What RUINED Sega? - The Fall of an Empire

[@BriGuyCA]

I worked at Sega of America from 1993-95 and lived through the rise and fall... fairly accurate depiction of those times. Well done.

[@dubuyajay9964]

Can we have your thoughts on the train wreck that is Hollywood's attempt at a Sonic movie?

[@connormclernon26]

Brian Baker what did you think of the 32x?

[@marko_1marko]

@@satvrnplayz3669 Everything is telling me that you are not older than 15. ( at least your brain is not older than 15) - Your cringy username, your profile image and your idiotic 9gag comment

[@wolzie8075]

Why is people become a interviewer

[@satvrnplayz3669]

@@wolzie8075 r/youngepeopleyoutube

[@pedrosvlog1183]

Sega of America put them on the map and they hated it , Sega of Japan and their pride killed them.

[@BakiX]

100%

[@sonnyh.9091]

But let's not forget that it was their idea to push the 32x and CD, while Japan was ready to move to the Saturn

[@lordcommandernox9197]

hahaha Sega of America did what? Sega was never popular in the US and the Japanese knew that, also, it was the director of Sega US that failed to supply shops with the Dreamcast which was also coincidentally Microshaft's first foray into console design and guess what, for his utter incompetence he was rewarded with the same job but now working for Microshaft after Sega went under. hmmm Fuck Bill gates and ignorant 'muricans who bought the Xbotch, 20 years of mediocrity and still MS is able to have an army of Stans... In the US mind you, Europe was Sega territory, they were, as, if not more popular than Nintendo, Xbox sees very little sales over here and in Japan it's a joke. just look back and tell me what ground breaking games did the Xbloop studios came up with? Don't say Halo pls, it's just your nostalgia playing tricks, there were far better fps at the time. I said ground-breaking

[@sonnyh.9091]

@@lordcommandernox9197 sega was popular in the 16 bit era we both know that

[@paperluigi6132]

@Ooohbopbopboppadoohwah Heck, Sonic 1 on the Genesis came out in Japan 3 days AFTER the American release. So technically, Sonic's debut was in America.

[@williamxb]

So Basically Tom came and invented Sonic and revolutionized the company, and was pushing to buy consoles that would eventually become the PlayStation and the N64. But SEGA Japan was like "No we're good."

[@antarticstorm7991]

@Bruno your'e being racist

[@antarticstorm7991]

@Sahand Az oh yeah like what they did to ash in sun and moon

[@wturner777]

@Bruno Don't blame the Japanese. It was the people at Sega of Japan that costed the company big and never recovered.

[@einzbased]

*Curb your enthusiasm plays*

[@BrokenKeyboard14]

That’s no good

[@peregrination3643]

"This led instead to the N64." Okay. "This led instead to the PS." Ouch. "This led instead to the XBox." I'm doubled over.

[@dragondelsur5156]

This is resumed on: *OOF* *DOUBLE OOF* *HYPER OOF*

[@CheeseySavage]

It physically hurt when hearing him say these things. I’ll be honest I don’t own any of those game consoles ( forgive me if I got that wrong ), but what I do know is that they were massive profit hits. That’s why it hurt hearing about the huge opportunity’s SEGA missed out on.

[@crashpal]

@Iggy Hop Koopa sonic sez

[@turtleanton6539]

🤣🤣🤣

[@turtleanton6539]

@@CheeseySavage too true

[@johnpants6576]

I can sum up this entire video in 3 words "that's no good"

[@archiesatamfan17dormant8]

classic : )

[@upwaveflash8429]

gamerslayer89 boi yeah

[@nathanjohnpalaogaming4872]

Dont be a fool, racism isnt cool!

[@BewmCroissant]

dame da ne

[@chelzpandamusic]

Sonic sez

[@therayleviathan]

WHY WON'T YOU LEARN! THAT YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES

[@switchspeedster2671]

Because they "Live and Learn" than just learn

[@iamblackrose740]

Prince Dream Nom Gaming 😂😂😂😂 lmao

[@Sonic_Gamer501]

Prince Dream Nom Gaming I feel like that's a reference to something, I just don't know what.

