"President Lin, you----"
Hayao Nakayama stared blankly at Lin Lixin, who had just finalized a deal involving tens of millions of dollars with a single phone call, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
Look at that kind of courage!
If Sega could have that kind of ruthlessness, maybe----
They might die even faster.
After all, not everyone has the power of GAMENOVA to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary.
He took over Atari's mess and revitalized the North America gaming industry in just one year.
Having taken over the dying Micron, they caught Japan guard within months by securing a Semiconductor Agreement.
They broke up and acquired the struggling Westinghouse, and then extracted the TFT-LCD technology stack from its patent pool.
Even----
Taking over Sega, which had been nearly destroyed by Nintendo, he turned the tide with just one title.
Although Nintendo still holds a dominant position in Japan, as long as Metal Slug is around, that...
Sega's home console division won't die anytime soon.
It would have been better if we hadn't reviewed it. Upon closer inspection, it turns out that even the Wall Street bigwigs weren't as accurate as Lin Lixin in their judgment!
He essentially built an entire entertainment empire around games.
"Are you planning to collaborate with Warner?"
"I'm not really interested in Warner., but I am indeed a little envious of DC Comics Company."
Lin Lixin mentally calculated the time, pondering if there was still any way he could intervene. "Now that Warner. has lost Atari, they don't pose any competition to us at all. On the contrary, because of ' Rocksmith ' and the television program, there are quite a few overlapping interests between them."
The Atari of today has long since been completely dismantled.
The arcade division was reorganized into Atari Games Corporation, and its current shareholder is Namco, which has just decided to join the Sega camp.
The remaining business was sold as a package to Jack Tramiel, the founder of Commodore.
It is clear that Commodore intends to use this opportunity to further expand its video game business.
After all, although the C64 was nominally a dual-purpose PC, most users treated it as a game console.
It must be said that this unconventional positioning did indeed allow Commodore to survive and thrive amidst the onslaught from Apple II and IBM.
only----
Man proposes, God disposes.
The Tramiel Family probably never imagined that such an unreasonable company as GAMENOVA would suddenly emerge from the bleak gaming market.
The 8-bit console war between Gamenova and Nintendo North America nearly killed the newly resurrected Atari.
For some time now, Warner has been quietly reducing its stake in Atari and Atari Games Corporation, clearly intending to find an opportunity to completely divest itself.
With the loss of Atari, Warner.' influence in the video game industry was essentially wiped out.
If we want to do this kind of business again in the future, we can only do so by having other manufacturers develop it on our behalf through IP licensing.
"Video games are a lucrative business that everyone wants a piece of, and I don't think Warner. will just honestly and quietly give up."
If Gamenova were to suddenly express a willingness to cooperate at this time, it would be an incredible opportunity for Warner., like a windfall.
Thinking of this, Lin Lixin looked at Hayao Nakayama and continued, "President Nakayama, go back and ask Mr. Masaya Nakamura if he's interested in selling his shares in Atari Games."
" Atari Games —they've given President Nakamura quite a headache."
Hayao Nakayama nodded in agreement.
In fact, when Lin Lixin mentioned Warner earlier, he already had some guesses about it.
It's fair to say that the numerous lawsuits Namco has faced in the past two years are all inextricably linked to Atari, this non-performing asset.
Even the conflict with Nintendo was partly influenced by Atari.
"I don't think he'll refuse."
"Ha, that's good. I was just planning to set up a proper arcade division for GAMENOVA."
As the business gradually expanded, Lin Lixin increasingly felt that the current structure of GAMENOVA was not clear enough.
His visit to Sega these past few days has taught him quite a bit.
While Sega's approach of splitting different business units into independent departments may increase administrative expenses, it does indeed generate substantial revenue.
efficiency.
Currently, GAMENOVA's development department only has a few people, so they haven't done this part of the work.
Even if there was additional development work, it was simply handed over to Activision or Blizzard to handle.
Now that it has absorbed Sega's business, it will inevitably continue to penetrate the arcade market in the future.
After all, in this day and age, arcade games are far from starting to decline drastically.
The arcade market remains a goldmine capable of generating enormous profits.
Taking this opportunity to acquire the Atari arcade machines from Namco would save him some Kung-Fu Master with restructuring.
"Okay, that's all for today. I have some things to discuss with Satoshi. I'll continue my work at AM8 tomorrow."
Lin Lixin waved his hand, indicating that Hayao Nakayama could leave first.
