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Console Wars

I stayed in a Comfort Inn very closeto the Sega offices

I stayed in a Comfort Inn very close
to the Sega offices

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I stayed in a Comfort Inn
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very close to the Sega offices.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:26
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Scott Rudin Productions,Point Grey Pictures,Flying Penguin Pictures,Legendary Television

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Movie Summary

It was 1990: Sega, startup gaming co. assembled a team to take on Nintendo, world's greatest video game company. A make or break conflict pit brother against brother, Sonic against Mario and, American capitalism against Japanese trad
It happened to be a place that Shinobu Toyoda - Console Wars 00:05
It happened to be a place that Shinobu Toyoda
- Tom started staying at the Comfort Inn, - Console Wars 00:09
- Tom started staying at the Comfort Inn,
We'd have pizza and drink beer - Console Wars 00:06
We'd have pizza and drink beer
- I've had the mustache since I was, - Console Wars 00:07
- I've had the mustache since I was,
That's why I wanted to get out, so I could grow a mustache. - Console Wars 00:04
That's why I wanted to get out, so I could grow a musta...
He'd had explosions occur near his head, - Console Wars 00:07
He'd had explosions occur near his head,
To Paul, being in business was very similar to combat. - Console Wars 00:05
To Paul, being in business was very similar to combat.
It's not as life-threatening - Console Wars 00:06
It's not as life-threatening
- ♪ She-Ra, Princess of Power ♪ - Console Wars 00:13
- ♪ She-Ra, Princess of Power ♪
And it seemed to me that Nintendo - Console Wars 00:07
And it seemed to me that Nintendo
So I saw an opportunity to go after - Console Wars 00:09
So I saw an opportunity to go after
So I worked with Paul and Shinobu - Console Wars 00:07
So I worked with Paul and Shinobu
- Tom and I went to Sega Japan headquarter, - Console Wars 00:11
- Tom and I went to Sega Japan headquarter,
And Nakayama-san sitting in the center. - Console Wars 00:04
And Nakayama-san sitting in the center.
- I'm not one to just go into a business - Console Wars 00:06
- I'm not one to just go into a business
I had studied the market and had a strategy - Console Wars 00:06
I had studied the market and had a strategy
First, I wanted to do more American licenses from TV shows - Console Wars 00:07
First, I wanted to do more American licenses from TV shows
- Because Japan didn't understand those licenses. - Console Wars 00:04
- Because Japan didn't understand those licenses.
- And I didn't think the development - Console Wars 00:05
- And I didn't think the development
Then I said, "We've gotta lower the price of Genesis." - Console Wars 00:08
Then I said, "We've gotta lower the price of Genes...