Console Wars (2020) on Netflix
TV-PG20201h 32mDocumentary
In 1990, the arcade company Sega assembled a team of misfits to challenge Nintendo, the biggest name in video games. People who worked at both companies recall the rivalry.
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- Netflix3.8/5
- IMDb7.0/102,511 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes83%
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Plot summary
The rivalry between Nintendo and Sega in the late 1980s and early 1990s is the subject of the documentary. Executives, marketers and communications staff from Sega of America and Nintendo of America give interviews about the contest for the home console market. Sega's staff at the time included its president and chief executive, its marketing directors and its head of communications. The documentary traces the strategies the company used against Nintendo, and archival footage of the period, converted from an older video format, appears alongside the interviews. The project is based on a 2014 book about the console wars. The conflict is described as Sonic against Mario, kids against grownups, and American capitalism against centuries-old Japanese tradition.
Cast
- Shinobu Toyodaas Self - Executive VP, Sega of America
- Paul Riouxas Self - Executive VP, Sega of America
- Tom Kalinskeas Self - President & CEO, Sega of America
- Gail Tildenas Self - Editor-in-Chief, Nintendo Power
- Peter Mainas Self - SVP of Marketing, Nintendo of America
- Howard Lincolnas Self - Senior VP, Nintendo of America
- Al Nilsenas Self - Director of Marketing, Sega of America
- Ellen Beth Van Buskirkas Self - Director of Communications, Sega of America
- Steve Raceas Self - Marketing, Sega of America; President, Sony Computer Entertainment of America
- Jeff Goodbyas Self - Goodby, Silverstein and Partners
- Bill Whiteas Self - Director of Marketing, Nintendo of America; VP of Marketing, Sega of America
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- Randy Peretzmanas Self - VP of Sales, Nintendo of America
- Betsy Aaronas Self(archive footage)
- Robert Abramsas Self(archive footage)
- Bruce Aparas Self(archive footage)
- Minoru Arakawaas Self(archive footage)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Console Wars (2020)
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- While the documentary was being made, the 2014 Sony Pictures hack, linked to North Korea and possibly triggered by Seth Rogen's film The Interview, leaked Sony's plans for many upcoming projects and threatened the film's progress.
- The documentary Console Wars was the first original film made for CBS All Access, the streaming service that later grew into Paramount+.
- Blake J. Harris used a VHD-to-DVD converter to obtain the archival footage depicting the Nintendo-Sega rivalry that appears in the documentary.
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