CONSOLE WARS: SEGA, NINTENDO, AND THE BATTLE THAT DEFINED A GENERATION

Blake J. Harris, Bartosz Czartoryski (Polish Translator), Christian La Via Colli (Italian Translator)

Following the success of The Accidental Billionaires and Moneyball comes Console Wars—a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry.

In 1990, Nintendo had a virtual monopoly on the video game industry. Sega, on the other hand, was just a faltering arcade company with big aspirations and even bigger personalities. But that would all change with the arrival of Tom Kalinske, a man who knew nothing about videogames and everything about fighting uphill battles. His unconventional tactics, combined with the blood, sweat and bold ideas of his renegade employees, transformed Sega and eventually led to a ruthless David-and-Goliath showdown with rival Nintendo.

The battle was vicious, relentless, and highly profitable, eventually sparking a global corporate war that would be fought on several fronts: from living rooms and schoolyards to boardrooms and Congress. It was a once-in-a-lifetime, no-holds-barred conflict that pitted brother against brother, kid against adult, Sonic against Mario, and the US against Japan.

Based on over two hundred interviews with former Sega and Nintendo employees, Console Wars is the underdog tale of how Kalinske miraculously turned an industry punchline into a market leader. It's the story of how a humble family man, with an extraordinary imagination and a gift for turning problems into competitive advantages, inspired a team of underdogs to slay a giant and, as a result, birth a $60 billion dollar industry.

PUBLICATION DETAILS

LANGUAGE	BINDING	EDITION	ISBN	YEAR	PAGES
English	Hardcover		9780062276698	2014	576
English	Paperback		9780062276704	2015	576
English	eBook		N/A	2014	576
Polish	Hardcover		9788365836380	2017	576
Polish	eBook		9788381290418	2017	576
French	Hardcover	Volume 1	9782918272533	2018	300
French	Hardcover	Volume 2	9782371880535	2018	223
Italian	Hardcover		9788863553093	2015	526
Italian	eBook		N/A	2015	526
Spanish	Paperback		9788417649234	2019	606
Korean	Paperback		9791160501544	2017	788
Portuguese	Hardcover		9788580578225	2015	576
Portuguese	eBook		N/A	2015	576
Russian	Paperback		9785604370179	2015	592

AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

LANGUAGE	LENGTH	VERSION	NARRATORS	YEAR
English	20.75 hours	Unabridged	Fred Berman	2014

OTHER NAMES

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Console Wars: SEGA vs Nintendo : la guerre qui a bouleversé le monde vidéoludique
Console Wars: La battaglia che ha segnato una generazione
Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo y la batalla que definió una generación
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A guerra dos consoles: Sega, Nintendo e a batalha que definiu uma geração
Консольные войны. Sega, Nintendo и битва определившая целое поколение

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