Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

June 25, 1997.

Kyoto.

Rentian Headquarters.

President's office.

"What?! Pokeni actually acquired Sega?!"

The current president of Rentendo, Hiroshi Yamauchi, was shocked when he learned the news.

"Well, all major media have reported it."

Miyamoto handed Yamauchi the morning news paper.

It clearly says [Big earthquake in the game industry: Pokeni acquires Sega for US$2 billion]

There is a lot of introduction and analysis later. It first tells the glorious history of these two companies, and then talks about what changes will happen after their merger, and what kind of industry earthquakes may be triggered.

Yamauchi read it carefully, his eyes gradually brightening.

To Miyamoto's surprise, the old man did not get angry as usual, but acted unusually calm.

It was as peaceful as if he was asleep.

Miyamoto Shigeru was surprised and couldn't help but raise his head and glance out the window.

The sun did not rise from the west today.

Everything is fine, but President Yamauchi is acting too calm, right?

This is not at all like Yamauchi's style.

In Miyamoto Shigeru's imagination, President Yamauchi would definitely be furious when he saw his two sworn enemies finally merged together.

Both Sega and Pokeni are a thorn in Rentendo's side.

In the console market and the game market, they are fighting against Rentian Tiantang, and they have been seizing our market. The key is that they still can't defeat them, which makes people very angry.

Moreover, after their merger, Pokeni’s valuation has surpassed that of Rentian, and now according to the media, they have become Neon’s second largest gaming company.

The first place is naturally Sony, which has sold 100 million game consoles.

In this situation, President Yamauchi is not angry at all?

It's really strange.

When Shigeru Miyamoto saw the news, he was first shocked, and secondly angry.

But President Yamauchi was the one who should be angry the most, but he showed no expression at all.

even……

Miyamoto Shigeru saw a smile slowly appear on Yamauchi's face.

He couldn't help but feel nervous.

It's over, the president has a big problem.

"It's okay." Hiroshi Yamauchi waved his hand and laughed, "Actually, this news is not a bad thing for us."

"Huh?" Shigeru Miyamoto looked at him doubtfully.

"Think about it, does the alliance between pokeni and Sega put more pressure on us, or does the alliance between pokeni and Sony put more pressure on us?"

Yamauchi Pu asked in a seductive manner.

ah……

Shigeru Miyamoto's eyes lit up, and he quickly figured out the key to the problem, "That must be greater pressure from Sony and pokeni joining forces. Sega has already semi-exited the console market. If pokeni hadn't stepped in, It should have been a disastrous defeat long ago.”

"Yeah," Hiroshi Yamauchi smiled. I don't know why, but when I saw such exciting news, the headache I had before was much better. I have been worried about who to hand over the company to for a while.

Now it looks like he can play for another two years.

“After pokeni acquires Sega, it is definitely not possible to just be a third party. They will definitely continue to develop new consoles and seek breakthroughs in the console market.

By that time, pokeni and Sony will be in conflict.

On Sony's side, without the help of pokeni and a strong competitor, it is no longer possible for him to dominate the market. "

Shigeru Miyamoto thought about it seriously, "If I really want to say something, the current situation has become a divided world during the Three Kingdoms period!"

It's a pity that Cao Cao should have been the one to choose Rentiantang.

Now he is suppressed and becomes Sun Quan.

"Well, that's true." Shigeru Miyamoto nodded in agreement.

If pokeni does not acquire Sega, then Sega will fail miserably and will withdraw from the game console market sooner or later. At that time, Sega can only exist as a third party.

Once Sega withdraws, the entire console battle will be a battle between Rentendo and Sony.

With the size of Sony, plus pokeni and a number of game manufacturers...

Shigeru Miyamoto felt extremely headache just thinking about it.

That kind of Sony is simply not something that Rentian can compete with. If it continues to develop in that assumed direction, Rentian will probably fail miserably and leave the market, eventually losing the console market and becoming a complete third party.

In other words, pokeni actually saved Rentian from the invisible point of view.

Otherwise, both Sega and Rentendo will eventually become Sony's third party.

And Sony's growth will naturally create a monopoly...

by that time……

Miyamoto Shigeru no longer dared to think about it any more.

