10-11-2003, 04:27 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Schultz
Genisis was never that big..
It was huge...in the US.
Basically, the US with back-up from the UK and Europe kept the Genesis (it was known as the MegaDrive everywhere else) and Sega alive. Being first off the starting blocks helped, but the demand for Sega's machine was incredible. The introduction of Madden and other US sports games was pivotal to the console's success and then there was Sonic...
Even though they had to wait a bit longer, Japanese gamers couldn't get enough of the Super Famicom (SNES) and the MegaDrive suffered in its native country.
Sonic wasn't to my taste and so I was a committed SNES man.