Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

Chapter 638 542. Zhuge never takes risks in his life

August 24, 2001.

Kyoto.

Rentian Headquarters.

Shigeru Miyamoto was sitting in the conference room, listening to the report from the marketing department, his eyes glazed over.

The content of the report made by the marketing department is actually similar to what Kazuma Takahashi told Pokeni a few days ago. It is also an analysis of Pokeni's performance in the first half of the year, focusing on the dismantling of the reasons behind "Border Online" and "Yu-Gi-Oh!" profit mechanism.

It's just that the data is definitely not as comprehensive as within P agency.

Part of the data comes from Rentiantian's own analysis department, while most of the other data is market research and statistics entrusted to third parties.

Although it is not that precise, we can still get a rough idea. The most important thing is that the upward trend of online games is very obvious. This is an objective fact.

"Online games have their own natural advantages. They can almost get rid of players' dependence on consoles and entities, and they can enjoy the fun of interaction without having to meet other people.

Under such circumstances, many potential users have also been discovered.

In other words, pokeni has opened up a new market this time, but it may not necessarily erode the existing market.

…”

"All in all, players' willingness and ability to pay are much higher than we imagined. And there are great development prospects."

After the colleagues in the marketing department finished their analysis, they looked back at Miyamoto Shigeru.

Miyamoto Shigeru's eyes stopped for a moment, and then moved.

"Okay, I understand, then... Let's break up the meeting first, Gao Cun, you stay."

Takamura is the name of the speaker just now.

So everyone looked a little worried, and each took their own notebooks and stood up to leave. After the entire conference room was emptied, only Shigeru Miyamoto and Yosei Komura were left.

"So, in fact, there is a good opportunity for us in the first half of this year, right?" Miyamoto asked bluntly.

Komura Yosei hesitated for a moment, looked at Miyamoto Shigeru's eager eyes, and finally chose to tell the truth and nodded with difficulty.

“Yes, actually from December last year until May this year, P had a short vacuum period in the entire game market.

During this period of time, there are actually no games filled into pokeni, and the influence will naturally decline.

Not to mention that "Border Online" and "Yu-Gi-Oh", which were later released, continued to rise and regained control. "

Hearing these words, Miyamoto Shigeru couldn't help but close his eyes.

I just felt a sense of despair in my heart.

Heartache.

It hurt like hell.

I once had such an opportunity in front of me, but I didn't cherish it. I regretted it until I lost it.

However, this opportunity is not visible to anyone except pokeni.

Unless you have enough courage to fight in.

"If we had struck hard at that time and launched NGC, and coupled with a bunch of new games, would we have been able to seize the pokeni market? Just like they launched DC during the vacuum period from Sony PS to PS2?"

"Well...this is it."

Gao Cun hesitated and pushed the glasses on his face with his hand, "It's actually hard to say."

He explained, “Sony’s vacuum period is a vacuum period that is obvious and easily seen by others. The frequency of changes between two generations of game consoles cannot be that fast.

So it is destined to form a vacuum.

But the vacuum of pokeni…”

Komura paused. Although Miyamoto Shigeru's face was already very ugly, as a market researcher, it was his job to tell the truth. Only by clearly recognizing the enemy and ourselves could he make correct judgments and responses.

So he bit the bullet and said, "The vacuum in pokeni now looks more like Qing Zhiyuan's intention.

Mr. Miyamoto, if you think about it, P Club already had two cards, "Shenmue" and "Warcraft 3" last year. "Border Online" was also a product that was announced to be released a long time ago, but the specific degree of completion is unknown.

But in this case, they just held back and did not make any moves in the first half of the year, just to catch them all in one fell swoop later.

This vacuum is not called a vacuum at all. "

In fact, no need for Takamura to say it, Miyamoto Shigeru himself knew very well that the reason why pokeni has been able to expand until now is that he has cards in his hand and goods in his stomach.

Qing Zhiyuan never fights an unprepared battle.

In the words of Sima Yi in the Three Kingdoms: Zhuge never takes risks in his life.

So Sima Yi planned the empty city.

If Shigeru Miyamoto and the others jump in this time, you won’t know whether it’s an empty city tactic or a trap in a urn.

