Global Monopoly of Technology

Entering September, a team from the Côte d'Azur has already arrived in Cologne, Germany, and has begun to make on-site arrangements for the next press conference. It only takes more than 20 days to complete all the layout of the press conference.

The other team travels all over the world to engage with world-renowned third-party game developers, targeting such as the American Electronic Arts (EA) which owns the "Need for Speed" series and the FIFA series; owns the "Assassin's Creed" series, Ubisoft, which owns the Watch Dogs series, etc.; Konami, which owns the Metal Gear series, Silent Hill, and more; Capcom, which owns the Resident Evil series, Devil May Cry, and more company.

Luo Sheng's task for this team is that the world's top third-party game developers should go to the door and let them release their new games on the upcoming console platform.

Can pull one is one, in short, the more the better.

The most successful one was the negotiation launched by Ubisoft, because the Vivendi Group sent a divine assist at this time.

However, even if these third parties do not come, Luo Sheng is not afraid, because his content layout in the past five years is enough to carry the release of the console. For example, 2KGames, a subsidiary of Take-two Group, has the "Civilization" series, "Bioshock" series, "Borderlands" and other masterpieces.

Another subsidiary, Rockstar, owns masterpieces such as the "GTA" series and "Red Dead Redemption" series.

This year, Rockstar will launch the sequel "Merry Tony's Song" of the "GTA" series. The "GTA" series is definitely a treasure of the upcoming console platform.

In addition, CDPR, known as the "Polish Stupid Ass", owns the famous masterpiece "The Witcher" series, and this year will also launch "The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings", which is also regarded by Luo Sheng as a treasure of the console platform.

MojangAB, which was acquired last year, will also launch its "Minecraft" on the host platform.

Even if third parties such as Ubisoft and Capcom do not come to support, the launch of the host will definitely not face the embarrassing situation of not having a masterpiece online.

It is no exaggeration to say that Luo Sheng now controls many of the world's top third-party game development companies in his own hands, and has more than one or two best-selling AAA titles.

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On September 11, Côte d’Azur’s official website announced a new news that caused a huge stir in the global game industry, especially the home console market, because it was officially announced on the official website that Côte d’Azur entered the game console market, which will be held on Friday, September 25th. Product launch was held in Cologne, Germany.

The high-profile disclosure of the news was also announced to the entire industry,

The first party of the game has added a new heavyweight player, and the news reached the ears of the executives of Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft at the first time.

At the same time, Cote d'Azur also released a 3-minute promotional video in the news, which caused a frenzy in the global player community once it was announced.

Because the video clips show a number of masterpieces, including the "Civilization" series, "GTA" series, "Witcher" series and other game masterpieces, and the content is a new high-quality CG animation.

The discussion has already started on the Reddit forums.

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Alan, a gamer in Finland, was paying attention to this promotional video released by the Cote d'Azur at the moment. The background music of the video immediately attracted him, and the style was full of cyberpunk flavor.

The BGM of the video was produced by a singer from the United States, Blue Stahli, and the name of the BGM is "Suitup".

Like his style, aggressive guitars, fast rhythms, messy drums, distorted electronic noises, a fusion of metal, electronic, industrial and other musical styles, with a stronger rock flavor than Celldweller.

The opening screen of the video is the fairy-level picture quality of the "GTA" game. It moves along with the music without any narration. Some are just interpreted with the subtitles in the screen switching, but they are all English subtitles, accompanied by the background music. Alan, who watched the video, was extremely excited at the moment as a game enthusiast.

【In the war against reality, imagination is the only weapon】

【However, in order to win, we are not going to fight】

【We, just have to have fun】

【It makes our weapons sharper】

【Because it enriches our imagination】

[And make ordinary us extraordinary, great, awakened, fast, curious, innovative]

【Connected, firm and confident】

【Thinking, Brave, Smart, Hardworking, Full of Emotion】

【I want to win the war against reality】

【And take you to a better place】

【Get the amazing experience, the richest story】

【There are also imaginative characters】

[Playing together, exploring together, sailing together, running together, fighting together, diluting together, winning together]

【We create more than just an installation】

【You can become a legend through it】

【We are born special】

【We become rebellious】

【Never indulge in peace】

【Only one rule】

【Always forge ahead】

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At the end of the video at 3 minutes and 41 seconds, the video screen freezes on an exclusive logo icon of "", and the background of the screen is the shadow outline of the host, as if covered with a mysterious veil.

