Would you sacrifice one of the big 3 for Sega?

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KungKras said:

AbbathTheGrim said:

KungKras said:

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KungKras said:

binary solo said:

sales2099 said:
Sony, because they killed Sega.

How did Sony kill sega?

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

Moneyhatting devs to keep games off Saturn.

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

Yeah, Sony was brilliant.

About the bolded, I am not sure though. I recall Sony saying they never paid developers to stay exclusive. Can you provide links for proof?

If by brilliant, you mean unfair and evil. I guess Microsoft had been brilliant this generation though ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_Raider_II

End of the development history paragrapf.

I don't know, Sony is still in the game and in route to pass the Xbox while Sega was forced to become a third party developer. But Microsoft did great this generation, not to the extent Sony achived in previous generations though.

That is an example of a game kept from Sega by Sony by getting an exclusivity contract, if Wikipedia's info is accurate. What other games are there? Or was it that the lack of Tomb Raider killed Sega? That's some strong footing Sega had right there then.

What I meant was that if playing dirty is what you consider brilliant, then you must also consider Microsoft brilliant this gen.

Business wasn't covered as extensively back then as it is now. But since we have an example of Sony doing it once, it's likely they did it more than once.

Actually I am not that concern about the "brilliant" calling back and forth. If you want me to say something about it, I guess I'll say MS was brilliant this gen, just less brilliant than Sony in the previous gens, taking what you said in consideration.

That doesn't work. You can't assure games where bought out of Sega if you don't have the info, like you had with Tomb Raider. You can't rely in your feelings and what you think happened if there isn't proof. As it stands now you could only say that Tomb Raider was an ace that helped Sony cement their advantage over Sega, I guess... But assuring that Sony bought games away from Sega is not something you can be certain, at best, you could consider the possibility but it can't be used as amo to state as a fact.