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Sega back then failed miserably because there were no third-party development companies. ∑The top novel,

Is it your turn now?

Fortunately, he only knew this through very secret channels. This news has not yet spread within the industry. If this news spreads, then, needless to say, Nintendo's stock price may plummet.

Yamauchi Hiroshi is a person who never asks for mercy from others. He is arbitrary and uncompromising.

Moreover, even if he bows down to Jester, Kutaragi Ken, or Nakayama Hayao, they may not accept him back in, but what if he is really completely excluded? Do you really want Nintendo to join their Laushizi Association as an ordinary member?

I was able to ignore the Japan Arcade Association back then because my share in arcades was not large and my main market was home consoles. But now I still hold 60% of the Japanese market. Market share, but Mars Entertainment, Sega and Sony, together can account for 40% of the market share, and their shares continue to rise. In addition to the European and American markets, Mars Entertainment’s overwhelming share.

Just think about it, if you were a third-party game development company, it would be impossible to resist choosing any platform in a home console game market that accounts for 80% or even 90% of the world. The temptation to make games.

"what to do?"

Since knowing the news, Yamauchi Hiroshi has been sitting here thinking for five or six hours, but his mind is just a mess, and he doesn't know how to solve it at all. It seems that there are only two solutions in front of him, one of which one. Even if he put down all his status, dignity, honor and persistence, after the establishment of their so-called World Electronics Association, he applied to join, but the treatment he would receive would not be superior to those of the three founders. This was unacceptable to him. .

The second method is to eliminate the household, that is from now on. Completely giving up the game platform and just being a game developer. However, losing the game platform means losing the most important voice in the home console industry. This is also difficult for Hiroshi Yamauchi to accept, but it is undeniable. This is indeed the best approach for now.

What a platform does is influence in the industry. The real money comes from games.

Neither of these two methods is what Hiroshi Yamauchi hopes for most. In fact, he has a third plan, but the difficulty of the third plan is too great. That is to further refine your game style, then specialize in business for some younger players, and stick to the platform.

However, this is the hardest. Once it fails, Nintendo as a company may also come to an end.

actually. Although Mars Entertainment, Sega and Sony have established the World Electronic Games Association, it seems that the three companies are planning to cooperate now, but this is only temporary. Now Mars Entertainment's position is stable and its advantages are obvious, so the other two will follow his lead, but later Woolen cloth? Sony is not an easy person. They are never willing to succumb to others in an industry. The current dormancy is just for the future to take off.

Rubbing his eyebrows, Hiroshi Yamauchi also felt a little tired. After all, he was already sixty years old. He was not in his prime when he could stay up for several days and think about how Nintendo should develop in the future.

The most important thing is that he has not yet found a suitable successor. This is what worries him the most.

Perhaps the most suitable person to take over now is his son-in-law Minoru Arakawa, but Arakawa is indeed very talented in business. If Nintendo was a pure company, it would be completely wrong to call it into the hands of Minoru Arakawa. No problem.

However, Nintendo is not a game company. It is not a pure and simple game company.

If he officially hands over the power of Nintendo to Minoru Arakawa, the most likely fate of Nintendo in the future is that he will sell off all of Nintendo's game companies, and Nintendo will have nothing to do with the game industry.

Just like what I did back then.

Is this really good?

Hiroshi Yamauchi himself often asks himself this question. To be honest, at his current age, it is unrealistic for him to lead Nintendo to transform again. Moreover, whether transformation is the most appropriate choice, he himself is also There is no decision.

What a mess.

This is the state in Pu Yamauchi's mind now.

This meeting between the heads of Mars Entertainment, Sega and Sony was secret, but there is no such thing as airtight. Although the content of the discussion was extremely secret, many people still found out a lot of specific information. As for the secret meeting between a few people Because there were only four people present, it was impossible for the outside world to know the specific negotiation process.

But what to negotiate has been decided beforehand.

At first, only industry brains like Hiroshi Yamauchi heard about it, and then the news spread throughout the game industry.

Especially in Japan's gaming industry, it was no less than an earthquake of magnitude 7 or 8.

