Super Tycoon

"President, the investigation is clear. The VCD storage format used on Zhiduxing G can not only be used to store game data, etc., but also songs, movies and other works."

"And this VCD is a technology developed by a Huaxia company called Wanyan. It has applied for a patent and launched a product. This product is similar to a video recorder. It can play some movies and MVs, and it can also be used as a karaoke. "

Nintendo's Matsushima Shinji nodded. From this point of view, this technology is nothing. Isn't it just a way of storage? It's just this way, which can avoid some pirated game discs.

There are many companies that can produce CD discs, and many companies have related technologies, but VCD is only produced by Wanyan Company, and it is only authorized to Zhiduoxing Company, which makes it impossible for other pirates to start.

However, he believes that with the ability of pirates, it is not difficult to crack the technology. At that time, some cheap game discs will be produced, and the genuine game from Zhiduoxing Company will not be sold, so let's see how he is still pissed off!

"That is to say, this is just a new storage format? Have you investigated, what is the storage capacity of this optical disc?"

"Same as CD, about 700M."

Same?

Matsushima Shinji laughed out loud, thinking it was some kind of epoch-making technology, but the original capacity has not increased. In other words, only so much data can be stored, and the game cannot be too complicated.

"Okay, don't worry about it. Has the game analysis result of Zhiduoxing G and 3DO come out?"

"It's already out, it's in the red folder over there." Secretary Hui reported.

"Well, you go out."

Shinji Matsushima opened the red folder, and there was a comparison of the games independently released on ZDOS G and the games exclusively released on 3DO. Among them, KOF93 had the best sales, because this was randomly given by ZDOSing G, and the user survey was satisfactory. rate exceeded ninety percent.

In this way, players who like fighting games basically like this game, and even some players who didn't like fighting games before also like this game.

There is also the shooting game called Metal Slug, which is actually very popular, and the satisfaction rate is even higher than KOF.

As for some other games, the difference in performance is relatively large. Some user satisfaction surveys exceeded 80%, while others were less than 30%.

Especially on the 3DO side, there is currently no game with more than 80% satisfaction.

From Nintendo's point of view, Songxia Company, like Sunny, thought that if they knew how to make hardware and had top-notch technology, they would be able to make a good game console? What the game console really sells is not the game console, but the games it carries.

Ever since Songxia's machines were priced too high, Nintendo knew that Songxia would not succeed. Some of their design concepts are very good, but they also have a lot of shortcomings.

Nintendo originally planned to launch a 32-bit game console, but because the contract with Soni was torn up, it planned to directly skip the 32-bit game console and make a 64-bit game console.

Sunny couldn't see himself clearly at the beginning, and he actually asked for a dividend from game sales, and even asked to use related technologies to make his own brand of game consoles. This is because he wanted to use Nintendo to make a name for himself, and then enter the game industry.

Nintendo feels that even those companies that develop games are better at making game consoles than these companies that make electronic hardware. No, Song Xia rushed to the street.

As the world's top consumer electronics manufacturer, its sales volume is actually not as good as China's Zhiduoxing. A few months have passed, and the global sales volume of 3DO has exceeded 2 million units, but not only from Songxia, but also from Sanyo, Samsung, and AT\u0026T.

They all produce 3DO, but the brand is different and the price is slightly different.

But the sum of these companies is not as good as Zhiduoxing. The sales volume of Zhiduoxing has exceeded two million units. In the international market, it is on par with 3DO, but Zhiduoxing still has a Chinese market, which is this Everyone thinks that the market that has not yet been developed has provided more than 50,000 units of sales for Zhiduoxing.

It seems that this data is very poor. In a market with a population of more than one billion people, only so much has been sold. But if you think about the sales volume of other companies in the Chinese market, you will know how difficult this data is.

What makes Nintendo even more concerned is that the sales volume of game discs of Zhiduoxing Company is much better than that of 3DO. The main point of Nintendo's ridicule of 3DO is that they are doing it wrong.

Only pay attention to the development of game consoles, but ignore the development of games. Several shareholders of 3DO thought that the other party would focus on the development of games, but in the end, none of them developed well, and they got the copyright of some games, which were not exclusive.

Ruthlessly bought the exclusive copyright, but it didn't sell well. What's even more funny is that Songxia and other companies let game companies develop games according to their requirements, and then the game companies sell independently, and they get a commission.

Let the game company be responsible for its own profits and losses, what can the game company do?

At the end of this year, 32-bit game consoles from companies such as NEC, Sega, and Sunny will all be on the market. It is precisely because of this that Nintendo chose to skip 32-bit and focus on 64-bit to win in the future.

Now all game console manufacturers are rushing to make 32-bit game consoles, so their energy is also put on this product.

Although Nintendo's SFC sales will decline a lot, their handheld GB sales are still very good, and game sales are also good.

Nintendo's plan is to let these manufacturers fight on the 32-bit configuration. It is best to spend money to grab the market, let some companies withdraw, and then harvest their 64-bit game consoles directly.

Looking at the situation now, things are indeed developing as they planned.

Although there is a company like Zhiduoxing that popped up suddenly, it doesn't matter, is it just a spoiler? What is this sales volume?

Their Nintendo GB sold out 4 million units in one month in the island country. In the United States, 12 million units were sold in a few months. In Europe, the performance is also very good. The follow-up game cartridges, hardware upgrades, etc., are enough for them to earn a lot of money.

It takes such a lot of effort to sell more than two million game consoles. Is there any need to pay attention?

I thought that Zhiduoxing also had a good VCD technology, which might have some influence on them, but now it seems that this technology is just a gimmick, at least in the game console industry, it is just a gimmick.

I heard that many companies contacted Wanyan Company and Zhiduoxing Company before, expressing their desire to purchase VCD technology authorization, but they were all rejected, and even wanted piece-based authorization fees.

A useless broken technology is regarded as a treasure by the Chinese people.

They Nintendo, don't even ask. First upgrade some classic games, and then cut a crop of leeks.