Game Development Giant

The sales did not stop at lunch time, and “Pokemon” continued its strong momentum in the morning in the afternoon.

The same is true for Gameboy. Although Jester made certain misjudgments about the capacity of the Japanese market before its release during the Christmas season, his judgment on the North American market was not wrong, and it was also wise to store a large amount of inventory in the United States. The sales figures on Christmas Day perfectly illustrate how worthwhile it all is.

From the launch to the first hour, when the sales figures were first calculated, Gameboy suppressed Sega's MD console. By the end of the morning, Gameboy's sales exceeded Sega's fifth generation by 20%, and in the afternoon , still continues this strength. It seems that Sega also believes that it is difficult to compete with Gameboy in this aspect, so it changed its sales strategy.

Pocket Monsters has almost no suspense. Almost all players who bought Gameboy today bought a Pocket Monsters, and at least half of them even bought both the red and blue versions.

That night, when Mars Entertainment announced that Pocket Monsters had sold 1.99 million units on the first day, everyone was stunned. Gameboy's sales were fixed at 1.5 million units. It can also be seen from this that when it was previously released in Japan, the number of 1.1 million units was unbelievable. After all, it only covered the entire North American market with only 1.5 million units. Just the stage.

The sales of Sega's fifth-generation MD are also very good. After Mars Entertainment just announced their sales, they also announced the sales of MD home game consoles in North America on Christmas Day, one hundred and ten Thirty thousand units.

Although there is a certain gap compared to the 1.5 million units of Gameboy, but looking at the sales volume of Dreambox, which ranked third, only sold 370,000 units, and the NES, which ranked fourth, only sold a little over 100,000 units. The combined sales of Atari's new console 7200 and NEC's PC-E are not even 100,000 units. This shows how much impact Sega and Mars Entertainment have had on the entire Christmas season game market.

that's all.

After Nakayama Hayao finished listening to his subordinates' report. He also touched his head, which was a little heavy and dizzy after not sleeping for a day. He was older now and his energy was not as good as in previous years. It was like when he was young, he didn't sleep for three days and two nights, and he didn't feel anything at the front line of production, even After work, I could still have a few drinks at the same time, but now I can't. I haven't slept all day. The body just can't bear it.

He waved his hand and asked his subordinates to put the report document on the table and wait for him to read it later. To be honest, he was personally very satisfied with the results of Sega V this Christmas season, even though some of them were different from what he expected. Similarly, in terms of sales, it did not exceed the handheld phone of Mars Entertainment. However, it always takes the lead in the field of home game consoles.

As for Gameboy's problem, it was beyond his previous expectations. He predicted that this small palm would be very popular, but he did not expect it to be so popular.

But don't take it lightly...

He secretly warned himself in his heart, Nakayama Hayao knew. This time, the reason why I was able to win in terms of sales was just a time difference. My current total MD shipments are less than 5 million units, while Dreambox has shipped close to 50 million units worldwide in the past four years or so. This is completely incomparable data. . \u003cesThe combined sales volume is more than 20 million units.

And, most importantly, both companies have announced the release time of their 16-bit consoles. Mars Entertainment’s new generation console is called Dreambox 2, which is scheduled to be officially released at the end of February, while the new generation console jointly developed by Nintendo and Sony Not long ago, after a long debate between the two companies, the original name was changed from Super Nintendo to PS. The confirmation of this name should be a sign that Sony has completely gained a dominant position in the alliance between the two.

Moreover, they also announced that it will be officially launched in Japan no later than March.

But the ellipsis...

At this time, Hayao Nakayama thought of the news he had recently received, which was that Sony and Nintendo seemed to be at odds with each other recently. Hiroshi Yamauchi, the old fox, expressed his dissatisfaction with Ken Kutaragi, the talker of the Sony-Nintendo alliance, in more than one way. , and the source of dissatisfaction is that Sony is secretly acquiring some third-party development companies.

Although these development companies are not the first-line manufacturers of Mars Entertainment or Nintendo's royalty alliance, they are all second-party game manufacturers with great ideas and strong R\u0026D capabilities. For example, New Japan Project, this Mars company Under the Entertainment Third Party Alliance, game companies that are highly valued by Mars Entertainment have plans to be recruited by Sony. In particular, New Japan Project has recently incurred serious debts in order to develop their latest arcade baseboard, and this debt for Mars Entertainment is It's impossible to help them.

