Future² Innovation

Blake J. Harris is the bestselling author of Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation, which is currently being adapted into a mini-series by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. He’s also the author of History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality. But we spent the better part of this conversation being nostalgic and unpacking the war that served as a backdrop to our childhood, that of Nintendo v Sega. Expect to take out numerous business lessons from this one: The value of open v closed ecosystems How to differentiate yourself and dominate the market, even with a much smaller budget Why parent companies meddling in the affairs of their subsidiaries often ends in disaster We unpack this and a whole lot more, so sit back and reminisce, as I bring you the one and only, Blake J Harris. Topics Discussed: The gaming landscape in the 1990s Nintendo’s dominant business model Nintendo’s closed ecosystem Sega’s open ecosystem Why it’s challenging to ma