Final-Fan said:
HappySqurriel said:
bouzane said:
So the CEO of PlayStation France wants to mimic SEGA's decision to artificially cut the Saturn's lifespan short preventing a return to profitability in order to beat the competition to the market? Does Sony have a single competent executive? |
You do realize that stores stopped selling the Saturn and its games months before Sega pulled the plug on it, right?
Sega made a lot of mistakes with the Genesis at the end of its life and with the Saturn, but Sega really didn't kill off the Saturn early; the Saturn died on its own as it lost all support from third party publishers and retailers.
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Well, I'm not an expert here so maybe I'm wrong, but isn't it the case that Sega of Japan killed the Saturn in Japan in an effort to pave the way for the Dreamcast there? And that alienated some Japanese companies?
But yeah, in any case this can hardly be considered a parallel situation.
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You are correct. The Saturn was very strong second place in Japan, it was first place for sometime initially. Sega pulled the plug on the platform early because Sega of America and Sega Europe completely botched their handling of the platform. The only reason the N64 finished second in the Japan was because Sega killed the Saturn far too early.