The most important reason why Qing Zhiyuan can give people the feeling of being scheming, wielding soldiers like a god, and Little Zhuge is alive is that he really does not take risks and always has cards in his hand.

And it’s a trump card that you can’t see through.

When he thought of this, Shigeru Miyamoto couldn't help but feel a little disheartened, feeling like he was being mercilessly crushed, and he just had to shout out the sentence "How can you be bright when you are born with beauty".

There was a knot in my chest, and finally a thousand words got stuck in my throat, turning into a bitter smile.

Shigeru Miyamoto smiled, shook his head, and sighed:

"The time window is too short."

Maybe there has been an opportunity before, but this opportunity is fleeting and no one can imagine it.

If you miss it, you really miss it.

But after the analysis, there is nothing to be unwilling about.

If there is any reluctance, it is just that the skills are not as good as others.

…

On the other side, Sony's Kutaragi Ken also had a similar expression.

In fact, as soon as Pokeni's trump cards were played, everyone immediately smelled something unusual.

Even ordinary small game companies have felt the earth-shaking changes and started to study its online games.

How could a big company like Sony not prepare for analysis early?

So when the relevant operation department collected the corresponding information and compiled it into a detailed report and sent it to Kutaragi Ken.

He didn't sleep all night.

After reading the report twice, he pulled the operation department to a meeting overnight, and in the end, he was shocked.

Qing Zhiyuan is a person who is unfathomable.

I didn't expect that he would be fooled by the empty city plan this time.

It can be said that Rentendo does not have enough cards in its hand and cannot play the pseudo-vacuum period, but Sony is different. They are the current game console overlord, and they also have many third parties, and their own games are not bad.

There are actually quite a lot of cards in hand, but they failed to seize this opportunity.

Not only did they give Pokeni a buffer period, but they were also hit hard.

If Miyamoto Shigeru is Zhou Yu, then Kutaragi Ken is Sima Yi through and through.

In the end, he could only close his eyes and sigh.

Zhuge Liang never took risks in his life, why did he do hunger marketing this time? !

It hurts!

It hurts!

It hurts so much!

At the same time, Kutaragi Ken realized a very terrible problem-

This time, the moat built by Sony was completely bypassed by Pokeni.

In the past, no matter how everyone fought, it was on the game console platform. Now Paradox has directly opened up the online battlefield. There is only Paradox on this battlefield, and other companies have not yet gone there.

So the situation is one-sided, and Pokeni is the only one in the field of online games.

No matter what Sony says, it has become a follower.

It only took a few months from the leader to the laggard.

This made Kutaragi Ken feel even more heartbroken.

But when they really reviewed the situation, they found that there was no solution. Who could have imagined such a thing as an online game? It was like playing a self-confident deck in Hearthstone. You didn't care what cards the opponent played. I just played my own cards. As long as I got them together, I would win. Pokeni played single-player games and was not affected by the outside world. If you couldn't predict the future strategy of Paradox, you couldn't form an effective blockade. But is it possible to know? It's impossible. Paradox proposed the concept of free in July last year, and a lot of people couldn't figure it out. How to follow the trend? How to effectively snipe? How to defend? So there is no solution. ... Boom. There was thunder outside and heavy rain. Lightning flashed across the sky, like a terrible white light tearing through the black curtain, which made people tremble with fear. In the barbecue restaurant, Hattori Hiroyuki raised his head and looked out the window, and couldn't help but worry. "Qingsang, did you bring an umbrella?"

"It's okay," Qing Zhiyuan smiled and took out two umbrellas from the bag beside him, and put one of them at the feet of Hattori Hiroyuki.

"Prepare for a rainy day. I checked the weather forecast when I went out today, so I was prepared."

"Hahaha," Hattori Hiroyuki laughed heartily, like a big drum, rumbling.

"As expected of Qingsang, you have made a perfect plan."

Qing Zhiyuan just smiled indifferently and silently accepted Hattori Hiroyuki's praise.

"But..."

Hattori Hiroyuki picked up a piece of pork belly and put it in his mouth. He chewed it twice, swallowed it and took a sip of wine.

He blushed, leaned towards Qing Zhiyuan, and said with a smile, "What Pokeni did this time was a bit scary. I was completely shocked."

