The Media's Second Night

Several questions were fired off like a string of firecrackers.

Seeing this, the other media people around them quickly crowded in.

A forest of long lenses and short mics soon blocked the way, and flashes lit up one after another.

Carmack frowned.

He hated dealing with the media.

These reporters always loved asking about business gossip and did not care at all about technological breakthroughs.

He shifted half a step to the side and directly pushed Nakayama Takuya to the front.

"The whole idea was proposed by Mr. Nakayama. Ask him," Carmack said stiffly.

Jensen Huang stood off to the side and straightened the cuff of his suit, showing no intention of stealing the spotlight.

Yuji Naka and Mark Cerny also kept silent in tacit understanding.

All the microphones were thrust in front of Nakayama Takuya.

Facing the cameras, Nakayama Takuya spread his hands.

"Acquisition? Exclusivity?" Nakayama Takuya said lightly. "Everyone's imagination could be a little richer than that. What we were discussing just now was much more interesting than those things."

The reporters pricked up their ears, pens hovering over their notebooks.

"We have reached a consensus and are preparing to launch an entirely new game engine project," Nakayama Takuya said. "The goal is very simple: to push forward the development of game engine technology. We want to make its functions more powerful and its usability better."

"Sega is going to launch a commercial engine?" the reporter from GamePro cut in.

"Not only for commercial use." Nakayama Takuya raised a finger. "Our core goal is to allow the vast number of individual creators and small-to-medium development teams to participate in next-generation game development as well. We want to build a top-tier engine they can afford. No more high licensing thresholds."

Low murmurs rose from the crowd.

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