Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

Chapter 422 326. Pokeni starts from strength!

In June, Qing Zhiyuan received an invitation from the E3 electronics show in the United States.

Electronic Entertainment Expo (English: Electronic Entertainment Expo).

Referred to as E3.

It is the largest and most famous interactive entertainment exhibition in the world.

It has been held since 1995 and has an important position in the global electronic entertainment industry. Some reviews call it "the annual Olympic event in the electronic entertainment industry", attracting the attention of players around the world.

As well as more than 60,000 influential retailers, distribution departments, developers and investors, and media.

The official definition of the E3 exhibition is "the launch of video games and related peripherals in production" and is a "trade show".

This means that E3 is a business exchange exhibition open to people in the game industry.

The main audience of this exhibition is publishers, distributors, developers, media, etc. in the industry.

This is fundamentally different from the Tokyo Game Show, which is mainly aimed at general audiences.

The E3 organizing committee hopes that pokeni can participate in the electronics show in July this year, and has made a promise that if P Society participates, a relatively generous space will be left for them to exhibit.

In other words, pokeni's booth is a relatively luxurious one, and may be larger than other game companies.

After seeing the invitation, Qing Zhiyuan thought for a while and then called Mr. Kutaragi Ken of Sony.

"Mr. Kutaragi, let me get straight to the point. The E3 electronics show has extended an invitation to pokeni."

"So?" Kutaragi Ken's heart skipped a beat.

To some extent, the E3 electronics show has a certain competitive relationship with the Tokyo Game Show.

"So we plan to participate." Qing Zhiyuan said, "And we also recommend Sony to participate in this E3 electronics show."

"Huh?" Kutaragi Ken felt like his brain was on fire.

"This is what we think about here. Although the E3 Electronics Show and the Tokyo Game Show we hold are both for promoting electronic entertainment products, there are still certain differences."

Qing Zhiyuan said, "The official definition of E3 is a trade show, which is aimed at global game manufacturers, publishers, dealers and players. It not only plays a good publicity role, but also facilitates everyone to get together to discuss business. A place to talk about cooperation and exchange.

There is no need to waste this opportunity.

Secondly, there will be more OMI companies at the E3 electronics show, and their basic base is different from that of the Tokyo Game Show.

Why put your eggs in one basket?

If everyone can have more contact, communicate more, and share each other's resources to create a larger stage and resource pool, it will also be beneficial to us.

What's more, E3 targets global players and has a good exhibition effect.

As a game production company, pokeni has no reason to waste publicity opportunities.

For the same reason, I also recommend Sony to do the same. "

Good guy, you have already made your decision before you come to discuss it with us, right?

Kutaragi Ken thought to himself, even if I disagree, you can't possibly listen to me?

"In this case, whether pokeni participates in E3 or not is your company's freedom, and we have no right to interfere."

"So, goodbye E3." Qing Zhiyuan said.

Kutaragi Ken put down the phone, still feeling a little confused.

Isn’t President Qing on our side?

…

After careful consideration, Kutaragi decided to let Sony Computer Entertainment participate in this E3 electronics show.

To a certain extent, he believes that Qing Zhiyuan's pattern is bigger, and after discussions at internal meetings, everyone agreed that there is no need to not attend the E3 electronics show because of conflicts with Rentendo and Sega.

Why do you have to struggle with money?

In fact, if Qing Zhiyuan had not intervened in this life, Sony should have participated in the first E3.

The Tokyo Game Show was established to compete for the rule-making power and voice in the neon game industry.

Now that this goal has been achieved, as Qing Zhiyuan said, Sony has no reason to refuse the invitation to E3. Even if E3 is not as big as the current Tokyo Game Show in terms of scale, it is still a gaming event with global influence.

More exposure means more money.

It's also time to expand the reach of Sony's video games.

Qing Zhiyuan really thinks further and has more structure.

It's just that this guy's brain is too active.

Until now, Kutaragi Ken didn't quite understand. Pokeni has offended so many industry leaders along the way. It can easily change partners every time. How can it become more and more powerful as it gets mixed up?

