Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Sega Saturn

Sega Saturn

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/May 11, 2020 by Ealdgyth (talk) 14:37, 30 April 2020 (UTC)



The Sega Saturn is a 32-bit home video game console developed by Sega. Released in 1994 in Japan, and 1995 in North America and Europe, the Saturn is the successor to the Sega Genesis, and Sega's fourth game console. It has dual-CPU architecture and eight processors, and was designed around a CPU developed by electronics company Hitachi. Its games are in CD-ROM format. The system was initially successful in Japan, but failed to sell large numbers in the United States after a surprise launch four months before its scheduled release, and an aggressive price war against Sony's PlayStation. Following the release of the Nintendo 64 in late 1996, the Saturn rapidly lost market share in the U.S., and was discontinued in 1998 in the country. The console is considered a commercial failure, selling just over 9 million units worldwide, blamed in part due to Sega's failure to release a Sonic the Hedgehog video game, known in development as Sonic X-treme, for the system.
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 * Main editors: TheTimesAreAChanging, Red Phoenix, Sjones23
 * Promoted: February 14, 2015
 * Reasons for nomination: May 11 is the 25th anniversary of its release in North America, one of its main sales territories, and it is a level-5 vital article
 * Support as nominator. Help with the blurb would be greatly appreciated! L ke (talk) 22:30, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Support - Perfect time to have this on the front page. GamerPro64  05:09, 30 April 2020 (UTC)