Sega or Xbox?

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Wman1996 said:

curl-6 said:

Yeah Sega do fall closer to Nintendo stylistically, which goes a long way with me as a lifelong Nintendo fan. On the flipside, I do feel like Xbox, at least in the OG/360 days, better suit my tastes at the time software wise with stuff like Halo and Gears, which provided a nice contrast to Nintendo's stuff.

I miss the days of Sega hardware to be honest, their consoles had style where, as JackHandy says, Xbox (and PS) feel more utilitarian.

Despite Sega bragging about doing what Nintendon't (which started by Mega Drive beating SNES to the market), they are indeed perhaps the closest to Nintendo stylistically. And a lot of Sega's cartoony franchises (Sonic, Super Monkey Ball, etc) have found a home on Nintendo either as timed exclusives or true exclusives. 

The closest to Nintendo in financial success? I feel like only PlayStation is on the table. Yes, PS3 lost them ungodly amounts of money. But PS4 and PS5 have made up for it. Xbox makes a lot of money, but a lot of gaming money at Microsoft is Microsoft Gaming across the board, not purely Xbox branding. 

In terms or rivalries as a whole to sum it up more

Nintendo vs. Sega - Similar

PlayStation vs. Xbox - Similar

In fact, far and away the two most prominent "console wars" in history are from those duos. Super Famicom/SNES vs. Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

And Xbox 360 vs. PS3. 

Yeah pretty much, Sega was to Nintendo what Xbox was to PS, the direct competitor that tries to be the more "cool/hardcore" alternative. (At least in the 6th and 7th gen, modern Xbox feels rather toothless by comparison)

The 16-bit console war was iconic; PS3 vs 360 was a close fight, though in the end both got beaten by the Wii.