Chapter 542: I Join
"A complete arsenal of technology?"
Shigeru Miyamoto raised his eyebrows when he heard Jester say this, he didn't understand what the other party meant by this technology library.
"Huh."
After understanding Shigeru Miyamoto's question, Jester smiled disapprovingly.
As far as he knows, although in '84, Mars Entertainment set up a global technology library at his request, but this has not become a common practice in global game companies, it is just that some companies are too small to have this need, because they will not have a huge development team covering the world's three oceans and four continents.
And with such a scale, most of them cherish themselves.
The situation between Sony and Sega is the most prominent, Sony's infighting is well known, and in Sony games, different studios are also like this, not to mention the Saga family, they have seven different development companies, and this development company is still competing with itself.
For example, today I am going to make a racing game, and I have already set up a project, and then I heard about it from another company that belongs to Sega, and I will immediately set up a project to make a racing game, and then a third one...... In such a situation, how is it possible for them to communicate with each other technically.
This is not the case at all with Mars Entertainment.
At the same time, the company will only use a certain number of games of one genre, and there will never be a situation where it will directly meet itself.
Moreover, all the development teams, in the development of new technologies, more convenient to use of a variety of tools, will also be unified to the company's technology library, in the future when other development teams in the company encounter any problems that are difficult to solve, you can consult the technology library, so as to find some technology that can solve their own difficulties.
This is a very excellent measure.
The first in-game application was EA's initiative, and Jester thought it was good, so at the beginning of the company's establishment. I borrowed it.
Jester explained to Shigeru Miyamoto so carefully.
And Miyamoto Shigeru listened and nodded again and again.
He asked incredulously: "Could it be that Hironobu Sakaguchi, Yuji Naka, and even your development team will share some of the latest foundations they have obtained in the development process?" ”
"Of course."
Jester was decisive.
"However, these technologies are copyrighted, and in the technology library, although all the company's development teams or studios can apply for the right to use the technology inside, but this use is not free, and the company also needs to charge a royalty."
"That's pretty good, too."
Shigeru Miyamoto after hearing this inconsequential restriction. It's still being praised constantly.
"Any more questions?"
Jester asked with a smile, and he saw that Shigeru Miyamoto hadn't spoken since listening to his words, so he took the initiative to ask.
"No...... It's just a little hard to believe for a while, there are such good conditions......" Miyamoto Shigeru's tone was a little excited, it was impossible for him to have such research and development conditions when he was in Nintendo, and at a certain time, designers could be allowed to design the game completely according to their own ideas?
It's impossible!
A game company is not a charity, it wants to make money, how can you design a game according to your own heart without any scruples?
There are limitations, albeit limitations. But this kind of promise, with Miyamoto Shigeru's experience, at least in the whole of Japan, he has never heard of it, even if it is Europe and the United States. Except to hear Jester say that today, I have never heard of a second one.
"So, do you have a decision for yourself?"
In the end, Jester decided to take the initiative and should be more proactive. Otherwise, according to Shigeru Miyamoto's indecisiveness, if he doesn't take the initiative, he may still hesitate not to make a decision.
Jester was heard asking him.
Shigeru Miyamoto was indeed a bit surprised. Although he himself knew that he had made a decision, others did not know.
He shook his head.
"I don't have anything to say, everything is beyond my expectations."
With that, he stood up.
"Now I can ask, if I join, what day should I report to the company?" When Shigeru Miyamoto said this, he even stretched out a hand directly to Jester.
Jester was naturally overjoyed.
He immediately shook hands with Shigeru Miyamoto's outstretched hand, and he had taken the initiative to reach out to others before, but this time he was taken the lead by the other party.
"Anytime."
Jester smiled and answered Shigeru Miyamoto's question.
That same evening.
Minoru Arakawa rushed to Miyamoto Shigeru's room in a bit of a rage, he looked at Miyamoto Shigeru who was watching TV with an angry face, pointed at Miyamoto Shigeru's nose, and threw a white paper full of handwriting directly on Miyamoto Shigeru's face with the other hand, and said with almost irrepressible anger.
"What do you mean!"
The raging anger, accompanied by Minoru Arakawa's questioning, erupted out, and Shigeru Miyamoto, who was close by, felt it clearly.
