Game Development Giant

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After this meeting, part of the discussion about this meeting will be announced on the official website of Mars Entertainment. Of course, some things related to the specific development plan will not be announced, but just a general introduction to Mars Entertainment’s next interruption. Follow the plan.

The first, of course, is what excites players the most.

That is, Mars Entertainment is preparing to develop a new type of handheld console. This handheld console will completely get rid of the name of the GAMEBOY series and replace it with a brand new series. Moreover, in terms of the construction system and possible game methods of the handheld console, it will It is completely different from today's traditional handheld consoles, but it will still be a handheld machine for playing games.

Another thing is that many Mars entertainment companies feel very frustrated.

At this meeting, Jester formally submitted his resignation application and resigned from the positions of chairman of the board of directors and chief administrative officer of Mars Entertainment.

Only the names of the general leader of the WOW development team and the director of the game were retained.

This means that Jester really plans to retire after developing this game. This time it is not a joke, it is not Jester's casual thoughts on an ordinary occasion, but his The choice was clearly made at an enlarged meeting of the board of directors.

Although there is no difference in the control over Mars Entertainment between his wife taking over the position of chairman and Jester still being the chairman, it shows that he wants to express his own attitude through this matter.

This is my choice.

Although many people express regrets, the reality is that eight to nine out of ten people are unhappy in life.

Some people even started to review Jester's career at this time, and some forum celebrities took the initiative to write about the history of his games with Jester.

Of course, what no one noticed was that a person who was not very famous before became the executive vice president of Mars Entertainment. One thing to note is that Mars Entertainment does not have a CEO or president. Although Claudia serves as the chairman of the board of directors, she does not serve as CEO. As you can imagine, in Claudia's capacity. Nor would she be in the role.

Because holding this position, you must bear necessary responsibilities.

During the Jester era, the president of Mars Entertainment was Mark Cerny, but now Mark Cerny is specializing in technology and he single-handedly established the ice team. Specialize in researching some technical problems in developing functions in game development.

Therefore, before this meeting, Mark Saini resigned as president, which is why Mars Entertainment does not have a president.

In the absence of a CEO and a president, the position of executive vice president is particularly eye-catching. This means that when there are no CEOs and presidents, the executive vice president of Satoru Iwata is currently Mars. The number one person in charge of entertainment administrative affairs. In other words, in terms of administration, Satoru Iwata actually took on the roles that Jester and Mark Saini previously held.

Although there is a Claudia supervisor over his head.

At the beginning, although people were surprised that Jester would announce the appointment of Satoru Iwata as executive vice president, they did not pay much attention because they thought that Jester would definitely appoint another president and CEO.

But what is surprising is that almost half a month later, Jester or the current chairman of the board of directors, Claudia, did not take any such action at all.

Even judging from Jester's reaction, he had no intention of doing so.

Thus. It gave many people a special idea.

Because of this kind of thing, anyone who knows the inside story will ask, why is this?

yes. why is that?

Satoru Iwata asked himself the same question.

He felt that there was nothing special about him - of course, if he was indeed called a genius by his friends when he was in school, but in the software industry, the most indispensable thing is people who are called geniuses.

In Mars Entertainment, there are not a few people like him who have grown up in the light since childhood.

Therefore, he does not feel that he has any advantage over others.

He has indeed done a good job and is selected as the group's commendation figure almost every year. But every year the company awards so many people, and there are so many people in the company, one more person is not too much, and one less person is not too little. Moreover, I am indeed not a well-known person in the headquarters, even as the administrator of this head office. The vice president, at least for now, is the number one person in administration.

But even so, he has been in office for more than half a month, and people still ask who he is when they meet him.

This was absolutely impossible to happen in Japan.

You know, when he was in Japan, judging from his position at that time, he was far inferior to the executive vice president who is below two people and more than ten thousand people.

But Satoru Iwata is both beautiful and confused.

Twenty days after he took office, he was summoned by Jester.

It's still Jester's old office. Although Jester is no longer the chairman of the company's board of directors, he still keeps this office. Of course, Claudia will also work here in normal times. As for Jester, he usually only stays with the WO development team, and rarely leaves unless he needs to go to the company restaurant for dinner.

Moreover, Jester basically doesn't care about anything other than WOW development.

Even when he took the initiative to answer some interesting player questions on the forum, which he always liked, he stopped doing it.

Just focus on playing games.

His last game.

When Satoru Iwata received the meeting notice from Jester, he was not surprised, because the environment he was in now definitely required Jester's approval. Others regarded him as the future president of the company, and even CEO, if he didn't have Jester's approval, then he would dare to treat himself the same way.

When Satoru Iwata walked to Jester's office, Claudia was there.

But after he entered, Claudia nodded to him and left directly. Obviously, what follows is just him talking to Jester.

Jester asked him to take a seat first, and then he came out from behind the desk and sat down opposite Satoru Iwata. Separated by a coffee table, the two sat face to face, and Claudia, who had left before, returned to the office carrying a tray with two cups of coffee on it.

