Is Sega's Boss Scared Yet? (Kalinske Interview, 1995)

[sevin0seven]

that was a fun read. thanks for sharing hashiriya1.

[Jrecee]

Anyone notice "In the case of sony we're going to keep a lot of things as quiet as possible until we spring on them" And then they made the surprise announcement that saturn would launch in spring at e3?

[Anayo]

This interview is embarassing to read.

Interviewer: "Does the 32X have any good games?"
Tom: "Sure! Like, Virtua Racing and Doom."
Interviewer: "Well, are you sure those are good? Doom 32X isn't quite full screen, and Virtua Racing is basically the Genesis version."
Tom: "Oh sure, but c'mon, these are just the very first 32X games. It's only going to get better from here!"

Tom: "Eh, the Playstation's gonna be at least $50 cheaper than the Saturn when it comes out."

Tom: "We're really kind of hoping the Playstation will turn out like Betamax tapes. I mean after all, those were superior to VHS, but look where we are today. I'm confident the Saturn will come out on top like that."



I did, however, like the part where he mentioned enticing women into playing and buying video games. That only seems to have come to fruition over the past few years most recently.

[bladerunner]

Wikipedia says Tom is now the CEO of Moonshot. What the heck is that? Google doesn't show anything.

[emwearz]

Really enjoyed that read, thanks heaps for the scans. I like how they didn't tread water, they got to the point and didn't talk shit.