Chapter 298: Hayao Nakayama's Thoughts
However, Sega was a little overwhelmed by the sudden news from Mars Entertainment.
Shinto Nakayama held a copy of today's "Yomiuri Shimbun" and saw that it was vacant. It only reads the strange word gameboy. The meaning of this word is not difficult to understand. Although it is a self-combined word composed of two words, one is a game and the other is a boy. Together, it is a game boy. So what does this word represent?
Is it the name of their new handheld machine worthy of what they say?
Thinking of this, a look of anger appeared on Nakayama's face. He spat hard. He specifically chose this time to avoid all competition, because he knew that the sixteen-digit machine of Mars Entertainment could be released almost before the end of the year, and if he released the sixteen-digit machine at the same time as them, he would definitely be much worse in terms of influence.
This is also the reason why he deliberately avoided the Christmas Golden Week. Although the temptation of being released during Christmas is extremely powerful, it is impossible for him to let a finished product be stored in his warehouse for ten months, and then wait until the end of the year to compete with an opponent who has no chance of winning at all. This is not worth the loss.
But unexpectedly, I had already made a step back and the other party had not yet let him go.
"Palm-phone? Humph! Even if it is a real palm-phone, it is impossible to choose the time so on time!" The release time of Mars Entertainment was obviously aimed at Sega. The pre-sale idea was put forward at the high-level meeting, and it was warmly supported by everyone. However, as soon as the statement from Mars Entertainment was released, many people actually asked themselves to discuss whether they should postpone their pre-sale date a little.
It is the consensus of all visionary people in the company to not be positive about Mars Entertainment, which is now in the limelight.
Unfortunately, others don’t appreciate my concessions at all.
Yu Suzuki was also in Shirooshi Nakayama's office, he just sat on the sofa without saying a word. Shirooshi Nakayama threw the page of "Yomiuri Shimbun" that he had read several times onto the table, looked up at Yu Suzuki who was sitting in front of him, and a smile appeared on his face. Yu Suzuki was the talent he had discovered himself, and moved from the administrative department to the development of the development of the arcade machine to the development of the home machine game. Yu Suzuki is all Sega's well-deserved core and ace.
Moreover, the two games that Yu Suzuki personally produced in MD this time were recognized by everyone in the entire club. They all believed that Yu Suzuki was a designer who was not inferior to Shigeru Miyamoto, and even a designer who was not inferior to Jester. They all believed that Yu Suzuki had such skills and skills.
"What do you think? Suzuki."
When he heard the question from Shizuo Nakayama, Yu Suzuki was stunned for a moment, then looked up at his president. He was a little surprised because his boss rarely asked him these questions before. These seem to be not the questions that he, a game developer, should be concerned about, and he really doesn't matter. He is planning a game to be made next. Now the 16-bit md computer that the company has high hopes for is about to be released, and his desire for games is beyond everything.
In the absence of third-party game manufacturers, I can only tap the potential within myself. As the banner of the company's development department, I naturally have to be the leader.
However, since his president asked himself, Yu Suzuki did have a little idea about the palm machine mentioned by Mars Entertainment. Although it is not very mature, since his president asked, it would be okay to just say it myself.
"This palm machine reminds me of the GW from many years ago - I think you still have the impression of it. At that time, we were optimistic about this market and prepared a similar product. We also developed a rechargeable battery for our similar palm machine. It seems to be the world's first commercial rechargeable battery, but for some other reasons, the plan has been smooth."
After hearing what Suzuki said, Shikio Nakayama remembered it. He still had some impression of this matter, but he did not control Sega at that time, and he was not responsible for this matter. However, this matter was very controversial at the time. It seemed that some carcinogen was found in their rechargeable batteries, and it was banned from being sold in the United States by the US FDA.
At that time, the group was still in a bleak state and felt that they had missed an excellent market. However, after Nintendo's GW became popular for a while, it did not make much sensation. The company only saw their jokes, and then, Atari collapsed.
