Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 47 A tough choice

"Authorize me to produce MD in China?" Fang Mingyuan looked at Uda Naka in disbelief. He almost wondered if he was hallucinating. When did Sega Corporation become so generous and allow it to produce a home game console that was only released in 1989?

md to yourself? MD, the full name is sega mega drive, because it is Sega's fifth-generation home game console model, it is also called "Sega. Fifth generation". It is the world's first true 16-bit (16-bit)

yuan) home electronic game console!

In order to compete with it, Nintendo launched the Super Nintendo, also known as SFC. And this time I came to Japan just to get the FCS, an old home game console that has been produced for six or seven years. As for

MD and Chao Ren, he had never thought about it. The Japanese were so smart that they would never transfer top-notch technology to China. And to put it bluntly, Fang Mingyuan just wanted to take this opportunity to make a fortune in FC production.

.After all, the general trend of the world is irreversible. No matter how the Chinese government bans the game console industry from entering China, people who have become more affluent have a demand for entertainment that is as irresistible as the tide of the Qiantang River. In the previous life, the ps, psp, and ps2 were flying all over the sky.

, xbox... is the best example. Customs cannot stop what the citizens really need. Rather than having this money earned by Japan, it is better to give it to yourself and earn money from other countries in this way.

Why not do it.

But Sega's proposal shook Fang Mingyuan's idea! Although MD in the previous life was defeated in the competition with SFC, it cannot be denied that MD is excellent in some aspects, at least its performance

It is far superior to FC. Fang Mingyuan vaguely remembers that an authoritative magazine once mentioned that the CPU configuration of MD was used by which company to compete with Intel's 80386 and 80486 chips. Due to the use of a simplified instruction set, the calculation

The super performance makes the act-type games on md have a very high sense of smoothness. At the same time, the audio architecture composed of three audio processing chips makes the sound effect of md extremely strong, and the music is dynamic and the effect is no less than that of arcade machines.

If we can obtain MD production authorization from now on, given the level of China's domestic electronics industry, although it will be impossible to catch up with Japan and the United States for a long time, compared with the previous life, we will have a higher level after all.

The starting point! More importantly, Nintendo can give itself FC, or even SFC, but after entering the next generation, with the improvement of console production technology, the production of compatible consoles has become impossible. There are piracy cases

Movies, pirated games, but I have never heard of anyone being able to pirate ps or pirate xbox! At that time, it would be extremely difficult to get involved in the home game console industry. If Microsoft hadn't relied on it to gain the upper hand in computer systems

The king of software, burning money regardless of cost, will never be able to gain a foothold in this industry. Fang Mingyuan does not think that any private enterprise in China will have such courage in the future!

As for state-owned enterprises...just pretend they don't exist! It's better to expect them to have such a vision than to expect sows to become Diao Chan.

"It's hard to make a choice!" Fang Mingyuan felt that he was in a dilemma! On the one hand, he knew that Sega Co., Ltd. would have a tragic prospect of retreating from the home game console industry in the future, and participating in it would undoubtedly be a big quagmire; on the other hand, he

It is a huge temptation. If I can change the future destiny of Sega Corporation, the world's home game console industry will be divided into four parts, giving Chinese companies an opportunity to carve up profits.

You know, the future of the home game console industry is extremely bright. Otherwise, how could Sony and Microsoft jump in one after another? And this industry is different from steel, textiles, home appliances and other industries in that it is low consumption and high output value.

The industry can also be called a huge profit industry. Compared with the endless domestic and foreign competitors in the home appliance industry and the automobile industry, the real predators in this industry were only just a few years ago when Fang Mingyu died.

There were four, and Sega Corporation withdrew after two thousand years due to successive failures.

Should? Should not? These two thoughts were spinning around in Fang Mingyuan's mind like a revolving lantern. On the one hand, it was a huge temptation, on the other hand, it was a huge risk.

You must know that since his rebirth, although in the eyes of outsiders, he has achieved incredible business results again and again, and people can't help but lament his genius, but he himself understands that it is a matter of course and a certainty.

, it would be strange to say that he failed. It can be said that this choice was the first uncertain challenge he faced.

Uda Naka looked nervously at Fang Mingyuan, whose brows were frowning and relaxing. He had thrown out the most important trump card in his hand. If this could not attract Fang Mingyuan, then I am afraid that this competition between Sega and Nintendo would

There is no longer any hope for the war. According to news from within the gamestation company, although Nintendo’s asking price for “Zuma” and “Bubble Bobble” is 20% lower than Sega’s, considering Nintendo’s position in the gaming field

and influence, joining the Nintendo camp will undoubtedly increase the gamestation company's influence in the industry, and its prospects will be more promising.

