Well, the genesis was a pretty lousy console. Tucked inbetween the great master system and the less great saturn, it really didn't have a lot to offer. It had mostly rehashed 8 bit games and games that tried to be more than the console could handle. Whereas the SNES was far ahead of it's time and really pushed gaming forward. I thought it was generally agreed, even among sega fans, that the genesis was a bit of an outcast, the 'odd cousin' if you will.
in europe maybe, but the SMS was a far distant second in the US and wasnt on most peoples radar
Just look at the facts:
- The SNES beat it. Saleswise, but also gamewise. Compare any game that was released on both consoles and you'll see the SNES is always the winner.
uh... mortal kombat?
- Even the NES beat it, saleswise.
for total shipped perhaps, but Sega was number 1 in the US in the years that mattered most, 91, 92, and 93
- They kept making Master System games till the saturn was released, even longer.
in europe and brazil, the SMS was dead by 92 stateside
- It got 2 attachments, the 32X and the Sega CD. Both failures were desperate attempts to blow some life into an already dying system
Sega CD was not a failure, it had more than 3 years of shelf life, and well over 100 titles, it sold more units and had more titles than the SMS. It wasnt a runaway success, but it was far more popular than systems like the jaguar, cdi, and 3DO - (the 32X was a flop, but that was due to the premature release of the Saturn)
- The same can be said about releasing a revamped version of the console; the sega genesis 2. Another desperate attempt to get the console into the public eye.
whenever a company releases a second version of a console to reduce the price, this is a sign of success. all of the giants have second hardware revisions... the Atari 2600, Intellivision, NES, SNES, and the Playstation 1 and 2
- Sega never looked back after it stopped making the damn things. Is there even a single sequal to a genesis game released for the Saturn? I think not. The thing has no legacy whatsoever.
thats more of a knock on the saturn than the genesis. the dreamcast brought back lots of genesis franchises (sonic and ecco are the prime examples while toejam and earl III was orginally a DC project, and chakkan was a cancelled DC project)
Don't get me wrong, I'm not an anti-sega fanboy. I actually have a genesis, but solely for its novelty value. I can't imagine I'll ever play a game on it again.
but you were 9 years old and not in the states during the heyday of the 16 bit wars, and really have no idea of what you are talking about
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