The throne of the world's No. 1 RPG game sales, such a temptation cannot be refused, the two were suspicious, and listened attentively, wanting to see what Yang Yun meant.

Looking at the nervous expressions of the two people, Yang Yun introduced very easily: "Let's take Square Enix's standard development process model as an example, maybe you can understand it better."

The first step is to build a game diagram of the plot, characters, and key scenes. This is something that someone from our Fengyun company has already started to do, and I myself have participated in it, and we have the assistance of the screenwriter of Pharaoh Control, and we have a lot of experience.

The second step is to make CG short animations for the combat system, scene map, and scene. We've already poached a number of core designers for DQ3 and DQ4 from Enix, and the combat system is not a problem, let alone the scene map, and there is Studio Ghibli to provide us with CG, I believe you two should have heard of director Hayao Miyazaki, right?

The third step is the underlying coding to implement the game. This link, please believe in the strength of our Fengyun company, after several years of design, we have our own set of engine programs, the efficiency of this code, is twice that of the general company, for example, to do the Three Kingdoms SLG, we only took half a year, and Glorious, Namco, are more than a year.

So, if we want, we can always develop games like DQ and your FF. ”

The more Miyamoto Masashi listened, the more frightened he became, if Yang Yun really had enough resources at every step, and had Pharaoh Control and ChunSoft's core designers to assist, then there would really be no resistance.

Even if there were, it was only a small amount of imitation and borrowing. Judging from past experience, Fengyun made a game. The last thing to be afraid of is these small details.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a famous general. The Snowman Brothers and the King of Fighters are all entangled with their respective competitors and are suspected of plagiarism, but they still have a reason and have the upper hand!

Hironobu Sakaguchi asked with some uncertainty: "Since you are all ready to develop, will Weishenme still look for us?" Wouldn't it be more advantageous to develop it yourself? ”

Masashi Miyamoto came to his senses, and the storm was ready. Then do it, why are you still talking so much nonsense?

Yang Yun smiled faintly: "If Square Enix joined, I wouldn't be making this epic RPG game." The reason is very simple, the two of you will understand it as soon as you hear it, first of all, independent research and development is a vast project, it takes too long to start from scratch, it takes too many resources, and it is an epic game. Presumably, both of them have a deep understanding. ”

Hironobu Sakaguchi sighed deeply, RPG games are difficult to do, and the epic workload is even more terrifying and prohibitive, who knows the hardships better than them?

Yang Yun continued: "Secondly. My real goal is SFC, and in terms of timing, we don't have an advantage with Sega. So I'm going to focus on wooing Nintendo's allies.

Enix didn't want to jump from the Nintendo camp, so I had to fight them. Definitely going on and on. Isn't Square Enix's biggest competitor Dragon Quest? Are you now willing to stand on the same side as them and join forces against me? ”

This is the biggest headache for Masashi Miyamoto. Originally, it was an opponent, and it was very difficult to fight, but now it has become the Three Kingdoms, and there is one more strong enemy for no reason.

Yang Yun said with a smile: "Now, Final Fantasy is only out to the 3rd generation, and Dragon Quest is only out to the 4th generation, and neither of them has developed an SFC version. At this time, there is such an excellent opportunity to change platforms, and it is to see how Square Enix chooses. ”

Masashi Miyamoto asked: "Although Sega has a 32% share of video game consoles, Nintendo still has the upper hand, and the first 3 generations of our Final Fantasy players are all in the Nintendo camp, if you rashly change platforms, what will happen to those customers?" ”

Yang Yun asked rhetorically: "Under the suppression of Dragon Quest, how many cassettes did you sell in the first 3 generations?" Is there a total of 3 million copies? And how many players are waiting for your game on the Sega MD platform? Past customers, you lose a part, you will also gain a part, the loss is not too big, and we have to look at the future. ”

Masashi Miyamoto asked, "Is it possible that Sega can guarantee that it will surpass Nintendo in the future?" ”

Yang Yun hahadaxiao: "Of course! That's what I've been pursuing! Just look at our history, from 15% to 32%, and if Square Enix joins us against Enix, I can guarantee that after this year, that number will increase to 40%! ”

Hironobu Sakaguchi was a little unconvinced: "There are so many? ”

Yang Yun said with a smile: "Final Fantasy's cumulative sales of 3 million are all in Japan, right?" In the North American market, our Sega has the upper hand, plus the handheld, doesn't Square Enix want to develop in the overseas market? ”

Tempt!

Quite a temptation!

Masashi Miyamoto and Hironobu Sakaguchi are really tempted, in Japan, because Dragon Quest became famous early and sold a lot, Final Fantasy has always been suppressed, and they can't lift it up, they tried everything to no avail, and they could only be the second child for a few years.