"Oh oh oh~"

Allen sat in front of the computer excitedly and shouted: "OMG!! The latest games of "GTA" and "The Witcher" are going to be released this year? But why is there no news from the E3 game show in June?"

After the announcement of the promotional video, it was uploaded to BV Video, the world's largest streaming online video site, and hit more than 5 million hits within a day.

One is the current brand awareness of Côte d’Azur. Many console gamers around the world are mostly electronic product enthusiasts, and many players have started Azure mobile phones. Secondly, the content in the video is too exciting for players.

"GTA: Merry Tony's Song", "The Witcher: Assassin of Kings" and other latest game video images and CG have appeared in the promotional films, although many of them are flashes, but the information revealed makes fans of these game masterpieces They are excited enough.

September 25th, Cologne, Germany, remembered by thousands of players around the world.

Major media in the game industry and even some mainstream media are competing to report. The action of the Cote d'Azur this year is really dazzling. The ieP tablet was released in the first half of the year and is now selling well all over the world.

No one thought that Luo Sheng was secretly developing the next-generation game console, and now it was suddenly announced, and everyone, especially those in the industry, was caught off guard.

But one thing is certain.

The so-called console is definitely a long-planned layout, and in 2008, the news that Cote d'Azur packaged and bought Sony's Cell chip business has been unearthed again. .

However, this view was quickly overturned, and the outside world pushed the time forward again by about three years, which means that the brewing time of this plan has actually been more than five years.

The reason is that Luo Sheng has been conspiring for at least five years since the acquisition of take-Two, around 2005.

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Sony headquarters.

"What? Cote d'Azur wants to enter the home game console market and be the first party?" Howard, the current head of Sony, stared at the executive who came to report, and after a while, he suddenly cursed: "I should have thought of it, damn it. You bastard, liar!!!"

Howard immediately thought that the Cell chip business had been sold. He still remembered that day in 2008, Luo Sheng came all the way to Japan to talk about making friends. Sony executives were fooled by his hype and sold the Cell chip. of.

At that time, Sony was actually in a state of swaying, wanting to sell but not wanting to sell, but in the end it couldn't stand Luo Sheng's lobbying.

Howard vaguely remembered the scene of the first face-to-face meeting with Luo Sheng. At that time, Luo Sheng had the expression of a modest gentleman and Wen Ruyu, and expressed sincerity that he had come to make friends with Sony, and vowed that Cote d'Azur would not enter the console market to make games for the first time. one side.

In addition to this kind of guarantee, Sony executives also feel that the Cote d'Azur does not have game genes. After all, it is interlaced like a mountain, and Cell has made Sony a fiasco, and a super joke in the history of chips has been laughed out by people in the industry.

In short, Sony sold the Cell business to Luo Sheng for various reasons. At that time, during the negotiation, additional Cell chips could not be used for game consoles. However, Luo Sheng also added a condition before agreeing, that is, the purchase price was reduced by 30%. In the end, Sony Give up for the 30%.

"Sir, Sony has proved that the Cell chip is a road to failure at a painful price, and the mainframe of the Côte d'Azur will definitely suffer from Waterloo."

Howard immediately denied it: "No, because of this, Cote d'Azur knew that this was a path of failure and chose to go on, indicating that they have found the pain point of the Cell chip and have a solution, Holyshit!!"

What's more, that person is called "Luo Sheng", an existence that has never failed so far.

At this moment, Howard had the urge to vomit blood, and suddenly realized that Cell should not be sold, at least not bought into the hands of Luo Sheng, who is good at creating miracles.

After a while, Howard picked up the phone with an angry expression, found Luo Sheng's personal contact information, and made an international call.

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