SEC Chapter 122 The New Office: The Next Step in the Plan to Suppress EA
Chapter 122 The New Office: The Next Step in the Plan to Suppress EA
Chapter 122 The New Office: The Next Step in the Siege of EA
"What nonsense are you two talking about?"
Harvey, holding the brand-new NES case and the "One-on-One" cartridge, looked at the two brothers in front of him with suspicion.
He inexplicably came over and chattered on for a while, telling him to hurry up and return the NES.
Isn't this just pure nonsense?
"No, buddy, I'm serious!"
Miles grabbed Harvey and started to pull him toward the counter. "You don't understand," he said, "there's a game company that made a basketball game, and it's even better than EA, the one you mentioned!"
"Oh dear, I thought something was wrong."
Upon hearing this, Harvey broke free from Miles's grasp.
He finally understood.
"GAMENOVA? I know they made one too, but EA specializes in that."
"And they even signed star players for cheap. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Jordan? One was about to retire and the other had just recovered from injury."
Although Harvey wasn't a game enthusiast, he had a particular interest in sports games.
To achieve the level of the new version of "One-on-One" is already a rare, top-tier standard in the world.
As expected of Konami's specially designed MMC enhancement chip, it further enhances the already excellent image performance.
"F**K, come with us, you'll see!"
Seeing that there was no hope of persuading him in such a dry way, the two simply dragged him towards the demo area.
Sometimes, it takes years to form a belief, but often only a moment to destroy it.
Harvey, 1986.
NovaBo's box isn't too heavy, so carrying it home isn't difficult.
— Miles, 1986.
I must remember to bring money when I go out in the future, especially to game stores.
Ethan, 1986.
The next day, afternoon.
The three Harvey brothers finished their lessons as usual and took their basketballs to the court to play.
"Hey, Harvey, I saw the three of you go to the game store in town yesterday."
"Why aren't you playing games with those nerds? What are you doing here?"
Harvey frowned as he looked at the person who had just arrived.
Those bastards from their school's fraternity.
It's really not a good thing to be targeted by them.
If they get labeled as "nerds," they won't be able to shake it off before graduation.
If it were just me, it wouldn't be so bad, but involving two brothers is just incredibly troublesome.
"What's wrong?"
But Miles stepped forward and shielded Ha behind him, saying, "You haven't played Double Dribble before, have you? That's so lame, buddy."
"Haha, this guy probably doesn't even know what NovaBo is, why waste your breath on him."
Ethan laughed heartily, picking up where Miles left off, and looked at the man before him with a mocking expression. "Hey, Mikey, listen up! Miles and I are hosting an awesome Double Dribble competition this weekend, all the big names are going, and guess who wasn't invited?"
"Oh, you scared him, Ethan."
"So what? I bet he won't be able to snag a single one this month."
The battle between EA and Gamenova had been brewing in the gaming community for months.
Almost every issue of the magazine features topics related to both sides.
But the real contest was decided in just one week.
It was faster than anyone could have imagined.
"How many copies of 'One-on-One' have been sold? It's already over 100 million copies? Wow, that's more impressive than I imagined."
Lin Lixin, holding a nearly two-pound mobile phone, listened to Sam's report on the other end of the line. "And what about ours? Oh—the young master? 500 million units?"
"Let's get the official rules for the 'double dribble' on EVO as soon as possible, it would also enrich the program."
"As for a booster pack—it seems like Bird and Jason's agents definitely have something in mind."
"We'll talk about it later, your signal is too bad."
Lin Lixin listened to the intermittent and indistinct responses on the other end of the phone and then hung up.
Looking at the Motorola DynaTAC in his hand, which he had bought for $4000, Lin Lixin felt a headache coming on.
Damn it, for someone used to modern smartphones, using this thing is just so uncomfortable.
This thing is like a brick; it doesn't fit anywhere.
If it weren't for the complete development of commercial cellular networks near Silicon Valley, this thing wouldn't even be able to make smooth phone calls.
"What the heck? It's almost out of power!"
Lin Lixin reluctantly put it into his bag.
No matter how you look at it, it's at least a mobile communication device.
Make do with it.
He looked up at the building in front of him.
The three-story office building is not very large, with each floor measuring just over 500 square meters.
For other companies, such an office building might not seem like much.
But for GAMENOVA, which was not long ago a classic Silicon Valley startup-style garage workshop, it was a complete transformation.
Several workers were hanging ropes on the roof to install the huge GAMENOVA logo.
As GAMENOVA expanded its business, the original model of using that small arcade as an office gradually became insufficient.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Lixin simply gathered all the business scattered in various places together.
Apart from Micro-Nova, all other businesses have been relocated to this new office building.
Looking from a distance, Gerrard was following several movers, carefully carrying boxes of components into the building.
The new office building is located in San Francisco, which is within Silicon Valley, and is quite close to Vivian's place.
Now, it only takes less than half an hour to get to her place.
Of course, once you come to the Bay Area, you're not just surrounded by your own people.
EA's home base, San Mateo, is part of the Bay Area.
"This time they really got a hard time."
Lin Lixin was in a great mood.
Although EA's "One vs One" sold over a million copies in a week, this growth rate will slow down further as the market becomes more saturated.
A game's sales are usually concentrated in the first month or two after its release.
This result —
It definitely did not meet EA's expectations.
It certainly didn't achieve the results NOA wanted.
To facilitate this comprehensive cooperation, NOA must have offered EA an extremely generous cooperation package.
This is Arakawa's latest full-scale counterattack after a long period of silence.
If GAMENOVA had chosen a different field this time, Arakawa might actually have succeeded in making it happen.
For North America, the influence of the ball is self-evident.
If they occupy this important area and gain a foothold, it will be much more difficult to overthrow them than it is now.
"Unfortunately, EA isn't that easy to kill."
Lin Lixin narrowed his eyes slightly.
While EA Sports is a major pillar of Electronic Arts, it doesn't mean that EA can't survive without it.
To completely eliminate it, we need to take more drastic measures.
"SimCity, Madden NFL, Need for Speed —"
Any one of them could be a world-renowned IP.
Sam has already spoken with Madden regarding football, so there's no need to rush that for now.
Need for Speed was only likely to be born in the 90s when 16-bit 3D technology gradually matured.
And the simulation series —
This studio, with its tumultuous history and several top-tier IPs that were ultimately ruined by EA, is one we absolutely must acquire.