well, service games {se ga, get it?} was originally founded by two americans in hawaii...I think.
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Sony Pictures making "Console Wars" movie featuring Nintendo and Sega
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well, service games {se ga, get it?} was originally founded by two americans in hawaii...I think.
Save 'N Quit
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Movie ends with newcomer Sony helping up a bruised Sega before killing them with a PS2 and blaming the evil overload Nintendo for the deed.
lol @ this revisionism. Why do people always want to marginalize Sega's success so much?
Genesis sold about 40m, give or take. The 29m figure is from 1994; Sega didn't stop making Genesis consoles until 1997, and then Majesco took over until 2000, and Tectoy sold several million MDs in Brazil too.
That leaves 37m Genesises sold outside Japan and 32m SNESes sold outside Japan.
FinalStageBoss
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This...could be good. Will watch if they do make it.
RustyNails
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I will watch this only if Based Yamauchi is played by Ken Watanabe.
Sectorseven
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Do they need Nintendo's permission for this? I don't understand why they'd want to give them free advertising, or why Nintendo would allow a competitor to produce a movie featuring them.
Anticitizen One
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uh Sony Pictures is also making a movie about Apple and allowed the recent Ghostbusters games to be on Xbox 360 and wii.
Best casting ever.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
I like the sound of this if it's completely Sega-centric, and just take a place around the turn of the 90's. And yeah, Sega was an american enterprise. The Japanese devs turned out the games but the offices in america were pulling strings.
And about Nintendo not being the "villain": if you read half the maneuvers they pulled on so many companies back then, you'd root for another console-maker to take power away from them, too.
Acquiescence
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They have already planned the sequel. It's called "The Console War Is Over".
Will there be a montage scene of Kaz putting in serious time at the gym, gradually shedding off all his excess fat to become the man he is today?
Wow I didn't know that SEGA was a hawaiian company
It was founded in Hawaii...back in the 1940's.
Sony had a relationship with both Nintendo and sega before they entered the console market. They produced the sound chip for the SNES, and made the SEGA CD attachment for the Genesis. They also was set to produce the PlayStation add on for the SNES but that was obviously nixed.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Corporate offices in America, most likely. That's where "Genesis does what Nintendon't" came from, after all...
evil monkey
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Uhm, isn't it a conflict of interest for Sony to be distributing such a film?
Fudgepuppy
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I want to see Nicholas Winding Refn direct a movie about Hiroshi Yamauchi.
Can't wait to see Howard Lincoln do coke off a hooker's back while Minoru Arakawa cries quietly in the corner.
but MS is American, so no way
maybe they could use Peter Moore though. he's English, thus qualifying as the typical asshole according to America
flatearthpandas
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No issue with their previous movies, but can't say this sounds interesting
Not exactly. Sega was formed with merge between Service Games (who moved to Japan in 50's) and Rosen Enterprises (japanese company funding by an american) in 60's. So Sega is japanese company founded by americans.
I know more or less the history of sega and I kwon the importance of Tom Kalinske. But like v1oz said, his success only accept in US market. Say "led to a ruthless David-and-Goliath showdown with rival Nintendo" when Master System had simillar sales that Nes in PAL territory.... I'm afraid that the book will talk only about USA market and the rivality between Nintendo Japan and Sega America. O maybe not.
RAIDEN1
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The supporting cast for this movie could be: 3DO, PC Engine, Atari and Neo Geo! as the 80's and 90's was effectively about the battle between Sega and Nintendo, the companies mentioned above were fighting it out just to be in "3rd"...as irrelevant as it was..
Still I don't get how the synopsis can be how Sega slayed the giant that is Nintendo..when ultimately Nintendo won the war in the end as they were still standing, while the beginning of the end for Sega in the hardware business was circa 1993/1994...sega bowed out in 2001...Nintendo left in the ring ready to fight head on the "newcomers" Sony and Nintendo.. it saw off the "competition" from other "wannabes" such as Atari, Neo Geo, and 3DO...
Nintendo survived..but now its facing its own slump...
Still I don't get how the synopsis can be how Sega slayed the giant that is Nintendo..when ultimately Nintendo won the war in the end as they were still standing, while the beginning of the end for Sega in the hardware business was circa 1993/1994...sega bowed out in 2001...Nintendo left in the ring ready to fight head on the "newcomers" Sony and Nintendo.. it saw off the "competition" from other "wannabes" such as Atari, Neo Geo, and 3DO...
Nintendo survived..but now its facing its own slump...
nssdigitalchumps
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Sega was first to the market (American) with their console.
Of course, it was right about the time the industry was collapsing, so it died quickly.
Nintendo was second to the market (American) and revived it with the NES thanks to ROB's help.
They had to convince people it was a robot that came with a game system before toy retailers bought it. Amazing stuff.
Of course, it was right about the time the industry was collapsing, so it died quickly.
Nintendo was second to the market (American) and revived it with the NES thanks to ROB's help.
They had to convince people it was a robot that came with a game system before toy retailers bought it. Amazing stuff.
BurnOutBrighter
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After the final shot, the screen fades to black, and words appear:
THE END IS JUST THE START
PS1 loading screen fades in with PHWWWAAARRRWISSSSHHHZZZZZtinkletinkle sound.
THE END IS JUST THE START
PS1 loading screen fades in with PHWWWAAARRRWISSSSHHHZZZZZtinkletinkle sound.
Wow I didn't know that SEGA was a hawaiian company
Yep, Service Games basically followed US Forces across the Pacific Theatre until they ended up in Tokyo, where they ended up staying permanently and moving their HQ to.
I have no idea where that came from, or how to get rid of it.
A mod did it, and you don't. Its a badge of shame/honor.
FinalStageBoss
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I want Nic Cage in this somewhere
Lucky me.
Jean Valjean
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Would be wonderful if at the end of the movie, the screen faded to black and all you heard was this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31ivdML1Xes
The SG-1000 was never released in the US though.Sega was first to the market (American) with their console.
Of course, it was right about the time the industry was collapsing, so it died quickly.
Nintendo was second to the market (American) and revived it with the NES thanks to ROB's help.
They had to convince people it was a robot that came with a game system before toy retailers bought it. Amazing stuff.
Marion Cobretti
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I will watch if only because I want more videogame history stuff to get made.
People actually think this is going to focus on the Japanese side of things?
Obviously America will be the focus. There might be a token scene where some marketing executive has to go meet with his Japanese boss but that'll be about it. The war happened in America, not Japan. This is going to be about the American market and will focus on Americans.
I expect it to be similar in style to Moneyball, but replace baseball with video games.
Obviously America will be the focus. There might be a token scene where some marketing executive has to go meet with his Japanese boss but that'll be about it. The war happened in America, not Japan. This is going to be about the American market and will focus on Americans.
I expect it to be similar in style to Moneyball, but replace baseball with video games.
CurlySaysX
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Seth. Rogan?
Preorder cancelled.
Preorder cancelled.
cj_iwakura
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'Revolutionized' is a stretch, but they did give Nintendo their first taste of real competition, which definitely spiced things up. Nintendo thought they were untouchable, the Genesis made them realize that wasn't the case.
ape2man
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Yes, sega started as a american company.
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