Chapter 486 390 The World Is Divided Into Three Parts! ! !

June 25, 1997.

Kyoto.

Rentendo Headquarters.

President's Office.

"What?! Pokeni actually acquired Sega?!"

Hiroshi Yamauchi, the current president of Rentendo, was stunned when he heard the news.

"Well, all major media have reported it."

Shigeru Miyamoto handed the morning newspaper to Yamauchi.

It clearly said [Big earthquake in the game industry: Pokeni acquires Sega for $2 billion]

There were also a lot of introductions and analyses at the back, first telling how the two companies have a glorious history, then talking about what changes will happen after their merger, and what kind of industry earthquakes may be caused.

Yamauchi read it carefully, his eyes gradually shining.

To Shigeru Miyamoto's surprise, the old man did not get angry as usual, but behaved unusually calmly.

As calm as if he was asleep.

Shigeru Miyamoto was surprised and couldn't help but look up and look out the window.

The sun didn't rise from the west today.

Everything is fine, but President Yamauchi is too calm, isn't he?

This is not like Yamauchi's style at all.

In Miyamoto Shigeru's imagination, President Yamauchi would be furious when he saw his two mortal enemies finally merged together.

Both Sega and Pokeni are thorns in the eyes of Rentoman.

They are against Rentoman in the console market and the game market, and have been seizing our market. The key is that they can't be defeated, which makes people very angry.

Moreover, after their merger, Pokeni's valuation has exceeded Rentoman. Now in the mouth of the media, they have become the second largest game company in Japan.

The first place is naturally Sony, which has sold 100 million game consoles.

In this situation, President Yamauchi is not angry at all?

It's really strange.

When Miyamoto Shigeru saw the news, he was shocked first, and then he was furious.

But President Yamauchi is the one who should be angry, but he didn't show any expression.

Even...

Miyamoto Shigeru saw a smile slowly appear on Yamauchi Hiroshi's face.

He couldn't help but feel nervous.

It's over, the president is in big trouble.

"It's okay." Yamauchi Hiroshi waved his hand and laughed, "Actually, this news is not a bad thing for us."

"Huh?" Miyamoto looked at him in confusion.

"Think about it, is it more pressure on us when Pokeni and Sega join forces, or is it more pressure on us when Pokeni and Sony join forces?"

Yamauchi Hiroshi asked in a persuasive manner.

Ah...

Miyamoto's eyes lit up, and he quickly figured out the key to the problem, "It must be that Sony and Pokeni join forces to put more pressure on us. Sega has now half-withdrawn from the console market. If Pokeni hadn't pulled this out, it should have been defeated long ago."

"Yeah," Yamauchi Hiroshi smiled. I don't know why, when he saw such explosive news, his previous headaches were much better. He has been worrying about who to hand over the company to during this period of time.

Now it seems that it can be played for another two years.

"After Pokeni acquires Sega, it is definitely impossible for them to be a third party only. They will definitely continue to develop new consoles and seek breakthroughs in the console market.

By that time, Pokeni and Sony will be in conflict.

On the Sony side, without the help of Pokeni, there will be a powerful competitor, and it is impossible for them to dominate the market alone."

Miyamoto Shigeru thought seriously, "If I really want to say something, the current situation has become the three-way division of the world during the Three Kingdoms period!"

It's a pity that Rentendo should have been Cao Cao.

Now he has been suppressed as Sun Quan.

"Well, that's true." Miyamoto Shigeru nodded in agreement.

If Pokeni does not acquire Sega, then Sega will fail miserably and withdraw from the game console market sooner or later. At that time, Sega can only exist as a third party.

Once Sega withdraws, the entire game console battle will be a battle between Rentendo and Sony.

With Sony's size, plus Pokeni and a number of game manufacturers...

Miyamoto Shigeru feels a headache just thinking about it.

Such a Sony is not something that Rentian can fight against. If it continues to develop in that assumed direction, Rentian might fail miserably and eventually lose the console market, becoming a complete third party.

In other words, Pokeni saved Rentian invisibly.

Otherwise, both Sega and Rentian would eventually become third parties of Sony.

And the growth of Sony will naturally lead to monopoly...

