Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 421: You are not important, but you are important to

"And this! Is our opportunity!"

As page after page of test evaluations for "Payday" flashed across the laser projection screen.

Ito Suke, sitting at the head of the conference table, spoke in a deep voice!

The massive KOMINA logo was right behind him.

Looking around, Kora's six major board directors and several departnt heads were seated on both sides.

Across from Ito Suke was Seiichi Nakamura, the new president currently overseeing all administrative affairs at Kora.

At this mont.

Sitting before Kora's red and white logo, Ito Suke looked over the board directors and executives in the conference room like an emperor surveying his court officials.

And in reality.

Now, he was indeed the unquestionably largest decision-maker at Kora.

Correct!

Just three days ago!

Through the collective vote of Ito Suke and two other major directors!

Kora successfully joined under Vivendi's banner, officially renad as [Kora-Vivendi Corporation] just like CloudPower, becoming Vivendi's eastern pillar in dominating the global gaming industry.

And Ito Suke, after several twists and turns, finally acquiring the 7.85% equity from forr president Uekoe Kagemasa through Gu Sheng, also leaped to beco Kora's largest shareholder, firmly sitting in the position of board chairman.

Now!

Vivendi fully supports him, his alliance holds decisive absolute equity on the board, and even the new president Seiichi Nakamura is soone he personally installed.

It could be said that the current Kora is completely Ito Suke's industry, entirely under his control.

With everything settled!

Now, it's ti to regroup and return to the position of the Eastern Hemisphere's hegemon with an unrivaled posture!

Ito Suke's ambitions are very grand.

Even greater than Uekoe Kagemasa's.

In his view, although the previous Kora was strong, it only dominated within the Eastern Hemisphere.

To truly take the helm of the global gaming circle, they must find a capital backer like Vivendi, just as CloudPower did.

And now.

Their opportunity has arrived.

Just as Ito Suke planned, Vivendi beca their biggest backer.

And what's even more exciting than this is—just as they were negotiating the rger with Vivendi, CloudPower under the foolish Konik suffered an unprecedented Waterloo at the Cologne Gascom in Germany!

Their flagship project with over five hundred million dollars in investnt had abysmal quality, not only devastating CloudPower's own stock price but even affecting Vivendi's stock price to so extent!

Thus!

CloudPower, originally seen by Ito Suke as their main rival after rging with Vivendi, suddenly beca a clay idol that couldn't even save itself.

Although for a behemoth like CloudPower, the current setback is only temporary, this temporary timing is enough for Kora to establish its footing.

After all!

Besides successfully aligning with Vivendi and CloudPower crippling itself!

There's another piece of good news!

Under CloudPower's influence, Golden Wind has now beco the representative enterprise of the isolated and sanctioned Huaguo gaming circle.

The shadow of having no engine to use hangs over this ga developer that has shone brightly in the international gaming scene in recent years.

And now.

Although their self-developed "Golden Engine" has shown initial results.

Whether in quality presentation or support functions, it still has considerable distance from the current mainstream comrcial engines in the industry.

Not to ntion the undisputed industry leader, the T0-level Illusion Engine.

Even compared to second-tier engines like Pride and Surging, the Golden Engine still has a long way to go!

Backed by a mountain!

Internal rivals weakened!

External enemies in distress!

Never has there been such a perfect opening!

Without doubt!

The current situation presents Kora with a once-in-twenty-years great opportunity.

Heaven's timing, geographical convenience, and human harmony—all stand on their side at this mont.

"As everyone knows, our biggest opponent right now, and the one most urgently needing resolution, is Golden Wind."

At the eting, board chairman Ito Suke said:

"Admittedly, in terms of market value and direct impact,"

"Huaguo's Nuyan, Yiyou, and XunTeng are all formidable opponents for us,"

"They not only can compete with us equally in the gaming field,"

"But with recent years' developnt, they've also been gradually encroaching on our market share in the motion-sensing pod sector,"

"But!"

At this point.

Ito Suke paused slightly, frowning a little, his voice lowering:

"Ultimately, it's Golden Wind behind them, acting as the driving force, continuously squeezing and devouring what should have been our Eastern Hemisphere gaming market."

If not for Golden Wind, Yiyou X2 could never have made such a na internationally in such short ti.

If not for Golden Wind, Yiyou and XunTeng would never have collaborated in this lifeti, joining forces like dual swords to encroach on Kora's share.

If not for Golden Wind, Nuyan couldn't have made such a splash at the Europa Expo either, using a Euro Truck Simulator to make CloudPower hang its head in sha.

Golden Wind is important.

At least it appears to be important.

But Ito Suke understands very clearly—

Is their massive market share being squeezed because Golden Wind's works are outstanding?

