Quake affects Japanese gaming industry Sony-hit Nintendo security

Beijing time March 11, 2011 13:46, the Japanese island of Honshu, Japan, Taiwan 130 kilometers east of the 9-magnitude earthquake, the ensuing tsunami swept the coastal areas, engulfed homes and towns.　　The number of deaths currently confirmed by Japanese officials is 2100, and about 20,000 people are unaccounted for.　　After receiving the information from the tsunami-stricken areas and from Tokyo, the Japanese gamers also described their feelings during the first time to the outside world, and the designer of the "Iron Plate Array" series, Jingzhi, said that he thought six wooden new towns would fall. Cyberconnect 2 President Songshanyang The studio address through Twitter, saying that his studio is open to anyone with a temporary refuge, television, water and food, and can hold about 30 people.　　Facebook and Twitter have become a way for many people to connect to each other because the phone lines are disrupted by the impact of the quake.　　The picture above shows the deserted streets of Japan, but this photo is not from the hands of professional photographers, but by the "star of the Big fight," the designer Sakura Mino shot. It seems that the entire Japanese gaming industry are on Twitter, "alloy equipment" producer Hideo through Twitter to tell the outside world he is safe, "No more Heros" designer must field just one through Twitter warning others, "The Last Guardian" designer Oberding people want to know whether others are safe.　　One player even rescued a high school student. Nintendo's Japanese headquarters are located in Kyoto, a tsunami about 300 miles away, many people are very concerned about whether the earthquake caused any damage to the Nintendo. Nintendo's official microblog responded: "Thank you for your concern, our employees have no casualties in the earthquake, there is no obvious damage to the building." "Sony is less fortunate, with more than 1000 employees at the Blu-ray plant in Miyagi Prefecture running to the second floor of the plant before the tsunami hit, escaping the tsunami, but stranded on the roof for the night. The Miyagi plant is one of the 6 factories that Sony has shut down, but it is the only company that Sony has ever believed to have received serious damage.　　Sony released emergency supplies to stranded employees over the weekend through helicopters.　　The quake-triggered tsunami has confirmed that 120,000 PS3 and 5600 XBOX360 have been swept away, but the actual number may be more. Deborah Chalmers, spokesman for Toshiba's US branch, said the company's Yanshou County chip plant was being assessed for losses due to a power failure.　　Toshiba has also warned of delays in delivering chips to users as a result of the quake's transport problems.　　Apple's ipad and iphone both use the NAND flash flash chip supplied by Toshiba, which is now on the list of Apple's ipad 2, and there are questions about whether it will be able to guarantee supply in the future. At the same time, the earthquake also led to Square Enix closed "Final Fantasy 11" and "Final Fantasy 14" Server earthquake, the United States also closed the "alloy equipment ol" server. Some game makers who were scheduled to advertise 1 last weekend also canceled their activities.