giants of the era

Chapter 276 Nintendo Bows Its Head
The reporter was stunned, and then interviewed a few more people with similar answers.

There are not a few people who trade in old ones for new ones. Looking around, at least half of them are holding bags or cardboard boxes, which obviously contain the first generation of Flamingo game consoles and game cartridges.

The reporter was very puzzled, and said to himself: "Why does the Flamingo company buy back the Flamingo-1 game console and game cartridges?"

Of course he didn't know that piracy was rampant in mainland China and Taiwan, and Li Zetian repurchased the Flamingo-1 game console to stop these pirates.

In the 80s, Taiwan's pirated version of "Little Genius Game Console" appeared quickly and became popular in Taiwan and the mainland.

In the 90s, a pirated version of the "Xiaobawang game console" was born in mainland China and quickly occupied the mainland Chinese market.

In the previous life, Nintendo was basically in a state of bewilderment, and couldn't figure it out. The pirated version defeated the original version. In the end, they could only let it go.

Sue them?

Oh, if the law works, can piracy still be so rampant?

Piracy thrives because it's cheap and still profitable.

To beat piracy, it's cheaper than piracy.

Mainland China has a population of more than one billion, and the market is huge. According to Li Zetian's experience in his previous life, most people in the 80s grew up playing Xiaobawang game consoles.

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Electronic product stores all over the world are crowded with people, and the Flamingo-2 game console is on sale. From morning to night, there is an endless stream of people queuing up, and the event is unprecedented!Flamingo's store was overcrowded and blocked the roads, so that the traffic police were dispatched to organize order.

Prior to this, Apple launched the CD-Walkman, and people couldn't help but like CDs.

The Flamingo company launched the CD-ROM type Flamingo game console this time, which is also very popular.

It can be said that even the huge charm of CD-ROM can't be stopped, and the game cassette looks like dirt, but any player with a bit of fashion pursuit will dismiss the game cassette.

Every time a customer sees a Flamingo-2, the Flamingo Company considerately presents a beautiful and exquisite disc bag, which is convenient for storing and carrying the disc.Although the disc package is not worth a few dollars, it looks tall and uplifts the entire game console!
And how can such a big and thick thing as a game cassette be easy to carry?

The Flamingo-2 was so popular that in one day, the total number of global sales reached 325 million units, of which 180 million units were traded in for new ones, and more than 2400 million CD game discs were sold!
Li Zetian asked Nolan Bushnell to deliberately announce the sales performance of Flamingo Company to the outside world. As soon as the news came out, the performance was against the sky, which caused a great sensation in the industry.The third-party game developers seem to have taken a reassurance, only looking for Flamingo, and no longer have second thoughts.And some start-up game development companies preparing to enter the game industry have also contacted Flamingo.At the same time, it has also deterred other companies that want to get involved in the game console market. They are coveting the game console market and are ready to move. It is just that Heaven and other companies serve as a lesson from the past, so they dare not get involved easily. Right now, Flamingo-2 As soon as the sales results were released, they became even more afraid.

The Flamingo-2 is so popular that it sold more than 300 million units in one day. Wouldn't it be courting death for a company to enter the game console market at this time?
At this moment, Japan is rainy and rainy, and Nintendo's headquarters is as gloomy as this rainy day.

As soon as he got the sales data of Flamingo-2, he strangled his death and heard a thunderbolt from the blue, and the president Hiroshi Yamauchi almost vomited blood and fell into a coma.

"This, this can't be true..." Yamauchi Hiroshi said with disbelief on his face.

"President, this matter is absolutely true. Nolan Bushnell, CEO of Flamingo Company, told the media personally. Can he still lie openly in front of the media?" A short, bald, long-haired man The middle-aged male employee with a pair of annoying toad eyes said.

Hiroshi Yamauchi was silent, thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's true. According to news from all over the world, Flamingo-2 is extremely popular. There are queues outside the store all day long. Flamingo Company The old trade-in strategy was very successful, at least half of them took the first generation of Flamingo game consoles to exchange for new ones! And the gossip has been saying that the stock of Flamingo-2 is not much, and Flamingo is going to engage in hunger marketing , This frightened many players, and made them all concentrate on buying the Flamingo-2 on the first day of its release! A variety of reasons were intertwined, which made the sales of Flamingo-2 explode, reaching an astonishing and terrifying figure !"

It was said that all the people present were silent and depressed, and the sales of FC game consoles had not exceeded 10 units in a year.Flamingo-2 easily reached 300 million units on the first day, the gap is simply worlds apart!
"President, it's time to make a decision!"

"Give up the FC game console, we have to admit failure! Stick to it, we will lose even more!"

"That's right, give up FC, and then bow to the Flamingo company, begging them to forgive us, so that our game can be released on the Flamingo-2 game console platform!"

"..."

The people advised.

Hiroshi Yamauchi seemed to be ten years older all of a sudden, with more and deeper pimples on his face, and lost his vigor and spirit.

"Okay, give up the FC game console!" He said in a low voice.

After saying this, he slumped down on the chair and stared at the ceiling feebly.

He knew that it would not take long for someone to take his place as president.

In reality, many people choose to ignore the glory that the other party has created, and only see the crimes he has committed.

Although he is a major shareholder of Nintendo and a descendant of the founder, the company went public very early, and Hiroshi Yamauchi still cannot control it absolutely. Shareholders will definitely be very dissatisfied with him and drive him out.

Under his leadership, the Nintendo Company had made great achievements, but he was also the one who personally led Nintendo into hell!
On that day, Nintendo's stock price fell like an avalanche, which made people tremble.

The next day, Nintendo held a press conference, announcing that it would no longer produce FC game consoles, abandon the hardware department, and become a third-party game developer with peace of mind.

As soon as the news came out, public opinion was in an uproar.

However, this is also expected.

Flamingo-2 is so awesome, who would dare to fight against it?
At around 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, a reporter photographed Hiroshi Yamauchi, the president of Nintendo, and several company executives on a plane bound for Los Angeles.

"What is the intention of Nintendo's executives to go to Los Angeles this time?"

"Is Hiroshi Yamauchi, the president of Iron Blood, going to bow down to the Flamingo Company to beg for mercy?"

"..."

The media couldn't help talking about it.

(End of this chapter)