"President Hattori, you are joking again. You don't look shocked. And you probably foresaw this day a long time ago, right?" Qing Zhiyuan responded with a smile.

Hattori Hiroyuki didn't hide it, just laughed heartily.

"All this is thanks to Qing Sang. If I hadn't informed you in advance, and if I hadn't been entrusted to sell the point cards, I wouldn't have been able to sit here and drink and eat meat calmly like I am now."

"You don't know, after the online game came out this time, how many game dealers were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, completely confused, and even extremely desperate, fearing that they would be replaced by the Internet in the future."

In fact, if Qing Zhiyuan hadn't given Hattori Hiroyuki a reassurance pill, telling him that the rise of online games in the future is inevitable, but game consoles and game carriers will always exist, Hattori Hiroyuki would have jumped up and down now.

Maybe he would go directly to Qing Zhiyuan's house and scold him.

Thinking about how I helped you through the difficulties back then, I always prayed to the trash can god, otherwise you would have gone bankrupt a long time ago.

Probably said something like this, Hattori Hiroyuki thought.

Although he might not really do it, he did have similar thoughts.

…

Qing Zhiyuan is quite open-minded and understands the fear of these dealers.

Anyone who faces the wheel of the great era always seems extremely small, and is always full of vigilance and worry about unknown things.

Especially if there is a real possibility of impacting their own industry, they will be even more anxious.

They are not Qing Zhiyuan, who can't see the future 20 years later.

It is precisely because they can't see it that they are afraid.

The two people exchanged and laughed with each other. After three rounds of drinking, Hattori Hiroyuki's old face became even redder.

"A new era is coming." Hattori Hiroyuki sighed.

"No, the new era has already arrived." He added, his eyes were red, and I don't know if it was because of drinking or a little excitement.

Or maybe both.

Last year, everyone was still nervously facing the game console war. In fact, up to now, the battle between Sega DC and Sony PS has not yet been decided.

However, it always gives people a feeling that the era is over.

The era of game console platform is coming to an end.

This is Hattori Hiroyuki's first feeling.

But the era of game consoles will not end, this is what Qing Zhiyuan told him.

"Let's go to both sides. If you are not sure which way to go, you can follow me." Qing Zhiyuan blinked and gave him a wink.

Hattori Hiroyuki was suddenly stunned.

This feeling is extremely wonderful.

He suddenly recalled 10 years ago today. At that time, Qing Zhiyuan was still very green and his face was very tender, the kind that would make water come out if squeezed.

At that time, Qing Zhiyuan was still with them under the leadership of Tsuda Nao. The dealer was the boss and had the right to speak.

Unexpectedly, 10 years later, the status and relationship between the two people were reversed.

Hattori Hiroyuki couldn't help but be stunned.

This sense of déjà vu is like two scenes and spaces are suddenly put together.

The power of time!

It is really amazing.

...

"Then, I will leave the new game to President Hattori. Please take care of it." Qing Zhiyuan's words pulled Hattori Hiroyuki back from the illusion.

He looked down and saw the words "Bullfighting" written on the gift box handed over by Qing Zhiyuan.

"You're welcome. I'm the one who asked Pokeni to take care of me in the future."

...

Leaving the barbecue restaurant, Hattori Hiroyuki got in the car.

Then he drove through the streets of Tokyo with ease.

He looked at the bright lights and nightlife around him and found that although the times were changing, some things seemed to have not changed.

Wait until the driver stopped the car by the roadside.

Hattori Hiroyuki opened the door and got out of the car, carrying the gift box in his hand to the trash can.

He reverently put the disc of the new game "Bullfighting" in it.

Looking at the dark trash can, he suddenly felt a little dazed.

Is this trash can like a black hole, with an unknown time and space connected to the other side?

...

However, the next second, Hattori Hiroyuki laughed and felt relieved.

If there is really another time and space on the other side, it should be inhabited by immortals, right?

In the midst of change and constancy, seeking truth and moving forward towards the goal is the destiny of mankind.

Hattori Hiroyuki smiled and put his hands together.

"God of the Trash Can bless you, the game will be a big hit!"

"God of the Trash Can bless you, if a new era comes, please bless Dongrun to continue to live!"

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