"Offended someone? What does that mean? " Yamauchi's expression changed. It seemed like he thought that it was just an animal protection organization trying to annoy him.
"It's very simple. It's because this incident is too big and too fast!" Boss Jia said, "In just five days, they were able to make it so that everyone in the United States knows about it. At the same time, they were able to advertise on a large number of newspapers and news programs. I'm afraid that this would cost millions of dollars. Since when were these animal protection organizations willing to spend so much money on advertising?"
"…" After hearing Jia Yapeng's words, Yamauchi and Arakawa gradually came to their senses. Both of them were smart people. They were just blinded by the illusion at the beginning. As long as someone pointed it out, they would immediately understand the mystery behind it.
That's right. In the past, these animal protection organizations would at most organize their members to distribute leaflets on the streets, or come up with some shocking news to attract attention. It was impossible for them to spend a lot of money to advertise in major newspapers and media.
What? You said that a lot of people donated money to them? Please, these donations were used to pay the staff. Otherwise, why would they protect animals and go hungry?
They were also the great taxpayers of the United States!
But now, they were able to make Pokemon the enemy of the United States in five days. How much power and money did they have to use to achieve this?
Only a fool would believe that no one else paid for this. Therefore, someone must have paid PETA to maliciously advertise Pokemon in order to destroy the sales of Pokemon in the United States.
After this point was understood, an even bigger doubt appeared. That was, who was the one behind this matter?
Yamauchi and Jia Yapeng looked at each other. Boss Jia shook his head and said, "It has nothing to do with me. This is my first time in the United States. I don't have any enemies in the United States. To be able to use such a large amount of resources and connections in the United States, they must have a lot of power in the United States. I have never provoked this kind of enemy before, so it's impossible for them to be my opponent. "
"Hmph!" Pu Yamauchi snorted. Since Jia Yapeng said so, it meant that this person was an enemy of Nintendo.
However, even without Jia Yapeng's explanation, Yamauchi also understood that the opponent this time was most likely targeting him and Nintendo. After all, when Nintendo was developing in the United States, it had offended many local forces in the United States. If they wanted to take revenge on Nintendo, it was highly likely.
But the question was, who was this opponent?
Yamauchi thought about it for a long time, but he still couldn't figure it out. It seemed that Nintendo had too many enemies in the United States.
"Forget it. We'll investigate this later. Right now, the most important thing is to find a way to alleviate the eye problem. We can't let PETA continue to advertise like this. Otherwise, all our efforts will go to waste!" Yamauchi's heart was bleeding when he said this.
In order to prepare for the North American release, Nintendo printed 6 million Pokemon cards in one go.
Nintendo felt that they had the confidence to sell all 6 million boxes.
However, based on the current situation, they might not even be able to sell 500,000 boxes in the end. The huge hardware loss of 5.5 million boxes was enough to cause Nintendo to lose hundreds of millions of dollars.
How did Atari collapse in the past?
It was because they had printed 4 million copies of the Alien ET game cartridges in advance. In the end, due to the terrible quality of the game, only 1 million of the 4 million copies were sold. The remaining 3 million copies were all lost and were directly buried in the garbage dump.
This failure also consumed a lot of Atari's cash flow. Although Atari's final collapse was due to them completely destroying the entire game market, the Alien ET game was the fuse that caused their downfall.
All in all, if the 6 million and Pokemon cards couldn't be sold, even if Nintendo didn't go bankrupt, it would definitely suffer a huge loss.
"It's not just a waste of effort!" Jia Yapeng shook his head and stabbed Yamauchi in the heart. "If this incident continues to spread, I'm afraid it will be a fatal threat to Nintendo's reputation!"
"You mean …" Yamauchi's face became extremely anxious when he heard this.
"That's right. After the launch of the game, Pokemon and Nintendo are tightly tied together. If the opponent slanders Pokemon, they are slandering Nintendo at the same time. If the parents really believe that Pokemon is an animal abuse game, then it's not hard to imagine that some parents will treat Nintendo's game console as an animal abuse game console. This will have a huge impact on Nintendo's reputation! "
"This … these parents, they can't be that stupid …" Minori Arakawa became extremely nervous as he panted and asked.
"No, we often overestimate the intelligence of many people. Isn't it common in the United States to use guns to kill people while cursing guns? This is a chain reaction. Even if most people are smart, I think the next move of the mastermind is to burn Nintendo and completely nail Nintendo to the pillar of shame for abusing animals! "Jia Yapeng sighed.
"Damn bastard!" Yamauchi finally realized that this incident wasn't as simple as a game losing money. The opponent didn't just want to destroy Pokemon, they wanted to completely destroy Nintendo. This was something that Yamauchi couldn't accept no matter what.
"Minoru Arakawa, I want you to find the person behind this at all costs. At the same time, find a way to calm down this storm of public opinion. No matter what, you can't let the fire burn on Nintendo!" Yamauchi Hiroshi gave the order in front of Jia Yapeng, but this made Mr. Jia grimace.
What did he mean by not allowing the fire to spread to Nintendo?
Did this mean that they could directly give up on the benefits of Pokemon?
Minori Arakawa naturally agreed to Yamauchi's order, but after he agreed, he felt extremely helpless. Not to mention how difficult it was to find the mastermind behind the scenes, just how to resolve this crisis of public opinion made Minori Arakawa's head hurt more than two times.
Now, PETA had used media channels in the United States and spent five days to successfully portray Pokemon as an animal abuse game. Even if Nintendo reacted now and started to clarify Pokemon, it would be like pouring a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood.
Spreading a rumor required a lot of effort, but dispelling a rumor required a lot of effort. Moreover, when the time came, even if Nintendo provided conclusive evidence, he was afraid that a large number of players and parents wouldn't believe it. After all, humans were more willing to believe their initial impressions, and it was difficult to change their minds.
What was worse was that what PETA said wasn't actually a rumor. After all, what they said in the game was the truth … The whole game obviously had nothing to do with animal abuse, but through their mouths, it really seemed like animal abuse. This made Minori Arakawa's face as bitter as sesame paste, and it was completely black.
[PS: Come, come, come. I'll ask for everyone's opinions on behalf of Boss Jia. How do you think we should deal with this matter? Feel free to leave a comment.]
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