Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 28: Poaching Capcom’s corner

1994 can be said to be an important year for home game console players around the world in future generations. Of course, today's gamers will not understand its importance. They just know

, in this year, Sega Corporation's new generation game console Saturn and Sony's new game console *** will be released one after another, and will bring absolutely different gaming experiences to all game players.

But for Fang Mingyuan, 1994 was more than just that. For him, it meant that the Fang family would further grow in the game industry. In April of this year, Cameron led the way.

, Aso Xiangzuki took over a game studio called Chaos. Chaos Studio is naturally very unfamiliar to the majority of game players, but in normal history, it was later renamed Blizzard Company.

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Blizzard! Yes, it is the Blizzard company that will be used in later generations because of the "Diablo", "Warcraft", and "StarCraft" series! Regarding Blizzard, Fang Mingyuan, who likes "StarCraft" and "Diablo", will naturally not

Strange. And I have been paying attention to it as early as a few years ago. It was not until 1994, when the company was unable to develop due to insufficient funds, that I came forward to acquire it in one fell swoop.

Fang Mingyuan took 70% of the shares, and the two founders of Blizzard each took 15% of the shares. However, these 15% of the shares were enough for them to get involved.

The ranks of millionaires. However, compared with the sharp increase in their net worth, what these two people like more is that Fang Mingyuan has stated from the beginning that he will not easily interfere with the normal operations of Blizzard unless there are intolerable deviations.

.With sufficient R&D funds, personal wealth has skyrocketed, and they still have the final say in the company. How can they not be satisfied with such a result?

Of course, Fang Mingyuan is more satisfied. Blizzard is a hen that can lay golden eggs. Which of the three major series of "Diablo", "Warcraft" and "StarCraft" is the most popular in the world's gaming industry?

It’s not a famous brand! Every time a game is released, it’s not a day for gamers around the world to celebrate. Everyone has been waiting for "Diablo" for nearly ten years! In ten years, how many game companies have such confidence?

, dare not release a sequel for ten years!

I don't know how many people "Diablo" has influenced. How many similar games produced after it, including online games, don't have its imprint?

As for "Warcraft", there are probably tens of millions of players around the world, and only Blizzard itself knows how much profit it collects.

One million copies of "StarCraft" were sold in South Korea alone, and the global sales can be imagined.

For such a company, with 70% of the shares in his own hands, what else could make him dissatisfied?

"It's a challenge but also an opportunity!" Fang Mingyuan said softly, standing in front of the window of the hotel room, looking at the sea in the distance.

Saturn and Venus have still followed the original trajectory of history to reach today, but no one knows whether their future will repeat the same mistakes of history.

In Fan Mingyuan's previous life, Saturn initially had a certain upper hand. Sega Co., Ltd.'s well-received "VR Warrior" in arcades was released together with the Saturn console. This strategy gave Sega a good start.

The previous month, the first batch of 200,000 units of Saturn had almost been pre-ordered by players! On the day of launch, 150,000 units of Saturn were quickly sold out. Most of the players who bought Saturn came for "VR Warrior"

By the end of the year, Saturn had sold a total of 500,000 units in Japan, and its sales exceeded that of Apple in the same period. Six months later, Sony and Sega simultaneously announced that the sales of Apple and Saturn consoles exceeded one million units, making the two major

The competition for 12-bit consoles has become fierce. However, due to the fact that Saturn's support for 3D graphics is not as strong as ***'s, the production cost is higher than Sony's, and the software support is weak, Sega Co., Ltd. ultimately lost.***

The final victory in one fell swoop.

In this life, because Fang Mingyuan has a stake in Sega Corporation, he naturally knows that the quality of 3D effects is an important criterion for the performance of future consoles. Under Fang Mingyuan's tough attitude, from the beginning, Sega Corporation's R&D department has not been interested in the development of the Saturn console.

The greatest attention is paid to 3D performance. Fang Mingyuan believes that even if the 3D performance of Saturn in this world is not as good as ***, the difference is extremely limited.

As for the production cost issue, Fang Mingyuan and the board of directors of Sega Corporation have reached an agreement to transfer part of the production capacity to China one year after the Saturn is officially put into production. With the help of China's cheap labor, the production cost of the console can be reduced to counter Sony's pressure. It can.

