Could Shenmue have *saved* the Saturn?

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markers on 14 August 2008

the price killed the saturn...kinda ironic

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Xen on 14 August 2008

Ronster316 said:

Nothing could have saved Sega unfortunately........ "moneybags" Sony were just simply far too financially strong for Sega.......... I saw bloody advertisements for that rat crash bandicoot even behind nightclub bars back in 1996... once sony arrived the writing was on the wall for Sega

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Gnac on 14 August 2008

I bought Shenmue 1 and 2 purely on a combination of hype and recommendations, yet when I played... I found Shenmue 1 to be clunky in execution, cheesy in dialogue, and contrived in gameplay. I tried my best to ignore these quirks as "signs of the times", but there was really no excuse for the contrived storyline in what was essentially a roleplaying game. It may well have been an innovator at the time but it most certainly has not aged well.

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