How the worst console launch ever happened
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Being a long-time Final Fantasy fan, I decided to get a PS1 when I heard that FF7 would be a console exclusive. It was well worth the investment. Later I got a Dreamcast which was more successful than Saturn and had some exclusive games I really liked. Marvel vs Capcom and Dino Crisis were good, also a couple decent Star Wars games came out on Dreamcast during the years when the prequel trilogy was getting released.
Eventually Dreamcast faded and I got PS2 and an Xbox, followed by PS3 and X360. I didn't buy PS4 at first because of real-life things and the fact that the PS3 still had some life to it at the time, I felt that upgrading wasn't necessary. I grabbed a PS4 Pro when FF15 and Final Fantasy World released.
Date: 2022-03-21
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Frank
I think my friend may have gotten the Sega Saturn around launch. Even though I was a Sega Genesis owner and fan, I wasn't aware that it had launched. He may have gotten it later though. It's hard to remember as he is literally the only person that I knew who had a Sega Saturn. There were some pretty cool games related to Die Hard and Die Hard with a Vengeance. He also played this game that I've been trying to recall... -Three Dirty Dwarves- It was 'Three' something something and they were either Dwarves or well I don't think Elves, but some sort of fantasy thing. I don't think it was a fantasy game or at least I remember one them wielding a shotgun
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I think my friend may have gotten the Sega Saturn around launch. Even though I was a Sega Genesis owner and fan, I wasn't aware that it had launched. He may have gotten it later though. It's hard to remember as he is literally the only person that I knew who had a Sega Saturn. There were some pretty cool games related to Die Hard and Die Hard with a Vengeance. He also played this game that I've been trying to recall... -Three Dirty Dwarves- It was 'Three' something something and they were either Dwarves or well I don't think Elves, but some sort of fantasy thing. I don't think it was a fantasy game or at least I remember one them wielding a shotgun
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PlayTech
They did the same as ps4 pro did. A middletier upgrade. They should instead of making all those crappy attachements a new console genesis2.0 or genesis pro, more powerful with cd and new games. This would had consolidate their position in the market plus acquiring alot more customers. And from this middletier succes they could had prepared a more robust saturn launch campaign. Perhaps in this way things could had take a worst future for ps1. And now at 2020 we could have three big console company: sega sony mxsft
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They did the same as ps4 pro did. A middletier upgrade. They should instead of making all those crappy attachements a new console genesis2.0 or genesis pro, more powerful with cd and new games. This would had consolidate their position in the market plus acquiring alot more customers. And from this middletier succes they could had prepared a more robust saturn launch campaign. Perhaps in this way things could had take a worst future for ps1. And now at 2020 we could have three big console company: sega sony mxsft
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Jonathan
I got a Sega Saturn for Christmas when it first came out. Loved it, but didn't have any games for the first couple of days, so we just fooled around with the CD player screen (it was also my family's first CD player).
My brother gave ours away years ago, but I just recently got another one off of Craigslist for only 20 bucks! Unfortunately, Saturn games are super expensive now :( I only have 4: Dark Saviour, Sim City, Cyber Speedway, and Solar Eclipse.
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I got a Sega Saturn for Christmas when it first came out. Loved it, but didn't have any games for the first couple of days, so we just fooled around with the CD player screen (it was also my family's first CD player).
My brother gave ours away years ago, but I just recently got another one off of Craigslist for only 20 bucks! Unfortunately, Saturn games are super expensive now :( I only have 4: Dark Saviour, Sim City, Cyber Speedway, and Solar Eclipse.
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Thiago
Oh I had one of those. It was sad not having a game to buy or even a friend to borrow games from... But truth is that I had a blast playing those games. Eventually I found a place where I could rent games so I could enjoy some perls that came out. Only problem was that most games were Japonese... Need I say anything else? Not long after that I ended up with a N64... At least had friends that could lend me one or two games.
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Oh I had one of those. It was sad not having a game to buy or even a friend to borrow games from... But truth is that I had a blast playing those games. Eventually I found a place where I could rent games so I could enjoy some perls that came out. Only problem was that most games were Japonese... Need I say anything else? Not long after that I ended up with a N64... At least had friends that could lend me one or two games.
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Producer
I went to a FuncoLand with my dad in 1995, the Playstation had just come out and I was really excited for the Saturn. I remember vividly, the guy working there said to my us -the Saturn will fail, you want the Sony- I was playing the Saturn kiosk and had my mind set... We left with the playstation, Crash Bandicoot, Jumping Flash and Twisted Metal, I forever thank you FuncoLand guy it was just cars killing cars!!!
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I went to a FuncoLand with my dad in 1995, the Playstation had just come out and I was really excited for the Saturn. I remember vividly, the guy working there said to my us -the Saturn will fail, you want the Sony- I was playing the Saturn kiosk and had my mind set... We left with the playstation, Crash Bandicoot, Jumping Flash and Twisted Metal, I forever thank you FuncoLand guy it was just cars killing cars!!!
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Amir
Those day where the best , it was diversity , it was the matter of choice , now a days there are 2 major council makers and about 4 or 5 PC part makesr , and let's be real , you decision don't matter as what ever you chose , it's absolutely the same with different logo ! (Compare to those days)
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Those day where the best , it was diversity , it was the matter of choice , now a days there are 2 major council makers and about 4 or 5 PC part makesr , and let's be real , you decision don't matter as what ever you chose , it's absolutely the same with different logo ! (Compare to those days)
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Ioannis
I know a reason the ps won against the saturn and surprisingly no one ever talks about it.
It was a chip you were installing for 50- In your local electronic shop and after that the games were costing 10- instead of 60-.
A chop that surprisingly was available fir pa2 since day 1....
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I know a reason the ps won against the saturn and surprisingly no one ever talks about it.
It was a chip you were installing for 50- In your local electronic shop and after that the games were costing 10- instead of 60-.
A chop that surprisingly was available fir pa2 since day 1....
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LonelyLama
I would love to see how SEGA would have ended up if their console was succesfull in the 90s, i Wonder how strong it would be and what games it would be on it now, well i guess i-ll never find out unless i get the power to jump to another timeline where it was succesful XD.
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I would love to see how SEGA would have ended up if their console was succesfull in the 90s, i Wonder how strong it would be and what games it would be on it now, well i guess i-ll never find out unless i get the power to jump to another timeline where it was succesful XD.
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N64
I originally had a Sega Saturn but I hate that console so much I sold the console just to get a lot of Nintendo 64 stuff that's kind of ironic that Sega which I'm a huge fan of Sega when I sold the Sega Saturn it's kind of funny because I got more Nintendo 64 stuff
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I originally had a Sega Saturn but I hate that console so much I sold the console just to get a lot of Nintendo 64 stuff that's kind of ironic that Sega which I'm a huge fan of Sega when I sold the Sega Saturn it's kind of funny because I got more Nintendo 64 stuff
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