25 June 1997.

Kyoto.

Rentendo headquarters.

President's Office.

"What?! Pokeni actually bought Sega?! ”

The current president of Renten, Yamauchi Pu, was stunned when he learned the news.

"Well, it's been reported by the major media outlets."

Shigeru Miyamoto handed the morning newspaper to Yamauchi.

It clearly reads "Game Industry Earthquake: Pokeni Buys Sega for $2 Billion"

There is also a lot of introduction and analysis, first about the glorious history of the two companies, and then what will happen after their merger, and what the industry earthquake that may cause will be.

Yamauchi read it carefully, and his eyes gradually lit up.

To Miyamoto's surprise, the old man did not get angry as usual, but behaved unusually calm.

It's as calm as if you're asleep.

Shigeru Miyamoto was surprised, and couldn't help but raise his head and look out the window.

The sun didn't come out of the west today.

Everything is fine, but President Yamauchi is also acting too calm, right?

It's not like Yamauchi's style at all.

In Shigeru Miyamoto's imagination, President Yamauchi would definitely be furious when he saw that his two rivals had finally merged together.

Both Sega and Pokeni are a thorn in the side of Renten.

In the console market and the game market, they are all working against Ren Tiantian, and they have been seizing our market, and the key is that they can't be killed, which makes people very angry.

And after their merger, Pokeni's valuation has surpassed that of Ren Tian, and now in the mouth of the media, they have become Neon's second largest game company.

The first place is naturally Sony, which has 100 million game consoles sold.

In this case, President Yamauchi didn't have any fire at all?

It's weird.

When Shigeru Miyamoto himself saw the news, the first was shocked, and the second was angry.

But President Yamauchi is the one who should be angry the most, but he doesn't have a single expression.

Even......

Shigeru Miyamoto saw a smile slowly emerge on Pu Yamauchi's face.

He couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.

It's over, the president, there's a big problem.

"It's okay." Yamauchi waved his hand and laughed, "Actually, this news is not a bad thing for us. ”

"Huh?" Shigeru Miyamoto looked at him suspiciously.

"Think about it, is it the Pokeni and Sega that put more pressure on us, or the Pokeni and Sony that put more pressure on us?"

Yamauchi asked seductively.

Yes......

Shigeru Miyamoto's eyes lit up, and he quickly figured out the crux of the problem, "It must be that Sony and Pokeni are under more pressure to join forces, Sega is now semi-withdrawn from the console market, and if it weren't for Pokeni, it should have been a fiasco." ”

"Yes," Yamauchi smiled, I don't know why, when I saw such a hot news, my previous headache was much better, and I have been worrying about who to hand over the company to for this time.

Now it looks like there are two more years to play.

"After Pokeni acquired Sega, it is certainly impossible to be a third party, they will inevitably continue to develop new consoles and seek breakthroughs in the console market.

At that time, Pokeni and Sony were in conflict.

On Sony's side, without the help of Pokeni, there is one more strong competitor, and the market can no longer be dominated by him. ”

Shigeru Miyamoto thought about it seriously, "If you really want to say anything, the current situation has become three points in the world during the Three Kingdoms period!" ”

It's a pity that Ren Heaven should have been Cao Cao.

Now he is pressed into Sun Quan.

"Well, that's true." Shigeru Miyamoto nodded approvingly.

If Pokeni does not acquire Sega, then Sega will fail miserably, and it will be a matter of time before Sega withdraws from the console market, and Sega can only exist as a third party at that time.

Once Sega withdraws, then the whole console battle will be a battle between Rentendo and Sony.

With Sony's size, plus Pokeni and a number of game manufacturers......

Shigeru Miyamoto felt a headache just thinking about it.

That kind of Sony is not something that Ren Heaven can fight against at all.,According to that hypothetical development.,If you don't get it right, Ren Heaven will also fail miserably in the end.,Finally, lose the console market.,Become a complete third party.。

In other words, Pokeni invisibly saved Ren Heaven.

Otherwise, both Sega and Rentendo will eventually become a third party of Sony.

And Sony's growth will naturally produce a monopoly......

By that time......

Shigeru Miyamoto didn't dare to think about it anymore.

