Regarding this question, Kazunori Yamauchi also immediately gave his own answer.

"Actually, it's not, it's a game, but it's also a trend, and this trend is also a process, and in the process, many people who also have intersections with us will be influenced, and then move forward, and change everything."

In fact, Yamauchi's reflections are precisely the soul of the whole documentary, and the core of the game.

From "Gran Turismo" to the GT Academy to the "GT Concept Car" project, this is a kind of process, and those seemingly inconsequential and insignificant characters in the documentary are actually every essential element that constitutes GT culture, and it is their rigor and seriousness that make those metal racing cars that have no soul have spirituality under their portrayal, which is the highest level of unity between people and cars, and it is also the only emotion that only "Gran-Turismo" can bring us.

Therefore, Jester believes that as long as he persists, both Gran Turismo and GT Academy can reap the rewards of success.

People don't understand or even ridicule now, for this game and Yamauchi Kazunori after the success in the future, these are just clowns who prove their vision, and they don't need to worry too much at all, but the first and even the previous GT Academy will definitely be difficult, until this project really makes results, they need to be fully escorted.

Dreambox 3 will be released tomorrow, but there is a dedicated team in charge of this, and even if Jester returns to headquarters, there is not much to do for a while.

The most important reason for his return to the headquarters in Los Angeles from his private island was to give him confidence in the release of the Dreambox 3, and he couldn't have just stated in an interview that he was confident in the future of the Dreambox 3 and Mars Entertainment, and as a result, he was enjoying life on the private island when the company's most important product came out in at least the next five years.

That's too much to say.

It's not that Jester didn't have anything to do at HQ that afternoon. He was looking at the documents in his office when he suddenly received a phone call, which was not good news, but fortunately it had nothing to do with the release of the Dreambox 3.

Rather, it was some conflict between the development team itself, and the two core development directors of a high-ranking development group in the company clashed over the design of the game.

Originally, this is not a big deal, and in many game companies, including Mars Entertainment, there are often conflicts within the development team, so I am also very experienced in dealing with this kind of thing, and under normal circumstances, I will transfer the other one to another development team. Or let him develop another game to solve it, but this time, it doesn't seem to work.

In addition, the two people who had the dispute had a very high status in the company, so no one could solve it for a while.

That's why I got to Jester's place.

Jester was also a little depressed by this sudden incident, and after understanding the cause and effect of the incident, Jester had some understanding of the cause of this incident.

Generally speaking, the project team in charge of these two senior designers is the oldest development team in the company. Many classic games in the company were developed by this development team, but when the development of the previous game was carried out, the deputy and the director of this development team had a great conflict because of the concept of game development.

However, at that time, the development team had another project in the pipeline.

Jester is aware of this. The final solution is to adjust this deputy and the people who support him to this new project, so that the two people are temporarily separated. Carry out the development of different games.

But the most surprising thing is that the new game developed by the deputy who developed the new project in this district was a great success. Last year's Game of the Year was won by this game, and as a result, the deputy's status has risen to the top of the previous development team.

Moreover, the game that the director is in charge of has always had a difficult birth.

Originally, this game series was a very popular seller in North America, and basically the first few games could easily sell millions of copies in North America.

It's also one of the first games of Dreambox3 that was originally planned, but because the development progress has been delayed again and again, it hasn't been completed until now, and after the deputy returned to the new project team, he was extremely dissatisfied with the director's previous so-called extremely dissatisfaction, and even proposed a modification of the game, if the game was modified according to the opinion of the returning deputy.

Then this game really has nothing to do with the head of the development team.

The director, of course, disagreed.

So, the two quarreled, this matter actually went on a few months ago, and the progress of this game has not made much progress since then, and it was not to the point where it is now, but this time these two people heard that Jester was in the headquarters, so they had to make Jester make a decision.

Jester is also having a headache about it.

In fact, he really felt a sense of déjà vu about this matter, almost the same as what he had seen in the original world, about the causes and development of the internal contradictions of a famous game development company, it was so similar, almost the same.

Moreover, there is no way to deal with this matter in a way that has the best of both worlds.

This well-known game development company is Sony's first-party champion - Naughty Dog.

One of the protagonists of this thing, which is in Jester's mind like the one he is having a headache right now, is Amy. Henning, this is a well-known figure in the game industry, and she is also a meritorious figure of Naughty Dog, because she is the director of Naughty Dog's famous series "Uncharted" from the first to the third part, that is, the director, and the plot of this series is in charge of her.

And the other supervisor is called Nell. Zorkman, who is also a Naughty Dog meritorious figure, was Amy's assistant during the first three installments of Uncharted. He is one of the main designers of the "Shenhai" series.

However, the two sides fell into a big dispute over the plot of "Shenhai 4", and the dispute was even so big that the game could not continue to be developed, and there was no way, at that time, there was a new project within Naughty Dog, that is, "The End of America", which was not a very important project at the time, so Naughty Dog internally, in order not to let the two meritorious veterans of the company quarrel over the game.

