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Chapter 550 Double Reed
"This year, "Diablo" is expected to sell about 900 million sets, making it the best-selling game in America this year!"

Ken Williams got up, came to Song Yang's side, and hit a shot. Now Ken Williams, with the air of a big man in the game industry, was no longer embarrassed when he was kicked out of the Sierra Mountain that he built.

Williams and his wife had started to prepare for retirement, but they were invited back to Sierra Mountain. Sierra Mountain was also considered to be one of the game giants in America back then.

But compared to now, it is far worse. At least the current game manufacturers in America, EA, Activision and other game manufacturers, have not been able to win a Japanese console game manufacturer, but Sierra has now done it!
Regardless of the reason behind Sammy’s acquisition of Sega, Sammy’s acquisition of Sega means that Sierra has completed a feat that has never been accomplished in the American and European game industries. For the first time in the console industry, it began to counterattack Japan.

These credits can all be worn on the heads of Ken Williams and his wife, and they have also made them more famous.

According to the selling price on the official website, Diablo has sold 900 million sets, and the sales have exceeded the US$[-] million mark, setting a new record in the history of American games.

Of course, in reality, there may not be so many, after all, there are coupons, platform game coins, etc., but the sales of a game exceed the box office of a popular movie, it sounds a bit scary, after all, the cost of making a game now , is lower than making movies, which means that you earn more!

Moreover, the release cycle of a popular game, that is, the time it takes to sell, is much longer than that of a movie. It can even be sold for a few years. After a year of movies, piracy is basically everywhere, and there are many piracy of games. It's much better than a movie.

This "Diablo" alone has established the status of the reorganized Sierra Mountain. If the sales volume expected by Wall Street can be achieved, or even exceeded, the future sales of Diablo may exceed 8000 million. beautiful knife.

Even Ken Williams had an absurd idea in his mind. If this game is re-fried in a few years, remakes, commemorative editions, etc. will be released, then will the game’s revenue break through? Ken Williams can't imagine what the scene will be like when the ten-figure dollar knife comes in, and he knows it's too difficult, but it still makes his heart a little hot...

"Next month, before the TGA game awards ceremony, "StarCraft" will be released. In addition, R Star Studios will release the first game "Grand Theft Auto" this year, and Id Game Studios will release "Thor's Hammer 2", V Agency is still developing the "Half-Life" game..."

Song Yang leaned on a cue and listened to Ken Williams' words. Xueleshan's money printing machine was starting up. After these games started to go online, Xueleshan's performance this year was basically guaranteed to hit the charts.

Ken Williams is still somewhat skeptical about the potential of games such as "StarCraft", "Grand Theft Auto", and "Half-Life". He does not expect these games to reach the height of "Diablo", even if the sales volume can reach Half of Diablo, Williams is content.

But Song Yang knows whether games such as "Half-Life" and "Grand Theft Auto" can be sold well.

"Over there at the TGA Game Awards, how are the preparations going now, have all the candidates for the Game Hall of Fame been selected?"

Song Yang has no plans to interfere with the TGA Awards. Xue Leshan established the TGA Awards and Hall of Fame to control the power of public opinion in the game industry in his own hands and avoid being targeted by established game manufacturers such as Nintendo, Sony, and EA.

However, the date of the award ceremony of the TGA Awards is approaching, and Song Yang naturally needs to ask more questions. After all, this is the first ceremony, and it is destined to be full of controversy and noise.

The Game Hall of Fame is the focus of discussion in the game industry. Who can be selected for the first Game Hall of Fame is now being discussed by many players.

"The nominations for the game awards have been established, and the candidates for the Hall of Fame will also be announced in the near future. It will be jointly established by the TGA committee, game companies, game media people, and players..."

When Ken Williams said this, Song Yang waved his hand. He was not interested in the selection criteria, and he didn't even care much about which game company won the award or who was selected into the Hall of Fame.

Song Yang threw the golf club aside, "Williams, you have more time and experience in the game industry than I do. I don't need to say more about it. I hope the TGA Awards will become an authority in the global game industry. The list of TGA awards and Hall of Fame candidates can be controversial, but the awards and Hall of Fame candidates must not be taken away by big game companies!"

Any award is basically a share of the cake. There is nothing to say about it. Just like the Oscars, the annual awards are basically from several major film companies. This is understandable, because Oscar itself is supported by these major film companies. Yes, but if all of them are given to these companies, then the entire award will become dull in a few years.

