Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 750 Please Call Him Tang Earth

According to the comments of some media who can’t wait, the third-generation Xiaobawang game console, which was not officially released until mid-November this year at the Autumn COMDEX in Las Vegas, is deliberately procrastinating, even in the sense of hunger marketing.

In fact, the prudent EA is mainly using this buffer time to carefully observe whether there are fatal flaws in the whole process from factory production to user use of its new products.

After all, according to past experience, every major product upgrade will have some problems more or less.In the circle of game console manufacturers alone, Nintendo was hit by a FC chip defect and a full recall a few years ago during the peak Christmas sales season.

Past experience guide for the future.If EA, which is firmly in the leading position in the industry, also falls into such a stumble, then the loss will only be greater.During Tang Huan's trip to Asia, he focused on inspecting the supply chain of the three generations of Xiaobawang game consoles.

The super value of the third-generation Xiaobawang game console that users can earn as long as they buy it includes many aspects, one of which is the CD drive that can not only read encrypted game discs, but also recognize CDs and VCDs. The big gift package includes the latest movie discs with the easiest copyrights, such as "Phantom of the Tomb", "Mulan", "Universal Pursuit", "Die Hard", etc., so that users can experience it at the first time The digital video charm of VCD.

But it is precisely this most outstanding feature that has formed a relatively shortcoming in the quality of the three generations of Xiaobawang game consoles.

As we all know, an optical disc drive is similar to a floppy disk drive. In terms of the overall structure, a large part is mechanical equipment. There are three motors in total, which are used to rotate the optical disc, control the laser needle to read data, and drive the optical disc. loading and exiting.

According to some users' feedback, the CD drive of the third-generation Xiaobawang game console sometimes makes a lot of noise, even to the point of being startling.

In this regard, EA's optical storage department, including Zheru and Fangyuan, can only answer that in the future, it will upgrade the firmware, optimize the data reading mechanism, and even increase the physical cache of the optical drive in subsequent improved models to alleviate the noise problem.

Around the disc drive of the third-generation Xiaobawang game console, there is another more realistic problem, that is, it seems that the wear and tear of the drive and the disc is relatively obvious.

EA quickly stated that if users really encounter such problems that they are worried about, they can be satisfactorily resolved through after-sales.

All in all, EA, which has almost responded to requests, has confirmed that the performance of the third-generation Xiaobawang game console is very stable, and then quickly shifted from the evaluation stage of cooperative media and player clubs for more than half a year to the full-scale marketing stage after the release. For the sake of market share, it can be said that I tried my best - after all, only when the base of the hardware platform goes up, can the game software show its power.

It has to be said that this buffer in the official release time has also allowed the three generations of Xiaobawang game consoles to receive richer support for supporting game works.

In addition to the classic games that have been transplanted, there are also many newly developed works specifically for the third generation of Subtitle game consoles, especially EA's racing game "Need for Speed" - "Need for Speed" and NovaLogic's military simulation game "Delta Force" - " "Delta Force" performed the most eye-catchingly because it took full advantage of the powerful hardware features of the new platform.

While Tang Huan and the ship queen Christina collected a lot of luxury brands in Europe and sent them to RB to attract money, they naturally did not let go of the video game exclusive rights of famous cars such as Porsche, BMW, Chevrolet, Ferrari, Lamborghini, etc. Now Players can drive these sports cars in the "Need for Speed" on the three generations of Xiaobawang game consoles and gallop to their heart's content.

This brand-new brand awareness enhancement effect was so good that the relevant manufacturers did not expect it, and they had to conduct evaluation again.As a result, companies like Lamborghini, which have been losing money and making money for a long time, secretly rejoiced—they didn’t sell themselves to Chrysler, but invested in the arms of AC Milan’s owner, the ship queen Christina. As the default car of "Need for Speed", all players who have picked up the game controller will remember the name "Lamborghini".

Commonly known as DeltaForce-Delta Force, the U.S. Army Special Forces First Special Operations Detachment is the U.S. Army's anti-terrorism special forces, under the U.S. Army Special Operations Command U.S. Joint Special Operations Command.

