Chapter 981

Nintendo doesn't know that its engineers have become other people's masters. They are still immersed in the dream of selling N64.

One month after the release of N64, the total reservation of N64 has exceeded 5 million, which is almost equivalent to the sales volume of PS in one year.

Such a hearty victory naturally made shannei Pu very proud. He became extremely confident again, and the name of the tyrant returned to the world.

Originally, after PS surpassed Nintendo, Yamauchi Pu was very angry, but the whole person was silent a lot, even his attitude towards third parties was much better, and even improved in many policies.

Obviously, Yamauchi wanted to stabilize the confidence of those shaky third parties by relaxing Nintendo's policy. However, after the amazing achievement of ordering 5 million sets of N64 in a month, the arrogant Yamauchi came back.

On May 3, Nintendo suddenly received a joint visit from more than a dozen representatives of third-party game manufacturers in May.

More than a dozen representatives of third-party manufacturers have appeared together, which has never happened before. Obviously, these ten manufacturers intend to unite to put pressure on Nintendo.

Hearing the news, Yamauchi didn't even plan to see them at first. After Miyamoto Mao and Iwata Cong tried hard to persuade him at the same time, he met the representatives of these third-party manufacturers.

After meeting, the representatives of these third-party manufacturers had a very gentle and humble attitude. First, they congratulated the N64 on its amazing initial sales, and then said they would always be one with Nintendo. Anyway, after all kinds of rainbow farts were enough, these third-party manufacturers made some humble requests.

That is, I hope that the future improved version of N64 can use CD-ROM drive instead of cassette.

To be honest, these third-party manufacturers have been tortured by cassette tapes.

First of all, the cassette is difficult to program because of its small capacity. I won't say much about the disadvantage that there can't be too much game content. The key is that the cassette is facing another very serious problem, that is, the cost is too high.

The cost of a CD is very low, and the retail price is only 200 yen. But the cost of a game card is much higher.

Originally, the game cassette in FC era is already very expensive. It needs 1000 yen each... Anyway, Nintendo's recording fee says so.

In this regard, third-party manufacturers also recognized.

But in the N64 era, third-party manufacturers can't stand it. Because the capacity of the game cassette has increased from 4MB to 64MB, the production cost of the cassette has also increased. Therefore, Nintendo told all its third parties that in the future, all recording costs of the cassette will be increased to 3000 yen a disc, and the rest will be shared equally between Nintendo and the third-party manufacturers.

This allows all third-party manufacturers to fry.

Before, the average selling price of a game cassette was 5000 yen. After deducting the recording and cassette costs of 1000 yen, the third-party game manufacturers can also get a share of 2000 yen, so we can barely accept it.

However, when the recording cost of the game cassette is increased to 3000 yen, if it is still sold at the price of 5000 yen, the profit of the third-party manufacturer will be only 1000 yen, which is almost halved.

Some people say that you can keep profits by raising the price of the game!

But the problem is that since the launch of PS, the price of the previous 5000 yen game has fallen to about 4500 yen, which is also the reason why all players praise it again and again.

However, if the price of N64 game cassette goes up instead of down, it will undoubtedly be a great blow to players. Players will tell you their choices with practical actions.

Therefore, these third-party manufacturers put forward the requirement of changing the media from cassette to CD, so that the recording cost can be reduced, and their profits can be saved.

To be fair, the requirements of these third-party manufacturers are reasonable, because the compact disc has completely crushed the cassette in terms of capacity and cost, and the only Broca resistance is about the reading speed. However, this means that the game will be a little slow when reading the disc. When the game really starts running, the speed will not be much slower.

"I know what you think. I'll consider it. Please go back!" Yamauchi said expressionless after hearing the requirements of more than a dozen third-party manufacturer representatives.

No one here is a fool. What's the difference between Yamauchi's attitude and rejection?

Go back and wait! I'm afraid I can't wait until it's dark.

"President Yamauchi, our manufacturers are anxious. Please give us an accurate answer today, or let us feel at ease and develop new games for Nintendo wholeheartedly!" said one of the representatives.

"Sorry, I have to consider this problem from all aspects. It's impossible to give you an answer in a short time. And even if you need to change the CD, the current N64 won't be sold?"

"Therefore, according to the industry practice, we will not launch the improved version of N64 until two or three years later at the earliest. Then we will consider the problem of CD!" Yamauchi immediately fried the pot as soon as he said this.

Two or three years!

Two or three years later, the day lily is cold.

"President Yamauchi, we don't need to change the equipment. We can use the external CD-ROM. as long as we plug it in, we can directly use the CD-ROM to read it. It's no trouble at all. We can do it immediately!" said a voice.

"Shut up, are you teaching me to do things?" Yamauchi Pu's face suddenly changed into a haze. He stared at the talking guy fiercely. "I remember you. You are the heiress president of Trojan horse game, right? I'm glad to inform you that all your games in the future can't pass the review of Nintendo!".

Yamauchi Pu said bluntly.

"You... You..." the president of the heifu first changed his face. He knew Yamauchi's temper. Once he ordered to block himself, he would really be blocked by Nintendo.

But what about being blocked by Nintendo? This world is not the world five years ago, nor is it the only world dominated by Nintendo. He has no other way out.

So the guy turned his face completely and said, "so what if I teach you to do things! You old fool, you really think you are a tyrant and say nothing. I tell you, if you don't go on CD today, all our third parties will leave you in the future. I think you only have Nintendo headquarters. How can you sell games in the future!"

"Today is the day when you Nintendo will fall!"

"Invite the president of the Chuanfu out!" Pu in the mountain did not look at the guy and invited the other party out, leaving a large number of other representatives who were as frightened as cicadas at the scene.

"Any of you who want to teach me to do things can be like him. We Nintendo don't need to be a partner with us!"

"..." there was silence and no one answered.

"Well, since you don't want to talk anymore, let's break up the meeting. Don't mention any CD in the future. The cassette is the eternal choice of the host. The CD is just a temporary profit. It will eventually be abandoned by the market in the future."

Yamauchi said Nintendo would stick to the cassette tape for 100 years.

However, the history of Nintendo is also true, because until 2020, the games released by Nintendo entities still use game cassettes. Nintendo has indeed adhered to it for 100 years.

After all, someone invented TF Card in the future.