Giant of the times

The corners of Li Zetian's mouth raised slightly and he smiled, "Very good! Dongfang Yuqin, please let people know that if Bandai does not accept the acquisition, then Bandai's games will not be able to enter the Flamingo game platform!!"

Intimidation and inducement, I don’t believe Bandai will not give in!

Dongfang Yuqin nodded, his bright eyes narrowed, and said: "Mr. Li, are you sure you want to do this?" Bandai's games are mainly based on the company's anime characters, and they have some loyal gamers! For example, the Gundam series of games ..." After a pause, Dongfang Yuqin continued, "Nintendo has been suppressed at the moment. If Bandai is forced to switch to their side, it will probably give Nintendo a chance to resist!"

When Li Zetian heard this, he frowned and remained silent. After a while, he said thoughtfully: "Well, you are right, you can't lose the big for the small. Well, Bandai is lucky. Wait until Nintendo collapses completely, and then we can deal with it again." Bandai takes action!"

"Yeah!" Dongfang Yuqin smiled brightly and agreed.

Leaving Bandai alone for the time being, Li Zetian urged the acquisition team to make an all-out effort to acquire Hasbro.

Ten days later, Hasbro agreed to Li Zetian's acquisition and invested US$600 million in Hasbro as Disney and Flamingo Company. Hasbro transferred a total of 60% of its shares!

Hasbro is actually trying to win over Disney and Flamingo. With the support of these two companies, Hasbro's product line will be much richer.

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The second-generation Flamingo game console took six years to develop. In fact, preparations began after the development of Flamingo-1 was completed.

Six years of sharpening the sword, the development time of the Flamingo-2 game console is quite long, but precisely because of such a long period of development, the Flamingo-2 game console is a classic that transcends the times.

The appearance of the Flamingo-2 game console roughly imitates Sony's PlayStation, with little difference, except that it is slightly larger. Of course, there is a big difference in performance. After all, PlayStation is a 32-bit machine, the 3D graphics are great, and it was released in 1994, ten years earlier than Flamingo-2. Moreover, Flamingo-2 uses an Intel8086 microprocessor, which is only a 16-bit processor, and its memory and resolution are also much smaller. However, for now, it is undoubtedly the most advanced home game console.

The development environment of the Flamingo-2 game console uses C language for the first time, because C language has a rich function library, which is conducive to game development.

As for the price of Flamingo-2, it is relatively expensive, priced at US$250. After all, the hardware configuration of this game console is very high. In fact, the manufacturing cost is close to $200, and retailers also have to make money, so the Flamingo company makes almost no money on the hardware. Li Zetian was worried that accidents would happen during the transition from game cartridges to game CDs. To be conservative, he chose to sell it at a "low price" to capture the market first!

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon on November 15th, Flamingo Company held a product launch conference. The Flamingo-2 game console made its debut at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. It shocked the audience and won full applause!

The audience watching the press conference in front of the TV were also amazed by the Flamingo-2. The CD game console indeed looked cooler and more dazzling than the cassette game console. It was full of fashion and technology, which immediately fascinated gamers!

With the release of new machines, in addition to sequels of classic games, there are also more interesting new games, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Squirrel Wars, Mega Man, Bomberman, MapleStory, Street Fighter, etc., which is dizzying for everyone. , I feel itchy and can’t wait to play it now.

The Flamingo-2 game console was unexpectedly popular. As soon as the press conference ended, countless gamers called the company to pre-order one.

However, the official release date was set for December 1, 1984, during the Christmas shopping promotion period.

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At this moment, there is a cloud of sadness hanging over Nintendo.

They all also saw Flamingo-2 and the released game, and couldn't help but be deeply impressed.

The new innovative design and super machine performance completely crush FC.

The FC game console can't even compete with the Flamingo-1. At this time, the Flamingo-2 is about to be released, and FC will completely collapse.

"President Hiroshi Yamauchi, since the product launch of Flamingo Company, FC game consoles and game cartridges on this platform have been unable to be sold! Countless players are looking forward to December 1st..." An employee With a grimace, he sighed.

In the past year, the total sales volume of FC has reached 75,000 units. Because the price is too low, Nintendo cannot make any money at all. The FC in the warehouse is piled up and cannot be sold. In addition, the sales of game cartridges are not optimistic. Coupled with the company's various expenses, Nintendo will lose at least US$100 million this year!

This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the weak Nintendo company.

Now, Nintendo's financial statements have not yet been released. As a listed company, if this happens, the stock price will definitely fall like a dog.

Hiroshi Yamauchi really wants to cry now. He never expected that Flamingo Company would develop such a powerful game console in such a short period of time. "Flamingo Company may have been developing the Flamingo-2 game console for a long time." Oh..." Yamauchi Pu guessed, and at this moment, he felt extremely regretful.

"Although the performance of FC's game console is better than that of Flamingo-1, it is extremely weak compared with Flamingo-2. At present, it seems that the development of FC is in vain. Nintendo's many years of efforts are all in vain!"

After saying that, Yamauchi Hiroshi drank a glass of sake on the table in one gulp, his mouth full of bitterness.

"President, do you still insist on the FC game console business? Staff wages, factories, stores, warehouses, etc. are all a big expense... FC does not make money and cannot make ends meet!"

Yamauchi's brows were deeply furrowed, and it was difficult to make a decision for a moment. He wanted to give up FC, but he was extremely reluctant to do so.

"Let's take a look at the sales of Flamingo-2 first, and then we'll make a decision on December 1st!" Hiroshi Yamauchi said.

"Okay, President."

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Half a month passed by in a flash.

On December 1st, Flamingo-2 was released globally.

It's still dark yet, and there's a vast white mist. Long queues form in front of stores all over the world. In some places, they're even more than 100 meters long. The scene is really shocking! I heard that some people came to line up at night...

"Can you come earlier?" A player said in an interview with a reporter, "According to Chronos Li's urine, there will definitely be hunger sales again. The number of Flamingo-2 is not large. If you don't buy it now, it will be a long time in the future. I won’t be able to buy it for a while! If I can’t play Flamingo-2, it will drive me crazy! So, I would rather queue up early and buy a game console! Haha, I will also buy the Flamingo 2 this year. Bird-1 and game cartridges were also brought. Flamingo Company promised that as long as there is no problem with the old machine, it can be exchanged for a new one for an extra $150, and five game cartridges can be exchanged for one game CD..."