"This is a huge loss. We had suffered a huge loss this time!" Ken Kotogi was pounding his chest and stamping his feet in front of Satoru Iwata. Satoru Iwata only rolled his eyes, but he was smiling.
Nintendo and Sony had reached an agreement. Nintendo had accepted Ken Kotogi's conditions. The only change was that Nintendo will not give up on the handheld market forever. They will only give up for 10 years.
After 10 years, Nintendo will be able to enter the handheld market again. Ken Kotogi had objected to this for a long time, but he gave up in the end.
This was because in his heart, if Sony could not establish a monopoly in the handheld market after 10 years, then it was Sony's fault if Nintendo continued to enter the handheld market.
Besides, ten years later, it was still unknown if there would still be a Nintendo company in the world!
Other than this, Sony will have to pay the price.
First, Sony needs to pay more than 500 million USD to 1 billion USD. But this is not considered a loss. This is because Ken Yoshiaki does not know that Nintendo had secretly developed touchscreen and double-sided display technologies. This is something Sony is not prepared for.
Moreover, if these two technologies were used on the PDA, then it would be obvious how much the performance and fun of the PDA would be improved.
In 2004, after Sony released the PSP, Nintendo's share prices plunged by half.
In the end, Nintendo released a new handheld, NDS. This NDS has two interconnected screens, and it is a touchscreen gaming console. Nintendo's share prices stabilized.
Later, the PSP was released half a year earlier, and it had a huge sales advantage.
In the end, when the NDS was released, it exceeded the PSP's sales by 1 million in the first month. After that, the NDS had been suppressing the PSP. Although the PSP's sales were still in the lead, the NDS was still better in the eyes of the gamers.
This was the charm of the dual-sided display and touchscreen. Sony's current intel did not know that Nintendo was working on these two technologies.
Even if Sony had to pay 500 million USD to get these two technologies, it will not be a loss!
From this, it could be seen that Nintendo had not given up on resisting at all. Moreover, they had made a lot of preparations. If the new generation of handheld consoles were released, they might really be able to resist the Thousand Chances Change.
However, Nintendo in this world suffered a much greater blow than in his previous life. So much so that Nintendo was almost out of cash. They could not afford to wait until the NDS was finally developed. Therefore, Nintendo could only helplessly sell these technologies at a price of one billion USD.
In addition, the PSP's profit share had also increased from 20% to 30%. Although Ken Yoshiki felt the pinch, he could accept it. As long as Nintendo's game lineup, especially the Mario Brothers, could be added to the PSP, then the PSP would have the confidence to defeat Thousand Machines.
Especially, Feng Yu had not heard of the second generation of Qian Ji Bian, Qian Ji Bian 2. Maybe Da Qian was still immersed in his past glory. This was a good opportunity for Sony!
So, in the end, Ken Kotogiki accepted all of Nintendo's conditions. After Nintendo cooperated with Microsoft, they once again cooperated with Sony. Once again, they wanted to challenge Daqian.
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"Overall, it is not bad. But I still have some suggestions!" Boss Jia put down the game controller in his hand. Arakawa, who was standing beside him, looked at the God of Games nervously.
"What system is our mainframe using now?" Boss Jia asked directly.
"It is a system that we had specially developed for this mainframe!" Arakawa replied. He did not know why Boss Jia asked this question. Was there something wrong with the system?
"No need. Delete this system and replace it with the Hongmeng System!" Boss Jia said calmly.
"What?!" Arakawa was shocked. He quickly said, "Chairman, how can we do this? The Hongmeng System is too complicated and too big. Our mainframe cannot fit this system!"
Boss Jia suggested installing the Hongmeng System in the mainframe. This was ridiculous. Because the Hongmeng System was developed for the PC, and the PC required a variety of working environments. So, it was very complicated to run and required many different functions.
However, the mainframe system only needed to run the game. It only needed to maximize the game's performance. Other than that, it didn't need any other functions. The system was very simple.
For example, the current mainframe was only 100 MB. It was one-eighth of the Hongmeng System. If the Hongmeng System was installed, the mainframe's memory would need to be enlarged. The mainframe's performance would also be greatly affected.
"I will ask Hongmeng to cooperate with you and create a mainframe version of the Hongmeng System. But it must be the core of the Hongmeng System. This cannot be changed!" Boss Jia said with a smile.
"What is this?" Arakawa was still puzzled.
"Because …" Boss Jia said in a low voice. Arakawa Minori's expression instantly changed. He had been full of doubt before, but now he was full of admiration.
As expected of the God of Games. Although Arakawa was older than Jia Yapeng by more than 20 years, he was still a far cry from Jia Yapeng.
After that, Boss Jia mentioned many things that needed to be improved. Every time he mentioned something, Arakawa became more and more impressed. Then, he started to take notes like crazy.
"Don't worry, Chairman. I will definitely fix all the things you pointed out!" Arakawa promised. "But this will delay the release by a lot!"
"Don't worry. We don't lack time!" Boss Jia smiled. "But the most important thing now is to prepare for the press conference for Thousand Transformations 2. I heard that many players are questioning whether we are eating cold rice and not updating the new Thousand Transformations. Now, let's tell them what our product is like!"
"Spread the news. Thousand Transformations 2 will be released on the last day of the year 2000!"
"Yes!" Arakawa nodded. Thousand Transformations 2 had been prepared for a long time. Boss Jia felt that it could be delayed. So, he kept it a secret.
"Chairman, why don't I treat you to a meal today?" Arakawa smiled. "I have a friend who is a three-star Michelin chef from Fusang. He came to Hua Xia for a vacation today. Coincidentally, he is visiting my house. Come with me to my house. You can try his cooking! "
"Hahaha. How can I let my guest cook for me!" Boss Jia laughed. "Today is the day my sensei's anime will be released. I will accompany my family to watch it. You don't have to worry about me!"
"Yes!" Arakawa smiled bitterly.
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