Tokyo's Gentleman Story

In 2000, the theme of E3 exhibition was "beyond imagination".

Every year, E3 exhibition is a time for major game manufacturers to show themselves.

But this year is something special.

This year, one manufacturer withdrew from E3, and another one joined E3.

It was Sega who quit and the order of Phoenix joined.

"Sega's exit is only temporary. They are transforming into a software supplier. They should be back in the next year." Two Sony executives were on the scene at E3.

The exhibition has not started yet. They are still chatting at this time.

"I see. Sega now seems to be looking for cooperation with other manufacturers, right?" Asked one of them, Hirai.

This Mr. Hirai is an employee of Sony electronic entertainment company's Lighthouse Branch. He holds an important position here.

Sony also took part in E3, and as an important person of Lighthouse Branch, Hirai also came here.

"Well." In addition, the executive from Ni Bang said, "yes, Sega does not intend to go the same way with the order of Phoenix. They have thrown away the burden of the household computer and are ready to make their own. Sony has also discussed matters related to cooperation with them. "

Hearing this, Hirai was stunned: "Mr. Ogawa will allow this kind of thing to happen?"

However, after hearing the name of Dachuan Gong, the other party shook his head: "Dachuan Gong is no longer in charge of the business. It is his last strength to separate the home computer department from the DC. Now Sega is going to leave alone. It is said that Mr. chiyuzhengxiong was also expelled from Shijia

Hearing what the other side said, Hirai nodded.

When chiyuzhengxiong entered Sega, the fluctuation caused by it was quite big. After all, people were big men, but they were not engaged in video games.

"Sega still has a lot of high-quality projects in hand. If we can cooperate with them, it will be good." Hirai murmured, "I just don't know how their technical ability is now..."

"Oh?" Another executive seemed to be surprised by Hirai's judgment, "we all think that the order of the Phoenix may not last long. Sega should be able to survive by breaking its tail. Your opinion seems to be different?"

"Hi." Hirai nodded. "I don't really know the order of Phoenix, but I know how popular animic is in lighthouse."

Strictly speaking, the order of Phoenix is now a subsidiary of group A. in fact, there is no problem in Hirai's talking about group a directly.

For the order of the Phoenix, Hirai didn't say much.

In fact, the order of Phoenix has taken away most of the main production force of Sega's home computers, and also led a large Eastern country to strengthen its R & D and reduce the cost.

From the cost point of view, the machines of the order of Phoenix are more beautiful than Sony.

But it's not easy to talk about it.

"There are millions of games in group A, but they are only millions. They have tens of millions of games - but they are all casual games. What's more, they're really not serious. You see, in the previous plant vs. Zombies conference, they were mainly focused on GEM maze and Zuma, oh, by the way, and the recent melatonin Ha ha ha The other side said, but he laughed.

"I'm talking about PC games - the game called Hero track." Hirai said so.

"Oh, oh, oh, that" online game "? It is said that the number of registered million online games, but it is a free game, how can someone play online games? " The executive obviously looked down on PC games, and he didn't seem to understand the basic information.

But Hirai knows.

"Yes, this game is indeed free, and the number of registered users is only one million, but according to our statistics, their profits are already close to 10 million level games. And the topic of this game has always been very hot, in the network, this topic is basically ranked first. "

If it wasn't for the limitations of online payment, they would have made more.

Nihong itself may not understand, but Hirai works in lighthouse.

So he knows the horror of the game, and he also knows the reputation of group A among North American players.

"Ha ha ha ha, it's just online games. That kind of game will be eliminated sooner or later," but the executive from Ni Bang himself didn't care. "PS2 was slandered because it was forced to join the network system. If you remove that part, PS2 will surely be more popular. Even if DC is a network system, what is the use of them? What's more, we have to add additional costs to develop the server. It's just nothing to look for! "

Indeed, servers cost money.

It's not just the server itself, but there's an extra charge on the network.

These additional costs are superfluous for the executive from Mudong."But the network system also has a more harmonious combination of cases, it must be the" soul of darkness "..." When it comes to the soul of darkness, Hirai is obviously cautious.

"You worry too much. That game is indeed well-known," Ni Hong senior executive said. "But it's just that it doesn't sell well. Such a large-scale development of the game only has more than one million sales, which is not based on evidence or evidence."

The soul of darkness is indeed a masterpiece of word-of-mouth, but the sales volume of this game is only one million.

For small game manufacturers, millions may be a lot. But for Sony, one million sales, not even a pass.

This game may be word-of-mouth, or the quality of the game, but it is just that.

The game itself, that's all.

"But among the players, the game is very popular." Hirai believes that this game can not be ignored. "In North America, the reputation of this game is very high. The order of Phoenix has established its own brand with only one game and two months' time, and then it has established its foothold..."

"You worry too much, Hirai." The executives here were not happy. "Just two months ago, they were still developing GALGAME in a casual way. I Oh, by the way, it's fat or something, but this game is not just about 200000 sales. Together with the so-called secret silver forces, we may also discuss how to fight against them, but if it is just a family, it's no problem at all. "

"Hi..."

Now that we have reached this level, it's not good to go on with the well.

"It's not a valid basis to engage in a paper player's game manufacturer without serious business By the way, "the other party looked at the time," the order of the Phoenix is about to start. Why don't we go and have a look? "

"Hi."

