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Console Wars

Sony was just desperate to get intothe video game business

Sony was just desperate to get into
the video game business

Full Transcript

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- Sony was just desperate
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to get into the video game business.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:15:09
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
- We support the content, the formats - Console Wars 00:06
- We support the content, the formats
- Olaf Olafsson arrived in my office one day, - Console Wars 00:07
- Olaf Olafsson arrived in my office one day,
- 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