Silicon Valley

v2 Chapter 266: Pokemon

Naughty Dog and R Star suddenly acquired the acquisition request from Firefly Game Company. They were very surprised. They didn't expect Firefly Game Company to take a fancy to themselves!

You know, there are tens of thousands of game companies in the world, and Naughty Dog and R Star companies are not eye-catching. Why does the Firefly Game Company choose itself? I'm quite proud of thinking about it this way. The acquisition conditions given by the Firefly Game Company are very exciting.

They will raise a premium for the company and get a 70% stake, making it a game studio under the Firefly Game Company. The studio has a certain degree of autonomy, and the parent company generally does not interfere.

The amount of financing provided by Firefly Game Company to Naughty Dog and Star R is 15 million US dollars and 10 million US dollars, which are extremely high prices, and they can't help but not be moved.

The two companies did not think much about it, and immediately agreed to the terms of the Firefly Game Company.

After acquiring these two companies, Henry sent them the two game design outlines of "Curious Dog 1" and "Grand Theft Auto 1" respectively, and let them develop games! When they saw the game design outline, they couldn't help being shocked. They felt that this game was like the game they had always wanted to develop. They had been in their throats before, but when they saw the game design outline, they suddenly felt excited and excited!

They asked with admiration which outstanding game designer designed the game, and the staff told them indifferently that it was the boss, Henry Williams!

After hearing this, everyone was shocked!

Henry has too many titles. The richest man in the world, a genius writer, a well-known screenwriter, an investment genius, etc., I did not expect that he is still such a powerful game designer...

And what is Henry doing at this time?

He is considering taking Nintendo’s super masterpiece-"Pokemon".

This game is now too late for plagiarism. As early as 1990, Game-Freak was already developing it. If Henry designed Pikachu, he might crash. Then he was accused of stealing trade secrets or something...

Those who are familiar with "Pokemon" should know. The father of Pokemon is Tomo Tajiri.

At first, GameFreak was just a game reference magazine, operated by Tajiri Tomo, and Sugimori Ken painting. Then in 1989. Tajiri Tomo, Sugimori Ken, and Masuda Junichi jointly founded Game-Freak Co., Ltd., and their business expanded from game magazines to game development.

At this moment. They are developing games for the Nintendo platform. However, GameFreak does not belong to Nintendo, it is just equivalent to a third-party game manufacturer!

Many people joked that "Pokemon" is a masterpiece picked up by Nintendo!

In fact. indeed so. In 1990, GameFreak company prepared to develop a game called "Capsule Monster". When Tomo Tajiri submitted this idea to Nintendo, it was rejected. However, "Capsule Monster" was forced to change its name due to trademark rights issues. Initially abbreviated as CapuMon, later the capsule was changed to a pocket.

Although not supported by Nintendo. But Tomo Tajiri still insisted on developing "Pokemon".

You know, "Pokemon" has been developed since 1990, and it was not completed until 1996. If you can get the support of Nintendo, it still takes so long?

After three or four years of intermittent development, Tajiri Tomo took the semi-finished product and found Nintendo’s best designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Shigeru Miyamoto took a look and said, alas, this game is good and has the potential to sell! Therefore, with the support of Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo reluctantly contributed funds to help GameFreak to develop "Pokemon", and agreed that the game can be landed on Nintendo's gaming platform. Of course, when Nintendo paid the money, it also took away the game copyright by the way!

I never thought, but I picked up a huge golden mountain...

The value derived from Pokemon is higher than that of Super Mario. It is Nintendo's most profitable game, not one of them. At that time, Nintendo was almost about to be beaten by Sony's PS1. Fortunately, there was "Pokemon", which gave Nintendo a second spring!

Henry raised the corner of his mouth and chuckled: "Since others took the initiative to launch "Pokemon" and regarded it as a mess, then I am embarrassed..."

Henry then sent someone to contact GameFreak company and bought it heavily.

Tajiri Zhi and others almost cried out. After a long period of drought and rain, they finally have funds to develop the game. Faced with the amazing preferential conditions offered by Firefly, almost without thinking, Tajiri Tomo, Sugimori Ken, and Masuda Jun agreed immediately.

Firefly Games invested $10 million in financing GameFreak, leaving the three of them with 30% of the shares.

After Henry acquired GameFreak, he was very happy and held a special press conference to publicize the matter. The purpose was nothing more than to show it to Nintendo deliberately.

Nintendo expressed disdain and told reporters: "The game designed by GameFreak first asked us for Nintendo, but the game was too rubbish, so we rejected it! I didn’t expect Firefly Game Company to pick up things we don’t want, huh, isn’t it? No game company is willing to develop games on your Atari console, so I'm a little hungry? Haha..."

