Reborn in 1984: Starting with the Development of Chinese Character Cards, Chapter 115: Popular in America. With the explosive popularity of the fighting game series "Boundless", Chinese Kung Fu has become a craze in Japan.

When Japanese children are playing games, they often throw out names and moves from Chinese Kung Fu.

Some very curious people will even actively try to find out the real identities of game characters. This is practically cultural invasion.

At the same time, sales skyrocketed.

Countless FC platform users had no choice but to buy them in order to play fighting games.

By the end of October, total sales in Japan had exceeded 7 million units, second only to Nintendo's Famicom (FC) with 11.5 million units.

However, it only took 5 months to achieve this result.

It took 3 years for Nintendo's Famicom (FC) game console to reach sales of 11.5 million units.

Industry insiders have realized that it may have the potential to replace the Nintendo FC.

At this time, executives from the six founding manufacturers of the Nintendo FC platform—Hudson, Namco, Teto, Capcom, Jeremy, and Konami—personally traveled to Shanghai and proactively contacted Wujiang Group to express their intention to cooperate.

On November 2nd, at around 10:25 AM, Zhao Ye specially met with the six game companies in the conference room.

These six game companies are quite powerful and have developed many games that have sold very well.

The success of Nintendo's Famicom (FC) sales owes much to these six game developers.

Of course, Nintendo might not think that way.

Zhao Ye glanced at the representatives of the six companies and said with a faint smile, "Hello, welcome to Wujiang Group. I understand your purpose in coming, but I heard that you want to change your exclusive games to multi-platform games?"

All six executives nodded in agreement.

"Yes, Mr. Zhao. As you probably know, the FC platform has tens of millions of users. If we only release exclusive games, it will be a huge loss for us third-party game developers. I hope you can understand."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ye nodded slightly. In fact, he had already considered it. He didn't necessarily want the game to be exclusive. Besides, why not try to poach Nintendo's players? It would be entirely beneficial for him.

So he said, "I can meet your requirements. However, since it's not an exclusive game, your revenue share will be lower, only 20%."

For exclusive games, the third-party game developer receives 30% of the revenue; for multi-platform games, the developer receives 20%.

This is perfectly reasonable.

Upon hearing this, the six manufacturers thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

Zhao Ye added, "In addition, your game must be released first on [website name], and then it can only be available on the FC platform after at least one month."

Upon hearing this, all six manufacturers looked troubled.

Currently, its user base lags far behind that of FC.

If these six companies were to join forces to "force the issue," Nintendo might compromise and allow their games to be released across platforms, but it would be impossible for them to release their games on a single platform for a month at the same time.

A month later, the cucumbers were all cold.

"Mr. Zhao, you're putting us in a really difficult position. Nintendo definitely won't agree to this request!"

"Yes, Mr. Zhao, how about releasing it on both sides at the same time, so that neither side is favored?"

"..."

Seeing this, Zhao Ye did not insist.

"Alright then, I've approved it on my end, but Nintendo might not allow you to release games on multiple platforms..."

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhao. With our six manufacturers joining forces, Nintendo won't refuse us, unless they really want to force us all to Wujiang Group's side!"

Zhao Ye smiled and then said, "Since you're confident, that's good. I wish us a pleasant cooperation!"

"It's a pleasure doing business with you!"

The representatives from the six manufacturers were all smiles and stepped forward to shake hands with Zhao Ye.

Zhao Ye smiled and said, "On December 1st, we're preparing to enter the US game market. If you release a game on that platform, you need to port it over as soon as possible."

The six men were shocked, thinking to themselves that Wujiang Group was finally going to target the American market, and FC's market share was likely to shrink significantly.

The six game developers know very well what kind of games Americans like to play.

The six fighting games released by Wujiang Group alone were wildly popular among American players! Moreover, Wujiang Group's action-packed series, as well as games like *Dragon Quest*, *The Legend of Zelda*, *Final Fantasy*, *Contra*, *Red Fortress*, *Salamander*, *Pokémon*, and *Calabash Brothers*, are all genres beloved by Americans!

Furthermore, its powerful performance and MMC chip are features that FC lacks.

No matter how you look at it, it's bound to be a hit.

The representatives of the six manufacturers quickly stated that they would port their games to the platform as soon as possible.

The earlier a game is ported, the more money it can generate.

...

Nintendo.

"President, the representatives from the six manufacturers have almost coordinated to come to our company together, saying they have important matters to discuss with you!" The secretary reported to Hiroshi Yamauchi with a frown.

Upon hearing this, Hiroshi Yamauchi became somewhat uneasy, frowned, and replied, "Take them to the conference room."

"Okay, President."

...

That afternoon, the six manufacturers confronted Nintendo, demanding that Nintendo allow them to release games simultaneously on the Famicom (FC) and other platforms.

Hiroshi Yamauchi was furious and felt betrayed.

Without Nintendo's nurturing and support, these six companies would not have achieved what they have today.

Well, now that they've grown strong enough, and with FC facing a very formidable and powerful opponent, these six manufacturers dare to "rebel."

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