Chapter 192 In the Name of Final Fantasy Sixth Update

If Pajitnov wants to develop his own game, he must first meet Zuo Zhen's requirements.

First, we will develop sequels to several games for Zuo Zhen.

At the same time, there is also a Three Kingdoms strategy game.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms has now appeared, and it is obviously impossible for Zuo Zhen to use this name directly.

However, the current Three Kingdoms is only a very superficial gameplay without any improvement. If you want to wait for this work to be better improved, you have to wait for the second sequel in 1992, which gives Zuo Zhen enough time.

As for the name, we can leave it later and arrange the game first.

Pajitnov is not familiar with Chinese yet, so Zuo Zhen did not directly let him have work exchanges with his employees.

Zuo Zhen first asked him to complete some game program matters alone.

Of course, Zuo Zhen will also give Pajitnov one-third of his working time every day to play the games he likes.

Tetris was created in his free time when he was most creative, so you still have to give him some time and don't rush.

In fact, if he really can't find any good direction, Zuo Zhen still has many ideas about puzzle games that he can come up with.

But let him figure it out for himself for now.

In the next period of time, what Zuozhen will have to do is develop several sequel games.

These sequels have already laid the foundation for their predecessors, and the sales of subsequent works should be considerable.

But the only problem now is that the development of Sega's new game console MD has not been completed yet.

It is expected that it will not be released until April next year.

If possible, Zuo Zhen hopes that the game console will be released sooner.

But Komura told himself that they had been working hard on development, and the time really couldn't be compressed.

However, Zuo Zhen felt that the pressure from Sega was not strong enough.

If there is pressure to survive, Sega will definitely be able to develop the game console even if it works hard.

…

Japan, Kyoto, NGS headquarters.

The recent situation of NGS is not very good.

The market share of NGS is still very high, and it still maintains its absolute dominance.

However, they are not happy now.

Because Sega has been too active lately.

"You see, this is their latest publicity strategy. They use TV shows, comic magazine columns, game magazine columns, etc. to promote the Heavy Mechs. This is really cost-effective."

A stack of Sega's promotional documents was spread out on the desk in the conference room, and all the NGS managers looked at the advertisements in silence.

But there are also some who are more laid-back, and that is the person in charge of the hotel and restaurant operations department.

He has nothing to do with video games in the first place, and the pressure in the game department has nothing to do with him.

All he had to do was try his best to please the president and get him, an old man who always liked to run hotels and restaurants, to invest in him.

Mr. Yamauchi, who was in the first place, was in a bad mood. After accidentally seeing the leisurely look of the person in charge of the hotel business, he became even more angry.

Although you are not in the game department, you are still obliged to participate in the company's decision-making and work together with the company's operations. You should also give some suggestions, right?

But the other party didn't feel anything.

"Has your game department ever played with this heavy-duty mech?"

Yamauchi asked.

Akira Nakamura nodded: "We have been playing the game since its launch. To be honest, there are quite a few innovations in this game that surprised us. This Chinese developer is really amazing."

Here, Akira Nakamura's emotions are the most complicated.

Zuo Zhen used to be his partner, but he was driven away by a stupid pig teammate in his company. That guy really deserves to die now.

Now I can scold that bastard without any scruples. Anyway, there is no possibility of Miyazaki turning around. He has been assigned to a warehouse manager's retirement life.

"Then can your game department make a similar work?"

Nakamura Akira was stunned for a moment, and then asked tentatively: "President, what do you mean..."

"Plagiarism, or imitation, no matter what adjective is used, this kind of thing is very common anyway."

Yamauchi said casually.

Nakamura Akira felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this sentence.

As a game developer, he is actually somewhat resistant to this kind of mindless imitation and plagiarism.

However, NGS in the early years did start by plagiarism.

NGS imitated the American billiards game and captured the first pot of gold in video games. Later, NGS recruited a group of creative game developers. From now on, NGS no longer has to worry about creativity.

But now...the president suddenly brought up the matter of plagiarism again.

His mood suddenly became a little bad.

"It can be done, but the game is not just a matter of plagiarism. It has to be copied in a way that is not exactly the same and at the same time, you can learn the advantages of the game. But now..."

"Now what?"

"So far we have found that this game has too many features, so many features that we have not yet studied what really attracts players."

"Your game development department can't figure out what's attractive about a game?"

After all, this is not the pool game it once was.

In the past, billiards games only required making a scene, and then making a colliding board and ball.

That's what this game is all about.

But it's a heavy-duty mech.

There is so much content in that game that it’s almost mind-numbing.

Speaking of which, he himself has been playing for more than half a month.

Yamauchi was a little dissatisfied with Nakamura Akira's reply, but he didn't make it too difficult. Instead, he said: "Then do you have any good ways to deal with the impact of this game?"

Someone said: "President, we can bring out our previous role-playing games and promote them again. When it comes to the quality of the games, we are not bad at all."

"But it doesn't work. Enough people have already bought the old games, and no more promotion will increase sales."

"This... is also true."

"Well... if, President, you want to find a game of the same type that can compete with heavy mechs, I might be able to recommend a game that just happened to be released recently."

A shy man at the back raised his hand and said cautiously.

He always has a vague smile, but he also looks a bit socially intimidated, and his approachability is also very good.

Yamauchi saw the other party and smiled kindly: "Oh? Then Miyamoto, tell me the name of this game."

Miyamoto is the child of his friend, and this child has made a lot of contributions since coming to the company. Yamauchi has always valued Miyamoto.

"I have played that game, and the quality is very good, but the plot is more adult-oriented, and the name is Final Fantasy."