The office area of Famitsu, a well-known Japanese video game magazine, was in chaos, and many phone calls were made from the president of the company, Yosuke Shikura, the editors-in-chief of the sub-journals at all levels, the heads of the Legal Affairs Division, and the External Relations Division were all urgently summoned to the president's conference room, and the heads of other important departments were urgently called to the company even if they were still on vacation.

Yoyosuke Shikura's face was pale, his eyes were red, and his face was full of scum, and it was obvious that he had survived the night and had not slept for a long time.

This kind of sloppy personal image is difficult to see in a serious Japanese company, and everyone is frightened by this scene, and something big must have happened!

Sure enough, after more than a dozen high-level magazine executives arrived, Shikura threw down a few magazines heavily, and the smooth coated paper scattered them around the table like ice skating.

"Look at these! China's Popular Software! America's Game Pass! And the European Game World! Japan's "The Power of Sega"! Hong Kong's Game Chronicle! Jointly come up with a 'Global Game Authoritative Rating' column, isn't this against our intentions? ”

Everyone looked at the magazines in front of them, and the Chinese and American editions of the magazines were of the best printing quality, the first issue of 1995, and they did not hesitate to work the outer packaging, rich in content, beautifully printed, and informed readers in the best advertising space on the cover, and launched a new column - Global Game Authoritative Rating.

Needless to say, "The Power of Sega", Hong Kong's "Game Chronicle" is also an advocate, closely following the main force, while spreading its influence to Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

Let's look at the content. Most people understand English, and a few people can understand Chinese. Soon everyone found a problem with these magazines listed in the game. It's all games from the Sega SS camp, and there are a handful of PC games, and none of them are from PS and Nintendo!

Among these games, there are works of Platinum Palace, and there are even clumsy works that have been evaluated as garbage, with sharp reviews, to the point, both good and bad, and with a tough tone. Very imposing!

In the eyes of these professionals, these contents are very pertinent in one sentence, and there is no exaggeration, even if some of the comments are subjective, it is acceptable.

Several editors and responsible persons asked themselves, this rating list is indeed fairer than the game rating of "Famitong"!

Kazuo Maeda, the head of the distribution department, stood up, his face flushed. He said sadly, "President Shikura, I am willing to take responsibility for this matter!" It's that I didn't see it for the first time, and now ......."

It was already mid-January, and the second issue of Famitsu magazine in 1995 had entered the printing press. Even if we were to think of a countermeasure as quickly as possible, it would not be published until the third issue, not counting the effective date of the magazine's influence. In January, the general reader will not be able to see the measures of Famitsu!

Yoyu Shikura scolded: "Baga presses the road! Where are you fooling around during the New Year? I can understand the delay in getting the magazines published in China and the United States, haven't you seen "The Power of Sega"? ”

Kazuo Maeda felt this remorse in his heart. This grievance is really none of his business.

He could only reply: "This issue of Sega's Power." It was delayed for an unexplained week before it was distributed to members, and I thought it was a continuation of the New Year's holiday......"

Not only industry insiders like Kazuo Maeda find it strange, but hardcore Sega fans like ordinary Japanese Nobuo will die almost every day to inquire about the news, just to see the first issue of the new year!

"Conspiracy!"

That's everyone's first thought! This is definitely a conspiracy against Famitsu!

"It's not just for us! Sony's President Kutaragi and Nintendo's President Yamauchi Pu all got the news, and we discussed it all night! Yosuke Shikura said tiredly: "All the games they listed, there are no works on the PS and SFC platforms, they are attacking all of us!" ”

Now it was tragic, and the small man asked, "President, what is Sony's solution?" ”

Yosuke Shikura was helpless: "He let us choose for ourselves, whether to give up all Sega platform games and only report Sony and Nintendo games, or continue to maintain it like this, with games on each platform rated." ”

When he said this, Shikura Yosuke was really helpless, he couldn't help but close his eyes when he thought of Yamauchi's gloomy eyes, vicious expression, and aggressive commanding question last night.

"If you choose us, you must give up Sega and choose neutrality, then don't want to get our support!" Yamauchi's words, coupled with the old man's expression when he was angry, and his majestic momentum, made Shikura Yosuke tremble when he thought about it!

"Nani! Doesn't that force us to go against our principles? ”

"No, you can't! We are a neutral magazine and cannot be the voice of a certain game company! ”

"President, we can't promise Sony ......"

