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Yamauchi Hiroshi immediately retracted his regard for Kutaragi Ken. The current Kutaragi Ken is not the handsome man he fancied, but his opponent, or to put it another way, his enemy.

However, to be honest, Yamauchi Hiroshi did have the idea that if Kutaragi Ken was willing to join Nintendo, then he would be entrusted with important tasks, and even in the future, after he retires, he would be entrusted with Nintendo. This was also his first The idea of ​​a successor to Nintendo came up once. It was widely rumored that neither his son-in-law Arakawa Minoru nor Shigeru Miyamoto had ever given him such an idea.

It is true that Minoru Arakawa is a very outstanding businessman, but just being a businessman is not enough to lead a game company that strives for greatness. In addition to being an outstanding businessman, he must also be passionate about this industry. Arakawa really doesn't have this.

In Arakawa Minoru's eyes, games are just a commodity. Today's games can make money, so he is more enthusiastic about it. If games can't make money, maybe he won't be so interested in this thing that he sees as just a commodity. This is why Hiroshi Yamauchi is dissatisfied with his son-in-law, who is too utilitarian.

This is impossible in the gaming industry.

As for Miyamoto Shigeru and Yamauchi Hiroshi, they shook their heads. If it was just about R\u0026D, he would indeed be the best candidate. However, to support Nintendo, it is useless to rely solely on R\u0026D.

On the contrary, Kutaragi Ken, especially since they officially cooperated with Sony, has seen some things that increasingly indicate that he is the most suitable successor to Nintendo. But unfortunately, he is from Sony, and for Join Nintendo. There didn't seem to be the slightest interest.

Kutaragi Ken straightened up. He was still looking at Hiroshi Yamauchi with a smile on his face, waiting for the other party to speak. In fact, the other party did not need to speak. He also knew what Hiroshi Yamauchi was looking for. He had already looked for him nine times before. , this is the tenth time, he can even recite what the other party wants to say, but he is still so respectful. Because he knows that now is not the time to completely fall out with Nintendo.

What exactly do you want to do?

This time, Yamauchi's first words were rude and even full of accusations.

Kutaragi Ken's expression changed when he heard that. He did not expect that Hiroshi Yamauchi would not take his time as usual today, but would discuss matters with him from the very beginning, but he could not discuss matters with the other party.

Why did the president say this?

Kutaragi Ken pretended not to know, with a puzzled look on his face.

hehe.

Yamauchi Pu sneered a few times. Then he calmly took out a folder from the table, threw it in front of Kutaragi Ken's eyes, and continued to say in a cold tone: Then, Mr. Kutaragi. Just take a look at this.

Kutaragi Ken had no choice. He knew that Hiroshi Yamauchi might really be serious this time, but had Yamauchi, an old fox, never considered the situation that Nintendo would face after he completely fell out with him? As a last resort. Kutaragi Ken picked up the folder that Hiroshi Yamauchi threw over. In fact, he knew what was written in it before he looked at it.

This is not a secret in the industry either. In fact, for Nintendo, which has a deep foundation in the industry, no matter how secretive its previous actions were, there is still nothing to hide in front of these people with deep roots.

Sure enough, as soon as Ken Kutaragi opened the folder, he was immediately startled by the information recorded on it. He knew that he could not hide the fact that he was wooing those third-party development companies from Nintendo, but he never expected that Nintendo would actually He investigated this matter so carefully that he even completely blocked his own excuses.

Do you have any other explanation?

Hiroshi Yamauchi's anger was clearly rising, and he lowered his voice, but anyone could hear that the anger in his tone could burst out at any time.

Kutaragi Ken closed his eyes slightly, and after a moment, he opened them again, and then sighed vaguely. He did not explain anything, but said in a light tone: President Yamauchi, these things , I'm not very familiar with it. This may be an internal matter within the head office. According to regulations, I have no right to ask...

Snapped!

Before Kutaragi Ken could finish speaking, Yamauchi Hiroshi stood up abruptly and slammed a crystal ashtray on the table to the ground, causing the fan to fall. He looked at Kutaragi with emotionless eyes. Jian said coldly: I don't care how you explain it. Our previous agreement has clearly stipulated this matter. You are responsible for the hardware development and we will assist. We will be responsible for the game development. Moreover, we are also responsible for the hardware development. We promised to give you 60% of the right to review the game, but the right to review the game is not the right to develop the game.

