Although Pokémon is a good game, it has been very bumpy when it becomes popular.

Qing Zhiyuan doesn't think that he has a stronger influence than Ren Tian, so if he wants to keep this big IP, he has to do some hard work in the early stage.

There are two issues to be solved at the moment:

First, the handheld platform.

The success of Pokémon is inseparable from Renten's handheld.

Although Sega has always been strong in hardware, this uncompetitive guy has done a terrible job on handhelds.

Renten's handheld is beautiful and lightweight, and Sega's handheld is like a heavy brick.

You have to find a way to convince Sega to develop a new handheld product, otherwise Pokémon will not be able to survive just by releasing it on MD.

Second, animation.

The influence of animation on Pokémon is crucial, even for players as far away as China, most of them are influenced by Pokémon cartoons.

So Pokémon must be animated.

For this reason, Qing Zhiyuan had to find a reliable animation production company.

Of course, both of these prerequisites are inseparable from -

Money.

finally made some money, but as soon as Qing Zhiyuan summed it up, he found that he was overstretched.

……

Meanwhile.

July 3, 1991.

Chicago Consumer Electronics Show.

Pre-show press conference.

Lights flickered all around, and Ken Kutaragi, a senior development engineer at Neon Sony, stood in the center of the stage to show off a new game console.

"This product is a perfect collaboration between Sony and Neon's famous game developer, Ren Heaven."

Kutaragi Ken looked excited, and the white suit on his body seemed to shine.

"As we all know, home game consoles have developed from 8-bit consoles to 16-bit consoles, and their performance has been greatly optimized, but the fly in the ointment is -

Limited by the size of the cartridge, it is difficult for the game to make further breakthroughs.

The current largest FC game cartridge capacity is about 8M.

Oh no, it should be around 50M. ”

Ken Kutaragi corrected his statement, mainly because a company called Pokeni had frantically added a chip to the game cartridge to deal with memory problems.

Directly expands the game capacity of 8M to 50M.

I have to say that the hardware engineers of this company are simply geniuses.

"But this kind of cassette brings serious problems, and after adding the chip, it will greatly increase the cost of the cassette itself."

Two years ago, Rentendo wanted to solve the problem of making up for the lack of cassette game capacity on the red and white machine, so he invited Sony to develop a component for the Super Rentendo to add CD-ROM disc games.

Tentatively, it will be called Play Station or SFC-CD or SNES-CD.

This thing is also the prototype of the famous PS in the future.

At this exhibition, this game console was showcased.

"Sony has the most advanced storage technology in the world, while Rentendo has the best games in the world and the best players."

Hearing this, there was a round of applause below.

Ken Kutaragi smiled and continued, "The collaboration between Sony and Rentendo to develop this SFC CD-rom and cassette all-in-one machine will be a very important milestone.

Using Sony's CD technology, it is possible to directly turn a 50m cassette into a CD disc with a capacity of more than 500M or even more.

Under this premise, players will experience an unprecedented feast of games. ”

"The inevitable development of hardware is that more information can be compressed into a smaller medium.

And richer information and capacity will inevitably bring about an overall leap in game quality. ”

Ken Kutaragi also used the newly developed PS prototype to demonstrate a small visual game that Sony used to demonstrate.

As soon as it was broadcast, all the audience at the scene were stunned.

Whether it's the graphics or the sound effects, the game is enough to jaw everyone in every aspect of performance.

After the demonstration, Ken Kutaragi had a satisfied smile on his face.

"I believe that the cooperation between Sony and Rentendo will bring a new change to the world.

Thank you for your support and for the favor of the players. Thank you! ”

There was thunderous applause below.

For a long time.

Ken Kutaragi's eyes glanced at the position under the stage, and Mr. Hiroshi Yamauchi, the president of Rententen, was wearing a pair of sunglasses, and the corners of his mouth were smiling and clapping.

How long did Liang Mu Ken feel moved in his heart.

Thanks to Ren Heaven for giving him this opportunity, he is really lucky to be able to cooperate with a big factory like Ren Heaven.

……

However, just as Ken Kutaragi was immersed in the vision of a bright future for Sony and Renten, a jaw-dropping thing happened the next day.

Just the next day, also at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago.

Yamauchi, president of Rentendo and Philips, unveiled a CDI-format multimedia host at the exhibition.

"Together with Philips, we will develop a new multimedia game console.

The disc portion of the SNES-CD will be developed by Philips.

Philips is a very strong company in terms of hardware, and I am sure that this console will shine in the future! ”

Nani?!

Ken Kutagi, who was sitting down watching all this, had wide eyes, completely unable to believe what was happening in front of him.

Although a few days ago, I had already learned some internal information that Ren Tianten would abandon Sony and cooperate with Philips instead.

But Sony still thinks that it is impossible for Ren Heaven to betray.

After all, a lot of money and time have been invested, and if you go against the battle, you will not only lose sunk costs, but also have an impact on Rentendon's reputation.

I didn't expect all this to be true.

President Yamauchi disregarded the cooperation between Sony and Rentendo for so many years, and rashly announced the news of the cooperation with Philips at the pre-exhibition press conference, which undoubtedly gave Ken Kutaragi a hard slap.

At this time, Kutaragi Ken was stupid, and he was at a loss for what to do about Renten's sudden betrayal.

……