Console Wars

*Console Wars* is a thrilling, behind-the-scenes business narrative chronicling how Sega, a faltering arcade company, challenged Nintendo's near-monopoly on the 1990s video game market. Led by visionary outsider Tom Kalinske, Sega and its renegade team revolutionized the industry with unconventional tactics and bold ideas, sparking a brutal, global corporate war. This David-and-Goliath showdown, pitting Sonic against Mario and the US against Japan, transformed Sega from an industry punchline into a market leader, giving rise to the multi-billion dollar video game industry we know today. Based on over 200 interviews, this definitive underdog story was adapted into a CBS All Access documentary and named a best book of the year by NPR, Slate, Publishers Weekly, and Goodreads.

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