“I want to succeed.”

Just after Xiaoguchi Kuroo said this sentence, Nakayama Hayao spoke for the first time, and he looked at the young man who was talking about just now with some admiration.

"The method you mentioned is not an isolated case."

Shinoo Nakayama continued, with a smile on his face and a gentle expression.

"About nine or ten years ago, Atari was the overlord of the electronic game industry. At that time, their consoles swept the world. Not only the United States, Canada, Europe, and even ours, Japan, did not have the slightest resistance. Their research on electronic games was far ahead of us."

"At that time, many companies were jealous of Atari's profits, so they imitated their game consoles. There was no software patent law at that time. This was only passed in 1980s, so they were unscrupulous about making games imitating their games. Nintendo joined forces with Panasonic to launch a home console."

"Their console, just like what you said, is sold at a lower cost price. After occupying the platform's share, they rely on the game to recover the previous losses."

After saying that, Shizuo Nakayama still had a smile on his face. He looked at Kusuo Kokuto and asked, "Have you heard of this? Do you know what Nintendo will end?" This incident was too long, and Kusuo Kokuto at that time may not be twenty years old, and it was not like the future at this time. You can get it by simply searching for various cases.

So, when Xiaoguchi Kusuo heard you talk about this incident, he looked surprised, because he had never heard of it.

Moreover, although he has never heard of this, he can analyze it, and the analysis process is very simple. Before Nintendo's FC, he has never heard of Nintendo's achievements in home games. This is very clear.

In other words, Nintendo's original plan failed.

After hearing this example of General Shirooshi Nakayama, although Shirooshi Nakayama had a gentle face and a cold smile, in the eyes of Kusuo Kougu, it was even more unbearable and unacceptable than the previous angrily shouts that he had named.

He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he couldn't say a word.

However, Shinto Nakayama laughed loudly. He waved his hand and signaled the other party not to be nervous: "I'm just a joke, not disagreeing with your opinion."

As he said that, Shikio Nakayama continued to talk about the follow-up to the matter about Nintendo.

"Many people here have heard of this, but I want to say in detail that this plan was successful at the beginning, and sold at Nintendo's production price below cost. In a short period of time, 200,000 to 300,000 units were sold. Now, 200,000 to 300,000 units may not be anything, but at that time, this was already a very impressive number."

"However, because it was sold too quickly, Nintendo's capital turnover remained unchanged. After all, selling game consoles in this way would cost one more to lose money. Moreover, most of their games were imitated by others at that time, and they lacked self-development methods, so the sales volume was not high."

"That's why they failed."

"But the most funny thing is that after this incident, Nintendo, who was greatly injured, made an incredible decision, that is, Hiroshi Yamauchi actually set a rule that every hardware Nintendo sold must make a profit."

"In my opinion, this is too rigid and too ignorant to adapt."

After Nakayama Shizuo briefly mentioned this old thing, the faces of the people present also became clear. If they saw Nakayama Shizuo say this and still didn't know what he thought, these people would not be qualified to become Sega's ban and sit here for a meeting.

"I think this proposal from Kusuo Koguchi is very good. If it weren't for his reminder, I might not have remembered this old thing about Nintendo. This is of great reference value to us."

Shizuo Nakayama's tone was extremely confident: "What I worry most about now is the influence of Mars Entertainment. As for the game development ability, I am not worried. Our Sega game development ability is as powerful as it can create games that players like and are happy to buy. Moreover, our financial resources are not comparable to those of Nintendo back then."

In this era, Nintendo and Sega, the leaders of the two most famous and most powerful game companies in Japan, were very tough. The decisions they made were basically no one within the company, not to mention that this decision was more reasonable and convincing.

The commander of the meeting, Nakayama Hayao asked Koguchi Kusato to wait for a moment.

After waiting for everyone to leave, only Shizuo Nakayama and Shizuo Koguchi were left in the conference room. Shizuo Koguchi looked at Shizuo Nakayama with a little unclear view. His president didn't know what was going on with his president alone.

But in Nakayama Shizuo's eyes, praise flashed from time to time.