Also because Amy. Henning's influence in the entire Shenhai development group was too great, and she pressured the upper echelons of Naughty Dog to make Nell. Zockman and another supporter of Nell. Bruce Brown, the core member of the development team of Zorkman's "Shenhai". Strelly was transferred from the development team of Shenhai. Let them take charge of the development of Armageddon America.

That's not a good idea.

Rather, a step is a very insidious means as long as Nell. Druckman and Bruce. Strelly made a mistake in the development of "The End of America"~ for example, after the release of this game, it did not receive praise and sales in line with the status of Naughty Dog, then Amy. Henning could take the opportunity to get the two opponents and their supporters out of Naughty Dog.

And, in her opinion. It's also impossible for these two to develop a new game that can be compared to "Shenhai".

Therefore, in her opinion, she has a safe chance of winning this matter.

But the reality is so wonderful and cruel.

Nell, who was driven to the development team of "Apocalypse". Druckman and Bruce. Strelly has painstakingly developed a game that is at the pinnacle of the Shenhai series, both in terms of media acclaim and game sales. Works above "Shenhai 2".

It can be said that these two returned to the development team of "Shenhai 4" as victors.

The first thing they did when they returned to "Shenhai 4" was to propose to modify the plot of "Shenhai 4". Henning's Reverse Scales. It is absolutely impossible for her to agree with the modification of the game by these two people, as the chief screenwriter of the plot of the "Shenhai" series, to modify the plot of "Shenhai". It's almost equivalent to, a kind of negation of herself, so this matter has quarreled with the top management of Naughty Dog, wanting them to make a decision.

This decision is not only a question of whether "Shenhai 4" will be modified or not, but more importantly, it is a question of which side Naughty Dog chooses between the two sides.

The final ending is simple, and that's Nell. Zolkman led their team back to the "Shenhai" development team and took charge of the development of "Shenhai 4". Henning turned down Naughty Dog's repeated offers, took her henchmen, left Naughty Dog, and joined EA to take charge of Star Wars development.

Naughty Dog was also very bold to make this decision, you know, it was already March 2014, less than a year before the first half of 2015 that they promised to release the game, but it was in this situation that they agreed to the decision to overhaul the plot of "Shenhai 4".

This is also the most important reason why "Shenhai 4" finally jumped for a year.

Because it's really impossible to finish.

Of course, the reason why the top management of Naughty Dog made this decision is also because of the mixed reputation of "Shenhai 3". Henning, a white-haired woman, is to blame, and Nell. Zhuo Keman's god-like script editing skills in "The End of America" proves that he is better than Amy in "Shenhai" Part 1 to 3. Henning is a lot stronger.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to share the Game of the Year with GTA5 of the same year with just a mere "American Doomsday" that has not improved much in terms of technology.

GTA5 is widely recognized as the benchmark for sandbox gaming.

At first, this matter was just speculation among players, after all, such a thing must be secretive to the game company, after all, it is not a glorious thing, but later an interview with a voice actor of the "Shenhai" series leaked the bottom of this matter.

At that time, it was a voice actor in the Shenhai series, Alain. In an interview with Tudyk, he talked about why he left the dubbing work of Naughty Dog "Shenhai 4", after all, in the previous cooperation, his cooperation with Naughty Dog and the development team of "Shenhai" was still very pleasant and harmonious.

Here's how he replied: "I played a role in Uncharted 4...... I left Uncharted 4 because they decided to make a change, they replaced the leader, and my contract was invalid, so I left, after all, I had gained work experience, I made a few friends, not with Naughty Dog, but with the people who left at the time. ”

It is clear from his answer that he is talking about his friend Amy. Henning, not Nell. Zorkman.

Jester was facing the same thing as the bayonet inside the naughty dog, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

After meeting the two at the company's café, the two rejected Jester's first offer.

That is, the company is setting up a new studio, and let them fight one of the two sides to go to this new studio and be responsible for the new game, and the reason why this thing does not reach a unified concept is very simple, that is, neither of these two people, is willing to work in this newly established studio, because in their opinion, whoever takes the initiative to go to this new studio, then it means who admits defeat.

Neither of them threw in the towel.

Since neither of them is willing to compromise, Jester has to make a decision based on his own judgment.

He now also has some experience of the things that the senior management of Naughty Dog may be facing, both of whom are their own meritorious employees, and they both play a vital role in the company.

However, there are trade-offs to be made.

The moment before the Dreambox 3 was about to go on sale, he really didn't want to make such a decision.

So, after hesitating for a moment, Jester said, "I want to make my decision a week after the release of Dreambox 3, and I can't make a decision right now." Jester said this very decisively, and the two disputants also hesitated slightly and nodded in agreement, they also knew that they should not create any inappropriate negative news for the company in this critical and sensitive period.

After the two left, Jester reopened the reason for the dispute between the two, that is, the plot of the game, this game did not exist in the original history, so it was impossible for Jester to make a judgment based on his memory, he could only choose one of the two company veterans based on his understanding of the game.

It's really hard stuff. (To be continued......)