To be honest, it is not easy to reach this agreement. If it were not for the directors of Sega Corporation, they also understand that if they compete with Sony for production capacity, Sega Corporation will definitely be at a disadvantage. They will never let go. The heritage of the old manufacturing company,

That is absolutely unambiguous. Although the national income of developed countries is generally not low, the price of a game console is also a big burden for many people. If the performance of the two consoles is almost the same

If so, it will naturally be cheaper and more popular among players.

As for the support of Sega Corporation's Saturn software, although it has been improved in the past two years, there has been no significant change. This makes Fang Mingyuan very worried.

Although Fan Mingyuan's company has also prepared several games for the launch of the Saturn console, Fan Mingyuan still feels a little confused - this console is like a car, and this game software is like gasoline. No matter how good the car is, it must have gasoline.

Starting is not.

Now that he has joined Sega Corporation, the success or failure of Sega Corporation's Saturn is related to Fang Mingyuan's vital interests, so he cannot be ignored in the slightest.

Therefore, Fang Mingyuan decided to officially make "Resident Evil" into a game. After a long period of publicity in novels, animations, and comics, "Resident Evil" has now become a well-known representative of the zombie genre in the world. In addition, the level of hardware is compared with that of several years ago.

There have been great improvements since then, and the development of "Resident Evil" can be said to have come naturally. However, Fang Mingyuan is still worried that the level of "Resident Evil" will not be able to reach the level of the previous life. If it is said that this first shot will not be successful.

If he did, it would have caused the demise of the "Resident Evil" series, which would be a disgrace to the majority of game players. So this time he came to Osaka, Japan, to find a leader for the development of "Resident Evil".

Shinji Mikami, this name will naturally be familiar to biochemistry fans. This young man, who is known as the "Father of Biochemistry", is still just a young man who has graduated from university only four years ago.

Before Fang Mingyuan came to "poach" himself, Fang Mingyuan had actually sent several groups of people to persuade Shinji Mikami to change jobs. However, the results showed that Shinji Mikami had very deep feelings for cap ***. Even with a high position and high salary,

He failed to impress the future "Father of Biochemistry".

In desperation, Fang Mingyuan had no choice but to take action himself.

Shinji Mikami adjusted his clothes in front of the hotel mirror, combed his hair, and patted his cheeks to relax. To say he wasn't nervous would be sheer nonsense. The people we were going to meet today were Japan.

He is a well-known figure in the comics and gaming industries, and is also the youngest one. It is said that as of this year, this person has not yet gone to college. But he has achieved a great reputation in Japan and has countless supporters. Although in the past two years, he has

The number of works is decreasing day by day, but they still produce one hit after another! Especially "Ghost" and "Resident Evil", they can be said to be leading a temporary trend in Japan!

Although Mikami Shinji will later become the "Father of Biochemistry" and his fame will not be inferior to that of Fang Mingyuan, today he is still an out-and-out rookie who has only been out of college for three or four years! Facing an early

The famous person who had become successful and famous asked his name to see him again. If there was no pressure in his heart, he would be meeting the soul of the dead.

To be honest, Mikami Shinji was very confused. He didn't know what this person saw in him. Not only did he send people to recruit him several times, but now he even came in person, which really gave him enough face.

But as a result, Mikami Shinji's heart was beating even more. He knew his own family affairs. In the past few years in Cap***, although he had participated in the production of many games, he had also received support from the club.

Senior's approval, but is it really enough to be appreciated by that person? Mikami Shinji has no idea at all.

The reason why Mikami Shinji had rejected Fang Mingyuan's previous solicitations was, on the one hand, an inherent habit of the Japanese. On the other hand, it has to be said that it was precisely because of his unreasonableness that Mikami Shinji felt that

I was simply not qualified for the position given by Fang Mingyuan, so I refused.

But he never expected that Fang Mingyuan would fly from China to Osaka in person for this purpose. This and this... really shocked Shinji Mikami. The three visits to the thatched cottage in Chinese history were just like this!

Shinji Mikami didn't sleep well last night. He kept thinking over and over again what it was about him that Fang Mingyuan liked. But even if he tried his best to think about it, he couldn't think of what it was about him that was worthy of being treated like this by Fang Mingyuan.

Pay attention. The result is that when I came today, I found that I looked like a national treasure of China.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Mikami Shinji smiled helplessly. This problem of dark circles has troubled many women, and of course he was helpless.

Shinji Mikami looked at his watch and stepped into the elevator. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation at ***(***.***), ***, your support

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