Game Development Giant

What does it mean for the video game industry?

Jester really wanted to say it, but he saw the expressions on the faces of everyone in front of him that they didn't seem to understand what he was talking about. He suddenly felt like playing the piano to a cow, and some thoughts were only compatible with his own. It only makes sense to play with people who are compatible with each other, but it is boring to play with people who don't understand it at all.

At this time, Jester suddenly understood the so-called story of Boya and Zhong Ziqi in the ancient book he had read before.

If you are an experienced game designer and you tell him that he can design games in a 3D world, this is not just an extra dimension in the world, but countless more possibilities.

What he wanted to say had basically been finished before. The rest was interrupted like this, and he couldn't remember it for the time being. However, it was not an important thing. He had already finished all the important things before, so Jester simply said He waved his hand and let the designers who were developing the next generation of home machines leave.

He had received a call from Claudia before, but because he had to have a meeting with people from the hardware development department at the time, he told Claudia at the time that he would call her right after he finished the meeting. They had already greeted each other on the phone before, so the two of them didn't talk too much nonsense. After Jester casually joked for a while, he took the initiative to ask what the matter was when she called before and said something was going on.

Claudia smiled, and then said: Actually, it's what you have been paying attention to before, the news about Manchester United. The situation between Manchester United and their new coach is not very good now. After the game that just ended, In the league. Manchester United suffered a 0:3 defeat. Previously, they lost 1:5 to their local rivals. Now the fans are extremely dissatisfied with Manchester United. Some fans have even called out their new head coach in the stands. That arrogant Scotsman get out slogan...

Jester is a football fan, both in his previous life and in this life. Football is a very fascinating thing. Once you like it, you can't help yourself. Counting from the previous life, Jester has been a Manchester United fan for at least 20 years, and one of his dreams has always been for Manchester United to win the Champions League in the 1990s, and not to let the King of Manchester United fail. Tong Na will regret it for the rest of his life. After hearing what Claudia said, Jester hesitated for a while, and then asked: So, Mr. Edwards, have you had any thoughts about selling Manchester United recently?

Hearing Jester's question, Claudia smiled helplessly: No. Edwards loves Manchester United very much, but Manchester United's performance has not been ideal over the years. The best result is that it has been here now. The coach on the crater brought second place in his second season, but in the eyes of many people this was just an accident. Looking at his recent results, it is simply unsightly, so if anyone insists If you want to buy it, then he won’t refuse.”

After Claudia finished speaking, Jester pursed his lips and thought carefully before saying: The chest advertising contract we have negotiated with Manchester United has been for three years. I think we need to renegotiate a contract with them. There is a new contract, so I hope to meet their manager.

The British football system is completely different from other European countries. The British football system is very traditional. Their coaches are not called coaches, but called managers. Coaches in other leagues only need to be responsible for arranging players to play and arranging tactics. However, The coach, or manager, of an English club needs to consider all aspects of a club, including negotiating commercial advertisements.

Claudia immediately agreed after hearing this, but she still paused before saying: Britain is a very conservative country. It is difficult for you to directly buy a team that has always been considered very traditional in England. It is very rare. Even if the price you pay is very high, that old fox Edwards may be under pressure from the fans and cannot sell it to you. Therefore, if you really want to buy Manchester United, it is best not to tell him yourself. , you need an agent.”

Jester does not deny this. Now is not the future. The conservative forces in the UK are very strong. But if you need an agent, then this agent must be English. For a moment, Jester didn't think of anything reliable. The right person. While he was hesitating, he suddenly heard Claudia laughing on the other end of the phone.

At this time, Jester realized, isn't Claudia the most suitable candidate?

Thinking of this, Jester also smiled and said to the phone: Let's stop talking about it first. It's very late over there. You should go to bed early. I still have some things to deal with here. I'll wait for a few days. I’ll go to England tomorrow, and we’ll talk about it then.”

The situation is similar to the situation here in the United States. Inside the Nintendo headquarters in Kyoto, Hiroshi Yamauchi was also discussing cooperation with Sony with Mura Masayuki. Gunpei Yokoi, another giant of Nintendo's hardware development department, was also there, but he was just a little dull. Sitting aside, he watched Hiroshi Yamauchi conferring with Masayuki Muraka without saying a word.

