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Chapter 583: The Years Reminder When Entering the Jianghu
The gathering of so many game development companies, game equipment manufacturers, and media people here is enough to show Xueleshan's status in the game industry.

Wired Magazine does not focus on the game industry, but Kevin Kelly knows that the PC games represented by Sierra Mountain, and the digital game model of the Xuele Mountain online game platform, have changed the entire game industry!

In the past, game developers basically focused on the two major console platforms of Sony and Nintendo, and we needed to see the faces of these two.

If you offend them, especially Nintendo's overlord clause, such as exclusive games, high dividends, etc., then it is very likely that a game will be developed through untold hardships, and it will not be able to board Nintendo or Sony's consoles. A game manufacturer went bankrupt.

Kevin Kelly is familiar with the game industry. What he sees is not how many game manufacturers Xueleshan has invested in and acquired, nor is it that Blizzard has developed some masterpieces, but the PC games represented by Xueleshan have faintly become new. Gaming platform signs.

What will happen to the future game industry structure? Kevin Kelly dare not say, but he is sure of one thing. It is very likely that they will stand on equal footing, even surpassing console games. After all, there are far more PC Internet users than console users!
What needs to be seen now is when the performance of PC computers can catch up. Chips with faster calculations and graphics cards with more powerful graphics capabilities. Once these things reach the same level as the mainframe, Kevin Kelly feels that at that time Snow Leshan will usher in its true peak, relying on PC users alone, can challenge Nintendo and Sony.

Kevin Kelly glanced at John Carmack. Not only American and European game manufacturers respected Carmack, but all Japanese game manufacturers also had a special attitude towards Carmack. Mark affected not only American and European games, but also Japanese games, and had to start developing 3D games.

Glancing at Carmack, Kevin Kelly took out a sticky note and wrote a few notes on it. He felt that Song Yang recruited Carmack not just to study some game engine!
Wired magazine publishes some special issues every year, summarizing the technology industry and the game industry, and then making some predictions.

Kevin Kelly is going to make some predictions about the future of the game industry in Wired magazine. Everything he saw here today and what was recorded at the TGA Awards Ceremony will make Kevin Kelly in his In the forecast, make a new evaluation for the Xueleshan game.

While thinking about it, the entrance of the banquet hall was noisy, and when Kevin Kelly raised his head, he saw a group of people walking in, which attracted the attention of everyone in the banquet hall. Kevin Kelly also saw it An "old acquaintance".

The originally noisy banquet hall fell silent for a while when Song Yang, Ken Williams and others appeared.

"Xue Leshan, welcome everyone!"

Ken Williams raised his wine glass and said to the people in the hall. The representatives of the Sierra-based companies suddenly agreed not to embarrass their boss. Representatives of Ubisoft, Activision, EA, Sony and other companies also expressed Raising his glass, in front of so many people, if Williams, the president of Sierra Mountain, is not given face, then he will basically be a sworn enemy from now on.

In the banquet hall, many game manufacturers seemed to be listening to Williams speaking on the stage, but their eyes were unavoidable, and they looked towards Song Yang who was on the side.

The president of Nintendo North America, who came here on behalf of Nintendo, and the son-in-law of Hiroshi Yamauchi, the president of Nintendo, Arakawa Minoru, looked closely at Song Yang.

People outside the game industry handed over the praise and applause to Williams, touting Williams as a "giant" who changed the game industry, but as an insider, Arakawa knew who Nintendo's real opponent was!
In Arakawa's eyes, Ken Williams and Roberta are capable, but it would be ridiculous to talk about challenging Hiroshi Yamauchi.

If the two of them were really capable, they wouldn't have been kicked out of the house immediately after Xuele Mountain was acquired by CUC International.

What really changed in Xueleshan, Arakawa believes that after being acquired by ICQ, this matter that Song Yang single-handedly decided was the whole change in Xueleshan.