…

"Hey? Are we going to attend this E3 exhibition?"

After hearing what the president said, Kazuma Takahashi, the director of the operations department, was a little confused.

"Well," Qing Zhiyuan nodded, "Please help prepare. Make a list of games that will be released in the second half of this year, and ask the relevant project teams to produce corresponding CGs for the exhibition.

I'm going to take them to the E3 electronics show. "

Weapons are important.

Qing Zhiyuan also took into account that P Club has a good foundation now and has stocked up on many different games. As far as he knows, it has entered the final stage and there are several games that can be released.

For example, Pokémon Racing, Pokémon Adventures, and "Border" developed by an American subsidiary

Not to mention anything else, just the release of "Border" is enough to shock the entire E3 electronics show.

"What about Sony?" Kazuma Takahashi was a little worried, "We participated in E3, which is equivalent to exposing the game first. How will we participate in the Tokyo Game Show when the time comes?

And will Sony be dissatisfied with us rashly attending E3?

In a sense, E3 and Tokyo Game Show are in competition, right? "

"childish."

Qing Zhiyuan said, "In this world, electronics shows themselves are publicity channels. One is in July and the other is in September. There is no conflict in the schedules. In fact, they are just one more exposure channel.

There will be no competitive relationship at all. and……"

President Qing smiled and said, "I have called Sony before and agreed that Sony will also participate in the E3 electronics show."

"Why?"

Kazuma Takahashi couldn't help but look shocked when he heard the news.

But after a few seconds of thinking, he immediately understood.

"As expected of the president, he has easily accomplished things that others cannot imagine."

The Tokyo Game Show is an annual game show hosted by the Neon Electronic Entertainment Industry Association, which was founded by Sony. According to normal people's perception, Sony is the core of the Tokyo Game Show.

You may even subconsciously regard the Tokyo Game Show as belonging to Sony.

Letting Sony participate in E3 is simply unthinkable. In ancient times, it would be equivalent to asking the emperor of one country to surrender to another country.

However, after Qing Zhiyuan's reminder, Takahashi Kazuma finally came out of his misunderstanding.

Although Sony takes the lead, the president of the Neon Electronic Entertainment Industry Association rotates. Last year Sony, this year Konami, may be pokeni in the future...

This is an interest group that jointly manages the game industry, not all controlled by Sony.

And just like Qing Zhiyuan said, one more channel means more exposure, so why not go there?

In addition to being a member of the Neon Electronic Entertainment Industry Association, Sony Electronics is also a manufacturer of game consoles and electronic games. They also have a strong influence in the United States.

If analyzed as an ordinary game manufacturer, Sony has no reason to refuse the E3 invitation.

Correspondingly, the same goes for pokeni.

Not only P Club, but Konami and Square Enix are all the same, with multiple identities, and based on actual interests, those smart guys may weigh the pros and cons clearly, and maybe they are already actively preparing to participate in E3. .

Awesome, President!

All of the company's multiple attributes were analyzed in one fell swoop.

Qing Zhiyuan said that sometimes, don’t look at what a person says, but what the person does.

In the shopping mall, whether others treat you well or not, and whether you have friends or not, often depends on your strength and status.

If pokeni didn't have the actual combat power he has now, made many hits, and accumulated a reputation as a little overlord of the game, he would have been eaten up by the big guys, not to mention his current status. A family slave with three surnames like Lu Bu.

From Rentendo to Sega and then to Sony.

Qing Zhiyuan relies on [strength]!

Strength, strength!

…

In fact, everything was said by Qing Zhiyuan.

Not long after, the organizing committee of the E3 Electronics Show announced a list of participants in advance.

Among them, companies such as Konami and Square Enix are prominently listed.

Kazuma Takahashi admired the president even more.

Qing Zhiyuan is as good at predicting things as he is.

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On July 8, 1997, the E3 electronics show was held at the Atlanta World Congress Center in the United States.

