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Chapter 557 The wolf is here

When it was first reported that Sega was acquired, there were still countless gamers all over the world mourning. They didn’t know what this game brand that had been with them for more than ten years would become, whether the console department could still exist, and whether they could buy it in the future. Sega host.

In the past, countless players ignored the Sega console, picked and picked, and compared it with Sony and Nintendo consoles, but now they are a bit reluctant. This is basically human nature. When you get it, you don’t cherish it. When I lost it, I started to panic.

However, when countless players were still discussing what would become of Sega after being acquired, and whether the Sega mainframe could still exist, a big melon suddenly broke out.

Sammy Sega officially announced that it will split the Sega mainframe and hand it over to the headquarters of Sierra Mountain. In the future, both Sammy Sega and American Sega can use the Sega brand, but the console business will be taken over by American Sega!

As soon as the news came out, the outside world understood that Sega's console business should be preserved. If you don't want to play consoles, you don't need to spend so much effort.

But as soon as this news came out, some players immediately questioned it, especially the media and players on Japan’s side. They suspected that the Sega console left Japan. Without the blessing of craftsmanship, can Sega America still produce a qualified console? ?

This kind of thinking is of course related to the current status of Japanese games and consoles in the global game industry. The game industry and comics industry are almost "Japanese streams". Japanese games, consoles, comics, animations, etc. It is a big hit all over the world, even in America, where the ratings of "Dragon Ball" are quite high.

The arcade games in America and even in the world are all exported by Japan Benzene. The three major host brands are almost treating America and North America as their backyards. Comics and animations are also selling well. No wonder Japan Benzene can shout this. Such a slogan, how can Sega survive without Japan? !

Not only Japan Benzene, but countless overseas users also have this kind of worry. Although they are not as arrogant as Japan Benzene, console brands will not be able to survive without Japan Benzene, but they are also worried. Xueleshan is good, maybe Reincarnated Sega consoles that cannot be played, no one knows.

At this time, Peter Moore, the president of Sega America who took over the console business of Sega, came forward and announced several news to the outside world.

The first one, the Sega DC host, will adjust the price to sell at the same price as the Sony PS2, that is, the price will be reduced!
Everyone understands that promotions come up. The second point, Peter Moore once again declared that the games developed by the game studios under Sierra Mountain in the future, whether it is "StarCraft", "Grand Theft Auto", "Thor's Hammer 2 ", "Half-Life" and so on, will all become Sega console exclusive games, that is, on the console platform, Xue Leshan will only be released on the Sega console, and it may be earlier than the PC platform!

Exclusive games have always been the biggest shortcoming of Sega consoles. There are too few games that can be played, and the game types are too backward. ah.

Now the Sega console seems to be making up for this shortcoming. Looking at the series of cooperative game manufacturers released by the Sega console, Sega Games, Blizzard, Rockstar, V Club, Id Games, and EA also appeared on this list. !

What excites Sega console players the most is Peter Moore's claim that Sega will be "connected to the Internet" and the Xueleshan online game platform will be introduced into Sega. In the future, Sega consoles will no longer be just stand-alone games.

The introduction of the Xueleshan online platform means that Sega users can use the Battle.net platform, even if players are halfway across the world, they can play games together!
And the thousands of games on the Xueleshan online platform may also be open to Sega host users, so they don't have to live with those dozens of old games every day.

As soon as these news came out, most Sega console players were shocked. Regardless of whether they could do well, at least compared to the half-dead Sega in the past few years, the current Sega console obviously really wants to change.

Most players were attracted by the news released by Peter Moore, while the media and the game industry paid more attention to the news released by Peter Moore later.

The production base of Sega consoles will be moved from Japan Benzene, and handed over to Alcatel Mobile to take over the production of Sega consoles. In fact, it will be moved from Japan Benzene to Yanjing!
This relocation can greatly reduce the cost of Sega's mainframe. Alcatel's mobile phone industry chain is used for components and assembly of the mainframe, which can reduce the cost of Sega's mainframe to an astonishing level. Even if there is a price war, Sega Don't be afraid, Nintendo and Sony dare to fight a price war, and Sega hosts can make them cry!

The last two news released by Peter Moore did not have much fanfare, but for the entire game industry, it was nothing more than a thunderbolt.

Sega consoles may, before the end of the year, start the research and development of a new generation of consoles. This vague statement immediately caused tension between Nintendo and Sony.

The previous Sega has always been the leader of game consoles. It has always surpassed Nintendo and Sony in terms of technology. When developing DC consoles, Sega exhausted all its energy and expenses, but the sales were not so good. Sega has also begun to flinch from the new generation of consoles.

Now that there is a big benefactor, the Sega console seems to be restless again.