In other words, something outrageous like Harvey, the king of awards, abruptly won the award through public relations, and ruined the Oscars.

Originally Oscar-winning movies, even if the box office did not sell well before, after winning the award, with the aura of Oscars, the box office and video tapes can also sell for a fortune, allowing the producers to earn a dollar, but with the best The movie won awards, and the awards became more and more outrageous, and finally forced the audience to stop watching it!

Song Yang doesn't want TGA to become like the Oscars, where no one cares about it in the end, and needs to rely on "events" like slapping to attract ratings.

Listening to Song Yang's words, Ken Williams froze for a moment, then nodded, "I understand!"

Originally, Ken Williams was going to let the TGA Awards be divided into cakes according to the old rules, but now, he feels that the rules need to be changed a little.

After talking with Ken Williams for a few words, Song Yang looked back at Irene who was drinking coffee under the umbrella, turned to Ken Williams and said, "Ken, you should know that ICQ is preparing Logging into Nasdaq."

When Ken Williams heard Song Yang mention this, he couldn't help but glanced at Song Yang strangely, wondering why he would mention this.

"Irene and I believe that Xueleshan should withdraw from the listing of ICQ this time, and now is not the best opportunity for Xueleshan to be listed!"

Ken Williams looked obviously surprised, and glanced in Irene's direction, vaguely understanding that Irene seemed to be a little absent-minded about Sierra Mountain today.

"Song, what do you mean, let Xueleshan withdraw from the listing of ICQ this time?"

Song Yang laughed, Ken Williams is also a veteran, some things can basically be seen through.

"I think this should be Williams. You mentioned to ICQ and the North American Global Investment Foundation that Sierra is still in a period of change. Maybe a little later, a merger with ICQ or an independent listing is the best choice. !"

As for the show, it must be done. If Song Yang and Irene took the initiative to bring it up and let Xueleshan be split from ICQ, it would be a bit of a look, and the appearance would be a bit ugly.

But Ken Williams and Roberta, the couple who are in charge of Sierra Mountain, have something to say if they put forward it. When publicizing it to the outside world, they can prevaricate. · Williams and his wife occupy Xuele Mountain and want to stand on their own hills, so they will not let Xuele Mountain go public!
Ken Williams smiled wryly. He knew that this was a battle between ICQ and Wall Street, and he was implicated in it.

But at this time, Ken Williams had no choice at all. If he didn't take the blame at this time, then he and Roberta would probably be kicked out for the second time in Sierra Mountain!
"It is my wish to let Xuele Mountain be listed on NASDAQ independently!"

Ken Williams said kindly, after returning, he will find the media he is familiar with, and start to build momentum, so that Xue Leshan will be "separated" from ICQ.

As soon as Song Yang finished talking with Ken Williams, someone came to the golf course, not from Microsoft, but from Sega, just from Sega America.

"Peter Moore!"

Peter Moore, who was dressed in a gray suit, was tall and burly, and looked like a "big boss" of a gang, stretched out his hand to Song Yang, "President of Sega America, of course, is now the former president!"

Hearing this self-deprecating sentence, Song Yang couldn't help laughing, and shook hands with Peter Moore. Peter Moore's words were a bit flattering, threatening that his current position as president was all due to Song Yang's thought.

Peter Moore shook hands with Song Yang, Irene, and Ken Williams one by one, and they all looked at Peter Moore curiously.

At this time, Peter Moore was not the man with the title of "savior". Peter Moore, who had been a physical education teacher, was very tall, and with the face of the "big boss" of the gang, if he didn't know Peter Moore is the president of Sega America, and Song Yang can believe that he is the leader of any gang.

Looking at Peter Moore, Song Yang inexplicably thought of a sentence, let Peter Moore play games, maybe he really made a contribution to society, otherwise the ghost knows, will there be another gang...

Under the watchful eyes of Irene and Ken Williams, Peter Moore sat down, Song Yang looked at Peter Moore in front of him, "Peter, I have heard of you, Satomiji said you are Sega... a very special person!"

"A person who is not welcomed by the headquarters, and who is not in the same camp as the people in the headquarters?" Peter Moore told the truth directly.

Song Yang smiled for a while, and Irene and Williams couldn't help but look at Peter Moore a few more times. Peter Moore is indeed not the same as Niben Sega.

Niben Sega, when the sales of Sega DC were sluggish, some wanted to withdraw from the console market, but Peter Moore firmly opposed it. He believed that Sega DC still had the ability to compete with Sony PS2.

(End of this chapter)