Is it not a galgame?

Chapter 169 73. Sony's Olive Branch
Tokyo.

Studio Ghibli.

"Jump, jump!"

"Hit it with skills, hit it!"

On the TV, the game screen of pokeni "Demon Hunter" is being played.

And sitting in front of the TV is Toshio Suzuki, the president of Studio Ghibli...

And Hayao Miyazaki.

The person who is playing the game right now is Toshio Suzuki.

Hayao Miyazaki sat beside him, clenched his fists nervously, directing Toshio Suzuki's actions.

Sisyphus made a set of combo moves, and the blood clan's demon hand just stretched out, but it was empty.

As a result, he was rushed over by the enemy.

clap clap clap...

Sisyphus fell to his knees, his blood turning black.

A big [GAME OVER] appeared on the screen

"Ah~ why did you die again?"

Miyazaki said sadly.

Toshio Suzuki rolled his eyes at him.

You still have the nerve to say, if it wasn't for you yelling and directing, as for this?
and……

"Why don't you play the game yourself? And why do you want me to play it, with you directing?"

"Um……"

Miyazaki hamster rolled his eyes twice, and smiled slightly, revealing two deep dimples.

He raised his hands, "Look, aren't my hands dirty? Just now the paint is all over my body, and my apron is stained a lot."

Toshio Suzuki really wanted to hit this guy on the head with something.

This guy used such a poor excuse to instigate others, and even made sarcastic remarks.

but……

He frowned and looked at the screen on the TV, thinking that the "Witcher" released by Pokeni this time is too difficult, right?

"The game is a good game, but if you make it impossible for people to pass the level, the subsequent content will be meaningless." Miyazaki Hamster said.

"Is there a possibility... because we are not suitable for playing this game? It's not because others make it difficult?" Suzuki Toshio raised his head.

Miyazaki hamster froze for a moment, thinking that what he said made sense.

But out of face, he just coughed slightly, and said to Suzuki Toshio, "No, you are not suitable for playing this game. It is really too difficult for you."

"Aren't you?"

"No." Miyazaki Hamster raised his hand stiffly, "Look, I just don't have time to play this game."

Ha ha……

Toshio Suzuki sneered twice, Miyazaki hamster has the hardest mouth.

"That's right, let's continue working." Toshio Suzuki put down the handle.

"Huh? Are you giving up like this?" Hayao Miyazaki said sadly, "The next thing is that the vampires will fight humans. Don't you want to know what's going on?"

"Do not want to."

"Ah~ No way, Suzuki-san, it's not good to give up halfway."

"Would you please explore and experience the following content by yourself?"

……

At the same time, inside Sony, a major resolution is being held that may change the future of the entire Neon game.

At the meeting, Ken Kutaragi was arguing with everyone.

"I think we should independently develop a console of the new era, so that Sony can really enter the game field." Takeshi Kutaragi said, taking out the data of the last year, "It turns out that this time the cooperation with Sega is profitable.

The new handheld we jointly developed clearly poses a threat to Rentiantang, and it also hits the market.

So far, the sales volume of Sega GP has successfully exceeded 1000 million units, which is a very remarkable figure.

At the same time, it also shows that Ren Tiantian is not unbreakable in the game field. "

Ken Kutaragi also issued hardware data of many hosts, and compared Sony's advantages with the hosts currently on the market.

"Ren Heaven's console development capabilities are not as deep as Sega's. The Playstation trial machine we jointly developed with Ren Tian Tang has actually reached a relatively high degree of completion. Now we only need to go one step further and use this trial machine as the basis. , to develop an epoch-making host product.

Then it is possible for us to gain a firm foothold in the new console market, thereby entering the game industry and occupying a certain share of the market. "

Although Ken Kutaragi is full of confidence in Sony's R&D department, he is not arrogant enough to say "can defeat Rentiantang" and "occupy the market".

It can only be said that Rentian has been hanging in the sky for a long time, so that people don't quite believe or imagine that the sun will also set.

"I don't agree with that."

