Yamauchi sighed, he was very tired from talking to the person sent by Sony just now, but he was very satisfied with the results and results.

It would be inappropriate to say that he was satisfied, he got the promise he wanted, but he also knew what he would face in the future when he got this promise, a mortal enemy who hated him very much.

But, at least for now, they still have no threat to themselves, although the joint ownership of a new console has given Sony a platform that is not inferior to its own, but years of experience in the game industry tell him that it is useless to rely on only one platform, and it can't make excellent games, and it is a large number of excellent games, and players will not buy a toy that can only eat dust and put it at home for decoration.

Thinking so, Yamauchi picked up the phone and dialed the R&D department, and directly called Masayuki Uemura's office.

It was Masayuki Uemura who answered the phone, he knew that Sony had sent someone to negotiate privately before, and the thing he talked about was about the ownership of Super Nintendo, which was also the most critical issue of whether they could survive in the future, obviously, as Yamauchi Pu expected, Sony didn't want to have a relationship with Nintendo on this matter, at the beginning, they made it clear that the issue of ownership can be discussed, but the ownership of the new console cannot be just one.

In fact, it's not impossible for the architecture of the machine to be the same, as long as different decoding methods are used, then the encryption format of the cassette will not be the same, so, even if it is the same host, then for the two game companies, change the shell, it is a different host, so, Sony's requirements are also very simple, that is, let them not make a fuss about the new console, but. Have full sharing.

If it was in the past, then it would be absolutely impossible for Yamauchi Pu to agree, but now that the shape is stronger than people, this matter cannot be bargained, and Sony is willing to talk about it in this regard, also because they also want to get the ownership of the new host, which is their most fundamental interest, if this item cannot be satisfied, then it is useless no matter what conditions they make, and. He also knows the inside information, just like Sony and Sega have eyes and ears at Nintendo, and he naturally has his own sources in these companies.

"Sony Computer Entertainment...... Hum! ”

Silently reading the name of the department that was about to be announced, Yamauchi Pu unnaturally felt a palpitation, this feeling was something he had never felt before, he knew that the one he had been in contact with was called Kutaragi Ken, who would hold a very important position in this soon-to-be-established branch, and be fully responsible for a single thing in the field of home game consoles. It was this person who gave Yamauchi a very uneasy feeling.

First closed his eyes, and then opened them again, Yamauchi Pu forcibly suppressed some of the messy thoughts in his heart. Then he pretended to be disdainful, perhaps to give himself a sense of peace of mind, and he said in a contemptuous tone: "A company that makes home appliances also wants to make games, hum." Can you afford to lose it? "Sony, if it wants to, will naturally be able to bear the losses when it first entered the industry to seize the market, but. This kind of loss is probably far beyond Sony's expectations, and it is one thing for them to be able to bear it, and it is another thing for them to be willing to bear it.

The next day, at Sony's headquarters, at a press conference attended by Norio Ohga himself, he personally announced a news that was extremely shocking to the outside world, but already known to the industry.

Sony Computer Entertainment was officially established.

With Toshio Ozawa as the president, the overall situation, and the outstanding representative of the new generation of the group, Ken Kutaragi, as the vice president, is in charge of specific operational affairs, for Nintendo, this is the official entry of an enemy, and for Sega, this is actually good news, because they are now also a newcomer to the field of home consoles, and the more chaotic the situation, the better it will be for them.

Because of this, they were able to take advantage of the chaos.

Moreover, Hayabusa Nakayama is also extremely confident in his own strength, and he believes that there will inevitably be one of his own who will fight his way out of this chaos.

But for Jester, that's not the case.

As a ruler in the industry, they must seek stability in the first place, they are not willing to accept turmoil, accept change, accept to take advantage of the chaos, because the occurrence of these things means that the market will be thinned, and where does the thin market share come from? Of course, it is from one's own body, but this kind of thing is inevitable, and it is not normal for a company to occupy more than 75% of an industry.

