Chapter 276 Nintendo bows its head

The reporter was stunned, and then interviewed a few more people, and the answers were similar.

There are not a few people trading in old ones for new ones. If you look around, at least half of them are holding bags or cartons, which obviously contain the first-generation Flamingo game console and game cartridges.

The reporter was very confused and said to himself: "Why is the Flamingo Company buying back the Flamingo-1 game console and game cartridges?"

Of course he didn't know that piracy was rampant in both mainland China and Taiwan, and Li Zetian repurchased the Flamingo-1 game console to thwart these pirates.

In the 1980s, Taiwan's pirated "Little Genius Game Console" quickly appeared and became popular in Taiwan and mainland China.

In the 1990s, pirated versions of the "Small Overlord Game Console" appeared in mainland China and quickly occupied the Chinese mainland market.

In the previous life, Nintendo was basically in a state of confusion. It could not figure out how piracy actually defeated the original version. In the end, it could only let it go.

Prosecute them?

Oh, if the law were effective, would piracy still be so rampant?

Piracy thrives because it is cheap and still profitable.

If you want to beat piracy, it is cheaper than piracy.

Mainland China has a population of more than one billion and the market is huge. According to Li Zetian’s experience in his previous life, most people in the 1980s grew up playing the Subaru game console.

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Electronic product stores around the world are crowded with people, and the Flamingo-2 game console is on sale. From morning to evening, people line up in an endless stream, and the event is unprecedented! The Flamingo Company's specialty store was even more overcrowded and blocked the road, so much so that the traffic police were dispatched to organize order.

Previously, Apple launched the CD-Walkman, and people couldn't help but like CDs.

The Flamingo Company launched the CD-ROM type Flamingo game console this time, and it was also very popular.

It can be said that the huge charm of CD-ROM cannot be blocked, and game cartridges look shabby. Players who are a bit fashion-conscious will dismiss game cartridges.

Every time a customer watches a Flamingo-2, Flamingo Company thoughtfully presents a beautiful and exquisite disc bag for easy storage and carrying of the disc. Although the disc package is not worth a few bucks, it looks classy and raises the level of the entire game console!

How can something as big and thick as a game cartridge be portable?

Flamingo-2 was so popular that in one day, the total global sales reached 3.25 million units, of which 1.8 million were traded in, and more than 24 million CD game disks were sold!

Li Zetian asked Nolan Bushnell to deliberately announce the sales performance of Flamingo Company. As soon as the news came out, the performance was incredible and caused a huge sensation in the industry. It seems that third-party game developers have taken reassurance and only focus on Flamingo Company. They no longer have second thoughts. Some new game development companies preparing to enter the game industry have also contacted Flamingo Company. At the same time, it also frightened other companies that wanted to get involved in the game console market. They were salivating over the game console market and were ready to move. However, with Paradise and other companies as examples, they did not dare to get involved easily. At the moment, Flamingo-2 Once the sales results came out, they became even more afraid.

Flamingo-2 is so popular, with sales exceeding three million units in one day. Wouldn't it be courting death for a company to enter the game console market at this time?

At this moment, it is raining continuously in Japan, and Nintendo's headquarters is as gloomy as this rainy day.

When the sales data of Flamingo-2 was obtained, it was like a bolt from the blue. President Hiroshi Yamauchi almost vomited blood and fell into coma.

"This, this can't be true..." Yamauchi Hiroshi said slowly, with a look of disbelief on his face.

"President, this is absolutely true. Flamingo CEO Nolan Bushnell personally told the media. Can he still lie openly in front of the media?" A short, bald man with long hair said said the middle-aged male employee with a pair of annoying toad eyes.

Yamauchi Hiroshi remained silent, thought for a while, shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's true. News from all over the world said that Flamingo-2 is extremely popular. There are queues outside the store all day long. Flamingo Company The trade-in strategy was very successful. At least half of them took the first-generation Flamingo game console to exchange for a new one! And the gossip has been saying that there is not much stock of Flamingo-2, and the Flamingo company is going to engage in hunger marketing. , this scared many players, causing them to all focus on buying the Flamingo-2 on the first day of its release! A variety of reasons were intertwined, causing the sales of the Flamingo-2 to explode, reaching an astonishing and terrifying figure !”

Hearing this, everyone present was silent and depressed. The FC game console sales have not exceeded 100,000 units in a year. Flamingo-2 easily reached 3 million units on the first day, and the gap is simply huge!

"President, it's time to make a decision!"

"Abandon the FC game console, we have to admit defeat! If we stick to it, we will suffer even greater losses!"

"That's right, give up FC, then bow to the Flamingo Company, and beg them to forgive us and allow our games to be sold on the Flamingo-2 console platform!"

"..."

Everyone advised.

Hiroshi Yamauchi seemed to have aged ten years all of a sudden, his face had more and deeper wrinkles, and he had lost his vigor and spirit.

"Okay, give up the FC game console!" He said in a low voice.

After saying this, he fell down on the chair and looked at the ceiling helplessly.

He knew that it wouldn't be long before his position as president would be replaced by someone.

In reality, many people choose to ignore the glory the other person has created and only see the sins he has committed.

Although he is Nintendo's major shareholder and a descendant of the founder, the company went public very early and Hiroshi Yamauchi still does not have absolute control. The shareholders will definitely be very dissatisfied with him and kick him out.

Nintendo has achieved great success under his leadership, but it was he who personally led Nintendo into hell!

That day, Nintendo's stock price fell like an avalanche, which was frightening.

The next day, Nintendo held a press conference and announced that it would no longer produce FC game consoles, abandon its hardware department, and settle down to become a third-party game developer.

As soon as the news came out, public opinion was in an uproar.

However, this is to be expected.

The Flamingo-2 is so awesome, who dares to fight against it?

At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon that day, a reporter photographed Nintendo's president Hiroshi Yamauchi and several company executives boarding a plane bound for Los Angeles.

"What are the intentions of Nintendo's senior executives when they go to Los Angeles this time?"

"Is the Iron-Blooded President Hiroshi Yamauchi going to bow his head to the Flamingo Company and beg for mercy?"

"..."

The media couldn't help but talk about it.