Back To 1995

   Chapter 550 Double Reed

   "Diablo is expected to sell about 9 million copies this year, making it the best-selling game in America this year!"

  Ken Williams got up, came to Song Yang's side, and hit a shot. Now Ken Williams, like a big man in the game industry, is no longer in the embarrassment when he was kicked out of Xue Leshan, which was built by himself.

  The Williams couple, both of whom were planning to retire, were invited back to Snow Mountain. Back then, Snow Mountain was one of the game giants in America.

  Compared with what it is now, it is far worse. At least the current game manufacturers in America, EA, Activision and other game manufacturers have not been able to win a Japanese console game manufacturer, and Xue Leshan has done it now!

   Don't worry about Sammy's acquisition of Sega, what is the reason for Sammy's acquisition of Sega, Sammy's acquisition of Sega, on behalf of Xue Leshan, has completed the feat that America and the European game industry have never accomplished. For the first time in the console industry, it began to counterattack Japanese benzene.

  These credits can all be worn on the heads of Ken Williams and his wife, which also makes them more famous.

  According to the price on the official website, the sales of 9 million sets of Diablo has exceeded the $500 million mark, setting a new record in the history of American games.

Of course, in reality, there may not be so many. After all, there are coupons, platform game coins, etc., but a game whose sales exceed the box office of a popular movie still sounds scary, after all, the cost of making a game now , is lower than making a movie, which means that you earn more!

Moreover, the release cycle of an explosive game, that is, the time it takes to sell, is much longer than that of a movie, and it can even be sold for a few years. After a year of the movie, basically piracy is flying all over the sky, and there are also a lot of pirated games. Much better than the movie.

This "Diablo" alone has established the status of the restructured Xue Leshan. If it can reach the sales expected by Wall Street, or even exceed, the future sales of Diablo may exceed 880,000. Million Dollar Knife.

Even Ken Williams had an absurd idea in his mind. If a few years later, this game will be re-made and released, such as remakes, commemorative editions, etc., by then, will the revenue of this game break through? Ken Williams can't imagine what the scene will be when he has ten-digit US knives, and he knows that it is too difficult, but it still makes his heart a little hot...

"Next month, before the TGA game awards ceremony, "StarCraft" will be released, and Rockstar Studios will release the first game "Grand Theft Auto" this year, and Id Game Studio will release "Quake 2", Valve is still developing the "Half-Life" game..."

  Song Yang leaned on his cue and listened to Ken Williams's words. The money printing machine in Xue Leshan was in operation. After these games were launched, Xue Leshan's performance this year could basically be sure to break the table.

Ken Williams has some doubts about the potential of "StarCraft", "Grand Theft Auto", "Half-Life" and other games. He does not expect these games to reach the height of "Diablo", even if the sales can reach Half of Diablo, Williams is content.

   But Song Yang knows whether games like "Half-Life" and "Grand Theft Auto" can sell well.

   "How are the preparations for the TGA Game Awards? All the candidates for the Game Hall of Fame have been selected?"

  Song Yang has no plans to buy and interfere with the TGA Awards. Xue Leshan established the TGA Awards and the Hall of Fame in order to control the power of public opinion in the game industry and avoid being targeted by established game manufacturers such as Nintendo, Sony, and EA.

   However, the date of the award ceremony of the TGA Awards is approaching, and Song Yang naturally needs to ask more questions. After all, this is the first ceremony, and it is destined to be full of controversy and noise.

   And the Game Hall of Fame is the focus of discussion in the game industry. Who can be elected to the first Game Hall of Fame is now being discussed by many players.

   "The nominations for game awards have been established, and the candidates for the Hall of Fame will be announced in the near future. The TGA committee, game companies, game media people, and players will vote to establish..."

When   Ken Williams said this, Song Yang waved his hand. He wasn't interested in the selection criteria or anything, and he didn't even care much about which game company won the award or who was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Song Yang threw the golf club aside, "Williams, you have more time and experience in the game industry than I do, and you don't need me to say more. I hope that the TGA Awards will become the authority of the global game industry. The list of TGA awards and candidates for the Hall of Fame can be controversial, but the awards and candidates for the Hall of Fame must not be taken away by big game companies!"

Any awards are basically divided into cakes. There is nothing to say about it. Just like the Oscars, the annual awards are basically from several major film companies. This is understandable, because Oscar itself is raised by these major film companies. Yes, but if all of them are given to these companies, the whole award will become boring in a few years.

   In other words, there is something outrageous like Harvey, the king of awards, who won the award abruptly through public relations, and ruined the Oscars.