Shiroozuo Nakayama nodded, smiled, and said, "I remember, what do you mean is that this market is not big?"
But Yu Suzuki shook his head and said, "No, I think the market for palm machines is very large, and it will not even be smaller than that of household machines. However, this market is more difficult to compete than household machines and is much more difficult than household machines. The reason is very simple. At home, two or even three home consoles can be easily coexist, but it is impossible for a person to carry three different palm machines at the same time."
While saying that, Yu Suzuki gestured at the size of his palm. He gestured according to the size of gw, which was already larger than the average person's pocket.
"I heard that the electronic pets of Mars Entertainment have also been very popular in recent years." Shiroozuo Nakayama said quietly. The technical content of electronic pets is not large. Although Mars Entertainment has made a lot of flower heads on it, in the eyes of professionals like him, you can see at a glance that under the seemingly gorgeous shell of the electronic pet, there is a simple circuit board that is not worthy of praise.
Even if you say a word, even a technical secondary school student who has just graduated from a related major can complete such a simple circuit board as long as he has listened carefully in class.
Hearing his boss's tone that seemed a little disdainful, Yu Suzuki frowned.
So he reminded: "Sir, this thing doesn't depend on its technical content, it should depend on its creative ideas. This is the key to game development. Moreover, the technical content of electronic pets in Mars Entertainment is not as low as you said, at least their version is not as low as now."
Yu Suzuki's words aroused the curiosity of Shinto Nakayama. He asked in surprise: "Are you still interested in such a child toy in Mars Entertainment? I think that's what that bastard Jester made to cheat money!"
"No." Yu Suzuki shook his head a little firmly, and he said seriously, "Electronic pets, it seems that Mars Entertainment calls them Pokémon Electronic Pet Edition. When they were released, they said that when they first released it, they said that a game that seemed to be called "Pokémon". I was puzzled by this game at that time. It seemed that there was always a layer of frosted glass blocking me, which made me unable to see or touch. But as they announced the palm of their hands this time, I suddenly realized that the game they mentioned called "Pokémon" should have been developed on their palm hands."
Hearing this sentence, Shinto Nakayama's face changed. He was a little disbelief and muttered unconsciously: "How is this possible! What do you mean is that when Jester just released the electronic pet machine, he had the idea of making a palm machine platform?"
"I think so." Yu Suzuki nodded firmly.
After hearing Yu Suzuki's answer, Shizuo Nakayama remained silent. He looked ahead with a few minutes of excitement, and then sighed slightly: "We won't talk about this for now. As we talked, we took the topic far away. This is not the reason I came to you this time, but I want to ask if we need to develop a palm machine."
After hearing this from Shizuo Nakayama, Yusuki showed a very strange look on his face. He looked at his president in surprise.
"President, our home machine has not yet been released, the result is unknown..."
Unexpectedly, before Suzuki finished speaking, Shinto Nakayama waved his hand and said indifferently: "I can't guarantee whether md can succeed, but what I can be sure is that it will definitely not fail, at least it can get a piece of cake in it. As for better results, I didn't think much about it. After all, Mars Entertainment's current strength is too strong, especially their development capabilities are far from comparable to ours, so I think we should get a share of the pie in a newly opened market? It is impossible for a complete new market to be eaten by one of the whole family."
Shinto Nakayama said it very firmly, and Yu Suzuki was also a little infected. However, he had only been engaged in the development of arcade and home computer games before, and almost all his game experience was on these games. As for the palm-machine game, he couldn't explain it clearly. Since he couldn't explain it clearly, he didn't want to comment on his own, but it did not mean that he could not say his opinion on this.
"President, I haven't thought about this carefully. I shouldn't have drawn a conclusion about your problem without investigation. However, I heard from a friend who works at Nintendo that Yokoi Junhei and the old fox Hiroshi Yamauchi seem to be working hard to develop a palm machine or a home machine."
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Chapter completed!