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Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: commitment
11 Apr 2023 Acquired Nintendo: The Console Wars
“Exactly. We will get to that. It doesn't have Sonic in the US, either. Even if you think you know the history of the console wars and the Genesis in America, or you lived it as I did, I didn't remember this exactly as it happened.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
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- Claim type
- commitment
- Recorded
- 11 Apr 2023
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Nintendo: The Console Wars
Transcript context
…And when it launched in Japan, it didn't have Sonic yet. Exactly. We will get to that. It doesn't have Sonic in the US, either. Even if you think you know the history of the console wars and the Genesis in America, or you lived it as I did, I didn't remember this exactly as it happened. Initially, the Genesis is also a flop in America. It sells about 500,000 units in the first year, which again is okay, but this isn't that much better than the old Master System here. Nintendo isn't necessarily viewing it as the competitive threat that says, okay, we need to release our next generation system ASAP. They're like, okay, cool. This one also isn't beating us, so I guess let's keep riding the sales of the NES.…
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