A glimpse behind-the-scenes during the Sega Saturn's US nosedive.
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In the email itself, Kalinske wrote:"We are killing Sony. In every [store in Japan], Saturn hardware is sold out and there are stacks of Playstation. The retailers commented they can't compare the true sales rate because Saturn sells out before they can measure accurately. [...] I wish I could get all our staff, sales people, retailers, analysts, media, etc. to see and understand what's happening in Japan; they would then understand why we will win here in the U.S. eventually.
He then goes on to mention how Hayao Nakayama, President and CEO of Sega Enterprises at the time, would use Kalinske's success in the US to berate his staff in Japan."And he would beat the hell out of all of the managers and directors over and say things like, ‘Why can’t you guys get the revenue up like Tom has in the United States?’ [...] after a while, you start to hate this guy Tom over in the United States.
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