Please make money.

As for whether this thing is fun or not...

All I can say is that gameplay is something that will never become out of date - just look at the employees who were randomly grabbed and were so engrossed in the game that you will know.

Compared to the game itself, perhaps a greater luxury is the friends who play the game with you?

The four boxes brought were of the same specifications, numbered from 01 to 04, and were all the first batch of trial products.

In the words of Shigeru Miyamoto, these four copies were given to Alia, one for her own play, one for her collection, one for gift giving and preaching, and one for company display.

From now on, all the game prototypes and cartridges No. 01 will be Alia's, just to highlight Alia's contribution when the previous industry collapsed.

"Have you completed the market research over there?"

"Well, Consortium B has already prepared it and is now warming up. President Anhe wants to hold a global press conference at your place."

Just like mobile phones, these things go through a preheating period, then are officially announced at a press conference, and then go on sale a week or half a month later.

In fact, the preheating time of a game may be a little longer - for example, the ungrateful Kingdom of Tears was very exciting in March but was not officially released until May.

That is to say, it is a bit ungrateful. The player has only one idea, which is to take my money immediately, now, and then put the game in my hands!

Wait? What are you waiting for? I'm waiting for the game, are you waiting for me not to buy it?

"What's the suggested selling price over there?"

"My current thinking is 9999 yen."

"More than 500 yuan... that's a bit high..."

"That's right. I also think it's a bit high, but President Yamauchi said that this price is based on the preferential pricing made during the Atari era."

"Atari is almost dead, and has no reference value - double the price of the Chinese version is a relatively reasonable price."

The domestic version is 199. Of course, according to Alia, she doesn't like the deceptive game of ending in 99. If they add one more dollar to sell it for 200, they will definitely give away some thoughtful items.

Four hundred national won converts to about seven thousand to eight thousand Japanese yen, so 7999 is a good choice. You can consider getting one free when you pick one of the eight first-run cartridges.

"In this regard, please discuss it with President Yamauchi in person." Miyamoto Shigeru was a little helpless: "President Yamauchi is an excellent entrepreneur, but..."

But a good entrepreneur needs to make money. Given Yamauchi's arrogance, how could Shigeru Miyamoto and other game developers reach a consensus with him?

Even An and Yumiko from Consortium B wouldn't listen to him. At present, the only one who could suppress him might be Alia who was far away in the country.

The 10 billion yen she invested can be said to have reshaped the entire modern video game industry standards in a short period of time.

Especially in the previous game software development model, she made the hardware and then distributed it to major producers. She controlled the development and production of game software in an orderly manner through authorization and platform restrictions. This means that good money drives out bad money because the rules are under her control.

On the other hand, this production method also ensures that game hardware and game software developers complement each other. If everyone wants to win, then it can only be a win-win situation.

TV games were able to bring Atari to the level of 200 billion, so there must be market potential. The collapse of the industry does not mean the end of the market.

Yamauchi Hiroshi obviously also saw this, but the entry of a newcomer like Alia really made him feel helpless.

He came back to his senses from his previous confusion, only to find that Alia had completely taken the initiative, and the only thing left was the bet agreement.

The original content of the bet agreement was that if the global shipments of FC could reach 10 million units within a year, Alia would get % of Nintendo's shares.

If the shipment volume is not enough, Alia will bear all costs and losses and cover all the other party's R&D expenses for the year.

You have to know that Yamauchi Hiroshi's own equity is only 14 shares, accounting for only 1650% of Nintendo's shares, which is the same number that Alia wants.

Alia used 10 billion yen, but what she exchanged was of course not the money in his hands, but the shares of other people that could be borrowed out. After all, what Alia gave was real money.

But in comparison, if the bet is won, Alia's say will be as important as his even within Nintendo's company.

Not to mention Alia’s voice in the industry today - who doesn’t know that Alia Oh Kasan, who is famous throughout the archipelago, is the savior of the industry?

Yamauchi Hiroshi never thought in his life that one day he would become a worker for others. Now that the situation is looking good, he is probably even more confused.

However, Alia didn't think the other party would be that stupid. Although President Yamauchi was domineering, he still had some brains.

"His 10% stake accounts for 11.1% of the voting rights. This was agreed upon at the beginning. I wanted the shares just because of a bet."

Her original intention was to get Ren to take action, become a big player in the industry, and use the money she gave him to do things.

The 10 billion yen is there. If we win, everyone will make money. If we lose, neither Alia nor Nintendo will lose.

The money has been spent and the research and development has been done. In fact, there is no life-and-death malice in the bet agreement. It is more like a gentleman's agreement.