By that time...

Shigeru Miyamoto no longer dared to think about it.

After Pokeni turned to Sony, both Rentian and Sega had no chance to play. Now Pokeni has jumped out alone and started to play as a chess player, which has become more delicate.

This situation is so interesting.

Overall, it is good news for Rentian.

"So... President Iwata has already taken office at Pokeni," Shigeru Miyamoto asked in confusion, "Is it possible that he made this move and this strategic formulation?"

"Hmm..."

Hiroshi Yamauchi took a deep breath, his eyes motionless, thinking intently.

"It is very likely that Pokeni's newly established strategic planning department let Iwata serve as the director, isn't it for him to formulate strategies?"

Hiroshi Yamauchi analyzed, "After Iwata went there, Pokeni has undergone such a big change. Before that, we haven't heard about their acquisition of Sega, right?

There is no idea at all?"

"Yeah."

"Thinking about it, it is really possible that it was Iwata's idea."

Yamauchi fell into a moment of contemplation.

Should I say that Iwata really helped Pokeni, or was he also helping Rentian?

From the perspective of mergers and acquisitions, Pokeni's acquisition of Sega has definitely made it stronger. Both its software and hardware strengths have been greatly enhanced. Hiroshi Yamauchi even vaguely feels that Pokeni is now the world's top in terms of technology accumulation, and is not even inferior to Sony.

From the results, Pokeni and Sony stood on the opposite side, which actually reduced the pressure on Rentian and saved Rentian from the risk of being completely defeated by Sony in the future.

We have to thank Iwata for this.

Yamauchi naturally couldn't think that he should thank Qing Zhiyuan, but he had a good impression of Iwata.

Maybe Iwata is really more useful to Pokeni than to me.

Now that I think about it, it doesn't seem so regretful.

When Iwata said goodbye, Yamauchi Hiroshi couldn't sleep well all night, and sometimes he would wake up from his sleep with heartache.

After seeing the news of Pokeni's acquisition of Sega today, I suddenly felt cheerful.

It's really strange, even Yamauchi himself felt a little incredible.

The two chatted for a while, and they both felt that this change may have a far-reaching impact on the entire game industry, and it is really hard to say who will win and who will lose between Sony and Pokeni in the future.

At present, Sony seems to have the first-mover advantage, after all, the PS market is there.

However, this situation is just like PS can crush SFC. If Pokeni can make a technological gap, there is hope.

Among the three countries, Sony is the strongest, followed by Pokeni, and then Rentendo.

Shigeru Miyamoto then said:

"If it is the Three Kingdoms, should we unite with Pokeni?"

"What are you thinking?! I will never bow to that bastard Qing Zhiyuan even if I die!" Yamauchi Hiroshi said fiercely, "Let's develop according to our established plan and do our best first.

Starting tomorrow.

We, Sony and Pokeni,

we are all competitors."

...

"What?!"

When seeing the report, Sony's Kutaragi Ken couldn't believe his eyes at all.

Pokeni acquired Sega.

Can you believe this?

Not long ago, he was still having dinner and chatting with Sega's Sato Hideki department, and he also vowed to talk about the future cooperation between Sega and Sony.

I hope he can lead Sega to become a third party of Sony and withdraw from the game console competition market.

Why was he slapped in the face?

The key is that this slap was inexplicable. Kutaragi Ken never dreamed that he would be slapped, and it was a slap that appeared out of thin air.

If Pokeni hadn't intervened out of thin air, according to Ken Kutaragi's idea, after Sega was gone, Sony would have been the only one in the future!

Damn it!!!

The news of the acquisition was kept secret, but the key is that these two companies are too important to Ken Kutaragi.

One is Sony's main competitor, and Sega has not completely given up in the field of game consoles.

The other is the world's largest game developer. Even Rentendo's game sales last year were not more than half of Pokeni's.

If it was Yamauchi Hiroshi of Rentendo, he would have turned against Pokeni immediately after seeing such annoying news.

Good man, didn't we cooperate well before?

We agreed to eat cake and open champagne together?

Now you actually did something like acquiring Sega behind our backs, doesn't that mean you will openly oppose Sony in the future?