Cao Nima, the dog's mouth can't spit out ivory, you will cry when "Pokemon" is developed! !

Henry shook his head and sneered disdainfully.

Now that he has won "Pokemon", Henry is wondering whether to launch "Pokemon" animation, manga, and pet toys, sweeping Japan in all directions.

Do what you say, but before that, do all the preparations first.

Games are fundamental. After GameFreak received funding, it recruited a large number of designers, programmers, and painters. Especially painters, more than 200 people recruited, strive to design all kinds of Pokemon as quickly as possible. In addition, 10 excellent screenwriters were hired to design games. In terms of game music, it also hired five of Japan's most famous musicians to design it. In terms of dubbing, many professional voice actors have been hired.

It can be said that the development of the game "Pokemon" is not hesitating at all costs.

Many game companies see GameFreak's wealth and wealth, and can't help but envy them.

"GameFreak is really lucky, it will be taken by Henry Williams, and there will be no shortage of funds for developing games in the future!"

"I'm really envious. We have never developed a game so lavishly! The screenwriter and the voice actor are themselves. I have to work hard to write the code. I am so tired that I can do multiple jobs..."

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It is still August 1992, and Henry estimates it will be before the end of 1993. "Pokemon" can definitely be made.

It's not a big game in the future, it's a few gigabytes in size. It takes a long time to download. Nowadays, the development cycle of games is usually only a few months. Like EA game company, it is simply a madman in the game industry. Several games can be released in a month, and the quality is actually pretty good...

"Pokemon" follows the boutique game. One year is enough! Besides, Tajiri Tomo and others have designed games since 1990. It just doesn't have the funds to develop the game.

With funding, the speed of development is the same as getting on a rocket.

The development of Atari "Jaguar" is kept secret. The outside world did not hear a word of wind. I'm afraid no one can imagine that the Jaguar will be a 64-bit game console, and it can also be connected to the Internet!

The level of confidentiality is well done. When the game console is released, it can be shocked, and can surprise Nintendo, Sega, and Sony by surprise.

Jaguar features and performance are so powerful, the natural hardware cost is quite high. However, Henry has already planned to sell at a loss. As long as the first two years are passed, the production cost will be greatly reduced, and then, just selling the machine will be able to make money. The Sony PS1 was sold from 1994 to 2001, and the Jaguar can also be sold for so long.

During this period, as long as the Jaguars occupy the market and make money through the game, not only can they make up for the losses, but they can also make a lot of money.

The loss is only for a while, but the game makes money but continues!

After the success of the Jaguar, it will be able to have countless loyal fans, so when Atari launches the second generation of the Jaguar, everyone will inevitably **** it!

Everything is hard at the beginning...

At present, Atari has been failing, so that third-party game manufacturers have no confidence in it. this is a problem. Therefore, before launching the Jaguar, Henry decided to let Atari develop a product for a little test, and revitalize it!

At the same time, it can be regarded as a promotion for "Pokemon".

What Henry wants Atari to develop is very simple, it is an electronic pet!

This thing was originally a product developed by Japan's Bandai Company. Bandai Company was going to go bankrupt. It was because of the development of electronic pets that became popular all over the world, and finally survived!

Electronic pets are called "Tama Gezi" in Japan, which can also be translated as pet eggs. The "Tuoma Gezi" series sold a total of 70 million units worldwide. If there were no pirated products, hundreds of millions would be a good idea!

The electronic pet is actually a very small machine with a small screen in the middle. However, due to the introduction of a novel system of simulated breeding and its cute and endless appearance, it has triggered a worldwide boom as soon as it is launched. Its great charm Created a cross-generational fan layer, unstoppable!

Electronic pets are so awesome, but they don't have too much technical content. The most important thing is creativity.

When this thing arrives in China, UU reads www.uukanshu.com to pirate it for you every minute. Back then, all kinds of electronic pet chickens, ducks, etc. were everywhere. Almost every student bought one. Even many office workers and housewives liked electronic pets!

Later, electronic pets can also produce dolls online via infrared, which is even more interesting.

Henry came to Atari Company and told them this idea. Once everyone heard it, they immediately realized that such a product, once it was launched, would definitely be a big seller!

Henry said with a smile: "The name of the product is called'Atari Electronic Pet'. GameFreak is developing "Pokemon". You will use several of these cute pets on the'Atari Electronic Pet'. Once Atari electronic pets become popular all over the world, players will be surprised when they see "Pokemon", which can greatly promote the sales of Jaguar game consoles!"

Hearing this, everyone nodded and said yes.

Henry couldn't help but laughed. Pikachu is cute and dead. If you land on the Atari electronic pet, I don't know how many people will be cute by it...

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