Disney's new game chief faced high hurdles at Atari

February 20, 2008 Disney's strategy to compete in the video game sector -- especially against media giant Warner Bros. Jean-Marcel Nicolai, the new senior vp of global production at Disney Interactive Studios, comes from seven years at troubled Atari where, most recently, he was chief technology officer and senior vp of product development. Nicolai was reluctant to discuss Atari but hinted at the fact that frequent management changes lead to "inconsistencies" and not enough production planning meant games that were constantly "rushed out the door."

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