Is it not a galgame?

"Qingsang, you are so generous this time!"

When eating in the evening, Hattori Hiroyuki's eyes changed when he looked at Qing Zhiyuan.

"Are you really not afraid of Sony at all?"

"Hey, sometimes the situation comes to this and you have no choice." Qing Zhiyuan smiled, "Besides, Sony is not that scary."

Sitting with Hiroyuki Hattori, Qing Zhiyuan felt much more relaxed.

If there is anyone in this world who really wants pokeni to become as powerful as possible, then Hiroyuki Hattori should be one of them.

"By the way, if you acquire Sega, will the previous "Mushi Master" still be released on the PS platform?"

This time Hattori Hiroyuki invited Qing Zhiyuan to dinner, and what he was most concerned about was this issue.

They have already pre-ordered the game discs. If they are not released on PS when the time comes, pokeni will not suffer much loss, but it will be lost in the hands of dealers.

You must know that Hattori Hiroyuki ordered more than 30 copies in one go.

"Well, there should be no problem with this. I have already communicated with Kutaragi-san. "Mushi Master" will still be released as planned." Qing Zhiyuan said.

But well...

"Mushishi" will most likely be pokeni's last game on the PS platform.

The last swan song!

"Oh, that's fine."

Hattori Hiroyuki patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

but……

No matter how you think about it, this seems risky.

Pokeni acquired Sega Mushi Master and was able to release it as scheduled. Everyone seemed harmonious on the surface, but in fact there was an undercurrent. According to Hiroyuki Hattori's business experience over the years, there will definitely be a battle between the two.

But he wasn't sure yet when it would break out.

"If you go to war, it won't hurt Chiyu, right?" Hiroyuki Hattori asked, "If you make any big moves in the future, remember to notify me in advance. I'm afraid I won't be prepared in time."

Qing Zhiyuan stared at him with wide eyes, "What are you afraid of? You are a salesperson and you don't conflict with anyone else. No matter who makes the game, don't you sell it the same way?"

"Haha. It's true." Hattori Hiroyuki laughed sheepishly.

"Then, I wish pokeni can develop better, and I hope you get off to a winning start!"

……

During this period, Qing Zhiyuan gained a comprehensive understanding of Sega.

After convening an all-staff meeting to describe Qing Zhiyuan's expectations and commitments for Sega's future, and reassuring the employees, Qing Zhiyuan began to chat with the heads of important departments one by one.

On the one hand, it is to understand Sega's organizational structure and personnel composition, and to make a more comprehensive assessment and understanding of each key person, which will be beneficial to future work.

On the other hand, it is also through these old employees that we have a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of Sega's current various departments and business conditions.

Not only did he want to listen to what they said, but he also wanted to see the results. For this reason, Qing Zhiyuan also asked Mr. Nakayama Hayao to find a lot of information for him, and studied it day and night. When he encountered any doubts, The relevant person in charge will be asked to come over and explain in person.

That is to say, under this kind of work intensity, Qing Zhiyuan got a general understanding of Sega's situation in a short period of time.

First of all, the new game console Dreamcast here has almost been developed.

Unlike the previous generation console Sega Saturn, the Dreamcast uses off-the-shelf components such as Hitachi's SH-4 central processor and VideoLogic/Neon Electric's PowerVR2 graphics processor instead of customized components to reduce costs.

DC's functions are actually quite powerful, and its support for 3D graphics is even better than that of PS, which is almost at the level of PS2.

Moreover, Sega is a company that originated from arcades. Such a company may be somewhat lacking in the field of RPG games, which means that it is not very good at making long-term linear narrative games. However, it has a strong ability to control gameplay. .

Arcade games require a few minutes of game content, but allow players to keep playing.

Therefore, the requirements for picture expression and game performance are very high.

The DC game console not only has powerful 3D graphics capabilities, but also has high-speed computing capabilities. When Hideki Sato designed this game, he also took the Internet into consideration.

It saved Qing Zhiyuan a lot of trouble.

In other words, the DC game console can not only play games, but also dial up the Internet.

In order for Qing Zhiyuan to understand this more intuitively, Hideki Sato, the director of the game console development department, also demonstrated DC's Internet access function on the spot in the conference room.

Qing Zhiyuan was shocked when he saw that he could actually open pokeni's official website through DC.

