-Sigh- Yeah I can’t defend this. At least on the America side of things, because ho boo did they mess this up pretty badly that they practically gave Sony that generation down here. Now in Japan Saturn thrived and is fondly remembered (having some very amusing marketing with Segata Sanshiro helped to). As a console it wasn’t bad though, allowed more 2D games then Sony’s rigid stance that PSX just be purely 3D games and some pretty close to arcade port (Yeah despite the line at the end there, 3D console were nowhere near port accurate even PSX arcade ports had to do cut backs by skipping animations and washing out colors. Sega was admittedly the more uglier of the two, But then again these WERE the early days). But I feel Kevin’s pain though as a Sega kid myself, it was sad seeing them flounder like that. But such as it goes, just happy they’re still around at all these days.
I find the whole time period of the “console wars” to be so fascinating. I was born in 2000, so I missed it entirely, but it’s so odd to look back on that time compared to how video games were sold when I was growing up. By the time I was forming memories, we had a PS2 and that was it. It was so much more personal in the 90s- it was all about who had the best exclusives and the best graphics, and the commercials were all about shitting on the competition but in kind of a funny way. By the time I understood what a video game was, it was basically “this one has a DVD player and the other two don’t. Fuck you.”
Big confession, my brother and I were mostly PlayStation kids during the late 90’s. The first PS1 game he/we got was “Spyro the Dragon”.
But the first PS1 game I remember playing by myself was “Crash Bandicoot 3”, and I also have fond memories of playing the original three “Crash Bandicoot” games with my dad (I also used to watch him and my brother play them too).
Funny story: the pricing of the PlayStation was a big selling point for it in the early days. Not for the customers, but for the retailers. Sony had no experience in the video game market, so they priced the PS to give retailers a 25% profit similar to their consumer electronics. They didn’t know that Nintendo and others were holding retailers of their video game consoles to profit margins of 10-15%. So retailers had a strong motivation to push for PS sales.
@Lourenzo a true shame really. The Dreamcast was at least a great final system to go out on, almost made up for the previous consoles that bombed. That said, their bad taste meant that barely anyone bothered.
Yeah, The Sega Saturn definitely had its flaws.
-Sigh- Yeah I can’t defend this. At least on the America side of things, because ho boo did they mess this up pretty badly that they practically gave Sony that generation down here. Now in Japan Saturn thrived and is fondly remembered (having some very amusing marketing with Segata Sanshiro helped to). As a console it wasn’t bad though, allowed more 2D games then Sony’s rigid stance that PSX just be purely 3D games and some pretty close to arcade port (Yeah despite the line at the end there, 3D console were nowhere near port accurate even PSX arcade ports had to do cut backs by skipping animations and washing out colors. Sega was admittedly the more uglier of the two, But then again these WERE the early days). But I feel Kevin’s pain though as a Sega kid myself, it was sad seeing them flounder like that. But such as it goes, just happy they’re still around at all these days.
The cracks in Kevin’s console loyalty are beginning to deepen.
I find the whole time period of the “console wars” to be so fascinating. I was born in 2000, so I missed it entirely, but it’s so odd to look back on that time compared to how video games were sold when I was growing up. By the time I was forming memories, we had a PS2 and that was it. It was so much more personal in the 90s- it was all about who had the best exclusives and the best graphics, and the commercials were all about shitting on the competition but in kind of a funny way. By the time I understood what a video game was, it was basically “this one has a DVD player and the other two don’t. Fuck you.”
Big confession, my brother and I were mostly PlayStation kids during the late 90’s. The first PS1 game he/we got was “Spyro the Dragon”.
But the first PS1 game I remember playing by myself was “Crash Bandicoot 3”, and I also have fond memories of playing the original three “Crash Bandicoot” games with my dad (I also used to watch him and my brother play them too).
@TheJayster99: Yeah, or else he might end up too faraway into a future that happens to be filled with talking sea otters. 😉
When the idiots are calling you and idiot; you know you’re in trouble.
Funny story: the pricing of the PlayStation was a big selling point for it in the early days. Not for the customers, but for the retailers. Sony had no experience in the video game market, so they priced the PS to give retailers a 25% profit similar to their consumer electronics. They didn’t know that Nintendo and others were holding retailers of their video game consoles to profit margins of 10-15%. So retailers had a strong motivation to push for PS sales.
@Lourenzo a true shame really. The Dreamcast was at least a great final system to go out on, almost made up for the previous consoles that bombed. That said, their bad taste meant that barely anyone bothered.
Wait until the Dreamcast comes out in a few years.
And so it begins: The downfall of Sega, and the rise of PlayStation.
I wonder if Segata was standing behind him to make him buy the Saturn instead of waiting for the PS…..
He’s gonna be so disappointed when Sega completely drops out of the console race
As long as Kevin doesn’t climb Mount Elbert and freeze himself so he won’t have to wait, I’m sure things will be fine.
(Kudos to those who get the reference)
Would be a good idea to wait, Kevin.