Chapter 204 A Little Bit of Revenge Second Update
Sega's publicity campaign was quite fierce and sudden, and it seemed that Sega's reputation was instantly reversed in just a few days.
Most people are still visual animals after all, and with enough visual sensory stimulation, they will definitely be interested in excellent pictures.
"It's just that the picture looks good. Why are these players so excited? It's really hard to understand."
"Sometimes I feel that as long as the picture is good enough, everything can be decided."
"Really? Do you think so? But I think it's useless just to have a good picture. Everything depends on the quality of the game."
Within the NGS headquarters, some members of the management team were quarreling over this incident.
One party believes that the fun of playing the game far exceeds the fun of the picture quality.
So what if the picture quality is better?
The other side believes that image quality can obviously determine many things.
First of all, good picture quality can attract some people's attention.
What good is the game no matter how fun it is if it doesn’t appeal to you at first glance?
Those who support gameplay believe that NGS no longer needs to rely on image quality to attract attention. They believe that NGS is inherently famous.
For this reason, NGS argued in several meetings, but in the end there was no result.
But what both parties must admit is that Sega did stand out this time.
Originally, they all thought that the European market was already within reach, and other markets were not a problem.
But in the blink of an eye, Sega moved out its own Sega MD and produced a lot of games with such good image quality. This was obviously well prepared.
Akira Nakamura is someone who doesn't occupy either side.
It's true that the game is fun, but he feels that if the game is fun and the picture quality is good, wouldn't it be more perfect?
Why do you have to choose between two?
If possible, he also hopes that he can have a platform like Sega MD.
Anyway, whether you want to make a high-definition game or not, build the platform first, and then others can do whatever they want.
"Okay, the discussion is over."
In the end, President Yamauchi stopped everyone's argument.
The debate has gone on for several meetings and it is time to end.
The final decision is made by vote.
Faced with Sega's publicity, none of them knew what the next result would be.
And they now have to decide the direction of NGS in the next period of time.
"President, I think our handheld console business is about to start, and we will open up a whole new market. As for home consoles, we now have a deep foundation. It is impossible for the few first-release games to attract too many People, and if the quality of that kind of game is very high, the development cycle must be very long, and players don’t have much patience.”
The board member did not hesitate to vote for the status quo.
Continue to use NGS to increase your impact.
Our NGS has a huge number of games, and Sega MD is just in its infancy, so there is definitely no comparison.
"I also vote to maintain the status quo."
"I also……"
One after another, all the high-level and quasi-high-level people present voted.
Akira Nakamura cast his vote in developing a new console.
He still thinks the same as before, at least there must be a powerful enough platform and at least a development venue for developers. As for whether to develop high-definition games or other games, it is up to them to make their own decisions.
However, the final result of the vote was that the side that maintained the status quo won with an absolute advantage.
"Okay, since everyone thinks this should be done, then we will continue to increase the promotion of the current NGS game console, and we can lower the price if necessary. The Sega MD sells for 20,000 yen, and our NGS will go from the original price of 15,000 yen. Adjusted from 1,000 yen to 10,000 yen.”
"The president is wise!"
Yamauchi glanced at one of the board members and said: "Also, our handheld business must continue to promote. This is a new market for us in the future, and it is a new market that we must win."
The board member nodded: "No problem. The developers of our US branch have reached the end of development. It will be officially launched as early as next year. The only thing we are missing now is a good game."
When everyone heard this, they all looked at Akira Nakamura.
Akira Nakamura also expressed his position at this time: "Don't worry, my people have already entered the development state, and I can guarantee that there will be at least three launch games."
"Then this is good news."
Yamauchi showed a smile.
At this time, a board member said in a joking tone: "But when it comes to the launch of games, I remember that Sega's MD game console seemed to launch six games, but now only five have been announced. Do you think they have So much time to develop and launch six games at once?”
"It's definitely impossible. Sega's development capabilities are far behind ours."
"No, those launch games were not developed by Sega." Akira Nakamura shook his head.
"Huh? Who is that?"
"Real game."
Akira Nakamura said the answer quietly.
The moment he said it, everyone present immediately fell silent.
All of them knew the company Real Games.
They know each other so well.
This company originally released games on NGS.
But later, the other party was driven away because of a wrong decision made by a senior executive on his side.
Now, this company has gone to the other side to release games, and has released six first games in one go.
"Are all games developed by this company? Do they really have that much time to develop six games at once?"
One board member raised his own doubts.
They all know that it takes at least three to six months for a fun game to go from project establishment to various settings and then to formal development.
A year is normal for longer game development.
Real game...
Unless they had already started researching the development of a new game console with Sega a year ago.
But it doesn't look like it.
At the beginning of last year, the real game was still on the NGS side.
"Haha, I think Sega is bluffing. Do they really have six launch games? I think it would be great if they could have a playable game when it is released next month."
"Yeah, I think so too."
At least according to common sense, there is nothing wrong with this.
but……
There is an irrational person here.
Akira Nakamura feels this the most clearly.
These senior executives once again let out random bursts of ridicule. They obviously believed that it was very unrealistic to develop six fun and high-quality launch games in one go.
Akira Nakamura opened his mouth, but finally closed it again and did not speak out.
He is still only a quasi-high-ranking person, not a real high-ranking person. He is somewhat outspoken. Moreover, he actually already has a little bit of revengeful mentality.
He wanted to see these people dumbfounded with his own eyes.