A New Sega System will be released soon for Home

[winds]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned April Fools yet. Anyone else smell a joke?...A very mean joke

[CRTGAMER]

Except when Sega of Japan employees threw a fit when upper-management seemed to be favoring Sega of America, making Sega choose to go with the Japanese Saturn model that we know today as opposed to Sega of America's model which was essentially the same hardware as the Nintendo 64DD. But yeah, you're mostly right -- although Sega of America did a ton of things right early in the Genesis's lifespan and they did a wonderful job during the Dreamcast's lifespan, they fucked up in SO MANY ways.

Sega knew they couldn't survive Sony year later, before Dreamcast launch day it was known. The gamble was flood the market, have a huge base of customers that would stay. 17 games at launch, several great ones, a great run until the PS2 marketing with built in DVD player ready arrived. Sony PS3 Blu-Ray player ready is an attempted failed repeat to capture the current market already saturated with DVDs.

[Original_Name]

Except when Sega of Japan employees threw a fit when upper-management seemed to be favoring Sega of America, making Sega choose to go with the Japanese Saturn model that we know today as opposed to Sega of America's model which was essentially the same hardware as the Nintendo 64DD. But yeah, you're mostly right -- although Sega of America did a ton of things right early in the Genesis's lifespan and they did a wonderful job during the Dreamcast's lifespan, they fucked up in SO MANY ways.

Sega knew they couldn't survive Sony year later, before Dreamcast launch day it was known. The gamble was flood the market, have a huge base of customers that would stay. 17 games at launch, several great ones, a great run until the PS2 marketing with built in DVD player ready arrived. Sony PS3 Blu-Ray player ready is an attempted failed repeat to capture the current market already saturated with DVDs.

This is all correct information, but what does it have to do with my quote?

[CRTGAMER]

Except when Sega of Japan employees threw a fit when upper-management seemed to be favoring Sega of America, making Sega choose to go with the Japanese Saturn model that we know today as opposed to Sega of America's model which was essentially the same hardware as the Nintendo 64DD. But yeah, you're mostly right -- although Sega of America did a ton of things right early in the Genesis's lifespan and they did a wonderful job during the Dreamcast's lifespan, they fucked up in SO MANY ways.

Sega knew they couldn't survive Sony year later, before Dreamcast launch day it was known. The gamble was flood the market, have a huge base of customers that would stay. 17 games at launch, several great ones, a great run until the PS2 marketing with built in DVD player ready arrived. Sony PS3 Blu-Ray player ready is an attempted failed repeat to capture the current market already saturated with DVDs.

This is all correct information, but what does it have to do with my quote?

Not debating, sorry I tend to rant.

[Original_Name]

Haha, okay, I was just a bit confused.

[Pulsar_t]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned April Fools yet. Anyone else smell a joke?...A very mean joke

Maybe if the OP's in Auckland.

[CFFJR]

After reading some older topics on this subject that were posted before I joined, and seeing this new one here now, I always see Original_Name being the most stalwart defender of classic Sega.

Sega is a company that inspired a kind of loyalty in certain fans that a lot of people simply don't understand. They were special in a way that competitors have never been able to match. Only Nintendo has ever come close.

But those hardy, devoted Sega fans are few and far between.

So here's to you Original_Name. You are a true blue Sega fan of old, a champion of the legend, and that makes you the man.

"Too long, didn't read" less dramatic version: Dude, I love your posts, you rock.

[Pulsar_t]

Hear, hear!

[Kenshiro28]

I miss old Sega.

It was like...a raunchier, rowdier Nintendo.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

blame Sega USA

I mean the 32x and bad Saturn launch...

pretty much killed the company.

Sega USA is single handedly responsible for every single failure the company has ever suffered.

Quoted for such fucking epic and amazing truth that somewhere in San Fransisco at a lone Sega office an executive's head just exploded.