Rebirth of America, this is my time

Yes Rudolf, I have seen the news...

Yes, you are right. Apollo is a great product, and Atari's new machine is also very good, but what I want to say is that these two products do not currently pose a threat to us...

Okay, I will try my best, please don't worry...

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Yeah~Chuck, Intel is very prosperous now~

Although Atari and Milova have not used our chips, they have indeed helped you realize your wish, haven't they? You should be happy that the central processor has new applications...

Oh~ Thank you for your concern. Their products can't affect me yet...

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When Ethan hung up the Nth phone call and leaned on the swivel chair in the study room at home, his face was full of exhaustion. Although he knew that the original intention of these people calling was good, they just wanted to care about him, but what he needed to do most now was not to socialize with kindness, but to solve the problem.

He admitted that the new products of Milowa and Atari gave him a certain sense of crisis. At the same time, Evelin, who was sitting opposite him at this moment, also made him more stressed, because when the girl learned that Milo Hua and Atari had abandoned the circuit board host product and made great strides towards the era of CPU hosts. When she just returned home, she asked Ethan what she was thinking -

Ethan, please tell me honestly.

Do the new products launched by Mirova and Atari have any impact on our company?

The girl frowned slightly, looking serious.

Ethan, who was looking at him, had a wry smile on his face.

Oh - my dear sister - he lengthened his voice and said, Although their product is called a home console, what they make is video games after all.

Since the track is the same, it will definitely have an impact.

The honest words made the girl nod slightly.

But at the same time, she also wanted to know what Ethan thought of these two products.

Where do you think the specific impact will be?

The girl asked: Will the emergence of these two products change the pattern of the video game industry?

After listening to the news about Atari and Mirowa, Evelin felt that the words of these two competitors did make some sense. The reasonable part is that the current electronic arcades have indeed brought a certain amount of economic pressure to the people.

At present, the population of America is only 200 million. Last year, the average daily sales of the electronic arcade machine Pac-Man alone exceeded one hundred US dollars, and the total annual revenue exceeded four billion, evenly distributed to each person's head, that can be distributed to two dollars.

What does this fact mean?

This means that when people all over the United States go to play Pac-Man, one person can play it eight times!

Although this algorithm is problematic, because there are definitely not 200 million video game players, and when the total number of players is bound to decline, per capita consumption will definitely be more.

If there were 40 million gamers in North America, that number would be ten dollars.

If there were 20 million gamers, that number would be twenty dollars.

And when a video game can cost a player at least ten or even twenty dollars, then this consumption must be expensive for them, because this amount of money is enough to buy more than ten pounds of beef in the market , dozens of pounds of fruit, and even twenty movies...

In this case, these players may continue to pay because of the quality of the games, but when one or even multiple machines appear on the market that can play more games at a lower price, they will definitely also Vote with your feet and actively embrace these more affordable things.

Not to mention……

These machines are not only loaded with popular games from a few years ago, but also have a lot of new content added.

When this contrast occurs...

Even if Evelin is not responsible for business operations, she can still evaluate the excellence of the other party.

Precisely because she understood, the girl looked at Ethan seriously.

She expressed her thoughts: When these two machines appear, will it be possible for players to abandon electronic arcade machines and switch to home consoles?

The question made Ethan laugh.

He shook his head and said, Oh Evelyn, your worries don't exist.

I said that for video games, which are creative, content must be king.

No matter how good the machine is, if the game is not fun, it will be useless.

That's right, from beginning to end, Ethan was not worried about losing his users.

Because the memory of his previous life told him that gameplay is the foundation of the game industry.

Even if some players will pay because Milowa and Atari's game consoles are equipped with more games, as long as they launch more interesting games, the lost players will definitely come back!

When an industry relies on content to make a living, the so-called die-hard fans are all content fans!

But even so, he still felt the pressure when facing the new machines of Milohua and Atari, because he knew that there was no monopoly in an industry that relied on content.

I'm not afraid of their machines.

No matter how good their machines are, I don't feel threatened.

Ethan said frankly: What I am wary of are the game companies they acquire.

Because there are a group of people who rely on inspiration to eat.

