Chrkeller said:
Xbox is ranked behind Playstation for sure. But Xbox is more successful than Sega. Sega is also a no hit wonder, at least using your criteria. Sega lost to Nintendo every single time. Like I said, Sega is grossly overrated. They competed that one time in that one game, nothing more. But let us run with your criteria and game. Sega was made to compete against Nintendo. Sega has 1 console in the top 20. Nintendo has 9. The Gamecube, considered a commercial mess, sold more than any Sega hardware outside the Genesis... let that sink in. If the GC were a Sega console it would be the second best selling console for them.... Like I said, Sega is laughably overrated. If the question were "ps2 or xbox" you are damn straight my answer would be the ps2. Edit I just realized the Wii U outsold the DC. The Wii U also outsold the Saturn. The GC sold more than the DC+Saturn combined.... Nintendo failures still beat Sega. |
And Playstation lowest, PS3, still beat Xbox best, 360...
Of course Xbox is more succesful than Sega, Microsoft is one of if not the most riches company in the world for decades, they can keep taking the L on Xbox, Sega could not. Microsoft will go one and acquire huge developers and publishers when their own games and strong third party support is still not reason enough to make people buy it.
About Sega being an one hit wonder, being more seriously, Xbox sold a lot better than Sega, just wanted to point how ridiculous it sounds trying to justify it, as if sales are everything that matters, because if it were Xbox is always the one taking the beating too... it may be your point, but it's still pretty nonsensical to say "one hit wonder" based on sales when the thread is about prefferences.
Anyway, Sega had a lot of personality, history and relevancy in many ways, the Sega Master System is still the best selling home console here in Brazil, yet people in the US barely knows it existed. Saturn was very succesful in Japan, yet the US doesn't care. The Mega Drive was loved worldwide. And Dreamcast was the fastest selling console when it released, but again, Sega could not financially take it anymore, but most importantly, Sega games, IMO, and that is what matters considering the OP, are way, WAY more relevant than Microsoft games.
Sega had an actual identity, Sonic was done so much dirty for so many years and the character still survived strong because a lot of people love it. The Mega Drive was filled with unique games, made playing arcade games at home a thing, and when Sega was competing with Nintendo, and losing, yeah, Sega was still doing its own thing and providing an unique experience. But it was not only the Mega Drive. Sega always gave you a good reason to get their systems. Meanwhile every single generation the Xbox, also filled with great games, has always tried to be the Playstation, but with less good unique games.
I would not trade the Mega Drive for every single Xbox combined, neither the Master System or the Dreamcast (as I don't speak japanese the Saturn suffers more to appeal to me) sure, from the 360 ownards every Xbox had more and better games than Sega systems ever had, inclusing Sega games, but that was also everywhere, I've never needed a Xbox in my entire life, meanwhile I own multiple Sega, Nintendo and Sony systems.
So the Dreamcast is more relevant to me than the Xbox, as people pointed, some of the best games on the Xbox are Dreamcast games, the Xbox exists because of the Dreamcast, mind you Microsoft actually tried to buy Nintendo to compete with Sony instead, before releasing the Xbox... to me every sega system is relevant and has multiple reasons to be loved, it's definitely not an one hit wonder, far from it. I think many people would also agree with that for the Xbox.
If you think Sega games are bad and don't appeal to you, yeah, maybe its a one hit or even a no hit wonder for you... definitely not for me and many other people.