He originally thought about promoting the networking function, but now it seems that this is not necessary.

The operating system of the DC host is Windows CE customized by Microsoft for DC. It has imported the extended API of Direct 5 and has an excellent development environment.

So it’s not surprising that you can surf the Internet if you have a browser.

Windows CE is even better for Qing Zhiyuan. It is an operating system developed by Microsoft. There will be no transplant obstacles to PCs in the future.

In other words, based on this, Qingzhiyuan’s Dandelion platform plan will be more convenient to implement in the future, and PCs and game consoles can be connected in one fell swoop.

"But...if I can access the Internet, will there be any problem?" At this moment, Vice President Shoichiro Irikyo put forward his opinion, "Game consoles are for children. If children can use this to access the Internet, , will it be undesirable to enter pornographic websites or something like that?"

"Eh?"

It seems that no one has thought about this issue.

Everyone present looked curious.

Practice is the only criterion for testing truth, so Hideki Sato demonstrated on the spot.

I found out that I can actually access erotic websites.

A bunch of blue pictures popped up on the Internet, which shocked everyone.

Hearty laughter came from everyone in the conference room.

All the men in the group seemed extremely excited, and the girls attending the meeting were blushing with embarrassment.

Show, it’s really so showy!
  Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but applaud it.

……

Everyone laughed for a while before Qing Zhiyuan clapped his hands to signal everyone to quiet down.

"Look," he said, looking at everyone in the development department, "I hope the DC game console can be postponed and not exhibited at this E3 electronics show."

"Eh?"

Yes, Sega has actually agreed to participate in the E7 electronics show to be held in July this year. The DC game console is the focus of this promotion.

Now that the acquisition has happened, it is actually very difficult for the E3 organizers. Should they give Sega a place, or should they merge the exhibition space with pokeni?

Fortunately, Hayao Nakayama later called the organizer and said that it was business as usual and Sega could participate in the exhibition as an independent game company, and the organizer breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Qing Zhiyuan now wants to postpone the DC release plan, and naturally it will not be exhibited at the E3 electronics show.

This made everyone a little bit disappointed, because everyone was working hard and expecting DC to come back and hit them hard before Sony's PS was developed.

"My idea was to make some adjustments to DC.

This may take everyone some time.

But after listening to it, you will definitely feel that it is all worth it. ”    …

"First, we will replace the PowerVR2 graphics processor with NVIDIA's, and then we will cooperate with NVIDIA on development. They have stronger 3D graphics chip design and development capabilities."

As soon as Qing Zhiyuan said this, there was an uproar below.

"President," Sato Hideki raised his hand, "but we have signed an agreement with Neon Electric, and we will have to pay compensation after breach of contract."

"Yes." Qing Zhiyuan nodded, "Compensation, it doesn't matter. Just pay if you deserve it."

Qing Zhiyuan said that instead of making a less perfect product, it is better to spend some money and time to polish it more.

Huang Renxun and Qing Zhiyuan have actually communicated well. Now Nvidia is already iterating once a year in accordance with Moore's Law mentioned by Huang. Every year in the future, Nvidia's GPU will develop exponentially.

This increased speed can help them maximize the hardware capabilities of their game consoles.

"You just go ahead and do it, I will figure out a way to solve the money issue."

Qing Zhiyuan said firmly.

"Good boss."

Although I think there are some problems with the president's handling of this, not only have you offended Neon Electric, but you also have to pay a large amount of liquidated damages, which is simply not worth the gain.

But since the president is very wealthy, there is nothing you can do if you want to burn money.

Moreover, the courage shown by Qing Zhiyuan is really intimidating. For developers, if they can have a very strong back and stable support, it is more important than anything else.

This way they can fight with all their strength.

Otherwise, like before, when Sega's finances were tight, they would do everything in a fussy way, and they wouldn't be able to completely follow their own ideas.

However, Qing Zhiyuan's approach, to a certain extent, saved the company money.

Nvidia is considered half of its own. After all, Pokeni is a strong shareholder, and Lao Huang has a good relationship with Qing Zhiyuan. Nvidia is where it is today thanks to Qing Zhiyuan, who not only provided a large amount of funds, but also provided chip design ideas.

Otherwise, it will take some time until NVIDIA comes forward.

Since he is half his own, it is easy to talk about the price.

