http://www.sega-16.com/Interview- Tom Kalinske.htm
Interesting read.
Sega/Sony working together? N64 SGI Chipset created with Sega?
Interesting read.
Sega/Sony working together? N64 SGI Chipset created with Sega?
Nintendo's arrogance knew no boundaries. So even if Square Enix sticked with Nintendo, Namco and others might have joined sony anyway.soundwave05 said:Yeah, I agree, the Sony-Nintendo deal was a bad deal for Nintendo, and Nintendo was right to back out of it.
However, they should have stuck with Philips and added a CD drive to the N64 as a compromise with their third party supporters, specifically Squaresoft. Hell, they should've just bought a larger share in Squaresoft in 1995-ish to ensure their allegiance. Hell, Enix as well.
Had they done that, really it wouldn't have mattered what Sega or Sony did.
-Eddman- said:So according to the info about how Sega needed some strong american people to succeed, is Reggie Nintendo's Kalinske? They're in a similar situation right now (huge marketshare issues in America) and well, he's the new president of NOA, with power and stuff :lol
ruby_onix said:Had Sega joined up with Sony, Sony would've likely ripped them to shreds and ate them for breakfast.
Who would get the money in that partnership? "We'll each be responsible for the software sales we'll generate"? And he thinks Sega would've had the advantage there? He must've stopped watching the news after he left Sega (or maybe he thinks he might've made a difference). Sony stomped them as an enemy the same way they would've as an ally (except that as a partner, Sega would've been able to keep 50% of the hardware ... losses).
ruby_onix said:Not wanting to try and suggest that I know more than Tom Kalinske, because I most certainly don't, but I think his view of the Nintendo/Sony SNES CD situation looks like the usual "Nintendo dumped Sony and now they're sorry" myth.
The SNES CD stuff began even before the American launch of the SNES. Sony's work with Sega on the Sega CD was one shot in that war. It didn't predate Sony's offer to/dumping by Nintendo.
Had Sega joined up with Sony, Sony would've likely ripped them to shreds and ate them for breakfast.
Who would get the money in that partnership? "We'll each be responsible for the software sales we'll generate"? And he thinks Sega would've had the advantage there? He must've stopped watching the news after he left Sega (or maybe he thinks he might've made a difference). Sony stomped them as an enemy the same way they would've as an ally (except that as a partner, Sega would've been able to keep 50% of the hardware ... losses).