Chapter 482: The 386 President Is so Terrifying!

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If it is just a war with Sony in the field of consoles, Qing Zhiyuan said that he is not ready yet.

However, if Sega and NVIDIA can join forces, there may be a little possibility.

On the technical level, Sega has enough console accumulation. The performance of the DC game console developed in the previous life is not bad. The support for game picture quality is far better than Sony's PS game console.

However, there are several reasons for the final defeat.

The first is the game problem.

The biggest and most appealing and influential work on DC is Shenmue.

Shenmue's painters are also very powerful, making the game screen the top of the same era, but the gameplay did not meet expectations. A lot of money was spent and the cost was not recovered, which led to further losses for Sega.

The second is that it was fooled by Sony.

In order to seize the market before Sony PS2 was launched, Sega announced the actual machine demonstration and technical specifications of DC early. The game screen based on the high performance of DC really amazed the players at that time.

After Sega launched DC, Sony's PS2 game console was still far away.

However, just a few months after DC was launched, Sony also held a press conference to show the technical details of the PS2 console.

The "Final Fantasy 8" screen displayed at the press conference made players begin to feel that DC was just so-so, and Sega was abandoned by players again.

Although "knowledgeable" players know that this screen is definitely not the level that the PS2 can achieve, Sony is just playing their best marketing tricks again.

But ordinary players don't care about these. In their eyes, the performance of the unreleased PS2 will far exceed DC, so many players who originally planned to buy DC are waiting with money.

And many third parties who originally promised to develop games on DC also backed off, preferring to wait two more years for PS2.

This made Sega President Peter Moore hate Sony for its false propaganda at the time. After DC was delisted, Sega fans hated Sony far more than Nintendo.

The third one is naturally the problem of broken capital chain mentioned by Satoru Iwata now.

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If Sega can be acquired now and NVIDIA can be combined, the next generation of consoles may be able to achieve the ultimate in graphics support in this era.

With Pokeni's game works that transcend the times, exclusive sales may be able to drive a wave.

Moreover, Qingzhiyuan is not only considering consoles.

There is also great potential in developing the next generation of handheld game consoles.

The future consoles and handheld game consoles can be made into networked devices, not through infrared networking, nor the so-called online interaction between machines, but the kind that can truly connect to the Internet.

Wifi technology was invented in 1991. Now the technology is relatively mature. It is already a common technology in Europe and the United States, but it has not yet been promoted in Japan.

In the previous life, in 1999, when IEEE defined the 802.11 standard, it officially recognized that the wireless network technology developed by CSIRO was the best wireless network technology in the world and was formulated as the core technical standard of Wi-Fi.

From this year on, WIFI has entered thousands of households.

What Qing Zhiyuan has in mind is that when future game consoles and handhelds are connected to the Internet, the TANPOPO game platform can be connected to them naturally. From PC to consoles to handhelds, players can download and play games through the corresponding game platforms.

A game platform that spans multiple devices at the same time and achieves great unification will naturally attract an endless stream of users.

What a great feat this would be.

Imagine how terrifying it would be if Steam could be placed on PC, PS5 and NS?

As for third-party game manufacturers, Qing Zhiyuan thinks this way--

As long as your platform is big enough, you will definitely attract them.

To put it bluntly, it depends on how many people, how much traffic and market your platform has, just like PS, when it first came out, it couldn't compare with Nintendo and Sega at all.

Industry insiders all think that how can such a company that makes CD music equipment make a good game console?

Maybe third parties are still waiting and watching, but when PS has sold more than tens of millions of units and occupied the game market, they will naturally transfer over.

Of course, there are reasons why Rentoune has committed suicide and the world has suffered from Rentoune for a long time, but more importantly, the platform provided by Sony is large enough and the market is good enough.

PS's game performance is overwhelming, and the company is willing to spend money, and Pokeni also plays a key role in it, which is why PS was made.

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Qing Zhiyuan communicated his ideas with Iwata Satoru, who widened his eyes in surprise.

He was completely shocked by the president's idea.

In Iwata's view, he just proposed a strategy of joint confrontation, but the president had thought so far.

"Multi-platform ecological strategy. This is great!"

Iwata stood up from his chair excitedly.

Think about it carefully, Iwata originally described just a big West Lake, but when it came to Qing Zhiyuan, it directly became a vast ocean.

How can it not be amazing.

It's terrible. This concept, how great imagination must be combined to this step?

A multi-platform ecological strategy, connected through the Internet.

Now Satoru Iwata truly feels the charm of the Internet.

"Not only can multiple hardware platforms be connected, but in the future, these platforms can be used to network with friends and businessmen around the world," Qing Zhiyuan said. "After this is completed, the light will be lit around the world."

"Yes, the whole world is connected." Satoru Iwata sighed.

The corners of Qing Zhiyuan's mouth raised slightly. This is only a small part. When smart phones appear in the future and the mobile phone platform is opened up, then it will truly be an era of global connectivity.

But...