However, like many Hollywood blockbusters with espionage themes, the U.S. government has never officially acknowledged the existence of the Delta Force to the outside world, only calling them operatives or executive forces.

On April 1980, 4, in order to rescue 24 hostages detained by the Iranian government in the Iranian hostage crisis, the US government took a military operation code-named "Eagle Claw".Delta Force was involved, but it ended in failure.

NovaLogic, which is well-known in the field of military-themed games, developed this No.1 shooting game based on these examples.

In the "Delta Force" game, a player's side weapons are daggers and optional pistols. The main attack weapon can also allow the player to determine which gun to use. There are also grenades, explosive packs, laser pointers, etc. available.

The system will send tasks to players, most of which are outside the city.

The gameplay includes eliminating hostile forces, rescuing hostages, intercepting enemy convoys, arresting or assassinating specific objects such as enemy leaders, ensuring the safety of a friendly leader, and more.

This realistic style has even attracted the attention of the U.S. military, who are preparing to equip the U.S. military for entertaining and educational purposes.

So far, "Need for Speed" and "Delta Force" are the works that best demonstrate the characteristics of the third-generation Xiaobawang game consoles, so that some players bought the third-generation Xiaobawang game consoles specifically to experience the game.

When Tang Huan arrived in New York, seeing such a hot sales scene, he couldn't help shaking his head and laughingly: "I don't know, who is helping whom?"

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Although the statistical report for the Christmas sales season has not yet come out, there is no doubt that the goal can be achieved.

Tang Huan, who was very patient with the summary figures, even teased Akio Morita, "Sony has completed its layout in the three major fields of records, movies, and television. Do you want to include game consoles as well?"

"Don't be joking, Sony is already exhausted." Akio Morita shook his head with a wry smile.

During this period of time, RB held the hatred firmly in the United States.In particular, "RB Can Say No", which is on the cusp of the storm, has not only been reprinted repeatedly in RB's country, but has also been favored by some international publishers, who are planning to publish the English version in the Western world, so as to make a fortune.

Sony's board of directors was deeply disturbed by Akio Morita's involvement in the book "RB Can Say No", and worried that it would affect Sony's commercial interests, so it requested that its overseas release not contain certain remarks by the founder.

At the same time, Akio Morita, who has lived in the United States for a period of time, has repeatedly stated from the bottom of his heart, "Sony's acquisition of Columbia Pictures is not an invasion of RB culture, nor will it send RB managers to Columbia Pictures."

Sony really attaches great importance to the localized professional management of Columbia Pictures, and it decided to acquire the famous film producer - the video game show production company jointly founded by Peter Guber and Jon Peters - for US$[-] million. Guber-Peters Entertainment, and hired them to helm Sony's film division.

"The water in Hollywood is very deep" was once again reflected. Since Guber-Peters Entertainment also had contracts with Warner and other companies, this caused Steve Ross, who was bargaining with Time Group, to become furious and demanded compensation of 10 A $[-] million lawsuit brought Sony to court.

This is not over yet, and he even went to Tang Huan to start lobbying, which really worried Akio Morita, lest the process of acquiring Columbia Pictures would repeat the same mistakes as the previous acquisition of Columbia Music, and all kinds of moths would come out, so further Accelerated the acquisition process.

"Warner, please ask Tang to do more communication work." Akio Morita sincerely asked.

"Don't worry too much, the purpose is nothing more than to further grab the bargaining card." Tang Huan carefully passed on the "experience" gained from Hollywood over the years.

In fact, when Steve Ross saw Tang Huan, it was just a gesture to find trouble with Sony. After all, the transaction process was only short of the last signing ceremony, and even if he really wanted to obstruct it, it was too late.

Therefore, Steve Ross has another purpose-the merger plan of Time Group and Warner Media is at a critical stage of negotiation at this time. Steve Ross naturally hopes to become the leader of the new group, but Time Group also has competitor.In this way, everyone began to use various methods to demonstrate their value to the future Time Warner.

