Sales of "Shenmu" fell rapidly.

Although he has a very high reputation on the Internet or media, many industry insiders call it a masterpiece.

But there are also some mild players whose purpose of playing games is to be joyful. Unlike those core players, they have begun to seek other things in addition to looking for fun to play games.

It cannot be said that the sales volume is not good.

However, it is impossible to achieve the effect that Sega wanted to achieve at the beginning. In Sega's eyes, what they hoped was that "Shenmu" could reach the level of "Hao Hero". At the beginning, "Shenmu" did have a trend of becoming the second place in "Hao Hero", and its sales were simply unparalleled.

With the sales of "Shenmu", the sales of DC consoles will naturally grow at a very fast rate.

However, this trend has not lasted for much time.

After just one week, this growth trend became slower, and DC sales also seemed to have reached a bottleneck. Although it is still growing every day, the growth rate is not too fast.

This certainly made Sega extremely shocked.

Because for them, DC's early opponents have been on the market for so long to alleviate their current bad financial situation. The reason why they invest so much in "Shenmu" is to copy the miracle of "The Legend of Heroes". Unfortunately, the current situation does not seem to be something that Sega people like to see.

One month after the release of DC.

Sega held its first high-level meeting in the new millennium.

At this meeting, even the half-retired Shirooka Nakayama, who was already in the middle of retirement, attended the meeting in person.

You should know that due to physical reasons, Nakayama Hayao has gradually stopped inquiring about the company's affairs, and founders like Okawa Kou were all present.

The meeting was boring.

There is only the same topic, that is what to do next.

The dilemma of DC, Sega's dilemma, and how to change these dilemma.

After not saying a word for a long time, Shika Nakayama sighed and sad as he watched this scene. He did not expect that in just a few years, Sega, who was once a big shot in the gaming industry, had already weakened to this point. Moreover, just before this meeting, he personally inquired about the company's financial situation and found that it had deteriorated greatly, if there was no rectification.

That whole Sega...

But now looking at this scene, even Shirooshi Nakayama feels a little powerless. It may be easy to correct Sega, but it is extremely difficult to do it.

Seven development companies, functional disorder and cross-abuse of resources.

Nakayama Hayao also knew about this, and he also knew the harm. If these seven companies were able to be thoroughly rectified and concentrated their efforts, Sega might not have been able to get rid of this embarrassing situation.

but……

When I thought of this, Shinto Nakayama touched his chest. He had a heart disease and his current body was far from decades ago. If this was the self who was decades ago, no, or even ten years ago, he would have the courage to make a thorough rectification of Sega.

But this time...

Shinto Nakayama shook his head, he was no longer able to do so.

Moreover, Sega's internal relationships are complicated now. Even if you do, it will take a lot of time.

This is not something you can do just by wanting to do.

There were some problems that were not painful throughout the meeting. Although everyone knew the purpose of this meeting, no one wanted to point it to the core.

Yu Suzuki felt that this atmosphere was a bit depressing. "Shenmu" did not meet the previous expectations. Some people inside Sega had a lot of opinions about him. Many people even said that investing in such a large development of "Shenmu" is a total waste. If it weren't for investing so much in the development of "Shenmu", Sega would not have to face this dilemma of financial exhaustion.

Such words often come into his ears.

Although he was angry, he didn't know how to distinguish it, but it was an indisputable fact that the development of "Shenmu" did cost a lot of money.

However, this is not a decision made by oneself. If something like this, you are not qualified to make a decision.

At that time, he just proposed his own plan, and then the miracle of "The Legend of Heroes" was still vivid in his mind. Sega's entire senior executive agreed to this matter. As for having so many unrealistic fantasies about "Shenmu", even before, some people said that "Shenmu" would copy the miracle of "The Legend of Heroes" in the past, he did not participate.

Moreover, he would never agree with this view.

Indeed, the sales of "Haoxia" and "Haoxia" played a huge role in the popularization of Mars entertainment consoles, but this is definitely not just the role of "Haoxia".

You know, what kind of lineup was the game lineup under Mars Entertainment at that time?

Top producers, one works that are not inferior to "The Legend of Heroes" are taking turns.

"Final Fantasy 7", "Metal Equipment", "Zelda"... These names after names are the key to DreamWave 3 coming from behind and dominating the market. "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" played a big role, but it was definitely not a decisive role.

He knew these words and had also told others, but others couldn't listen to them at all. In fact, the reason was very simple, that is, the power of Mars Entertainment could not be copied, and the game "Haoxia" could be copied. In the absence of a solution, choosing a possible path to go on is also a solution.

Unfortunately, Shenmue did not solve this problem.

“Shenmu’s sales are pretty good.”

Suddenly, someone said this. When Yu Suzuki heard someone mention his game, he looked at the person who was talking. The other party was his friend.

Sega people do not object to this. Now "Shenmu" is indeed the most popular game sold on DC, and it almost reaches a one-to-one sales ratio with DC. It can be said that it is the biggest contributor to DC sales so far. However, the game "Shenmu" has invested a total of US$100 million, and the subsequent investment in the release has reached more than US$50 million.

This is almost the biggest investment Sega has ever made.

It is natural to achieve such achievements in the eyes of many people.

There is nothing to be proud of either.

Of course, as a meritorious member of the company, Yu Suzuki, most people will not offend him blatantly, and at most they will just complain behind their backs.

