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S.T.A.G.E. on 12 December 2012
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enditall727 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
enditall727 said:


hmmm interesting

 

what do you mean they sucked up everything that Sega had?

 

and so why didn't Nintendo go under aswell as Sega if they sucked up everything(i still dont know what "everything" is yet lol)??


Sega had pissed off retailers in the west and caused third parties to shy away from them with the Saturn launch. Japan and the US branches of Sega could not come to a mutual understanding concerning the future of the product. It was just pure confusion at Sega. The price also caused people to shy away from the Saturn, which in the early 90's was a whopping $399. Within two years of the Saturns lifetime they were ready to give up on it. Sega couldnt suck up anything because Nintendo had the majority of the third parties as dedicated providers to them. If Sony took anything from anyone, they took the third parties from Nintendo. I can understand Nintendo owners having a gripe with Sony, but not Sega owners. 


So it WAS basically Sega's fault

 

and What exactly did Sony do to Nintendo to make them mad at Sony?

Nintendo and Sony were supposed to work together on a console but Nintendo pulled out. Nintendo was the one's who decided to stick with the cartridges


Nintendo wasn't pissed at Sony, the fans of Nintendo were pissed at Sony (while others jumped ship) because the JRPG's had switched to playstation. They found the tech Sony used to be far more favorable. Sony had gained the good  graces of third parties with their technological endeavours and they decided to side with Sony. The most notable names were Capcom and Squaresoft (not square enix yet) amongst a fleet of them. There were multiplats, but too few to constitute not owning both consoles because both truly were their own animals. Sony proved themselves adept to the politics of dealing with hardware development, pricing and support before they even hit the ground running. Before the existence of the Playstation brand it was Nintendo who Sega couldnt manage to pry third parties away from. They had to create their own pepsi like commercialism, using stars like Michael Jackson, Joe Montana and other famous names in games to get people to come towards their product. This is also where Sonic stole the show in the same vein as what Mario did for Nintendo. Truly, the 90's was the greatest generation to have console mascots.