"We have to form an alliance with Sony."

Masayuki Uemura was not loud, but in the conference room where it was almost silent and could be heard, it was like a thunder.

As soon as his voice fell, Yokoi Junhei was the first to show a look of surprise.

Because he has said before that unless the price of Sony's CD-rom system is reduced to a range that ordinary people can afford, this thing is just a high-end toy, a gaming console of four or five hundred dollars, no matter how powerful it is, it is impossible to compete with a home gaming console of the same level of 200 dollars, because the price range between the two is really beyond the psychological endurance of most people who buy gaming consoles.

But after he had a conversation with Masayuki Uemura and Hiroshi Yamauchi, Hiroshi Yamauchi contacted Sony as soon as possible. Although Ken Kutaraki sincerely stated that he would talk to people inside Sony and would definitely give them a satisfactory price.

Sony's efficiency is also very rapid. This is also the real expansion period of Sony. The price given by Sony is also very sincere. However, for a gaming console, it is still too high.

Jiuduo also regretfully said that this was the price he had obtained with the greatest efforts, and the top leaders of the group could not make further concessions.

At this time, Masayuki Uemura mentioned this matter again.

Even Hiroshi Yamauchi looked at Masayuki Uemura in surprise. He didn't understand his favorite player. The second-person in the hardware development department could say such a brainless thing. If he could cooperate with Sony, he would have cooperated with them before. The problem is that the price of CD-rom is impossible for Nintendo to accept.

"Yes."

Although many people were staring at him with surprise, Masayuki Uemura's tone was still very firm.

He spoke his reason in an almost undisputable tone: "In my opinion, it is impossible for the price of cd-rom to be reduced to an acceptable level for ordinary people in the short term. What I mean by short term is within two years..."

When Masayuki Uemura just finished these few words, he made Yokoi Junhei, Yamauchi Hiroshi and other Nintendo executives present confused. Since you know the biggest drawback of CD-rom, why do you still want to form an alliance with Sony? Isn’t this a completely different way? Do you have to pay for the console? Although Nintendo used this sales method when a certain model of game console was released before 1980s, this method almost caused Nintendo to collapse. Yamauchi Hiroshi also issued a death order in this regard. Nintendo must not lose money to sell hardware.

Is this what Masaino Uemura meant?

However, even if you lose money and sell hardware, you can't just lose half of the price. Such a loss amount will definitely not be able to afford it even if you sell them Nintendo.

However, after a few seconds of surprise, Yuuka Yamauchi seemed to have thought of something. His brow frowned and his face became shady.

At this time, Masayuki Uemura's voice continued to echo in the conference room.

"Actually, there is one thing we haven't seen. For Sony, reaching cooperation and alliances is their main purpose. Didn't they ask us to use their CD-rom system? We promised it!"

Bang!

At this time, a Nintendo veteran and a minister of the sales department slapped the table angrily. He looked at Masayuki Uemura with red eyes. He said extremely angrily: "Uemura, you have said just now that the price of CD-rom is absolutely unacceptable to us. But why do you still have to make this decision to seek death!"

And Yamauchi Hiro looked at Masayuki Uemura calmly and said lightly: "You keep talking."

"yes."

Masayuki Uemura nodded. He did not look at the veteran of the sales department. Instead, he explained directly: "My suggestion is actually very simple. We promised to use the cd-rom system on our new host, but they must do their best to help us complete the development of the sixteen-bit computers that use cassette readings. We promised them that when the next generation of 32-bit hosts were developed, we unconditionally agreed to use the cd-rom system to develop our hosts no matter how the price of the cd-rom at that time."

"What!" "How can this be done!" "This sentence is impossible!"

As soon as the words were finished, the audience burst into surprise and doubt, with only Hiroshi Yamauchi and Junhei Yokoi sitting quietly on the original position.

"Smack it..."

Yamauchi Hirohiro knocked on the table with his palm. The sound was not loud, but the noisy scene became quiet at the first time.

