Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 120 RB's Game Companies
The next day, Tang Huan got his wish and took Zhao Yazhi on the flight from Xiangjiang to RB.

It has always been Tang Huan's habit to use time fragments to do trivial work. What he is reviewing at this time is the manuscript of C language programming technology. As a high-level language that will be widely used in the next few decades, it is naturally better than assembly language. It is easier to explain your ideas in software engineering through books.

After the plane arrived in the sky above Tokyo, Zhao Yazhi began to make preparations for the two of them before they landed, and the level of meticulousness was no less than those of the flight attendants.

"Professional quality is fine." Tang Huan joked.

"Sit down." Zhao Yazhi pinched the tender flesh on Tang Huan's waist.

Tang Huan smiled and obeyed, with a very obedient look, which made Zhao Yazhi smile.

Sun Zhengyi, who was in charge of Xiaobawang's business, and Yaskawa Hideaki, who was in charge of Fangyuan's computer business, came to the airport to greet them together. Seeing that the two were in high spirits, the report that the business operation was extremely smooth was indeed not a lie.

The elegant and delicate woman beside Tang Huan naturally caught the attention of Sun Zhengyi and Yaskawa Hideaki. The former asked in English suddenly, "Is this the heroine of the Xiaobawang game console commercial MV "Farewell My Concubine"?"

Zhao Yazhi nodded with a gentle smile. She didn't know until recently that the MV of "Farewell My Concubine" with a bit of Beijing opera art style is even more popular in RB than Xiangjiang.

Tang Huan wasn't too surprised by this, just like the Girls' Twelve Band in the previous life made her debut in RB, and then returned to the mainland to be welcomed, people's preferences are not so easy to fathom.

After introducing each other to everyone, Tang Huan got on the bus with Yaskawa Hideaki's polite voice.

"I'm sorry. The boss of Taidong Company, Mikhail Kogan, came back from the United States today. I want to stop him and talk about the acquisition again."

Tang Huan nodded, and warned, "Don't work too hard, you know, the goal you chose is a bit difficult."

"Based on the current market situation, Taidong should be the most suitable target. I must win it." Son replied with high spirits.

Tang Huan smiled and gave a thumbs up. He could understand the source of the other party's motivation. As a Korean with an unpleasant experience, the young, energetic and arrogant Son had a lot of resentment towards the mainstream society of RB. , Changing the name from Masayoshi Abemoto to Masayoshi Son is the most obvious example.

Since the New Year of the Gregorian calendar, the sales momentum of Xiaobawang game consoles has begun to grow explosively, and the distribution channels have been further expanded. Famous retail giants such as Sogo Department Store have opened up special counters for customers to try before buying. .

The profit of the pure Xiaobawang game machine hardware is average, and the focus is still on the game. It can be simply believed that the more the number is launched, the more the profit will be.

While Tang Huan asked EA America's development department to step up efforts to produce games, he also asked Sun Zhengyi to actively recruit game developers in RB, and even acquired a large-scale game company with mature operations.

As for the model of opening up the hardware platform of Xiaobawang game console and authorizing third-party development companies to make games, Tang Huan does not plan to implement it yet.

In order to control costs and ensure profit margins, RB's game manufacturers do not blindly pursue the most advanced technology.

In the previous life, in 1983, Nintendo launched the FC game console with the same 2600-bit CPU as the Atari 8.

Therefore, now the Xiaobawang game console is absolutely technically crushed in the field of RB's video games, but the RB people's use doctrine is also very strong. Tang Huan, who is jealous, dare not engage in open authorization as soon as he comes up.

And in the original time and space, Nintendo's open hardware platform was very strategic.

In order to ensure the quality of the software and avoid the tragedy of Atari’s collapse, Nintendo created a royalty system in 1984, that is, third-party game developers have to pay royalties according to sales in addition to purchasing high-value development platforms.

This method has brought huge profits to Nintendo. Since then, Sega, Sony, etc., all game console manufacturers have followed suit and adopted the royalty system.