With Alia's size, anyone who plunges into the current gaming industry will die - not even Atari can stop her, she said.

But it is obvious that she does not have only this industry to take care of, so Lao Ren became her spokesperson, and she shared everything with Lao Ren.

Shigeru Miyamoto didn't understand this principle. After he was recruited by Alia, he naturally focused on doing things. Even though President Yamauchi was his father's friend, it didn't help.

He listed all of President Yamauchi's actions during this period, with particular emphasis on the royalty system.

This thing is indeed Nintendo's own original creation. When Alia went to apply for the job as a guest, she was just using other people's ideas to destroy their platform.

Royalties refer to a series of systems that console manufacturers will establish when developing new consoles.

Including game quality review, platform access standards and royalty ratio.

When developing games, third-party game developers need to purchase a development platform, and the host manufacturer must conduct a quality audit after the game development is completed.

For every game sold in the market, the developer must pay royalties to the console manufacturer according to an agreed proportion, which is a bit like the channel fees in the future mobile software market.

This system objectively promotes the healthy development of the gaming industry, which is why everyone mentioned before that Alia has redefined industry standards.

The current Nintendo, the future Gabe Newell, and the Apple Store in the mobile software market all take commissions in this way, and the starting point is 30%.

Shigeru Miyamoto applauds this system, but it is a bit hard to say about the 30% commission.

Alia was looking at the details of the royalty system established by President Yamauchi.

In fact, to sum up, there are four points:

First, the production of game cartridges, for example, if it is done by Nintendo himself, he has the final say on when to produce the cartridges. If you produce them secretly, you will be killed!

Second, the market sales links of ordering, distribution and wholesale are also the responsibility of the distributor controlled by Nintendo, and developers are not allowed to sell on their own.

Third, there is a limit on the number of games each manufacturer can develop each year. In order to avoid shoddy production, licenses are granted based on the size of the manufacturer, with a minimum of one and a maximum of six.

Fourth, pay in advance according to the share - if you think you can sell one million copies, pay 30% of the profit of one million copies first, and the rest will not be refunded.

Each of these four points is actually a review of the previous Atari collapse.

But the problem is, everyone who sees this thing of yours will think it's overbearing...

More importantly, this system will evolve into a one-man show where Nintendo has the final say, and game manufacturers will have no say in the life cycle of the game.

The simplest example is that a game is very good, but Nintendo is not happy with it, so it can suppress the shipment volume. If there is nothing to sell, there will naturally be no sales.

If the game Nintendo makes conflicts with games developed by others, can't it be both a player and a referee?

President Yamauchi has the confidence at present because he has the 10 billion yen invested by Alia in his hands, and the entire industry is at its peak during the period of reconstruction.

Anyone who dares to offend him can leave the industry now, and the upcoming industry revival has nothing to do with him.

In another world line, such tyranny also left hidden dangers for Nintendo. In the future, Sony developed PS1 to join the competition, and everyone defected to the enemy.

"You guys take a break first. I'm going to talk to President Anhe."

Alia put away the information and patted Miyamoto on the shoulder: "Have fun here for a few days, don't worry about these things, I'm here!"

Shigeru Miyamoto nodded heavily. The reason why he came here to report on his work, in addition to giving Alia a surprise, was also to find a backer in a sense.

As Alia's partner, Nintendo is fighting openly and secretly with Consortium B, a company directly under Alia. Yamauchi Hiroshi is now fighting fiercely with An and Yumiko.

The two sides have common external interests, but if these two giants in the industry cannot work together, Shigeru Miyamoto feels that the problem is really big.

As for why Alia didn't get any news during this period, the most likely possibility is that An and Yumiko didn't think it was necessary to alarm Alia about these things.

What level of existence is the eldest lady? If she takes action personally, this matter is not just a simple struggle for interests!

Alia turned and left the meeting room. Looking at her back, Tajiri Satoshi was a little worried: "Amo, I don't think this is a good idea."

"What's not good?"

"Industry matters... royalties and the like, that's not something we can interfere with. And if you do this, won't you be offending President Yamamoto?"

"Why do you think that I will offend President Yamamoto by doing this?" Shigeru Miyamoto was curious.

"Because the young lady will definitely not agree to do this!"

"That's the problem. Even in your subconscious, you feel that the eldest lady won't be so overbearing. You feel that she can hold up a sky for the producers."

Miyamoto Shigeru said, holding his shoulders: "And this is the reason why I came here - I believe that the eldest lady will definitely stand on our side. This kind of trust should always exist from the past to the present and into the future. Don't you complain to your mother when you encounter problems?"