Director Yoshiura Yu stood up and retorted, "Console development is a matter that consumes a lot of money and manpower. How much did Sega spend on developing a new console? 100 billion? 200 billion? Or more?

Although we have a prototype machine, it has never been verified by the market.

And I have to point out one thing -

Sega's new handheld, although the sales volume has exceeded 1000 million, but most of them are in the Omi area.

Omi is the result of Sega's operation for many years, and it has its own foundation.

But in Neon, the Rentian family is still the dominant one. "

"Yes, even a company like Sega that has been in the field of game consoles for many years can't shake Rentiantang, so for us who have never had any experience, the risk of rushing into the console market is a bit too high." In addition One director, Owada, echoed.

Others nodded involuntarily, and seemed to be more inclined to the two directors' arguments.

"Moreover, the game console is just a carrier. Among the success factors, the game console only accounts for a small part of it." Owada continued, "Think about it, if there is no Pokémon game, maybe The current Sega GP can only come to a disastrous end, not to mention the words [causing an impact on Ren Tiantang].

Kutaragi-san, you are able to use this data to stand here and have the confidence to propose a plan for the development of a new console. It is pure luck.

This luck is given by Pokémon.

It was given by pokeni.

do you understand? "

"In other words, the game is the most important thing. Without the cooperation of game developers, there are no exclusive games on the new console, and if these exclusive games cannot achieve enough height and popularity, then the risk of failure of the new console can be said It's going to be very, very high."

Yuu Jipu concluded, "I think that if you want to continue to attack the game market, the best way is to follow the previous one. Why don't we cooperate with Sega to jointly develop the console, so that we can share risks through cooperation on the one hand. and cost.

At the same time, you can also have a reliable partner. In the future, with the help of Sega's strength and appeal, you will slowly develop new game developer allies...

Through snowballing to accumulate strength and contacts, maybe 10 years later we will be able to independently develop hosts, so that we can share a piece of cake in the market. "

"Uh-huh."

All the directors nodded, and felt that the plan proposed by Jipu was more feasible and more realistic.

The most important thing is that this plan is obviously more reliable than Kutaragi's [reckless] offensive behavior, and it is more in line with Sony's interests.

At least so far, the cooperation with Sega has successfully illustrated this point.

Kutaragi Ken did not agree with their words, so a heated discussion took place at the meeting.

After about two hours, there was still no dispute.

And the dispute here is endless, in fact, only Kutaragi is alone.

Almost the entire board of directors overwhelmingly believed that his plan was too reckless, unreliable, and not in the interests of Sony at the moment.

It is really not easy to persist until now.

"Give it up, Kutaragi-san, no one here will support you," one of the board members persuaded.

All eyes turned to the chief.

That is, the current president of Sony and the top management decision-maker, Norio Ohga.

Since everyone can't argue, it's better to let the president make the decision.

Moreover, the reasons of both parties have been explained just now, and the scene is also very clear. None of you present here supports Ken Kutaragi, and now it is just necessary to give him a reason to give up.

Norio Ohga did not speak, but silently put his hands on the table and crossed them together to think.

Just this year, Sony's former president Akio Morita stopped all work due to physical reasons - stroke (that is, the legendary cerebral infarction).

After that, the burden of the entire Sony fell on the shoulders of Norio Ohga.

And Norio Ohga is a very determined and tough person, which is a bit like the contemporaries Ren Tiantang and Sega's two supreme leaders.

"What do you think is the difference between Sega and Rentiantang?" Norio Oga asked.

Everyone was taken aback, wondering why the president asked such a question.

In other words, this question is too broad, and I don't know where to start answering it for a while.

Without waiting for everyone to answer, Norio Ohga asked himself and answered, "The difference is that Sega has not yet been able to defeat Rentiantang in the field of games."

"Other than that, there's no difference."

ha?
Everyone was stunned, but they still didn't quite understand.

"If Rentian is now sitting on the gaming throne of Neon, then when Sega sits in that position, it will do the same thing as Rentian.

