Jensen Huang ne is hafte original Sega Akihabara Arcade ka dora kiya, jo ab GiGO Akihabara 3 ke naam se chal raha hai, aur us shakhs ka shukriya ada kiya jisne teen dahai qabl unki company ko zinda rakha tha. Yeh lamha corporate announcement aur tareekhi waqiye ka haseen imtezaaj tha, aur gaming industry ne isay khoob notice kiya.
Yeh mauqa Sega aur Nvidia ke darmiyan nayi partnership ka tha, jiska elaan Tokyo event mein kiya gaya jahan Sega ke maujooda CEO Haruki Satomi, COO Shuji Utsumi, aur legendary designer Yu Suzuki (Virtua Fighter aur Shenmue ke creator) sab maujood thay. Lekin asal kahani stage par Huang ke saath kharay shakhs ki thi: Sega ke sabiq president Shoichiro Irimajiri, woh executive jinhon ne us waqt ek struggling startup ko $5 million ka check diya jab koi aur aisa karne ko tayyar nahi tha.
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$5M ki woh bet jisne trillion-dollar company banayi
Is investment ke baare mein haqeeqat yeh hai: khud Huang ne Irimajiri se kaha tha ke yeh raqam shayad doob jaye.
90 ki dahai ke wast mein, Nvidia ne Sega ke aane wale Dreamcast console ke liye 3D graphics technology faraham karne ka muahida kiya tha. Yeh project nakaam ho gaya. Nvidia ka technical approach kaam na kar saka, contract khatam ho gaya, aur yeh nayi company sangeen mali mushkilaat ka shikaar ho gayi. Irimajiri ne, bawajood iske ke unke paas peeche hatne ki har wajah thi, phir bhi Nvidia mein $5 million ki investment karne ka faisla kiya.
"Maine unse kaha tha ke agar woh yeh raqam hum mein invest karte hain, toh iske doobne ka imkaan hai," Huang ne pichle saal kaha. "Lekin agar unhon ne yeh raqam invest na ki, toh hum business se bahar ho jayenge aur hamare paas koi mauqa nahi bachega. Unhon ne do din socha aur kaha, 'Hum yeh karenge.'" Sega ne baad mein Nvidia ke public hone ke baad apna stake taqreeban $300 million mein bech diya, jise Huang ne "is liye bechna" qarar diya kyunke "unhein laga yeh ek mojza hai." Agar Sega ne woh stake sambhaal kar rakha hota, toh aaj uski qeemat taqreeban ek trillion dollars hoti.
PC par Virtua Fighter se RTX Spark tak
Nvidia-Sega ka talluq asal mein Dreamcast deal se bhi purana hai. Nvidia NV1, jo company ka pehla graphics accelerator tha, usne PC par original Virtua Fighter ko power di thi. Woh chip jisne Nvidia ki hardware legacy ki bunyad rakhi, usne ek Sega game chalayi thi.
Yeh context is nayi partnership ko business announcement se zyada ek reunion jaisa banata hai. Dono companies ne tasdeeq ki hai ke Virtua Fighter Crossroads aur mustaqbil ke Sega titles Nvidia RTX Spark ko support karenge, jo slim Windows laptops aur compact desktop PCs ke liye design ki gayi all-in-one system-on-chips ki ek nayi line hai. Iska maqsad high-quality Sega experiences ko portable aur kam jagah lene wale hardware par lana hai, baghair kisi mukammal desktop GPU setup ki zaroorat ke.
Tokyo mein Huang ne kya kaha
Arcade event mein Huang ke remarks kafi zaati thay. "Sega, Mr. Irimajiri, Mr. Suzuki, aapki dosti, support, aur hum par yaqeen mere liye bohat mayne rakhte hain," unhon ne kaha. "Japan mere liye hamesha se ek ahem jagah raha hai, aur Sega mere liye hamesha se ek ahem entity raha hai."
Unhon ne Yu Suzuki ke ibtidai 3D kaam ko bhi khiraj-e-tehseen pesh kiya: "Yu Suzuki ne Japan mein 3D video games aur 3D animation mein jo pioneering achievements hasil ki, unke baghair aaj ki gaming ki duniya bilkul mukhtalif hoti. Aapke shandaar, pioneering kaam ke baghair, aaj ki development mumkin na hoti."
Yeh koi aam partnership ka boilerplate nahi tha. Huang, Suzuki ke Virtua Fighter-era ke kaam ko real-time 3D graphics ki bunyad aur Nvidia ke apne safar ka hissa qarar de rahe thay.
Virtua Fighter Crossroads is lamhe ke liye sahi game kyun hai
Sega ka RTX Spark ko support karne ke liye pehla title Virtua Fighter Crossroads ko chunna ittefaq nahi hai. Is franchise ka direct DNA Nvidia NV1 era se milta hai, aur Crossroads is waqt Sega ki bari bets mein se ek ban rahi hai, jiske writing team mein Metal Gear Solid ke voice actor David Hayter aur Persona series ke staff shamil hain. Ise Tokyo ke ek high-profile event mein naye hardware platform ke saath attach karna yeh zahir karta hai ke Sega is game ko flagship treat kar raha hai, na ke sirf ek legacy revival.
Jo players is baat mein dilchaspi rakhte hain ke retro gaming economy in titles ke gird kaise evolve ho rahi hai, hamare gaming guides simulation titles se lekar web3 games tak har cheez ka gehra jaiza lete hain.
Yahan bari tasveer yeh hai ke Nvidia, jo ab $4.74 trillion market cap ke saath duniya ki sab se qeemti company hai, uski seedhi line Akihabara ke ek arcade aur us Sega executive tak jati hai jisne ek aisi team par daao lagaya jo abhi nakaam hui thi. RTX Spark partnership is kahani ka naya chapter hai. Virtua Fighter Crossroads ki release date ki abhi tasdeeq nahi hui hai, lekin Sega is announcement ke peeche jitni tawajjo de raha hai, usse mazeed tafseelat ki tawaqqa rakhein. Jab yeh title release ho toh hamare game reviews zaroor dekhein taake mukammal jaiza mil sake ke kya yeh 30 saal ki ummeedon par pura utarta hai.
