Hisao Oguchi's tone carried a hint of wariness.
"Once these three games came out, N64 firmly secured its footing in Europe and North America. Gamers don't say N64 only has Mario anymore.
Old man Yamauchi has a vicious eye, managing to prop the situation up purely through a second-party studio."
Nakayama Takuya pushed the report back.
In his past-life trajectory, Rare was indeed N64's greatest contributor.
GoldenEye 007 pioneered the genre of console FPS games.
"Pay no attention to them." Nakayama Takuya's tone was flat.
Hisao Oguchi froze.
"Senior managing director, shouldn't we take advantage of their internal chaos to fan the flames directly in the European and North American markets and crush N64?"
"Crushing them won't benefit Sega." Nakayama Takuya picked up his coffee cup. "The console war has reached this point, and the market landscape is set. Jupiter takes the lion's share, while PlayStation and N64 split the rest. The combined installed base of these three is an astronomical figure."
Hisao Oguchi watched Nakayama Takuya, waiting for him to continue.
"Only when this pie is big enough will third-party developers have the motivation to create various types of new games. If Sega were the only one left dominating the market, those third-party publishers would band together to guard against us. The current situation is just right; Sony and Nintendo are chasing from behind, and third-party developers will scramble to port games to our machines to make more money."
Nakayama Takuya finished the coffee in his cup, the bottom clacking against the tabletop with a muffled thud.
"Sega doesn't need to conjure up a Final Fantasy VII every year to fight tooth and nail. Once the platform is set up and the ecosystem built, it's time to let the developers compete."
Hisao Oguchi pondered these words, his tense nerves