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Console Wars

This is as big or bigger than anythingthe toy industry has ever seen

This is as big or bigger than anything
the toy industry has ever seen

Full Transcript

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- This is as big or bigger
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than anything the toy industry has ever seen.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:52
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're excited about the possibilities - Console Wars 00:06
- "We're excited about the possibilities
- When Nintendo entered the game, - Console Wars 00:06
- When Nintendo entered the game,
Nintendo says it brought it back - Console Wars 00:06
Nintendo says it brought it back
- We decided if we could make a video game system - Console Wars 00:07
- We decided if we could make a video game system
We took that gamble, - Console Wars 00:07
We took that gamble,
- If the NES had not been successfully launched - Console Wars 00:10
- If the NES had not been successfully launched
- Suddenly, who knew what game was gonna come out? - Console Wars 00:04
- Suddenly, who knew what game was gonna come out?
Instead of Christmas happening once a year, it's like, - Console Wars 00:06
Instead of Christmas happening once a year, it's like,
- You know, I remember at the time - Console Wars 00:16
- You know, I remember at the time
- When Tom Kalinske joined Sega, - Console Wars 00:04
- When Tom Kalinske joined Sega,
- When Tom showed up, it was a little bit - Console Wars 00:07
- When Tom showed up, it was a little bit
- Tom Kalinske's a very smart marketing guy - Console Wars 00:19
- Tom Kalinske's a very smart marketing guy
- Sega was kind of chipping away at our business, - Console Wars 00:09
- Sega was kind of chipping away at our business,
That was never a part of Nintendo's strategy, - Console Wars 00:06
That was never a part of Nintendo's strategy,
Having been at Nintendo for a while, I was young, - Console Wars 00:14
Having been at Nintendo for a while, I was young,
- All of a sudden, Bill - Console Wars 00:06
- All of a sudden, Bill
Once Bill got out of Nintendo, he was--he was Bad Bill. - Console Wars 00:06
Once Bill got out of Nintendo, he was--he was Bad Bill.
- The Sega Genesis was doing extremely well, - Console Wars 00:06
- The Sega Genesis was doing extremely well,
- When he left, - Console Wars 00:04
- When he left,
- He went to work for Tom, and hey, that's life. - Console Wars 00:04
- He went to work for Tom, and hey, that's life.