Chances are if you have lived through the 90s, you had either played or owned one of Sega’s most popular consoles like the Genesis/Mega Drive and the Dreamcast. It is interesting that both these consoles are a reminder of both Sega’s innovative peak and also its last hurrah.
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.
Sega published its financial results for the 9 months that ended on December 31, 2023, and at least part of them wasn't really great.
Lets pretend that Sega didn't have it's largest number of games release on game pass ever during this quarter by not even mentioning it in your article about how their games underperformed in sales.
Hmm CTRL F ah zero mentions of game pass at all.
I would have blamed their pricing scheme ($115/$120 for a new game? Charging out the butt for the Etrain HD Remasters? Charging extra for New Game Plus?), but some of those games did well anyway. None of the titles mentioned in Q3 exactly set my world on fire, I didn't purchase any of them, maybe no one else did either?
Sega will always be remembered as an unsung hero. A warrior that fought till the last breath. A true gaming empire. I loved my Genesis and still miss the endless tennis and Soul Calibur sessions on my roommate's Dreamcast.
Good little story but it's missing a lot of key components that added to Sega's downfall.
Dreamcast failed mainly due to 3rd party support pulling out of making games for them. A lot of big name 3rd party devs felt burned that Sega pulled the plug on Saturn so early. 3rd party devs had a lot of games still in development for the Saturn only to find out that Sega would no longer support it. This and the fact that Sega released the console early for only certain retailers also put Sega on the sh!t list.
Because they offered their Saturn system early to some retailers, the other retailers decided to not even carry the Sega console and I think even blacklisted the Dreamcast when it came out (i think).
All in all, a lot of poor decisions and bad play calls. Which is a shame because Sega systems have always been ahead of the curb, maybe too far ahead, because a lot of their features just didn't work well...Madden on a 56k modem...whooo boy....
I will always remember my Genesis. One of the best consoles of all time in my opinion.
I'm a big fans of Sega and i followed them from Genesis era. Really sad when they're not localize most of their games and even abandon some of their iconic franchise like Virtua Fighter :'(
But i think they're not a complete tragedy. They still made great games like Yakuza series, Phantasy Star, Shining, and the latest Alien Isolation. Maybe there's still hope for them...The only thing i can do are pray and support them when they make good decisions (like localize Yakuza 5, even though that thx to sony).