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10 Times Sega Beat Nintendo At Their Own Game

Nintendo's bouts with Sega served as reminders not to take their spot for granted.

Sgt_Slaughter544d ago

Bow out of the console business?

jznrpg543d ago (Edited 543d ago )

Nintendo was close a couple times too. I miss Sega consoles I would much rather to have them instead of xbox.

septemberindecember543d ago

@jznrpg

Nintendo has never been close at stopping making consoles. Heck the first time they reported a loss was in 2013. Sega reported losses all the way through Saturn and Dreamcast which is why they stopped making consoles.

Sgt_Slaughter543d ago

@jznrpg

That's untrue, Nintendo has NEVER been close to stopping making consoles/systems. No matter how off a console has been on sales, they rarely operate on a loss and make their money through accessories, licensing deals with toys, evergreen titles, etc.. They only really ever had a notable loss when the Wii U flopped, and even then the 3DS + Amiibo + mobile apps + Switch launch quickly fixed that.

FallenAngel1984543d ago

Have only one successful system while the rest were flops?

BrainSyphoned543d ago

Sega, the mirror image of Xbox
Good games, no system
No games, Good system

Einhander1971543d ago

In an ideal world it would be Nintendo, Sega, Sony in the hardware market. Forget Microsoft. Personally i wish Atari was still a main player.

FallenAngel1984543d ago

Someone has some rose tinted glasses.

Sega’s own poor business decisions is why they had to exit the hardware market. Seeing how they’ve mishandled their flagship series for so long just further shows they weren’t cut out to sustain the it presence in consoles. Atari failed for similar reasons.

Why forget Microsoft? They’ve lasted over 20 years in the industry for a reason.

autobotdan543d ago (Edited 543d ago )

World Series Baseball, Joe Montana Sports Talk Football, Shinobi series, Phantasy Star, Original Sonic the Hedgehog trilogy, House of the Dead trilogy, Columns, Shining Force, Virtua Fighter, Streets of Rage trilogy. Those are just some of the times Sega best Nintendo, Electronic Arts, Capcom and Squaresoft at their own game. At some points in time in past Sega was arguably making the best Japanese Role playing games, the best Sports games, best puzzle games, best arcade games etc. Sega was competing with Nintendo, Capcom, Squaresoft,Electronic Arts, Namco all at ounce before their fall

LoveSpuds543d ago (Edited 543d ago )

Gotta say, thier list seems pretty desperate to my mind. As a teenager in the 90s, I wouldn't say the UK was 'Sega territory'. I did have a mate who had a Sega and I did love playing it, but I knew far more people with Nintendo systems. Seems like some very subjective claims being made along with a healthy dose of revisionist history in this article.

I know many in the N4G community like to dunk on Nintendo, but as someone who experienced Nintendo since they began in the console business, as far as I am concerned they deserve a lot of credit and respect. I cannot imagine my childhood without that NES and Super Nintendo.

Having said all that, I will never forget my mate coming over to show me Revenge of Shinobi, I couldn't believe what I was seeing, and another game I was weirdly obsessed with was Rambo III :)

After10Ben543d ago (Edited 543d ago )

That's exactly how I feel. I remember opening a Christmas present and seeing Mega Man 2 for the first time. My brother and I mastered that game from start to finish. It was a little magical. But I liked Sega too. I used to visit my friend (who had moved away) and we played his Sega Genesis all night long.

CosmicTurtle543d ago

Statistically the UK was Sega territory. At least the Master System and MD were more popular than the Nintendo equivalents. Nintendo’s biggest hit was the Gameboy.

That Rambo game was rather excellent at the time. I am sure it has aged badly but I thought it was great. I rarely hear anyone mention it. I also liked the Megadrive E-Swat (my first 16 bit game) my brother had imported the console from Japan.

I simply preferred Nintendo stuff at the time, and many of their titles feel just as fresh today. But there are more than a few Sega based gems out there.

LoveSpuds542d ago (Edited 542d ago )

Yeah, that E-Swat game was another gem. I think that was where I definitely perceived that the MegaDrive had an edge, arcade beat em ups and shooters. They were all so much better on Sega's system, I recall I couldnt believe my eyes when I saw Strider on the MegaDrive.......the phrase 'arcade perfect' was never far from my mates lips (he owned the MD).

I should say, by the time the SNES and Megadrive came along I was all about my Amiga anyway, but I did love using the family NES/SNES.

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Razer Kishi Ultra Review - Remote Play and Mobile Gaming Goes XL

PSLS writes: I have traveled across the country using the Razer Kishi Ultra in airports and hotels for both PlayStation Remote Play and mobile gaming in general, and I am thoroughly impressed.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos22h ago(Edited 22h ago)

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers18h ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken5h ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g14h ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing14h ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H914h ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola10h ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66913h ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle13h ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Squad Busters is a New Action Game from Supercell Soft Launched in Selected Countries

Supercell has released its new squad-building action game Squad Busters in Spain, Mexico, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Canada, and Singapore. This game features characters from different Supercell titles, such as Clash of Clans, Brawl Stars, Hay Day, Clash Royale, and Boom Beach.

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