Super Game Empire

Faced with Hiroshi Yamauchi's questions, the secretary could only use Sega's official instructions to explain: "Sega's 64-bit new generation host SU has released two versions, one is a single-core GPU and the other is a dual-core GPU. They released these hosts,

It is just used to show that Sega has this technology and gives consumers confidence. However, they also said that for some reasons, SU will not be mass-produced and sold immediately."

Hiroshi Yamauchi became increasingly unable to understand why this is. Sega obviously made it, and he still made two versions. Why didn’t he immediately mass-produce and compete with N64 head-on? Did they spend huge amounts of money on hardware research and development, not to launch new hosts?

Longteng is really rich enough to give up when he says he wants to give up? Or are they out of money?

Among the many possibilities, it is difficult for Hiro Yamauchi to find the most correct answer at once, but he suddenly thought of a possibility. He gasped and asked anxiously: "What is the price of SU? Games that support SU

What are there?"

When the secretary saw Hiro Yamauchi's anxious and weak appearance, he seemed to collapse if he was stimulated.

He could only say vaguely: "SU's demo game is only "3D Sonic". It is said that the 3D effect is also very good, comparable to our Super Mary. But they don't seem to have plans to continue launching other games, for the time being

The game program development package that will not be disclosed on the platform will not be released, and there should be no new games on the market in the short term..."

As for the price of SU, the secretary dared not say because he knew when Sega's SU will be mass-produced and whether it will be mass-produced. In fact, this is an unknown number.

The "SU estimated price" they are deliberately marked out now is completely used to disgust people. If Hiroshi Yamauchi was so angry that he had a heart attack, it would be more than worth the effort!

Shigeru Miyamoto handed the microphone to the press release officer and hurriedly stepped down. After seeing Hiroshi Yamauchi away, the secretary leaned over and whispered a word in his ear.

"What! How could Sega do this!" Shigeru Miyamoto clenched his fists, and his veins burst out with anger, and his whole body was shaking.

The secretary was helpless and almost cried: "President Miyamoto, what should I do now? If President Yamauchi knew about this news, would he get angry and have a heart attack?"

Miyamoto's mind was in chaos. He knew that price problems were always inevitable, whether they were SU or N64. After they were facing the market, they would encounter the problem of how much pricing was. This was closely related to the degree of support of consumers and sales.

Important factor!

At this time, the press officer at the front desk of the press conference had already introduced the various attributes and effects of N64, and it was the scene of revealing the price.

"Mr. Qiliang, please tell us the price of N64!"

"We no longer want to listen to those promotional slogans! Consumers don't care about these data. They are more concerned about whether their wallets are thick and whether they can afford this world's most advanced TV game console!"

"Hurry up and disclose the price! No matter how nice it sounds, it is useless. Price is the most important weapon!"

These media reporters don’t know if they were instructed by Long Teng. Maybe they were people who were deliberately sent to make trouble, or those neutral media that only care whether Nintendo is making a show.

They made demands one after another in the audience, making it difficult for the slogan and attracted many neutral audiences. Many people became bored and suspicious of Nintendo's hesitant attitude.

This is a conspiracy!

Shigeru Miyamoto's mind suddenly woke up. He guessed Long Teng's intention, and he had to stop this offer!

Even if it's only 10 minutes!

"N64 is 398 US dollars in North America, 43,800 yen in Japan!" The press release officer announced the sales price according to the determined meeting process.

It's too late...

Miyamoto Shigeru stretched out his hand and hung it down weakly, and he could not make any changes.

He opened his mouth, unable to say a word. He leaned against the wall weakly, trying to pull off the bow tie. He felt unable to breathe, and even gasping for difficulty.

Nintendo is in trouble!

He dared not tell Hiroshi Yamauchi that he didn't know how to face this stubborn old man!

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"Dear fellow villagers, the manufacturer is selling blood! The high-quality 64-bit TV game console. Don't have three or four thousand, or one or two thousand, just 398! Yes, you heard it right. It's really only 398! You can't buy 398!

You can't buy a loss, you can't buy a fool! 398 You can't buy a square meter in New York, or a one-day tour in Hawaii. 398 You can have the most advanced gaming console in the world, and it's really worth the money..."

Yang Yun's slogan almost made Wang Zhe and others laugh. They didn't expect that such a large company boss would say such down-to-earth promotional slogans like a small vendor, which was really ups and downs.

, sonorous and powerful, from the perspective of content, it is extremely inciting, making people feel that buying N64 at $398 is like finding a big advantage.

