Is it not a galgame?

Chapter 123 27. Combine Vertical and Horizontal
In the evening, Qing Zhiyuan, Tsuda Nao, and Sony's Kutaragi Ken had dinner with Tom Kolinsky.

Filled mugs of stout, steak and meat.

Eat heartily.

Speaking of what happened at the press conference today, until now, Kolinski still feels scared for a while.

"I was really shocked at that time," Qing Zhiyuan said, "The screen was burned, and I don't know how to get it back. Mr. Kolinsky's on-site reaction ability is really too strong."

"Haha, did you see it?" Kolinski laughed.

Qing Zhiyuan said, I am also a person who has gone to school, okay, some simple magic tricks are still easy to see through.

"Fortunately, everything is over now, so it should be smooth." Kolinski said with a smile.

"Of course, it's more than smooth. With the twists and turns and episodes, today's press conference will become a classic in a few years." Ken Kutaragi said.

It wasn't until now that he realized that an accident really happened after a long time.

"However, Mr. Kolinsky, can this broken machine allow me to bring back Neon? The Sega staff and I need to overhaul it, and we have to figure out what's wrong."

"it is good."

Kolinsky didn't care that much, and handed the game console to Ken Kutaragi.

"However, Mr. Kolinsky, are you not worried at all about being exposed by the media in the future?" Ken Kutaragi asked, "After all, this magic trick is too simple, as long as there is a video, you can find it by comparing the positions of the front and rear pockets. Bar?"

"It doesn't matter." Kolinski said with a smile, "It can at most prove that I used two different game consoles, but it can't prove that there was a problem with the original game console. Unless you send the evidence to them."

Kutaragi Ken looked down at the game console in his hand, and smiled knowingly.

"Hahaha……"

"If it is hardware, there is a good product rate. If the good product rate is not 100%, there must be problems." Kolinsky cut a small piece of steak, put it in his mouth and chewed it twice, "But at the press conference, it was really Unlucky, but as long as the problem can be solved, after the game console is released in August, the failure rate of the machine that players get is low enough, nothing will happen."

"Yeah." Everyone nodded.

……

Everyone chatted for a while and got to know each other better. During the meeting, Qing Zhiyuan also acted as an interpreter.

Kolinski recalled an incident and laughed.

"do you know?"

"The Sega Genesis (called MD in Neon) used the Motorola 68000 as the CPU, as did the Commodore Amiga.

In the United States, there is a company called Electronic Arts, Electronic Arts.

The company has extensive game development experience on this processor.

The first thing they did was not to apply to become Sega's third-party game company, but to quickly reverse engineer Sega Genesis and develop a game that could run without Sega's authorization.

It's really far away from the big spectrum. Why don't you crack the Nintendo 10NES if you have this skill, what are you doing with Sega? "

Speaking of this, Kolinski's expression was very exaggerated, and everyone also laughed.

"Sega's charging standard for third-party games is much lower than Nintendo's, not 30%, but about 8-10 US dollars, which is equivalent to 20% of the selling price.

Then the year before last, in 1990, Hawkins approached me.

Take out EA's reverse engineering and put forward a cooperation request: each game card can only charge 2 US dollars, plus a single game license fee limit of 200 million US dollars, otherwise EA will spread its technology.

Hawkins said to me, 'We've successfully reverse-engineered Genesis, and if the contract hadn't been awarded, we'd have made and sold the game software that operated on Genesis. '"

Kolinsky put down the knife and fork in his hand, looked at Qing Zhiyuan and Tsuda Nao with his chest straight, "Can you imagine, what kind of rude request is this?"

"I took a closer look at the handsome young man in front of me and wondered if there was something wrong with his mind."

"Haha, indeed."

Qing Zhiyuan smiled and nodded.

EA is indeed a gangster, but the gangster knows martial arts, and no one can stop him.

This kind of rogue logic really doesn't exist anymore.

It can only be said that the brain circuits of Westerners are really difficult to understand. They want to rob you and ask you to thank him.

"Hawkins is playing a very high-risk operation. Once Sega initiates a lawsuit against EA's behavior, there is a high probability that Hawkins will be overwhelmed.

