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Chapter 44 Royalties

Sitting on the main seat, Yamauchi's face was flushed. In the past two years, it can be said that it has been the most comfortable two years since he accepted Nintendo.

After trying to print, love hotel, taxi, and even instant noodles business, Nintendo can be said to be surrounded by enemies and owed countless amounts of money. Fortunately, the electronic game line has persisted, becoming stronger and bigger, and paying off debts, making this century-old flower-zha shop that has seemed turbulent since he took over has rejuvenated its youth.

"Hello everyone in the game industry. I am Nintendo's president Hiroshi Yamauchi. Today I will invite you to Kyoto and Nintendo. The main purpose is to discuss with you how to make games on Red and White machines in the future.

All the people here are the industry leaders, so they naturally know the current situation of the red and white machines. The total sales of 8 million units are not unprecedented, but there are indeed no competitors at this time.

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Everyone makes money, and Red and White Machine has developed to this day. Nintendo alone makes games. We invited Namco and Hudson to make games for Red and White Machine. The sales are all very gratifying.

Even many game manufacturers want to make games for red and white machines, and they have to find Hudson agents.”

Hiro Yamauchi looked at Hiroji Kudo, saying that the industry said it was big or small, and that Hudson was called Nine Thousand Years, so how could Hiro Yamauchi not know?

"This not only makes it difficult for various manufacturers to do, but also causes trouble for Hudson. Therefore, after careful consideration, we plan to invite the companies here to make games for the Red and White Machine. I wonder what everyone thinks?"

After Yamauchi said, he scanned the audience.

Yuji Kudo, who was named, took the lead in speaking, "I support Nintendo's policy. Red and white machines do need more game providers. I believe that with competition, everyone can make better games."

Yuji Kudo said something a little bit distorted. The King of Hell is so hard to deal with. You should know that Hudson had eaten a lot of meat from the agent game before. It was indeed delicious at that time, but he was also jealous. Not only were the meat-eating manufacturers, but Nintendo, who had been stolen from the meat-eating manufacturers, but also the meat-eating Nintendo.

Now that Hudson has given up on the sale of computer software, the arcade business is no longer the center of attention, and almost all its strength is concentrated on the red and white machines. In this case, if Nintendo kicks it away, Hudson really doesn’t know where the way is.

Therefore, Yuji Kudo chose to support Nintendo's policy as soon as possible. Even if this policy infringes on his own interests, it is better to eat less than to kick him out and not eat.

Although the representatives of Namco were a little angry on their faces. When it comes to arcades, Nintendo is just a junior of Namco, and it is not even enough to carry shoes for me. But now you have a home console, and the sales are a little more. You want to ride on us. If the president hadn't given instructions, maybe the representatives of Namco would have slapped the table.

The remaining manufacturers also made their statements one by one.

Takahashi also agreed with the crowd.

There is no harm in joining Nintendo's lineup now. On the contrary, as a company that has been established for less than a year, joining Nintendo's third-party lineup is itself a recognition of Wanhu.

Seeing that everyone had agreed to the caliber, Hiroshi Yamauchi cleared his throat and said, "Next, I will announce the review method for Nintendo's third-party games.

First of all, all third-party games are published by Nintendo. No third-party company has to produce, manufacture, or sell red and white machine cassettes privately in any form.

Secondly, all third-party games are reviewed by Mario Club. Only games that have been approved can be produced and produced.

Finally, each game sales will be related to the number of games that can be released on red and white machines in the next year. The game cartridges will be produced by Nintendo factory, and the production quantity will be determined by yourself. The amount will be paid in advance, and the more refund will be refunded or compensated.

Now, if you don’t agree with these commercial laws, please leave the conference room.”

Yamauchi said domineeringly.

The discussions in the conference room kept getting louder, but no one left the conference room.

Nowadays, the sales of red and white machines are 8 million in Japan, and it is expected that the sales volume will eventually exceed 10 million. In the broader European market, the American market has just begun to develop.

All the companies who came to attend the meeting have calculated in advance the final sales of red and white machines, and the number of units that are not recognized is 30 million.

In this way, this is a large platform with a total of 30 million units!

Even if it is Taidong, it is hard to dream, and the best-selling arcade machine has less than one million sales!

The most popular "Space Invaders" has only sold more than 900,000 units worldwide.

When the number of red and white machines is only five million, there were cassettes like "Super Mario Bros." and "Gold Digger" that sold over one million were available.

If the red and white machines have a total of 30 million units, wouldn’t the sales of a single game be expected to reach 5 million units?

Even if such a hit product is not something that anyone can make, then even if it is a game that only one percent of players buy, the sales volume can reach hundreds of thousands.

Under the temptation of such a huge sales carrot, even if Nintendo's conditions are more demanding, no manufacturer will choose to leave the market.

In the face of interests, Namco, an arcade predecessor like Taidong chose to swallow his anger; in the face of interests, Hudson chose to give in.

Compared with them, latecomers like Takahashi have less psychological pressure and are easier to integrate into the system set by Nintendo.

"Very good, you all choose to continue to support Nintendo. The next thing you need to discuss is the premium. If you want to make games for red and white machines, please pay each company a 100 million yen premium in advance. This part of the premium will be used for the production and manufacturing of cartridges. Nintendo will not use it without authorization, so please rest assured."

Although Hiroshi Yamauchi said it well, except for a few old manufacturers, other manufacturers did not receive any information related to premiums.

Anyone who has done business knows the importance of working capital. Nintendo needs 100 million in cash when he opens his mouth. To be honest, the companies present can bring out almost nothing directly without a loan.

This is even more so for Takahashi. He spent a lot of money on real estate, and his working capital was extremely tight. Under such circumstances, paying 100 million yen in cash would be absolutely damaging to him.
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