Arakawa even suspected that the various decisions made by Xueleshan in the past two years were all made by Song Yang, otherwise, based on the performance of Ken Williams and his wife in the past, it would be difficult to explain why they suddenly had such boldness and launched another What is the game Dawning Project, supporting small and medium-sized game manufacturers, creating an online game platform Xue Leshan, acquiring Sega, entering the Japanese billiard room, etc...

It's hard to explain the unconstrained behavior of these antelopes hanging their horns. It was done by Williams, but it is very similar to Song Yang's handwriting!

Not only Mino Arakawa, but other game manufacturers, game agents, and media people also looked at Song Yang intentionally or unintentionally.

They don't know who made such a big change in Xueleshan, but one thing, all the game manufacturers present understand that it is not Ken Williams who can decide everything in Xueleshan, but Song Yang!

The arrival of Song Yang brought the game manufacturers and partners of the Xueleshan series to come to Song Yang. Song Yang had a glass of wine with the Blizzard trio, Carmack and others.

"Director Bruno!"

Song Yanggang had a few conversations with the Hauser brothers, discussing the matter of letting "Grand Theft Auto" appear on the booth of the grand theater tomorrow, when he suddenly heard a sound.

Looking at the unfamiliar Asian face in front of him, Song Yang couldn't remember where he had seen him.

"Arakawa Minoru, President of Nintendo North America!"

Williams, who came off the stage, whispered in Song Yang's ear that he had been dealing with Arakawa for many years.

"President Arakawa!" Song Yang replied to Arakawa.

Arakawa looked at Song Yang and said, "President Hiroshi Yamauchi, let me say hello to Director Bruno on his behalf. Unfortunately, he can't come in person this time, but President Hiroshi Yamauchi thinks there will be a day to meet Director Bruno !"

Listening to these words with a little "warning", Song Yang could hear that the unmasked Yamauchi Pu seemed to dislike him and Xueleshan.

"Definitely, I also think that there will be a day when I meet President Hiroshi Yamauchi!"

Song Yang smiled and said to Arakawa Minority that Nintendo is now powerful in the game industry, but this does not mean that the era belonging to Hiroshi Yamauchi will continue.

"Say hello to President Hiroshi Yamauchi for me, and tell him...to take care of himself, I will definitely visit!"

Arakawa Minoru, who was about to turn around, turned pale for a moment. Song Yang didn't mean to mock him, but just told him one thing, that Yamauchi Hiroshi was... old.

Arakawa actually heard more meanings. Even if Hiroshi Yamauchi is in good health, he can last for a few more years. When Hiroshi Yamauchi retires, Nintendo is destined to experience a period of turmoil. I don't know, Song Yang will definitely have a chance to meet Hiroshi Yamauchi, but it's hard to say what he Arakawa is still doing...

Glancing at the leaving figure of Arakawa, Song Yang, Fatty G and the others touched a glass of wine, took a glass of wine, and walked towards a person.

"Editor Kevin, long time no see!"

Kevin Kelly, who was writing something on a sticky note, suddenly heard a sound, and when he looked up to see Song Yang, a smile appeared on Kevin Kelly's face.

"To the geniuses of the internet!"

Kevin Kelly had a glass of wine with Song Yang. Looking at Song Yang in front of him, Kevin Kelly couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional. Holding the wine glass, Kevin Kelly shook his arm a few times, "I have to say, the Internet What a... amazing industry!"

I still remember the scene when Song Yang met him for the first time. At that time, Song Yang traveled thousands of miles to the gate of Wired magazine’s newspaper office in San Francisco, just to meet Kevin Kelly and let Wired Double-click the company to play some advertisements.

Kevin Kelly has almost witnessed the changes in Song Yang in the past few years. He and Wired Magazine have never stopped reporting on Song Yang. But when he thinks back to the beginning, looking at Song Yang in front of him now, Kevin Kelly In his heart, it was difficult to calm down for a while, and various thoughts emerged.

(End of this chapter)