Back To 1995

   Chapter 583 As soon as you enter the rivers and lakes, the years remind

  With so many game development companies, game equipment manufacturers, and media people gathered here, it is enough to show Xueleshan's status in the game industry.

   Wired Magazine is not focused on the game industry, but Kevin Kelly knows that the PC game represented by Snow Mountain and the digital game mode of Snow Mountain Online Game Platform have changed the entire game industry!

  The previous game developers are basically based on the two main console platforms of Sony and Nintendo, and it is necessary to see the faces of these two.

If you offend them, especially Nintendo's overlord clause, such as exclusive games, high share, etc., then it is very likely that a game will be developed after a lot of hard work, and it will not be possible to board Nintendo and Sony's consoles. A game maker went bankrupt.

Kevin Kelly is familiar with the game industry. What he sees is not how many game makers Xueleshan has invested in and acquired, nor is it that Blizzard has developed some masterpieces, but the PC games represented by Xueleshan, which have become new. Game platform signs.

Kevin Kelly dare not say what the future game industry pattern will be like, but he is sure of one thing. The era when console games dominate is over. In the future game industry, PC games and console games, It is very likely that the two sides will stand apart, or even surpass console games. After all, there are many more PC Internet users than console users!

What we need to see now is when the performance of PC computers can keep up, with faster computing chips and graphics cards with more powerful graphics capabilities. Once these things reach the same level as the mainframe, Kevin Kelly feels that at that time, snow Leshan will usher in its true peak. PC users alone can compete with Nintendo and Sony.

Kevin Kelly glanced at John Carmack, not only American and European game makers, but also respected Carmack. Japanese game makers also had a special attitude towards Carmack. Mark affected not only American and European games, but also Japanese benzene games, and had to start developing 3D games.

   Glancing at Carmack, Kevin Kelly took out a note and wrote a few notes on it. He felt that Song Yang recruited Carmack not just to study some game engine!

   Wired Magazine publishes some special issues every year, summarizing the technology industry and the game industry, and then making some predictions.

Kevin Kelly is ready to make some predictions about the future of the gaming industry in Wired magazine, and everything seen here today and recorded at the TGA Awards will have Kevin Kelly in his In the prediction, make a new evaluation for the Snow Mountain game.

While thinking about it, there was a commotion at the entrance of the banquet hall. When Kevin Kelly raised his head, he saw a group of people walking in, attracting the attention of everyone in the banquet hall. Kevin Kelly also saw it. An "old acquaintance".

   The originally noisy banquet hall became quiet for a while when Song Yang, Ken Williams and others appeared.

   "Xuele Mountain, welcome everyone!"

Ken Williams raised his glass and said to the crowd in the hall that the representatives of the companies in the Xue Leshan department promised not to embarrass their boss. Representatives of Ubisoft, Activision, EA, Sony and other companies also Raising the glass in front of so many people, if you don't give Williams the face of the president of Xue Leshan, then he will basically be a mortal enemy in the future.

   In the banquet hall, many game makers seemed to be listening to Williams speaking on the stage, but their gazes were unavoidable, and they looked at Song Yang on the side.

  The president of Nintendo North America, who came on behalf of Nintendo, is also the son-in-law of Nintendo president Yamauchi Hiroshi Arakawa, and his eyes are fixed on Song Yang.

  People outside the game industry will give the praise and applause to Williams, touting Williams as a "giant" who changed the game industry, but as an insider, Arakawa knows who Nintendo's real opponent is!

   In the eyes of Arakawa, Ken Williams and Roberta have the ability, but to say that they are going to challenge Yamauchi is really bullshit.

   If the two of them were really capable, they would not have been swept out of the house after the acquisition by CUC International in Xue Leshan.

  Xue Leshan has really changed in quality. Arakawa really believes that after being acquired by ICQ, this matter decided by Song Yang is everything that has changed in Xue Leshan.

Arakawa even suspected that all the decisions Xue Leshan had made in the past two years were made by Song Yang. Otherwise, with the past performance of Ken Williams and his wife, it would be difficult to explain how they would suddenly have such great courage. What is the game Dawning plan to support small and medium game manufacturers, to create an online game platform of Snow Mountain, to acquire Sega, to enter the Japanese Benzene Ballroom, etc...

   These wild antelope horns are hard to explain. Williams can do it, but it is very similar to Song Yang's handwriting!

   Not only Arakawa, but other game manufacturers, game agents, and media people also looked at Song Yang consciously or unintentionally.

  Who decided the big change in Xue Leshan, they don't know, but one thing, all the game makers present understand that it is not Ken Williams, but Song Yang who can decide everything about Xue Leshan!

The arrival of   Song Yang brought the game makers and partners of the Snow Mountain series to Song Yang's side. Song Yang had a glass of wine with the Blizzard trio, Carmack and others.

   "Director Bruno!"

  Song Yanggang had a few words with the Hauser brothers, discussing the matter of letting "Grand Theft Auto" appear on the booth of the Coliseum tomorrow, when he heard a sound.

   Looking at the unfamiliar Asian face in front of him, Song Yang couldn't remember where he had seen him.

   "Mi Arakawa, President of Nintendo North America!"

   Williams, who came off the stage, whispered in Song Yang's ear that he had been dealing with Arakawa for many years.

   "President Arakawa!" Song Yang replied to Arakawa.

Arakawa looked at Song Yang and said, "President Yamauchi, let me say hello to Director Bruno on his behalf, unfortunately, he cannot come in person this time, but President Yamauchi believes that there will be a day to meet Director Bruno. !"

   Hearing these words with a little "warning", Song Yang could hear that Shan Neipu, who had never been masked, seemed a little unwilling to see him and Xue Leshan.

   "Definitely, I also think that there will be a day to meet President Yamauchi!"

  Song Yang said to Arakawa with a smile, Nintendo is now a big player in the game industry, but this does not mean that the era belonging to Yamauchi will continue.

   "Say hello to President Yamauchi for me, let him... take care of your health, I will definitely visit!"

  Arakawa Minoru, who was about to turn around, suddenly turned ashen. Song Yang didn't mean to ridicule, but just told him one thing, that Yamauchi Pu was... old.

In fact, Arakawa heard more pride. No matter how healthy Yamauchi was, he could last for a few more years. When Yamauchi retired, Nintendo was destined to experience a period of turmoil. I don't know, Song Yang must have a chance to see Yamanechi, but it's hard to say what he is really doing in Arakawa when that time comes...

   glanced at the figure of Arakawa Mizu leaving. After Song Yang and G Fatty and the others touched a glass of wine, they took a glass of wine and walked towards a person.

   "Editor Kevin, long time no see!"

   Kevin Kelly, who was writing something on the note, suddenly heard a sound, and when he looked up to see Song Yang, a smile appeared on Kevin Kelly's face.

   "To the geniuses of the Internet!"

Kevin Kelly touched a glass of wine with Song Yang, looking at Song Yang in front of him, Kevin Kelly couldn't help feeling a little emotional, holding the wine glass, Kevin Kelly shook his arm a few times, "I have to say, the Internet What a...amazing industry!"

I still remember the scene when Song Yang met him for the first time. At that time, Song Yang traveled all the way to the door of Wired Magazine's newspaper office in San Francisco, just to meet Kevin Kelly and let Wired Magazine be Song Yang. The double-click company, hit some ads.

Kevin Kelly has almost witnessed the changes of Song Yang in the past few years. He and Wired Magazine have never stopped reporting on Song Yang, but when he thinks back to the beginning, when he looks at Song Yang now, Kevin Kelly In his heart, it was difficult to calm down for a while, and various thoughts emerged.

   (end of this chapter)