Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Always love underdog stories.
I don't know why they decided to make a movie on it though.
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Sony Pictures making "Console Wars" movie featuring Nintendo and Sega
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Always love underdog stories.
I don't know why they decided to make a movie on it though.
It sold better overall. 49 million for the SNES and 29m for the Genesis. Everything else is just spin.
And I was talking about the value of the two libraries on today's collector's market. The SNES has more games that are expensive/sought-after today.
qualitydisc
Member
Ding ding ding! We have a winner.
Excuse my ignorance, but how is this different from the situation today? Nobody publishes console games without a license these days. And I know there were unlicensed NES and even 16-bit games.
Dirk Benedict
Gold Member
Nevermind that. Who is going to play what I refer to as Prosperous Kaz?
Seems I have been deemed worthy of membership. Thank you, GAF.
sega's us branch is what really turned sega around (in the us and pal regions). the death of sega generally came from infighting (us vs japan) and lack of a clear vision.
kalinske did a tremendous job at making sega a thing for a few years, but we're talking a blip on the map in the grand scheme of things, especially once sony entered the race.
Was it not SEGA who eased up (and introduced age ratings?), while Nintendo went about threatening 3rd parties for exclusivity and whatnot?
I beg to differ. There was no turn around for Sega in Europe based on the US branch making things happen. Sega were always market leader in Europe from the start. It's in America where they failed to make any impact early on because of the popularity of Nintendo.
Before Kalinske even joined Sega - the Sega Mastersystem was market leader in Europe out selling the NES. And the Mega Drive just continued on from the success of the Mastersystem by out selling the SNES. Throughout the 80's and 90's Sega were just generally more popular in Europe than Nintendo especially in playgrounds and in mind share.
After Sega downhill, Europe became Sony land. The only time when Nintendo has been market leader in Europe was with the Wii.
Nintendo didn't threaten 3rd parties for exclusivity. In fact, in an effort to limit shovelware, they limited the number of new games that each publisher could release on their platforms. Which pretty much forced publishers to release games on other platforms in order to increase revenues.
Nintendo didn't censor games in Japan. It's only their US branch which censored games of blood and religious imagery.
As for age ratings Nintendo were a founder member of the ESRB. Sega had their own age rating system which was not very successful and not adopted industry-wide which is why it died out. And as soon as the ratings system became standardized Nintendo stopped censoring games like MK.
It will be the Ready to Rumble of the video game business. Belittles and mocks everything about its subject as long as the guy gets with the girl by the end.
i hate almost everything about this. Ugh, it's fucking nauseating
Man this is some revisionist crap.
Someone from Sony?
TheKastorian
Member
Wow...the movie isn't even out and Nintendo fans are all offended by practically...nothing!
SlowRevolution
Member
The first movie they directed was This Is The End, they just produced 50/50.
Hazelhurst
Member
This shall be interesting. Looking forward to the sequel.
No doubt "Console Wars" will take many liberties.
speaking of that famous console war, Sega attacked the NES first, not the SNES.
Before Sega did Blast Processing (1991) and before Genesis Does What Nintendon't (1990), there was
The Maker (1989).
Sega's first attack on Nintendo where they showed the nation's children in a state of terrible boredom playing NES games, and, tried to leverage America's sense of religion.
"And so it was, late in the 20th century, that a pox fell upon the land"
"a plague of homevideos that were limited in intelligence"
"a terminal boredom swept the countryside"
"The Maker looked down"
"He was not pleased by what he saw"
(Earthquake)
"And so it was, he brought forth, Genesis'
(full-length commercial, you'll have to turn your volume all the way up)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1OiItVnEuQ
(shorter commercial in much better quality)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgT1BotK3v0
speaking of that famous console war, Sega attacked the NES first, not the SNES.
Before Sega did Blast Processing (1991) and before Genesis Does What Nintendon't (1990), there was
The Maker (1989).
Sega's first attack on Nintendo where they showed the nation's children in a state of terrible boredom playing NES games, and, tried to leverage America's sense of religion.
"And so it was, late in the 20th century, that a pox fell upon the land"
"a plague of homevideos that were limited in intelligence"
"a terminal boredom swept the countryside"
"The Maker looked down"
"He was not pleased by what he saw"
(Earthquake)
"And so it was, he brought forth, Genesis'
(full-length commercial, you'll have to turn your volume all the way up)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1OiItVnEuQ
(shorter commercial in much better quality)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgT1BotK3v0
Hazelhurst
Member
There's a good chance Sony wins the Best Picture of the year with American Hustle. Also, Spider-Man 2 will easily gross $1 Billion, at worldwide box office, this Summer.
ambientmystic
Member
Saved it. Then ruled it with an iron fist for as long as they could.
