RolStoppable said:
Where did I write that Sega didn't have the financial means to expand gaming? What I said is that Sega didn't have the money to compete with Sony on an image campaign, but with Sony gone (which is the topic of this thread), Sega could have just continued with what they did with the Genesis/Mega Drive and position themselves as the cool alternative to Nintendo. The growth would obviously come first and foremost from Europe and the reasons for that growth would be the same that led to the PS1's success there. |
The playstation 1 and Sega Saturn has the same development time (for the purposes of this thread) as they were released a couple months apart in Japan. From what we know about CD based consoles before the playstation and what Sega had layed out for the Saturn, if the playstation didnt exist, where would the growth come from? Sega was already the premier videogame brand outside NA and Japan. The Saturn, at launch, had little to no games, was extremely expensive, and was coming off a two failed perpherials. From past history (and recent history) this is a receipe for a disater. Even if Sega was not pressured from playstation launch, the price still would have been extremely expensive which would have limited gaming growth.