When Claudia placed the coffee in front of Satoru Iwata, Iwata politely stood up and thanked her.

after. Claudia did not go out, but chose to sit next to Jester.

Satoru Iwata was a little confused as to what Jester wanted to say to him.

However, Jester did not make so many turns this time. As soon as he opened his mouth, he talked about the answer to the question that Satoru Iwata wanted to know most this time.

Iwata, to be honest, I admire you very much, sincerely.

Jester smiled as he spoke. The smile was sincere, in Satoru Iwata's eyes.

Why? It's simple, because I found that we are the same kind of people. We like games, we like making games, we like watching other people play games, we like playing games, and the most important thing is that we position ourselves as a gamer from beginning to end. Player, not any other identity, I like what you often say, I am a player, this is what I want.

So. I decided to give you a chance. Of course, it's also a chance for myself.

Jester said simply.

It’s not much to say, but it’s enough for a smart guy like Satoru Iwata.

Is your work going well during this time?

Iwata nodded.

Actually, what I mean is very simple. I am optimistic that you will serve as the CEO of the company after I officially retire, but it is useless just because I am optimistic. I need you to show that you have the ability to take over as CEO, and I will give you time. Show yourself and impress other people. Although my voting rights are enough for me to appoint you directly, I will not do so. I am optimistic about you now. I think you can do a great job. I need you to do it. That is, it proves that these views of mine are correct.”

What do you think?

After Jester finished speaking, he looked at Satoru Iwata and asked.

His expression was very kind, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking right now, but Satoru Iwata's heart was like ten thousand wild horses galloping past.

However, Satoru Iwata is not a person who likes to back down, and he feels that since his boss thinks so highly of him, he must show results to prove that his boss's trust is correct.

I will work hard.

Iwata nodded vigorously.

However, Jester was not very satisfied after hearing this answer.

He shook his head and said: What I want is not your efforts, but that he can definitely do it.

And Satoru Iwata gritted his teeth.

I can definitely do it.

Hearing Satoru Iwata's decisive words, Jester also smiled and stretched out a hand. Satoru Iwata also extended a hand, and the two high-fived each other hard.

Then we'll make it a deal.

As he spoke, Jester paused for a moment, and then added: Iwata, you can make up your mind on what you want to do, what you want to do, and how you want to reform. I can guarantee that as long as you No matter what he does, Claudia will stand firmly behind him and support you.

The news that Jester would remove Satoru Iwata quickly spread within the company.

The first executive order Iwata made after meeting with Jester was to conduct a large-scale clean-up and rectification of the various game development studios within the company, whether directly affiliated or subordinate.

This time it seems that Satoru Iwata means to either not do it or do it thoroughly once.

Although Jester adopts the method of cultivating gu in the studio and carrying out a set of strategies to win over the inferior, the financial pressure on the company is not great.

But in fact, there are indeed a little too many studios in Mars Entertainment. Previously, Satoru Iwata wanted to compile a table on how many studios Mars Entertainment currently has, and arranged for three people to do it, and the results were calculated by three people. are not exactly the same.

There are even mistakes.

Moreover, Satoru Iwata also feels that now is no longer the era of relying on a large number of games to win. Moreover, Mars Entertainment's game evaluation standards are very strict. Some games that are not qualified are actually not qualified to be on the console. You can only go to the PC of Mars Battle Network to get back the money. In fact, it is very difficult to make back the money, and Mars Entertainment's losses in this aspect are more than 100 million US dollars every year.

In Iwata's opinion, this is completely unnecessary.

Jester originally created this model because the environment in the industry was immature at the time, and he needed this method of cultivating bugs to cultivate outstanding enough practitioners.

The current industry environment is very different from that of the past.

Therefore, reform is also necessary.

This is the first thing Iwata wants to do.

Of course, this kind of thing, this kind of large-scale reform that affects the interests of many people, will definitely be opposed by many people.

However, when others discovered that both Jester and Claudia were firmly on Iwata's side, they were helpless.

Therefore, since the establishment of Mars Entertainment, there has been the first large-scale wave of dismissals. This time, the number of dismissed employees has exceeded 300, which is really a very huge number.

And through this incident, it also represents Jester's attitude to the outside world.

Yes, just as you expected before, I do have plans to let Satoru Iwata take over after I retire.

Many websites and magazines have reported on this matter. After all, this is a great event in the industry. Many people have contacted Jester to resign as chairman of the board of directors some time ago. Judging from the large-scale layoffs now, it may be There is a problem with Mars Entertainment or Jester's capital flow.

But this is nonsense.

The media immediately rebutted, saying that Jester only received an annual share of his shares in Citibank, so it was impossible for him to worry about money issues, and Jester's name was still on the list of major directors of Citibank.

Of course, many people say that Jester resigned as chairman of the board of directors in order to concentrate on making games. However, not long ago, a reporter from a financial magazine arranged for him to be in New York with his wife and other people. Two young men met in a restaurant. One of the two young men was named Sergey Brin and the other was named Larry Page.

These two young men didn't have any particularly big backgrounds.

But they are all graduates of Stanford University. They have established a company and are busy raising a second round of financing for their company. (~^~)