The film that originally won the Oscar, even if it did not sell well at the box office before, but after winning the award, with the halo of Oscar winning, the box office and video tapes can also be sold for a fortune, allowing the producer to earn US dollars, but with the best of the best. The film won awards, and the awards became more and more outrageous, and finally forced the audience to stop watching it!

  Song Yang doesn't want TGA to become like Oscar, and no one cares about it in the end. He needs to rely on "events" like slaps to attract viewership.

   Listening to Song Yang's words, Ken Williams was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "I understand!"

   Originally, Ken Williams was going to let the TGA Awards divide the cake according to the old rules, but now, he feels that the rules need to be changed a little.

After talking with Ken Williams for a few words, Song Yang looked back at Irene who was sitting under the umbrella and drinking coffee, then turned to Ken Williams and said, "Ken, you should know that ICQ is preparing Log in to the Nasdaq thing."

  Ken Williams heard Song Yang mention this, he couldn't help but glanced at Song Yang strangely, wondering how he would mention this.

   "I and Irene believe that Xueleshan should withdraw from the listing of ICQ this time, and now is not the best opportunity for Xueleshan to go public!"

  Ken Williams had a surprised look on his face. He glanced in the direction of Irene, and vaguely understood that Irene seemed to be a little absent-minded about Xue Leshan today.

   "Song, do you mean to let Xue Leshan withdraw from this ICQ listing?"

  Song Yang laughed, Ken Williams is also a veteran, some things are basically clear.

"I think this should be Williams, you put it to ICQ and the North American Global Investment Fund, Xue Leshan is still in a period of change, maybe a little later, merger with ICQ, or independent listing is the best choice. !"

   Well, it must be done in full. If Song Yang and Irene took the initiative to bring it up and let Xue Leshan be separated from ICQ, it would be a bit ugly, and it would be ugly to eat.

But Ken Williams and Roberta, the couple in charge of Xue Leshan, if they put it forward, they will say something. When it comes to publicity, they can prevaricate. It’s not that Irene doesn’t want Xue Leshan to go public, it’s Ken ·The Williams couple occupied Xuele Mountain and wanted to stand on the top of the mountain without letting Xuele Mountain go public!

  Ken Williams smiled bitterly, he knew that this was a fairy fight between ICQ and Wall Street, and he was implicated.

   But at this time, Ken Williams had no choice at all. He didn't take the blame at this time. Then he and Roberta, in Snow Mountain, estimated that they would be swept out for the second time!

   "This is my wish, let Xue Leshan independently log on to Nasdaq!"

  Ken Williams said fluently, after returning, he will find a media that he is familiar with, and start a campaign, so that Xue Leshan can be "divided" out of ICQ.

  Song Yanggang and Ken Williams finished talking, and someone came to the golf course, not from Microsoft, but from Sega, just from Sega America.

   "Peter Moore!"

   Peter Moore, a tall man in a gray suit with a face like a gang "big guy", stretched out his hand to Song Yang, "President of America Sega, of course, he is now the former president!"

   Hearing these self-deprecating words, Song Yang couldn't help laughing, and shook hands with Peter Moore. Peter Moore's words were somewhat flattering, and he threatened that his current position as president was all within Song Yang's thoughts.

  Peter Moore shook hands with Song Yang, Irene, and Ken Williams, all of them looking at Peter Moore curiously.

At this time, Peter Moore is not the man with the title of "Savior". Peter Moore, a former physical education teacher, is very tall, plus the face of the gang "big guy", if he hadn't known Peter Moore is the president of Sega America, and Song Yang can be trusted to say which gang he belongs to.

   Looking at Peter Moore, Song Yang inexplicably remembered a sentence, let Peter Moore play games, maybe he really contributes to the society, otherwise the ghost knows, will there be another gang...

Under the gazes of Erin and Ken Williams, Peter Moore sat down, Song Yang looked at Peter Moore in front of him, "Peter, I've heard of you, Satomi said that you are Sega... a very special one. people!"

   "A person who is not welcomed by the headquarters, is not in the same camp as the headquarters, right?" Peter Moore told the truth directly.

  Song Yang smiled for a while, and Irene and Williams couldn't help but glance at Peter Moore a few more times. Peter Moore was indeed not the same as Japan's Ben Sega.

  Sega, when the sales of Sega DC were bleak, some wanted to withdraw from the console market, but Peter Moore was firmly opposed. He believed that Sega DC still had the ability to compete with Sony PS2.

   (end of this chapter)