shy_guy:
Almost.
The Sega CD was the first Genesis add-on (in '92 or '93). The 32X was released in '94 and was purportedly an alternative for gamers who didn’t want to invest in a Saturn. In between these two consoles, Sega released the CDX (a combo of the Genesis and Sega CD) and promised to release the Mars (a combo Genesis/32X that never saw the light of day).
The Sega CD actually had decent support and a handful of worthwhile games, but the 32X was practically dead on arrival and didn’t benefit at all from the existence of 32X CD games, which required a Genesis, Sega CD, and 32X to play.
The 32X was also hurt by the fact that the Saturn (released in '95) did not play 32X games through its cartridge slot.
All of these bullshit console add-ons wound up hurting the Genesis during its final years, which is why the SNES was ultimately able to pull ahead. You can really see this when you compare game releases during the two console’s final years. The SNES in '95 and '96 was stilll getting games like the Donkey Kong Country series, Super Mario World 2, and was even getting ports of PSX and Saturn games like Street Fighter Alpha 2.
Significant Genesis releases, however, basically ended with Vectorman 2 and had been spotty since Sonic & Knuckles. All of the time and money wasted on the Genesis’ add-ons wound up killing the console itself earlier than it really needed to be.
Of course the Saturn launch was an absolute nightmare, but Sega actually didn’t announce the Dreamcast that soon after. It was a given that Sega would release another console, but the Saturn had a good three years of life before the Dreamcast hype really started up.
Hostile Dialect is correct that the bungled Saturn launch caused hard feelings between Sega and several retailers that lasted until the Dreamcast era.
Basically, Sony is nowhere near making as many stupid mistakes as Sega did.
I’ve been calling the PS3 the new Saturn since its launch, but it would be almost impossible for the PS4 to be the next Dreamcast.
damn, good memory
Necros:
I am waiting with bated breath for GT5, but the point someone made far upthread about having to buy individual cars and tracks kept me from buying a PS3 at launch. If they keep that model, I will not be buying one ever.
did you play Forza 2 at all? Great realistic racing sim, imo, especially if you get a good wheel attachment for the 360. I never played any of the Gran Turismo games past the first one, where I absolutely refused to run the 500 lap races or whatever the crap those ridiculously long races were. I beat like two of those things and felt like a fuckin idiot for my troubles
Necros
December 17, 2008, 4:08pm
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PopeJewish:
did you play Forza 2 at all? Great realistic racing sim, imo, especially if you get a good wheel attachment for the 360. I never played any of the Gran Turismo games past the first one, where I absolutely refused to run the 500 lap races or whatever the crap those ridiculously long races were. I beat like two of those things and felt like a fuckin idiot for my troubles
Forza, Forza 2, PGR 1, 2, 3 and 4, GRID, Need for Speed, etc. etc. etc. I like my racing games.
PowerPC is a major architecture in the embedded market. Just because it doesn’t show up in desktops any more doesn’t mean that it’s limping along, by any means.
I was too lazy to look it all up, and was only about 10-14 when most of that all went down (I’m 25)
For many, the Halo franchise was the reason to buy an Xbox. For me, Gran Turismo is the reason to buy a Playstation.