| shikamaru317 said: He left Sega of America in 1996 because he had a disagreement with Sega's Japanese execs over the direction of the brand. He believed that Sega should have partnered with Sony, Sega Japan's execs didn't. He also disagreed with Sega Japan's decision to release Saturn early in the US when it had very few launch games ready and very few units manufactured. He was actually a pretty successful CEO, SOA's value increased from $72m to $1.5b during his years as CEO of SOA, and he was largely responsible for the success of Genesis in the US. |
Then Bernie Stolar came in to diss the Saturn in the US, which further damaged Sega's console reputation though he actually helped make the Dreamcast initially a success there and then getting fired because of it.
Had the partnership been made, would we have a DreamStation nowadays? lol