"Xiaokou, if I ask you to leave Sega North American Branch and ask you to be responsible for the price reduction and sales of our hosts, are you confident of doing it well?" Nakayama asked in a negotiated tone.

Hearing Nakayama's words, Xiaogu Kuroo opened his eyes wide in surprise. He didn't understand why his president asked him so much. He stretched out his hand and pointed at him, saying embarrassedly: "President, but I am a developer, not an administrative staff..."

However, before Xiaoguchi finished speaking, Shinto Nakayama smiled and waved his hand, saying indifferently: "It is not certain in any department. There are many people who change positions at any time within our Sega. Yu Suzuki used to be an administrative staff member, but now he is engaged in game development."

Yu Suzuki is now the soul of Sega game development. He is praised by countless game newspapers and magazines as one of the two best game developers in Japan. He is as famous as Nintendo's Miyamoto Shigeru. Even in American newspapers, in addition to the status of Jester Lee, Yu Suzuki often appears in the second place.

Even Jester has talked about it on different occasions that his favorite Japanese designer is Yu Suzuki.

As a member of Sega's game development department, Hiroo Koguchi naturally respects his immediate superiors, especially after he has worked in development with him, he admires Yu Suzuki's talent.

So, when he heard Nakayama compare him with Yu Suzuki, Kusuki quickly waved his hand modestly and said, "My talent is shallow, how can I be qualified to compare with Yu Suzuki."

"Not to talk about this for now."

Shizuo Nakayama also felt that the topic was a bit far away and quickly began to change the topic. In fact, he didn't think that Kusuki Koguchi could be compared with Yu Suzuki, but Yu Suzuki had no interest in administrative management. The only thing he was interested in was game development.

Originally, Yu Suzuki was the most optimistic successor at Shirooshi Nakayama, but he had no intention of this, so Shirooshi Nakayama of course could not force it.

Now he saw Kusuo Koguchi again. In fact, according to Kusuo Koguchi's status, he was not qualified to attend the conference. However, because a game that Yu Suzuki was developing recently encountered a bottleneck problem, Yu Suzuki really didn't have time to return to the headquarters from the development center, so he entrusted Kusuo Koguchi to take him to attend the conference.

Through his answer to Kusuo Koguchi just now, Nakayama Hayao carefully observed and found that this young man is a rare talent with strategic vision. He can look at the problem from the overall perspective rather than just one-sided viewing. This is quality, and it is crucial for Sega, who is determined to become the best game company in the world.

Therefore, Shinto Nakayama had an idea of ​​wanting to cultivate it.

"Do you want to do administrative work?" Shinto Nakayama brought the problem back to normal. This time there was no fancy problem, but pointed it straight to the heart.

Xiaoguchi Kusato originally wanted to say he didn't want it because he now has a half-finished development project. If he leaves at this time, the project will definitely be longer in development time. But he also knows that such an opportunity is extremely rare because he is willing to engage in administrative work.

"What are you worried about?"

The experienced Shinto Nakayama immediately captured something from the hesitation of Koguchi Hiroo. With this expression, he could of course make a reasonable judgment on the thoughts of his subordinates in an instant - hesitation is not that he does not want it, but that there is something unspeakable.

Seeing Nakayama Hayao asked this, Kusuo Koguchi told him everything he had to tell him about.

After hearing the words of Kusuo Koto, the satisfied expression on Nakayama's face became more and more prosperous. He smiled, waved his hand, and said, "In theory, I should ask you to complete the work you are on hand first. However, time is not waiting for anyone now. It is only less than a month before the launch time of their game console announced by Mars Entertainment. Compared to this matter, your current work is irrelevant. Sometimes, you have to make choices. I can only give you some suggestions, but not help you make a decision."

"To go to the United States, or to complete your current job, you can choose by yourself. I will wait for you for a day. If you make a choice, you can find me at any time."

Nakayama Hayao said the above words with a faint smile, then encouraged Kuoyuki a few words, and asked him to leave first.

However, when Nakayama looked at the background of Xiaokou's departure, he fell into a blind thought. The scene of Xiaokou's conversation between the scholars and scholars at the meeting just now reminded him of his youth.
Chapter completed!