Leadified on 27 October 2017
40 M is too high but I don't quite agree with the 29 M either.
If we break it down... this article by the NYTimes seems to suggest that by 1998 the Genesis in America sold up to 20 M, I'm not sure on the European source but I see 8 M listed often and about 3.5 M in Japan. This brings the total up to 31.5 M and once you add the rest of the Majesco sales and TecToy you'll probably end up around with 35M.
It seems unlikely that Sega sold 1M each in Australia, SK, India and Other Asia (unless if someone can provide a source?) but maybe 1M all together. Overall the SNES and Genesis were pretty neck in neck if you only count the Americas and Europe but Nintendo absolutely stomped Sega in Japan.
Last edited by Leadified - on 27 October 2017
