Sega. Better than Xbox (and Sony).
And the best Sega era was 1995-2003.
During 2000 until 2003 its internal japanese studios converted to full companies owned by SEGA, and all of them were just amazing. After 2003, being SEGA full third party, were reabsorbed as studios, fused and even dissolved cause economical reasons.
The Magnificent Ten (2000-2003)
1 Wow Entertainment (old AM1)
2 AM2 (always conserved its original name AM2. In the 80s was Studio 128, a special team inside AM1)
3 Hitmaker (old AM3)
4 Amusement Vision (old AM12, an scission from AM3)
5 Sega Rosso (old AM11 aka AM Annex, an scission from AM2)
6 Smilebit (old CS1)
7 Overworks (old CS2)
8 Sonic Team (old CS3)
9 United Game Artists (an scission from Amusement Vision, old AM12)
and finally
10 Wave Master (SEGA's sound studio, also developed some games)
AM# meaning Amusement (Arcade games developer)
CS# meaning Consumer (Domestic games developer)
Originally AM studios only developed for Arcade boards (some did some things in Mega Drive) and CS studios were much less popular (less famous) and only worked for Sega consoles (as I can recall now). Saturn started to erase those roles, and AM1, AM2, AM3 and AM Annex also developed for Saturn, doing ports of its own arcade games to Saturn. The situation became totally mixed when they convert to full companies, doing basically whatever they wanted.
Last edited by JohnVG - on 10 December 2024
