Silicon Valley

Soon, news came out that Atari had merged into the Firefly Game Company.

However, this is clearly expected.

Nintendo decided at the meeting to completely cancel the cooperation with Firefly Game Company! At the same time, he also issued a warning to third-party game companies on his side. If a game company cooperates with Firefly and logs on to the Atari console platform, then Nintendo will refuse to cooperate with it!

Nintendo President Pu Yamauchi said in a wild and indifferent tone: "Whoever dares to cooperate with the Firefly Game Company, we will let him go!!!"

Nintendo has put forward a multiple choice question for all game companies very strongly!

Choose Nintendo or Firefly?

This problem is obvious, Nintendo is now the overlord of the console gaming platform, occupying more than 80% of the market, unmatched!

Atari is supported by Firefly, and it is equally difficult to compete with it!

Moreover, Atari has lost many years and suffered serious losses. I am afraid that it will not succeed if it launches a new game console again!

Many game manufacturers have no confidence in Atari.

Coupled with the threat of Nintendo, most game companies are on the sidelines.

"Nintendo has spoken. Whoever dares to cooperate with Firefly Games will not allow the company's games to be registered on the SFC platform... This is too strong!"

"It is bound to be strong. Who would call Nintendo dominate now! SFC has such a large market share, and naturally the platform's games can be sold more. All game manufacturers want to sell their games on the SFC platform..."

"In fact, no matter if there is a spoiler, Nintendo's royalty system is too uncomfortable! If you make money, it will take a large part of the profit, and if you lose money, we will bear it all!"

"Yes, every time before the game is released, we have to prepay a huge amount of game cassette production fee. If the game cassette can't be sold. We still count it. And Nintendo just helps us make the game cassette. We have already made money. It's full of pours! Think about it, it's so depressing!"

"I don't know what Atari's next game opportunity will look like, and whether it can break Nintendo's monopoly..."

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Although Nintendo has made harsh words, it is only threatening some ordinary game makers. For those well-known third-party game companies, Nintendo is actively wooing. Proposed more preferential policies, abolished the royalty system, and charged less platform fees. Because Nintendo knows that good games are the lifeblood of game consoles. Prior to this, Nintendo was able to develop. It's because of the good game!

At this moment, Nintendo sent someone to contact Konami, which is glorious. Game companies such as Nanmeng Palace and Square. And Henry also sent someone to contact these four famous Japanese game companies!

A pair of competitions have already begun.

These four companies are well-known in the game industry, have developed many classic games, and have a very high status in the industry. This is the situation now. Countless game companies are paying attention to their choices. If one of them supports Atari, then many game companies will choose to stand on Atari's side!

However, the person sent by Henry replied that these four companies were considering them. Although they did not agree, they did not refuse. Henry was not surprised to get this reply. Nintendo is now the king of the console market, and no gaming company is willing to offend it easily. What's more, they don't know what Atari's new machine looks like, what functions it has, how much price it sells, and whether it is strong or not competitive in the market. They don't know these things, and they certainly don't dare to make decisions casually!

Henry thought for a while, but he had to start from himself.

Being strong is the last word.

Starting from the home console, Henry came to Atari company, he wanted to design the next generation of Atari game consoles.

After coming to the company, Henry called all the senior staff of the company.

Henry sat in the first place, glanced up at the crowd, and said with expression on his face: "Firefly Game Company has thrown an olive branch to the most famous third-party game companies in the world, but none of them are willing to use our new machine. Selling games! Some of them told me cryptically that the game consoles made by Atari were not good, and the market share was too low. If they sell games on it, not only will they not make money, but they will also lose money!" Henry paused. Suddenly, staring at everyone, said, "Do you have any thoughts about this?"

When everyone heard this, they blushed.

Everyone looked at each other, but no one dared to speak.

Henry said indifferently: "However, the more they say this, the more we have to do a good job of game consoles. People can live a breath of life, but they can't be looked down upon! Today, my purpose of coming to Atari is very simple, that is to help. You design the "Jaguar"!"

When everyone heard the words, they couldn't help looking at Henry with curiosity.

Henry was silent for a moment, and the organization language said: "In my design requirements, the Jaguar game console can be connected to the Internet, that is to say, a built-in network card needs to be installed. At the same time, there are two USB ports, one for a USB mouse. , One to connect to the usb keyboard!"

At present, USB has been recognized by some computer manufacturers, but it has not yet been fully popularized. And Henry this time, to promote the peak of the usb standard! When a large number of usb mice and usb keyboards appeared on the market several times, countless computer manufacturers must have wanted to get usb authorization!

Seeing the hesitant expressions of the crowd, Henry said loudly: "Only networking can make Jaguar competitive! We will develop a'TV Battle.net' platform. All'Jaguar' users can join other players through TV Battle.net. Playing games. When players stay at home, most of them are playing games alone. Wouldn't it be better if they could play games with other people?"

Henry paused, let everyone think about it, and then continued: "In addition to TV battle.net, we will also develop a TV forum website, a TV exchange! The TV forum website allows players to discuss games. And the TV exchange, It is for players to trade commodities here, such as player accounts, weapons and equipment, etc.! For example, the game levels are very difficult, and if you need to buy better weapons, you can go to the TV exchange to buy weapons, and you can purchase them from the system through PayPal. , You can also buy from players!"

As soon as Henry finished speaking, everyone was a little confused.

The TV forum website is okay. After all, it is a website for players to communicate. But the TV exchange. This is an exaggeration, right? Everyone whispered and talked...

Henry coughed twice to silence everyone.

