"We do not have any plans to acquire Nintendo!" Ryōki Ken knew Satoru Iwata and Nintendo very well. That's why Satoru Iwata's expression changed.
In fact, Ryōki Ken did not have any plans to acquire Nintendo.
If he were to acquire Nintendo, he would need at least 30 billion USD. Although Sony is rich, they are not interested in spending 30 billion USD to acquire a company that is going to decline.
"What do you mean?" Satoru Iwata asked.
"Then I'll get straight to the point. The purpose of my visit this time is to jointly develop a product with Nintendo!" Kokura Kiken said.
"What product?" Satoru Iwata asked.
"PSP!" Yugiyoshi Ken said with a smile.
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"Chairman, Sony's PS2 is selling very well. The PS2 games had taken up one-third of the market share in the Steam gaming store!" Arakawa reported to Boss Jia in the Daqian Games office.
"Really?" Boss Jia's expression was noncommittal, while Huang Chuan continued, "Chairman, the entire gaming industry is now divided equally between PC games, console games, and handheld games!"
"But with the launch of the PS2 this year, Nintendo's N64 console is becoming more and more difficult to deal with. If Sony dominates the console gaming market in the future, then it will be very difficult for us to achieve our goals!" Arakawa Shin said.
Sony had introduced the new PS2 console in early 2000, around February.
The graphics quality and gameplay of this game console had been greatly improved. Once it was sold, it was almost sold out. Even now in November, a full nine months had passed, and there was still no PS2 in stock on the market. Even if players bought it through the steam game store, they had to wait for at least three months for the reservation period.
Because of this, the PS2 had almost beaten Nintendo's N64 to death. At the same time, the PS2 console's revenue in 2000 was more than 12 billion USD. Many gamers were drooling over the PS2 console.
It could be said that in the year 2000, if the steam game store was the most popular and lively product and war on the surface, then the PS2 had been hiding in the dark and making a fortune in silence.
In the beginning, Sony's games were working with the Steam gaming store. Sony's consoles and games could be sold by the Steam gaming store. Sony and Daqian had an agreement. One will be in charge of consoles, and the other will be in charge of handheld games. Both parties will share the market equally. That's why Sony's PS2 had been developing smoothly from the start, and Daqian did not create any trouble for Sony.
But after the appearance of the Steam gaming store, Sony was the first to switch all their consoles and games to the Steam gaming store.
The worst part was when the steam game store was at its worst and only had about 2,000 franchises left, Sony Games decided to switch to the box game store. They pulled all of their consoles and games out of the steam game store and formed a partnership with the box game store.
Of course, the reason why Sony cut ties with the Steam gaming store was because Microsoft had paid a hefty price.
Microsoft had transferred their few classic games, such as Age of Empires, to the PlayStation platform. Then, Microsoft had used all their resources to promote the PS2 console. Bill Gates had even appeared at Sony's E3 booth to support Sony.
Of course, most importantly, Sony's PS2 had received a 20% discount for the box games. This discount was effective for Sony's PS2.
In other words, the PS2 console was sold at a 20% discount within two to three months, and Sony did not make any losses. Microsoft was the one who paid for the PS2 console.
The direct result of this subsidy was Sony's PS2. Within a month, they sold 12 million units. Sony made a lot of money, and Microsoft's tens of billions of USD of subsidies were used up so quickly. Of course, the PS2 was the main reason why Microsoft had spent so much of their subsidies.
If not, Sony would not have cut ties with the Steam gaming store.
But when the Steam gaming store was on the verge of closing down, Sony contacted the Steam gaming store and started to prepare for the re-launch of the Steam gaming store.
Boss Jia knew that the Steam gaming store must have a console gaming platform, and so, he had no choice but to accept Sony's offer.
When the Steam gaming store closed down, Sony jumped out and returned to the Steam gaming store. After that, Sony made use of the internet era to sell more than 2 million units online.
This led to the birth of the PS2. In nine months, the PS2 sold an astonishing 21 million units. The PS2 almost dominated the entire console market like a king descending from the heavens.
Mr. Jia was very envious of Sony's strategy. Sony's strategy was too good. Even Mr. Jia was not as good as Sony.
But because of Sony's strategy, Daqian Games was unhappy with Sony. At the same time, after defeating the Steam gaming store, Daqian had gained control of the PC and handheld market. Now, Daqian Games is targeting the console gaming market.
If they could take over the console game market, then Da Qian Games would really dominate the entire game industry. It was almost equivalent to clearing the game in one round.
"That's why, Chairman, I suggest that we do not let Sony continue to do whatever they want. If not, Sony will betray us again!" Minoru Arakawa said to Boss Jia.
Actually, Minoru Arakawa hated Sony the most. After all, Minoru Arakawa was a Nintendo employee, and he was not on good terms with Sony.
Secondly, Sony's PlayStation had defeated Minoru Arakawa in the Northern American market. Later, Yamauchi Hiroshi supported Satoru Iwata. This was also because Minoru Arakawa had always wanted to defeat Sony.
Now, Minoru Arakawa finally has the chance to kill Sony.
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"This is our best chance. Daqian Games will never think that we, who are immersed in PS2's success, will introduce PSP to compete with them in the handheld market!" After a while, Ryogi Ken could not contain his excitement. "Iwata-kun, the reason why Nintendo is in this state is because of Big Qian. It is Big Qian's fault for banning you all. After all, Sony did not enter the handheld market and did not destroy your GB!"
"So, let us work together to develop PSP. This is our only chance to overthrow the Daqian Games!"
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