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When Tom Kalinske joined Sega
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Console Wars

When Tom Kalinskejoined Sega, we knew his background

When Tom Kalinske
joined Sega, we knew his background

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- When Tom Kalinske joined Sega,
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we knew his background.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
01:00:41
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
- 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.
- It was easy for me, but I think it was difficult - Console Wars 00:05
- It was easy for me, but I think it was difficult
- We were giving him a hard time about that, - Console Wars 00:13
- We were giving him a hard time about that,
- Tom always said that it's easy to be - Console Wars 00:08
- Tom always said that it's easy to be
Once we become the number one company, - Console Wars 00:06
Once we become the number one company,
- Video games have become a $4 billion-a-year business. - Console Wars 00:04
- Video games have become a $4 billion-a-year business.
There is a growing concern on Capitol Hill - Console Wars 00:09
There is a growing concern on Capitol Hill
- Games so violent, bloody, - Console Wars 00:06
- Games so violent, bloody,
- The best thing about games is violence, - Console Wars 00:05
- The best thing about games is violence,
They can indeed cause great emotional - Console Wars 00:07
They can indeed cause great emotional
- They're just out for making money, - Console Wars 00:05
- They're just out for making money,