Chapter 1028 – Gbox
Feng Yu’s lazy nature prevented him from going up the stage to give a speech. Although the opening ceremony of Wind and Rain Gas is grand and had invited many tycoons, Feng Yu wants to introduce Kada Masao and Lin Tianming to them.
Most of the tycoons and representatives from various companies are there to congratulate Feng Yu. Still, there are so with looks of disdain and hatred.
One of the people who is showing disdain is Sony’s representative. He is also Norio Ohga’s assistant, Jun’ichi Inoue.
To Sony, Wind and Rain Gas are their competitors in ga developnt, and many of Feng Yu’s businesses are direct competitors with Sony.
Sony had lost to Aiwa in the music player industry. However, Sony still has PlayStation to bring in profits for them.
But now, Microsoft is entering the video ga console industry. Microsoft felt they should upgrade themselves from being an office necessity to a lifestyle necessity. After all, the lifestyle product market is bigger.
Microsoft had wanted to support Sega, but Sega’s console is a failure, and there are too few ga titles. They are not a match for Sony’s PlayStation.
If the consoles are not selling well, Microsoft, which is developing the operating systems for the consoles will not make profits.
So, Microsoft went to speak to Sony. Use our Microsoft operating system for your consoles, and we promise to develop the best operating system for your products.
But Sony felt Microsoft does not know about video gas. Microsoft had helped Sega developed an operating system for their console, claiming to enable the console to go online. But what happened in the end? That console failed. The pre-sales had been ongoing for so long, and yet not many people ordered. Even if it is launched, it will also be a failed product. Maybe, they will not even recover their cost.
Sony does not want to work with Microsoft as they blad Sega’s failure on Microsoft.
Thus, Sony rejected Microsoft and chose to work with Microsoft’s rival, Linux.
Linux system is free and is supported by many hardware and PC manufacturers. Once Linux developed to be as good as Microsoft’s systems, Microsoft sales will be affected.
What Sony did was considered a provocation to Microsoft!
Bill Gates is pissed and decided to develop his own console to rival Sony! He wants to teach Sony a lesson!
The easiest way to enter a new industry is to acquire a strong company in that industry. At this ti, the only video ga console that can rival Sony is Nintendo. Nintendo owns around 40% of the market share, Sony owns more than 50%, and Sega and the rest makes up for the remaining.
Bill Gates drops Sega as he felt Sega could not compete with Sony and Nintendo, and he set his sights on Nintendo.
But Nintendo refused to be bought over by Microsoft as they are still making profits. Their cash on hand is more than 6 billion USD.
A company that is at its peak and has sufficient funds will not be acquired by another company.
Bill Gates is furious.
At around this ti, Feng Yu went to look for Bill Gates and told him that about his intention of entering the video ga console industry. He asked Bill Gates if he is interested in working with him.
Feng Yu had asked Aiwa Little Tyrant to develop a video ga console. Still, he underestimated the technical difficulties of developing a ga console and had invested too little money. As a result, Aiwa Little Tyrant’s technologies are about the sa level as Sega Saturn.
Sega Saturn’s sales are less than 10 million units, losing to Sony and Nintendo. Even if Aiwa Little Tyrant developed their own console, the sales would not be good too. In China, video gas are not as popular as the western countries and Japan.
After all, Microsoft had worked with Sega before on their new console and has more experience than Aiwa Little Tyrant. Also, Microsoft can get the rights of many gas. One of the reasons why Sega had failed is because they have too little gas.
Bill Gates becos interested after Feng Yu approached him. He sent Ballr over for a site visit and realized Aiwa Little Tyrant do have good technologies. More importantly, video ga consoles require DVD or CD technologies.
When it cos to DVD technologies, Wind and Rain Electronics is stronger than Sony. Microsoft felt Sega had failed because they had used outdated CD-Rom technologies!
Feng Yu is also a Microsoft shareholder, and it’s easier for them to work together.
Ballr also knew Sony and Feng Yu are on bad terms. Feng Yu had bought Aiwa’s shares from Sony, and Aiwa had replaced Sony as the leader in the portable music player industry!
Sony also hated Feng Yu to the core! Now, Bill Gates is also looking at Sony the sa way as Sony looks at Feng Yu. He can’t wait to see Sony’s video ga console fails!
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Furthermore, Feng Yu is soone who is on the sa level as Bill Gates.
Feng Yu and Bill Gates have funds, technologies, and connections. These are their advantages, and if they developed a gaming console, it would surely replace Sony as the market leader!
Of course, Bill Gates hopes to teach Nintendo a lesson as well. After all, Nintendo had announced they would be working with IBM, and IBM is Microsoft’s rival in operating systems.
Ballr had represented Microsoft to congratulate the opening of Wind and Rain Gas and, at the sa ti, discuss the details of their cooperation on Gbox.
Bill Gates wants to na this console as Microsoft Video Console, and Feng Yu wants to call it Wind and Rain Console. Both sides gave in and decided to na the console as Gbox (Ga Box).
But both sides still have not decided on the investnt proportions, shares, etc. This will not be an easy negotiation as both parties have money, and both want to have the controlling shares!
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