1991 Starting from the core

Amidst the roar of the racing car, Kutaragi Ken reported the PlayStation configuration.

"We used a dedicated CPU based on the YX architecture with up to 66MHz provided by Yuanxin Technology."

"It is also equipped with the Sirius display core provided by Xinghai Technology, which supports polygonal 3D and complete 2D. This core has display capabilities that are not inferior to those of graphics workstations!"

"At the same time, we will also be equipped with 3M memory, 1M video memory. And our best sound chip..."

Along with Kutaragi Ken's voice, everyone was attracted by the configuration of this console.

If you go by the configuration alone, this game console can indeed be called an epoch-making product.

The game was paused, and Kutaragi looked at the people waiting in the audience, and reported the price and the time for full launch.

"January 10th next year, $299."

After finishing speaking, Kutaragi Ken bowed and left the stage.

The crowd was stunned for a moment, then began to burst into applause.

…

Su Yuanshan bypassed the crowd and walked towards Sony's booth No. 1.

At this time, Kutaragi Ken was hiding behind the screen and drinking water. When he saw Su Yuanshan, he immediately waved to the employees and let Su Yuanshan go to his seat.

"Congratulations." Su Yuanshan looked back at the many software vendors and people related to the game industry who came to the front of the booth to inquire, and said to Kutaragi Kendao.

Kutaragi Ken held Su Yuanshan's hand and shook it constantly, and finally said "Thank you" in Chinese only.

When Ken Kutaragi was invited to the provincial capital, he humbly asked Su Yuanshan for advice on how to launch PlayStation.

You know, there is no famous E3 game show at this time. Similar TV game consoles are usually released at the International Consumer Electronics Show in January (also in Las Vegas). If you miss it, the Broadcast and Television Show in April is generally considered.

If you miss it again, it means there is a problem with your development progress... You can only rely on your own channels or TV advertisements to promote it.

With the cooperation of several teams, the development progress of PlayStation was faster than expected. When it was still July, Kutaragi was sure that the engineering prototype could be launched in October.

Kutaragi's plan is to make good use of these three months to increase production capacity and win over game developers, and then wait until next January, during the Consumer Electronics Show, to directly seal his throat with a sword.

——It was exactly two years ago, at the Consumer Electronics Show in 1991, that Sony announced with great enthusiasm that it would cooperate with Nintendo, and also integrated the information of CD-Rom peripherals with the all-in-one machine, that is, the PlayStation The news was announced together. His whole body was filled with the feeling of happiness of being a level 0 alt and finding a full level boss to lead him through the dungeon.

But who would have expected that just after entering the dungeon, Sony was kicked out of the dungeon by a max-level boss before even finishing the mini-boss.

This humiliation... Kutaragi Ken vowed to get it back.

And January next year will be exactly three years.

However, when he met Su Yuanshan in August, Su Yuanshan told Kutaragi Ken that it was not necessary.

The current PlayStation has an absolute advantage in technology, and Sony has no need to hide it. The only trouble for Sony now is that as a newcomer in the gaming industry, there are no game developers to play with it.

Therefore, Sony can directly show off the console at the dealer conference in October, showcase its technology, and openly recruit partners from the world.

——Lower royalties than Nintendo, lower entry barriers, looser review standards, and unlimited development quantity, coupled with a very cost-effective game console—if it still cannot attract game developers, That's not Sony's problem.

It's the game developers who have a problem.

They knelt for a long time and could not get up.

"These three months should be the most difficult three months for Nintendo. They can only pray that none of the PlayStation games can become popular. Other than that, there is no solution."

While talking and laughing, Su Yuanshan sentenced Nintendo to death.

Kutaragi Ken smiled and shook his head: "But that's not necessarily the case. After all, they are currently the most powerful game company. They have a large number of game development teams and a large player base..."

"Believe me, as long as PlayStation can crush it technically, it will be really difficult for them to stand up. Unless they can develop innovative game modes..."

In the old time and space, everyone said that it was Final Fantasy 7 that finally helped PS defeat Nintendo. But on the other hand, isn't it true that PS made Final Fantasy 7 possible?

At this time, Su Yuanshan thought of the WII of Jedi Counterattack in later generations.

If there was no WII, I'm afraid Nintendo would really be blocked by Microsoft and Sony.

But in this life... Su Yuanshan will not give Nintendo a chance to develop WII again.

"I believe in your vision." Kutaragi Ken nodded. At this time, he glanced at the central booth and prompted: "Your beautiful president has begun."

Su Yuanshan turned around and saw Chen Jing standing on the stage, holding Yuanxin's first mobile phone in her left hand, facing countless flashing lights.

"Haha, it's a small product, nothing to be proud of."

Su Yuanshan said this, but turned around and crossed his arms, his eyes focused on Chen Jing.

Chen Jing introduced various parameters of the mobile phone in fluent English, including measurements, weight, signal strength, battery life, etc.

But it is true that as Su Yuanshan said, there is really nothing to be proud of in feature phones at this time - the biggest function is making calls, and even text messages will have to wait a few years to become popular.

More mature products focus on appearance, while immature products strive to improve signal strength, battery life, etc.

Moreover, Yuanxin's mobile phones are largely making their debut. After all, its main battlefield will be at home, and the overseas side will mainly be left to Xinghai.

Of course, if the market approves, Su Yuanshan would not mind selling his mobile phone to the west.

After introducing the mobile phone, Chen Jing held up another CPU.

Up to 100MHz, YX02 with reduced instruction set architecture can be said to be the most mature and powerful reduced instruction set CPU currently. Especially after Sony announced the use of YX architecture just now, it attracted more attention.

"It seems that it is still a bit difficult for reduced instruction set CPUs to break into the market here." Su Yuanshan looked at the reaction from the audience and frowned: "These guys really only think that it is enough..."

Kutaragi Ken glanced at Su Yuanshan and said something that only a "homeboy" would say: "It is difficult for any product to enter the western market now."

Su Yuanshan just smiled.

The two semiconductor agreements coupled with the appreciation of the yen have made the country's semiconductor industry miserable... People are boiling frogs in warm water, but the United States is so good that it wants to boil frogs in boiling water.

Su Yuanshan said: "You focus on consumer electronics products, which should be much better."

The two chatted casually until Chen Jing finished her presentation.

Su Yuanshan suddenly asked casually, "Mr. Jiuduo, how is the research and development of your mobile phone going?"

The reason why Su Yuanshan asked this was because he knew...Sony's mobile phones were only released after 1995. And because of the different standards, he has always stayed in Ni country.

"Huh?" Kutaragi Ken was slightly startled, silent for a moment and shook his head: "It's a bit difficult."

"Then don't do it. Why don't we authorize the full package to you?"

Kutaragi Ken was startled again. He was not sure what Su Yuanshan meant when he suddenly wanted to authorize a mobile phone plan - simply selling money?

But he immediately realized that this was unlikely.

Because what Yuexin lacks most now is money, but Sony...is very short of money!

"What do you want to exchange?" Kutaragi Ken asked.

"Lithium batteries." Su Yuanshan replied, paused, and added: "We are also studying lithium batteries, and we may have found a safer cathode material."

"What?" Kutaragi Ken almost bit his tongue.