Kutaragi Ken was silent for a long time, and then said: President Yamauchi, please forgive me, I think that the rights we signed in the agreement regarding game review means that we can do it ourselves on PS There is no contradiction between the two rights to independently develop games.

snort.

After Hiroshi Yamauchi heard Kutaragi Ken's words, he just snorted coldly. He still looked at Kutaragi Ken with cold eyes and did not say anything for a long time.

Kutaragi Ken didn't speak either, and the two of them were just minding their own business in silence.

It took ten long minutes before Hiroshi Yamauchi said, Is this your opinion or Sony's opinion?

After hearing Hiroshi Yamauchi's question, Kutaragi hesitated for a moment. He pursed his lips vigorously, as if he was weighing something. After twenty or thirty seconds, he made a decision with a decisive expression. The tone said: This is my opinion and Sony's opinion.

Hearing Kutaragi Ken's answer, Yamauchi Hiroshi snorted disdainfully: Can you represent Sony?

When Kutaragi Ken faced this unceremonious question from Hiroshi Yamauchi, he did not give in at all. He said in a neither humble nor condescending manner: Yes, I can represent Sony in this matter. This is what Mr. Norio Ohga gave me. He supports any decision I make in my cooperation with you, even if it is... At this point, Kutaragi paused for a moment before continuing.

...even if it means terminating our cooperation agreement.

Okay! Okay! Okay!

Hearing Kutaragi Ken's answer, Yamauchi Hiroshi smiled instead of being angry. He said three good words in a row, and then looked at him again with a strange look. Kutaragi Ken, who was standing in front of him, looked at him more and more. The more I feel that the other person is the most suitable person to take over Nintendo, but unfortunately...

Sighing again, Yamauchi Hiroshi waved his hand and asked Kutaragi Ken to go out.

Then he sat alone in the armchair, staring at the ceiling blankly. He knew that the decision he was about to make would have a huge impact on Nintendo.

He slowly closed his eyes. He needed enough confidence to make this decision.

To be honest, he really may not lose this time.

Because Sony breached the contract first and announced the termination of the contract with the other party, then the breaching party will definitely not be itself. However, if it does this, will it be able to release a new console as soon as possible? This is the most important issue. If you break up with Sony and your plan to release a new console as soon as possible is shelved because of this, it will be too much of a loss.

After all, only by releasing the new console as soon as possible can the current predicament get better.

After thinking about it for ten minutes, Hiroshi Yamauchi was not sure that if he really fought this lawsuit with Sony, he would definitely win. However, in extraordinary times, extraordinary means must be used, and the consequences will be disrupted... At this time, Yamauchi Hiroshi couldn't help but think of the time when he had just left school and taken over the Nintendo company. When he was my second aunt, the difficulties he had to face were ten times more difficult than they are now.

Didn’t you survive it as usual?

So that's it.

Yamauchi Pu opened his eyes, his eyes gleaming with energy, and seemed to have regained his usual fearless aura. He reached out to pick up the receiver of the phone, and dialed a number skillfully with his fingers.

The call was dialed, and Hiroshi Yamauchi said without thinking into the receiver: Convene a press conference, and I want to announce a very important news... Yes, I will attend in person, and I will announce it in person. Well, the location will be at Nintendo. Headquarters, as soon as possible, the sooner the better...

the next day.

Jester listened to the news that Tamahide Yoshiro had just told him in the receiver, and he seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world.

Although he had seen the rift between Nintendo and Sony before, given that the cooperation between the two parties was now at its most critical stage, he never expected that such a huge change would occur between the two parties at such a juncture. This also made Jess I can't help but sigh, Mr. Hiroshi Yamauchi is still a real man.

Just earlier today, Nintendo's head Hiroshi Yamauchi, who has been in charge of Nintendo for more than 40 years, held a press conference at Nintendo's headquarters in Kyoto, because this conference stated in advance that the conference would be held by President Hiroshi Yamauchi attended in person, and major media outlets that had smelled something unusual before also attended.

Japan's top newspapers such as the Asahi Shimbun and the Yomiuri Shimbun naturally have no shortage of them.

It was at this press conference that Hiroshi Yamauchi left the scene after announcing only one piece of news. The announcement immediately caused an uproar.

Nintendo officially terminated any agreement with Sony on the development of new game consoles today. (To be continued.)