Ivinsky didn't know, but he knew, it was a very great console, many times stronger than the Atari console he played in Poland, and even in Marchin. In Evensky's eyes, even comparing the Atari to this new sixteen-bit called the Dreambox 2 was an unforgivable sin.
Mars Entertainment. Ivanski had heard that the company was so famous, even in Poland, and when he was in Poland, his favorite thing to do was to play the Dreambox games in the rental shop on a time-based basis, and this was their most popular project.
However, the Dreambox is so expensive that few people in Poland can afford it, even if they rent it in a rental shop on a regular basis.
His family conditions are very good, and from time to time he can squeeze a little money out of his pocket money to squander the game, which has made many partners who are about the same age as him feel extremely happy.
However, the game cartridges here are too expensive, such as the game cartridges on the PC, the cheapest ones are close to thirty dollars, but these game floppy disks, if they are in Poland, even if they are genuine, are only fifteen pounds, and if you buy pirated copies on those distribution centers, then it will only cost three pounds.
"Sixty dollars!"
He was drooling at the game counter in a shopping mall while browsing the place, most of which were games he had never heard of. Evensky suddenly saw the price tag on a beautifully packaged game in the most prominent position on a PC gaming counter, and he exclaimed.
You must know that the price of PC games is the first point compared to console games, generally speaking, the general price is thirty or forty dollars, and almost none can reach fifty dollars, which is not lower than forty or fifty dollars on any home game console, and some games can even reach sixty dollars, which cannot be compared with the price.
But this game, this Malchin. After Ivinsky confirmed it again and again, it was a PC game, and it was put in the most prominent position with a price tag of sixty dollars.
"Quake ......"
Marchin. Ivansky whispered the name of the game, which had a beautiful packaging with a beautiful picture printed on it, a heavily armed anti-terrorist team member aiming with an assault rifle in his hand.
I have to admit that just by virtue of this outer packaging, I let Malchin. Evensky's heart fluttered.
"It's the same game as Contra!" At this time, Malchin. Evensky remembered a shooter he had ever played on the Dreambox, it was the best shooter he had ever played, he never thought a shooter could be so fun, but because the hourly price of the Dreambox was so expensive, he had only played it once or twice, and he hadn't played it to the fullest.
At this time, a salesman on the side also spotted Malchin. Ivansky's actions, seeing the child's eyes staring at the box of "Quake" without blinking, took it for granted that this was also a potential buyer who was extremely interested in the game.
Maybe it wasn't a busy time, and there were no other customers except the kid in front of him, so he took the initiative to talk to Marchin. Evensky ramped up: "Do you like Quake of Thor too?" It's a very, very, very fun game! ”
The salesman said in a very seductive voice.
But apparently, he miscalculated the small boy in front of him, who had just arrived in the United States for the first time from Poland. The Evensky boy didn't know anything about Quake, a game that almost every gamer in the United States would have heard of.
After hearing the salesman's question, Malchin. Ivinsky glanced up at the salesman who was constantly smiling at him, and he was also extremely curious about the game, so he asked, "Excuse me, is this game the same as Contra?" Is he as fun as Contra? ”
Ling Marchin. To Evensky's surprise, after he said this, the salesman actually looked at him with a very surprised look, and then said in a disdainful tone: "Contra? Does that kind of game also deserve to be compared to Quake? It's not that "Quake" is not as fun as "Contra", but "Quake" is a thousand times more fun than "Contra"! ”
"Impossible!"
Almost blurted out, Malchin. Evensky absolutely did not believe that there were any more fun games in this world than Contra, and of all the games he had played, none of them, whether it was Dreambox or NES or PC, could be more fun than Contra.
"Impossible?" The salesman still seemed to be holding on to his opinion, and when he heard the little boy in front of him retort without the slightest strength, he still looked disdainful: "You have only played a few games, so you dare to say that it is impossible?" If you can say that, it means you haven't played Mjolnir! ”
And Marchin. Ivansky opened his mouth to continue refuting, but he really couldn't say anything to refute, because he really hadn't played this game called "Quake" as the salesman said, and he had only heard about it today.
If you haven't played it, how can you have a say? (To be continued......)