However, Sony can totally do it.

Although Nakayama Hayao didn't know how Jester would feel when he learned the news, he would definitely not be happy. After all, when the New Japan project was at its weakest, it was precisely because of joining the third-party development of Mars Entertainment The alliance allowed them to get through the difficulties, and they also needed some technical support from Mars Entertainment in terms of game development.

This is also the reason why many game development companies are willing to join Mars Entertainment. Although most of these are Japanese companies, and Mars Entertainment’s market share in Japan is not as good as Nintendo’s. However, what makes Mars Entertainment better than Nintendo is that Mars Entertainment never takes pride in itself. , as long as your project is outstanding, when you encounter technical problems that you cannot solve, you can apply to Mars Entertainment. After Mars Entertainment makes an evaluation and review, if you agree, then they will send out a team to assist. Provide technical support.

Although games that have received technical support from Mars Entertainment will be divided into shares with Mars Entertainment again, similarly, game companies that apply for support have also gained technology that they did not have before.

It can be said to be a win-win situation.

Nintendo cannot do this. They always cherish themselves and never think about the issue of sharing.

As for the issue of technology diffusion, Jester doesn't care much. In fact, he even eagerly hopes that the games produced by the third-party game companies under his command will be as good as possible, because he may be said to be from Mars Entertainment. They are basically building a platform. Making games themselves is just a vassal, just a means to ensure the competitiveness of their platform.

After thinking about it, Hayao Nakayama picked up the phone and dialed a number. It took more than a minute before someone answered the call.

If there is any news over there, please tell me as soon as possible. Nakayama Hayao just said something vaguely into the receiver, and the person on the other end of the phone didn't seem to want to say too much, but he spoke very quickly. He said: Don't worry, what will be the final result? In the past two days, Jiuduo has been called by Yamauchi nine times in a row, but looking at Yamauchi's face, it seems that the two parties have no intention of reaching an agreement.

After hearing the other party's reply, Nakayama Hayao nodded and hung up the phone.

This person is an insider he arranged within Nintendo.

Hiroshi Yamauchi is indeed very angry now. He is not angry at others, but at Sony's betrayal. The basis for his agreement to sign the agreement at that time was because Sony promised that they would not participate in game development, but what Sony has done now Because, it is obvious that they are betraying the conditions they agreed to at the time. For this matter, Yamauchi Hiroshi has made nine appointments with Kutaragi Ken, and today is the tenth time.

Moreover, I have also decided that this will be the last time. If I can't reach an agreement with Sony, then I will not talk about it and just lift the table to talk about the Sony-Nintendo alliance. To be honest, if it weren't for the tight time at that time, what would this be? I really don't care about the alliance. I was already very unhappy when they took advantage of it. Now that they have been set up again, if it wasn't for the sake of the overall situation and according to my previous personality, I would have broken up. .

While Yamauchi Hiroshi was thinking about these messy things, there was a knock on the door. Yamauchi Hiroshi immediately retracted his previous thoughts, and the expression on his face returned to the usual coldness, and he said lightly Please come in.

The door opened, and Ken Kutaragi, who was not too tall and had a short and chubby figure, stepped in immediately.

He had a smile on his face, and judging from his expression, he seemed to be extremely respectful to Hiroshi Yamauchi.

Looking at the fat face in front of him, Yamauchi Hiroshi felt a little helpless. To be honest, he admired Kutaragi Ken very much. Ever since the two parties first came into contact, he felt that this unattractive person in front of him would definitely be a good person in the future. Cheng Daqi, he even tried to persuade him to join Nintendo more than once, but all failed. And then the actions of this unattractive middle-aged man in front of him deepened Yamauchi Hiroshi's speculation that this was indeed a man who In the future, go back to people who have great achievements.

President Yamauchi.

Walking into the door, Kutaragi Ken had a humble smile on his face. Before Yamauchi Hiroshi spoke, he bowed deeply. (To be continued...)