[@MalarkeyMan]

Sonic Gamer Sammy classic sonic fan

[@therayleviathan]

iLikeMovies It's not. It's a SammyClassicSonicFan reference to his rants about sonic XD

[@upwaveflash8429]

3 things 1. Saturn surprised launch 2. Too many add-ons 3. Sega of japan decline to work with Sony

[@gamble777888]

Saturn was going to flop no matter what, but that botched launch never even let them get off the ground.

[@ciredecgellar8232]

Nobody knows if Sony was ok for working with Sega actually ...

[@Kinomiyasan]

That’s why my uncle and my other uncle like PlayStation and Nintendo and they don’t care for sega and when I go to my friends house he’s and sega fan but he only plays xbox is it weird for me to like PlayStation and sega

[@Kinomiyasan]

ciredec Gellar true

[@comfy88338]

@@gamble777888 They could've had a chance if the Saturn had the launch titles completed and the Console was cheaper.

[@jaronafrost7613]

I never knew SEGA was originally from Hawaii 😮

[@blastketchup4953]

Is that your real name (Jarona)?

[@ivychombo3680]

me too

[@jaronafrost7613]

Blast Ketchup no it’s not

[@blastketchup4953]

@@jaronafrost7613 I prob was bored that time when i asked, plus it sounded like an anime character name

[@themoonhasrisen2129]

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@jcam.hart8]

Say what you will about Sega, but you can't deny the awesomeness of their commercials.

[@koreankamui98]

Cameron Hart I agree. The fact that SoJ hired Hiroshi Fujioka, a huge celebrity in Japan (huge as in having a minor planet named after him), to be the mascot behind the Saturn is awesome in my book.

[@SmrtPhonRtistCF]

I could watch them ALL day.

[@michaelswitzer2121]

I hate sega but u are correct they did

[@8bitdiedie]

Some are, but a lot are just edgy 90s kids pandering with some buzzwords thrown in (“blast processing”).

[@jeffsills6013]

My favorite was the one on the airplane and the flight attendant says “Coffee? Tea?...SEGA??” Lol. Ah the memories.

[@HalE14]

I’d like to see you do a video on why you think Warner Bros has failed to keep Looney Tunes relevant today while Disney still keeps Mickey and friends as well known as they were in the past. I’m currently watching Space Jam with my 3 year old and it’s weird to think she has no idea who these characters are since they are never seen anymore!

[@HalE14]

Underscorer Well now I feel old 😂😂😂

[@HalE14]

@saberspark Thank you for loving this! I was having a bad night and you made it better!

[@Clean.Eastwood]

I thing it all comes down to money. Warner Bros. is a large corporation, yes, but Disney is a fucking empire. They have enough money to constantly advertise their characters, so the kids will always recognize them from the merchandising.

[@OckhamAsylum]

I gotta agree with Don Feik, whatever the case may be, the root cause of the problem has to go back to how much money each corporation has to throw around. And financially speaking, Warner Bros. couldn't catch up to Disney if the latter took a break for 10 years.

[@Windyleeks]

I also agree with Don, and I agree with the lost and forgotten. The HUGE reason I believe why a lot of kids do not know the Looney Tunes comes down to what Don discussed, AND I think it comes down to what they’re showing on TV nowadays. Look at the block that Wabbit/The New Looney Tunes is stuck on! With Teen Titans Go dominating everything, they can barely get a bit of screen time in like the other shows! As for Disney, Mickey is a mascot, so they have to use him at least once in a while. (Even though I thought Bugs was supposed to be Warner’s. I guess they really don’t care about him anymore since it seems they’ve gone...out of that for the time being.) By the way, Mickey seems to be making a comeback as of 2013 and onwards! (Seriously, you guys. When has the mouse last had a show since House of Mouse?) Even Donald Duck is doing it this year with Ducktales!...Kind of.

[@Zilkenian_Davenport]

Not going to lie, the first time I saw Mario and Sonic in the same game (Super Smash Bros Brawl) blew my mind. I'm a late 80's kid, and up until that point, Sonic and Mario were rivals, enemies. Seeing them cooperate in the same game... well, you can imagine.

