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Olaf Olafsson arrived in my office one day
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Console Wars

Olaf Olafsson arrivedin my office one day, and we started talking aboutways we might work...

Olaf Olafsson arrived
in my office one day, and we started talking about
ways we might work together

Full Transcript

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- Olaf Olafsson arrived in my office one day,
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and we started talking about ways we might work together.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
01:15:18
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
- Sony and Sega secretly agreed to come up - Console Wars 00:07
- Sony and Sega secretly agreed to come up
- But we'll each make our independent profit - Console Wars 00:05
- But we'll each make our independent profit
We were a much better software developer than Sony was, - Console Wars 00:06
We were a much better software developer than Sony was,
- Consumer electronics giants Sony and Sega - Console Wars 00:11
- Consumer electronics giants Sony and Sega
- Everybody involved thought the marriage would happen. - Console Wars 00:05
- Everybody involved thought the marriage would happen.
- Unfortunately, Sega Japan just couldn't agree - Console Wars 00:08
- Unfortunately, Sega Japan just couldn't agree
I was really upset - Console Wars 00:06
I was really upset
- People were coming to our door to say, - Console Wars 00:10
- People were coming to our door to say,
- Kalinske did a good job of protecting us, - Console Wars 00:05
- Kalinske did a good job of protecting us,
He was eating all the sins for the entire SOA group. - Console Wars 00:05
He was eating all the sins for the entire SOA group.
- He would tell me what was going on over there, - Console Wars 00:10
- He would tell me what was going on over there,
- Once the decision was made - Console Wars 00:08
- Once the decision was made
- Nintendo, together with Silicon Graphics, - Console Wars 00:16
- Nintendo, together with Silicon Graphics,
It will feature a new, - Console Wars 00:09
It will feature a new,
- That freaked them out at Sega - Console Wars 00:05
- That freaked them out at Sega
They just could not get up to a 64-bit machine right away. - Console Wars 00:04
They just could not get up to a 64-bit machine right away.
- At that time, the strings were being pulled by Japan. - Console Wars 00:06
- At that time, the strings were being pulled by Japan.
Our ideas were typically ignored - Console Wars 00:10
Our ideas were typically ignored
And then I got approached by an executive search firm - Console Wars 00:06
And then I got approached by an executive search firm
- PlayStation. - And I said, "Well, - Console Wars 00:04
- PlayStation. - And I said, "Well,