Hiro Yamauchi gradually recovered, looked at his two most loyal subordinates, and said viciously: "This setback cannot defeat me! I decided to open the game Boy game development package to all game manufacturers! We only

To collect the production cost of game memory cards and cancel the software management fee, you must eliminate gamegear in the bud!”

Yamauchi Hiroshi's decision shocked Yokoi: "President! This is not possible. If you do this, it will also affect the FC platform. You are destroying the Nintendo quality management system that has lasted for many years!

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Why didn’t Yamauchi Hiroshi know the serious consequences of doing so?

If it weren't forcing Longteng and Sega to do this, how could he have given up his position as an industry standard setting person so easily?

The old man used his usual strong posture and shouted: "Listen to my order! It does not limit the entry threshold for GameWork Y and FC, that is just to suppress Sega! Do you know the market research data for the first quarter?

Do you think Nintendo can still wait?"

According to the first quarter statistics of downhill, an authoritative American statistical company, Sega's global TV game market share has increased to 25%, and Nintendo has dropped by nearly 10 percentage points again, accounting for only 75%, which makes Hiroshi Yamauchi feel a huge crisis!

After 16 mds carrying Conrad Sharoman Snake Squad and other games and repeatedly siege cities in the field of TV games, Sega once again used a high-performance handheld console to carry a brand new pet collection game, again

He entered the handheld game field with murderous intent, and the market response was good.

If Hiroshi Yamauchi doesn’t change anything, I’m afraid that in half a year, Nintendo will not be able to maintain 75% of the market!

Game Way is in a huge dilemma now. If it weren't for the juncture of life and death, Hiroshi Yamauchi wouldn't have made this decision easily.

Many years ago, in order to avoid repeating Atari's mistake, Nintendo strictly managed the game quality of the FC platform, limited the number of game software suppliers and raised the entry threshold. In addition, each game has to charge a management fee and cassette production.

After coming out, Nintendo is not responsible for inventory, and all the pressure is borne by the software supplier.

FC platform development package is only authorized to more than 30 Japanese manufacturers because of the US Trade Commission sanctions. In the end, 10 quotas were left for the United States. Except for Nintendo Six Tigers, other manufacturers are strictly managed and restricted.

It is impossible to publish games at will.

If all game wavey development packages are open, that would be fine, but once the quality management system is cancelled, Nintendo may lose its ability to control it!

Hiroshi Yamauchi does not limit the entry threshold for game manufacturers, this is repeating Atari's actions six years ago.

Shigeru Miyamoto and Junhei Yokoi burst into cold sweats on their backs. They seemed to have seen the rise and collapse of another Atari Empire. They couldn't believe that Hiroshi Yamauchi would make such a ridiculous and impulsive decision!

Yamauchi Hiroki asked, "Yokii, I ask you, what are the flaws of gamegear compared to gamewasaki?"

A few days ago, Yokoi Junpei got the gamegear as soon as possible and dismantled it, running Pokemon. He conducted a comprehensive test and finally came to a conclusion. In addition to the power consumption being slightly higher than the game wave y, the hardware

Gamegear has a lot of advantages in both software.

"No defects..." Yokoi Junhei was very reluctant to admit this result. What is the defect of power consumption? That's because gamegear uses color screens, which are more attractive than their black and white screens. If it is used for a long time, it is a household use.

Power supply is not a defect, but a huge advantage.

And playing with colorful screens to play with colorful Pokemon is a perfect match! Compared with the black pixel game wave y, Sega's hardware is indeed superior, and it has long been overwhelming Nintendo!

Yamauchi Hiroshi continued to ask: "Then how should we defeat them? Develop game wave ycolor? Develop 16-bit computers? Or speed up the transplantation of these games by Super Mary and Legend of Zelda?"

When it comes to the handheld machine transplant game, Hiro Yamauchi glanced at Shigeru Miyamoto with dissatisfaction, making Shigeru Miyamoto sweat: "President, I will speed up..."

Yokoi Junhei finally understood what Yamauchi means. On the one hand, transplanting more fun games is, on the other hand, it is necessary to gather the power of other software manufacturers to form an encirclement and suppression of Pokemon.

It is futile and impossible to fight against the entire game world with one person. Nintendo only has the opening of the development package, first suppressing Sega without the power to fight back, and then consider how to do it bigger and stronger.

"President, it is okay to open the development package, but the management fee must be clearly stipulated. It can be not charged now, but it does not mean that it will not be charged in the future. We must leave room for reversal in the future!" Yokoi Junhei could only suggest this.

Yamauchi Hiro finally smiled: "Please keep going, contact our partner company and hold a press conference as soon as possible!"

Yokoi Junping suddenly felt huge pressure.

Nintendo was forced to seek help from other game manufacturers, which only means that things have reached a very critical point.

Software manufacturers such as Capcom, Korami, and Namco said they would definitely be present.

