After Jia Yapeng left, Satoru Iwata hesitated for a moment before saying, "President, I don't think there's a need to reject Mr. Jia's suggestion. This is actually a good thing for us!"
"What's so good about it?" If someone else had said that, Yamauchi would have already cursed. However, Satoru Iwata was different. Yamauchi had already received a reminder from his doctor that his health was very bad. Satoru Iwata was Yamauchi's chosen successor. It was just that in the entire company, no one other than Yamauchi himself knew of Yamauchi's thoughts.
"Because this can indeed promote our game. If this is really an international competition, then it's a good thing for Nintendo. At the very least, there won't be any disadvantages. After all, we don't need to spend any money. The Daqian will pay for it!" Satoru Iwata said.
"Short-sighted!" Yamauchi suddenly became angry. He glared at Satoru Iwata and said, "Is that all you can see?"
"President, please guide me!" Satoru Iwata was shocked and quickly said.
"Do you know how much money the Daqian has been earning from these games recently?" Yamauchi sighed and said.
"I heard about it. In total, it seems to have reached 10 million USD!" Satoru Iwata nodded and said.
"That's right. This is the profit we need to make by selling 500,000 copies of the game. In the end, the other party has already earned it in two games. This money is a little too easy to earn!" Yamauchi's voice was filled with jealousy.
"It seems that Nintendo can sell about three million copies of the game in a month, and that's before the game hits the market!" Satoru Iwata muttered.
"This money can't just be earned by the Daqian. We can also earn this money!" Yamauchi waved his hand and said, "I've already thought about it. We can bring out Super Mario Bros., Tetris, Mario Kart, and other games. We can also organize our own game competitions. We can earn this money ourselves. Why should we give it to the Daqian for no reason?"
"Yes! The president is wise! " Hearing Yamauchi's words, what else could Satoru Iwata say? However, Satoru Iwata was depressed. Nintendo had no experience in organizing competitions, let alone gaming competitions. They also did not have the technology to broadcast games on TV. All these required research and development. It seemed that he would have to work overtime in the future.
"President, I heard that you didn't get along well with Jia Yapeng. Will this affect our cooperation with the Daqian?" Iwata Satoru couldn't help but ask.
When Daqian sent the samples of the games over, Iwata Satoru tried them out immediately. He couldn't help but exclaim at how creative Daqian's games were.
Every game that was sent over had a different idea. Some of the games could even be considered pioneers. For example, the game "Animal Forest Committee" had a gameplay that Iwata had never seen before. However, Iwata was certain that as long as this game was released, it would sell like hotcakes!
Not to mention that Pokemon 2 is such an important game. If Nintendo and Big Chiliocosm were to fall out, some of these games would be gone. Then, the N64's debut would be many times worse!
"Don't worry. Jia Yapeng does not have the guts to betray us!" Yamauchi laughed. "His games are all console games. They can only be released on our and Sony's consoles."
"Jia Yapeng and Sony are like fire and water. They will never abandon us, unless he has the ability to create his own console. Hahaha!" Yamauchi Hiroshi could not hold back his laughter when he said this.
"This old man is too arrogant!" Boss Jia returned to his car and scolded. He then asked his secretary. "What did the other gaming companies say?"
"No. The other companies rejected our proposal!" The secretary whispered.
"Are these guys short-sighted or too ambitious?!" Boss Jia snorted coldly. In addition to Nintendo, Boss Jia also sent invitations to three other game companies, inviting their well-known games to join WCG, but without exception, they were all rejected.
Obviously, these gaming companies wanted to create their own games after seeing the Daqian had made a fortune. Why would they want to join the Daqian's WCG?
"Seems like I was wrong!" Boss Jia sighed. "I want to bring the other gaming companies to join us. We can cooperate and win together. Unfortunately, since they don't like me, we will play by ourselves!"
Therefore, Boss Jia gave up the idea of cooperating with other gaming companies to create an international gaming competition. Instead, he decided to use the Daqian's own games and IP to create the competition. But the name would still be WCG.
Anyway, WCG meant the World Gaming Competition. It did not mean all the gaming competitions in the world. As long as it was a competition that players all over the world could participate, it would be enough.
The day after Boss Jia left, Nintendo announced that they would be holding a Nintendo Global Championship starting next year. It would include Super Mario Bros 2, Tetris, Mario Kart, Fire Emblem, and Legend of Satar. The competition would be held in 10 major cities around the world.
What's more, Nintendo started to attract sponsorship on the spot after the announcement. The sponsorship fee for each substation started at 4 million USD, which was the same as the Daqian's sponsorship fee.
Shortly after, EA announced plans to hold an eSports competition, and Sony followed suit. But because Sony does not have any games, they gathered some of their third party games together and held a competition. The revenue from the competition will be shared with the third party companies.
All of a sudden, the e-sports market became extremely popular in 1995. In cities like New York and Tokyo, there were three large-scale e-sports competitions in a month. It was as if the golden age of e-sports had arrived.
On the contrary, the Daqian, as the leader of this trend, became silent. After the red alert was announced, no new competitions were announced. It was as if none of this had anything to do with the Daqian.
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"Old Jia, when are you going to organize a competition for the Legend of the Sword and Fairy? I'm already level 100!" In Boss Jia's house, Chen Liren, who was visiting Jia Yapeng, asked while watching Jia Yapeng, who was fighting with his bodyguards.
At this moment, the Legend of the Sword and Fairy was already on the market all over the world. Even though Da Qian helped him sell more than one million copies worldwide, 700,000 of them were sold in Huaxia.
Wait, 700,000 sales in Hua Xia in 1995? This was too awesome.
"How can you organize a competition for the Legend of the Sword and Fairy?" Boss Jia rolled his eyes and asked.
"It's simple. You just have to find a way to create a PVP system so that players can fight against each other. It's a turn-based battle!" Chen Liren laughed.
Isn't this Fantasy Journey to the West?
"Okay, I'll create a game that satisfies your needs in the future!" Boss Jia said casually.
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