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Console Wars

Once the decision was made not to do joint hardwarewith Sony, I knew that thingswere...

Once the decision was made not to do joint hardware
with Sony, I knew that things
were different now

Full Transcript

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- Once the decision was made
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not to do joint hardware with Sony,
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I knew that things were different now.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
01:16:38
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
- 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,
- I was a little bit surprised that they went for Steve. - Console Wars 00:05
- I was a little bit surprised that they went for Steve.
- I was done, and I just wanted to move on - Console Wars 00:06
- I was done, and I just wanted to move on
- Sony wanted to really stick it in our eye - Console Wars 00:09
- Sony wanted to really stick it in our eye
- My former wife used to always tell me - Console Wars 00:07
- My former wife used to always tell me
To me, it's just a decision that one makes about business. - Console Wars 00:04
To me, it's just a decision that one makes about busine...
You have to be willing to cut off your hand to save the arm. - Console Wars 00:04
You have to be willing to cut off your hand to save the arm.
It was kind of like, the show business people - Console Wars 00:09
It was kind of like, the show business people
Kalinske was coming back from Japan - Console Wars 00:07
Kalinske was coming back from Japan
- At that point, Nintendo was on the wane. - Console Wars 00:04
- At that point, Nintendo was on the wane.
- The biggest problem that we have with Nintendo 64 - Console Wars 00:09
- The biggest problem that we have with Nintendo 64
- We were teasing the retailer for, like, two years. - Console Wars 00:05
- We were teasing the retailer for, like, two years.
We were showing them these great graphics, - Console Wars 00:05
We were showing them these great graphics,