"But where did we get so much money to acquire Sega?" Qing Zhiyuan asked doubtfully, "Iwata-san, according to your estimate, how much will it cost to acquire Sega?"

"U.S. 3 billion," said Satoru Iwata. "We have to discuss the details. If the other party can consider future strategic cooperation and prospects, it is possible to choose us even if the price is lowered."

Um……

Qing Zhiyuan silently closed his mouth, pretending to think, but said nothing.

Where the hell did I get $3 billion?

Qing Zhiyuan just spent 100 million to buy Blizzard some time ago, and then you want to spend 400 million to buy Marvel?

Qing Zhiyuan also entrusted Kazuma Takahashi to make some investments, which cost about US$100 million.

The remaining cash is probably only about 1.5 billion, and this amount is still depreciating.

"If the complete acquisition is not possible, we can completely control Sega by purchasing a majority of the shares. It does not need to be 100%, it only needs to be more than 50%."

In 1998, Sega's debt reached 50 billion yen, and as its operating conditions deteriorated, this number continued to increase.

In order to fill the funding gap, Sega issued a large number of junk bonds, which eventually triggered the largest bankruptcy in Japanese history. (Bankruptcy means bankruptcy.)

In the previous life, Microsoft also considered acquiring Sega, and the price quoted by Sega at that time was US$2 billion.

However, later Isao Okawa, the president of Sega's parent company CSK, hoped that Xbox could be backward compatible with DC console games in the form of an emulator.

Microsoft can do this, but Okawa also requires Xbox to be compatible with DC's network, and Microsoft wants Xbox Live online services to start from scratch, so the negotiations fell through.

Yes, in fact, if you want to acquire Sega, you don't go to Nakayama Hayao. Although Nakayama Hayao is indeed the president of Sega, Sega has already been acquired by CSK, and Isao Okawa is the boss of the parent company.

This is the same as if you want to acquire Blizzard, you have to negotiate with Blizzard's father.

As for Okawa Isao, Qing Zhiyuan admires him very much. He really loves games and wishes Sega well.

Moreover, Isao Okawa has a famous saying:

"A career is only a career for one generation, and what you gain from your career must be reinvested in your career."

In the end, he did this. Before his death in 2001, Mr. Okawa donated 85 billion of his personal assets to Sega, fulfilling his life ideals and returning what he gained from his career to his career.

He only hoped that his favorite Sega could go all the way. Unfortunately, this company finally withdrew from the stage of history and disappeared from everyone.

As a time traveler, it is normal for Qing Zhiyuan to know these contents, but Satoru Iwata's ability to make judgments at this point in time is entirely based on his own analytical skills and acumen, as well as his natural business sense.

From this point of view, Qing Zhiyuan still admired him.

Sure enough, Satoru Iwata is a born entrepreneur.

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"It would be great if it goes as smoothly as you said," Qing Zhiyuan frowned, "But I will try to negotiate. President Okawa Isao will see if he can see if we have had close cooperation with Sega in the past. On the basis of a good relationship, we will make certain concessions.”

The most important thing is that Qing Zhiyuan is somewhat confident that he truly loves games, and Isao Okawa is also a good president who truly loves games.

The two people are very compatible with each other. If Xiaozhi can move him with his emotions, he might be able to persuade him.

"About funds." Iwata said tentatively.

"Huh?" Qing Zhiyuan raised his head.

"It is better to spin off RTT in the United States to establish a pokeni American network communications subsidiary, and then sell RTT's subsidiary in the United States," Iwata said. "The cost of maintaining RTT itself is very high. On the one hand, To save costs, on the other hand, the review in the United States is strict, and the future of RTT is actually not easy.

Packaged and sold directly, it can supplement part of the company's funds in a short period of time. "

Iwata Satoru's ideas coincide with those of Qing Zhiyuan. RTT was originally a product he used to cash out in the United States. Any non-American entrepreneur who wants to develop network products that serve as a mouthpiece locally will end up in the same situation. very good.

If it works well, it is possible to sell it for hundreds of millions of dollars.

"Yes." Qing Zhiyuan nodded, "Just do as you say."

Financial pressure is great, something Qing Zhiyuan has not felt in many years.

The last time the pressure was so great was in 1990 when the company was on the verge of bankruptcy.

Sure enough, acquisition is the most expensive.

Let’s fight for the future of P Club!

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After the meeting, Iwata took the plane to New York with Qing Zhiyuan's trust and entrustment to start the acquisition of Marvel.

Qing Zhiyuan, on the other hand, did not seem to be in such a hurry.

You have to eat one bite at a time and do things one by one.

So he went to find Hattori Hiroyuki to have dinner together.

The two of them ate omakase in a high-end private restaurant.

The Japanese word omakase means delivery, entrusted to you. It can be understood that the guests have handed over the decision of what to eat and how to eat to the chef (chief), which can be translated as "chef customization" and "chef menu".

A more appropriate translation can be "seasonal set meal".

