Game Development Giant

In fact, the problems facing Mars Entertainment now are also very serious.

The biggest problem is not only that many third-party manufacturers are getting closer and closer to Sega and Sony, these are also Mars Entertainment's own internal strategies, and no one can blame them.

After all, Mars Entertainment has accumulated a lot in the past ten years and has a large number of independent studios affiliated with it. With these studios, it is enough to support a hardware platform. However, the problem here is also more serious, and that is its own side. You must have an advantage in terms of share, otherwise, the final result may be very unpleasant to see.

But here's the problem.

It's about the next generation of consoles.

Whether it is Sega's new console Saturn or the second generation of Sony's PS, they have all met with external media. Sony even announced that they would officially introduce their latest product at the Tokyo Show.

Sega also vaguely mentioned that they are likely to officially launch their new console at the end of this year, or at the latest early next year.

It’s been 1994.

Jester couldn't help but sigh. He has been in this world for ten years, and June this year is his tenth anniversary. Think about it, his past ten years have been quite eventful, and he has almost completed some of the concepts of game development. It has been upgraded to the late 20th century in his original world. Although due to some hardware and technical reasons, there is still no way to achieve the level of the top games of the late 20th century.

But compared to the same period, it was really much better.

Not much else, just say that the 3D concept is many years ahead of the previous world.

But what Mars Entertainment is facing now is that even at the end of this year, it will be difficult for them to come up with a prototype to meet players. Originally, Mars Entertainment was the fastest progressing. According to the original plan, in 1994 In the first half of the year, the finished machine could be put out for sale, but because Jester was doing it for his own 'era' project. Let the hardware development department develop it again.

Although the configuration is indeed much better than the previous plan, problems have arisen and the time will inevitably be delayed a lot.

For example, now, if you want to come up with a real product, it may take next year, and if you want to sell it, you basically have to wait until the end of next year, which is one year later than the other two companies.

This was the first time that Jester had doubts about his original decision.

However, at the beginning, he wanted to develop "Era", which can be said to be an epoch-making game. However, according to the previous reservation parameters, such a machine was unable to develop games of this level, and the performance must be improved.

but. Now the new machines of the other two companies have begun to heat up, and they can only talk about it, but they can't come up with anything reliable.

Players' patience also has a bottom line.

After the other party's console is released, do your own staunch supporters have the patience to wait for a year?

You know, the performance of the new console is greatly improved compared to the current machines, and the games on the new console are definitely not comparable to the current games. Although Nintendo almost came back from defeat with the help of the n64, it was only close. Did its own 'era' really have the power of Mario and Zelda?

You know, those two games. A game that can lay down the rules for 3D game development.

However, the current situation is that the arrow has to be fired, and there is no chance to go back on it, and. Jester is indeed full of confidence in the ‘era’.

Whether this game can recoup its cost remains to be seen, but it is definitely a game that will change anyone's initial impression of the game after seeing it. It definitely gives people the idea that games could be developed in this way.

"This is Capcom's response to our inquiry."

At this time, one of Jester's assistants came to the office and handed him a document. Jester took a look at it and knew that it was sent back by Capcom.

Previously, Jester asked Capcom some questions about the development process of "Resident Evil" and asked whether the development of this game was going smoothly or not. After all, the movie copyright of this game, for three consecutive films, is The success or failure of this game is directly related to the movie about this IP.

Moreover, this game is basically exclusive to dreambox3, and it is a third-party game that Jester values ​​​​very much.

Originally, there were not many third parties willing to support Mars Entertainment.

Jester must ensure that the third party who follows him can be a great success in order to attract more third parties to switch to his camp.

Although Capcom didn't say it clearly in this reply, Kenzo Shigemoto's meaning was still very obvious. They used to be a strategic alliance with Mars Entertainment, and they joined forces when they were not strong enough. At that time, Capcom Sora has been squeezed out by Nintendo, and now Mars Entertainment needs help the most, and they are not the kind of people to add insult to injury.

Jester read the entire document carefully.

Then he sneered twice. Jester would never believe Capcom. Although they still have nothing to do with Capcom, Capcom has always been profit-oriented from beginning to end, even if This is their strategy to balance the industry, and it is actually a manifestation of pursuing profits.

The reason why Kenzo Senmoto's reply letter said this is that there is only one possibility, that is, there is no unified opinion among them.

Otherwise, if they unified their opinions, they would definitely give a clear answer.

Whether it's on your own side or on the other side.

However, judging from this reply letter, the vast majority of people at Capcom, especially Kenzo Shikimoto, are still on their side. This has nothing to do with previous friendships. To be precise, this is Kenzo Senmoto, a scheming old fox, was optimistic about himself and placed his bet on his own side. Of course, Jester couldn't say that the other party didn't take risks.

After all, there is not even a shadow of the host on my side, but the other party has brought out real objects that can be seen with the eyes.

In fact, now, in the battle for third parties, the reason why Mars Entertainment is so passive is that, in addition to the fact that they do not make as big concessions as Sega and Sony in terms of treatment, there is also the fact that their next-generation console has not yet had a shadow. . (To be continued...)