When the latest machines and the latest inspiration appear together...

What we are facing...

That could be big trouble.

Before, when Ethan learned that Milova and Atari were frantically acquiring game companies in the circle, he didn't pay attention because at the time he felt that these two guys couldn't do anything.

Even if those creators are full of inspiration and can make games that are popular, in front of the memory of his past life, all the reception is just chickens and dogs.

Because like Da Lang Taosha, he will select classics from many games. When he brings out games that have been popular for decades, no one who is serious about making games can beat him!

But now...

He has discovered that his original thinking was too simple.

Popular games may not be able to beat the classics that have been passed down to the world, but when popular games are logged into a machine with good performance in geometric quantities...

With this combination, you will surely gain a stable market of your own!

And when Milowa and Atari established a firm foothold in the console industry...

They also have time, energy, and money to develop interesting games.

By that time, the fun will be huge. Because as long as they are profitable, Milowa and Atari will definitely continue to run in the console industry.

At this moment, Ethan can even imagine that scene...

On a piece of land in North America, three companies are hosting.

This special code is going to blow the brains out of the dog!

As for what to say, he can take the lead and finish all the roads, leaving others with no way to go?

This is a bit nonsense.

because--

Compared with the gathering of creative people, I am more afraid of another thing, and that is plagiarism.

Ethan stared at Evelin and said, “It’s not copying our game.”

It's copying our inspiration.

That's right!

This is what Ethan fears most!

Not to mention that his brain is not Chat GPT-4, and he has no idea how many games there were in the game industry in his previous life. Even if he knew it and copied it out, it would be useless.

Because he can copy the classics of previous lives, others can also copy him!

You know, games are just like articles!

Mr. Shuren once said: There are a lot of articles in the world, let's see if you can copy them.

And this sentence is perfectly applicable in the gaming circle!

In Ethan's previous life, many game companies did this!

For example, Street Fighter and King of Fighters...

Isn’t this a very similar competing product?

Another example is Need for Speed and GT Racing...

Who can say that there are no similarities between the two?

For example, CS and CF, Zelda and Original...

Cough cough cough…

When all countries can reach a consensus that the legal copyright protection for games can only be extended to the appearance and content of the game, but will not protect the gameplay...

If we learn from this kind of thing, it will become the norm in the industry.

Ethan believed that he might be able to shock the world with one creative idea after another, but wanted to stop others from making games? That's just a fool's errand.

Nowadays, no one is learning from the gameplay of Snake and Pac-Man. That's just because the entire industry is going through Milova's hammer storm. When all the companies that copied the Ping Pong game are holding their noses and admitting their losses. , their instinctive reaction to Snake and Pac-Man is that they cannot copy them.

Because they knew that if they copied it, Ethan, who was endorsed by Stanford, could sue them to death!

but……

What if someone reacts?

What if someone found out, instead of copying it one to one, they could just copy the gameplay?

For example, if Pac-Man is a maze adventure game, then they can make another maze adventure game without getting rid of Pac-Man and ghosts.

For example, the police catch a thief?

When this kind of awakening occurs, even if Ethan has three heads and six arms, he can't stop him!

While waiting for Atari and Milohua to react...

Own the machine! Have a R\u0026D team! They have a backer again! Naturally, you will have the courage to learn from it!

By that time...

It would be extremely difficult to defeat them to death.

I made a mistake.

Ethan held his chin with one hand and said: To be honest... I expected them to be able to make a home machine with a CPU, but I didn't expect them to be able to do it to this extent.

I didn't even think that they acquired game companies to use them for console promotion.

Ethan admitted that he was careless and did not dodge.

And his words made Evelin shake her head and said: Oh Ethan, I don't mean to blame you.

I just want to know whether the home consoles of Milowa and Atari pose a threat to us. If so, should we start research and development of consoles now?

If it were a few years ago, Evelin would have cared about this kind of thing, but she would never take the initiative to ask.

She would wait for Ethan to make a decision, and then handle things based on Ethan's ideas.

Because she is not interested in business.

But now...

After enjoying the charm brought by money, she has really regarded Destiny Game as her own company. After all, no matter who it is, they will not refuse the money that is at their fingertips.

