novelODS Why was the bonus in Chapter 164 given so stingily?
Why was the bonus in Chapter 164 given so stingily?
Why was the bonus in Chapter 164 given so stingily?
"Use our DRAM?"
Lin Lixin was slightly taken aback. "Why not use Toshiba or Fujitsu?"
A Japanese game developer traveled all the way to the US to buy memory chips, specifically from Micron, which is currently undergoing industrial upgrading.
"President Lin, I was referring to the American version of our next-generation console, which I named SEGA-Genesis."
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Genesis, the American name for Sega's fifth-generation console.
Lin Lixin finally understood.
Due to the semiconductor agreement, DRAM prices, which had previously plummeted in response to the US market, have begun an exaggerated rebound.
If Sega intends to rely on its assembly plants in the US, then whether they choose Japanese or American DRAM is essentially the same.
"President Lin, I'm not familiar with Micron's capabilities, but I have faith in yours."
The fact that Lin Lixin is using products from a newly acquired manufacturer for his next-generation mainframe instead of other more mature solutions speaks volumes about his attitude.
Nakayama Hayao's expression was serious as he met Lin Lixin's gaze.
Unlike other company presidents, Hayao Nakayama did not only own Sega.
It is precisely because of this that he is able to break out of the established framework and consider issues in a more radical way.
DRAM————
Lin Lixin pondered for a few moments, then suddenly smiled.
Micron has just finished integrating and restarting several production lines, and it really needs a large company to absorb the production capacity.
After all, their NovaXeno will not use conventional DRAM, but rather high-speed synchronous memory SDRAM, which is currently in trial production.
More importantly, this might be a good opportunity to ambush Ren.
By the time NEC released its "FC killer" PC, the Engine, and Nintendo began rushing to develop the Super Famicom, their memory technology had already fallen far behind.
According to historical data, the Super Nintendo's memory is only 128KB, which is roughly equivalent to a 1Mb Micron chip.
At that time, Nintendo will have Sega to compete with and PC 1E to chase after them, so who knows how busy they'll be.
"Of course, President Nakayama Hayao, how many are you planning to order?"
"500 million 1Mb memory chips".
"Hmm—that's quite a large order. By the way, I wonder if Mr. Hayao Nakayama is interested in PPU display chips?"
A huge order revitalized Micron's entire production line.
However, Sam seemed somewhat anxious about this matter.
Selling higher-performance hardware to competitors is just asking for trouble, isn't it?
"Looking for trouble? Why?"
Lin Lixin responded casually to Sam's question.
"What if Sega's Genesis console is really that powerful? Wouldn't that affect us?"
"So—if I gave you a 32-bit Atari with 16GB of RAM and a resolution of 40962160, would you buy it?"
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Seeing Sam fall silent, Lin Lixin continued, "The most important thing about a game console is never its specs, but the games it offers. This isn't a PC; nobody buys an expensive game console just for the hardware."
"Higher and more complex configurations mean higher development difficulty. Neither Sega nor Nintendo has our advantages in N language and OpenGL, nor do they have our market share."
"Even third parties know very well which side they should stand on."
There's one more thing Lin Lixin didn't mention.
Even without Sega, Nintendo wouldn't let go of such a large market as North America.
It's better to let them fight it out than to let one company monopolize the market.
There is no other game company in the world that can occupy the same niche as GAMENOVA.
"Not to mention that those servers costing a couple hundred dollars are not in the same category as us. Even if they are truly contradictory, it would still take them several months or even a year or two to get them on the market."
"Before that, we could use Sega's money to steadily develop our own games."
The complete privatization of Micron had already drastically reduced Gamenova's cash reserves. Coupled with NovaXeno's expensive production costs, without this order, Gamenova would have had to continuously inject capital into Micron to pull it back to life.
They're using our money to make their own games, and they should thank us.
Sam followed Lin Lixin back to the conference room.
He had been too busy with a lot of other things to get involved before.
If he's not allowed to participate in such an interesting task as content planning, he'll be so anxious he'll feel like ants are crawling all over his body.
"Nonsense! Of course the Byzantines wanted to achieve a victory of domination! A religious victory is out of the question!"
"You're talking nonsense! The prosperity of Basil II's reign was inseparable from the support of the Church!"
As soon as they entered the house, the sounds of Will and Sid arguing filled the air.
Kojima, due to her lack of fluency in the language and the fact that her personality didn't quite match the two men's, seemed somewhat withdrawn. She huddled to the side, listening to each of them explain their thoughts, nodding in agreement from time to time.
Seeing Lin Lixin walk in, Will slammed his hand on the table and stood up abruptly, looking at Lin Lixin.
"Lin, tell me, should Basil II pursue a path of conquest or religious victory?"
Lin Lixin shrugged helplessly.
"Why teach players how to play the game? Aren't there two paths to take? Instead of specializing in one, it's better to design them to complement each other."
"For example, the Sect Auxiliary Conquest, which designs a unit enhancement mechanism around the sect's development gameplay, or the War Berserker Sect Auxiliary, which develops the sect through combat."
Realizing that the group seemed to be getting stuck in a certain pattern when it came to character design, Lin Lixin had to quickly bring them back on track.
"Ah, it really is. How silly of me, it's a bit too rigid."
The two were stunned upon hearing this, and both slapped their thighs, exclaiming that they had made a mistake.
"I've got it! How about this: every holy city that converts to Byzantium increases the combat power of all Byzantine units?"
"Not bad. How about adding armored cavalry to replace the existing heavy knights, giving them—a greater advantage—against cities that adhere to the Byzantine religion?"
Once the thought process is clear, the rest will fall into place naturally.
After listening for a while, Sam realized he had no chance to speak, so he could only silently pick up the form on the table that already recorded the existing civilizations and start flipping through it.
But the more he turned the pages, the more his doubts surged.
The contents recorded here are completely different from what I imagined.
There are no earth-shattering numerical explosions, only sporadic and pitifully small bonuses of 1 or 2 points.
Seeing Lin Lixin finish the discussion and sit down in front of him, he pointed to the content on the screen and asked, "Lin, is this design fun to play? The stats are too stingy, aren't they?"
"Like this, the effect of the island: mines adjacent to the academy gain +1 technology, and farms adjacent to the academy gain +1 food."
"What can you do with such a low level of technology? It doesn't seem like it can differentiate us from other civilizations."
Since different civilizations have been distinguished, the characteristics of each civilization should be highly differentiated, so that there is a sense of enjoyment in choosing.
The values listed here don't follow any rules at all; they're incredibly stingy.