"What do you mean is that when the next generation of consoles are released, the price of cd-rom will reach the range that players can afford?" Yamauchi Hiroshi still asked calmly.

Unexpectedly, Masayuki Uemura shook his head, and he said simply and directly: "Because in my opinion, the advantages of cd-rom in storage are too obvious. For game development, it also makes it easier for designers to be convenient and handy. There may be little difference now, but by the time of 32, this gap will be infinitely magnified. At that time, CD games and cassette games, with the same investment and the same technical ability, are no longer the same level of things. At that time, if you continue to use cassettes, you will really seek death."

What Masayuki Uemura said is just his personal prediction, and this is not recognized by the hardware development street. In fact, when it comes to developing games, cassette storage is not useless.

However, his words are also very much agreed by some people, especially game designers. Although Nintendo's technical reserves in cassettes can be regarded as the world's most prominent, even Mars Entertainment is probably not as good as them, but it is an indisputable fact that it is difficult to develop cassettes.

Even Yokoi Junhei nodded involuntarily when Masayuki Uemura said.

Obviously, he at least recognized part of what Masayuki Uemura said.

This is a bet. For Nintendo, as long as the next game console generation arrives, cd-rom can be reduced to a price that ordinary people can accept, then it is not a big deal for them to give up the cassette technology that they have only reserved. Although they feel sorry, they must give up when they should give up. But if cd-rom has not been reduced to a sufficient price at that time, or if cd-rom's advantage over cassettes has not been widened to the point that it is impossible to compare at all, then it may be a disaster for Nintendo.

Such a right to decide on matters that are related to life and death is naturally in the hands of Hiroshi Yamauchi. Others dare not and are not qualified to make decisions for him.

Yamauchi Hiroshi obviously knew this, and he slowly closed his eyes, as if he was recalling every word Masayuki Uemura just said. No one knew what he was thinking, and he did not let the people present wait too long. In just over a minute, he opened his eyes, breathed, and his expression became relaxed. Obviously, he had made a decision.

"Dialo call me Mr. Ken Kutaraki."

Since Fujitsu used Sony's own pcm audio source to grab Nintendo's FC audio source for billions of yen, Ken Kutaraki has received great attention from Sony's senior management. He proposed a proposal to cooperate with Nintendo some time ago, and Sony's senior management agreed after discussion. However, because Sony does not intend to give in too much CD-rom price, this cooperation plan has not been agreed, which also made Kuta a little disappointed.

Unexpectedly, just when he was processing some recent documents in the office, he received a call from Hiroshi Yamauchi himself.

Hiroshi Yamauchi rarely calls him. The people who contact him at Nintendo are usually the ministers of a certain department, the hardware development department or the procurement department. This is the second time.

He was very familiar with the sound on the phone, which was the indifferent and cold voice of Hiroshi Yamauchi who could not hear any emotion.

"Mr. Judo, are you free now? I want to meet you. If it is convenient, can I come here once?"

When Ken Kutaraki heard what Yamauchi said, his husband hesitated for a moment, and then immediately agreed. His sixth sense told him that maybe something very important happened, and it is very likely that it was the thing he cared about the most, but what happened recently?

He is not a person in the gaming industry. Although he is very interested in this industry, his source of information is definitely not as fast as some game companies.

But it was still very soon, and the problem was discovered soon.

He asked the secretary to find some game reports, whether it is newspapers or publications, Japan and the United States. In less than half an hour, he knew the problem. This was a report on a newspaper in Los Angeles. The boss of Mars Entertainment admitted in person when he was asked that their sixteen-bit computer development plan had been underway for several years...

No one knew what Juduo had talked about with Hiroshi Yamauchi in the room. No other third party was present when they were inside.

The talk was not long, only half an hour, but all Nintendo employees could see the faint smile on Juduo's face when he left Yamauchi's office. Obviously, this discussion was very satisfying to him.

Just three days later, Sony's vice president and Oga Nobuo, known as the successor of Akio Morita, came to Nintendo in person.

"Sony and Nintendo have officially cooperated on home game console development."
Chapter completed!