"So about the subsequent additional investment in "Shenmur 2"..."

Unexpectedly, this sentence was interrupted before it was finished.

"I think it's better to talk about it later in a while. The investment required by Shenmue 2 is too great, and we still have several projects underway, and there are not enough funds to develop Shenmue 2."

This view has been agreed upon by many people.

Yu Suzuki just watched all this quietly, and he knew it himself. Sega is indeed in a difficult situation now. It is not too much money flow, and almost every penny is spent on the steel blade. Not only "Shenmur 2", but even several other best-selling games have temporarily cancelled the subsequent additional investment, because for Sega, the most important thing now is to ensure the output of DC.

Originally, the production capacity of DC was tight, so a part of the funds were needed to prepare for emergencies.

According to the results of "Shenmu", the development of the second part should have begun long ago, but it is because of insufficient working capital. So far, although the plot of "Shenmu 2" has been designed, there has not been a formal project yet.

For Yu Suzuki, "Shenmu" is the story he wants to tell the most, but so far, this story has only just begun.

He really wanted to keep this story told.

However, the development team of "Shenmu" is very large. If there is no additional investment as soon as possible, such a huge team cannot be maintained. Therefore, although Yu Suzuki does not want to participate in the power struggle within Sega, if he doesn't speak this time, the team of "Shenmu 2" may be disbanded.

When he spoke, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.

And Yu Suzuki was not vague and went straight to the point.

"I know the company's situation is very difficult now, but game development still has to be carried out, otherwise the team will not be able to maintain it. Regarding the matter of "Shenmur 2", I hope to get a clear answer. If I want to continue doing it, at least I will let me maintain the team first. If I don't do it in a weak way, I will give an accurate statement."

Yu Suzuki said this very directly, but if you act it directly, not everyone will like to listen to it.

Suddenly, after Yu Suzuki finished these few words, several people immediately changed their faces. They seemed to be very dissatisfied with Yu Suzuki's statement so directly, but Yu Suzuki didn't care much. In the entire Sega, there were probably only two meritorious veterans, Shikio Nakayama and Kou Okawa.

In fact, after Yu Suzuki finished saying his words, he looked directly at the two of them.

Shinto Nakayama pondered, but Kou Kawa didn't say anything.

The scene became silent again for a while.

After a while, Okawa Kou's somewhat old voice rang: "What Suzuki said is still very reasonable. I have seen the sales of "Shenmu", which is indeed very good. If we don't continue to invest in such a game, then what game should we develop? However, the company's finances are indeed a bit tight now..."

When he said this, Okawa Kou paused for a moment.

Frowning, as if he was thinking, he sighed and said, "Let's do it, "Shenmu 2" will be launched as soon as possible..."

As soon as this sentence was said, a supervisor of the Ministry of Finance immediately looked like he wanted to speak, but he just showed his move to speak, but he was blocked by Okawa Kou waved his hand.

"I know it's hard for the company to spend enough money to develop Shenmue 2, but after so many years of development, Shenmue 2 will continue for many years, so there is no need to invest so much money at one time. Let's do this, invest 20 million US dollars in the first phase of development funds. Suzuki, what do you think this is the case?"

After hearing this, Yu Suzuki felt that every word of Okawa Kou said was reasonable.

He said it was right that "Shenmur 2" will be developed for at least three years, so there is no need to put all the development funds in place at one time, and the 20 million US dollars of funds are enough for the entire development team to take a very long time.

Of course, based on the development investment of the first part of "Sanmu" of up to 100 million yuan, if "Shenmu 2" also wants to reach the level of "Shenmu", then the investment will definitely not be lower than this level.

However, if Sega now needs to spend $100 million to establish a project, they may not have the ability.

It’s not that Sega doesn’t have $100 million.

Instead, there are more places that require the use of not much liquidity.

"Thank you, President Kokoro Okawa."

After getting the answer he wanted, Yu Suzuki also stood up and bowed slightly to Okawa Kou, expressing his gratitude.

And Okawa Kou just waved his hand.

There was still no smile on his face, a sad look.

"Everyone knows that this period may be the most difficult period since our Sega was founded. However, we have been founded for more than 40 years. We have experienced enough setbacks and enough sufferings. We have persisted until now. I believe that we will definitely be able to overcome this difficulty and difficulties."

Speaking of this, Okawa Kou may think what he said was a bit pessimistic, so he smiled at first.

Continuing, "Actually, our situation is still good now. The sales of DC are good. It has only been released for a month and our sales have exceeded one million units. I remember that Saturn is not as fast as this speed, right? Moreover, "Shenmu" is also very popular and sold million units in a month. Although it is still a bit far from our expected results, it is already one of our best-selling games."

"Everything is developing in a better place. As long as we can use the one-year period to build certain advantages, we still have great hope."

Okawa Kou didn't say what hope it was.

Everyone didn't want to know either. They knew that it was definitely not a hope of turning defeat into victory, because they could not defeat Mars Entertainment at all.

Since it is not the hope of turning defeat into victory, what else can it be?

Just survive as a host manufacturer.

But, is this kind of survival meaningful?

Many people from Sega are thinking about this issue, but in fact, Okawa Kou is also thinking about this issue.

If DC really does not achieve the expected effect, then is it necessary for Sega's host to continue? Or is it a mistake after experiencing the ss defeat? (~^~)
Chapter completed!