Although Sega Co., Ltd. released the md before Nintendo, due to the lack of support from third-party software vendors on the console - unlike Nintendo's approach of firmly grasping third-party software vendors, Sega Co., Ltd. did not pay much attention to third-party software vendors in the past.

Care. In fact, Sega's original intention of designing MD was mainly to occupy the home console market by transplanting its own arcade products to home machines. Therefore, Sega did not pay much attention to other software vendors, resulting in players having to choose from after purchasing MD.

Compared with Nintendo, the number of games is really pitiful, with only over 200 original games.

Therefore, compared with Nintendo's FC output, after the initial success of MD, the sales did not have a real blowout as they expected, which made the executives of Sega Corporation who originally had great hopes for MD

Very disappointed.

Now Sega Corporation has realized this problem internally, which is why it is so proactive in fighting for the gamestation company. Even Uda Naka, the vice president of the company and the second largest shareholder, will personally come to interview Fang Mingyuan.

For those software companies that have signed contracts with Nintendo and obtained sweet benefits, let them renovate their business and engage in work under Sega Corporation. Sega Corporation has been doing this, but with little effect. Therefore, Sega Corporation has to turn its attention to Turning to the emerging game software companies in the past few years, Gamestation is undoubtedly one of the best. If it can be brought under the banner of Sega Co., Ltd., the driving effect will be very significant. If it can be obtained For a group of emerging software companies to join, it is absolutely worth paying a few percent more for it.

Moreover, Sega Co., Ltd. values ​​not only the gamestation company, but also the person behind the company, Fang Mingyuan. So far, all games of the gamestation company can be said to be produced by Fang Mingyuan, and all of these games are in the Japanese and even the world market. Sega Corporation also hopes to transplant the "Age of Discovery" series to MD. Fang Mingyuan, a genius who also has a dazzling aura in the Japanese comic industry and game industry, if he can join Sega, his reputation in Japan will be great. How many percentage points will a huge number of readers add to Sega Corporation's revenue?

Moreover, the game production staff within Sega have also noticed the potential of adapting "Resident Evil" into a game. If they can take advantage of the situation and reach an agreement with Gamestation Company on this, it would undoubtedly be the best...

Uda Naka shook his head slightly and shook off all the thoughts in his mind. If Sega Co., Ltd. could get Fang Mingyuan and Gamestation Company to join, there would be many benefits, but he didn't have much certainty now.

"Mr. Uda!" The uneasy Uda Zhong immediately perked up and looked at Fang Mingyuan intently, fearing that he would say the word "rejection".

Fang Mingyuan put his arms on the table, crossed his hands, supported his chin, and said with a wry smile: "You really gave me a difficult problem. To say that I am not tempted would be a lie, but I don't want to hide my feelings for him. md's opinion, although perhaps in the short term, with the performance of md far exceeding that of FC, Sega Corporation will temporarily have the upper hand, but in the long run, I don't think md can shake Nintendo's position. As far as I know, Nintendo's New models will be launched in the near future, and the performance gap between MD and FC will be greatly narrowed. At that time, I am afraid that it will be the beginning of MD losing the market. Choosing the Sega camp is undoubtedly the best choice for me. An adventure!”

"Fang Jun..." Uda Zhong opened his mouth and said.

Fang Mingyuan shook his head and said solemnly: "Mr. Uda, for the sake of Miss Mitsuri Uda, I won't deal with you, and you'd better not try to mess with me. The situation of Sega Corporation, from a certain perspective, To be honest, I know better than you. And I also know its future development trajectory well. If your company has not undergone fundamental reforms in recent years, then as Sony enters this industry, your market share will Even smaller, until I finally quit. Therefore, joining the Sega camp is a risk for me and the gamestation company. Besides, this matter is of great importance, and I don’t think Mr. Uda expects me to make a decision now. ?”

Uda Naka felt a little aggrieved. Although they had realized the gap between themselves and Nintendo, they did not think that they would eventually withdraw from the home game console industry. But the Sony mentioned by Fang Mingyuan made him

With a shiver in his heart, Sega has also received the news. Sony is indeed interested in entering the home game console industry, but it seems that the home game console they have developed is still in the drawing stage. Why does Fang Mingyuan attach so much importance to it?