Yes SG-1000 was Sega's first console, it actually released the exact same day in Japan as the Nintendo Famicom, so they were direct competitors. And the Famicom was *way* more powerful and obviously far more successful. The SG-1000 generally failed and was never released in North America so most people think the Sega Master System (which was actually the sequel to the SG-1000) was Sega's first console.
That said even if you consider Saturn the 3rd Sega console, I mean honestly the history of Sega consoles was more or less failure.
SG-1000, Sega Master System, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast (guess you can throw 32X and Sega CD into this pile too) all had mediocre sales numbers ... if anything the Mega Drive/Genesis is the singular outlier.
Even the Sega Game Gear only sold 11 million units worldwide, which ... isn't really great. Genesis/Mega Drive is the only system they ever sold over 15 million units. Everything else they made sold less than the Wii U.
You could really just say the Saturn was actually a return to form for Sega, as it sold in line with all their other hardware minus the Genesis.
Last edited by Soundwave - on 14 October 2024