The E3 exhibition can be said to be a preview of the annual business war in the game industry. Major game manufacturers will display their most important products of the year at the exhibition. Whether they can succeed at this exhibition to some extent represents the Product market prospects.

However, from the day it was born, E3 has been closely related to the Tokyo Game Show.

In the timeline of this world, due to the influence of Sony and pokeni, in the previous two E3 electronics exhibitions, although world-class game manufacturers such as Sega and Rentendo were invited, due to the influence of Sony and pokeni, etc. The absence of the influential Neon video game manufacturer always makes E3 less enjoyable.

In terms of scale, the difference between the two is actually not very big.

One is based on the manufacturers of Omega, plus Rentendo and Sega, which can barely be regarded as the World Cup in the gaming industry.

The other one, although it lacks Rentendo and Sega, is supported by Sony, Pokeni, Konami, Square and other major neon manufacturers.

In a sense, at this point in time in 1997,

The world's game field is the world of neon.

The best game is also a neon game.

Although there are also companies in the Omi region such as Westwood and Blizzard that are good at making real-time strategy games, and there are also EA that make racing and competitive games, such as Need for Speed, NBA, Major League Baseball, etc...

However, the overall sales volume and popularity are still lacking a bit.

So E3, where only Rentendo and Sega participated, always felt like something was missing.

However, this time's E3 electronics show seems to have some changes from the previous two years.

Because of Neon’s group of game manufacturers, such as Rentendao, Sega, Square, Konami... and a large number of other game manufacturers,

Even Sony is getting in on the act.

The E3 electronics show has also become the event with the most participating electronic game manufacturers in so many years.

Many players said they could not understand this E3 electronics show.

But at the same time, I feel extremely excited and happy because so many game manufacturers, especially Neon video game manufacturers, have come as a group.

…

Among the participants, one company attracted much attention.

That's pokeni.

E3 organizers must first confirm the list so that they can better organize and arrange the corresponding exhibition areas and coordinate the sequence of pre-show press conferences.

So when the official list was announced, players all over the world were shocked.

"What?! pokeni is actually going to participate in this year's E3 electronics show?"

"Not only pokeni will participate, but Sony will also participate?"

"I always thought that Neon's video game manufacturers were reluctant to participate in E3. I didn't see much of them last year and the year before that."

"Yeah, this time it's really a bit unexpected."

"The most unexpected thing is pokeni, right? I really like pokeni as a gaming company. It has been absent from the previous two sessions, and I thought it would be gone this year too.

I didn't expect to see it in the end. It was really not easy. "

Even though pokeni has always been suppressed by Rentian in the neon hometown, people's subconscious does not regard pokeni as the number one king.

Neon players’ general impression of P Club is——

This is a young game production company with great potential.

The games produced by the company are all high-quality, and they are good at producing high-quality games.

From an intuitive point of view, even if Paradox's revenue last year exceeded that of many game manufacturers and successfully climbed to second place, second only to Rentian, no one seems to have a real feeling that Paradox should be second. look.

However, pokeni are treated completely differently in the Omi region.

In the minds of Omi players, P Club is now a well-deserved overlord, a pioneer and leader in the game industry.

Whether it is the Diablo series, the Witcher series, or the Pokémon series, they have all gained great popularity in the Omi region.

It even reached——

There must be a pokeni game in every family.

Last year, a large wave of Pokémon dominated the gaming market.

This year’s The Witcher 2 has once again successfully put P’s games on the altar.

In The Witcher Demon Egg, the weird and calm dark narrative style, coupled with the excellent plot and first-class combat performance, directly drove players in the Omi region crazy.

So this time when they heard that POKENI's name would appear at the E3 electronics show, players in the Omi region went crazy.

"Walterfak?! Pokeni is actually coming to E3? Oh my God, I want to buy a plane ticket to go see it."

"It's great. We can actually invite pokeni to this year's E3 electronics show. I really want to see it there."

"What kind of games will POKENI bring this year? I'm really looking forward to it."

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