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AlfredoTurkey on 10 September 2017
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shikamaru317 said:
Random_Matt said:
Sega killed themselves.
The Saturn was actually doing ok relatively.

Saturn only did well in Japan, it was a flop in North America and Europe, due to several factors including the high price, poor marketing decisions, and the lack of mainline games in several popular Sega IP's from the previous generation including Sonic, Streets of Rage, and Phantasy Star. The Dreamcast was an attempt to win back North America and Europe, and it actually worked for a time, but in the process they managed to alienate their Japan fanbase who had bought Saturn.

Random_Matt said:

Everyone outside Japan hates Sega. Also read it was complicated hardware wise.

That's not really true. Genesis/Mega Drive sold more in North America and in Europe separately than it did in Japan, and Dreamcast sold more in North America than it did in Japan. 

Yep. The Genesis beat the SNES in the US until 1994 and actually had more marketshare than Nintendo. Anyone who says that Sega wasn't popular in the US needs a history lesson.