After the previous pokeni fell to Sony, neither Rentendo nor Sega had to play. Now pokeni jumped out alone and started to play chess, but it became more subtle.

This situation is so interesting.

Overall, it's good news for Rentian.

"So...President Satoru Iwata has taken up a position at Pokeni," Shigeru Miyamoto asked doubtfully, "Is it possible that this handwriting and this strategic formulation were made by him?"

"Um……"

Yamauchi Hiroshi took a deep breath, his eyes motionless, thinking intently.

"It's very possible that Pokeni's newly established strategic planning department asked Iwata to serve as the director. Isn't it just for him to formulate strategies?"

Hiroshi Yamauchi analyzed, "Pokeni has undergone such a big change since Iwata left. We haven't heard about their acquisition of Sega before, right?

Don’t you have any thoughts at all? "

"Um."

"If you think about it, it really might be Iwata's idea."

Yamauchi fell into deep thought for a moment.

Should I say that Satoru Iwata was sincerely helping Pokeni, or was he also helping Rentendo?

From the perspective of mergers and acquisitions, pokeni's purchase of Sega will definitely make it stronger. Both software and hardware capabilities have been greatly enhanced. Hiroshi Yamauchi even vaguely feels that pokeni is already the world's top in terms of technology accumulation. , not even inferior to Sony.

Judging from the results, pokeni and Sony are on opposite sides, which actually reduces the pressure on Rentian Tiantang and saves Rentian Tiantang from the risk of being completely defeated by Sony in the future.

I have to thank Satoru Iwata for this.

Naturally, it is impossible for Yamauchi to think that he wants to thank Qing Zhiyuan, but he has a good impression of Satoru Iwata.

Maybe Iwata is really more useful in pokeni than here.

Now that I think about it, it doesn't seem so regretful.

When Satoru Iwata said goodbye, Hiroshi Yamauchi couldn't sleep well all night, and sometimes he would wake up from his sleep with heartache.

After seeing the news about pokeni acquiring Sega today, I suddenly felt cheerful.

It's really strange, even Yamauchi himself feels a little incredible.

The two chatted for a while, and both felt that this change would have a profound impact on the entire gaming industry, and it was really hard to say who would win between Sony and pokeni in the future.

At present, it seems that Sony has the first-mover advantage, after all, the PS market is there.

However, this situation is just like PS can crush SFC. If pokeni can make a technical difference, there is hope.

In terms of the strength of the Three Kingdoms, Sony is the strongest, followed by pokeni, and then Rentian.

Shigeru Miyamoto continued:

"If it's the Three Kingdoms, should we unite with pokeni?"

"What are you thinking?! Even if you kill me, I won't bow to that bastard Qing Zhiyuan!" Pu Yamauchi said harshly, "Let's develop according to our established plan and do our best first.

starting from tomorrow.

We, Sony and pokeni,

Everyone is a competitor. "

…

"What?!"

When he saw the report, Sony’s Ken Kutaragi couldn’t believe his eyes.

pokeni acquires Sega.

Can you believe this?

Not long ago, he was having dinner and chatting with Sega's Hideki Sato department, and he vowed to talk about the future cooperation between Sega and Sony.

It is hoped that he can lead Sega to become Sony's third party and withdraw from the game console competition market.

Why was he slapped on the backhand?

The key is that this slap was inexplicable. Kutaragi Ken never thought he would be slapped, and it was a slap that appeared out of thin air.

If pokeni hadn't intervened out of thin air, according to Kutaragi Ken's vision, after Sega disappears in the future, Sony should be the only one!

hateful! ! !

It doesn’t matter that the news of the acquisition is airtight. The key is that these two companies are too important to Kutaragi Ken.

One is Sony's main competitor, and Sega has not completely given up in the game console field.

The other one is now the largest game developer in the world. Even Rentiantian’s game sales last year were not more than half of pokeni’s.

If it were Rentendo's Hiroshi Yamauchi, he would definitely fall out with pokeni immediately after seeing such annoying news.

Good guy, didn’t we work well together before?

Did you agree to eat cake and open champagne together?

Now that you have actually done something like acquiring Sega behind our backs, doesn't that mean that you will openly oppose Sony in the future?