Yes, but not entirely.

Or rather, what's truly squeezing their market is the united Huaguo gaming industry.

After all, for so many years!

Yiyou and XunTeng have been standing on the continent across from them, and gaming companies like Zhenting, Nuyan, Tianlang have all been established veterans.

Why didn't these enterprises threaten their market back then?

Because they were busy competing for the vast and rich dostic market!

But now!

Golden Wind, with its unique corporate culture and work appeal, has conquered the Huaguo market, twisting the entire Huaguo gaming industry into a single rope, focusing on the broader international market!

And precisely because of this!

Manufacturers that were previously insignificant to Kora have now ford a force strong enough to shake or even change the Eastern Hemisphere, and even the global gaming landscape.

Therefore!

"Golden Wind, is not important,"

Ito Suke said:

"But having no Golden Wind, is very important to us."

Hearing this.

The executives in the conference room exchanged glances and nodded.

Seeing this, Ito Suke continued:

"Right now, it's a difficult period for Golden Wind,"

"And we are unprecedentedly strong,"

"Moreover, with CloudPower's major setback, Vivendi's executives have placed their expectations for June's Huaguo C Expo on us,"

"This is a once-in-a-lifeti opportunity,"

"As for how to use this opportunity..."

At this point.

Ito Suke gestured toward Seiichi Nakamura across from him:

"Professional matters should be handled by professionals, let's hear President Nakamura's opinion."

This is where Ito Suke is clever!

As ntioned before!

Actually, many tis, so enterprises suffer major setbacks not because of execution-level mistakes, but because of managent, especially senior managent's blind confidence in their own ideas!

And Ito Suke doesn't have this flaw.

Professional matters are handled by professionals.

Ito Suke knows that in the gaming industry, his insights are far less solid than Nakamura's, who rose from the grassroots level step by step.

Even now, as he ascends to the chairman position and frantically catches up on relevant knowledge.

Whether in experience or industry understanding, he's far inferior to Nakamura.

As the saying goes, there's order in learning the Way and specialization in skills.

The chairman's position is responsible for steering the general direction.

As for specific administrative decisions and detailed project approval issues, Nakamura should handle them.

Nodding.

Seiichi Nakamura took over from Ito Suke and spoke:

"The chairman's offensive instinct is very sharp. As the chairman said, the upcoming Huaguo C Expo in June is our best opportunity to launch a comprehensive counterattack,"

"Because currently, the problems Golden Wind faces are very serious—"

"Engine."

At this point.

Nakamura paused.

"Perhaps so might say this is just a clichéd problem, reports about the Golden Engine's barely satisfactory performance are already everywhere, everyone knows,"

"But after going through nurous evaluations and related reports, I found very few viewpoints that can truly point out exactly where the Golden Engine's defects lie."

Hearing this!

The executives in the conference room all seed thoughtful, inhaling sharply.

Right?

Everyone says the Golden Engine isn't great.

But where exactly is it lacking?

Graphics? Overall it seems acceptable? Not too bad, right?

Functionality? It has what it needs? Payday's completion level is decent, isn't it?

Performance? This is hard to judge? At least they developed a ga during the alpha test phase, right?

So—where exactly is the Golden Engine lacking?

"Or rather, let's think from another perspective—"

Nakamura spread his hands:

"What exactly are the current mainstream comrcial engines on the market good at?"

Hiss—

Hearing this.

Kora's executives seed to have found the key point of what President Nakamura was saying.

Illusion Engine is good because it has strong comprehensive performance, excellent sensory experience, great optimization, and high efficiency.

Phoenix is good because it has outstanding visual presentation, unmatched visual experience.

Pride is good because it has low usage costs, high intelligence, offering extrely high cost-performance in creating dium-sized gas.

Surging is good because it has good optimization, powerful audio tools, complete toolset, and rich customization.

But what about the Golden Engine?

Average graphics, average audio, average comprehensive performance, unknown operation difficulty, unknown customization, unknown optimization.

Overall—

"Utterly diocre,"

Nakamura summarized:

"An engine with no outstanding graphics, no outstanding audio, no outstanding sensory experience, unknown cost-performance, and no standout engine features of its own,"

"This is the fatal problem of the Golden Engine,"

"An engine without characteristics is destined to struggle in presenting distinctive ga works,"

"And coincidentally,"

"Gu Sheng is a designer with highly distinctive personal style and rich gaming imagination,"

"That is to say—"

"If we compare the previous Illusion Engine to wings on a fierce tiger, the weapon supporting his heaven-earth invincible dominance,"

"Then this current Golden Engine is the cage imprisoning the fierce tiger, making him constrained and unable to showcase his might..."