Black Widow: He Just Played a Game

"Mr. Li, the game's distribution is still under discussion."

Hideki Kamiya looked at Li Chen nervously.

As the largest investor, Li Chen naturally has this right.

Li Chen nodded, signaling him to continue.

Hideki Kamiya said, "There are only three companies in the gaming industry: Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft."

"Each of the three companies has its own advantages. I wonder which one Mr. Li favors?"

Li Chen glanced at Black Widow.

Natasha immediately explained to him in a low voice.

Actually, Li Chen was quite familiar with these three companies; he was just testing Natasha.

Nintendo primarily focuses on first-party Nintendo games, such as Super Mario, the Legend of Zelda, and Pokémon.

At that time, Nintendo made a direct entry into the North America market thanks to these excellent games.

In fact, America games were extremely popular in the last century.

Before 1983, the most popular game company in America was Atari.

How powerful was Atari back then? Thirty million households across the United States owned Atari game consoles.

Thirty million families—how outrageous is that?

Keep in mind that the total population of the America is only 300 million.

At the time, no company could compare to Atari, but Atari dug its own grave.

First, its strategy was flawed. It believed that the quantity of games was far more important than their quality, and it wanted to win by sheer volume, resulting in the rampant production of low-end, low-quality games.

Thus, the sudden demise of their E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial game, which they had rushed to create in just a few weeks, became the final force that toppled the Domino.

In 1983, the 'Atari Crash', a tragedy etched in history, occurred.

At the time, gamers across North America believed that video games were dead.

This led to an avalanche-like disaster, with 97 percent of the North America game market dying within a year.

This gave outsiders like Nintendo an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

They quickly captured the North America market with their excellent games.

So until later, games from North America and Europe remained consistently bad...

There's a saying that goes: Why is EA the worst game company in America? Because Ubisoft is Europe.

Compared to Nintendo, Sony is known for its high-performance consoles and a large number of third-party AAA titles.

However, Li Chen had witnessed the later development of the PS, where even playing Street Fighter would cause overheating and frame drops, a situation that professional gamers vehemently criticized.

Plus Sony...

"Sony should just tell them to get lost."

Li Chen made no secret of his deep hatred for Sony.

After all, they haven't settled their score yet.

That leaves only Nintendo and Microsoft.

Compared to Nintendo and Sony, Microsoft's Xbox focuses on hardware performance, but its games are... rather lackluster.

But that's precisely why it's suitable as a third-party platform.

"I lean towards Microsoft because, most importantly, we need to be available not only on game consoles, but also on PCs."

Li Chen said calmly, "I have a dream: to let people all over the world play the games I invest in, so I'm partnering with Valve for the PC version."

Valve owns the largest gaming platform, Steam.

With the development of computers, STEAM will go global, and even many people in China will know about it.

With a player base unmatched by other manufacturers, this is exactly what Li Chen needs.

Hideki Kamiya was also excited upon hearing this; he hadn't expected Li Chen to have a dream!

Natasha was also somewhat surprised. She looked at Li Chen and felt as if he were glowing.

That's truly a saint.

Perhaps, he really just wanted to benefit the public.

Hideki Kamiya replied, "Okay, Mr. Lee, we'll talk to Microsoft."

For Microsoft, it was the easiest thing to agree to: launch on PC.

On the contrary, Nintendo and Sony both prefer exclusivity.

The advantage of exclusivity is that players who want their games have to buy their consoles.

This kind of bundled sales is deeply resented by PC gamers.

The reason why players can play games like Final Fantasy and Mission Summoning on their computers is because they are distributed by Microsoft.

Microsoft itself researches computer components, so naturally it wouldn't mind bringing games to the PC platform.

Both sides benefit!

"If everything goes smoothly, the game will be launched soon."

"Okay, okay, we need to hurry."

Li Chen was unusually 'gentle and pleasant' towards a minor matter.

Who says these two games aren't great?

"Oh, and Final Fantasy too."

After seeing off Hideki Kamiya, Li Chen immediately sat down at his computer and checked something.

Unfortunately, the Final Fantasy universe already existed in this world.

While there are minor differences in the Marvel Universe, most of the developments follow the same pattern.

Final Fantasy was released back in 1987, and it's very difficult for a company that makes so much money to get involved.

Sony and Nintendo have long had their eyes on it.

Sony collaborated with them back in the 1990s, and Nintendo now strongly endorses them.

"What a pity, my Tifa."

Li Chen felt a little regretful. Miss Tifa was one of the top figures in our 3D section!

If we're talking about what makes Tifa unique, it's hard to say.

Because she is beautiful.

In Li Chen's opinion, Tifa's character design has a kind of "internet celebrity" feel to it. Many internet celebrities are like this: they look pretty, but they don't have anything memorable about them.

Tifa gives off a similar vibe.

She doesn't have the memorable eleven-headed figure of Bayonetta, nor the white-haired, blindfolded look of 2B, nor the eye-catching pear-shaped figure of Chun-Li.

But Tifa is just beautiful, and that alone is enough to secure her a place in the 3D section.

Outside the office, Black Widow Natasha received a call from an anxious Maria Hill.

"Natalie, have you found anything?"

On the phone, Maria Hill was still very cautious, and she addressed him by his pseudonym.

Black Widow Natasha glanced at the closed office, wondering what Li Chen was doing inside.

She whispered, "Yes, he did today. He met someone on a special occasion."

"Call!"

Maria Hill breathed a sigh of relief; if there hadn't been anything else, she would have had to step down herself.

Because Nick Fury cares about this so much, Maria Hill is also very anxious.

After all, Black Widow is an excellent agent; she can't be Li Chen's secretary every day.

That's a waste.

"Then what?"

"Then... he played games, which he had invested in."

Natasha told the truth.

Li Chen really didn't have anything else to do, and even if he did, he wouldn't bring along his newly joined secretary.

"Puff!"

Maria Hill was speechless.

We can't rush things.

Natasha didn't understand why this mission was in such a hurry.

"Okay, I was too impatient."

Maria Hill also realized her mistake.

In this kind of covert work, it usually takes a long time to gain trust.

This time, however, it was Black Widow who was sent; she was the best agent, which is why Maria Hill was worried.