Although this experience was very successful, Tang Huan still didn't plan to adopt it immediately. Let Sun Zhengyi expand the scale of EARB's development department first and see the effect.

RB's game development and production resources are very rich. The "six major software vendors" selected by Nintendo: HUDSON means Hudson, Namco, Daito, Capcom, JALECO means Jericho and Konami. has come out.

Among them, Hudson, Capcom, and Jericho can be said to be small workshops, and there is no value in cooperation at the risk of technical leaks, while Namco, Dadong, and Konami have developed well. Especially before Nintendo entered the field of video games, Sega, Namco, and Dadong shared the profits of the RB arcade market.

Other well-known game companies such as Glory, Square, and Enix are either still in their infancy or have not yet been established.

As for other companies that use games as their main or sideline business, there are countless of them.

The reason why RB's game industry is so prosperous, in Tang Huan's view, is not only related to its own traditional factors, but also related to the special situation after World War II.

At that time, the Allies occupied the RB Islands militarily, and the US garrison alone once exceeded [-] troops.As we all know, American soldiers are the most unwilling to be lonely, and their wallets are also bulging, so they naturally want to find all kinds of fun.

One of the earliest games was a coin-operated jukebox. Many companies, including Taidong, which Sun Zhengyi favored, made a lot of money from American soldiers.

From this aspect, RB people are very talented in making games and pleasing people.

Under Tang Huan's instructions, Masayoshi Son made full use of this resource. The establishment and expansion of the EARB development department went very smoothly. In order to implement the localized operation mechanism faster, acquiring a local game company in RB was undoubtedly a shortcut.

In order to save unnecessary investigation time, Tang Huan directly delineated the valuable industry scope for Sun Zhengyi: Nintendo, Sega, Namco, Dadong, Konami.

Among these goals, based on well-known reasons, Nintendo doesn't have to worry about it, and Sega is also out of luck. Its controllers are ambitiously preparing to do a big job.

As early as the late 1960s, Sega was acquired by American businessman Charles Bluhdorn, namely Gulf and Western Industries, the conglomerate of Charles Bluhdorn.

Gulf&WesternIndustrie is also known as Gulf+Western, and it acquired Hollywood's Paramount in 1966.

I have to say that there are too many smart people in the world. Businessmen may have had this idea for a long time. After building a strong industrial capital, investing in some entertainment industries like movies may have better business results. And it can also satisfy some hobbies as a man.

In this way, in the United States, Warner controls Atari, while Paramount has Sega as a company.

But Tang Huan knew that things were changing and ambitions were not so easy to realize. Atari collapsed the entire game console market because of greed, and Charles Bludorn passed away in 1983, and their goals were all in vain. .

In addition, Sega holding the thighs of Gulf+Western, strictly speaking, is not yet a real RB Sega. This situation will not change until Hayao Nakayama really takes power.

Compared with Sega, Namco founded by Masaya Nakamura, Dadong founded by Ukrainian Jewish Mikhail Kogan, and Konami founded by Jingzheng last month are more down-to-earth in controlling RB's local resources, but The former two have developed quite strong strengths, but Konami’s capital operation is easier.

But in actual operation, Sun Zhengyi holds the specific direction.

Tang Huan pondered jokingly, whether Sun Zhengyi's special liking for Taidong had something to do with the arcade game "Space Invaders" he once resold from RB to the United States.

However, according to the original historical trajectory, Taito has never been listed. The founder Mikhail Kogan died of a heart attack while on a business trip in Los Angeles, USA in 1984. The following year, Taito was incorporated into Kyocera.

From the perspective of the founder's possessiveness, Mikhail Kogan, a Jew who is now over [-] years old, may be more suitable to talk about than RB people like Nakamura Masaya and Kametsuki Keimasa who run the family business from father to son. The matter of acquisition.

I have to say that Sun Zhengyi's entry point is still commendable, but why did he just reveal that the progress is not going well?
After this information flashed through Tang Huan's mind, he stopped delving into it, and chatted with Yaskawa Hideaki about the operation of Fangyuan Computer, which supports Japanese, in RB.

(End of this chapter)