“…The eldest lady is an entrepreneur.”

"But she is also the one that everyone knows, Oh Ka-san!"

……

……

"Who told you these things?"

"I asked the game production team to come here to collect information, and then I asked them about it. Besides, everyone knows about the reserve fund system, right?"

In the conference room, Alia sat at the table and looked back at the big screen behind her. On the left screen were An and Yumiko, and on the right was Yamauchi Hiroshi.

The person who asked this question was naturally President Yamauchi - he was well-known for his overbearing and conceited personality.

If Alia said that someone came to complain to him, he would definitely make things difficult for the other party.

In another world line, Nintendo is a god-level player in making games, but its market operations have always been criticized by its friends.

There are a lot of negative news about them, such as reducing the shipment volume of friendly competitors during holidays to secretly pave the way for their own new products, or using their own sales channels to suppress their peers.

But this is not difficult to understand. After all, Nintendo is essentially a company that exists to make profits, unlike Alia, who does business purely based on her mood.

If she didn't have a destiny, she would have brought down the Ai Group sooner or later.

But on the other hand, it is precisely because she has a destiny that she can act recklessly - do you know the value of the vacation world?

Besides, even if the Ai Group collapsed, at least she wouldn't suffer losses from her employees and consumers. At most, she would only lose her own money.

So the question is, although she is said to have a net worth of 200 billion, in fact, apart from three meals a day, Alia only has eight sets of daily clothes for all seasons and has no extravagant needs at all.

That is to say, it would be better for Aunt An to give her a whole bluefin tuna than to give her a golden diamond.

At least you can still taste the flavor of a traitor - it's greasy - okay, I'll deduct money for the pun.

President Yamauchi was mentally prepared for Alia's sudden intervention, but he did not expect it to happen so quickly and directly.

On the contrary, Anhe Yumiko was a little discouraged. She had tried to suppress Yamauchi Hiroshi with her own abilities, but her rank was not high enough and the two sides ended up in a tie.

If it was her grandfather An and the general manager, then perhaps Yamauchi Hiroshi would have to give in, but it is obvious that An and Yumiko are a little older than Alia, but still not good enough.

So why is Alia good enough?

An and Yumiko perked up, opened their little notebooks and prepared to study.

Ailia supported her chin with one hand and flipped through the reserve fund system document in her hand. All game manufacturers have this document.

"President Yamauchi, has your company's sales channel already expanded to North America?"

"Yes, not only in North America, but also in Europe. Of course, the most important market is our domestic market."

Alia raised her eyebrows. This thing was the basis for Yamauchi Hiroshi to bargain with her.

If you delve into the history of Yamauchi Hiroshi's rise to wealth, you'll find that Nintendo's technology, from dominoes to poker to games, was not a decisive advantage.

Their real decisive advantage is sales channels!

When Yamauchi Hiroshi had just taken office, establishing a sound marketing system was even more important than the quality of the products themselves.

So he spared no expense to reorganize the original distribution center, contacted the industry's consulting houses - that is, wholesalers - and established a sales network covering the entire notebook, which was the predecessor of the future Nintendo Chuxin Club. At that time, it was called the Diamond Club, and it was an important cornerstone for the old man to enter the game industry later.

The reason why Anhe Yumiko and Yamauchi Hiroshi compete on the same stage is that Consortium B also has a similar regional sales network for notebooks, and its scale is not inferior to the other.

But the problem is that Consortium B’s current sales network only covers notebooks, and does not even cover Southeast Asia.

However, Nintendo has already expanded its market reach into Europe and the United States through its original cooperation with Atari, and has a good reputation for cooperation with local dealers.

If the market that Alia can reach is divided into three parts, it can be divided according to the continents, namely Europe, Asia-Pacific and America.

The Asia-Pacific region is the most inward-looking. Of course, the large domestic market belongs to her, but Japan and Southeast Asia need to be further subdivided.

The European and American markets can be counted as two or one, mainly because Alia does not have any network of connections in that area at present.

Didn’t you see that Yu Dapao was trying to conquer the world with a PPT that didn’t even have an Alia prototype, and was even charged protection fees by local thugs and gangs?

If they encountered this kind of thing in China or Japan, the gangsters would make harsh remarks in the morning, their lair would be destroyed at noon, and they would have to eat pork chop rice in the afternoon.

Hiroshi Yamauchi probably calculated Alia's weakness. After all, the largest market for video game consoles is currently in Europe and the United States.