Chapter 347
"President, your really promised them to let them print 1 million cassettes for the first time?" Miyamoto Shigeru said in disbelief after Tajiri Tomoya and Jia Yapeng left.
Miyamoto Shigeru had first printed 1 million cassettes, and such a fierce printing volume had been seen before.
But the problem is that these are the number of burnts that only those well-known game IPs can have. You must know that when Super Mario Bros. first burned, they only burned 100,000 copies.
Of course, in less than a week, all of these 100,000 copies were sold out, so they had to step up their burning of 2 million copies.
After that, Super Mario Bros., each sequel was released, and the first sequel was burned to about 5 million.
But that is Super Mario Bros., the most terrifying game ever, and what is Pokemon capable of, it can be compared with Super Mario Bros.
"I don't know when Tajirikun became so arrogant!" Miyamoto said in a sigh. He felt that Tajirik and the Tajirik who he knew seemed to be no longer the same person.
"No, they are not arrogant. I believe that in less than a year, Pokemon can be sold for 1 million Fuso total sales! They have a very thorough view of their own games." Yamauchi shook his head. "This is a very excellent game, and it is also a game type that has never appeared before. It is really a game full of genius creativity. It is really a huge loss that cannot be included in our Nintendo's hands!"
"Actually, I could have bought this game today, but it was all the blame for that secretary, who ruined my plan!" Yamauchi Hiroshi's expression turned dark, then looked at Shigeru Miyamoto and asked, "Miyamoto, you said you and Tajirikun are friends. Do you know that secretary?"
"I don't know!" Miyamoto Shigeru shook his head. "I have never seen this person before. In fact, I had already visited Tajiri Kwan three months ago and communicated with him about the game production process, but I did not see this secretary in the company."
"It seems that he is a new company. This person is a big obstacle for us!" Yamauchi Hiroshi shook his head and said, "Miyamoto, if we buy Tajiri's company directly, will Tajiri Tomoto be willing to sell it?"
"I think it takes time!" Miyamoto said, "I know Tajiri very well. He actually doesn't care much about money. He only cares about his games."
"I heard before that Pokemon had encountered difficulties in developing it, and I wanted to suggest that the company invest in Tajirikan's company in exchange for equity."
"But Tajiri seems to have received financial support from other capitals. I think that secretary is likely sent by the investor to supervise Tajiri. I asked Tajiri what the company's equity composition is now and how many shares he has, but Tajiri always avoids talking. There should be an agreement that has bound him and prevented him from answering this question!"
"From this point of view, even if this foreign capital does not control the company, it will at least occupy a considerable proportion of its equity, which can limit Tajiri's behavior!"
"If we cannot defeat the capital behind this stock and want to acquire Tajirikun's company and then obtain the copyright of Pokemon, it will become a very difficult thing!" Miyamoto Shigeru said.
"This is exactly what I worry about!" Yamauchi nodded and said, "So I agreed to their request. They want to print 1 million copies for the first time, so give them 1 million points. Anyway, we can make a net profit of 1 billion in burning fees, so why not do it?"
"But one month after the release, we will settle the first time with them, and the 1 billion yuan fee will be deducted from their sales share. If their sales are not enough for 1 billion, then they must pay the fee!" Having said this, Yamauchi Hiroshi smiled, "No capital will like a company that does not make money but loses money. And this is our opportunity. As long as we communicate with them at this time and ask them to buy their company, I think they will not refuse!"
"Hey!" Miyamoto's mouth replied immediately, but his heart was filled with a chill.
Such an opportunity is obviously based on the early release of Pokemon and the results are extremely bleak, otherwise the other party's capital would not give up on the Pokemon game.
As a game platform, it would be too easy for Nintendo to suppress the sales of a game.
Just don’t give any publicity and put the game cassette in the most inconspicuous position in the store. No matter how excellent a game is, it will turn into tears of the times.
By then, it would be very normal that the sales volume would not even be 1,000, and Nintendo would have a lot of such games.
At that time, Pokemon will print one million in the first time, but the sales volume will be less than 1,000. The capital behind it will definitely throw away Pokemon and Rockets like throwing away garbage, and this is the opportunity that Hiroshi Yamauchi wants.
I am sorry that this friend Tajiri Tomoya may become a victim of the competition between the two sides, that would be too sad!
Although Shigeru Miyamoto felt sorry for his friend, Shigeru Miyamoto's loyalty to Nintendo was beyond doubt, so he would only loyally implement Hiroshi Yamauchi's orders.
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"Famitong" is one of the most famous game magazines in Fusang. It has the most comprehensive game information in Fusang. Fusang's game die-hard fans will choose to order a "Famitong" as their reference for the game.
There is a program in "Famitong" that attracts readers' attention, that is, "Famitong" will announce the list of Nintendo's games to be released next month in the third episode of each month.
Because Nintendo is invincible in the home console market and handheld console market at this time, and is unparalleled in the world, and even a competitor cannot be found. Therefore, the latest Nintendo game released by "Famitong" basically represents most of the console games in the world next month, which is an information that cannot be missed for enthusiasts.
However, in fact, those famous masterpieces don’t need to wait until this time to release the news. They have already started to warm up a few months ago. But once they are on the trailer of "Famitong" for next month, the release will become a foregone conclusion. Readers will habitually choose the game they want to buy next month based on the information on "Famitong".
Even for many extreme Nintendo game enthusiasts, buying two or three game cartridges a month is already a very luxurious thing. After all, the average price of a game cartridge is around 5,000 yen, which is equivalent to an ordinary person’s salary of 1/10 a month.
Therefore, you must be very cautious when buying games. You must choose those interesting and fun games, otherwise you will be wasting your precious money.
In this weekly issue, "famitong" often uses dozens of pages to introduce these newly launched games.
Although there are no explicit regulations, familiar readers know that "famitong" has different expectations for these games.
The most anticipated game can have four color pages and thousands of words of game information to introduce all the news about this game in all aspects, thus arousing the curiosity of readers.
This time, the number one is naturally the news of "Final Fantasy 5" GB version, with a full four color pages.
However, because the Fc version of "Final Fantasy 5" has been released for a long time, everyone knows the specific gameplay and content, and there is no new information to write in "Famitong". I can only guess whether this GB version will have any exciting changes compared to the Fc version, whether it will add an additional story ending, or add some new monsters or characters, weapons and props.
Anyway, I wrote 4 color pages with various guesses, and it doesn’t matter if I say it wrong, the other one is just a guess.
Below the highest expectation value of the four-page color page, it is a popular game with two-page color page introduction.
Then there are the selected games with a page of coloring pages.
Then there is the expectation game that shares a page of color pages with 1 to 2 works.
As for all the remaining unmentioned games, they will be concentrated on the last page. There will be no specific content or comments on it, only a simple game name and development company.
This page is habitually called the garbage dump by readers of "Famitong", which means that only garbage will appear in the introduction on this page.
Chapter completed!