bloom america

Chapter 443 Nintendo and Sony

"What should we do next?" Dad continued to ask.

"Ah... this..." Catherine found a sofa and sat down, then looked at the ceiling: "Just wait. When will the arms dealers be able to negotiate?"

"I'm afraid it will take a few months. Recently in Africa... there seemed to be some misfires between their troops, and several mercenaries were killed. I'm afraid it will take another two months for this matter to be resolved. After that,

Only then can we all cooperate on this school matter."

The word "firefight" seems a bit... light. Bruce feels that "firefight" seems more appropriate to describe it. However, Bruce feels that in front of his daughter, it is better not to use such a ruthless adjective.

"Profits dictate. But I think this should be a fight, right?" Upon hearing Catherine's words, Bruce shook his head helplessly.

On Catherine's side, she was thinking about the current situation in Africa.

After breaking away from colonial rule, Africa gradually moved towards independence, but the so-called independence was only superficial. In Africa, the unit that maintains the relationship between people is not the "country", but the "tribe"

.The concept of the so-called country has been greatly diluted for the land of Africa, so Africans will never

There will be a sense of national honor like Europeans and Asians. At least, from the current point of view, this feeling is not deep. The so-called "Libya" and "Congo", in a sense, are more like a

The place names are the same. Of course, there are some people who admire the concept of "country", but there are really too few such people.

This is the relationship between the accumulation of history and cultural heritage.

This is like when the United Kingdom is in economic crisis, it will think of letting Scotland break away from the United Kingdom to reduce their burden. But even those old European powers will not do this when they have the ability to conquer neighboring countries. They

They only think of "maintaining" and setting up a puppet for other countries instead of annexing. This is because there has been no historical situation of great unification in Europe since Rome. The Europeans' manorial system in the Middle Ages never allowed Europeans to

They have experienced the benefits of a unified country.

"Speaking of Africa... Well, there seems to be another news recently... Wait, let me look for it."

Bruce opened the narrator's stack of papers.

"Oh, okay, over here."

"What?"

Catherine walked over.

"News from Hong Kong?"

Wait...what is this?

Is Zou Wenhuai going to Africa to film?

This...this...isn't this unbelievable?

Is it because of my script? Indeed, in "Who Am I", there are many scenes, all of which are African deserts and tropical rainforests, as well as the famous Mount Kilimanjaro.

"Fortunately, we are going to Tanzania."

If they were going to a cheating place like Libya, then Catherine would definitely object strongly, but Tanzania is a relatively stable African country. Speaking of which, Dad seems to have a mercenary group stationed there.

?

"Dad, can a mercenary group be sent over to protect them for filming?" Catherine asked her father for help.

"Of course, their application is indeed for this matter. Anyway, we don't have many things here."

Although the mercenary group here also hires people, compared to other mercenary groups, the business here is so much more beautiful, so there is no problem in freeing up some manpower.

"That's it~" Catherine breathed a sigh of relief, "Ah, now I should go home and talk to my mother about Christmas."

The behavior of parents in Europe and the United States is completely different from that of Chinese parents, so sometimes we have to adopt different methods of coping from those in China.

"I'm afraid, because your mother is not at home now. She and your aunt went to school. Oh, it's the school sponsored by Mr. White. And your mother will probably go back to her old job..."

"Return to old business?"

Can my mother continue to dance ballet?

"Yes, she accepted your aunt's invitation and plans to become a dance teacher."

"Yeah……"

Emma was indeed an excellent ballet dancer before, but since Catherine was born, she has not danced ballet again.

"I didn't continue to dance ballet... Mom must be very sad..."

Although some families in the United States have a very liberal environment, there are also many families who hope to have successful children. It's just a matter of proportion, and Catherine's family are all immigrants.

"But she is also proud of your current achievements, my lovely magic princess..."

Bruce looked at his daughter tenderly.

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Sony Corporation.

Jing Shenda's mood has finally improved a little recently.

Although the company's LED TV plan was half scrapped, Ibuka still found business opportunities in it.

