Talk:Sega Saturn

Source

 * https://web.archive.org/web/19970606034540/http://www.next-generation.com:80/news/011497a.chtml
 * http://web.archive.org/web/20000312083957/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/97_05/15_belt/index.html

Sonic Xtreme
"Sega tasked the U.S.-based Sega Technical Institute (STI) with developing the first fully 3D entry in its popular Sonic the Hedgehog series."

Technically, the first 3D Sonic was the fighting game made by AM2. Maybe change it to stay first fully 3d platformer entry?

Mortal Kombat 3
"Stolar, who had arranged a six-month PlayStation exclusivity deal for Mortal Kombat 3[103] "

Mortal Kombat 3 wasn't timed exclusive, it came out on Mega Drive and Super Nintendo and the PlayStation version was published by Sony themselves. It's possible the Sony agreement meant no port of Mortal Kombat 3 on 3DO, Jaguar and Saturn - but in that case it could mention it being a 32-bit exclusive deal.

Pretty subjective to be an "encyclopedic article"
"Although the Saturn is remembered for several well-regarded games, including Nights into Dreams, the Panzer Dragoon series and the Virtua Fighter series, its reputation is mixed due to its complex hardware design and limited third-party support. Sega's management has been criticized for its decisions during the Saturn's development and discontinuation."

"its reputation is mixed due to" I'd like to see this phrase IN ALL SONY CONSOLES articles. Will not happen, of course. Not for being false. Sony consoles, specially the first 2 generations, have historically linked its giant success to its massive piracy in, at least, SOME important markets. Any word about that in Playstation articles? NO.

"Sega's management has been criticized for its decisions during the Saturn's development and discontinuation."

yeah, well, I DO NOT remember SEGA being criticised during the development of the Saturn and the firsts months or even year of the system. On the contrary. But, I suppose you can always wrote what the hell you want, following a script made by Sony... fans? Or perhaps executives?

Perhaps Wikipedia is not a Encyclopedia, but just a pamphlet to create its own history in everything, being stupidly partisan? Perhaps.

79.157.48.72 (talk) 22:10, 15 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Do you have any constructive suggested changes to this article? Sergecross73   msg me  23:01, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Very poor article
This is full of misinformation unfortunately, the designer of the Saturn himself has already debunked the information from Next Generation Magazine and such. The Saturn did not have a second VDP added to it, it had a second CPU added to it along with a few other things that have yet to be expanded upon.

Genesis sales in North America nosedived at the end of 1994 and the SNES had a big resurgence and started to dominate the 16-bit market. We know from internal reports that Sega of America overproduced Genesis games and demand from retail dried up, leaving them stuck with warehouses of unsold stock which had to be written off, and consoles that had to be sold to Majesco at rock bottom prices.

Yuji Naka himself states that he never gave any ultimatum about Sonic Xtreme and that this is a lie. etc etc — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23CC:B4A9:FC01:71B9:A4A:AE74:3464 (talk • contribs)
 * Feel free to provide reliable sources for specific changes you'd like to make. Sergecross73   msg me  12:59, 8 June 2024 (UTC)