"That's right." Yoichi Wada took a deep breath, Sega, hardware is much stronger than software, especially, its identity is the first party!

A hardware vendor invites third parties, plus a huge program. What's to be done?

He didn't dare to think about it, and after asking all the third parties under the Qin Dynasty, and getting that the other party had all received this "Saturn" business card, he immediately set off for Mount Tai without hesitation.

"Very good......" Qin Yuanfeng narrowed his eyes: "Mr. Hetian, you are anxious about what the Qin Dynasty is anxious about, I can fully feel this loyalty...... Peng Jie. ”

"Yes."

"Please Mr. Hetian go down and ask him to choose a work, and the Qin Dynasty will open all the portrait copyrights of this work to him."

Peng Jie raised his head in disbelief: "Dong Qin? ”

"Do as I say." Qin Yuanfeng looked at the business card deeply, and Yoichi Hetian next to him was already dumbfounded.

"Qin Dong ......" he asked in disbelief, in a trembling voice, "Including the other side of the clouds and mountains?" ”

"Including." Qin Yuanfeng raised his head and raised his eyebrows: "You don't want to?" ”

"Nope! Very willingly! Thank you so much! As if in a dream, He Tian Yangyi immediately retreated with Peng Jie.

The two left, and Su Heiye, who had not spoken all this time, smiled and said, "Qin Dong, your decision is undoubtedly flashing, there is no doubt about it." But I'm still puzzled, is this business card worth the price? ”

"Of course......" Qin Yuanfeng looked at this business card with some emotion, infinitely embarrassed.

It represents the complete end of the transition period of the First Age. The Second Age has officially arrived.

It also represents a pivotal name in the history of electronic entertainment and the memories of countless players.

Saturn!

Sega. Saturn. The world's second 3D mainframe! After 92 years of 3DO, the real 3D console, the first defeated under the generation of god machine PS! Ignite the fuse of the Second Age console war!

"Let's get out first." He waved his hand, "Let Jack come over." ”

Jack came soon, and Qin Yuanfeng threw the business card to the other party: "Take a look." ”

"Rosen. David? Project Saturn? Giga-Drive project? Jack frowned slightly: "What is Sega going to do?" ”

Qin Yuanfeng held the teacup and sneered, saying amazingly: "They want to develop a 3D host." ”

"What?!" Jack's eyes lit up: "They're going to wade into this troubled water?" ”

"It's bold enough." Qin Yuanfeng slammed the teacup on the table: "I'm always so afraid of death...... I'm a little reluctant to kill you......"

"Are you sure?" Jack's expression was very solemn: "Are you sure this is the code name of Sega's new console project?" They didn't write anything on it! Qin, are you too worried? ”

Worried?

Qin Yuanfeng sighed with emotion and shook his head.

It's impossible to think about it, Saturn...... SEGASaturn, what a nostalgic name...... How many Chinese players have come into contact with the first console......

How many people have he accompanied through high school, college, ...... What a mark in the history of electronic entertainment......

He couldn't be mistaken.

It's just that there is a slight deviation in history.

In 92, 3DO, which was supposed to be formed by the merger of several major companies, developed the world's first 3D console, and how could Sega, which prides itself on being at the forefront of the electronic entertainment trend, be left behind? They immediately set up a huge project with an investment of $500 million.

The name of the project is Giga-Drive. The code name is SEGASaturn!

At the end of 94, Saturn was the first to be released, and 150,000 units were sold out at the same time on the first day! 500,000 units sold in seven days! Exceeded 1 million units in 3 months! and PS, which was released at the end of the year, exceeded two million units at the same time in May '95. The console wars of the Second Age have truly reached a fever pitch.

However, because its design is not reasonable, resulting in excessive development costs, Sony, a big business, under the leadership of Kotaro Kobayashi, president of Europe and the United States, first set off a price war, a little bit of tearing apart the gap that Sega is too difficult to develop resulting in too high costs, in August, only three months, Sega because it could not bear Sony's price war, the whole line collapsed in Europe and the United States.

Immediately afterwards, he was sniped by the three giants of the Supervisory Committee led by Yoshihiko Miyauchi in Japan, almost copying the handwriting of Kobayashi Kotaro in Europe and the United States, and Sega was completely left behind by PS at the end of the year.

"No worries." After a long time, Qin Yuanfeng pulled out the joyful memories of being immersed in Saturn SS back then, and said lightly: "Sega, it must be developing a host. There can be no mistake. ”

It's just that once it was because of the stimulation of 3DO, but this time it was because of the stimulation on the other side of the clouds and mountains.

His solemnity comes from his admiration for this historic console, and from his memories of the SS as a treasure. But......

A sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth. The current market is not the market with only two first-party markets!

There is also the Qin Dynasty, one of the three recognized first parties!