[@meltonthegamer]

This first time I saw Sonic and Mario together in a game I threw up 🤮

[@huntergraham702]

When i was a kid we got a Gamecube for Christmas...along with two Sonic games. *For* the Gamecube. Sonic Heroes and a collection of older games. I didn't know about their rivalry back then but now the irony is too delicious.

[@meltonthegamer]

@@huntergraham702 There's still rivalry 😮

[@Zilkenian_Davenport]

@@huntergraham702 RIGHT?

[@Knuckles_la_Enchilada]

Yeah, the game where they fight each other, they were cooperating XD (I mean, that was a dream come true for a kid of the 90's)

[@sleepdeep305]

“Sega does what Nintendon’t” Such as running itself into the ground.

[@themoonhasrisen2129]

The Author no

[@blackman9291]

The moon has risen yes

[@themoonhasrisen2129]

Super mario Bros 3 was the best whatever

[@themoonhasrisen2129]

John Stroud nah sega is still around there still doing good

[@Minehavin]

Nintendo has, last proper money making console they had was the WII, which is why they are no longer making standard consoles and changing to handheld only.

[@TCFan30]

Sega lived fast, but died hard.

[@wolfiethehedgehog3900]

"Y'know, what can I say? I die hard!" Just like the company you came from, Sonic. (In a good way- don't take it negatively. ^^')

[@cameronjournal]

Here for a fun time not for a long time.

[@upwaveflash8429]

Stupid marketing and saturn kill them

[@yoda908]

Agreed. But I'm curious as to how many people actually subscribed to the Sega Channel.

[@upwaveflash8429]

Wild Side that a great question but I don’t know

[@SolarFarle]

That's no good.

[@prestonpegues8675]

ModmamiaMardmamia 3:56 Turbo tastic Gasp

[@WoobinTheScrub]

Sonic sez

[@green999h]

Woobin The Scrub o Hi

[@CaptainFALKEN]

Preston Pegues lmao

[@neapecosa9915]

SeGA!

[@paulinasofia8637]

i think it's super interesting how sonic, the most product of the 90's, has survived, and I'm happy, Sonic is such a charismatic character!!

[@dubuyajay9964]

Hollywood: Hold my film.

[@alfa01spotivo]

@@dubuyajay9964 ehh that wont hurt the franchise too much. I mean the mario movie didnt kill the mario series

[@iloilomilo]

@@alfa01spotivo i agree that the Mario Movie didn't kill Mario, but you know: when a bad thing about Mario happens, after some time is already forgotten, but when a bad thing about Sonic happens...oh boy I mean, Sonic 06 is an example

[@blastketchup4953]

Sonic is charismatic? He seems like a douche to me

[@TheBeatlesShow]

@@blastketchup4953 I don't know what makes you think that, but okay. I just don't know what's giving you that message.

[@davoone78]

I am a SEGA fan and after seeing this I was depressed

[@oosha2000]

same, I feel for you

[@ebayshopper6272]

Your pfp fits with your comment

[@Kinomiyasan]

Me too That’s why my uncle and my other uncle like PlayStation and Nintendo and they don’t care for sega and when I go to my friends house he’s and sega fan but he only plays xbox is it weird for me to like PlayStation and sega

[@theorangedinosaur4098]

Rip

[@theorangedinosaur4098]

Sega

[@Saberspark]

GOTTA GO FAST! But real talk, if you were a kid from the 90s, what console company did you grow up with? Nintendo or Sega? What kind of console do you have now-a-days? Also, check out my merch shop and get my pretty face on a shirt! www.pixelempire.com/collections/saberspark

[@wildone4324]

Nintendo for me. First thing I ever got was a Gameboy Colour and Pokemon Yellow

[@BigBossMan538]

Gotta go DAB

[@jcam.hart8]

I was born in 1998, but I grew up playing N64 and Gamecube.

[@nelo7149]

I am a kid of the 2000's, but I have a Nintendo 64 console. So bad that the remote is not in good conditions...

