Back to 1995

It is still the meeting room in the Nintendo headquarters, which seems to have remained unchanged for decades. In fact, this meeting room has been renovated several times, and the Nintendo headquarters has also been expanded and renovated. Hiroshi Yamauchi, he sat there, as if the whole Nintendo hadn't changed!
"Microsoft Xbox console?"

Hiroshi Yamauchi, who was already seventy years old, snorted with his nose, obviously dismissing Microsoft.

"People always can't recognize themselves, just like ants, who are always overwhelmed and want to challenge elephants!"

Hiroshi Yamauchi shook his head and said, his impression of Microsoft is still the same as last time, Microsoft headquarters sent executives to Japan to find Nintendo's door, and wanted to cooperate with Nintendo, but after being ridiculed by Nintendo, He was blasted out.

Now I suddenly heard that Microsoft has also developed a console called Xbox, which costs more than 400 US dollars, and it can be sold for [-] US dollars. In Yamauchi Hiroshi’s view, Microsoft is not afraid of Nintendo. Do you rely on selling low-priced game consoles?
Faced with Hiroshi Yamauchi's mockery of Microsoft, none of the Nintendo executives in the conference room objected, and many people laughed along with it.

No one dares to disobey Yamauchi Hiroshi. As he gets older, Yamauchi Hiroshi becomes more suspicious. In the past few decades, he was able to continuously promote executives, discover and use talents in an eclectic manner, but in recent years, Yamauchi Hiroshi has been What he did was to keep tightening the power in his hands, as if he was afraid that the executives under him would launch a judgment and drive him out of Nintendo.

Everyone knows that Hiroshi Yamauchi will not be the president of Nintendo for a few years, but no one wants to be the cannon fodder who dares to provoke Hiroshi Yamauchi. If the tiger does not leave the forest for a day, he will still be the king of the entire forest. Whoever dares to challenge the status of the tiger will have to be proved that he is not old, and he will be bitten to pieces!
There was no movement at the Nippon Headquarters, but Hiroshi Yamauchi's son-in-law Minoru Arakawa, the president of Nintendo's North American branch, had no choice but to speak.

Niben is far away from America. I don’t know what scene is here, and he dares to underestimate Microsoft, but Arakawa is in America. He is a person who faces all kinds of opponents. He dare not have any contempt.

"Microsoft's Xbox game console is manufactured by Sega. Sega's console technology is absolutely qualified. The main components of the Xbox console are supplied by PA Semiconductor and Alcatel mobile phones. They are also the top components. .

"Wired" magazine believes that Microsoft's Xbox game console is creating a new era of game consoles. Even if the Xbox console is not as good as Wired magazine said, the design will definitely not be too bad.

In addition, the Xbox host has a variety of exclusive games. Robbie Bach, director of Microsoft’s “Entertainment and Devices” department, claimed that the Microsoft Xbox platform will launch several exclusive games such as Halo and Age of Empires. In addition, Sierra Games will also be available for Xbox. The mainframe supplies "Diablo 2", "Grand Theft Auto", "Thor's Hammer 2" and other games. In the future, EA will also announce cooperation with Microsoft.

Microsoft's Xbox console may become one of Nintendo's most important rivals in North America, or even the world! "

Arakawa reminded the father-in-law that Microsoft is not so easy to deal with. In the past, Microsoft's performance in hardware equipment was very real.

But this time, under Microsoft's powerful US knife offensive, a bunch of dog legs were brought in to help out.

Microsoft has foreign aid. Sega, who kills thousands of dollars, actually helps Microsoft develop game consoles. In addition, Alcatel mobile phones and PA Semiconductors, who are eye-catching for money, actually help Microsoft.

This made Arakawa really feel that this time the wolf is really coming. In the future, there will be another name on the list of Nintendo's opponents!

But Hiroshi Yamauchi, hearing Arakawa Minoru, dared to question his words, and shouted angrily to the phone on the conference room table, "Then how do you think Nintendo should treat the Xbox console and fight a price war with it?"

Minoru Arakawa, who was sitting in his North American office, was a little stunned when he heard the angry voice of the old man. He just reported the most real situation here to Hiroshi Yamauchi, but he did not expect to be reprimanded by Hiroshi Yamauchi. Arakawa was at a loss for a while.

Hiroshi Yamauchi's response was actually not wrong. Now that Nintendo is defending the ring, Sega and Microsoft Xbox are the ones attacking the ring. At this time, Microsoft has not really made a move, so how should Nintendo make a move.

