In the scene, no host manufacturer dared to believe this number.

But the players and reporters off the field were boiling.

Great good!

With such a cheap 32-bit console, even if it breaks a bone, players will only feel happy.

Carnival of gamers.

Even they wish you gave them for free.

So a huge watershed was formed at the scene -

The game makers sitting in the front row all looked surprised and bluntly said that Sony was crazy.

With such a low price, either the cost cannot be recovered, or there is a quality problem, and it is impossible to be as low as 299.

The players in the back and in the middle cheered and danced as if it were Christmas in advance.

Sony's PS marketing strategy, that is, a typical business war model, is a pure price war, until the lowest price in the market, and then dumping the monopoly market and then making profits through games.

It can be said that it is quite barbaric and harmful.

But whether it is a loss or not, in fact, Qing Zhiyuan doesn't know, Sony said that he didn't have a loss-making subsidy, so you can't do anything.

As long as the data on the books is correct.

Seeing the expressions of everyone in the audience, Kutaragi Ken showed a happy smile for the first time in a long time.

Not to mention the follow-up sales results, at least today.

Just this morning, it belongs to Ken Kutaragi and belongs to Sony.

……

"Congratulations."

After Kutaragi came down, Qing Zhiyuan congratulated him.

The latter was slightly stunned, shook his head, and smiled bitterly, "Congratulations, this is just the beginning, the war has not started, and I don't know what the final result will be." ”

"Don't worry." Qing Zhiyuan patted him on the shoulder, "I have confidence in Sony. Don't forget, I designed part of the console. ”

"Uh......"

All the wrinkles on Kutarakiken's face at this time seemed to come to life, and he had his own thoughts, jumping up and down, and finally joining forces again, becoming a big embarrassment.

"I hope so."

Kutaragi Ken sighed.

Yes, now Sony and Pokeni are in the same boat.

If PS sells well......

In fact, Pokeni can't make a lot of money, because Sony's strategy directly pushes the price very low, almost the cost price.

Coupled with all kinds of tax deductions, concessions or something, whether you can make money in the end is another matter.

It's just that there is a very big platform advantage in game development in the future.

After the pre-show press conference, countless people felt that this Chicago Consumer Electronics Show was really worth the trip.

It's more exciting than ever.

The main thing is that this kind of real knife and real gun, and the scene of the almost white-hot battle is really beautiful.

Countless media outlets sent back reports on the same day, for fear of being preempted by other media.

The next morning, the news was published in related video game magazines and electronics magazines.

【Chicago Consumer Electronics Show: Console Wars】

[Sony's new product release, 299 ultra-low price crushes opponents]

Of course, these are all texts made up by Qing Zhiyuan, because he bought the English version in the newsstand.

It takes a little effort to read English, but fortunately, Qing Zhiyuan's English skills in his previous life were good, and some words are more obscure and can probably be understood by linking them to the context.

[At this year's Chicago Consumer Electronics Show, major game manufacturers around the world have exhibited their own 32-bit new consoles, which can be called a console war.

In this battle......

There are 32-bit consoles from Sega, Sega Saturn, and 3DO's ......

The most eye-catching is the PlayStation brought by Sony.

This game console is said to be a prototype developed in cooperation with Rentendo two years ago, and it is an improvement on this basis.

It can be seen at the scene that these major game manufacturers have shown their best efforts to gain hegemony in the future console market......

And unexpectedly, Sony PS actually only shouted out the ultra-low price of 299]

Qing Zhiyuan saw a little brother who was reading the newspaper, and his whole eyes widened when he saw this.

“wtf？！ 299？ Really? ”

This year is really a very important turning point in history.

From this day on, Sony will be in everyone's sight and lead a new era of consoles.

……

After the pre-show press conference, Sega's Mi Guo CEO Collinsky immediately found Qingzhiyuan.

"Qingsan, it is said that Pokeni participated in the development of Sony's console, is it true?"

Qing Zhiyuan's brows furrowed fiercely, thinking to himself that this was all the rumor of which bastard had leaked.

