Not to mention the exploitation of human beings for violence, pornography, and unscrupulous behavior.

This is something that has been criticized by others in the gaming world.

Jester also talked about this problem in an interview, he said: "I know very well, what kind of game GTA3 is, but this game is a limited game first, and secondly, this game is designed to use a lot of new technology, new ideas, when watching a game, you can't just look at one side, but also look at the other side." ”

"What's more, GTA is definitely not just about using the psychological characteristics of human violence and wanting to do whatever you want to set up the gameplay, if you have enough understanding of the word rock, then you will be able to understand more deeply what this game of rock and roll wants to express."

Many people's direct refutation of Jester is quibbling.

Jester didn't answer any further.

Just said: "I have announced my retirement from the management of Mars Entertainment, and my current identity is only the head of WOW, for the management, he is now just a consultant, as for how the company operates, what games are produced, he will not care, what he hopes is that Mars Entertainment can still be the best game company in the world without him." ”

Of course, this is also said to the outside world.

The reason why Mars Entertainment was able to get so much support from Mars Entertainment, and even did not hesitate to send the best technical team from the headquarters to support, for a while, Mark. Saini himself and the ice team, the best technical team of Mars Entertainment, which he painstakingly assembled, were also stationed there for a long time.

Obviously, this would never have been possible without the great support of Mars Entertainment.

And the reason why rock stars can have such treatment is because of Jester's acquiescence, and it can even be said that it is instructive.

And Mars Entertainment is also well aware of Jester's importance to the studio Rock Star. Although Satoshi Iwata also expressed his opinion to Jester, but except for Rock Star, Jester has not paid special attention to other studios since he announced his departure, so Satoshi Iwata only complained and passed.

In fact, if Jester doesn't specifically state that rock stars are important to him, then according to Iwata's character, it is really possible to be interested in this studio, or the game GTA3. Suppression.

It's not that Satoshi Iwata doesn't know how good GTA3 is a game.

As one of the best game designers in his own right, Satoshi Iwata has a keen eye for games that most people, and even most industry insiders, can't match.

He certainly knows how great GTA3 can be.

I also know that this game will definitely sell well after it is released, but this game is seriously inconsistent with the game strategy that Satoshi Iwata is going to implement.

Previously, Dreambox4 used somatosensory to successfully open a door in the group of family mothers.

If the game GTA3 appears again at this time, and then it is specially operated by someone with a heart, then it is very likely that the door that was opened before will be closed again. So Satoshi Iwata approached Jester to explain his thoughts, and Jester also felt that his ideas were very practical.

However, getting Jester to abandon GTA3 is out of the question.

In the end, only a compromise could be found. That is to change the release date of GTA3, from the original plan to accompany the launch of Dreambox 4 to the console version, but the PC version will not be released.

This will have a certain impact on the release strategy of Dreambox 4 and the performance of GTA3.

But there's no way around it.

Fast by, and Sega announced the discontinuation of the DC before the original history. Just one day before the PS3 was released, many players posted some posts on the forums to commemorate Sega, and they all knew that it would not be easy for Sega to survive until now. In addition, DC's sales are indeed unsatisfactory, and the PS3 will be released soon.

Rather than continuing to stick with DC.

It is better to put the precious funds on the six more things that need to be done.

The next day, the day Sony's PS3 was released, Sega released a new official announcement, announcing that they would be completely launching home console production and development, and then only focus on the design and production of games.

And Microsoft is moving fast.

Almost at the same time as Sega's announcement, they immediately announced their console development plans, and they will all accept Sega's hardware department, and after some reorganization and adjustment, the new department renamed Microsoft's gaming hardware department will start working again to design a console for Microsoft that fits the times as soon as possible, and Microsoft also claims that in fact, the design of this console began on the drawings a year ago.

The design is more than half done on paper, and if nothing else, the brand new console will be available to gamers within a year or so.

At the next E3 show, Microsoft will share their plans for the new console with players.

Sega has also stated that they will develop games for any gaming platform.

Soon, Sony reached a cooperation with Sega, they wanted to bring "Shenmue 2" to their PS3 platform, and Microsoft also proposed their idea, but Mars Entertainment did not do anything about it.

If Jester thinks about it, he will definitely take Shenmue 2, because he is a fan of Shenmue, and he hopes that Shenmue will have a chance to land on his platform.

But it's a pity that now the person in charge of Mars Entertainment is Satoshi Iwata.

And Jester said that he would not interfere with Iwata's decision.

And in the end, "Shenmue 2" was picked up by Sony.

Although Microsoft's exclusive price is higher, Sony's offer is even more tempting, they will not only want Shenmue 2, but even if Shenmue 2 does not sell well, they will invest in the development of Shenmue 3, of course, if Shenmue 2 does not sell as well as it sold. For Shenmue 3, Sony will ask them to oversee development.

Microsoft's argument is simply that they will only consider whether they will accept further investment based on the sales of Shenmue 2.

Sega, for its part, was originally leaning towards Microsoft.

Because the most important thing for Sega now is to get more money so that it can carry out internal mergers and prevent insolvency and bankruptcy, but the sudden life of Yu Suzuki completely bankrupted Sega's ideas.