However, Hiroshi Yamauchi's attitude towards Minoru Arakawa made other Nintendo executives, whether it was Junhei Yokoi who was in charge of the development department, Shigeru Miyamoto, who was in charge of the development department, or Satoshi Iwata, who had been highly valued by Hiroshi Yamauchi in recent years, and others. All the time was silent, and no one dared to speak out.

Hiroshi Yamauchi, who was getting thinner and thinner, looked at the executives in the conference room with sharp eyes. What made him angry was not Minoru Arakawa's advice to him, but his daring to question his words. This is Hiroshi Yamauchi, which is unacceptable!

To be honest, for Hiroshi Yamauchi, who has been in charge of Nintendo for half a century and nearly 50 years, the most important thing now is not to defeat the old rival Sony, kill challengers such as Sega and Microsoft, but to maintain his promise in Nintendo status.

What Hiroshi Yamauchi cares about is whether he can still firmly control Nintendo in the last few years, and how he will be evaluated in the history books of Nintendo, and even the history of video games in Japan. Others, Hiroshi Yamauchi is not Too much care, at least not in the first place!

"As long as I'm here, no one can beat Nintendo in the field of gaming equipment, not Sega and Sony, nor Microsoft in the future!"

Hiroshi Yamauchi got up and patted the table with his thin body due to age, just like he would tell Nintendo people every time he encountered trouble for decades.

But this time, after Hiroshi Yamauchi finished speaking, it took a long time before there was a burst of applause.

"Yamauchi Hiroshi is old!"

Even though Hiroshi Yamauchi kept emphasizing that he was still young and strong enough to lead Nintendo to defeat any opponent, all the Nintendo executives in the conference room still couldn't help but look worried when facing Hiroshi Yamauchi who acted arbitrarily.

Anyone with a discerning eye in Nintendo can see that Hiroshi Yamauchi, who grew up with Nintendo, is already old. In fact, as early as a few years ago, when the Sony PS console appeared, Nintendo had already declined. For Sega, which is dead but not stiff, and Microsoft, which has a lot of money, there are wolves in the front and tigers in the back, no one knows how far Nintendo can go, not only for Nintendo, but also for Hiroshi Yamauchi. Son, I lost my confidence...

The game console industry is undercurrents. Microsoft has been eyeing this industry. After waiting for so many years, it finally came up with a game console. It must be a big deal.

Bill Gates lavished money, and ordered 500 million Xbox consoles at Sega, which is an OEM for Xbox consoles. Obviously, he was preparing to use dollars to smash a game console empire!
Nintendo is still tepid. It doesn't say much about the emergence of Microsoft's Xbox, and it doesn't seem to take it seriously at all, while Sony seems to pay a lot of attention, directly announcing that it will develop the next generation of PS consoles.

The game console industry is about to explode again, forming a battleground for the four major brands. In fact, the three major brands, Sega and Microsoft are standing together, at least for now. Sega and Microsoft are going to compete with Sony and Nintendo. Break your wrist!
There is an undercurrent in the console industry. For many game manufacturers, there is an opportunity to fish in troubled waters. In the past, they could only choose Nintendo and Sony. Killing, but after all, there is a little more room for bargaining.

The newly established Bruno Yankee Sports Company is headquartered in New York. This is the headquarters of the Yankees and the site that the Steinbrenner family has operated for decades.

Old Steinbrenner, after all, still didn't stand by and arranged a few capable men to the Bruno Family Sports Company to help Hank.

With the old Steinbrenner coming forward, Song Yang is relieved. The first thing Bruno Yankee Sports did after its establishment was to set up a number of overseas foundations in England and Europe. PayPal payment and several Wall Street institutions have created the world's first sports event foundation.

Peter Moore also publicly announced that he would launch an acquisition of the Premier League Liverpool team. The sports event foundation, taking advantage of the opportunity, announced that it would join Peter Moore's acquisition team and proposed a purchase price of 1 million pounds to the Liverpool team!
Everyone knows that Peter Moore is from Song Yang's side and has a close relationship with Bruno Yankee Sports, but as long as Peter Moore doesn't admit it, and Bruno Yankee Sports doesn't admit it, then no matter who it is, there is nothing wrong with the acquisition. The Premier League also welcomes new big benefactors to join the industry. Only big benefactors can recruit more stars and increase ratings. All teams and leagues can sit and share money. As for Bruno Yankee Sports Company, they are greedy for the Premier League The Premier League did not directly refuse the broadcasting rights...