If this news is still a bit of a smoke bomb, then the next news, when the America Sega console announced that it has reached a cooperation agreement with Microsoft, Microsoft also announced that it will invest 50 million US dollars in the Sega console and get [-]% of the Sega console. When it comes to equity, the entire game industry and even the technology industry are a little dumbfounded!

Microsoft wants to enter the hardware industry, especially the game industry. Sima Zhao's heart has long been known to everyone, but he has always hit a wall and has no chance at all. This time, he reached a cooperation with Xueleshan like a blitzkrieg. If you say that there is no transaction in the middle, then no one will believe it.

Compared with the previous pieces of news, the last one has a significantly greater impact on the outside world. No one knows what the agreement between Microsoft and Xueleshan is. One can be sure.

With Microsoft entering the market, and thinking about what Peter Moore said, it seems that it can be explained to let Sega develop a new generation of consoles. With such a big financial backer, it seems that Sega can’t justify not developing a new console.

It’s hard to say what will happen to Sega consoles in the future, but one thing is, with Sierra Mountain and Microsoft as its major shareholders, what is certain is that it may become the richest company in the console industry, bar none!

It seems that the smoke bombs are not attractive enough, so Satomi Haru, Koguchi Hisao and others who have returned to Japan once again announced that they will acquire SNK for Sammy Sega!

The purchase price this time is not expensive. The purchase price of Sammy Sega for SNK is only less than 50 billion yen. It takes away 51% of SNK's equity, but correspondingly, it also bears the burden of crushing SNK game manufacturers. 300 billion yen in foreign debt.

After Sammy Sega acquired SNK, it immediately let SNK continue to develop a new generation of arcade games "The King of Fighters", which attracted carnivals from arcade game fans around the world.

However, Sammy Sega also knows that arcade machines have indeed declined. In addition to letting SNK develop a new generation of arcade games such as "The King of Fighters", "Samurai Soul", and "Legend of Hungry Wolf", they will continue to be used in their own arcade game halls. , Sammy Sega still let SNK start to transform and develop PC and handheld games, let SNK's most important game developers, the team headed by the father of fighting games Takashi Nishiyama, develop new games, arcade games really can't be counted on... …

When the attention of the outside world was all on Sega, Satomi Osamu, who returned to Japan, started his actions. First, he acquired Dynam, the third largest pachinko hall operator in Japan, at a high price of 7.4 million US dollars, and got The latter's controlling stake also gets Dynam's 974 stores.

Before the entire Japanese pachinko room could react, Sammy Sega announced again that it had reached an agreement with the emerging pachinko room operator Park, investing 489 million US dollars in Park and obtaining [-] stores in Park.

With the acquisition of Dynam and Park alone, Sammy Sega acquired nearly 500 pachinko room stores. In addition to the more than [-] arcade game halls that Sega already had, Sammy Sega almost transformed itself and became the second largest in Japan. Big billiard room operator.

Sammy Sega’s acquisition funds were all mortgaged. First, they mortgaged Sega to the Bank of America, then borrowed money to acquire Dynam, and then mortgaged Dynam’s store.

This way of playing is obviously playing with fire. If you are not careful, you will burn yourself to death, but Sammy Sega has no choice. Without this method, you can’t buy so many billiard room shops. Bank of America, for Sammy Sega Mei Sega also turned a blind eye.

After acquiring Dynam and Park, Sammy Sega did not stop. Instead, it continued to acquire pachinko parlor stores. It was almost not picky, whether it was a chain pachinko parlor brand with hundreds of stores or a small workshop with only a few dozen. , Sammy Sega will not let it go, especially the billiard rooms in Tokyo, Osaka and other places, and they will come to talk one by one!

The entire Japanese pachinko room has a feeling of "wolf is coming", but the current situation in Japan makes many pachinko rooms unable to resist the acquisition of Sammy Sega. If they don't sell the shop to Sammy Sega, they may would have to go bankrupt.

ICNC TV Headquarters, now ICNC TV Headquarters, has moved out of NBC Headquarters. Although it has not yet built its own headquarters building, it has also moved into a new office building.

In the prime time of the evening, America has just finished broadcasting. This year, the ratings have skyrocketed since it started broadcasting, and now it is after the TV series "The Sopranos", which is the No. [-] TV series in America.

Amidst the sound of music, a familiar background curtain appeared, and Alan Denigeles stood on the screen of ICNC TV station.

"He may not be the most well-known person in the world, but his name is known to everyone in the game industry. He manages the best game company in the world. Like a magician, he can control the emotions of countless people, making people Forgetting to eat and sleep against a game, sleepless all night to pass the level...

Let's welcome, Ken Williams, a true guru of the gaming industry! "

(End of this chapter)