Where im from Genesis was very uncommon and Sega in general was not popular, most of us had a SNES. The few people I knew who owned a Gensis really didnt get bullied or anything of the sort tho, I think it was the opposite, it was a nice friendship to have to learn about new games lol, my neighbor (who is my cousin) had one and I used to play a lot in his house, thats how I got to know Sonic to begin with. I really liked the Genesis's library to be honest, but yeah, didnt feel like much of a console war at the time, or maybe I wasnt aware there was one.