Yu Suzuki said: "If there is no way to develop Shenmue 3, then he will not continue to work on Shenmue 2." ”

Jester was just silently watching another upsurge in the industry, another console war, but this time, he was no longer like the previous times, personally participating as a chess player from beginning to end.

The release of PS3 is hot.

Exclusive game console plus DVD design scheme. So that many people who are not interested in game consoles are willing to buy one to go home, because the price of a DVD is not much cheaper than a game console, this kind of double thing, for everyone in the world, is very attractive.

Moreover, Sony's first-party and third-party games are really good.

It has received many praises.

So, the PS3 has gone all the way up after it has been released.

Even a month later, the day before the Dreambox 4 went on sale. The total sales of the PS3 have already equaled the total sales of the first three months of DC.

You know, this is the best three-month volume that DC has sold at the beginning.

The entire industry was shocked by Sony's PS3, and players were shocked that the game graphics had been upgraded to this extent. Industry insiders were shocked that after so much improvement, the game was still able to do this.

There are also people who are worried about the Dreambox 4, which will be released soon.

Although they all know that this time Dreambox4 has their own unique somatosensory system.

But whether this system will be able to withstand the test of players is completely unpredictable.

Although it has been made public several times before. The feedback received from players has been very good, although the pre-sale of Dreambox4 is very popular, but. When people think of the original time, they often come out for interviews, and Jester, who cheers for the new console of Mars Entertainment, suddenly disappeared.

It is said that he went on vacation with his wife and children.

Everyone was a little laughing and crying, and felt that Jester's choice of vacation at this time was a bit out of place.

After all, this is a very important thing for Mars Entertainment, and the success or failure of the new generation depends on the situation of tomorrow's release, after all, the previous PS3 release was grand, and the subsequent sales were witnessed by everyone.

Whoever is under such pressure should be nervous.

But soon, a sentence came out from Jester Mars Entertainment, and his explanation was very simple: "Before, every time a new console was released, I stayed up all night, and then every hour I asked people to count the sales of the console, that was because I was the president of Mars Entertainment, and I was responsible for the company, but I have now relieved this responsibility, and Satoshi Iwata has done a very good job, so I don't think I should overstep my responsibilities anymore." ”

Finally, Jester continued: "The development of WOW is going very well, and if the plan goes well, then this year, we will have the first invitation test, all players can apply, and we will select a subset of players to come to our California headquarters to come to our California headquarters and work with our development team to conduct the first test of the WOW game." ”

After some changes in Mars Entertainment in the past two years, basically everyone knows that this time Jester said that he will officially retire after the completion of WOW development is not a joke.

And this time, at such an important moment when Dreambox 4 was released, he chose to go on vacation, which illustrates this even more.

This time he really let go.

Otherwise, such an important thing as console release can be said to be the most important thing for a game company to begin, but as the person in charge of a company, he chooses to take a vacation at this time?

Jester's incident also made Iwata Satoru inexplicably grateful.

Because no matter what Jester said before that he had let go, he would not interfere in the affairs of Mars Entertainment, there were still many people, even the vast majority, who did not believe it.

Including Satoshi Iwata, although in the past two years, Jester really hasn't interfered in the internal affairs of Mars Entertainment, especially some of his decisions, except for the matter of rock star, Jester mentioned to him, Jester didn't even ask about other things.

However, Satoshi Iwata is still worried.

And there are some people in the company who are not convinced by Iwata Satoshi, they feel that Jester's saying that he wants to retire is just a joke, and Jester will definitely take back his life in the end, so he usually has some yang and yin disobedience to Iwata Satoshi, and Iwata Satoshi also turns a blind eye to these people because of his scruples about Jester.

However, this time, Jester's statement at this very special time.

I have fully demonstrated my attitude.

He's retiring.

Now the person in charge of Mars Entertainment is Satoshi Iwata, which is not only a signal to the outside world, but also a signal to the inside.

He was also signaling to Satoshi Iwata, if there is anything you want to do, just do it.

To be honest, the sales of PS3 really put a lot of pressure on Satoshi Iwata, although the pre-sale of Dreambox4 is very hot, judging from the pre-sale, it can also be known that their sales will not be inferior to PS3.

Even, with three days to go until its release, there were people setting up tents in front of several launch locations in California ready to line up, which can also be seen in the expectations of players for Dreambox 4, for physical feelings, and for Super Balotelli Galaxy.

However, just not being inferior to the PS3 is not a boastful achievement.

Because the original Mars Entertainment's Dreambox series consoles, the first three generations under the leadership of Jester have all completed the domination of more than 50% of the entire market share, and at most, it has even reached 70%! This is an incomparably dazzling legendary record, and with such achievements in front of him, Satoshi Iwata will never allow himself to fall into these achievements left by Jester.

Although Jester told him before going on vacation.

The situation is no longer the same as before, and it has become extremely difficult to achieve such a large market share lead.

Unless the other party is stupid, it is possible.

And Sony on PS3, obviously did not commit stupidity, not only did not commit stupidity, but even fell out of strange tricks. (To be continued.) )