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Originally posted by Reno
Taken from Wired's Behind the Scenes article
Michael Katz (president, Sega of America): In '88, when I was still at Atari, Hayao Nakayama and Dave Rosen brought us the Genesis. They asked if we wanted to license the product. At the time, we needed a next-generation system to take on Nintendo, and Genesis would've been perfect. But Jack Tramiel turned it down
I'm glad he did. He probably would have screwed that up too.
Are you sure it's the same Tom Zito and not just chump who happens to have the same name?Quote:
Tom Zito is the most clueless person in the game industry, ever. His ignorance and incompetence is shocking. Oh, by the way, he founded a website - www.garageband.com I believe - to sort of help new bands grow. It folded last year.
While trying to imagine how things could've turned out, Tain's mind explodes.Quote:
Michael Katz (president, Sega of America): In '88, when I was still at Atari, Hayao Nakayama and Dave Rosen brought us the Genesis. They asked if we wanted to license the product. At the time, we needed a next-generation system to take on Nintendo, and Genesis would've been perfect. But Jack Tramiel turned it down
Try to imagine things if this would've happened (from same Wired article):Quote:
Originally posted by Tain
While trying to imagine how things could've turned out, Tain's mind explodes.
Tom Kalinske: The specs for our next-generation console, the Saturn, didn't look very good, and it was way too expensive - Sega Japan told us it was going to retail at $549. Then Jim Clark, the chair of Silicon Graphics, says, "I've got this chipset that's a derivative of the MIPS chipset that would be perfect for your system." We call Sega Japan and say this thing will be cheaper than Saturn, and that it will move polygons 50 percent quicker. The Sega hardware group comes over and says that the chip is too big, it won't be efficient to manufacture. Forget it. When I tell Jim Clark this, he says, "What do I do with this now?" And I say, "Well, I'm sure there are a few folks who might be interested in buying it." And he says, "Yeah, I've already talked to Nintendo." The rest is N64 history
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Originally posted by Reno
Try to imagine things if this would've happened (from same Wired article):
Tom Kalinske: The specs for our next-generation console, the Saturn, didn't look very good, and it was way too expensive - Sega Japan told us it was going to retail at $549. Then Jim Clark, the chair of Silicon Graphics, says, "I've got this chipset that's a derivative of the MIPS chipset that would be perfect for your system." We call Sega Japan and say this thing will be cheaper than Saturn, and that it will move polygons 50 percent quicker. The Sega hardware group comes over and says that the chip is too big, it won't be efficient to manufacture. Forget it. When I tell Jim Clark this, he says, "What do I do with this now?" And I say, "Well, I'm sure there are a few folks who might be interested in buying it." And he says, "Yeah, I've already talked to Nintendo." The rest is N64 history
Cool story!
"Everyone agrees that Bill Gates is a great businessman," he admitted, "but he's human after all -- there are things that he does not know. Games are one of them. If you know nothing about sumo, you can't expect to become a Yokozuna...I believe that in a year's time, we'll start seeing the consequences of this." -- Hiroshi Yamauchi
he's had a bunch of doozies, of course, there was one about the GBA being more powerful than a Dreamcast or a PSOne.
though i suppose his quotes cant really be seen as "famous last words." but he is zany.
Positive. I thought that too and looked into it, but its the same guy.Quote:
Originally posted by Johnny Undaunted
Are you sure it's the same Tom Zito and not just chump who happens to have the same name?