"Didn't I tell you? We can't let the president know about the Daqian! " Satoru Iwata pointed at Minoru Arakawa's nose. He had just received news that Yamauchi had fainted again, so he rushed over. In the end, he found out that it was because the president knew the real price of the Thousand Machine Transformation. This made Satoru Iwata furious.
"It's not my fault. The two nurses bought it for my father. I didn't know!" Minoru Arakawa hurriedly explained. The two of them started arguing outside the ward. In the end, a nurse came out and told Yamauchi to stop arguing. Everyone went in. Only then did the situation calm down.
"Don't blame Arakawa. I forced the nurses to buy it for me!" Yamauchi explained on behalf of Minoru Arakawa. Minoru Arakawa was touched.
"President, I didn't mean to lie to you. I …" Satoru Iwata panicked. He didn't expect Yamauchi to be so kind. "It's okay. I know. You did it for my health!"
Yamauchi sighed. "I asked the doctor to tell me the truth. The doctor said that I can't control my temper. I might not be able to survive the year 2000!"
"Father, you're blessed. You'll be fine!" Minoru Arakawa immediately said. Yamauchi shook his head. "Silly child. It's useless to say that. When it's time to leave, it's time to leave. No one can stop it!"
"Actually, I think it's better to leave early. This way, I won't have to see Nintendo being defeated by the Daqian. Cough, cough, cough!" Yamauchi coughed as he spoke. Satoru Iwata immediately said, "President, don't worry. Even if I die, I won't let the Daqian defeat Nintendo. I've prepared a plan for the past few days. We'll use the one billion USD that the Daqian gave us to develop the latest GBA. We'll use the Daqian's money to defeat the Daqian."
"Okay!" Yamauchi nodded and said gently, "Do whatever you want to do. But don't do it alone. Yarakawa-kun will help you. The two of you have to work together and help each other. That way, Nintendo won't be afraid of anything. That's the only way we can take our revenge!"
After saying that, Yamauchi closed his eyes.
Oh, don't misunderstand. Yamauchi's not dead. He's just too tired and fell asleep.
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Satoru Iwata was a little dumbfounded. A few days ago, Yamauchi Hiroshi had held his hand and told him that he would give Satoru Arakawa's North American team to Zhou Yu, leaving Satoru Iwata with the best Nintendo. But now, Satoru Iwata and Arakawa Hiroshi were helping each other and working together!
"Looks like it's my white lie's fault!" Satoru Iwata wasn't stupid. He knew that Yamauchi Hiroshi's attitude changed because he lied to him about the Thousand Transformation.
Although Yamauchi said that he knew that Satoru Iwata was telling a white lie, Satoru Iwata also knew that it was a white lie. Yamauchi hated people who lied to him the most. Whether Satoru Iwata's lies were good or bad, they were all lies. Yamauchi had already lost a lot of points in Yamauchi's heart.
"Could this be Shin Arakawa's doing?" Satoru Iwata pondered for a while. But when he thought about how Yamauchi Hiroshi took the blame for Shin Arakawa and treated him so well, it meant that he couldn't fight with Shin Arakawa now. Otherwise, he would continue to lose points.
"In the end, I lost because of my kindness. If I had told him the price honestly, there wouldn't have been so many problems!" Shin Arakawa sighed and left the hospital with a smile on his face.
Nintendo would have to face an even worse situation from now on.
First of all, the N64 that was originally out of stock was suddenly no longer out of stock. It could be bought all over the world!
Game dealers all over the world experienced what could only be described as a fantasy.
First of all, on April 1st, Nintendo's N64 was released worldwide. Over 5 million orders were ordered in a month, and over 10 million orders were ordered in three months. This caused all the game console dealers to go crazy trying to get their hands on the N64. They even heard that some dealers were even willing to raise the price by 10 USD to get their hands on the N64 in advance.
At that time, if anyone had a batch of N64s in their hands, then even if the original price of an N64 was doubled to 399 USD, there would still be a large number of players who would rush to buy it. This price was just too attractive.
Unfortunately, Nintendo's production capacity was really low. After three months, they only managed to sell 2 million units. This made the dealers nervous. Fortunately, at the end of June, they heard that Nintendo had a supply of up to 5 million units. This should be enough to solve the dealers' problem.
But who knows if there were really 5 million units in stock? Even if there were, there was still a shortage of 3 million units!
So, the dealers all raised the price of their N64 to the highest. The original price of 175 USD was raised to 199 USD. It was as if these dealers didn't want to make money anymore. They were selling to Nintendo out of friendship.
However, before the dealers could raise their prices, they realized that the players who had originally reserved the N64 all rushed over to cancel their orders.
Logically speaking, as long as they paid the deposit, they couldn't return the N64. However, the laws of the United States also stipulated that if the N64 was unable to be shipped after a month, the consumer could ask for a free refund of the deposit.
So, a large number of players came over and made a fuss, asking for a refund of the deposit. The dealers were dumbfounded. Later, they found out that it was because Nintendo had stopped selling all Pokemon game cartridges. This scared the Pokemon players and they all came to return the N64.
As a result, in a month's time, the original order of 8 million had shrunk to less than 5 million. It was almost one-third of the original order.
This was enough to make the dealers feel helpless. They could only pin their hopes on E3. After all, Nintendo promised them that Nintendo would release a few new N64 games at E3 to ensure the sales of the N64.
Nintendo didn't lie. At the E3 exhibition, Nintendo announced the release of The Legend of Zelda: Flute of Time. The release of Nintendo's ace game made the dealers feel relieved.
However, when the E3 ended, the dealers didn't see the shopping wave that they had been waiting for. Instead, they continued to cancel their orders like crazy. Many players who had already bought the N64 came to ask for a refund.
Almost overnight, the N64 fell into a quagmire. All the dealers around the world were faced with a large number of requests to return the N64 and cancel their orders. The original 7 million sales shrank to 4 million in just a few days. This was because the batch of N64 was sent out earlier than the legal deadline. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to even reach 4 million sales.
Some dealers were horrified to discover that there were many angry players running to their shop's entrance. After learning that the N64 was past the return deadline, they directly took out baseball bats and smashed the N64 into smithereens.
Some players poured gasoline on the N64 and set it on fire. Many onlookers cheered in unison. It was like a celebration.
According to incomplete statistics, there were more than 1,000 N64 units that were violently damaged. This scared the hell out of the dealers.
As for the cause of these incidents, the dealers knew all about it. After all, the video game media all over the world reported on this incident. Many financial media also came to join in the fun. After all, this was a huge compensation of 1 billion USD. It was enough to become the world's financial news champion.
The dealers knew that the N64 was done for. They immediately contacted Nintendo to ask for a refund. However, they were all rejected by Nintendo. The reason was very fair. After all, the distribution contract between both parties stated that once the dealer received the N64, unless there was a serious quality problem, they were not allowed to return the N64.
Helpless, in order to eliminate the N64 inventory in their hands, the dealers could only grit their teeth and sell the N64 at a reduced price.
So, overnight, Nintendo's N64 set an unprecedented record for Nintendo. It had only been on the market for less than four months, but it was already on sale … even though a few days ago, it was still a game console that couldn't be bought even if one racked their brains for it.
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