You couldn't even call it a benevolent dictatorship.
There'll be no whitewashing of history, at least in the documentary.
Those MONSTERS
This, hopefully, should be good. I loved This Is The End.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Eh...not really interested.
The console war has gotten a lot less entertaining after spending several years in gaming forums.
The console war has gotten a lot less entertaining after spending several years in gaming forums.
vpance
Member
/Shrugs. Different strokes for different folks.
CosmicQueso
Member
The guy behind this made a film about statistical analysis in baseball into an Oscar nominated film that almost got Jonah Hill hardware. Then a film about building a social network website that was also nominated for best picture.
This subject has as much or more human drama than the other topics. Give it a minute, it could be fantastic.
I mean, some of you think that they're making Pineapple Express - The Video Game Movie or something. You may all be insane.
This subject has as much or more human drama than the other topics. Give it a minute, it could be fantastic.
I mean, some of you think that they're making Pineapple Express - The Video Game Movie or something. You may all be insane.
CadetMahoney
Member
They have little to no hardcore fan base, so it's easier to kick a man when he's down and on the way out for good.
I'd rather make MS the bad guy.
jackissocool
Member
My concern is that the movie summary seems pretty revisionist.
Edit: Oh shit since when am I member? Hot damn.
Not to mention they were never an underdog. Established in 1940, part of Viacom in the late 60s and early 70s, one of the biggest players in the arcade scene in the early 80s - I believe they were actually bigger than Nintendo in 1982 right before they entered the console market.
Louis Cyphre
Banned
Sony making a movie about console wars between Sega and Nintendo? That's ironic.
ummm, I'm pretty sure they are still capable of generating the most emotional, vocal response from the "community", out of all current three players.
Nintendo has more emotional brand attachement by sheer number of years in activity than Sony or Microsoft.
Also, on the way out? lol
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
I'm fucking hyped for this one, man.
Personally I hope it's a comedy. But that might be better served for the sequel (if they're going by console generations).
And they just HAVE to have two dipshit idiot fanboys in this recreating the most asinine arguments in public spaces, that's just how you gotta do it.
EDIT: Also that guy might be writing it but look at who's directing it. Seth Rogan? The guys behind Superbad, Knocked Up and Zack & Miri? Even if it has drama, it's going to be at least a comedy-drama going off that alone.
Personally I hope it's a comedy. But that might be better served for the sequel (if they're going by console generations).
And they just HAVE to have two dipshit idiot fanboys in this recreating the most asinine arguments in public spaces, that's just how you gotta do it.
EDIT: Also that guy might be writing it but look at who's directing it. Seth Rogan? The guys behind Superbad, Knocked Up and Zack & Miri? Even if it has drama, it's going to be at least a comedy-drama going off that alone.
I hear in the end Cerny drops from the clouds inside a flying tub to take all the Knack and Naughty Dog fans to Havenstantion 4.
Everyone else is left to rot in a puddle of piss and shit for upsetting our one, true gaming god.
Drums and horns soundtrack by Hans Zimmer to lure in the Nolanites.
nintendoman58
Member
I...don't know what to think of this. This could either be really good, or really disastrous.
Only time will tell.
Only time will tell.
The movie ends with some Sega numbers coming in, they've made a huge dent to Nintendo and it's nothing but smiles. The credits roll and as they fade the camera pans into a meeting room. A hopeful and smiling man sitting in front of a jury of Nintendo executives
"I'm sorry Ken, this project has no potential. We will not be needing your services"
The look on poor Kens face collapses into hurt and sadness. The Nintendo execs leave for another meeting and allow Ken to collect his things. As a broken Ken leaves the building he passes by another meeting room, he glances in to see the same execs laughing and shaking hands with someone from Phillips. The camera focuses back to Ken, on his face is nothing but rage.
"I'm sorry Ken, this project has no potential. We will not be needing your services"
The look on poor Kens face collapses into hurt and sadness. The Nintendo execs leave for another meeting and allow Ken to collect his things. As a broken Ken leaves the building he passes by another meeting room, he glances in to see the same execs laughing and shaking hands with someone from Phillips. The camera focuses back to Ken, on his face is nothing but rage.
29m number was in 1994. Genesis sold 2 years more , plus that's such a low number for how big the console was. Wiki states 40m.
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