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Chapter 547 Lifetime Series
The operating system is the foundation of Microsoft. If we really want to start cooperating with Xueleshan in the mainframe business, the first thing Microsoft will win is the mainframe system. This is what Microsoft must grab.

Terry Meyerson was slightly relieved when he heard what Bill Gates said. He is now in charge of the Microsoft WP system, and he is also linked to this system. The better the performance of this system, Meyerson is in The higher the status of Microsoft, in turn, the worse the WP system, the lower the status of Melson.

Originally, Melson wanted to build the WP system into a system that spans mobile phones, computers, handhelds and other electronic products.

The development of the Symbian mobile phone system has already made Melson feel impatient. Now mainstream mobile phone brands are starting to carry the Symbian system, and WP is still under development. When the development is successful, it is unknown how many brands will carry the Symbian system.

Now there is another game console, if this is also taken away by Symbian, then Melson is afraid that the WP system will never recover.

The entire console industry is undercurrents. With the emergence of companies vying for Sega, all kinds of rumors inevitably appear, and the media also began to report that Sega may change ownership.

As soon as the news came out, it caused a shock in the game industry. No matter how good Sega is, it is also one of the giants in the game console industry. From the original arcade machine to the game console, from MD to Saturn, and now to the current DC console, Sega no matter what it sells. How many machines, the names are all there.

The most famous British game magazine "Edge" was the first to report, "The latest news from Benzene Games is that Sega, one of the world's three major game consoles, is looking for acquisitions. According to rumors, Konami, Capcom and other game manufacturers are interested. Sega.

In addition, it is rumored that the person who has the closest contact with Sega is Sammy, the second largest pachinko machine manufacturer in Japan, and Sammy’s parent company is the most active in the game industry in recent years. "Diablo" is from its banner! "

Speaking of Sammy, if there are still people who don't know, the name of "Diablo" is well known in the game industry. Hearing that Xue Leshan intends to acquire Sega, it caused an uproar for a while.

All major game forums, ING, GameStop, etc., are full of discussions. Japanese game users, when they hear the news, are all in mourning. Sega, a pillar of the game industry, is going to be acquired by an American game company. For them, it is really difficult to accept.

For a long time, the Japanese game industry, whether it is games or consoles, has ranked first in the world. It has always been imitated by peers in other regions. When will it be acquired in turn? Some Japanese media even shouted, Xueleshan Do you know what a game is and how to develop a console?

I don't know if Xue Leshan understands games, and it's hard to say whether he will develop game consoles, but it is true that he is richer than Sega.

Users in other regions except Japan Benzene basically remained neutral about this news, and some users even expressed their expectations.

Cameron routinely completed the "Diablo" mission, entered the battle.net platform of Sierra Online, formed a team and PKed with others, and then logged into the IGN game platform.

It has been a few months since I bought "Diablo" back, and Cameron has already cleared the level. Now playing dungeons is purely a habit. There are no new games to attract his attention, so he can only play Diablo. Then enter the Battle.net platform and abuse the new players to pass the time.

The popularity of Diablo in America is still there, but it is not as big as it was in the past few months. In overseas markets, the number of users and players of Diablo is constantly increasing.

Now Diablo has sold nearly 700 million sets globally, exceeding Wall Street’s forecast. Wall Street originally estimated that Diablo could sell 500 million sets globally in two years, but according to the current situation , this year's Diablo, it is estimated that more than 900 million sets can be produced!

New players keep pouring in, and they keep feeding the game with fresh blood. In addition, Diablo has updated several dungeons, as well as Battle.net PK, etc., so old players like Cameron are still in the pit.

Cameron saw the news that Blizzard Studios had already begun preparations for the development of Diablo 2. Cameron hoped that the news was true, but it felt a bit mysterious. Blizzard is currently busy completing "StarCraft", and there are rumors that "Warcraft 3" has been approved for a long time, but it has been delayed for nearly four years and has not been developed yet.

There are even rumors that Blizzard is preparing to develop an online game "World of Warcraft" derived from Warcraft. It is said that this game was requested by Bruno Song, the big backer behind Xueleshan.

StarCraft, Warcraft 3, World of Warcraft, plus a "Diablo 2", it's not that Cameron doubts Blizzard's strength, just talking about so many games, even if it's playing the old Maozi's dolls, Blizzard probably has to I have been busy for three to five years, not to mention Blizzard's boutique slogan, "Blizzard's product must be a boutique", the meaning behind this sentence is to craft carefully, work slowly and carefully...