"Well, Sony wanted to develop a new game console, and we happened to have a need to develop a new game, so we asked them if they could do some hardware support as we envisioned.

In general, the demand is what we raise.

I guess I participated in the design. ”

Fack~

Collinsky scolded in his heart.

Qing Zhiyuan, the fox, has you been wronged by this?

Pluck yourself out with a few words of understatement.

"I didn't know in advance that you were going to develop a 32-bit computer, so of course Sony found us first, and we all cooperated with each other." Qing Zhiyuan said.

Collinsky opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

"Well...... well," Qing Zhiyuan comforted him again, "don't worry too much, because when I was in Neon before, President Nakayama had dinner with me, and we also talked about Sega Saturn."

We're definitely going to work with Sega, because we all have a common enemy.

Don't forget, our goal is to defeat Renten. ”

Well?

Hearing this, Kolinsky's anger dissipated somewhat.

"President Qing, a capricious [friend] like Sony, I suggest you have less binding with them."

Collinsky didn't continue to say until he clicked, but just chatted with Qing Zhiyuan for a few words before leaving, "Then you are busy first, looking forward to cooperating with Pokeni." ”

Looking at his back as he left in a hurry, Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but smile dumbly.

I'm afraid this guy is caught off guard now, and he's busy going back to report the local situation to President Nakayama and then discuss countermeasures.

……

In comparison, Qing Zhiyuan was the most leisurely person in the entire press conference, and even so leisurely that even the company's Takahashi Kazuma couldn't stand it.

"President, why are you so calm?" Kazuma Takahashi frowned, "I originally thought that there should be some emergencies at this electronics show, but I didn't expect it to be so exciting."

It feels like you're watching a battle of the century up close. ”

Qing Zhiyuan looked at him with some amusement.

What do you mean by likeness?

Clearly, it is.

"President, didn't you notice that in fact, a small company like ours was squeezed into the cracks by them, no, it should be said that these bigwigs stirred up a whirlpool, and we were forced to get involved.

If we don't do it well, we're in danger. Kazuma Takahashi said.

"No, what's the danger?" Qing Zhiyuan glanced at him.

Looking at the president's calm and relaxed appearance, Takahashi Kazuma was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized.

"President, do you see any clues?"

"Well, it looks like there are a lot of opponents, but in fact, the end is already doomed." Qing Zhiyuan said, "This is originally a winner-takes-all game, and in the end, it depends on who has the most money and who can burn the most money." ”

There is nothing new under the sun, just a game of capital.

From the field of electronics, to the Internet, to China's food delivery, taxi-hailing...... It's all burned money.

Sony has abundant funds, and it is obvious that it wants to crush the others, plus it has its own technical accumulation, and the result has actually come out a long time ago.

"Ah...... This ......"

Takahashi Kazuma bowed his head and muttered for a moment, then his eyes suddenly widened, and he understood almost immediately.

"By the way, President, why do you say Ren Heaven is so calm?"

"They ......"

Qing Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, and said that you asked me this question.

"Their ideas are too far ahead of their time, and they probably don't bother to develop 32-bit computers first."

At this time, Ren Heaven Yokoi Junhei seems to be busy developing VR game consoles.

However, if you take too big a step, you may be pulling on that.

It is the strategic mistakes that are the most fatal.

……

Now that he has learned the truth of [Endgame], Takahashi Kazuma's heart is suddenly steady.

The next day, I didn't care so much, I learned from my own president, everyone was warmly welcomed, it didn't matter who did anything, and I was thinking about my own platform.

The booth is not very large, but there are many players who come to experience it, and many people still come to visit it.

Mainly because P Society is exhibiting a sequel to Diablo from last year's fire.

Last year's Darkness was a sell-out in the Omi region.

For this reason, Sega's MD also soared a wave of sales, directly giving 4 million copies of sales.

The main reason is that I have never played such a real-time combat type game before, and it is still from a top-down perspective, and what is even more rare is that the entire world view is very in line with Western characteristics, which makes them very immersive.

