Xbox or Dreamcast?

[Cerebralbore101]

Chrkeller said:

Cerebralbore101 said:

The following notable games were released by December 1996 for Saturn in NA. AKA released before or within the N64's launch window of September 1996.

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Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon II
Virtua Fighter Remix
Shinobi Legions
Astal
Rayman
Dark Legend (Suiko Enbo in Japan)
Virtua Racing
Sega Rally Championship
Virtua Cop
Virtua Cop 2
Sega Rally 2
Layer Section
Mystaria
Street Fighter Alpha
Battle Arena Toshinden
Night Warrior's Darkstalker's Revenge
X-Men Children of the Atom
Guardian Heroes
Wipeout
In The Hunt
Shining Wisdom
Galaxy Fight
Legend of Oasis
Nights into Dreams
Fighting Vipers
Dragon Force
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Virtual On
Tomb Raider
Dark Savior
Powerslave

Meanwhile here's all the good N64 games by the end of 1997...

Super Mario 64
Wave Race 64
Killer Instinct Gold
Star Wars Shadows of the Empire
Mario Kart 64
Turok Dinosaur Hunter
Blast Corps
Starfox 64
Goldeneye
Duke Nukem 64
Diddy Kong Racing
WCW vs NWO

A lot of people don't realize that Saturn had a really good library early on. It bombed in sales in NA and then developers stopped making games for it.

I see a lot of arcade and japan preferred titles.  Honestly, I don't see much that would have driven US sales.  Especially at their price tag.  

Edit 

I'm going off memory but I don't recall anyone at school really caring about the Saturn.  Meanwhile 007 and FF7 were the talk of the town.  The Saturn, imo, didn't have a US system seller.  

It's really hard to tell what would have done well. Panzer Dragoon Saga wasn't out until 98 but was as much of a tour de force as FF7. Sega Rally was the first driving game to have terrain based physics. Perhaps it would have taken off in the West. GT sold 10 million units so don't count out a humble racing game. 

Also if Saturn hadn't bombed in the west Konami, Capcom, and Core Design would have kept making games for it. Imagine N64 having to deal with another system that has MGS, Resident Evil, Castlevania, Tomb Raider Trilogy, etc. 

Finally if FF7 got ported to PC, it would have likely got a Saturn port too. 

I really can't stress enough how much retailers in the USA screwed over the Saturn. It was pretty much a Toys R Us exclusive system. The nearest store to me that even sold games was an hour away. By 1998 nobody carried Saturn stuff at all.