Chapter 307: Kutara Ken's Ambition
Yes, Nintendo did not dare to ignore the first-mover advantage of Martian entertainment.
However, they couldn't think of a good way for a while, and they also knew that what you thought of Yamauchi's sentence before, it looked like they were asking about their low market share now, but in fact, they all knew that Yamauchi Pu was worried that after the next-generation console of Mars Entertainment entered, the table Xiàn was ten times more fierce than Sega now, and at that time, how to resist it.
For Nintendo, time is the most difficult gulf to cross.
"Forget it."
Waving his hand, Yamauchi didn't think he could hear any new answers from the people in front of him, he waved his hand, and then announced the end of the meeting.
After thinking for a while, he dialed Ken Kutaragi.
Kutaragi Ken saw that the number displayed on the LCD screen was called from Yamauchi's office, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind in a short moment, he knew what Yamauchi Pu called him for, it was nothing more than to ask about the development progress of Super FC, the question was about the development progress of Super FC He had told Yamauchi Pu more than once a few days ago.
And the chief engineer of development is still a descendant of Yamauchi Pu, even if he doesn't tell him, he can ask Uemura Masayuki enough to understand.
However, the recent hot situation of the launch of the Sega era console, it is impossible not to make Yamauchi Pu frightened, he is not frightened by Sega, but like Sega, Mars Entertainment will be released at the end of the year with sixteen home consoles, Mars Entertainment is not Sega, they will definitely not let go of such a good opportunity, if Nintendo does not deal with it well, it is very likely that their entire Japanese market will be eaten away.
But......
Thinking of this, Kutaragi Ken laughed, Nintendo has been eaten away, what does it have to do with them Sony? Isn't Nintendo, which has been eaten away, just right for Sony to be acquired? Of course, this is just his idea, as for the merger and acquisition of Nintendo, Ken Kutaragi can only think about it in the bottom of his heart, now all the energy of Sony is focused on that big thing, in addition to the big thing to do, it is impossible for them to merge and acquire Nintendo, at least before the big thing that is about to be completed in the United States, Sony will not make any big moves.
However, after the completion of the merger and acquisition of that top film company, President Akio Morita is almost about to retire completely, and his boss Norio Ohga will take over as president, and he has talked to Oga's predecessors about this before, although it is not that the acquisition of Nintendo, which is a shocking family, will be considered crazy and crazy, but it is almost the same.
He remembers the glint in Vice President Ohga's eyes when he explained to Norio Ohga what he foresaw for the future of the video game market.
He knows this kind of light very well, whenever he washes up in the morning, in the mirror, he often sees such a light in his eyes, this kind of light is called ambition, Kutaragi Ken firmly believes that it is impossible for Norio Oga to be without ambition, if there is no ambition, why would he take over such a huge electrical empire as Sony? You must know that Akio Morita has made Sony the ultimate in the electrical industry, and Norio Oga wants to get rid of Akio Morita and make a unique achievement for him, so he must find another way.
Video games are the different way that Ken Kutaragi showed to Norio Oga.
At that time, Oga Norio listened to himself silently, first silently, and he was quietly waiting for the other party's reply, but he didn't expect Oga Norio to let him say what he had just said again, and when he finished speaking, Oga Norio just slapped the table hard and said two very simple words.
“DO-IT。”
The phone had been ringing five or six times in a row by this time, and at this time, Ken Kutaragi temporarily suppressed the thoughts in his heart and picked up the phone.
"President Yamauchi, I'm sorry, I wasn't here just now."
Yamauchi, who was still slightly angry, heard the very respectful apology that Kutaragi Ken said, and temporarily suppressed his anger, after all, Kutaragi Ken was not his subordinate, just a slap in the face of Sony's cooperation with them.
"Sega's MD is selling very well, and the games on the sixteen-bit home console are far superior to the eight-bit console in terms of graphics, music, and content......