"No matter what kind of game it is, Jaguar will truthfully record all kinds of game data. Once connected, the TV exchange will scan Jaguar first to get the user's game data! And after the transaction is completed. Jaguar among them. Game data will change accordingly! Players will be traded through the TV exchange, we will acquire 20% of the handling fee, of which 10% will be paid to the game development company. In this way. We can provide the game The development company creates more profits, thus attracting more game companies to join us! In addition, the TV exchange can continuously create profits, which will surely enable game development companies to improve the balance of the game and make the game more playable . They can make more!"

At this time, someone asked loudly: "Chairman. If you do what you say, then Jaguar can also be regarded as a'server' in a sense. Therefore, security is particularly important. If someone tampered with the data, it would be Cause immeasurable losses!"

Henry smiled and said: "Yes! The theory is like this! Therefore, we must strengthen the defense measures in two aspects. On the one hand, TV transactions all have the ability to detect data errors. Each jaguar corresponds to a set of sequences. Number, once a problem is found, it will be frozen and no transaction is allowed! On the other hand, it is to strengthen the security defense of the Jaguar itself!"

Henry said in a faint and confident tone: "I will ask 360 McAfee, the world's most powerful security company, to help us develop the Jaguars. Even if the FBI gets the Jaguars, they will still be helpless!!! "

After listening, everyone looked at each other, shocked.

Then, before everyone could react, Henry continued: "At the same time, I will let people develop a'TV simulator' platform on the computer! Enter the'TV simulator' platform, you can also play games on the Jaguar. You can also enter the TV Battle.net. Games on the'TV Simulator' platform can be played by purchasing a registration code. All game data will be stored in the company’s server and tied to the game account! Naturally, this way will It will be safer!"

Henry finally said loudly: "A game can be used by both the Jaguar and the computer. I don't believe it. There is no game company that is not tempted!"

In fact, doing a "TV simulator" will reduce Jaguar's sales to a certain extent. After all, you can play games through a computer, and some people won't buy a jaguar. However, this will be beneficial to game companies, and they can sell more games.

Henry's move was actually to attract more game companies.

When there are more game companies, Jaguar will increase sales. Many players have become users of the "TV Simulator", which is equivalent to potential users of Jaguar. Henry will have serious control over the "TV simulator", and will not simulate all games. Some classic games can only be played on Jaguar. Players can only watch them and can't touch them. Can they not feel itchy? Can't buy a Jaguar in the end?

After Henry finished speaking, he returned to the office and thought about the game.

No matter how good the game console is, it is useless without games.

In the previous life, "Resident Evil 1" was born as the strongest dark horse in history. At that time, almost everyone's attention was focused on the shocking news of the PS version of "Final Fantasy VII" published by Square. "Resident Evil I" was like a stranger. The famous wild flowers bloom quietly in a secluded corner. The sales volume on the first day was less than 100,000 sets. However, the super-high quality of the game triggered word of mouth from players. It was a word of mouth. Only in Japan, the shipment volume exceeded one million in one fell swoop. This is also the first PS1 console to exceed one million. game!

Although "Resident Evil 1" is not the highest-selling game on PS1, it is of great significance to PS1. At that time, it was almost as a savior that Sony’s PS1 was killed by Nintendo and Sega!

Henry called Capcom Co., Ltd. to learn about the company's recent game development.

Not long after "The King of Fighters 1992" was released, Capcom was already developing "The King of Fighters 1993". At the same time, there are two games under development, one is "Resident Evil 1" and the other is "Mega Man X Series".

"Mega Man X Series" is the second series of "Mega Man".

Mega Man is a game character in the "Mega Man" game. Capcom has great ambitions. After the success of the first part of "Rockman", he also wants to imitate Nintendo. He intends to build the Rockman into a very valuable character like Super Mario, so that he can continuously launch new works. , Create huge benefits for the company!

Capcom’s movie is on the right track. In the future, Rockman will become the most famous video game character under Capcom, and the IP is of great value!

Henry nodded in satisfaction, and then hung up.

At this time, he was thinking that despite the existence of "Resident Evil 1" and "Mega Man X Series", the "King of Fighters" series could also be transplanted to home consoles! However, the number of games is still far from enough!

However, Firefly Game Company is developing "Need for Speed", which can increase the manpower and speed up the development speed, and strive to complete the production before the Atari "Jaguar" game console is developed next year, and then move it to the "Jaguar" Above.

This adds another classic game!

"FIFA1994" is best re-released in the 1994 World Cup for the best results. Therefore, the football game is still slow, until 1994, you can log in on the home machine and PC at the same time!

Four games are far from enough. Henry sat in the office and pondered for a while, and suddenly thought that many good games could be developed.

Naughty Dog Company's "Crash Wolf 1"!

Rockstar ~www.readwn.com~ is also R Star's "Grand Theft Auto 1"!

"Crash Wolf 1" was originally released on Sony's PS1, and the sales volume was higher than that of "Resident Evil 1", reaching more than 6.7 million. The Naughty Dog Company also forged an indissoluble bond with Sony. The final result It was acquired by Sony.

At that time, Nintendo’s Mario, Sega’s Sonic, and Sony’s Crasherus were often compared, showing how excellent Crasherus was.

"Grand Theft Auto 1" is violent, and its popularity is also very high. The entire series has sold more than 100 million games, shocking the industry. It is one of the few series that can exceed 100 million sales in the world!

Now these two companies are very weak, but within a few years they will develop the famous titles of "Craftsman 1" and "Grand Theft Auto 1" respectively. Therefore, Henry will not hesitate to send someone to investigate these two companies, and then start the acquisition!

PS: More tomorrow.

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