However, he has already made a decision, and he has already promised Jester, so naturally he has a break in his heart, and Miyamoto Shigeru himself is a little dissatisfied with Arakawa Minoru, because Arakawa Minoru is not a leader who likes games, just a pure businessman who regards games as a commodity.
Such a person, in the eyes of game designers, is purely the greatest public enemy.
Shigeru Miyamoto faced Minoru Arakawa's questioning, his face unchanged, but he didn't answer, but glanced at him with an indifferent look.
And Minoru Arakawa suddenly felt as if he had been greatly insulted.
He stomped on the white paper that had fallen to the ground and was full of himself: "Are we Nintendo sorry for you?" Why leave your job at this time? We've just decided to move into the field of handheld computers, and it's exactly when it's needed most, so why write this resignation letter? ”
Minoru Arakawa's spit squirted directly into Shigeru Miyamoto's face.
And Shigeru Miyamoto still had an indifferent expression, and then said lightly: "President Arakawa, my resignation letter has been handed over to you, after you read it, please give me approval." ”
"Impossible!"
Minoru Arakawa almost popped out these words between his teeth.
"It's absolutely impossible!" He also added a sentence to strengthen his tone.
"It doesn't matter." Shigeru Miyamoto seemed to have anticipated Minoru Arakawa's reaction a long time ago, he stood up and said to Minoru Arakawa seriously: "I will leave Nintendo after completing this E3 trip, this is my last message to you." ”
After saying that, Shigeru Miyamoto walked in the direction of the door.
"Stop!"
Minoru Arakawa also seemed impatient in the face of Miyamoto Shigeru's indifferent contempt, but he also knew that Miyamoto Shigeru was important to Nintendo now, and when he saw that Miyamoto Shigeru was leaving, he immediately shouted, but Miyamoto Shigeru seemed to be deaf and didn't stop at all.
Therefore, Arakawa had to add with some annoyance: "I can't approve your resignation, if you have to resign, wait for Japan, you can tell my father-in-law in person." ”
Hearing Minoru Arakawa say this, Shigeru Miyamoto stopped.
He turned around, looked at Minoru Arakawa, and showed a mocking smile: "President Arakawa, have you forgotten that you are now the president of Nintendo?" I, the head of the development department, resign and don't write a resignation letter to you, who should I write to? Do I need the approval of the chairman of the board of directors for my resignation? ”
After saying that, Shigeru Miyamoto laughed silently.
"You ......"
Then, Minoru Arakawa's face instantly turned red, and he stretched out a finger, pointing at Shigeru Miyamoto again, and then opened his mouth, but did not say anything.
Minoru Arakawa knew that Shigeru Miyamoto was making fun of him.
As a president, the president of Nintendo, he should be able to decide Nintendo's big and small affairs in one word.
But in fact, only his own family knows about his own affairs, he is just a puppet now, his father-in-law's puppet, his father-in-law resigned because he was forced to launch the console industry by Mars Entertainment, Sony Entertainment and Sega's electronic association, of course, there are also physical reasons.
But although he became the president of Nintendo, any decision he could make needed the approval of his father-in-law before it could be implemented.
Even if it's just a small thing, no matter how small, it doesn't have the right to decide.
Therefore, the time at Nintendo's headquarters, Arakawa was very depressed, which is why he always likes to run to the United States, and devotes almost most of his time to the United States, because in addition to being the president of Nintendo, he is also the president of Nintendo North America.
And Nintendo of North America was built from scratch by Minoru Arakawa.
It can be said that Nintendo of North America is his cronies, and it is here that he can feel the joy of being the president.
But, after all, Nintendo of North America is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nintendo, so Minoru Arakawa still has to live in the shadow of his father-in-law at all times, in fact, in Minoru Arakawa's view, since the home machine strategy failed, Nintendo should decisively withdraw from the game industry and carry out strategic transformation.
Because as a third-party developer, in the game industry, it is no longer so profitable.
This does not fit Minoru Arakawa's businessman mentality.
"Say it again!"
Minoru Arakawa looked at Shigeru Miyamoto with fierce eyes, gritted his teeth, and said these words in an almost word-for-word tone, while Shigeru Miyamoto just sneered again, and then turned around directly and left the room.
"Bang!"
Then, after a moment of blue and red flashes on Minoru Arakawa's face, he slammed his fist on the table with a loud bang. (To be continued......) R1292