Nakayama Takuya threw the spreadsheet onto the desk.
"Batch five more units?" Nakayama Takuya leaned back into his chair. "In your dreams. Tell Tsujimoto Kenzo that production capacity is limited. If he wants to get more machines, he can bring exclusive game pitches to trade. No pitches, he can queue up like everyone else."
"That's exactly what I told him." Hisao Oguchi chimed in immediately. "As a result, this afternoon Capcom sent someone directly to my office with two proposal documents. A new Mega Man and a handheld remaster of Street Fighter."
Nakayama Takuya picked up the water glass on the desk and took a sip.
"What about Konami?"
"Konami was even more direct." Hisao Oguchi flipped through his memo pad. "That Igarashi Koji who makes Castlevania saw the GP2's 2D sprite processing power and immediately decided to develop a Castlevania sequel on the GP2."
Hisao Oguchi's tone carried thinly veiled smugness.
"Namco's Nakamura Masaya sent two boxes of Shizuoka muskmelon to my office the day before yesterday. He kept dropping hints, trying to test the waters to see if they could bundle a few of their classic arcade games for a GP2 launch." Hisao Oguchi shook his head. "In the past, we were the ones begging them to make games for Sega's platforms. Now it's completely reversed."
"Accept the muskmelons, and handle matters according to the rules." Nakayama Takuya put down the water glass. "Sega is the platform holder now, so the rules must be strictly enforced. Porting old favorites is fine, but the launch lineup must have enough heavyweight new titles. If they don't bring out something substantial, they can forget about riding the coattails of the GP2 launch traffic."
Hisao Oguchi nodded heavily.
"Distribution progress must be accelerated." Nakayama Takuya issued a strict order. "Before the