Looks like things are starting to get heated on the war for the acquisition of Atlus. About twenty companies including Sega made a bid on the studio.
Sega had such a turbulent existence from the mid-90s to when they dropped out of console manufacturing entirely in 2001, it’s understandable if you’ve never heard of the Genesis Nomad.
Sega claims Super Mario Bros. Wonder's launch overshadowed Sonic Superstars, affecting sales. Sega remains hopeful for a turnaround.
SEGA in victim mode for many years.. blaming others for doing good never questioning themselves.. no need to be marketing effort to know that releasing a bit of the same sonic at the same time as a very creative and perfectly executed 2D mario would hurt the sales.. well SEGA have one of the most amateur marketing people in the industry
Even when Sega were still in the console business Sonic couldn't compete in terms of sales with Mario. Sonic is hot ragain and Sega still managed to fuck up. Quite the accomplishment.
A lot of bad Sonic games over the years. After Sonic Adventure 2, although Sonic Adventure was better, Sonic died. Apart from the Sonic Racing, that's pretty much it. Sonic Frontiers, SEGA should've knocked out Sonic Adventure 3. These SEGA collections have been knocking around for too long. There's been too much dumbness at SEGA.
Sonic is great but he is nothing when compared to Mario. Nintendo just knows how to utilize Mario better like Mario Maker, Super Smash, Mario Kart, Mario RPG, Mario Paint. Sonic is not a utilizable enough like Mario. Mario can be adapted to different games. Sonic is pretty much run, run, run. Sure Sonic has his own other games but again he is nothing when compared to Mario.
If you were one of those lucky kids who had access to the Sega Channel in the mid-1990s, you legitimately have bragging rights as one of the coolest kids ever.
I doubt anyone forgot it. Your either old enough to remember or your not. I've brought it up a handful of times. When I was young and had no money cause I was a kid it was great. As an adult with a job I'd prefer to just buy
it was more akin to Game Pass because you get new releases on the Sega Channel. I liked it as it let me try before I buy (again like Game Pass).
No one forgot. It is usually brought up in Game Pass discussions when bad journalists and Xbox sheep say "Sega was ahead of its time but Microsoft has evolved it to be the best service humanity has even known" Add in a Netflix and Blockbuster reference, copy and store in a word file for your next deadline.
They are worth it. I hope some third party retailer can take them and assure it's independence.
The plot thickens. Wish we knew more on who all bid, guess we'll have to wait and find out
but who had the highest bid? wish we had a list of the bidders.
wish sony would pick them up. Atlus has some serious front runner potential with a lot of its software. would be great to see sony promise us some crazy exclusives down the road.
sony would smash with atlus vita would soar too