Console Wars (2020)

Console Wars: Directed by Blake J. Harris, Jonah Tulis. With Jeff Goodby, George Harrison, Tom Kalinske, Howard Lincoln. It was 1990: Sega, startup gaming co. assembled a team to take on Nintendo, world’s greatest video game company. A make or break conflict pit brother against brother, Sonic against Mario and, American capitalism against Japanese tradition.

“The Console War refers to one period in history where two companies, Nintendo and Sega battled it out for market supremacy. Nintendo long held a stranglehold (ie monopoly) on the industry due to both innovation and monopolistic practices. Sega of America sought to open the market through… well, watch the documentary and find out how they did it!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI enjoyed how Console Wars built up Nintendo as a villain, then gave them credit for saving the fallen video game industry. But unlike other documentaries, this one doesnu0026#39;t pull punches and mentions some of u0026quot;cuteu0026quot; Nintendou0026#39;s cut-throat practices. War was declared and strategized by the upstart aggressor – Sega, which means the documentary focuses on Sega. Thereu0026#39;s not much nostalgia or other video game history here, just the story that the documentary seeks to tell – about THE Console War and the two companies that took part in it.”