The process of inquiry was very easy, and Ken Kutaragi did not receive too much questioning, in fact, Sony's acquisition of some third-party manufacturers was agreed to by Norio Oga, and because history has long changed, Ken Kutaragi had already persuaded Norio Oga to let him say the do-it years in advance. ~~~~

After the meeting ended, Ken Kutaragi was left alone, and the current president of Sony, Norio Aga, obviously had something to ask.

After everyone left, Norio Oga looked at Kutaragi Ken, his face showed a hint of curiosity, and said with a smile: "Kuta Ragi, in fact, I have always had a question, that is, why do you have this preference for video games? I remember that you didn't have it before, at least when I first met you, and you didn't show that preference. ”

Faced with Norio Otaga's question, Ken Kutaragi didn't know how to answer for a while, when did he become interested in video games? It plunged him into memories, a memory he would never forget.

In fact, he developed a strong interest in video games, and he really had a lot to do with Nintendo.

"President, this incident is a long time ago, and I need to remember it a little." Saying that, Kutaragi Ken fell into deep thought, it was indeed a long time ago, about six or seven years from now, and after less than a minute, Kutaragi Ken seemed to remember this past, so he spoke.

"It was Christmas 1983, I was taking my wife and my two-year-old eldest son to Akihabara to buy a Christmas present for my son, and there were two new products on the second floor of the electronics store side by side, one was a Nintendo FC and the other was our MSX, and I wanted to buy my son a Sony product, and I knew how good our Sony product was. However, at the time, maybe it was a stroke of the devil, and I let go of my son's hand to let him choose the one he wanted the most as a gift, and I thought that our product would win because I had a lot of credit for Sony. ”

"But ......," Kutaragi Ken paused slightly, but even Norio Oga understood that what Kutaragi was going to say next might not be what he had expected. His son chooses Sony's products.

"I saw that my son didn't even think about it, he walked straight to the TV showing the FC game Donkey Kong and watched intently, huddled with some children about his age, or a year or two older, they vied to watch, and then the excited shouts of chatter and applause resounded throughout the store, even adults like me and myself. I couldn't help but be moved by this kind of scene, and I didn't hesitate to buy a Nintendo FC console and a game cassette of Donkey Kong for my son. ”

"After that, in the spirit of some personal interest. I carefully compared and studied the differences between our MSX console and Nintendo's FC, and after intuitive comparison, I was impressed by the excellent design ideas of the FC console, MSX needs 8 dot matrix to display Xiàn graphics. FC only needs 1 dot matrix to achieve this. In terms of exterior design, the FC screen abandons all unnecessary peripherals, and the compact structure can be easily carried by young children and ensures durability. ”

As he spoke, Kutaragi Ken laughed. It seemed that he had thought of something extremely funny, and in the slightly surprised gaze of Norio Oga, Kutaragi Ken continued.

That night, I "occupied" the FC that I originally gave to my son, and I was also touched by the rich entertainment of the two games "Donkey Kong" and "Gold Digging", and at that time, I felt that the video game industry, in the future, will inevitably become a very large and very successful industry, because it can bring joy to people, and this kind of joy is not divided between children and adults. ”

As soon as Ken Kutaragi finished saying this, Norio Ohga took over with a smile and said, "So, you are determined to pursue a career in the video game industry?" And then convince me? ”

"Not really."

To the surprise of Norio Oga, Ken Kutaragi shook his head and denied his statement, and Ken Kutaragi still smiled, "Actually, if it weren't for what happened later, I probably wouldn't have made me so confident and even changed my original dream, you know, I was involved in the development of VTR digital signal processing equipment related to VHS recorders in June of '84 before I was in charge of the supply of audio components to Nintendo." ”

"I have a little impression of this, but I asked Tadashi Doi to recommend you to join this development work, you know, at that time, the senior of Atsugi Factory, Morigen Zhenghiko, was very appreciative of you." When Norio Oga heard Ken Kutaragi talk about this, he also nodded.