But what I thought at the time was that there seemed to be nothing wrong with working with EA.

After all, we are facing a god-like opponent, the Nintendo NES.

The fewer enemies the better, the more teammates the better.

Just pretend he has a problem.

EA wants a free console platform.

We need third-party games that can compete with Nintendo, and the interests are aligned.

Such an opponent fell to NES, and the consequences would be disastrous.

I just said, 'Okay, but there are conditions to add.

I want you to sell EA's John Madden NFL rights.I wanted to change things up and market it as a different game.We're releasing two games, John Madden Football and Joe Montana's Football.

Of course, we'll pay for the promotion, and we'll pay you a fair royalty. '

Hawkins seemed shocked.

Two rugby games are released at the same time, which should stir up a lot of storms.

Adult sports games happen to be Nintendo's shortcoming.

'Well, we're partners.Let's beat Nintendo together. '

I shook hands with Hawkins and agreed.

After that, EA ported "John Madden Football" to the Sega Genesis.

No one would have imagined that the game that originally planned to sell 7 copies sold 40 copies in Genesis.

Isn't it amazing? "

Kolinski asked with a smile.

The crowd nodded.

What Qing Zhiyuan thinks is——

Although Nakayama Hayao and Yamauchi Hiroshi came out of the same bad temper, they both wanted to dominate the family and monopolize.

But Sega is really lucky to have a sales manager of the US branch like Kolinsky.

Is the essence of game console war a game console?
No, it's a game.

Take Sega GG’s loss to Rentiantang GB as an example. On the one hand, it is because the battery life of the hardware is too short, the power consumption is too high, and the body is relatively bulky.

But in terms of performance, Sega's GG handheld will crush Rentiantang's GB.

And one of the most critical turning points is——

Both Rentian and Sega launched the Tetris game on the handheld at the same time, but later Rentian got the authorization of Tetris and sued Sega backhand.

So Sega's Tetris was forced to take off the shelves.

A game decides the outcome.

……

From this point of view, instead of suing EA to the court for playing hooligans, but choosing Kolinsky, who cooperated with him, to fight Ren Tiantang together, this pattern is really much bigger.

"Then Mr. Kolinsky, can you give us the same discount as EA in the future," Qing Zhiyuan said with a smile, "otherwise we will have to reverse engineer Sega's game console."

Hearing Qing Zhiyuan's words, Kolinsky was stunned for a second, and almost spit out the beer in his mouth.

"Hahaha...Qing, you really know how to joke."

The atmosphere was relaxed and warm.

……

After chatting with Kolinsky, Qing Zhiyuan still gained a lot.

American players and neon players are basically two species.

The US market is also very different from the neon market, or the Chinese market.

These Western players prefer fresh and exciting games that can make people soar with adrenaline and secrete a lot of dopamine.

Simple, rude and direct, it is very popular here.

However, Neon and Chinese players may pay more attention to the inner, some deep-seated things with cultural connotations.

However, this does not mean that players in the United States cannot appreciate it, or that manufacturers in the United States lack depth.

It's just that in their view, before pursuing storytelling and depth, they must first satisfy their appetite.

If pokeni wants to enter the Omi market in the future and make this part work, then it has to change its thinking.

Fortunately, there are quite a lot of western masterpieces in Qing Zhiyuan's brain, the key is to copy first, ah bah, which one to make first.

And who to do it and how to do it.

In this era, the income of Neon is much higher than that of Chinese, and the income of Americans is much higher than that of Neon people.

In contrast, the sales price in the Omi region can be higher, and even if you are confident enough, the game can be sold for $99 (equivalent to 12400 yen).

This is the case with some masterpieces. As long as they are good enough to become the favorite of players, their pockets will be open for you.

This is the United States that Kolinsky described, and this is also the impression given to Qing Zhiyuan by the current United States.

After staying in Chicago for two days, Qing Zhiyuan accompanied Tsuda Nao to the clothing store, bought some women's favorite clothes, and spent a happy time together at night.

On the third day, we returned to Neon Tokyo together.

……

After entering June, Pokémon is already in the final test.

Confirm that it can be released without any problems.