If it is really these three companies that are considering forming a worldwide World Electronic Games Association, then why would Nintendo be left out? This is very worth pondering.

Especially those game development companies that have maintained a good cooperative relationship with Nintendo before, such as Enix, which just announced that they will launch their "Dragon Quest" on the Super Nintendo console. It’s a new game, and the development of the game has already started, and the script has been written.

Moreover, Yuji Tsui said more than once in interviews that Nintendo is the most suitable platform for "Dragon Quest". As long as Nintendo exists and as long as he serves as the producer of "Dragon Quest", then "Dragon Quest" will The game "Dragon Quest" will only appear on Nintendo game consoles.

This game can be said to be the killer feature of Nintendo's new console, because it is called one of the two national RPGs by the Japanese and has a large number of fans. These people are willing to buy a game just for the sake of it. For this console, this game has such power.

Hiroyuki Konno is a member of the development team for the new "Dragon Quest" game and serves as a programmer. As soon as he came to the company today, he felt that the atmosphere was a little abnormal.

In the development team, the team leader Yuuji Tsukii had a gloomy face and said nothing.

Others were also sitting idle in their positions, not busy with anything. Usually when he came here in the past, a planner or artist would come to him soon to discuss in-game matters, but today the atmosphere was the same as usual. It was completely different, no one spoke, no one came to him to talk about anything.

Everyone sat there listlessly, looking into the distance with blank eyes.

He had something going on in his hometown in Hokkaido a few days ago and just came back today, so he didn't know what to post. However, he had been reading the newspaper during this period and didn't see any bad news. He didn't know why. I had only been away for a few days, and the atmosphere in the development team was completely different.

"Imano is back!"

Yuuji Tsui raised his head and glanced at Konno Hiroyuki, with a smile on his face. Although it was ugly, he greeted Konno Hiroyuki in a feeble tone: "Have you heard about some recent things?"

"No...no."

Konno Hiroyuki answered truthfully.

After hearing Konno Hiroyuki's answer, Yuuji Tsui sighed, and the expression on his face became even more listless, but after more than a minute, he didn't say anything, which made him want to Hiroyuki Konno felt a little uncomfortable knowing the whole story.

"Team leader Yuuji Tsui was scolded by the president just this morning, and now the team leader is sulking!"

Someone said something extra at this time, but this made Konno Hiroyuki even more strange, because he has been following Yuuji Tsui for a long time, and he is considered a veteran in the "Dragon Quest" game series. Others don't know, He knew very well how much the president of Enix valued Team Leader Yuuji Tsui. Since he had been following Yuuji Tsui for more than three years, it was needless to say that the president had scolded Team Leader Yuuji Tsui. There hasn't been a single argument.

The president unconditionally agreed to all the opinions of Team Leader Yuuji Tsui.

How could it happen now that he suddenly angrily cursed Team Leader Yuuji Tsui?

Before Konno Hiroyuki could ask his doubts, Yuuji Kazui finally spoke. He first lit a cigarette, then took a strong drag and blew out a smoke ring. Then he said somewhat desolately: " Maybe our "Dragon Quest" project team will be cancelled, and this game can no longer be made."

"What!"

Hearing his team leader say such a sentence was no less than seeing thunder on the plains for Konno Hiroyuki. He couldn't believe what his team leader said anyway, and canceled "The Brave Fighter" Dragon》Project Team》How is this possible? You know, this is the best-selling game series in the entire FC. Throughout Japan, there are millions of enthusiastic fans of this game. I don’t know how many people are looking forward to this game day and night on the new generation of consoles. The advent of.

As soon as this kind of game is released, it will definitely become a million-level game, so how can it be possible to cancel the project?

Seeing the expression of surprise and disbelief on Konno Hiroyuki's face, a person next to him explained in detail: "President Yuji Tsui is not talking about completely canceling the "Dragon Quest" project team. But to cancel the "Dragon Quest" project team that was dropped on the Super Nintendo!" (The novel "Game Development Giant" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone. ! Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner and "Add Friend", search the official account "qdread" and follow it, hurry up!) (To be continued...)