"MD is your last glory." Qin Yuanfeng coldly picked up the teacup and took a sip: "I can block Sony's road, let alone you Sega?" ”

Jack thought for a moment, pondered and said, "So...... Are they contacting a third party? ”

"To be precise, of course, someone told Sega the news that the Qin Dynasty wanted a third party to prepare to take sides. Otherwise, how could the other party dare to come and grab a third party with me when he just set up a project and didn't have anything to come up with? Qin Yuanfeng sorted out his tie: "It is impossible for any host company to hold up, even if we can't." The core game also needs to be wrapped in a lot of peripheral games, so it is possible to build an undefeated console. Even if our clouds and mountains succeed, they will temporarily settle this mountain and river. The next step is the process of admitting third parties. ”

"Now how dare they block our way? Aren't they afraid that you will sweep them down? Jack laughed.

"I can't sweep them away." Qin Yuanfeng smiled and narrowed his eyes: "Sega's foundation...... Deeper than you think. ”

"Won't it?" Jack said suspiciously: "Sega's information is all over the place, what else is there that hasn't been revealed under the sun?" ”

"Absolutely." Qin Yuanfeng leisurely lit a cigarette and said lightly, "To be exact...... It's 'pre-Sega times,' hiding too many things......"

"You know what? The main body of Sega was formed in Hawaii in 1940. He was originally an American company. Qin Yuanfeng had a trace of memory in his eyes, and pointed to the business card with a little emotion: "This involves this person...... Rosen. David. ”

Jack listened quietly, knowing that there must be a secret to what was going on. And it's a secret that very few people know. Even he didn't know.

"It was the last five years of the end of World War II...... Economies are already recovering. Sega was originally called ServiceGame, and now SEGA is born from this name. However, at that time, it met an opponent, and their main business was to make pachinko machines, slot machines, gambling machines. And at this time, the best-selling models of this type in the world, in addition to their ServiceGame, there is also a company ......"

Qin Yuanfeng searched in his memories, looking through Sega's roots: "...... That company is called Rosen Enterprises, have you noticed...... Rosen…… Rosen...... When ServiceGame, a company far away in Hawaii, was preparing to snipe at this opponent, it was discovered that Rosen's company had an unimaginably large backstage. ”

"At that time, at the end of World War II, the United States had become the world's superpower. The U.S. military is one of the best in the world. And this Rosen company, its backstage turned out to be an American lieutenant general. He even participated in the signing ceremony of the unconditional surrender with Japan. ”

Jack was taken aback, he was completely captivated by the story, and immediately unconsciously asked, "You mean...... These two Rosens, are they related? ”

"Absolutely." Qin Yuanfeng sneered: "Lawson. Davy, it was this Lieutenant General Rosen. K. David's grandson! The names are all exactly the same! At the end of World War II, Lieutenant General K used his power to get his grandson to start the Rosen Enterprises company. Otherwise, why do you think Sega's arcade machines can sell so quickly around the world? Why did it occupy the global market in the 60s? ”

"It's with the money accumulated over the years, even if it was suppressed by Nintendo in the 80s, it couldn't fall down."

Jack took a long breath, he didn't expect that Sega would have such a big background behind him. Just like Qin Yuanfeng couldn't have imagined that Apple's start-up capital would have the shadow of Nintendo.

"Such a big backstage ......," he said, "then ......"

"You mean later, right?" Qin Yuanfeng smiled: "How did it become a Japanese company later?" ”

"It's simple, because in 1970, Hayato Nakayama and Rosen. David, who orchestrated the merger of two companies, oh, Rosen Enterprises and ServiceGame, which is now Sega...... And Rosen Davy, whose grandfather officially withdrew from the American circle of power in this year, became a true partner with Hayakuo Nakayama. Qin Yuanfeng glanced at Su Heiye: "So, unless Sega falls down by himself, Nintendo should know this, they didn't force Sega to death." Because I was afraid of causing a backlash from that old Lieutenant General Lawson. I'm not going to do that. ”

"But ......" he leisurely let go of the teacup in his hand and sneered: "Want to rob a third party with me?" Just one of your consoles with the wrong production concept? ”

"You're not qualified enough."

"What do you think?" Jack asked, after listening to the long story.

"Do nothing." Qin Yuanfeng said with a smile: "Waiting for the waves of propaganda on the other side of Yunhe Mountain, as long as the third party is not stupid, he will know how to choose." ”

"The high expectations of players will make it clear to all third parties who are the trend. I only invested 300 million, which is not as good as the 500 million planned by Saturn, so what? ”

He stood up, calmly lifted the collar of his suit, and walked out: "The general trend is me, they only want to win over a third party now, and only now do they want to be the host?" ”

"It's late."

He returned to his office, with a desk piled high with materials he hadn't read. It's all about the schedule of Tarzan's live performances. He didn't look at it, but lit a cigarette, didn't turn on the light, and smoked quietly.

It's not as easy as he says...... There are some things that he can only say half-way.

Like what...... At this moment, inside Heiankyo, Tokyo, Sega, Sony, and Nintendo, it was in this year that every president realized that the 2D era was coming to an end and the 3D era was coming.

The curtain of the Second Age, with this business card, has been completely opened. When it comes to third parties, every company will go all out.

Sega has already stood up, and the Saturn project, with an investment of more than 500 million, is launched, and it is bound to become the first enemy of the host of the Qin Dynasty.