The expansion of overseas European and American markets, Square Enix has already begun to lay out, but the uncompetitive Nintendo has been delaying the release of 16-bit consoles, resulting in Sega's 16-bit Genesis in the limelight in the European and American markets for a while, and the sales of Final Fantasy on the 8-bit FC platform have not improved at all.

I finally waited until SFC was released, but the North American version of the console SNES still needed 1 year to launch, and Square Enix had just missed the 3rd generation of the game, so he had to postpone Jihua and let Final Fantasy 4 and SNES go on the market together, which is estimated to be delayed until the end of 1991 or the beginning of 1992.

You know, Sega's North American version of Genesis has been sold since 89, and now 2 years have passed, so you can imagine how much resistance SNES will face in the North American market, which is more than two years late, and how difficult it will be for Square Enix's overseas expansion!

Always be the second child?

No! Square Enix never thought that they were convinced that they were the king of RPGs!

Seeing that Masashi Miyamoto and Hironobu Sakaguchi were a little loose, Yang Yun threw a bombshell again: "Did Square Enix receive a notice from Nintendo to join the development camp of a CD-ROM game console?" ”

Masashi Miyamoto was shocked: "How do you know?" ”

Yang Yun smiled: "It's not a secret. Namco, Hudson, Konami, Capcom, Square Enix, and I also know that Hudson, Namco, because they are dissatisfied with Nintendo's request for game patents, are secretly approaching certain manufacturers, I think, Square Enix......"

Deliberately not to continue, because these are enough, Yang Yun saw a shocked expression on Miyamoto Masashi's face, that look, I don't know how exciting!

The battle for the rights of CD-ROM games was the beginning of Nintendo's decline and the beginning of Sony's entry into the public eye.

This case was carefully studied by Yang Yun when he made an analysis report on the game industry before his rebirth, so he knew it very well.

Nintendo has offended many cooperative game suppliers because of its arrogance, and the Nintendo Six Tigers have gone halfway, making its quality management standards almost collapse and no longer binding, and many manufacturers are selling a game on multiple platforms.

And in this matter, Nintendo betrayed Sony, stabbed Sony, which aroused Sony's great hatred, and finally Sony invested a huge amount of R&D funds to forcibly launch its own game console PlayStation, which made Nintendo fall into the ranks of second-rate manufacturers.

Masashi Miyamoto's face turned pale, and he stood up and said, "Please wait a moment President Yang, I need time to discuss." ”

Yang Yun smiled and nodded, and the two quickly left the conference room, their faces were pale, they didn't say a word, obviously absent-minded, and hurriedly walked to the president's office of Masashi Miyamoto in the surprised eyes of the employees outside the door.

"President, is this ......?" asked a chubby programmer, frightened and uneasy.

"Looks like it's not going to be good!" A few older employees saw something and shook their heads.

The atmosphere dropped to freezing point all of a sudden, and many new female employees couldn't help crying, they were reluctant to let this company go, and no one wanted to see Square Enix fall!

"Cry what cry!" Daisuke Watanabe, deputy director of R&D Department, scolded: "Until everything is confirmed, everyone is not allowed to talk about it!" Get me back to my post! ”

The employees sat back in their seats, and the crying staff quickly wiped away their tears, only Watanabe Daiyu knew in his heart that he could only comfort the hearts of the employees for a short time by doing so, in fact, he was also very scared in his heart.

As one of Square Enix's oldest employees, Daisuke Watanabe has only seen Masashi Miyamoto's expression once, and that was in the controversy before the company was about to dissolve, before deciding to make Final Fantasy 1.

It seems that Square Enix has really come to the moment of life and death!

In the president's office, Masashi Miyamoto asked directly, "How do you feel about joining Sega?" ”

Hironobu Sakaguchi smiled wryly: "Do we have a choice?" In fact, what I am most concerned about is, after joining Sega, is their purpose to gain ownership of Final Fantasy? Or is it simply an acquisition of our company? ”

Masashi Miyamoto was silent, this was something he didn't want to see, the final fantasy was that they were the children they brought up, how could they say that they would give up? And the acquisition of Square Enix is even more impossible for him to accept!

If the three-way RPG game competes and Final Fantasy loses, it is because they are not strong enough and complain.

But now that Sega is co-opting them, will it really not interfere?

Could it be that Sega really that ...... Full of kindness?

Masashi Miyamoto's body couldn't help but shudder, who said that Sega was full of kindness?

Just look at its opponents!

Regarding this question, Yang Yun looked at the two who went and returned, and laughed: "Since President Miyamoto is willing to listen to my advice, then I will say it." ”

…… (To be continued......)