giants of the era

Chapter 194

At this moment, the media is making a big fuss about Apple's acquisition of Sunbird, which has become a recent hot news.

Critics also weighed in.

"Currently, Flamingo-1 has basically monopolized the game console market and is very popular with players. It is almost impossible for Apple to challenge it at this time, even if it acquires Sunbird!!"

"Flamingo has Chronos Li in charge, and classic games are emerging one after another. Apple's entry into game consoles is tantamount to digging its own grave!"

"..."

However, there are also those who hold different opinions.

"The profit of games is very high. Although the market has been occupied by Flamingo, this does not mean that other companies have no chance. As long as there are excellent game consoles and game software, they will be loved by players! This is exactly why Flamingo was able to replace Sunbird. Right now, after Apple acquired Sunbird, its game development capabilities have greatly increased. I believe that as long as the game is carefully crafted, even if it cannot beat Flamingo, it will Fighting against each other, at least we can share the game market together!"

"There is no empire on which the sun never sets! Warner Bros. once threatened that Sunbird Company could not be defeated, but the fact is that Sunbird Company has fallen from the altar in more than a year. The biggest drawback of Flamingo Company at present is that the implementation of The royalties system has caused many third-party game developers to be angry. If Apple offers very favorable conditions, it must be able to win them over to join the Apple camp!"

On TV, the critics were fighting with each other, and the discussion was very heated.

At this time, with the support of the Rockefeller consortium and the California consortium, Apple accelerated the pace of acquiring Sunbird.

On the morning of March 3th, the sun was shining brightly. Apple held a press conference to announce that Apple had officially acquired Sunbird. As for the purchase price, it has not been announced.

Li Zetian was naturally the first to receive the news.

It is true that Apple's acquisition of Sunbird has posed a certain threat to Flamingo, but in his view, it still cannot shake the position of Flamingo.

At first, Li Zetian didn't put Apple in his eyes, but Apple's subsequent actions disgusted him.

Before long, Apple frequently poached people from Flamingo.

Within a week, more than 30 people from Flamingo were poached.

At the same time, in order to win over top third-party game developers, Apple has promised six or seven companies that there will be no royalties or even platform fees. Apple even has a low-guarantee agreement for games that do not sell well. Make subsidies.

Some game developers were attracted by Apple's conditions and planned to develop games for Apple secretly.

Li Zetian is well aware of Apple's various "indiscriminate" actions.

If Apple is allowed to go on like this, I am afraid it will be the second "Sony"!
Li Zetian decided to fight back against Apple!

He picked up the phone on the desk and dialed Nolan Bushnell's office number.

"Bushnell, I'm Chronos!"

"Mr. Li, hello!"

"Apple has been making small moves recently, and Flamingo must fight back!"

"Yes, Apple is crazy to rely on the support of the Rockefeller Foundation and the California Foundation!"

Li Zetian smiled disdainfully, and said: "It's just a strong outside, and Apple's current situation is not optimistic at all. Personal computers have been squeezed out by IBM, Compaq and other compatible computers, and the Walkman's market share has also dropped sharply. Once the game project fails, This will be the last straw for Apple!"

Nolan Bushnell nodded in agreement, Apple is now using loans to develop the game industry.If you fail, you will be responsible and not far from bankruptcy.

"Mr. Li, you called, do you have anything to order?" Nolan Bushnell asked.

"Yes,"

Li Zetian nodded, and said in a cold and domineering tone: "At the beginning, Sunbird Company issued a ban order against Flamingo Company, and now let them taste the taste of the ban order! From now on, all developments on the Flamingo-game console platform The game must sign an exclusive agreement! Games on other home game console platforms will be refused to enter the Flamingo-1 game console platform!"

Nolan Bushnell frowned and said: "Mr. Li, if you do this, it is likely that some game developers will take the initiative to push to Apple."

"If we don't do this, won't they develop games for Apple? Instead of doing this, it's better to teach them a lesson, so as to make other third-party game developers realize that following Apple's What a mess!"

"Okay, I will announce to the public as you ordered later!"

Li Zetian nodded and continued: "In order to consolidate Flamingo's own position and increase our game development capabilities and quantity, we can acquire some third-party game developers with development potential, such as Namco, Konami, Glory Co., Ltd. and Nintendo..." When finally talking about Nintendo, Li Zetian had an inexplicable smile on his face.

"Mr. Li, there is nothing wrong with the acquisition of Namco, Konami, and Koei Co., Ltd. These three companies have been established for a short period of time and are small in scale. However, Nintendo..." Nolan Bushnell thought for a while, He replied, "I'm afraid I can't buy it..."

"Can't buy it?"

"Yes, Mr. Li. This company is a hundred-year-old RB company. In 1962, Nintendo was listed on the second board of the Osaka Securities Market as a playing card manufacturer. Its excellent financial statements made the stock price soar all the way to around 900 yen. , The subsequent performance is also very good, and the capital is strong. And according to the investigation of the RB branch, Nintendo is developing a home game console in an attempt to challenge the status of the Flamingo company!"

Li Zetian couldn't help smiling, he copied Nintendo's famous Game-Watch and "Donkey Kong", and even poached Yokoi Junhei and Miyamoto Shigeru, how dare he develop a game console!

From this point of view, Flamingo has made too much money in the game console market, which makes people jealous!
"Then acquire the three game companies Namco, Konami, and Koei Corporation! However, the movement should be quieter, and don't let Apple and Nintendo notice, so as not to interfere!" Li Zetian said with a final word.

"Okay, Mr. Li."

Li Zetian hung up the phone at this moment.

In the video game market, Namco and Konami are undoubtedly the pillar companies of RB Video Games.

In the previous life, "Pac-Man", "Taiko Master", "Tekken", "Ridge Racing", "Ace Combat", "Alien Legend" and so on were the signature games of Namco.

And "Silent Hill", "Contra", "Metal Gear", "Castlevania", "Pro Evolution Football", "Heartbeat Memories", "Salamander", "Fantasy Outlaws", "DDR", "Game King GX", "Yu-Gi-Oh" and so on are Konami's signature games.

Koei Co., Ltd. was established a little later than these two companies. It was established in 1978. "Nobunaga's Ambition", "Three Kingdoms Warriors", "Three Kingdoms", "The Age of Great Voyage", "Angelic" and so on are developed by the company.

It's just that all the games listed above were either copied by Li Zetian, or they haven't been developed yet. Therefore, the fame and strength of these three companies are far from reaching their peak, and they are at the beginning stage at best.

The Rockefeller consortium and the California consortium think that Apple's acquisition of Sunbird and a group of game developers are awesome?

As everyone knows, several video game companies with the most potential for development are about to be acquired by Flamingo Corporation!

(End of this chapter)