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archbrix on 04 February 2013
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richardhutnik said:
archbrix said:
Sensei said:
Thinking of Sega Genesis x Super NES, the Sega Genesis was inferior but it had a faster CPU, which allowed fast games like Sonic to give it an edge, or games to allow lots of stuff at once in the screen (coop beat em ups like Streets of Rage). The weakness in CPU of Super NES allowed Sega Genesis to do well in USA.

 

The Genesis' faster CPU wasn't what allowed the console to do well against the SNES in the US. The Sega Genesis had a full two year headstart on the market, had good brand recognition, and amassed a strong library of titles before the SNES arrived, to say nothing of the Sega Sports line which did well for the Genesis.

Heck, painting Nintendo as the more "kiddy" console did more for Sega than the "blast processing" commercials did.

When you have all that, and you specs put the system in the same class, even if inferior (the Genesis, in the end was inferior and eventually lost to the SNES), you can be very competitive, which is what the Genesis was.

My point is that the weakness of the SNES CPU wasn't what was imperatively instrumental in making the Genesis competitive, which I stand by.