After the previous Pokeni fell to Sony, neither Ren Heaven nor Sega had to play, but now Pokeni jumped out directly and began to play as a chess player, but it became subtle.

It's an interesting situation.

Overall, it's good news for Renten.

"So...... President Satoshi Iwata has already taken up his post at Pokeni," Shigeru Miyamoto asked suspiciously, "Is it possible that he made this technique, this strategy formulation?" ”

"Hmmm......"

Yamauchi took a deep breath, his eyes motionless, and he pondered intently.

"It's very likely that Iwata will be the head of Pokeni's newly established Strategic Planning Department, so isn't that what makes him the strategy?"

Yamauchi analyzed, "Pokeni has changed so much since Iwata left, and we haven't heard about them buying Sega before that, right?"

You don't have the slightest idea coming out, do you? ”

"Hmm."

"When you think about it, it's really possible that Iwata's idea."

Yamauchi fell into a moment of contemplation.

Should I say that Satoshi Iwata is really helping Pokeni, or is he also helping Renten?

From the point of view of mergers and acquisitions, Pokeni's purchase of Sega must have been even stronger, both software strength and hardware strength have been greatly enhanced, and Yamauchi Pu even vaguely feels that the current Pokeni is already the world's top in terms of technology accumulation, and it is not even lost to Sony.

Judging from the results, Pokeni and Sony are on opposite sides, which actually relieves the pressure on Rentendo and saves Rentendo from the risk of being completely defeated by Sony in the future.

This is thanks to Satoshi Iwata.

Naturally, Yamauchi couldn't think that he was thanking Qing Zhiyuan, but he had a good impression of Iwata Satoshi.

I don't know if Iwata is really more useful in Pokeni than in me.

Now that I think about it, it doesn't seem to be so regrettable.

At that time, when Iwata Satoshi said goodbye, Yamauchi Pu couldn't sleep well all night, and sometimes he woke up from his sleep with heartache.

After seeing the news of Pokeni's acquisition of Sega today, my mood suddenly brightened.

It's really strange, even Yamauchi himself feels a little incredible.

The two chatted for a while, and they both felt that this change could have a profound impact on the entire game industry, and it was really hard to say who would win and who would lose between Sony and Pokeni in the future.

At the moment, it seems that Sony has a first-mover advantage, after all, the market for PS is placed there.

However, this situation is like PS being able to crush SFC, and if pokeni can make a technological generational difference, it is promising.

The strength of the Three Kingdoms, Sony is the strongest, followed by Pokeni, and then Renten.

Shigeru Miyamoto went on to say:

"If it's the Three Kingdoms, should we unite with Pokeni?"

"What do you want?! I won't bow to that bastard of Qing Zhiyuan if I kill me! Yamauchi Pu said fiercely, "Let's develop according to our established plan, and do our best first."

Starting tomorrow.

We, Sony, and pokeni,

Everyone is a competitor. ”

……

"What?!"

When he saw the report, Sony's Ken Kutaragi couldn't believe his eyes at all.

Pokeni acquires Sega.

Can you believe this?

Not long ago, he was having dinner and chatting with Sega's Hideki Sato department, and he swore about the future cooperation between Sega and Sony.

Hopefully, he will be able to lead Sega to become a third party to Sony and exit the console market.

How was he slapped on the backhand.

The point is that this slap was inexplicable, and Ken Kutaragi never dreamed that he would be beaten, and it was a slap that appeared out of thin air.

If Pokeni hadn't intervened out of thin air, according to Ken Kutaragi's vision, after Sega was gone in the future, it would have been Sony's monopoly!

Damn it!!!

The news of the acquisition is airtight, but the point is that these two companies are too important to Ken Kutaragi.

One is Sony's main competitor, and Sega is not completely dead set on the console space.

The other is now the world's largest game developer, and even Rentendo sold less than half of Pokeni's games last year.

If you change to Yamauchi Pu of Ren Heaven, when you see such annoying news, you must have turned your face with Pokeni as soon as possible.

Good guys, didn't we work well together before?

What about having cake and champagne together?

Now that you're doing something like buying Sega behind our backs, doesn't that mean you're going to have to go against Sony openly in the future?