"Yes, as you said, as you said, my supervisor at the time, Director Tadashi Doi, recommended that I visit Masahiko Morizono, who was the vice president of Sony at the time, and was a pioneer in the development of broadcasting equipment in Japan, and the development team under his leadership was called the "Morizono Army", which was not only the strongest team in Sony, but also the best in the Japanese industry as a whole, and you know it......"

Saying that, Kutaragi Ken smiled: "I used to be young and frivolous, and I was known for being unruly in the company, which was very similar to Mori Yuan when he was young, so Mori Yuan seniors were also very interested in me, and we also hit it off at first sight, when the visit was over, Mori Yuan seniors specially asked his director of the Information Processing Research Institute, Yoshida Hirobumi, to lead me to visit the secret research results, you know, at that time, Mori Yuan's predecessors' research topics were top secret in the company, and senior executives who were not at the director level were not qualified to contact at all, And when I had this opportunity, the excitement was indescribable. ”

Speaking of this, Kutaragi Ken's face showed an excited look, and in the excited look, there was also some nostalgia.

"I remember what Senpai Senpai said to me at that time, I can see it very lightly from the expression of my seniors, that indescribable pride, yes, I have never seen that expression on anyone's face again, he said to me at the time, Kutaragi, this is a very rare and good opportunity, there are many employees who are difficult to see once in their lives! You must be so rare! ”

"Was it this visit that completely changed your dreams, or beliefs?" Norio Ohga then asked.

And Kutaragi Ken didn't talk nonsense, and admitted bluntly: "Yes, it was precisely because of the opportunity given to me by Mori Yuan's predecessors at that time...... during that temporary visit, a realistic three-dimensional human head appeared on the screen in front of me, which can be freely expanded and contracted, and can be deformed at will, sometimes rotating or rolling, and sometimes blending with the surrounding three-dimensional scenery...... I had never encountered such a visual impact in my life, and I was so shocked that I was speechless for a long time. ”

"When I came back from my shock and shock, the only thing I said was repeated in disbelief, was it true?"

Ken Kutaragi smiled a little embarrassed when he talked about the incident when he visited, but from his smile, it was clear that he regarded this incident as one of his proudest deeds: "At that time, Hirobumi Yoshida said to me in the most proud tone he had ever seen, and his tone can still be described as unquestionable firmness at that time, and he said that the system, codenamed "System-G", was a DSP digital signal processing device. It was the latest research result of Sony's Atsugi Development Center's secret research on 3D digital jù compression technology and the cutting-edge technology of work, and it was in a very leading position in the world at that time! ”

"Actually, I didn't even remember what Hirofumi Yoshida said at the time, he was talking about him, and I was just thinking about mine, the only thought in my mind at that time, if I could organically combine the design concepts of FC and SystemG, what a great commercial product would be created!"

Speaking of this, Kutaragi Ken's expression was unusually excited, his eyes looked at the face of Norio Ohga, who was just listening quietly before, and interjected a few words from time to time, and said in a more serious and firm tone: "President, if you want to make such a great commodity, it's useless to rely on do-it alone, I need your authorization to give me the right to form Sony Computer Entertainment!" ”

Hearing Kutaragi Ken's words, Oga Norio was silent at first, Kutaragi Ken had mentioned to him more than once before, only the establishment of a specific department dedicated to this can allow Sony to concentrate the most powerful forces into it, and only the establishment of Sony Computer Entertainment, not like this, just relying on a temporary department.

However, to make such a decision and add a new department within Sony, he is not a one-man decision, although he is the current president of Sony, but he is only the president, he does not have the ability to make a decision at the beginning, and even Akio Morita finally lost the battle against the board of directors.

"I'll think again."

Norio Ohga didn't think about it for a long time, only a dozen seconds, he still didn't make the decision to let Kutaragi Ken go to establish Sony Computer Entertainment, he could only make his biggest guarantee to Kuda Ragi Ken: "You can contact your favorite candidates in the group first, ask their opinions, if the decision is really confirmed, you are the first president of Sony Computer Entertainment." (To be continued......)