Hardware suppliers such as Sony and Sharp said they would send people to attend.

Many media said they would definitely participate in three days.

The Nintendo Planning Department became busy and quickly sorted out the press releases, arranged the venue, prepared gifts, and arranged the process.

Nintendo, who had never paid so much attention to his former alliance partners, was facing a great enemy. Yuki Yamauchi and Junhei Yokoi were ready. They believed that as long as Nintendo threw this bombshell, he would definitely give Sega a heavy blow!

But when it was the day of the press conference, something seemed wrong.

Yamauchi was resting in the inner room. Yokoi Junhei was busy and frowned and asked the head of the Planning Department: "What's going on? Is there a traffic jam in Tokyo? Or did you notify the wrong date? Why are there so few people coming to the media?"

In such a huge conference room, there are only representatives of these suppliers from the Nintendo camp, and the media interviewed only have seven or eight delegations. Moreover, the main ones are Sankei Shimbun and other pro-Japanese media, and none of the foreign journalists in Tokyo did come.

The head of the Planning Department was sweating heavily when he held the contact list: "I'm sorry! I'll arrange someone to urge me again!"

Many people have noticed this strange phenomenon. Many representatives of manufacturers gathered together in groups of three or three and started whispering.

Yokoi Junhei was furious. He walked back and forth in the backstage. His strange behavior attracted the attention of Hiroshi Yamauchi and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yokoi Junhei didn't know how to answer, so he could only make a few vague sentences.

But after the pre-determined start time, the people were still not here. Even among the media delegations that had arrived, two tabloid reporters hurriedly packed up their equipment, without even calling him, and left quietly.

The head of the Planning Department finally knew what was going on. It turned out that on the same day, Sega Co., Ltd. also held a press conference, and it is said that the news is even more explosive!

Hiroshi Yamauchi finally knew about it, and he sneered and said, "We will hold it as usual!"

The news thrown by Nintendo is indeed a bombshell, but Sega is not weak either. He fought against Nintendo and thought of the way to open platform game development packages.

At Sega's venue, Shizuo Nakayama said: "As a responsible game console company, Sega has also established a game quality management system. Compared with Nintendo, Sega's game management system does not charge software management.

The fee gives suppliers more freedom and will not force suppliers to bear the pressure on the production and sales of game cartridges, as long as the number of cartridges produced by each software manufacturer is within a safe range. Sega is willing to bear the inventory."

Wow! All the representatives of software manufacturers are whispering and talking.

Inventory issues have always accounted for the majority of funds, which is a large amount! Sega really has a way to underwrite it? It’s so much money that it’s so burning!

Give examples to illustrate the quality management systems of Nintendo and Sega. In comparison, anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance.

If Longteng company produces King of Fighters game and wants to sell it on Nintendo's SFC platform, it is ready to produce 1 million copies, which is calculated at the hardware cost of a cardboard of $5. Longteng needs to hand over $5 for Nintendo to produce in advance.

Next, Nintendo spent a year, sold a single box of $15, sold 800,000 cartridges, and received a turnover of $12 million. Excluding tax rates and transportation costs, 1 million, and software management for $3 per copy

The fee is 3 million (Nintendo will charge all of this one at a time), the hardware cost is 5 million, and the net profit of Longteng Company is 3 million US dollars.

Wait, there are still 200,000 copies of King of Fighters who have not been sold yet. What should I do if it is unsold? This is a cassette with a cost of more than 1 million yuan, priced at 3 million yuan, and a profit of 600,000 to 700,000 US dollars!

Nintendo doesn't care about these things. If you continue to sell, you will continue to pay the money and the warehouse management fee.

Sega does not have so many rules. As long as it passes the Sega game management system, the cassette production is handed over to Sega, and signs a sales contract. Sega will give Longteng a fee of $5 for each King of Fighters software.

Sega produces 1 million or 800,000 units, and sells 15 or 20 dollars, all of which are decided by Sega.

Longteng doesn't have to pay 5 million in advance the production funds of cassette production. He just needs to wait for Sega to settle the bill with him and sell 1 million copies. Longteng gets a profit of 5 million copies. 800,000 copies. Longteng gets a profit of 4 million. He doesn't have to look at 200,000.

The King of Fighters cassette was unsold and was hit in his own hands.

These data must have changed according to the quality of each game. This is the core content of Sega's quality management system, and the price is also determined by Sega's negotiations with various software manufacturers.

Nintendo is a big dealer, and Sega is a small dealer, so the two plans have been around for several years, and this has been the case since the first day of the two confrontation.

Now Longteng has taken over Sega and has deepened and subdivided the game quality management system. Yang Yun specially invited the professional team of Puhua Accounting Firm to come and investigate. The final standard was determined and obtained many small and medium-sized game software. The supplier agrees.
Chapter completed!