Game Development Giant

However, for now, they are still in the same camp - no matter who is right or wrong, they both want to continue to heat up this topic. ?. .

Since you want to heat up, you naturally need something offensive as a condiment.

Therefore, Sean Jerome temporarily suppressed his thoughts, cleared his throat, and continued to ask: "So Mr. Li, you know that since you showed the emulator at the press conference, you have no confidence in Nintendo." The new product has had a very bad impact, especially among those who are preparing to buy home game consoles. The news I learned is that many people who had pre-ordered their game console in New York have canceled their subscriptions. Doesn’t this take a toll on them?”

"hehe."

When Jester heard Sean Jerome's words, he laughed dismissively twice before speaking.

"Mr. Jerome, I did not add anything else subjectively to the previous demonstration. I just made a simple comparison to prove that FC is an outdated console. This is an objective reality, and You are a well-known journalist, and you must also know that Nintendo changed the shape and name of this model, and randomly added a few insincere peripherals, and then it was treated as a new product and sold in our country for deception. There is no difference at all from the FC game console they released in Japan a year and a half ago, but even so, their North American person in charge shamelessly criticized us in front of the media and many players. Unscrupulous denigration of new machines, in my eyes, is not only a fraud on players, but also a naked provocation! I personally cannot tolerate it." "You know, I am I don’t care about the arguments about whose home console is more powerful. I think it’s meaningless to compare these. A game company should focus on making fun games. Only if your game is good will players who like your game be able to I will buy your game console, because in my eyes, game consoles are just accessories to the game. Without the game, they are just useless things. But I will never allow it. Others use one Outdated products mock the R\u0026D team that has been working on our products for half a year, which is mocking us in the United States!"

Hearing what Jester said seemed passionate, it was actually extremely insincere. Sean Jerome would like to ask, have you made a draft before? Why do you say such confusing words so clearly?

Then. Jester seemed to have started talking, and he was still unfinished, with no intention of stopping. There was even a hint of worry in his tone.

"Mr. Jerome, I think the renaissance of video games is just around the corner, and you must have heard of the impact that video games have had. At its peak, every three American households had an Atari. Game consoles. More than 30% of Americans have played Atari games. It can even be said that young people like me are the generation who grew up under Atari game consoles. Sometimes I always wake up in my dreams, I was just thinking, if a certain Japanese company were to counterattack the United States in video games, and do what Atari did back then, or even surpass Atari, would our younger generation have to compete with the Japanese? How about growing up surrounded by Japanese games? In the future, we will not only use Japanese cars, but also play Japanese games. In the future, will we have to watch Japanese movies? A person who has grown up in the subtle influence of Japanese culture since childhood To be honest, I feel terrible just thinking about it."... Jester said this very seriously, but when Jerome heard it, he was extremely moved. His eyes lit up, and he I know how to write his report this time.

the next day.

A conference room rented by Nintendo in a five-star hotel in Las Vegas.

Sitting on the seats in the conference room were all middle-level and above-level leaders of Nintendo's North American branch. Most of them were from Japan. Before setting off, they all had great ambitions and wanted to take advantage of the American electronics industry. I came to make a lot of money during the vacuum period of the game, but I didn't expect that my career had not officially started yet, and I was hit hard by my future opponents.

"idiot!"

Arakawa Minoru slammed the two newspapers in his hands on the table. He walked back and forth angrily, and couldn't stop cursing the iconic Japanese curses. This was what he had been doing these past few days. The second time I lost control of my emotions.

The two newspapers he still has on the table are two major newspapers. One is the "Washington Post". The two pictures above are juxtaposed and accompanied by an article. The pictures are of the previous CES exhibition between Nintendo and Mars Entertainment. In the photos of the exhibition area above, because both companies held product launches one day before the opening of the exhibition, and they are direct competitors, this comparison is particularly meaningful.

The photo above is the exhibition area of ​​Mars Entertainment. In their trial area, it is almost overcrowded. There are no less than ten people queuing behind each machine. Among them are several of the most popular and most popular games among players. , and even the queue was dozens of meters long. There was a description on one side of this photo, because there were too many people in the queue, which also caused dissatisfaction from some other exhibition parties, because the queue There are so many people queuing up that they are taking up the space that belongs to them.

These businesses united to find the organizer of the CES exhibition, who negotiated with Mars Entertainment. After expanding the booth area of ​​Mars Entertainment by half, Mars Entertainment agreed to allow these players who were queuing up in their own exhibition area. Queuing up inside.

And this photo in the Nintendo exhibition area... Every time Minoru Arakawa saw this photo posted by the "Washington Post", he had the urge to curse.

Although the number of people in their exhibition area is far less than that of Mars Entertainment, there is no need for you to take a photo of the exhibition just opening before a large number of visitors have entered.

In this photo, there are only two visitors in a huge Nintendo exhibition area trying out their biggest selling point this time - the light gun peripheral. In the shot, several Nintendo staff at the booth are a little bored. They laughed and chatted with each other, which highlighted the leisurely atmosphere of the booth.

Comparing these two photos with ulterior motives gave Minoru Arakawa a splitting headache, but the report from the Los Angeles Times made him tremble with fear after reading it.

The author of this article is Sean Jerome, a well-known ABC reporter. He is also a columnist for the Los Angeles Times. This time, there was a lot of fuss about Nintendo suing Mars Entertainment for copyright infringement. He happened to be invited to get it. Jester's only media interview after this incident, so the Los Angeles Times also asked him to write such an article.

If it were other articles, Minoru Arakawa might not care. There are all kinds of articles on this incident, including this one, but the argument of this article is too ulterior and sensational.

"This is what worries us more than the Soviet army"...

After reading this column by Sean Jerome, Minoru Arakawa knew that the person who put forward this point of view was Jester Lee, who had repeatedly put himself in this situation. He was suddenly angry, but he had nothing to do. This is also the reason why he has to hold a meeting early this morning. The matter has reached a fever pitch, because after the "Los Angeles Times" published this article by Sean Jerome, it caused a huge response. Especially people from the memory, automobile and other industries, which were previously beaten by Japanese manufacturers, are jumping in to add fuel to the fire.

Inspired by some people with ulterior motives, a California congressman made it clear in an interview this morning that he hopes the federal government will impose additional tariffs on cultural products. He does not want to see the United States lose its manufacturing market. , and lose the cultural market. He absolutely does not want to see his children grow up watching Japanese comics, playing Japanese games, and accepting Japanese culture.

And his view is supported by many Americans.

Minoru Arakawa looked around at the people present, his sharp eyes passing over the faces of these people one by one. These were at least the middle-level elites of Nintendo America Branch and above. They all lowered their heads involuntarily, not daring to look at Minoru Arakawa.

They discussed for a full two hours, but they couldn't even think of any feasible solution.

Facing this scene, Minoru Arakawa suddenly felt a little powerless. Jester's series of combination punches were obviously prepared and vicious. If he came in an honest way, no matter whether it was a comparison He wouldn't be afraid of such upright measures as the quality of the game or the sales price, but what he didn't expect was that Jester's methods would be so mean, and even successfully provoked Americans' initial hatred of Japan. People are dissatisfied with the manufacturing industry encroaching on the market.

The most important thing is that this is the United States. For Nintendo, this is their away game. They don't have the right time, location, people and people.

"Too passive."

Arakawa Minoru knew that he had to respond, otherwise, this time the North American strategy might really be defeated by Jester and his Mars Entertainment without a fight. )