| snyps said: Part of the reason the master system failed (in the US) is because it was crushed by the NES. It sold well in other reagions. Sega was pushing tech to enable its arcade games into the living room and would have continued to do so. |
The Master System didn't fair too well in Japan either, where it only amounted to 1M unit sales, compared to the Famicoms 19M.
"Sega was pushing tech to enable its arcade games into the living room and would have continued to do so"
The only reason they developed the SG-1000 was because they heard Nintendo was creating a gaming only console (they were just working on a PC at the time), and the Master System is a direct successor to the SG-1000. Also, if Nintendo had never gone into the North American market in the first place Sega likely wouldn't have attempted to either, at least not for a long while. Most analysts were saying that Nintendo's move into North America was an extremely bad move. So, without the NES/Famicom, Sega would have A) Only created a PC at the time (because that was their only plan until they caught wind of Nintendo), and B) Never released their consoles into the North American market (As both the SG-1000 and SC-3000 were only available in very limited territories, and it wasn't until Sega saw the success of the NES that they decided to launch in American markets)
Sega was never going to be the replacement for Nintendo.
Last edited by Doctor_MG - on 08 July 2020