Having said that, in fact, Sony is also copying Catherine's products. It's just that they have used this trick more successfully in Japan.

The huge sky screen currently under construction in Ginza is a product of Sony.

The market for LED outdoor TVs is bigger than Jing Shenda imagined.

Of course, this was the order that Morita Akio and Ibuka got after they cut off UI.

Japan's current economic development is quite prosperous. Because of this, Sony's gorgeous LED screens are favored by many shopping malls. There are even such screens in Japan's subway and bus stations. Sony is in this area

, it has almost caught up with Apple’s technology.

And because Sony is now making games for various game manufacturers, such as b and so on, Sony has barely paid off all the bank loans, and it is considered debt-free.

Now that Japanese companies are attacking the American TV market, Sony is also keeping up. Sony's situation is gradually improving day by day.

"Nintendo wants to cooperate with us to develop game consoles?"

Ibuka was dumbfounded by Nintendo's proposal.

In Japan, Nintendo is also an established business, but it can be said that Nintendo and Sony have almost no interaction. But since Hiroshi Yamauchi took charge of Nintendo, they have begun to transform. What Nintendo has locked in is the video game industry.

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"If there were a game like "Donkey Kong", it would be a hot seller, right?"

Although Sony also develops games, most of them win by quantity, but Nintendo is different. The person in charge of Nintendo's game department is Gunpei Yokoi. The last time he went to the United States with Ibuka was Ichiro Kuroshima, who was sent by Gunpei Yokoi.

Under his leadership, Nintendo now develops premium games, such as "Donkey Kong" that Ibuka has been muttering about.

However, the initiative of whether to cooperate or not lies in Sony's hands. Compared to Sony, Nintendo is an inferior existence.

"b is a game console designed according to the ideas of Omi people, but it does not necessarily conform to our Japanese style and taste. Because of this, for us, can we develop a game that suits us?

The game console is the key."

The article is well written, but Ibuka knows what the Japanese lack most now: technology.

However, he chose to continue reading for the time being: "In the Japanese market, there are already many game consoles, but these game consoles have not captured the most essential point of game consoles: bringing happiness to players. They just

Simply imitating and plagiarizing those American games, such plagiarism will not really help the development of game consoles - especially when their prices are not better than B."

In fact, Ibuka knows why Japan's game industry is difficult to develop. The key point lies in cost.

No Japanese manufacturer can use perfect cost control like Americans. Because of this, it is difficult for Japanese manufacturers to gain an advantage in the competition that hurts Americans.

What is ironic is that the Japanese relied on ultra-low prices and cost advantages to defeat American TV manufacturers.

However, in the field of electronic games, the Japanese have encountered a powerful offensive from the Americans. The Japanese lack technology and even resistance is impossible...

"As far as cartridges are concerned, the average cost of each game cartridge manufactured by the Americans is 10% less than ours. Moreover, the next generation of American game consoles are already preparing to use optical discs as carriers. At that time, their costs will be as high as

Further decline…”

"The technological gap cannot be made up by creativity..." Seeing this, Jing Shenda still didn't feel that there was anything that could attract him to cooperate with them. If he wanted to cooperate, at least he would have to wait until the technological gap between Japan and America was not so obvious.

time.

Otherwise, now they have no way to compete with Apple's new generation Nimbu game console.

"However, as a carrier of game consoles, optical discs are not the most appropriate product. Moreover, the sales volume of B is now showing an upward trend. This game console will not appear on the market for at least a year, and even if it waits until nimbu

After the sale, I’m afraid they still won’t have much time to take into account the Japanese market. During this period, it will be enough help for us to expand our own market..."

There was some talk here that moved Jing Shenda.

The other party's picture is indeed good, but the premise is that the game console developed by Sony must be completed within a few months, and then it will become popular immediately after entering the market. Otherwise, it is really impossible to pull out the teeth.

"And two years... is too short."

If it were three or five years, Ibuka might still agree to cooperate with Nintendo, but now... this is still somewhat unlikely.

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There is one more update~hoho~f@.