Just as he reached the door, Lin Lixin's gaze fell on a card box without a cover next to the monitor. Suddenly remembering something, he called out to Hayao Nakayama, who was about to leave.
"By the way, President Nakayama, I have a small idea regarding the promotion of GenesisNE0----"
Lin Lixin picked up the card case and looked at the name " Toru Muranishi " written on it with a marker.
"I have a friend I can introduce you to—"
We need to find this kid something to do; we can't let him run off and wreak havoc on NovaXeno.
On this day, Hayao Nakayama gained a new understanding of Brother Lin's large hands.
You're the one who did all this!
The next day.
Sega released a scathing statement through gaming media.
The article is strongly worded and accuses someone of spreading a batch of Sega works underground in an attempt to damage Sega's corporate image.
Sega stated that it will not tolerate this and will severely punish the perpetrators, and will bring them to trial in accordance with the law.
However, despite the talk, perhaps because Sega has been busy with various businesses recently, this matter ultimately turned out to be all bark and no bite.
Sega merely made a perfunctory announcement that it would strengthen its oversight of its distribution channels in the coming days, and then nothing more was said.
Meanwhile, a batch of products claiming to be "discarded cartridges produced by illusion Entertainment " entered the market through scalpers.
It has captured the market.
This primary driving force, which overrides rationality, can indeed bring in a significant amount of additional market share.
Just like PC-E.
The so-called "FC killer" and "the strongest 8-bit machine" are just gimmicks, just a stepping stone.
What truly allowed them to gain a foothold was these crooked and unorthodox methods.
However, this incident will naturally bring some backlash.
At least for mothers, they might need to think about buying GenesisNE0 for a few more days.
Lin Lixin dumped all these messy and trivial matters on Hayao Nakayama and went straight to AM8, where development was in full swing.
"Hey, Yuji, you're pretty diligent today."
As soon as I entered, I saw Yuji Naka busy studying the source code left by Lin Lixin.
Judging from the empty coffee can on the table and his listless state, it was clear that he hadn't arrived early in the morning.
"How is this possible? How is this possible?!"
Yuji Naka muttered to himself, occasionally flipping through the source code, trying to glean insights into Lin Lixin's thinking.
For any game lead programmer, having the opportunity to observe Lin Lixin's work is a rare and precious chance.
It's like the protagonist in a cultivation novel who happens to obtain a scroll of a celestial book.
However, this book of cryptic knowledge is just too difficult to decipher.
"Hey, what are you muttering about?"
Lin Lixin suddenly patted him on the shoulder.
As if just emerging from his flow state, Yuji Naka shuddered and only then noticed the person who had arrived.
"President Lin! I—I'm reading the project's source code."
For any project, the first thing a newcomer should do upon joining the team is to thoroughly understand the entire project, or at least to complete their assigned part.
But even such a simple task has kept Yuji Naka stuck for an entire night.
Lin Lixin stepped closer and then noticed that the guy was actually gnawing on compiled assembly code.
"Idiot, why don't you just go and study the machine code? Didn't I write a version in N Language?"
"Well----"
Yuji Naka scratched his head, his cheeks feeling a little hot.
It's as humiliating as being persuaded to drink at the children's table, yet you can't even argue back.
He considered himself a genius, but after a whole night he hadn't even finished reading the source code.
"Assembly assembly—couldn't it have higher performance? Sonic's already so fast, every little bit saved counts—"
Unlike modern high-level languages, assembly code directly manipulates low-level hardware such as registers. As long as the technology is good, its efficiency is simply unmatched by high-level languages.
You make a good point.
Lin Lixin nodded with satisfaction.
In this era of rapid and ever-changing development of programming languages, veterans who insist on using assembly language are truly admirable.
But...
"But aren't you underestimating me a little?"
"Well?"
"I personally oversaw the development of the N Language compiler, with Support and collaboration from Comrades Carmack and Gerald. It was a product that underwent several years of iterations."
Although this thing can only be used for video game development, it is indeed inferior to other languages in other fields.
But within the realm of video games, it is undoubtedly the most powerful language.
N Language is the best in the world!
"A skilled assembly language programmer can only achieve greater efficiency in N Language. Someone who can't write assembly language can't be saved even by giving them N Language."
No matter how powerful a compiler is, it can only understand the developer's code, perform some optimizations, and finally compile it into machine code.
It is not VibeCoding as we know it today, and it cannot produce content out of thin air.
Given Yuji Naka's skill level, it wouldn't be a bad thing to let him start learning the N Language as soon as possible.
That's all I have to say. Of course, I won't object if you continue using assembly language.