66. Please be sure to live a long life
Regarding Hiroshi Yamauchi, judging from his life history, he is a natural capable and dictator.
The family business was originally a flower workshop.
After the painstaking management of two generations of founders of the Yamauchi family, Yamauchi Bojiro and Yamauchi Jira, Rentendo has completed his original accumulation.
Soon after Hiroshi Yamauchi got married, Yamauchi Jira suddenly suffered a stroke and died.
On his deathbed, Yamauchi Jira entrusted Rentendo to Hiroshi Yamauchi.
The young and vigorous Hiroshi Yamauchi immediately took over the important task and took a leave of absence from school at the same time.
But in most people's minds, Hiroshi Yamauchi is only the nominal heir to the family, and everyone calls him "the son of a gentleman" behind his back.
When the 22-year-old walked through the gates of Paradise, many of the senior employees had seen him for the first time in their lives, let alone learned about him.
One can imagine how disdainful those powerful ministers are for a stinky boy.
Rumors like "That prodigal son who came back from Tokyo will bring down Minonten" began to spread within Renten.
However, what is surprising to people is that Yamauchi's wrists are more clever and tough than those of the heads of Rentendo in the past.
After he took office, within a short period of time, he swept away the veterans and senior managers of the company who opposed him one by one, and recruited his classmates from Waseda University and the top students of Tokyo Imperial University to enter Rentendo with an unexpectedly high salary.
Hiroshi Yamauchi's unique "dictatorship" and keen "iron fist rule" began.
If Ren Heaven is the legendary creator of the feudal order in the game industry.
Then Hiroshi Yamauchi is the tyrant of this feudal empire.
Reigned for 53 years, absolute dictatorship, a word.
Hiroshi Yamauchi decided that no one could resist.
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After inventing the red and white machine in 1983, Ren Heaven swept neon and omega all the way to become the world's largest game console manufacturer.
By 1991, sales of red and white machines had reached a staggering 45 million units.
Relying on the red and white machine alone, Ren Heaven has established his dominance in the game industry.
Suffice it to say –
Ninety percent of Neon's game market is in Paradise.
In order to firmly monopolize the game industry, it is also a lesson learned from the [Atari Collapse].
When Ren Heaven created the red and white machine, he established a very strict review system.
On the one hand, it is to charge [seigniorage], as long as the game is sold on the game platform of Ren Heaven, it must be reviewed by Ren Heaven, and only through it can it be sold, and each cassette made will pay a premium of 2000 yuan to Ren Heaven.
In addition, it is also the protection of their own games.
Once a game is found that has the potential to pose a threat to the company, then it is restricted.
Third-party game manufacturers, as long as they sign a sales agreement with Ren Heaven, can only land on the Ren Heaven game platform no more than 5 games a year.
Ren Heaven has used his console hegemony and strict vetting system to strengthen his position, while also weakening competitors, crowding out and suppressing major competitors.
For Hiroshi Yamauchi, consoles, cassettes, censorship systems, and games produced by his own company are the cornerstones of a four-in-one business empire.
At the same time, in his opinion, it is these things that guarantee the longevity of Ren Heaven.
If it weren't for being caught off guard by Sega's MD, it would have been impossible for pokeni's Onmyoji series to be released on the FC platform.
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The light was back in the conference room.
All the things before passed through Qing Zhiyuan's mind like a marquee.
Just as the door of the conference room was about to close, Qing Zhiyuan took a few quick steps and grabbed the doorknob.
"President Yamauchi!"
Hearing his voice, Yamauchi turned around.
"Nani?"
Qing Zhiyuan took a step forward, approached Hiroshi Yamauchi, and looked at the white-haired old man condescendingly.
"Please live a long life."
"Today's humiliation, I will definitely pay it back!"
He said the famous line from "Naoki Hanzawa", and then strode away without looking back.
Nani?! ……
This is the first time that someone dares to confront him in such a face-to-face.
Hiroshi Yamauchi was so angry that his face turned pale.
Qing Zhiyuan, you don't want your game to be released in Ren Heaven in the future, right?
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"Everyone!"
As soon as he returned to the company, Qing Zhiyuan clapped his hands and gathered all the members.
"Our game won't be released in Ren Heaven in the future!"
Ha?!
Everyone was amazed.
What stupid thing is the president talking about?
"President, the game has been developed."
At this time, it is not on sale in Ren Heaven, is the president going to sink into the sand?
Although they are both 16-bit computers, SFC and MD are completely different in terms of interface.
Although it is not enough to tear down and reinvent the wheel, it will take a lot of time to re-adapt the game to MD.
"Yes!" Qing Zhiyuan firmly said, "Not only "Mermaid Heart", but all the games produced by Pokeni in the future will not be sold on the platform of Ren Heaven. We will move to Sega. ”
"Huh?!"
This assertion is tantamount to thunder on the ground.
Everyone was amazed.
In terms of performance, SFC supports a wider variety of colors, and the picture sense is definitely stronger than that of MD.
From the perspective of fluency and execution efficiency, the advantages of MD are more obvious.
This is all based on the differences in the development philosophy of two different game manufacturers.
MD itself is an arcade game, so it will be more inclined to arcade games in thinking, focusing on fluency and action.
Rententen's SFC is more suitable for making RPGs and telling stories, with softer audio and more supportive sound sources.
This is also a very important reason why Qingzhiyuan chose SFC in the first place.
The main reason why SFC was able to overpower MD and become the host hegemon is also because of this.
Dragon Quest and a series of famous RPGs such as Final Fantasy and Fire Emblem shine on SFC, which established its supremacy.
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"There's no way." Qing Zhiyuan bowed deeply and said, "The Ren Heaven Audit Department did not pass, and due to my personal reasons, not only did I not have a good talk with President Yamauchi today, but I had a big fight. ”
"Pokeni's games won't be released on Rentendo consoles in the future."
After listening to Qing Zhiyuan's words, there was silence at the scene.
Void Abyss Xuan's whole person seemed to have his soul drained.
It's all my fault that "Mermaid's Heart" has affected the company, causing the president to come to the door to intercede, and it ended up like this......
"It's okay president, we trust your judgment." Ken Akanishi stepped forward, "There's nothing wrong with Sega. ”
"That's right, Sega's 16-bit computer is very marketable. It's the same with Sega. ”
"Mmmm, it's not a big deal, won't we just cooperate with Sega in the future?"
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Seeing that everyone could understand it like this, and in turn comfort himself, Qing Zhiyuan's heart was touched.
"Then please."
"Let's use our own games to shine on MD!"
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