Chapter 421 Exit
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So, Jester knocked on the table hard, attracting the attention of the two of them again.
Clearing his throat, Jester said: "I personally didn't expect that this news that was revealed from informal channels could cause such a big uproar in the industry, so I was thinking, since that's the case, the matter we want to keep is no longer confidential, so I'll just tell it to the public."
After Jester's words, Nakayama Hayao and Ken Kutaraki were a little hesitant. After all, the matter has not been formally decided. To be precise, the cooperation agreement has not been signed. If it is announced to the public now, it seems a bit unruly.
Seeing the hesitation on their faces, Jester also knew the reason, so Jester also talked about the method very simply.
"It's not that we have reached an agreement, but we just reveal it to the outside world that we are in negotiations on this aspect. As for whether the negotiations have been reached, it depends on your own wishes. We just need to stand up and declare to the outside world that the rumor you heard before is true."
Jester's tone was very plain when he said it, but in the ears of Ken Kutaraki and Shinosuke Nakayama, he could hear a ruthless smell.
Nothing else, if this news is confirmed, geniuses will know how much Nintendo's stock price will fall. To be honest, even if Nintendo's stock falls to delist, it will not be impossible.
But then again, neither Kutaki Ken nor Nakayama had any favors for Nintendo, and could see Hiroshi Yamauchi fall into the abyss. It seemed that they both liked it, so they quickly nodded and agreed to Jester's suggestion.
Any media is very interested in this kind of news, and Jester has always had a good relationship with ABC, so he immediately notified ABC and asked ABC to come here to do a news. The title of the news is Mars Entertainment. Sega and Sony Computer Entertainment are discussing the establishment of the World Electronics Association and the establishment of game grading standards.
After this news was released, all third-party developers knew that it had completely changed the world and that it would be a dead end to stay on Nintendo's big tree. Nintendo's stock price actually plummeted by 11% at the first time of the news.
After learning the news, Hiroshi Yamauchi suffered a heart attack and was sent to the emergency room.
Soon, Hiroshi Yamauchi, who was still in the intensive care unit, issued an order to the outside world as soon as he was rescued. This order made people feel that it was both different and that perhaps this was Nintendo's only way out.
In this order from Hiroshi Yamauchi, he first admitted some of his mistakes in Nintendo's console development and operation over the years, especially for Junpei Yokoi's departure. This is a huge mistake he never wishes to forgive himself in his entire life.
Then he talked that Nintendo no longer has the ability to compete fairly with the world's top game companies, so he felt that instead of letting Nintendo continue to fall deeper and deeper in the road to console development, it would be better to retreat now.
The new sixteen hosts they jointly developed with Sony, Yamauchi Hiroshi also expressed in his speech to the outside world that if possible, they can resolve the issue of ownership of the sixteen hosts through negotiations.
Then, Hiroshi Yamauchi announced that from then on, Nintendo would withdraw from the development of the console platform forever, and would only exist as a third-party game developer.
This news is shocking in the industry.
You should know that although Mars Entertainment is at its peak now, the industry generally believes that after the Atari's great impact, there were two companies that revitalized the game industry, and even at the beginning, Nintendo was ahead of Mars Entertainment.
It's nothing more, it's just because Nintendo released the game console much earlier than Mars Entertainment.
While Jester was looking at the newspaper in his hand and thinking carefully about how much impact Nintendo's speech on launching console competition would have on the industry, the black phone on his desk, which was specially used for international long distances, rang.
When I picked it up, I heard it, it turned out to be a call from Hiroshi Yamauchi.
According to Hiroshi Yamauchi's position in the industry, it is not difficult to know Jester's phone number.
Jester is actually full of respect for this opponent who has never met in person. After all, in the history he is familiar with, this stubborn, domineering and dictatorial old man has indeed made indelible contributions to the development of the entire video game.
It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a legendary figure.
Even in this era, his premium is a very classic creation, and it is the best way to avoid a large number of shoddy games completely destroying the entire game platform.