"Yaga!" Yosuke Shikura shouted angrily: "As long as we continue to be the same, then Sony and Nintendo will refuse to help us!" But if we ditch all the Sega games, will Sony and Nintendo's games really hold up the whole sky? How do you let me choose? ”

Sad, this is really sad, and it's a dilemma!

Defecting to Sony was walking blindfolded in the graveyard, and abandoning all the Sega games originally reported, basically cutting off both legs and arms, and crawling forward with only one hand.

And continue to maintain neutrality, that is to drink the chronic poison and wait for the market to shrink to bankruptcy, in case there is a large error between the score of the Sega game and the self-evaluation of Longteng one day, it will definitely lose credibility in an instant, die faster, become everyone's laughing stock, and lose all the fame!

Kazuo Maeda muttered: "Sega is obviously preparing to control the game rating list by itself, it is impossible to reconcile with us, we only have one way to go......"

There is a sense of grief and indignation up and down the Famitong magazine, and everyone is sad and depressed, is this the rhythm that wants to force people to death?

Longteng They only did one small thing, changing the rating column of the "Popular Software" Jingheshi yàn room to co-organized with the American "Game Pass", basically changing the soup without changing the medicine, maybe not even the editor, just changed the name.

But it was such a small action, and it suddenly broke the result of 8 years of hard work of "Famitsu", Shikura Yosuke wanted to cry without tears, and everyone was pessimistic that their magazine was likely to be unable to run, even if they were holding the thighs of Nintendo and Sony, they also had no future!

Nobuo, an ordinary Japanese and a die-hard fan of the Sega camp, has just finished his vacation, he is about to graduate from a junior college and is working as an intern, but he has not told anyone about the company where he interned.

The game maker he interned at SZone, located in a remote suburb of Tokyo, in a nondescript office building rented half a floor and with more than 30 employees.

He tried to send his resume to SZone's open mailbox once by mail, but he was told by phone to try it out, so he came from Osaka alone and became an intern at the company.

Today was his first day at work, and he was carrying a crossbody bag with a few personal belongings and one of the most important things to him, the latest issue of Sega's Power magazine, which was his spiritual backbone.

"Is this kid a dwarf? How short! ”

"It's so strange, this person shouldn't be a primary school student, judging by his appearance, he must be an adult......"

"Pygmy in formal attire, ha! Could it be that he went to work for a dwarf company? ”

From the subway to the office building, almost everyone who saw him on the side of the street would whisper a sentence and mock him.

But Nobuo has become accustomed to this kind of indifference and ridicule, and he has always encouraged himself with the famous quote of Yang Yun in "The Power of Sega": "Nintendo can temporarily defeat me, but it is impossible to defeat me!" Sooner or later, I'll stand up and fight back! ”

When he finally came to SZone, the head of the human resources department who received him did not underestimate him and brought him to the president's office with a smile.

"Nobuo, welcome to SZone, I hope you can learn something here and show your talents!" Feng Qi bent down slightly and shook hands with Nobuo, which made Nobuo a little overwhelmed with excitement.

"President Feng! I'm going to definitely work hard! Nobuo's standard 90-degree bow also does not express his gratitude.

It's just that when he turned to leave, his backpack was caught in the corner of the table and fell to the ground, and the book "The Power of Sega" fell out, and he hurriedly picked it up.

Seeing this, Feng Qi smiled and asked more: "Do you like Sega games very much?" ”

Nobuo was excited: "Yes, I will always be a supporter of Sega!" My idol is Yang Yun, the CEO of Longteng! ”

The corners of Feng Qi's mouth curled higher: "It's a pity that our company is a company that produces adult games, and it is likely that we will never be able to release works on the Sega game platform, do you feel sorry?" ”

Nobuo shook his head firmly: "I won't, but if my skills are mature in the future, and President Feng can give me a chance, I am very willing to make a GalGame that meets the quality system of Sega games!" ”

Feng Qi laughed: "That's right! You can leave and meet your new colleagues, they will help you! ”

Looking at this guy with a small body, Feng Qi was very relieved in his heart, in Japan, there are more and more programmers and designers like Nobuo who are loyal to the Sega platform, and he is also very proud and proud, just because of his special identity, he can't express it lightly.

"Mr. Yang sent a signal for help, but I can't get out now, if this little guy is reliable, it can be ...... let him go on my place" Feng Qi fell into deep thought, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"How? There are still technical bottlenecks that can't be solved in game production companies with thousands of people, right? Now it's time for us to get out of the sexy, who knows women better than our database? (To be continued......)