If it was Yamauchi, he would definitely have to ask for the guilt and expel Pokeni directly from the Sony platform.

However, Ken Kura Taragi thought about it a little more.

Before going to Qing Zhiyuan, he had to think about who and who Sony and Pokeni needed in the future, whether there was any possibility of continuing to cooperate, and whether the sales of Sony's game consoles would be guaranteed after leaving Pokeni.

After expelling pokeni from the PS platform, their losses are more or more from Sony, whether to fight this battle or not, how to fight......

These are all questions that are worth looking into.

I'm afraid that a board of directors will have to be held to clarify the future relationship with the top management and board members.

At the same time, he was also going to find the newly appointed Nobuyuki Idei and discuss this matter with him.

When he thought of what was going to happen in the future, Kutara Kiken was now unable to sleep, and he was so sorry in his heart that he was going to die.

I want to kill Qing Zhiyuan.

……

However, before dealing with the relationship with Pokeni, Ken Kutaragi first called Sega's Hideki Sato.

"Such a big thing, why didn't you reveal it to me before, Xiushu-san, you killed me." Kutaragi is bitter in his heart.

If he had known the news earlier, he might have applied directly to Nobuyuki Iii, the new president of Sony, to buy Sega, and it would not have been Pokeni's turn.

If Sony had made a move earlier and bought Sega before Pokeni, the situation would have turned dramatically.

If you think about it, after Sony's acquisition of Sega, there was only one rival left in the console market, and Sega turned into Sony's game developer, with one less hidden danger and more help.

At the same time, Pokeni will not have other thoughts, and will definitely be able to be Sony's partner honestly and obediently.

Then Sony's dream of hegemony can be continued, and Ren Heaven will be squeezed out sooner or later.

With Rentendon's development prowess in consoles, they simply can't be a match for Sony.

What made Qing Zhiyuan make such a thunderous decision in such a short period of time?

After a little thought, Ken Kutaragi found the crux of the problem-

Damn, it has to be Satoshi Iwata.

He now finally figured out why Qing Zhiyuan had set up a new strategic planning department, and recruited the president of the HAL Research Institute to serve as the minister.

It's strange no matter how you look at it.

It seems that Iwata Satoshi had already approached Qing Zhiyuan before this and provided him with such advice.

Damn, damn!

Without Satoshi Iwata, there wouldn't have been such a big trouble.

"Sato-san, you really hurt me, I was supposed to work together to succeed, why didn't you tell me about such a big thing." Kutaragi Ken complained on the other side of the phone.

"You ask me? I also found out today. Hideki Sato said uncomfortably.

He was also very aggrieved, a good Sega president, and just flew away.

During this time, Hideki Sato thought about the most was how to move in Shoichiro Kado and make himself the next president of Sega.

Then, through the power of the president, the host development can be canceled, so that you can be a third party with peace of mind.

This is the most beneficial for Sega and Sony, and even for Hideki Sato himself.

Who knew that there was a pokeni in the middle and climbed on Sega's head at once.

Now let alone the president, if it weren't for Aochiwon's promise not to lay off employees, Hideki Sato would not dare to guarantee that he would be able to continue to serve at Sega.

"Didn't you hear the wind before?" Kutaragi Ken frowned sadly.

"Well, I really don't know any news, it seems that Qing Zhiyuan should go directly to Mr. Okawa Gong through President Nakayama."

Hideki Sato said, "However, being able to convince President Nakayama and President Okawa in such a short period of time can only say that Aochi Yuan is really remarkable." ”

Kutaragi Ken frowned fiercely.

Do you still want to talk about this?

Qing Zhiyuan is naturally a very great talent, ah no, it should be described as a genius.

I know a lot more about Qing Zhiyuan than you do.

I was the first person to be born and die with the youth president.

However, looking back, he still doesn't know enough about Qing Zhiyuan.

This guy never plays cards according to common sense.

I didn't expect such a thing to happen in the end, but I was too careless.

Ken Kutaragi couldn't help but blame himself, why did I only think about persuading Sato to give up the console and become a third party in the first place, instead of directly thinking about buying Sega?!

The current Kutara Kiken is really regretful.

I can't wait to stab myself twice.

……

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There is one more chapter in the afternoon (end of this chapter)