In other words, the resources combined by Qing Zhiyuan can actually reduce the cost of Sega DC.

Reducing costs means an improvement in the hardware-software ratio, which means that DC game consoles can be sold in a more cost-effective way when they are released.

If there is really going to be a price war with Sony in the future, cost control will become a very important part.

"Second," Qing Zhiyuan continued, "the software library of the game console needs to be converted to use C language and connected to pokeni's game engine."

I don't know, I was shocked when I saw it.

Qing Zhiyuan also just learned that Sega is still using assembly development.

Therefore, many game manufacturers want to develop games on Sega's consoles, which is not a little difficult. Compared with the game library provided by Sony, Sega's game console software development is a complete torture.

However, it would be completely different if a pokeni game engine could be provided. It would not only be convenient and fast, but also provide strong support.

In other words, as long as a third party develops works on DC, they will not only be able to enjoy the powerful performance brought by DC, but also be able to use P's powerful engine for free. To a certain extent, they can make the same products as pokeni. Level level game comes.

Then the games that will appear on DC in the future can completely crush PS at least in terms of picture quality.

In terms of game engines, Qing Zhiyuan also has his own plans. It seems to be open to third parties for free use, but pokeni is also constantly iterating.

In other words, when third-party game manufacturers use the Trailblazer 1.0 engine, P is already developing Trailblazer 2.0.

This strategy can ensure that P's games can at least create a certain generation gap with other games on the market.

There is a generation gap between third parties and PS games, and there is a generation gap between pokeni and DC third parties. You may not think it’s a big deal at first, but after a few iterations, players’ appetites have been cultivated and they simply can’t adapt [ The PS is lagging behind.

This is called dimensionality reduction attack.

After hearing the news, everyone had mixed feelings.

The happy part is——

The game console supports new development libraries and is connected to pokeni's pioneer engine, which is definitely good news for third parties. First, it provides great convenience for game development and reduces entry costs. On the other hand, it is also functional The more capable you are, the more competitive the game will be.

The sad thing is that this... has invisibly increased the workload. Although it will not completely force the design of the game console to start over, there are many parts that need to be adjusted and cannot be completed in a short time.

It will take at least a few months, and it will have to be reconnected with Nvidia.

No wonder Qing Zhiyuan said it would be postponed.

This is impossible without an extension, okay? !

Sato Hideki frowned, and the hardware engineer felt bitter.

"However, you don't have to worry too much. We will also arrange manpower to develop with you," Qing Zhiyuan introduced. "Chikawa Hongichi, pokeni's chief hardware technology officer, has previously co-developed PS with Sony. , so he should be able to help.”

Qianchuan Hongyi forced out an ugly smile and got to know everyone again.

The president is always moving people around. Can't I stay at pokeni with peace of mind?
  "So," Qing Zhiyuan continued, "The third point is that we are going to use a dual-joystick controller on the DC game console. You don't have to worry about the patents and intellectual property rights of the controller, because pokeni owns the corresponding intellectual property rights. of."

The controllers were all designed by Qing Zhiyuan, so when we cooperated with Sony on the PS, this was clearly stated in the contract.

If you play 3D action games without dual joystick controllers, it will be too painful.

Rentiantian’s N64 already uses a single joystick controller.

Today’s DC game consoles still use the D-pad. Can you believe it?

"Good boss."

Sato Hideki and others nodded in agreement. They actually discovered this problem. When playing pokeni games before, it was always smooth, but when playing their own games, they were always uncomfortable.

This time, you can use the dual joysticks directly, and the gaming experience will be greatly improved.

"Last point, use the standard Internet interface." Qing Zhiyuan continued.

The current DC game console uses the Internet interface developed by Sega itself. In fact, it is not consistent with international standards. Qing Zhiyuan's request for unification is also to prepare for the future Dalian Internet era.

……

After several hours of discussion, the improvement plan for DC was almost finalized.

Sato Hideki frowned and expressed that he was not optimistic.

However, how long the subsequent development process will take cannot be evaluated until Nvidia and pokeni's engine department intervene.

It took at least half a year before the trial machine was developed.

However, in Qing Zhiyuan's view, these preparations are necessary.

Preparing for war has never been easy.

The more sufficient you are and the more chips you have in your hands, the easier it will be to fight in the future.

……

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