Evidence receipt / evaluation
Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: evaluation
18 Apr 2023 Acquired Short: The Death of Sega
“Because of the home video game crash in America, video games in general just became this toxic asset that nobody wanted to own, especially Paramount and Warner Brothers was divesting Atari.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- evaluation
- Recorded
- 18 Apr 2023
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Short: The Death of Sega
Transcript context
…Why did they value it so little? This is the thing. Because of the home video game crash in America, video games in general just became this toxic asset that nobody wanted to own, especially Paramount and Warner Brothers was divesting Atari. The arcade business got hit by the crash, but it actually was fine. This was just an amazing deal. The management bought the dip because they knew that they weren't actually really affected by this.…
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