If it was Yamauchi, he would definitely go all out and expel Pokeni from the Sony platform directly.

However, Ken Kutaragi had more to think about.

Before he went to find Qing Zhiyuan, he had to consider who Sony and Pokeni would be in need of in the future, whether there was a possibility of continuing cooperation, and whether Sony's game console sales would be guaranteed after Pokeni left.

After Pokeni was expelled from the PS platform, would they lose more or Sony would lose more? Should this battle be fought and how to fight...

These are all issues worth studying clearly.

I'm afraid that he would have to hold a board meeting at that time to sort out the future relationship with the senior management and board members.

At the same time, he was also going to find the newly appointed Nobuyuki Idei to discuss this matter with him.

When he thought about what was going to happen in the future, Ken Kutaragi was now unable to sleep and eat, and he regretted it to death in his heart.

He even wanted to kill Qing Zhiyuan.

...

However, before dealing with the relationship with Pokeni, Ken Kutaragi called Sato Hideki of Sega.

"Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing before? Hideki-san, you've killed me." Kutaragi Ken felt bitter.

If he had known the news earlier, he might have applied directly to Sony's new president Nobuyuki Idei to acquire Sega, and Pokeni wouldn't have had his turn.

If only Sony could take action earlier and acquire Sega before pokeni, the situation would be greatly reversed.

If you think about it, after Sony acquired Sega, only Rentian was left as a competitor in the console market. Sega became Sony's game developer, which eliminated a hidden danger and gained an additional boost.

At the same time, pokeni will not have any other ideas. He can only be an obedient partner of Sony.

Then Sony's dream of dominance will continue, and Rentian will be squeezed out sooner or later.

With Rentiantian's development capabilities in consoles, there is no way they can compete with Sony.

What made Qing Zhiyuan make such a thunderous decision in such a short period of time?

Kutaragi Ken thought about it for a while and found the key to the problem——

Damn it, it must be Satoru Iwata.

He finally figured out why Qing Zhiyuan established a new strategic planning department and hired the president of HAL Research Institute to serve as its director.

It's very strange no matter how you look at it.

It seems that Satoru Iwata had already approached Qing Zhiyuan before this and provided him with such advice.

Damn it! Damn it!

Without Iwata Satoru, there would not have been such a big trouble.

"Sato-san, you've really hurt me. We originally agreed to work together to succeed, but why didn't you tell me about such a big thing?" Kutaragi complained on the phone.

"You ask me? I only found out today." Sato Hideki said sadly.

He was also very aggrieved. He was a good Sega president and just flew away.

During this period of time, the thing that Hideki Sato thought about the most was how to move in to Shoichiro Koshiro and make himself the next president of Sega.

Then use the power of the president to cancel console development, so that we can be a third party with peace of mind.

This is the best thing for Sega and Sony, and even for Hideki Sato himself.

Who knew that a pokeni would appear in the middle, and suddenly he would be on top of Sega.

Now let alone the president, without Qing Zhiyuan's promise not to lay off employees, Sato Hideki would not have guaranteed that he could continue to serve at Sega.

"Didn't you hear anything about it before?" Kutaragi Ken frowned.

"Well, I really don't know any information. It seems that Qing Zhiyuan should have gone to Mr. Okawa Isao directly through President Zhongshan."

Hideki Sato said, "However, to be able to convince President Nakayama and President Okawa in such a short period of time, I can only say that Qing Zhiyuan is really amazing."

Kutaragi Ken frowned fiercely.

Do you still need to say this?

Qing Zhiyuan is naturally an extraordinary talent, ah no, it should be described as a genius.

I know much more about Qing Zhiyuan than you do.

I was the first person to go through life and death together with President Qing.

However, looking back, he still didn't know enough about Qing Zhiyuan.

This guy never plays his cards according to common sense.

I didn't expect that something like this would happen in the end, it was too careless.

Kutaragi Ken couldn't help but blame himself. Why did I only think about persuading Sato to give up the console and become a third party at the beginning, instead of directly thinking about acquiring Sega? !

Now Kutaragi Ken really regrets it.

I wish I could stab myself twice.

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