Chapter 927
Words:1597Update:22/07/15 22:17:26
[PS: Some readers have pointed out that the title sponsorship fees for sports events are a bit exaggerated. The NBA and World Cup's title sponsorship fees are only around 10 million USD. In 1995, it was impossible for manufacturers to spend 40 million USD on a single title sponsorship. The NBA's title sponsorship fee is only 8 million USD. This is too unrealistic.
A single Pokemon Substation Championship was worth 40 million USD. That was too ridiculous.
The author also went to look for some information and admitted that he had written an H number. This number is f * cking ridiculous. That's why the title sponsorship fees for all sports events should be reduced to 10%. 40 million USD should be reduced to 4 million USD, which is a more reasonable number.
The author apologizes to everyone. I did write an H number. That's ridiculous.]
"What? You're planning to create a large-scale international competition for video games?!" Yamauchi Pu's eyes widened when he heard Boss Jia's plan.
Boss Jia had come to Nintendo to talk about the release of games. At the same time, Boss Jia had also handed over samples of console games based on the N64 platform, including Pokemon 2, to Nintendo for review.
Yamauchi Pu felt like he had received a treasure. With the support of games like Daqian, the N64 would definitely be a hit. Yamauchi Pu was full of confidence.
However, when Boss Jia brought up the second request, Yamauchi Pu hesitated.
Boss Jia said that he wanted to continue to invest in the video game competition industry and create a large-scale international competition. According to Boss Jia, it would be similar to the Olympics. Not only would there be Pokemon competitions, but there would also be Red Alert and Diablo competitions. Basically, any competitive game could be part of this large-scale international competition.
Boss Jia even gave this competition a resounding name. It was called the World E-Sports Games. Its English name was World Cyber Games, or WCG for short.
"It seems like Jia Jun has made a lot of money from this competition!" Yamauchi Pu said with a smile.
"It's only about 10 million USD. It's barely enough to break even!" Boss Jia said with a smile. "I've spent more than 10 million USD on this international competition. It's considered breaking even!"
"That's right. It's naturally more profitable to hold a single competition. If all the competitions are combined, the cost will go down and the title sponsorship fee will increase. Naturally, we can make money!" Yamauchi Pu said faintly. He seemed to agree with Boss Jia, but Boss Jia sensed something unusual.
"Of course!" Boss Jia said with a smile. "That's why I'm here to invite Nintendo to support our WCG competition. I hope that Nintendo can bring their own games and join our competition!"
"Be specific.
"It's nothing specific. I just hope that Nintendo can give us the authorization of several games. The rest will be taken care of by us, including registration, personnel organization, and so on. Nintendo doesn't have to worry about anything. What do you think, Yamanouchi senpai?"
"It sounds like Nintendo is getting a bargain!" Yamauchi Pu smiled. "But the question is, what will Nintendo get?"
"Of course, the promotion of these games. With the promotion of the competition and the audience, I believe that these games will usher in a new round of increase in sales!" Boss Jia said.
"Haha!" Pu Yamauchi forced a smile and said, "The games that can be selected by Da Qian to hold the competition must be the games with the most players in Nintendo. Even if such games are promoted by the competition, the sales will not increase much. On the contrary, it will increase the scale and reputation of the competition for Jia Yapeng. Jia Jun really has a good idea!"
"Of course not, Yamanouchi senpai must be joking!" Boss Jia gave a hollow laugh. "Then, what do you think?"
"My idea is simple. Nintendo can join, but the competition can't be held by the Daqian alone. It can be held by Nintendo and the Daqian. We can set up a special company. The Daqian and Nintendo will each contribute money and share the shares. It's a win-win situation!" Yamauchi Pu laughed.
Yamauchi Pu's suggestion seemed very fair. Everyone would contribute money, operate the competition together, and make money together. It was very fair.
But in Boss Jia's eyes, it was not fair at all. The Daqian now had enough experience and staff to operate the competition. These staff members were intangible wealth.
Not to mention, the Daqian's Pokemon and Red Alert were already very famous. Although Nintendo's IPs were not bad, these games were not suitable for the competition.
The simplest example was to look at the famous e-sports competitions in the future. Were there any Nintendo games?
In fact, Pokemon was not suitable for the competition. It was just that it looked good because of its popularity. But Boss Jia found out through the backend data that the audience retention for the Pokemon competition was not high. The audience for the Osaka competition was about 30% less than the Tokyo competition. This meant that the Pokemon competition would eventually return to its normal state after a period of popularity.
It was estimated that if there were to be a global competition next year, the audience would drop by at least one-third. That was why Boss Jia wanted to start the WCG competition in advance. He wanted to use a large number of different games to stabilize the current e-sports market.
Stabilize first, then develop.
Boss Jia invited Nintendo to join because he wanted to increase the variety of games in the competition as much as possible. He wanted to show that there were all kinds of games in the Olympic Games. It was a large-scale international competition that could be fully developed.
Boss Jia did not expect to make money from Nintendo.
Now that Nintendo proposed to take half of the shares of the WCG competition, Boss Jia would never agree.
"Yamanouchi senpai, this is not just a competition between Da Qian and Nintendo. This is a world-wide event. Therefore, in addition to Nintendo and Da Qian, the conference will also invite the game projects of other game companies to compete. At that time, if all the companies want to occupy shares like you, it will be too troublesome!" Boss Jia said.
"If that's the case, then if WCG can pay a copyright fee, wouldn't it be …!" Yamauchi also knew that it would be difficult to get Jia Yapeng to agree to the shares. The reason why he said that was to draw out his next words.
To put it bluntly, if you want Nintendo games, you just have to pay for it!
"We will not pay any fees for any games!" Just as Yamauchi said that, Jia Yapeng bluntly refused. "I have never heard of an international competition that requires payment. Does the Olympic Games also pay copyright fees to the committees of other sports?"
"This is a win-win situation. There's no need to talk about fees!"
"Hmph, since Mr. Jia doesn't want to pay for this, then let's find someone else! I have something to do later. Excuse me! "Yamauchi also snorted, then found an excuse to leave the office.
Yamauchi was also angered by Boss Jia.
The two parted on bad terms.
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