The 3DO console, which costs $699, is a special presence in the video game market all over the world.

With the gradual development of Wanhu Voodoo graphics cards, the display performance of high-end personal computers has actually far exceeded that of home game consoles.

However, unlike the low price of home game consoles, even a high-end voodoo graphics card is several times more expensive than a game console.

A top-notch personal computer costs tens of thousands of dollars.

Mr. Tripp, the former president of the electronic arts industry and the founder of the electronic arts industry, saw this opportunity and planned to start a business. He planned to launch a game console with performance far exceeding the current game console, at least reaching the level of a high-end personal computer.

After gathering a large number of ticket manufacturers, his plan was successful. 3DO hosts were authorized to white appliance giants such as Samsung, Panasonic, and Sanyo in a standardized form, and they were responsible for the production and sales.

Although the performance of 2M memory, 1M video memory, the screen resolution reaches 480P, the maximum number of hair color is 32,000 colors, and the same screen number of hair color number 1,670 colors are far ahead of the same generation of hosts, its high price of 699 US dollars has become the biggest obstacle to its sales increase.

Nintendo has been working on game consoles since it started making game consoles, and the price cannot exceed 25,000 yen.

Why this number?

It is said that this is the amount of pocket money that Japanese children could get during the Chinese New Year.

The price is about 200 US dollars.

Therefore, after the red and white machines led the peak performance of home game consoles for a period of time, Nintendo's home game consoles had no best performance in the same era, but the low price guaranteed its sales.

The platform has a high market share, so there are many manufacturers willing to make games for it, and Nintendo is still the leader in the market.

However, low console prices cannot make money. If the platform wants to make money, it must charge the game manufacturer in reverse.

Therefore, on Nintendo's platform, there are countless expenses, and the complaints from game manufacturers have become a daily routine.

The emergence of 3DO represents a collective voice from game manufacturers.

However, the platform created according to their ideas is not so easy to sell.

The high price makes it very few families who can buy gaming consoles.

In the first year, the sales volume of 3DO worldwide only exceeded 100,000 units.

The influential game series is only one series "Toy War".

What is even more troublesome is that this platform facade game is not a game of all ages.

It's a Toy Soldier game with nostalgia and real-time strategic elements.

Players need to arrange the toy soldiers' positions and conquer one level after another. Although it can be said to be interesting, the poor operation of the controller will reduce the game points.

Why do we mention this game platform that has just been born and has no future and is just waiting for death?

Because Tripp himself came to Wanhu's headquarters and found Takahashi, trying to convince Takahashi to let Wanhu launch the game on 3DO.

In the spring season, the snow melts, and small ditches gather on the flat ground.

Takahashi stood up to greet Tripp, holding his hands together.

"Gao, I hope Wanhu can launch games on 3DO. I know Wanhu has some conflicts with Nintendo and has a good cooperative relationship with Sega. But I think you promise that the game launched on 3DO must have the best share ratio, which will be far more favorable than Nintendo and better than Sega."

Takahashi waited for Tripp to finish speaking, but there was no expression on his face. He slowly said, "3DO, as far as I know, is sold at a price of up to $699. How much can such an expensive game console be sold?

If the information I got is correct, I sold less than one million units in total.

I think you also know what sales the games launched by Wanhu on Sega are.

Everyone is old rival, such as ball games, and tens of thousands of households have been competing with electronic games for many years, and their sales have not been less than two million sets in the past two years.

Even for role-playing games, Wanhu's "Endless Fantasy" series has millions of sales on the Sega platform.

You also know that if a platform has too little holding, it will not be able to support sales.

Now you also know the trend of game development, and you are increasingly spending money.

You want me to launch a game on 3DO, I can say there are, but it is impossible to make a masterpiece. We may release some small-grade works on the 3DO platform."

Tripp listened carefully, Takahashi's words did not break out of his expectations. He said, "Gao, if it is a small-level game, why should I come to China to find you personally? The development cost is easy to say, 3DO company can be responsible for part of it, at least forty percent. The subsequent copyright of the game also belongs to tens of thousands of households.

You also know the performance of 3DO, which is definitely great.

We have also started to solve the excessive price recently, planning to reduce the price by 200 US dollars, which is 499 US dollars.

It is true that 3DO needs a big deal, but I think Wanhu is also looking for a platform to publish games now.

Although Sega's platform has a lot of ownership, it has more than 6 million units in the United States, more than 3 million units in Europe, and more than 1 million units in Japan.

However, this generation of Sega consoles has been around for eight years and have entered the end of their life cycle.

However, Sega America, which is short-sighted, does not want to promote new consoles at all, but only wants to keep the host with the best sales of their host for longer.

After my investigation, I found that Sega has recently launched a large number of useless and ridiculous hardware. Players who originally supported Sega have also complained.

I think it’s time to choose another platform for Wanhu Games.

Your company and Nintendo are in a cold war, so why not choose us 3DO?

I believe that with the game of Wanhu, 3DO's sales will soon rise.

This is a win-win situation.”

What Tripp said is also reasonable and well-founded. According to the current situation, Wanhu now has a host game masterpiece, and it does lack a platform as a carrier.

According to what he said, it seems that 3DO is a good choice, but Takahashi is not interested in this choice.

Even if the price is reduced to $499, it is still twice as expensive as other consoles. Maybe it can continue to reduce the price, but when it reduces the price to $200 to $300, how much worse will the performance of the new generation of consoles of Nintendo and Sega be compared with 3DO?

Takahashi said calmly, "Mr. Tripp, I wouldn't choose to launch games on 3DO.

Sega America does have some problems, but why do you think Wanhu won’t launch its own game console?”
Chapter completed!