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Console Wars

When Nintendo announced64-bit system, Nakayama felt that we gotto make it 64 too

When Nintendo announced
64-bit system, Nakayama felt that we got
to make it 64 too

Full Transcript

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- When Nintendo announced 64-bit system,
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Nakayama felt that we got to make it 64 too.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:19:12
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
- Introducing... - Sega Saturn. - Console Wars 00:05
- Introducing... - Sega Saturn.
- Sega Saturn was 32-bit machine to start with. - Console Wars 00:05
- Sega Saturn was 32-bit machine to start with.
It was too late to redesign the machine, - Console Wars 00:08
It was too late to redesign the machine,
That made the programming challenging and complex. - Console Wars 00:05
That made the programming challenging and complex.
Not until three months before launch did we find out - Console Wars 00:07
Not until three months before launch did we find out
We didn't even have enough hardware, - Console Wars 00:14
We didn't even have enough hardware,
I expressed all this to Nakayama, - Console Wars 00:05
I expressed all this to Nakayama,
He was afraid that Sony was gonna steal our thunder, - Console Wars 00:10
He was afraid that Sony was gonna steal our thunder,
- When giants in the video game industry - Console Wars 00:08
- When giants in the video game industry
With $10 billion on the line, - Console Wars 00:08
With $10 billion on the line,
- This is no game; this is a multibillion-dollar gamble - Console Wars 00:06
- This is no game; this is a multibillion-dollar gamble
To borrow from a couple of their more popular titles, - Console Wars 00:08
To borrow from a couple of their more popular titles,
- Without the right games, - Console Wars 00:05
- Without the right games,
- We feel it's more important - Console Wars 00:06
- We feel it's more important
We sold 100,000 units on the first day, - Console Wars 00:05
We sold 100,000 units on the first day,
- No question in my mind, there are gonna be casualties, - Console Wars 00:04
- No question in my mind, there are gonna be casualties,
- Tom and I were both staying at the same hotel, - Console Wars 00:13
- Tom and I were both staying at the same hotel,
Somehow those blow-up balloons wound up - Console Wars 00:05
Somehow those blow-up balloons wound up
- He had them deflated, - Console Wars 00:06
- He had them deflated,
- After Sonic was found dead in the bottom of the pool, - Console Wars 00:08
- After Sonic was found dead in the bottom of the pool,