When Qing Zhiyuan arrived at his own exhibition area, he found that the entire venue had been surrounded by people.

When Kazuma Takahashi saw Qing Zhiyuan, he jumped up from the crowd and waved straight at him.

"President! President! ”

The crowd didn't know Japanese and didn't know what Takahashi Kazuma was talking about, but they all followed his gaze with some curiosity.

After a quick glance, he retracted his gaze and continued to watch others experience Diablo 2.

"President, someone is looking for you."

Takahashi Kazuma pulled through the crowd and came out and said.

"Huh?" Qing Zhiyuan was slightly stunned, "Who?" ”

……

Immediately behind Takahashi Kazuma were three Mi people.

One of them wears glasses and is quite handsome, and the other two are similar in appearance and seem to be a pair of brothers.

After some introduction, Qing Zhiyuan learned that these three people were the founders of a game company called Condor.

The two shoehorn-faced are the Scarford brothers, Marcos Scarfor and Eric Scarfor.

The one who wears glasses and looks a bit like Batman is David Breivik.

The company was created in September last year as a company specializing in porting games and now intends to make an indie game of its own.

They also said that they are fans of Pokeni and are really fanatical about Diablo.

"It's just the way we dreamed it would be." David Breivik said, "It's really the happiest day of my life to be able to play Diablo 2 today. ”

"No, no, no. It's over. Qing Zhiyuan smiled.

His eyes were still looking at the man in front of him, David Breivik, as if he had heard it somewhere.

After two seconds, looking at the person in front of him, the more he talked, the more excited he became, and a spiritual light suddenly flashed in Qing Zhiyuan's brain.

it!

David Breivik, the Scarford brothers, isn't this the founder of Northern Blizzard?

Qing Zhiyuan finally remembered.

Condor Games is the predecessor of Northern Blizzard, that is, the creative team of Diablo, and it was these people who made the famous Diablo in their previous lives.

Being praised by the original Darker for doing a really good job in Dark.

What is it like?

Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

It's like the dragon lord biting his own tail.

The founders of Condor Games also exhibited their games at the same Chicago Electronics Show, when Diablo was still a half-finished and turn-based game.

Can you believe in turn-based games?

Diablo 1 is indeed inspired by the classic roguelike game "Moria" born in 1983, and for the 90s, the RPG of the roguelike genre is already a backward product of the previous era.

Therefore, "Diablo 1", which can't keep up with the times, is naturally running into walls everywhere.

David Breivik, the father of darkness at the time, participated in the Chicago International Consumer Electronics Show with the original Diablo 1 project in order to obtain investment in the development of the game.

And at this electronics show, I met Blizzard, which is also doing outsourcing and transplanting.

After talking to several of Blizzard's founders, they suggested that David Breivik make Diablo a real-time game.

So this conversation led to two major events at the historical level-

First, David Breivik really discussed it with his colleagues after he went back, and voted to change Diablo to a real-time meat pigeon game, and the process of making it real-time was also simple and crude-

The procedural ape directly sped up the animation, allowing the turn-based combat to fast forward, and it became a real-time system later.

Second, Condor Games accepted investment from Blizzard and became a part of Blizzard, which later became known as Northern Blizzard.

Northern Blizzard does the Dark series, and the original Blizzard developed "Warcraft"

……

Thinking of this, Qing Zhiyuan suddenly felt a little in a trance.

I didn't expect to see them at the Chicago Electronics Show this time.

Hasn't history been rewritten?

You don't even have the darkness anymore, how did you think to come to the electronics show?

Could it be the Great Stone Gate of Destiny......

Is the timeline at the end?

"Actually," Breivik gave a thumbs up and pointed to the back, "we're exhibiting this time too, bringing a mini-game with us." ”

"Really?"

Qing Zhiyuan's whole person became excited, expressing great curiosity-

What else can be made without the dark Condor?

……

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I wanted to go to bed, but I still couldn't sleep until I finished this chapter.

There was no update in the evening

Thank you

See you tomorrow

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