This made Hiroshi Yamauchi a little dissatisfied. Although he had forcibly rejected Yokoi Gunpei's suggestion before, this was also because Nintendo did not have the ability to carry out two hardware development projects at the same time. After all, their main task was to develop software and maintain The current market share they occupy, after all, the pressure from Mars Entertainment's drembx is too great for them, whether in the US market, the European market, or the Japanese market.

Once there is negligence, it may cause signs of collapse in a regional market.

But obviously, Gunpei Yokoi's anger over Yamauchi Hiroshi's cancellation of his handheld mobile phone project has not been completely relieved. He is not unaware of Nintendo's current predicament. The reason why he is like this is because the current Nintendo and the current Hiroshi Yamauchi have already There was no longer the passion and courage that he had seen before. He had never seen the desperate spirit that led Minoru Arakawa to take all the company's liquidity to North America to open up the situation.

It's not that Nintendo doesn't have the ability to support two projects at the same time, but that Hiroshi Yamauchi is afraid.

This is what makes Gunpei Yokoi most dissatisfied.

Hiroshi Yamauchi glanced at Gunpei Yokoi with a sullen face. Of course, there was a reason for his dissatisfaction. He and Masayuki Mura were seriously discussing the future of Nintendo. However, as the head of the hardware department, Gunpei Yokoi seemed like a Just like anyone who has nothing to do, he stayed out of the matter. However, the person in charge of the next-generation console was indeed handed over to Uemura Masayuki. But at that time, your opinion was that you did not agree to abolish the mobile phone development department. In that case, how could I transfer the next-generation console to Masayuki Uemura? Such an important matter as the development of a generation of consoles is left in the hands of people like you who have barriers in their hearts.

Moreover, if you could take the initiative to say that you would temporarily abandon the plan of handheld mobile phones and devote all your efforts to the development of next-generation consoles, then this position must also be yours. The expression came.

Thinking of this, Yamauchi Hiroshi snorted and expressed his dissatisfaction.

Gunpei Yokoi seemed not to have heard the dissatisfied snort from Hiroshi Yamauchi. He was still the same as before, but this time he was not silent all the time.

I saw that the president had a very reasonable discussion with the village minister. He said everything I wanted to say. I don't have any better suggestions. Yokoi Gunpei said this in the calmest tone. In a word, his expression was still as dull as before during the whole process, and he didn't even look at Masaichi Uemura who was sitting next to him and looking at him.

Masayuki Uemura is indeed the director of the Second Hardware Development Department, but generally in the hardware department, only Gunpei Yokoi is respectfully called the director. Unless Masayuki Uemura is in his own Second Hardware Development Department, otherwise, he is generally not the director. No one would call him Minister, they would all call him Senior. This was not because of Yokoi Gunpei's instructions, but because of Yokoi Gunpei's transcendent status in the Nintendo hardware department.

Therefore, when Masayuki Uemura heard his former best friend Gunpei Yokoi call him that, he knew that he had not forgiven himself yet. To be honest, he didn't know if he had any selfish intentions when he said those words. , but he can guarantee one thing. He believes that a 16-bit home console is much more important than a handheld phone. If you can only choose one between the two, then it must be a 16-bit home console.

At that time, President Yamauchi's attitude showed that it was obviously impossible to carry out two projects at the same time.

He glanced at Yokoi Gunpei and wanted to say something, but before he could speak, Yokoi Gunpei's voice suddenly changed. He didn't know what he thought of, but he actually talked about cooperating with Sony. own opinions.

President Yamauchi, I think what Ken Kutaragi said is very reasonable. Our research and development capabilities are not as good as those of Sega, let alone NEC. Even compared to Mars Entertainment, we are far behind. If they are Being dragged into a performance competition will not be worth the loss. As he spoke, Yokoi Gunpei paused for a moment before continuing, Actually, the one who should be most nervous now should not be us, but our biggest opponent, Mars Entertainment. .

Hearing what Yokoi Gunpei said, Yamauchi Hiroshi had some realizations. He had indeed thought about some things wrong before. It is true that with the joining of Sega and nec, these two companies that are bound to be based in Japan will definitely be their competition. Opponents, but the one that will be most affected by the turmoil caused by the console replacement will definitely be Mars Entertainment, which currently dominates the North American market.

Because upgrading is not just for the Japanese market, but for the entire world.