Originally, the relationship between Steve Ross and Tang Huan was at odds because of Atari and EA's confrontation in the field of video games; but with the collapse of the North American video game market in 1983, Atari changed from a cash cow to a The bottomless black hole dragged Warner into danger. He had to find an old rival who was more professional in this field to help shake the burden.

Tang Huan, who was in the business, did not save the other party's face, and helped Warner sell Atari for hundreds of millions of dollars; as a reward, Steve Ross gave up control of Warner Records, which was not yet golden come out.

This operation did not produce much repercussions, because Warner was rapidly getting rid of businesses in the fields of video games, collectibles, film equipment, and cosmetics at the time.

Through this relationship, Tang Huan can be regarded as "turning hostility into friendship" with Warner, and has a certain cooperative relationship.However, Steve Ross and Tang Huan still look at each other with disgust, and the two sides seldom communicate with each other. At most, they send a representative to communicate with each other, which is unavoidable in business.

And this time, Steve Ross came to Tang Huan pinching his nose, naturally to take advantage of Mr. Richest Man's position to help him fight for power and profit in the upcoming Time Warner Group.

Tang Huan once again satisfied Steve Rose's request, and the other party didn't bother to think too much, and continued to negotiate with Time Group. As for the trouble with Sony, it was purely a matter of convenience.

In the face of Tang Huan's "teaching all the rules" of Hollywood's survival rules, Akio Morita was very grateful, and reiterated: "When Sony has a firm foothold in Hollywood, it will definitely fulfill its promise of helping each other."

The richest man laughed playfully, "Then I wish Sony success immediately, and there is only one last step left."

In this way, just before Christmas in 1988, Sony, which had just bought Columbia Music for US$20 billion not long ago, took over Columbia Pictures with a higher efficiency, at a cost of US$40 billion and US$14 billion in debt .

At the press conference, Akio Morita also announced that Sony America has two subsidiaries: Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment. The former oversees Columbia Records, Epic Records and other companies; the latter oversees Columbia Pictures and Samsung Pictures. Waiting for the company - a new entertainment_empire has taken shape.

Although Akio Morita repeatedly emphasized that Sony would respect the management culture of American companies, the American media still mourned and even listed the photos of Coca-Cola CEO Roberto Guo Sida and Tang Huan who attended the signing ceremony. Satire.

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Roberto Gosta finally got himself out of the quagmire of what seemed to be an ambitious entertainment development plan; Tang Huan no longer had to worry about the talk that he was trying to monopolize Hollywood.

More importantly, the way they left the field was very decent, but they let the RB's offense go.

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God seems not to let these sour Americans have a comfortable Christmas, and soon another shocking news was revealed. An unknown man named Minoru Kumatori bought it from the richest man for $12 billion. Pebble Beach Golf Course.

At the White House Christmas dinner, Reagan, who finally hosted the event, also jokingly expressed his surprise, "It seems that after I retire, it will not be so easy to play golf at Pebble Beach Golf Course."

Tang Huan smiled noncommittally. The unsuitable mentality of the United States, which has fallen from the altar, will soon be recovered by the subsequent global leadership in Internet applications. Explaining too much is a waste of saliva.

In addition to going to Reagan for the last grand dinner this time, it is also finalized the speech invitation conveyed by Nancy.The remuneration for this series of activities was as high as 260 million US dollars, which was regarded as a reward for the convenience that Reagan had provided to Tang Huan.

Reagan, who was about to return to his California ranch for retirement, readily agreed. Anyway, the richest man has earned so much recently, so he won't take it for nothing.

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Even the dignified President of the United States is envious of Tang Huan's big fortune, let alone other people.

And "Time Magazine", which has decided to make "Endangered Earth" as the man of the year in 1988, has even given the title of "Tang Earth", the richest man who has always been active in environmental protection.

In this way, the "Tangjin State", which was ridiculed by opponents for promoting California's high-speed rail construction project, stepped into the universe with one foot.

PS: I don’t know how to make complaints about it. I forced to replace “RB” with the letter “RB”, even a hyphen was used to separate it. “Entertainment_Empire” was also changed to “*”…

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