They are going to visit the order of the Phoenix.

Although there are a lot of people there and the seats are full, it is not a problem for Sony here to have two seats.

At this time, the scene screen has begun to appear.

Then there was a burst of English.

I_ Am_ the_ bone_ Of_ My_ sword……

A burst of singing.

And it was at this time that pictures began to appear on TV.

Countless flying swords rose from the sky.

"Hero king, do you have enough reserves?"

3D images, 3D performances.

This is what appears on the screen.

“CG？” Hirai was a little surprised.

This is CG?

But the picture seems a little rough.

Although CG seems to be able to make sense, but such a picture looks, as expected, it is still a little crude.

At this point, however, buttons appear on the screen.

"This is the QTE system?"

The system was immediately visible to him.

"Isn't that fat?" The executive next to him exclaimed.

Yes, this is the QTE system.

Sony also knows about this system, because this system has caused a sensation on Shamu. Although Shamu is not the first to use this system, it is the first to make QTE concept known.

But now, the order of the Phoenix has come up with such a system.

"- wait, is this real-time calculus?"

People at the scene obviously noticed that, too.

At the beginning of such a picture, we seem to be a little bit confused.

But when they found out that this was the quality of the real-time calculation, it was a sensation in an instant.

Although compared with CG, it is still a little rough, but in the real-time calculus, this is absolutely excellent image quality!

This is also clearly noticed by Nihong executives and Hirai.

But it's not over.

How could the "opening animation" end like this?

At this time, the picture in front of me focused on a sword. Then the sword flew in the air and was trampled under the feet.

Flying sword!

Although I don't understand how this is going on, this animation obviously makes the scene stir again.

But unfortunately, the opening picture is fleeting, and then there is a digital Tyrannosaurus Rex in the picture. A player is holding an Xbox handheld. He is raising his own digital Tyrannosaurus. Then he feeds his Yagu beast with his mood value, and then inserts the Xbox into the game console.

Then, he picked up the handle and the image of a digital beast appeared.

"This is linkage! What a powerful linkage! "

Hirai was also surprised to see this scene.To be able to make such a delicate linkage, this is definitely not what Sony can do Well, Sony hasn't got a handheld yet.

All in all, this is a very powerful linkage.

But it's still not enough to see. After this period, the picture changes again and becomes a ninja wearing tight clothes. This game seems to be an action game similar to the black soul, but the background seems to be modern?

However, it still flashed by.

At the age of 40, Hirai has been quite calm for a long time, but when he saw those pictures, he still felt itchy

Great technology.

Then, a girl appears in the picture, holding a magic wand in her hand, and then in the air.

This is the magic girl?

But why does it feel like some kind of air combat game?

Is it a magic girl game made by imitating air combat games?

Well, but the picture is really wonderful

After that, several games flashed through the screen again. These game fragments can't make people judge the type of game, but they always make people feel the feeling from the game.

But in the end, when it's all over, the picture is still Hero track?

Yes, to the end, the game screen turned into a picture of an online game?

What's the situation?

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our order of the Phoenix Exhibition..."

At this time, the host has been on the stage to begin to explain.

It's not mori, but American.

"Very good, isn't it?" At this moment, a voice came from the side of Hirai.

"Are you Mr. Tianhai?"

The person who is smiling by his side is Tian Hai Sen Xia.

"Please call me senxia. Are you?"

"Oh, my name is Takeo Hirai." Hirai replied.

"Hello, uncle." There was a delicate smile on senxia's face.

Uncle? What's the pronunciation?

Like Chinese?

Oh, by the way, Mori seems to speak Chinese.

Hirai is a little confused, but he still has a good smile and nods.

"Can I have a signature?" The other side suddenly said.

"Signature?" Hirai's face is muddled.

What's the situation?

You don't seem to be a celebrity, are you?

Is it because I heard it wrong.

"Hi, Mr. Hirai, your signature." Mori blinked at Hirai.

"Er It's my pleasure. "

What the hell is this? Why do I need my signature?

Wait a minute. Tianheisenxia is not only a former "gifted high school student", but also a beautiful young man with beautiful appearance.

Does he have any hidden interests?

All of a sudden, Hirai felt that his chrysanthemum was tight.

"Hi..." Pick up the pen and sign his name on each other's notebook, and Hirai returns the notebook to the other party.

"Thank you. I'll keep it carefully." Senxia put away her notebook with a smile.

At this time, Hirai also took the opportunity to ask: "I just seem to see" hero track "in the propaganda film? Is that game an online game? Are you going to make this game? "

"Well, almost." Senxia smiles, "but the type and the form are a little subtle. Now please keep it a secret. Because it was a surprise. "

Yes, a big surprise.

"The first part of the picture, if I'm sorry, is that QTE system and real-time calculus?" Hirai asked again.

"Yeah," Sonia nodded. "That's what they're talking about on stage - interactive movies, fat."

The night of destiny, an interactive movie version, is also a super interactive movie that Sen Xia takes out to serve as an example.

Hirai also suddenly realized.

So this is what he said about interactive movies last year?

Originally Hirai thought it was just a gimmick or technical concept, but he never thought that the other party actually made the finished product!

……

Today's integrity is in line with the plot.

Ovo

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