However, this slogan tailor-made for Nintendo seems to be ridiculing N64 no matter how you hear it. If you buy N64 for $398, you really can't buy it and suffer losses, can you be fooled?

Yang Zhan laughed: "Mr. Yang, you are too hurt, right? Why do you feel like you are listening to the shouts of street grocery vendors?"

Yang Yun smiled and said, "The street grocery store is not this version. It is called on the street. All the products in this store are sold for 398, the whole store is 398, and everything is bought for 398, and the original price is 1,200, and now the whole store is

398, you can choose 398, you can buy 398, you can choose 398, you can buy 398, you can buy 398, you don’t have to ask the price, you don’t have to bargain, you are not afraid of being slaughtered, you can pass by, don’t miss it…”

The few people who had just stopped laughed again by this passage. They laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt and their facial muscles were distorted.

No one in this era has ever heard these words. Compared with the hawking sounds of "sharpening scissors~sweeping kitchen knife~" around the streets, they are completely different, plain and unpretentious words.

A slightly ironic sense of humor.

Speaking of this 398, Yang Yun smiled and concluded: "The price of $398, haha, Nintendo doesn't see if it is qualified! Back then, 3DO also wanted to make money on gaming hardware and use almost zero-profit software to seize the market.

, the result proved that 3DO was wrong. Now Nintendo is learning, and wants to make a lot of money on hardware, and not let it go in software. Does Hiroshi Yamauchi really think that the gaming industry is still so easy to make money?"

The price of $398 is almost the same as 3DO, which makes people who were originally optimistic about N64 gradually become less optimistic. This is twice the price of SFC, which is more than 100 US dollars higher than both PC and SS. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't matter how you look at it.

Competitive.

The most important thing is that the price of SU, which is not planned to be launched in the near future, is only $300, which is one quarter cheaper than N64!

After learning about the price of Longteng SU and cooperating with the news that SU will not be mass-produced and sold in the near future, Miyamoto finally figured it out. Longteng came here to disgust people!

The R&D cost of 64-bit hosts should be similar to that of Nintendo. Even if there is a difference, it will be only about $20 at most. Instead of this price difference of $100, everyone's host costs should be around $200, and no matter how low it is, it will not be less than 180.

USD, this is determined by hardware price.

Of this 398 price, excluding the fixed cost of hardware costs, the diluted R&D cost is about $100, plus various taxes, logistics and transportation, losses, channel expenses, advertising expenses, profits left to dealers, Nintendo's $398

The quote is actually very reasonable.

However, because Longteng will not produce in batches for the time being, they do not need to consider taxes and various losses, they do not even need to dealers, and the R&D costs will not be calculated.

There is no price tag of $200, so I have to thank Longteng for his great conscience. The extra $100 is reserved for Longteng himself and his dealer channel providers. In fact, Longteng is also worried that the price is too low. If SU really wants to go public,

It will be difficult for me to sell in the future.

"Baga!" Miyamoto Shigeru could not help but swear, "It's really shameless to use an impossible low price to hit the N64 price!"

What if Miyamoto scolds him? He is just an employee, not a Nintendo decision maker. He has no right to change Nintendo's business direction without authorization, nor has the right to lower the price of products.

After learning about the price of N64, Ken Kutaraki quickly figured out the tricks in it. He was shocked and scared by Longteng's actions. He was shocked that Longteng actually dared to allow N64 to be sold!

What they are afraid of is Longteng’s countermeasures. They are not on the market for the time being and are ridiculing the other party at a low price. They are so... shameless, and Sony has no choice but to do anything about this move!

Longteng will not be available for sale for the time being. This move can attack, retreat and defend, whether it will be available for sale, and when it will be available for sale, it is all within Longteng's thoughts. It can make consumers who want to buy game consoles think that

It’s not that I’ll wait a few more months, after all, Longteng’s games are much more fun than Nintendo, which just achieves Longteng’s original purpose - to prevent consumers from buying N64!

At this moment, Ken Kuraki wanted to cry. Nintendo launched N64 to attack everyone regardless of the enemy and me. Longteng directly reduced the price and drew a pancake out of thin air, which was also a one-on-one attack.

Only Sony has no way to deal with it and has become an unlucky guy who is attacked on both sides!

Yang Zhan looked at Yang Yun and suddenly laughed: "Mr. Yang, will Sony and Nintendo think we are shameless?"

Yang Yun disagreed: "This is a very normal means of commercial competition! Besides, $300 is not something that cannot be afforded to us, it is nothing more than a matter of profit. No one can blame us for anything.

If SU is on the market, it will only be sold for $300, but the software price is raised by $10 per piece, isn’t it better?”