When this happens, it will inevitably cause envy, jealousy, and hatred of others, plus this is an industry full of violence, and more predators will inevitably be introduced, NEC is the first, and now Sony is the second, and there will be 3do who are not willing to be lonely in the future, of course, Microsoft will not enter Jester now, but in the end, those who are full of ambition and ** will not watch so much fat in the hands of a company.

What's more, this is Sony, plus a Kutaragi Ken who has his own unique understanding of the game industry, Jester's last life was a Suo Qing, he likes Sony's games, he thinks that Sony's games represent the future of games, and Nintendo's games are the representatives of backwardness, of course, these are just one-sided and non-objective family words, and they are not worth mentioning, but because of this, he knows how powerful Sony is.

He knew that maybe he would meet one of the most formidable opponents, and the current Sony was not more than twenty years later, when Sony was weak, and the proud electrical business unit was losing money year after year, and even the market value was not as small. Mi, the current Sony, has a lot of money, and they have enough ability and courage to support Sony Computer Entertainment, from the current weak to the strong in the future.

As long as they want.

And Jester, who knows history, never misestimates Sony's determination.

"What are they going to do next? For Sony, it is not difficult to negotiate with Nintendo about the joint ownership of the new console, because this is the most urgent place for both parties, and it is also a place where a win-win situation can be obtained. It is not realistic to rely solely on the new Japan project, and what they need is a real development company that can become the mainstay. ”

While Jester was thinking about these things, one of his assistants pushed the door open and entered his office.

The assistant respectfully handed over a report.

Jester took it and saw that it was about "Civilization", and it was Mark. Seni, he also knew Sid. Mel had just finished the game that had been rumored to be in the company for two years. After Mel's "Pirate" sailing game, Mark . Seni became Sid. Mel's brainless powder.

Moreover, Jester had heard more than once that Mark. Saini spoke before him that he himself was very interested in Sid. Mel's reverence.

Mark. Seni is more of an admiration for himself, which Jester can feel, but for Sid. Mel was a completely different kind of emotion, and Jester could clearly feel that he was interested in Sid. Mel's intense love is something that you only have when a fan meets an idol.

Jester himself wouldn't have been there once.

In this impassioned report, Mark . Saini praised Civilization to the point that there is almost nothing in the sky and the earth, and there is no shortage of reviews such as the greatest game of all time, but after voicing it, Mark . In his capacity as a director of Mars Entertainment, Saini still expressed his personal opinion, he felt that "Civilization" is a ** game that flies, and it can be said that it has no friends, but the sales of this game will certainly not be satisfactory.

Below, he also lists in detail the reasons why he said this.

He said a lot of things, maybe when he wrote it, he had just played "Civilization", and he was still in shock and disbelief about this game, to be honest, before Jester was reborn, when he first played "Civilization", that feeling, it was like discovering a new world, so it was not too strict in terms of wording, so some things were written too messily.

Jester read it quickly, and probably distilled two reasons from it, which were the same as his previous thoughts.

First of all, there is the disadvantage of the platform.

Because of the system and gameplay of the game itself, "Civilization" only has a PC version, and the PC version of the game cannot be compared with home consoles in terms of sales, such as "Thor's Hammer" caused such a sensational effect, and the sales of the game, which was called epoch-making by countless media, turned out to be just over 1.5 million units, which is still the number obtained after the statistics of the Christmas season last week.

If it were such an influential game on a home console, it would have been on sale for almost three months now, and it would have reached five or six million units a long time ago, but fortunately, there will be a release event for the DLC pack of "Thor Arena" in late January, which should take advantage of this to increase the sales of one horse, and it should not be difficult to reach two million units.

This is still "Thor's Hammer", this "civilization" with too complicated gameplay, it is too difficult to achieve this kind of sales.

Secondly, the gameplay is non-mainstream and not popular enough, which is also very fatal.

Civilization is designed in a way that is very appealing to Mark. Saini felt an indescribable sense of freshness. (To be continued......) R527