Yamauchi Pu said half-truthfully, and Ken Kutaragi also said yes while listening, and at the same time, he was constantly thinking in his mind, how to make Sony get the maximum profit in this incident - in fact, Sony was able to get extraordinary benefits and benefits from this cooperation with Nintendo, but this kind of experience in participating in the development of a home machine, as well as the development team honed by the development of Tongguò.
and opportunities to engage and collaborate with third-party game development companies.
"President Yamauchi, are you worried about the console that Mars Entertainment will release at the end of the year?" Kutaragi Ken waited for Yamauchi Pu's long paragraph to finish, and then replied with a smile, this is a question sentence, but whether it is said or heard, I don't think there is any doubt in this sentence.
Yamauchi nodded, did not hide it, and said, "Not bad." ”
"Mr. Yamauchi, I have told you many times before, our current development speed has reached the limit, all the developers work overtime until late at night every day, it can be said that now our development team is like a string, it has been tightened to the limit, it is impossible to put pressure on them anymore, otherwise, this taut string will break, such a price we Sony does not want to bear, and you can't afford it."
Kutaragi Ken said very patiently, and Yamauchi Pu was a little relieved after hearing Kutaragi Ken's words, but the huge shadow of Mars Entertainment still hung over his head, which he could not turn a blind eye to no matter what.
And after Kutaragi Ken finished saying a large part of the above, his tone changed, and he said with a smile: "But President Yamauchi, for this cooperation, we at Sony also attach great importance to this cooperation, so we don't want our cooperation to be completed before it becomes a useless effort, so I have asked President Norio Ohga before, and he said to me simply, if you can, Sony can increase the power of investment to shorten the development time as much as possible, but ......"
When he heard Kutaragi Ken say that Sony could continue to increase its development strength, Yamauchi Pu's face showed a hint of joy, but then when he heard the other party say only two words, a bad feeling suddenly welled up in his heart, and sure enough, before he could ask, Kutaragi Ken said it directly without the slightest concealment.
"What President Oga said is very simple and straightforward, if we want Sony to continue to add development forces, we need to renegotiate the terms we negotiated before, and this time, you, Nintendo, must make certain concessions."
Hearing Kutaragi Ken say this, Yamauchi Pu closed his eyes, grabbed the five fingers of the telephone receiver and squeezed it violently, and he could clearly hear a crisp sound, and then, he took a deep breath, and then spit out this breath, the previous cooperative development agreement with Sony, he personally negotiated with the shrewd old fox of Oga Norio, to be honest, although he will make certain sacrifices in this contract, but this sacrifice is irrelevant, and he can fully accept it including his Nintendo, But this time to renegotiate the cooperation agreement, its own regression is inevitable.
But how much of a regression will there be?
Yamauchi Pu also calmed down at this time, but he also knew that he had to make a decision right now, because time waits for no one, it's already October, if he can't make a decision within a week, then even if Sony agrees to send more forces, then there is nothing to make up, after all, to gather forces for the final assault PR, time is also of the essence.
Moreover, he also knew that whether he agreed or disagreed, he could not reply on the phone.
So after hearing Kutara Mujian's words, Yamauchi Pu exhaled a breath of turbidity, his tone turned out to be flat, no longer the previous feeling of eagerness, he said lightly: "Jiuduo, this matter, I can't answer you now, I need to think, I also need to discuss with other people in the company, this is not something I can make a decision on my own, I hope you can forgive me." ”
The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then hung up.
The moment he hung up the phone, a look of excitement appeared on his face, his hands clenched hard, and then slammed on the table with a loud bang.
It's not anger, it's excitement.
Su Ri'an Yamauchi Pu just hid his feelings very well, but Kutaragi Ken could still hear the implicit compromise in his faint answer from his last reply - because Kutaragi Ken was too familiar with Yamauchi, a tyrant who was very famous in the industry, and if he didn't agree to something, it meant that he wouldn't say anything that needed to be considered at all.
He would have immediately verbally refused.
As for what needs to be discussed with other people in the company, hehe, if he can be swayed by the words of other people in the company, how can he be called a unique tyrant by the people of Nintendo? R1152