So Cameron feels that Diablo 2 has to become a series in his lifetime. Even if he is lucky, he probably won't be able to see it until the next century...

On the Xueleshan online platform, there are also game discussion communities, and there are many users, especially the forums in the English-speaking area. Every day, users from North America, Europe and other places pour water on it, and the number of active users is more than a few million every day.

But because of this, there are quarrels almost all the time. Often the disputes in a game are just the beginning, and soon the post will be crooked. Below are players from various regions scolding each other, pulling historical grievances, regional contempt chains, etc. Cameron is very concerned about these I'm not very interested in irrigation outside the game, so the forums I often like to go to are still IGN.

The game forums of IGN, compared to Xueleshan Online, the user scale and popularity are naturally far inferior. The game discussion area of ​​Xueleshan Online platform, the number of posts in a day is estimated to be not bad compared to the number of posts in a month on the IGN forum. How many.

But on IGN, there are almost all discussions about games. There are also disputes about the understanding of different games, as well as game rankings.

Cameron opened the IGN forum and saw that the most popular discussion on the forum was still about the TGA awards ceremony that will be held in a while. This award has been touted as a game since its inception. The Oscars in the world are the world's first professional game awards.

Brother on the IGN forum, the most discussed about the TGA Awards is not which games can win the award, but the Game Hall of Fame launched by TGA, who can enter and become a totemic figure in the history of games, and even the official IGN forum is still invigorating , launched a questionnaire survey, asking who is the member of the game hall of fame in their hearts?
It's not clear that it's invigorating. IGN has obviously mastered the traffic password. Once this event came out, IGN's user activity on the day directly increased by 50%, and the number of posts doubled.

In the eyes of a thousand people, there are a thousand Hamlets. There is no specific standard for the Game Hall of Fame. Wouldn't it be possible to select a lot of people?
In addition to the TGA Awards and the Hall of Fame, the most discussed topic on the forum is Blizzard's new game "StarCraft". Now the expansion pack has been released and pre-orders have begun. Now the number of global pre-orders has exceeded 80. Mellen also contributed.

The old buddies of IGN, facing the "StarCraft" expansion pack, have analyzed the game many times before and after, and analyzed the game engine of StarCraft, which is a revised version of "Warcraft 2", and the whole game is a real-time strategy The game, compared to Diablo, is much more difficult to operate.

And StarCraft attracts the most attention from IGN old buddies, and what makes real-time strategy game fans ecstatic, is that StarCraft has already mastered the concept of "fog of war". No longer is the original game boring.

There is nothing new about these posts. Cameron flipped through these posts and was about to ask his old buddies if there were any reliable new games released recently. Melan's attention.

"The game console industry is undergoing tremendous changes, and Sega may enter the era of Sierra!"

Seeing this post, Cameron was stunned for a moment. Xue Leshan was playing PC computer games. When did he attack the game console?

After clicking in, it only took a few seconds to see that the post had already been flooded with dozens of floors, and Cameron couldn't help cursing the old six, who usually disappears. This kind of hot post grabs the first floor quickly. , he really wondered if this group of people lived on the forum.

"I'm looking forward to Xueleshan's acquisition of Sega, and I strongly recommend that Xueleshan restart the Saturn console era!"

"I don't deny the game production level of Xue Leshan, but the development of game consoles is not the same as games. I remain skeptical about whether Xue Leshan can save Sega."

"I hope that after Xueleshan acquires Sega, the Sega DC mainframe sold will not be 399, not 299, but only 199 dollars..." There is also a dog head emoji package at the back of this post.

"Dreaming upstairs!"

Cameron looked at the posts that kept popping up. On the forum, there were different attitudes towards Xueleshan and Sammy’s acquisition of Sega. It is hoped that Xueleshan will quickly acquire Sega and stop letting Sega mess around. There are also doubts about Xueleshan. Can you manage Sega, which is full of hills inside, will you develop consoles and so on.

But when I saw the post asking the Sega host to sell for 199 dollars, and the dog head expression pack, Cameron couldn't help laughing. When the Sega DC host was on sale, the price was 399 US dollars. The Sony PS2 next door , Backhand sold for 299 US dollars, the pitted Sega almost didn't jump off the building.

Since ICQ launched emoticons, emoticons have become popular in the Internet world. In major forums, portal websites, emails, etc., as long as there are comment areas and texts, there are emoticons.

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