That is monopoly.

Use the resources at hand and all the power you can use to suppress your opponent.

To put it bluntly, Sega's Nakayama Hayao and Rententang's Yamauchi Hiroshi are the same kind of people.

As long as such a person succeeds in ascending the throne, he will not allow anyone around him to share.

Do you understand? "

Norio Ohga said in a deep voice, "Instead of helping Sega to become Rentian, why don't we become Rentian?"

This time, everyone understood.

Good guy, after a long time, it turns out that President Oga is on Kutaragi Ken's side!
"I support Kutaragi's proposal."

Norio Oga obviously wants to endorse Ken Kutaragi.

"However, I think the debate just now is actually valuable."

"Next, we have to carefully select who is our cooperative ally." Norio Ohga said, "We need to have a game developer that is influential, but at the same time may pose a threat to Rentiantang, and is not afraid of Rentang Sanctions. business.

Most importantly, this collaborator will not betray us. "

Norio Oga put the word betrayal very seriously.

The main reason is that Ren Tiantian was hurt too badly before.

And this is indeed very important. If the collaborators are not tight-lipped, or get out of the car halfway, it may cause their new console development plan to be exposed in advance and fail.

"So, this partner, who should I choose?"

Norio Oga scanned the crowd with sharp eyes like a falcon.

……

"We want pokeni to be an ally of Sony."

Kutaragi Ken put a cooperation agreement on the table and pushed it in front of Qing Zhiyuan.

In this agreement, the cooperation on the new host is proposed, including what Sony can provide, and what content Pokeni can profit from...

In terms of copyright fees, pokeni does not even need to pay copyright fees, which is already a very big concession.

The hardware function of Sony's new host is so powerful, and it uses Sony's own CD-ROM. The game capacity of the disc can be as high as 1G, and even if there are peripherals, the game capacity can be further increased. .

Game consoles, whether it's processors, capacity, support for graphics, audio quality... are definitely top-notch in the world right now.

There is no doubt about that.

Because Qing Zhiyuan knows the Sony company too well.

Starting from PS, Sony has embarked on the road of game overlord since then.

Now is the time for him to witness history.

"But...why did you choose us?" Qing Zhiyuan asked suspiciously.

According to the normal world line, they should go to Namco, who is ranked fifth.

The old 6 Square Enix and the youngest Capcom are now in the honeymoon period with Ren Paradise, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to shake.

Otherwise Square Enix should be their best choice.

"Because pokeni is the best choice." Kutaragi Ken, an honest kid, really didn't hide anything, "We have also considered other game companies, mainly because we think they are either too close to Rentiantang, or It's just that the relationship with Sega is too good.

If the cooperation is known by a third party, it may cause a lot of trouble. "

Kutaragi Ken said, "Pokeni is a friend of Sony. We have worked together on Sega GP, and isn't that obvious? Pokeni is not against Renten Tendo, we have a common enemy.

Of course, more importantly, through unanimous discussions, we believe that pokeni is a very strong game company with super creativity and unlimited future.

That's why Sony feels that cooperating with pokeni is the best choice. "

Gee.

I have analyzed everything so thoroughly, what else can I say?
Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help laughing in his heart.

can only say--

Sony really has a great vision.

but……

Is it really okay to just abandon Sega directly?

"Okay. No problem, we accept."

Eh?
Kutaragi Ken never thought that today's negotiation would be so smooth.

Qing Zhiyuan agreed almost without any hesitation.

"However... I have a request."

Sure enough... Where in the world is there such a refreshing thing?

But there is a request for Kutaragi to feel more at ease.

He raised his head and looked at Qing Zhiyuan, waiting for the next words of the young president.

"If possible," Qing Zhiyuan put his hands on the table, stood up, and said seriously, "I hope your company can consider developing a new generation of game consoles into a great product that can support 3D games."

"3D?" Ken Kutaragi looked at Qing Zhiyuan in a daze.

……

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After the matter is dealt with, I decided to publish a chapter, and I can't stop updating!

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