Chapter 60 Tetris
In this era, no one has proposed the concept of fragmented time.
Liu Zhiyuan asked Li Huagui.
"What do you do in your free time?"
"I'm really busy. Don't you know what I do every day?"
"For example, when eating."
"I'm thinking about the company's affairs and arranging the things you asked me to do."
Yes, this kind of person is the mortal enemy of the game.
Liu Zhiyuan organized the language.
"For example, if you are not so busy, what will you do in your free time?"
Li Huagui thought for a while.
"Watch a movie or play games after get off work, go on a trip during a long vacation, or something like that."
Liu Zhiyuan corrected it.
"Only a few minutes, ten minutes at most. You have this time several times a day. What will you do?"
"What can we do? The moment of being stunned will be over."
Liu Zhiyuan smiled.
"What if you have a game console that you can play anytime and anywhere? Can you play games for a few minutes?"
"Tetris is one such game. I call this kind of game a casual game. It's about killing time and having fun, and the handheld console is the platform that provides this kind of game."
"This kind of game does not have a complicated plot or even continuity. You can start it anytime and anywhere. Pet Lianliankan is also considered this kind of game."
"Think about it, office workers take out their handheld devices during their lunch breaks and play a few games of Pets."
“Students spend their spare time exchanging game experiences and playing with Pets.”
"Is the picture ready?"
"Wow..."
Li Huagui was so shocked that he dropped the documents in his hand.
He pointed at Liu Zhiyuan, his voice trembling.
"This is the real way to play on a handheld game, right?"
He could totally imagine that astonishing scene, because nowadays many people indeed have nothing to do in these few minutes of free time. Students can still play together for a while, while office workers can only sit around.
Li Huagui was so excited that he cursed. This market is too big, and the target group has very strong spending power, plus the previous foreshadowing of Pocket Elf.
"Are you a fucking human or a ghost? Do Nintendo and Sega just work for nothing? Why can't they think of this kind of market?"
Liu Zhiyuan handed him a cigarette.
"Don't get excited. I didn't come up with the concept of handheld consoles. If you look through the history of games, you will find that they existed very early, but they were called toys at that time."
"Then you were the first to think of putting games into toys."
Li Huagui no longer worries about the next step of the Han Dynasty. He can even see the booming prospects of handheld computers.
"Nintendo is also developing it, so we have to hurry up."
With one word, Li Huagui calmed down.
"That game you insist on has something to do with Nintendo?"
Liu Zhiyuan nodded.
"You are now considered a person in the gaming industry. You should understand that consoles do not make money. Even some event consoles will lose money. What makes money is the game itself."
"Handheld consoles are also consoles. We won't make much profit on the handheld consoles. The profit will be on the pocket elf game cards."
Li Huagui understood this truth, but he was puzzled by Liu Zhiyuan's insistence on buying Tetris.
"Can't you make a similar version of Tetris? There's no such game on the market anyway."
Liu Zhiyuan's face became serious.
"Tetris is simple, but that's not the point. The point is that Nintendo can't get this game."
"Now, we are at war with Nintendo, do you understand?"
Li Huagui has never seen Tetris. He has no idea how powerful Tetris is when put on a handheld console. The current situation is that it doesn't matter whether Tetris makes money or not. The point is that Nintendo must not get it.
"Then why do you set up a leather bag company? It's easy to set up a company, but the confidentiality you want is really troublesome."
Li Huagui understood Liu Zhiyuan's words.
"Sega should also be exposed to this game. What do you think Sega would think if they knew I bought this game?"
Li Huagui shrugged.
"I don't have any ideas. Sega will investigate the Han Dynasty thoroughly from beginning to end. By then, we won't be able to hide the little things we have hidden. The consequence of not being able to hide it will be that we are done with it."
Li Huagui understood why Liu Zhiyuan insisted on setting up a leather bag company, and the acquisition of Tetris certainly could not be in the name of the Han Dynasty.
"You can still sell games to Nintendo and Sega at the same time? Is this company crazy?"
What he doesn't understand is that this company doesn't have a camp? A development company that supports Nintendo will never sell games to Sega, and the same goes for Sega.
"This company is a bit special. They don't care about taking sides. What they want is copyright sharing fees. Therefore, they must buy out all the copyrights for Tetris, no matter how much it costs."
Liu Zhiyuan was already prepared for a big hemorrhage. This may be the craziest game buyout fee in history.
Tetris is already showing signs of popularity in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States. If you want to buy out all of them at a low price, Nintendo and Sega have not yet made an offer for Tetris. Otherwise, there is no need to think about buying out.
"The contract for this game is still very troublesome. I will explain it to you in detail when the new company is established, so don't worry about the cost of setting up a company. The longer we delay, the more we will spend on the game."
The Tetris case is very famous in the gaming world of later generations. In short, it involves three parties, which is very troublesome.
One party is the founder of Tetris, and he later licensed Tetris to his studio, so that the studio also had the copyright.
The third person who can also have an impact on Tetris is a pirate dealer named Stein. In fact, he promoted Tetris.
These three parties were originally entangled, but later Nintendo and Sega joined the fray, and you can imagine how chaotic it was.
The final winner is naturally Nintendo. Although Nintendo has been in litigation for several years because of Tetris, this lawsuit is very worthwhile.
On the contrary, Sega's failure to compete with Tetris was called the beginning of Sega's decline in later generations. With this sentence, you can imagine how much impact Tetris had on Sega.
"Tetris must completely belong to the Han Dynasty. I will not take risks, even if I can make a better casual game than the Russian solution."
Li Huagui very much agreed with Liu Zhiyuan's words. They were too far behind Nintendo, and they couldn't let go of any chance to weaken Nintendo.
"It's worth it to be able to directly buy out Nintendo's future threat with money. How much are you prepared to spend on Tetris?"
"Under the condition of ensuring the needs of the hardware development team, no matter the cost. If 20 million dollars is not enough, then 50 million dollars will be used. If 50 million dollars is not enough, then all the available money will be used. I don't believe they won't sell it."
"In short, I still say that, no matter what, we cannot let Nintendo and Sega get Tetris."
Chapter completed!