Now, whether it is myself, Sega, or Sony, the method now is still the premium method. Although there are various changes, it is undeniable that this is all inspired by Hiroshi Yamauchi's Nintendo rights setting.
"President Li, I'm really sorry to call you suddenly."
From the phone, Jester could hear a hoarse and old voice speaking in English. Although some Japanese pronunciations were pronunciations, after getting used to dealing with Japanese people, Jester was used to listening to other people's Japanese English, which seemed to be alien languages, and he was already used to listening to them.
"Is it Mr. Yamauchi?"
Of course, Jester cannot neglect this senior, otherwise his reputation will not be good.
There was not much talk about this phone call. After the two sides communicated their names, they chatted a few simple words. Jester also asked about Hiroshi Yamauchi's condition. Hiroshi Yamauchi said that it is no big deal now, but he may not be able to continue to take charge of Nintendo in a short period of time. He has entrusted his son-in-law to his son-in-law for the current company's affairs, and Arakawa is responsible for it.
It is impossible to let Hiro Yamauchi say something to surrender, and Jester doesn't think Hiro Yamauchi can say it. In fact, Jester was very surprised that he could call him on his own initiative.
In Yamauchi Hiroshi's dictionary, it is the limit to be able to do this.
"If Nintendo is willing, you can submit an application to us in the name of the company, which is to apply to join the World Electronic Games Association. If you always withdraw from the competition for home computer platforms, then I welcome Nintendo to join us as a third-party game developer."
Jester also expressed his opinion clearly through phone calls. This was also the result of the previous discussions between the three of them.
They had long anticipated Nintendo's reaction after the news of their three formal cooperation was disclosed. The reaction to completely withdrawing from the console platform was also in their reactions. However, according to their previous discussion, regarding the discussion of Hiroshi Yamauchi's personality, I felt that even if Nintendo really came to this point, he would definitely not have done this at the beginning.
Why did he come to this conclusion? It's very simple, because according to Hiroshi Yamauchi's normal personality, he would never do this.
But unexpectedly, this incident actually caused Hiroshi Yamauchi's heart disease to occur. This sudden onset may have completely eliminated all his ambitions and made him see the reality clearly. Instead of continuing to fight stubbornly and consuming Nintendo's potential, it is better to let go earlier, so that he can preserve his vitality as much as possible.
At that time, the three Jesters did not intend to kill Nintendo completely, and this was not in their interests. What they wanted was actually like. Nintendo took the initiative to give up the home console market and transformed into a third-party game developer in a comprehensive way, and everyone was happy.
After the call with Hiroshi Yamauchi, Jester immediately called Ken Kutaraki and Hayao Nakayama and told them in detail about this matter. Although both of them were a little sad, they were still very satisfied with Hiroshi Yamauchi's understanding of the current affairs.
They also promised on the phone that as long as Nintendo submits the application, they will definitely pass.
Soon, this news was reported, and Nintendo's stock, which had already been surging, instantly stopped its downward trend and even began to rebound.
"Famitong" also released a special issue, and introduced the entire Nintendo game console history, starting from the one they cooperated with Panasonic and finally lost money to almost bankruptcy, mainly introducing their new consoles that have not been released yet and have not even been displayed to the public.
In fact, no one cares much about the performance of this console, because Sony's Ps has been released, and their super Nintendo and Sony's Ps are actually a mother twin. Judging from its performance, from the perspective of PS, they actually have no special advantages over Mars Entertainment's Dreambox 2 and Sega's MD. At least from the display function of the screen, no one of these three games is better than anyone else.
There were even many Nintendo diehards who even held a funeral for the Super Nintendo that Nintendo had never released before. At least in Tokyo, tens of thousands of people attended.
The father of FC, one of the main developers of Super FC, Masayuki Uemura, officially attended the funeral.
At this funeral, Masayuki Uemura made a speech. During this speech, he choked up several times, expressing his gratitude to Nintendo, as well as his disappointment and sadness for Nintendo's decision to launch the hardware field from then on, and expressed his future decision.
Chapter completed!