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Offline Tad

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Peter Moore talks about Sega
« on: April 07, 2017, 04:09:13 pm »
Why Peter Moore once told Sega's Yuji Naka to "f**k off". Sega "didn't see the stormclouds" in the industry: https://t.co/vNmwqcIK9l

Can't help but agree with him on this. There was clearly a time where the top of Sega thought they were still "it".

Offline Shun-Di

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Re: Peter Moore talks about Sega
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2017, 08:47:50 pm »
Why Peter Moore once told Sega's Yuji Naka to "f**k off". Sega "didn't see the stormclouds" in the industry: https://t.co/vNmwqcIK9l

Can't help but agree with him on this. There was clearly a time where the top of Sega thought they were still "it".

God, that's refreshing.
Be like water.

Offline Centrale

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Re: Peter Moore talks about Sega
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2017, 08:56:24 pm »
Also worth considering - in this interview, Peter Moore clarifies the notion that he "made the call" to have Sega cease manufacturing consoles and become a third party developer. According to him, it was not his decision but he was instructed to literally set up the conference call between Sega of Japan and Sega of America.

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So the decision was made, 'We're gonna end this, and we're gonna turn into a third party.' And then somehow it was my job to 'make the call.' That's something I have been, and forever will be, tainted with. 'He made the call to kill the Dreamcast.' No I didn't. But my job was to make the phone call, because the Japanese said, 'we need you to host the conference call.'

Offline Tad

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Re: Peter Moore talks about Sega
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2017, 12:13:51 am »
Yeah, I never really thought it was him mind. I mean, SoJ are the ones that call all the shots and as this interview shows, SoJ didn't really listen to anyone else anyway.

Offline Mengels7

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Re: Peter Moore talks about Sega
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2017, 09:20:46 pm »
The full version that page links to is an excellent read.

Offline sonicsmash

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Re: Peter Moore talks about Sega
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2017, 05:19:06 am »
Thanks for sharing, it was a very good read.