Regarding his sister's inquiry, Ethan, who had already thought about it, said: We will definitely make a home console, but definitely not now, because even if we develop it immediately, we will not be able to keep up with the progress of Milowa and Atari, and If you design in a hurry, you may make a mess.”

More importantly, our company currently does not have enough game reserves.

Although I believe that just bringing the game Pac-Man to the home console will attract countless people to buy it, but there is still a Pac-Man arcade machine on the market. People is a game used as a promotion for home consoles...

“Then in the eyes of users, how big is the difference between us and scammers?”

Ethan originally thought that he could kill Milohua and Atari, but he didn't expect that he would be tricked by these two uncles now. One machine is equipped with nine games? Twelve games on one machine? No matter how you look at it, this seems to be driving him to death!

Even if Ethan has countless ideas in his mind, it still takes time to make them! Therefore, when Ethan found that he couldn't keep up with others in terms of filming, he had no choice but to take it step by step.

However, just because R\u0026D can be slow doesn’t mean things can be slowed down.

Ethan didn't want Milovo and Atari to gain a foothold in the console industry.

Because America is only so big, there is no room for three ambitious people.

So, what we need to do most now are three things.

The first thing is to develop a new arcade game. While stabilizing the market share, we will drive other game companies into the console industry, and then solve them all at once. We are already lagging behind in the console industry, and we absolutely cannot Before leaving the arcade industry to others, we must at least ensure that we have a dominant position in one field.

“The second thing is to find ways to weaken the influence of Milova and Atari in the gaming field. This seems simple, because we can prove their incompetence in creation through popular arcade games. But it’s actually very difficult, because people who want to buy game consoles will definitely still pay for them. What we can do is to influence those neutral people as much as possible and make them think that it is more cost-effective to pay to play arcade machines, because arcade machines The games are fun, but buying a console is not worth it because their games are not as interesting as our games.

The third thing is to find a way to get information about Atari and Mirowa. If they are borrowing our ideas, we must speed up the research and development of consoles. Because when these two companies occupy a certain After gaining market share, it will not be easy to regain it, but if they do not learn from it, then we will still have time...

The clear arrangement made Evelin nod her head repeatedly. Although creativity is not something that can be found every day, since Ethan said so confidently, she felt relieved.

I can be responsible for research and development, but intelligence...

Evelin said, “What are you going to do about this matter?”

intelligence?

This word made Ethan close his eyes and think about it for a while.

When he opened it again, he had already made a decision, Mi Luohua has nothing to do, because Rudolf just told me that Mi Luohua has completely cut off contact with him.

As for Atari...

Although Nolan Bushnell is cautiously wary of me, I still want to try. I'm going to find Steven to see if he can get some information about Atari's research and development from Warner...

Although in the eyes of outsiders, asking Warner about Atari's R\u0026D information is a bit nonsense, Ethan felt that there was nothing wrong with this idea.

After all, in his previous life, the nickname Lan Pian Hua was globally recognized, and the reason why they received such nicknames was all due to the struggle for power that was more exciting than the palace fight.

Therefore, in the case of internal discord among them, please ask Spielberg. If Baoqi is not enough, the senior executives within Warner who are at odds with the director of the leading video game project can say something.

As for whether Spielberg doesn’t know the people at Warner? Ethan is not worried about this, because during previous chats, Spielberg said that Warner had invited him to shoot Superman.

But when Ethan drove overnight to Universal Studios in Los Angeles...

Before he even entered the studio building of Universal Pictures, he saw Spielberg hurriedly walking out with his pants lifted in the early morning of February.

Well, that's right.

This guy was just tying his pants and walking out.

There are two things to say:

1. There is nothing left at night.

2. It will be on the shelves tomorrow.

Since the publication of the book on March 27, I have updated more than 400,000 words in two months and a few days. This should be my limit, and the consequence of reaching the limit is that I can’t save even one chapter of the manuscript. No, they are written every day.

Therefore, when it comes to breaking news, it all depends on the situation. When the plot reaches a certain point, such as the previous lawsuit and the release of Pac-Man, I will find a way to finish it in one day, and it will depend on whether I am busy or not.

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