If it were Yamauchi, he would definitely be held accountable and pokeni would be directly expelled from the Sony platform.

But Kutaragi Ken thought more.

Before going to Qing Zhiyuan, he had to first consider who and who Sony and pokeni would need in the future, whether there was any possibility of continuing to cooperate, and whether the sales of Sony's game consoles would continue after leaving pokeni. will be guaranteed.

After expelling Pokeni from the PS platform, Sony will suffer more losses if they lose more. Should we fight this battle and how will we fight it...

These are all issues worth studying clearly.

I'm afraid a board of directors will have to be held by then to clarify the future relationship with the senior management and board members.

At the same time, he was also planning to go to the newly appointed Nobuyuki Idei to discuss this matter with him.

Thinking of what will happen in the future, Kutaragi Ken can't sleep or eat well now, and he feels extremely regretful in his heart.

He already wanted to kill Qing Zhiyuan.

…

However, before dealing with the relationship with pokeni, Kutaragi first called Hideki Sato from Sega.

"Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing before? Hideki-san, you've killed me." Kutaragi Ken felt bitter.

If he had known the news earlier, he might have applied directly to Sony's new president Nobuyuki Idei to acquire Sega, and Pokeni wouldn't have had his turn.

If only Sony could take action earlier and acquire Sega before pokeni, the situation would be greatly reversed.

If you think about it, after Sony acquired Sega, Rentian was the only competitor left in the console market. Sega became Sony's game developer, which reduced a hidden danger and gained an additional boost.

At the same time, pokeni will not have any other ideas. He can only be an obedient partner of Sony.

Then Sony's dream of dominance will continue, and Rentian will be squeezed out sooner or later.

With Rentiantian's development capabilities in consoles, there is no way they can compete with Sony.

What made Qing Zhiyuan make such a thunderous decision in such a short period of time?

Kutaragi Ken thought about it for a while and found the key to the problem——

Damn it, it must be Satoru Iwata.

He finally figured out why Qing Zhiyuan established a new strategic planning department and hired the president of HAL Research Institute to serve as its director.

It's very strange no matter how you look at it.

It seems that Satoru Iwata had already approached Qing Zhiyuan before this and provided him with such advice.

Damn it! Damn it!

Without Iwata Satoru, there would not have been such a big trouble.

"Sato-san, you've really hurt me. We originally agreed to work together to succeed, but why didn't you tell me about such a big thing?" Kutaragi complained over the phone.

"You ask me? I only found out today." Sato Hideki said sadly.

He was also very aggrieved. He was a good Sega president and just flew away.

During this period of time, the thing that Hideki Sato thought about the most was how to move in to Shoichiro Koshiro and make himself the next president of Sega.

Then use the power of the president to cancel console development, so that we can be a third party with peace of mind.

This is the best thing for Sega and Sony, and even for Hideki Sato himself.

Who knew that a pokeni would appear in the middle, and suddenly he would be on top of Sega.

Let alone the president, Hideki Sato would not have been able to guarantee that he could continue to serve at Sega if Qing Zhiyuan had not promised not to lay off employees.

"Didn't you hear anything about it before?" Kutaragi Ken frowned.

"Well, I really don't know any information at all. It seems that Qing Zhiyuan should have gone to Mr. Okawa Isao directly through President Zhongshan."

Hideki Sato said, "However, to be able to convince President Nakayama and President Okawa in such a short period of time, I can only say that Qing Zhiyuan is really amazing."

Kutaragi Ken frowned fiercely.

Do you still need to say this?

Qing Zhiyuan is naturally an extraordinary talent, ah no, it should be described as a genius.

I know much more about Qing Zhiyuan than you do.

I was the first person to go through life and death together with President Qing.

However, looking back, he still didn't know enough about Qing Zhiyuan.

This guy never plays his cards according to common sense.

I didn't expect that something like this would happen in the end, it was too careless.

Kutaragi Ken couldn't help but blame himself. Why did I only think about persuading Sato to give up the console and become a third party at the beginning, instead of directly thinking about acquiring Sega? !

Now Kutaragi Ken really regrets it.

I wish I could stab myself twice.

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There is another chapter in the afternoon (end of this chapter)