Sega Saturn
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| Released: | 1994 (JPN) |
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| Announced | |
| Generation: | Fifth generation |
| Price: | Sega Saturn price |
| Sales figures: | {{{sales}}} |
| Best selling games: | Virtua Fighter 2 (1.7 million in Japan) |
Sega Saturn is a console by Sega released in 1994 in Japan and 1995 in the U.S. It was discontinued in 1998 with the release of the Sega Dreamcast. Sega used a $50 million marketing campaign to promote their new system. Part of the reason for its relative failure was because of its higher price and more difficult programming platform compared to the PlayStation.[1]
[edit] Sega Saturn sales figures
Sega Saturn has sold over 9.5 million units worldwide as of 2007.[2] By the end of 1996, the install base in the US was 1.2 million.[3] It sold close to 6 million in Japan, twice the combined total of the rest of the world.[4] By the end of 1998, only 1.5 million units were sold in the U.S.[5]
[edit] References
- ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=gnw0Zb4St-wC&pg=PA68&dq=sega+saturn+sales&lr=&ei=_FP5ScOsFI62zASc0cidCQ&client=firefox-a#PPA69,M1
- ↑ http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/111822/the-10-worst-selling-consoles-of-all-time/
- ↑ The business of culture p. 82
- ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=gnw0Zb4St-wC&pg=PA68&dq=sega+saturn+sales&lr=&ei=_FP5ScOsFI62zASc0cidCQ&client=firefox-a#PPA69,M1
- ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=9uBnZHmg3VYC&pg=PA152&dq=sega+saturn+million&lr=&ei=ZlP5SYv3DoWczgTOvZ3eBg&client=firefox-a#PPA152,M1
| Fifth generation of video games | ||
|---|---|---|
| PlayStation · Nintendo 64 · Sega Saturn · Game Boy Color | ||