That is, the chef presents seasonal ingredients to the guests in the order of appetizers, appetizers, main dishes, staple foods, and desserts in the form of set meals according to the season. Guests do not need to order their own dishes, as long as they arrive on time. The dining time is generally about 1.5 hours to 2.5 hours.

Omakase is a high-end restaurant business model developed by combining traditional Japanese cuisine with French dining, and most of them adopt a reservation system.

Two people sit in a delicate, elegant, quiet and secluded private room or courtyard, and the female general brings in and introduces the dishes one by one, so that they can enjoy the food while enjoying the beautiful scenery.

This set is actually not cheap. Just the meal that Qing Zhiyuan invited Hattori Hiroyuki today is 50,000 yen per person.

50,000 yen is already a month's meal money for many people.

The two chatted for a while and drank some wine. Hattori Hiroyuki admired the graceful figure and beautiful appearance of the female general while sighing.

"It's going to change."

It was obviously June, but Hattori Hiroyuki was shivering with cold.

"What has happened in this period of time are all major events in the industry,"

The major events that Hattori Hiroyuki mentioned naturally include the pokeni reorganization of Qing Zhiyuan.

"It's going to change, but it doesn't feel like a bad thing." Qing Zhiyuan said with a smile.

After the millennium, it was really a different scene. You can always feel that the world and life are accelerated by the Internet. Everyone is driven by the times. The fast-paced life and the ubiquitous information explosion are the real changes.

But fortunately, the current pokeni is at the forefront of the times.

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For businessmen like Hattori Hiroyuki, the changes in the game industry are closely related to him, but it doesn’t feel that relevant.

Because no matter how these people change, he will sell them all.

It’s just a matter of how much you sell, just like the movie theaters. Whatever movies your producers make, it’s just a matter of scheduling them for me.

Whether it can be a hit depends entirely on the quality of the movie.

So compared to those empty things, Hattori Hiroyuki is more concerned with actual benefits.

For example, Qing Zhiyuan came to him for dinner today, which means that there are new games to be launched. As long as there are new games on the shelves, Hattori Hiroyuki will make money.

Of course, this also depends on the quality of the game.

"Mushishi?"

Hattori Hiroyuki glanced at the cover and felt a little scared, "Is this a horror game?"

"Hmm..."

Qing Zhiyuan thought for two seconds, smiled and shook his head, "It's definitely not a horror game, don't look at the scary name of Mushishi.

But the content of the game is actually very warm and healing. If you have time, you can try it, and you will definitely not be disappointed."

"Yeah, okay, okay." Hattori Hiroyuki said a few words casually.

It is definitely impossible to play the game, and this game disc will have to be sacrificed to the trash can god later.

Qing Zhiyuan continued to explain with a smile, "To be precise, this should be a new type of game, or it can also be classified as a puzzle RPG.

However, "Mushishi" is not quite the same as the traditional RPG. It is very special. The most special thing is that this game will be the first open world game made by Pokeni."

"Hmm?" Hattori Hiroyuki was a little curious, "Open world game?"

"Yes, weren't the previous games all linear games? You can only continue to the next task after completing the previous task, and then go to the next node from here, and then you can move on...

But, in Mushishi, players can explore freely, go wherever they want, do whatever tasks they want, and even in most cases, we encourage players to travel more.

Just like our real world, take a trip on a whim."

"Huh?"

Hattori Hiroyuki blinked his eyes and imagined the scene described by Qing Zhiyuan.

He didn't know anything else, but the last sentence [a trip on a whim] touched him a little.

In this world, who doesn't want to go on a trip at any time? It's very romantic, and it makes people yearn for it, especially free.

And now Hattori Hiroyuki is particularly eager for freedom.

Especially after getting married, Hattori Hiroyuki has changed from a wild horse to a pony in a pen. This feeling of being bound is really too uncomfortable.

"Qingsang, let's make an appointment to travel together when we have time in the future?" Hattori Hiroyuki smiled, "After listening to you talk about this game, I want to travel around the world."

"Do you want to bring your family?" Qing Zhiyuan asked.

"Ah this..."

Hatsube Hiroyuki frowned, it hurts, why do you have to use such a heavy topic to pull people back to reality when we are imagining the romance of the future.

However, looking at Qing Zhiyuan's innocent expression, Hattori Hiroyuki knew that this man must be finished.

If you say you don't bring your family, he will definitely not agree.

I don't know what kind of love potion Tsuda Nao gave him.

If it's two single men traveling around the world, how exciting it would be.

"Let's talk about it later, if it's a family trip." Hattori Hiroyuki smiled bitterly.

The two chatted for a while, and the time was almost up, so they walked out of the store and parted.

"Then, I'll leave "Mushishi" to you." Qing Zhiyuan sent Hattori Hiroyuki to the car.

"No problem," Hattori Hiroyuki gave him an OK gesture, "Leave it to me."

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He went to the familiar old place again, Hattori Hiroyuki got out of the car and respectfully threw the "Mushishi" game disc into the trash can.

"Trash can god bless!

The game is a big hit!"

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There is another chapter in the afternoon (end of this chapter)