Would you sacrifice one of the big 3 for Sega?

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KungKras said:

binary solo said:

sales2099 said:
Sony, because they killed Sega.

How did Sony kill sega?

1. Entering the market at the exact wrong time for Sega, while they had become vurnerable.

2. Moneyhatting devs to keep games off Saturn.

3. Announcing PS2 right before Dreamcast launch to try and kill momentum.

1. That's the best time for a new player to enter the market. Sega still had incumbancy which meant they werein the advantaged position, that they failed to deal with the newcomer is Sega's fault not Sony's.

2. When you're a new player you need to do something to get 3rd parties to put games on your system. That Sega wasn't in a financial position to counter Sony is Sega's fault not Sony's. I seem to recall MS moneyhatting the crap out of 3rd parties with Xbox, but that didn't cramp Sony's style, and Moneyhatting wasn't what caused Sony to almost fail with PS3.

3. Again, timing is everything to maintain momentum and success. If Sega was having a successful time with hardware a simple announcement from Sony about PS2 would have donelittle to slow down the momentum for Dreamcast. That Sega was so vulnerable that a mereannouncementof a console from Sony snet them into a tail spin form which they could not recover is Sega's fault not Sony's.

Conclusion: Sony didn't kill Sega, Sega killed Sega. Or rather Sega's inability to excite the market killed Sega.

Actually on second thought I wouldn't sacrifice anyone for Sega, because I like Sega games more than Nintendo games, so I'd rather have Sega continue to make games for the Playstation. Nintendo can carry on making hardware and keep its IP all to itself.