Under Yamauchi Hiroshi's firm resolution, the third party's attempt to force Nintendo to abdicate came to an end.
After that, Satoru Iwata looked for Yamauchi Hiroshi worriedly. He told him that Yamauchi Hiroshi should not be so firm and that he should be gentler.
"Gentler!" Yamauchi Hiroshi sneered. "These guys are like the geishas in Edo. If you treat them gently, you will get nothing but money. But if you are a little violent, they will strip naked and let you do whatever you want. They are just a bunch of b * tches! "
Satoru Iwata could only pretend that he did not hear his boss's vulgar analogy. He then said worriedly, "What if these third party manufacturers switch to PS? I'm afraid that we will really …"
"Don't worry, these guys will not switch to PS!" Yamauchi Hiroshi laughed wildly and said confidently, "PS sold a total of eight million units in a year and a half. In just one month, we had placed an order for 5 million units. Nintendo is still the king of the console industry! "
"This is obvious from the number of orders. Even a fool can see that. Otherwise, those guys would not have come to me to force me to abdicate. They just want both the CD and the platform, right?"
"Although I have rejected them now, they will definitely continue to stay on our platform for the sake of the future revenue and sales of the game. Five million units a month. Even I don't know why I rejected Nintendo. Hahaha!" Yamauchi Hiroshi said proudly.
"Yes, President!" Satoru Iwata knew that he would not be able to convince Yamauchi Hiroshi. He might even be scolded by Yamauchi Hiroshi. So, Satoru Iwata chose to keep his mouth shut on this matter.
"President, there is one more thing that I need you to confirm!" Satoru Iwata said.
"What is it?" Yamauchi Hiroshi asked curiously.
"It's about the orders for Pokemon Gold and Silver. Not only do we have 5 million orders for the N64 console, but the orders for Pokemon Gold and Silver have also reached 5 million copies!"
"This …" When Yamauchi heard this number, he couldn't help but be stunned. He had ordered five million units of the N64 and five million copies of Pokemon Gold and Silver. Didn't that mean that everyone who ordered the N64 would also buy a copy of Pokemon Gold and Silver?
Thinking further, was the reason why the N64 had such high sales because of Pokemon Kim Silver?
Yamauchi Hiroshi did not think too much about this. He would explode if he did.
"How many copies of Super Mario 64 did we order?" Yamauchi Hiroshi asked.
"Less than 2.5 million copies …" Satoru Iwata.
"Baka!" Yamauchi Hiroshi Hiroshi.
"President, I think we need to win over Jia Yapeng. He and his game are very important to us now!" Iwata Satoru continued.
"How do you plan to win him over?" Yamauchi asked.
"Daqian Games' WCG, the Global E-Sports Competition, is about to start after the E3. We rejected them last time, so I think this time we can …"
"That's not necessary. Aren't we also preparing for our own match?" Yamauchi Pu denied without thinking.
"But our own competition …" Speaking of Nintendo's own competition, Satoshi Iwata was filled with bitterness.
In January 1996, Nintendo had already held a Nintendo eSports Competition using Nintendo's own games. Just like Da Qian, they simply stated that this competition would be a global championship.
However, after only two games in Fusang, Nintendo completely gave up.
First of all, the organization of the competition was not good enough. Nintendo did not hire a professional company to organize the competition. Instead, they decided to organize the competition themselves.
First, there was the problem of the venue. Nintendo decided to build a stadium for the competition, just like the Daqian Games. However, the stadium in Fusang was more troublesome. They needed to communicate with the local government three months in advance. They also needed to obtain the approval and signatures of the residents nearby.
However, Nintendo only arranged for the stadium two weeks before the competition. This directly caused a mess. They could not find a stadium at all. After the competition started, they could not find a stadium.
In the end, Satoru Iwata had to use his connections to borrow a professional baseball team's home stadium for the competition. However, they only borrowed it for two days.
In other words, it was only two days from the venue to the entire competition.
This was not the worst part. The staff did not pay attention to the weather. They did not even look at the weather forecast. There was no plan for the weather. On the day of the competition, it began to rain heavily. In the end, the competition could only be held in the rain.
It was fine if it was held in the rain. People could wear a raincoat and barely resist the rain, but it was not the same for outdoor equipment. After a series of chaos, the competition officially began. In the end, the equipment crashed because of water. The entire competition could not be carried out, not to mention a live broadcast.
Therefore, Nintendo had no choice but to announce the postponement of the competition. Then, the players who participated in the competition in the rain were asked to leave … Yes, Nintendo did not care about these players. They came in the rain, and they were asked to leave in the rain. They did not even give any consolation.
In the end, seven or eight players even caught a cold because of the rain. Nintendo also did not care about them. They did not even go to the hospital.
This instantly made all the players erupt with great anger. When the Nintendo game was held again after two weeks, only 10% of the players who had registered to participate in the game had arrived. The other 90% did not even come. The originally huge arena was frighteningly empty.
At the same time, Nintendo also gained a lot of notoriety because of this competition. Everyone criticized Nintendo, and the news media also criticized Nintendo. Several companies that originally wanted to sponsor Nintendo withdrew their sponsorship at the last minute. They also asked Nintendo for compensation. Because of Nintendo's bad behavior, their brand reputation was damaged. These were all written in the contract, and they could ask for compensation.
Anyway, because of Nintendo's poor performance in these two competitions, they basically gave up the idea of holding an eSports competition. From January until now, they did not mention holding an eSports competition again.
Therefore, Satoru Iwata proposed to win over our Boss Jia with WCG. After all, Nintendo no longer wanted to hold an eSports competition. So, it was a good choice to let the Daqian hold the competition. Not only could they win over the Daqian, but Nintendo could also use the competition to attract the interest of young people and players.
Unfortunately, in Satoru Iwata's opinion, this suggestion was still rejected by Yamauchi Yamauchi.
"We don't need to win over anyone!" Yamauchi Yamauchi said proudly, "The Daqian, Jia Yapeng, and his Pokemon can only walk with Nintendo in this life. Don't forget, he signed a contract with us. If he dares to break the contract and put Pokemon on the PlayStation, he will have to pay a compensation of one billion USD!"
He did not have the guts!
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