The release date was negotiated with Sega. On August 8st, when Sega's handheld is released, Pokémon will be released simultaneously.

Originally, Kolinsky wanted to demonstrate Pokémon at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago this time, but unfortunately the online function has not yet been completed.

……

At the same time, Sega began to win over other princes.

……

The first thing Sega found was Namco, and proposed a strategy that Namco could develop games on the new handheld, and gave them a high discount.

Then there's Glory and Konami...

Except for SNK, which directly competes with itself in the field of game consoles, Sega searched everywhere.

The price offered is also very sincere.

Seigniorage, ah bah, only 15% of royalties are charged, which is cheaper than the original 20% requirement, and only half of the 30% royalties of Rentian Heaven.

In addition, as long as a cooperation is reached, there is no limit to the number of games developed on Sega game consoles each year, but Sega still has to reserve the right to review.

……

These two points alone are actually enough to make many game manufacturers feel excited.

It's just that due to the pressure of Rentiantang and the current difficulty in judging the future market, these companies are still waiting and swaying.

If you offend Ren Tiantang because of cooperation with Sega, it will be very difficult to make money.

Not every company has the ability to enter the Omi market.

And at Neon, Ren Paradise is everything.

As for Ren Tiantang, on the side of Yamauchi Hiroshi, they didn't feel the threat of their status being shaken and precarious.

SFC is gaining momentum.

What's more, Hiroshi Yamauchi doesn't think that a newly released handheld game console will make much difference.

After all, the main force in the game console market is still TV.

……

1992 6 Month 28 Day.

Tokyo.

Pokeni Co., Ltd.

"Did you feel it? The strong smell of gunpowder." Qing Zhiyuan sniffed the air and sighed.

The war is about to start.

In the next few years, it can be described as sudden changes in the situation, and the console war will become intense.

Although the historical process is already known, after all, these are changing now.

What kind of changes will happen in the future, and what kind of key role pokeni can play in it, are still unknown.

However, Qing Zhiyuan is already working hard to increase his chips, in order to become a chess player in the game, rather than a pawn controlled by others.

Seeing the president's idiot face, the little HR couldn't help but sigh.

"President, can you please wake up?"

Qing Zhiyuan frowned severely, what do you know.

"By the way, Masuji Kigami from Kyoto Animation has arrived, and he has been waiting outside for a long time."

"Oh, okay, let him wait for me in the conference room." Qing Zhiyuan said.

"By the way, call Asano Lisa too."

……

In the meeting room, Kigami Masaharu finished playing the 20-second sample.

Qing Zhiyuan looked down at their plans with a smile on his lips.

Uh-huh.

Pretty good.

It almost restores the cartoon content in Qing Zhiyuan's childhood impression, and the painting style is even more refined.

Based on the design of pokeni itself, in fact, no matter whether it is a character or a character, it basically does not go astray.

After all, animation and games are linked, and in the end, games should be the main thing.

Otherwise, if your name is Moenike in the cartoon and Pikachu in the game, it will be very troublesome if the image does not match.

Several protagonists, as well as the important villains of the Rockets, were hand-picked by Qing Zhiyuan, and had to be added to the animation, and even the character of the characters had already been set.

This is quite uncomfortable for Kigami Masaharu, which is equivalent to dancing in shackles.

Fortunately, the script that was written in the end was not bad.

In the original Pokémon, Ash's character prototype comes from creator Satoshi Tajiri.

Then, because Shigeru Miyamoto of Renten Tendo was kind to him, it was Shigeru Miyamoto who took a fancy to this game and positioned it as a key project for handhelds of Renten Tendon. In addition, Miyamoto Shigeru gave Tajiri Satoshi a lot of guidance. Chi joined the role of Xiaomao in the process of creation.

Now the twists and turns in the middle are gone, and this story is missing in the production process of pokeni.

So although the characters are still named Satoshi and Xiaomo, they have nothing to do with Tajiri Satoshi and Miyamoto Shigeru.

……

After reading the script, I discussed some details with Lisa Asano.

Qing Zhiyuan laughed happily.

"Then, just wait for the animation to air in August."

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(End of this chapter)