Are SONY the first gaming company to have 4 systems on the go at the same time?

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disolitude said:

Euphoria14 said:

disolitude said:
Year 1995 - Sega Saturn, Sega Genesis, Sega Game Gear, Sega CD, Sega 32X.

If its got its own game format and a separate AC adapter, its a standalone game system.

Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the 32X and Sega CD both require a Genesis to connect to in order to use controllers?

To me, if something needs something else in order to function properly than how can it be considered "stand alone"?

Not being "standalone" really doesn't matter when it comes to companies making hardware and supporting systems with games.

Sega CD and 32X both had completely different hardware from the Genesis, completely different games that needed to be separatly programmed by devs, their own game formats.

If sega CD and 32X were not plugging in to the genesis, they would have worked the exact same way as they did as genesis adons so the fact they needed Genesis to work really doesn't take away from the fact they were separate eco systems that Sega needed to support.

So they are add-on consoles.