[@robinchwan]

Saberspark both. And Atari

[@kikima34]

I thought this was going to be a video crapping on 3D Sonic, but it was actually a very well researched video. Thank you for that

[@AngelEmfrbl]

The problem with sonic is nostalgia from the 90s. I've encountered this many times, also with mortal kombat. What little good progress comes from innovation is stepped on by the 90s. Its also a problem for comics where the 10% silver age fans call modern comics out and promote their era as better.sonic can work in 3d for example as sonic adventure is proof of this, but the problem is that they never developed this model. Each game often is an independent development and so Sega games can be disconnected as is the case with sonic in 3d.

[@OfficialRedTeamReview]

Shitty decisions ruined Sega. I always wanted a genesis growing up but got a Super Nintendo instead and I always felt a little left out of a certain fandom because of it. I'm fine with it now because Mario' games have been great over the years and I hope Sonic, in the future, gets a good worthy enough to be on everyone's radar that doesn't involve him being on Super Smash Bros or some type of virtual console. Good video as always, Saber

[@JuanGonzalez-tt6ht]

Sega of America knew what they were doing but Sega of Japan killed there decisions and was the one that made shitty decisions

[@turtleanton6539]

Sonic Mania

[@crystalkasane9663]

I never wanted a sega device. My childhood was a Nintendo Ds I, and I loved it! I still have it and play it! But yeah from what I heard is that Sega's decisions made it fall. I have a Nintendo Switch and love the console!

[@hunterngavinmom]

At least SEGA of America got a little better

[@GeekRaj]

can someone tell me what game is at 6:36? I loved that game forgot its name....

[@mikekazz5353]

Nintendo: um it's not what it looks like. Sony: oh yeah then what's with all these empty disc cases doing on the ground Phillips: *trying to sneak out the window* Nintendo: but I- Sony: sorry can't hear you I don't listen to harlots.

[@BrainDamageComedy]

this is underrated. very good bit.

[@DanzigFan-vq3zf]

SEGA: NO. Blame me. It isn’t Nintendo’s fault

[@soulhoney1908]

@@DanzigFan-vq3zf Sony: yeah you guys refuse me to work with you now im greatest on the markets

[@ticoliro3392]

@@soulhoney1908 nintendo with switch: well sony you again ? Sony:can we talk?

[@GeekRaj]

can someone tell me what game is at 6:36? I loved that game forgot its name....

[@sussy3778]

I know the point, and it's sad, Sega is a company with a lot of potential, but they make a lot of bad decisions, it's annoying to see that Sonic's image is down, it's sad to see that a lot of the new Sonic games are just '' not so bad ''. I like Sonic, but the decisions of this company sinks him a lot!

[@carlbloke8797]

Mas'sMinecraftAdventures sadly true. but at least Sonic manioa proves that there is still hope for the Hedgehog

[@sussy3778]

:c

[@sussy3778]

Still hope, but Sega will need to work alot to unsink Sonic

[@carlbloke8797]

ValdemarCristino Fontenele Andrade perhaps they need to take a break from Sonic and work on reviving other IPs before getting back to him. That or perhaps leave the development of sonic games to Whitehead

[@sussy3778]

Good point

[@glover3D]

"It all started in 2006"

[@monadoboy9670]

Uh...no it didn't, it started because Sega released to many add ons for the Genesis and the 32x was released months before the Saturn.

[@Mayala285]

Nino IsEverywhere its a joke a reference to sonic 06 jeez people get it together lol

[@dey6942]

Nino IsEverywhere nah that's not true it all started when sonic took over as the only series Sega cares about plus I know lots of people hate 06 but that's my favorite game in the whole Sonic series

[@glover3D]

It's just a fucking Sonic 06 meme why are you people getting butthurt lmao

[@Klonoahedgehog]

Nino IsEverywhere Because some of us are annoyed that people still bring up a game that came out over a decade ago.

[@PlayerFiveVids]

What ruined Sega? "...$299"

[@MyDeeroc]

What ruined them is the dreamcast had no new exclusive games

[@Nestalgba92023]

*$399.9 at launch Saturn in the US!?

[@voutideixarumoco6318]

Sony

[@carltheincels6641]

@KidDynamite500 Yeah but wasn't it all non exclusive and people would rather play those games on more "Advertised, familiar consoles"?

[@vitheic]

@@Nestalgba92023 with that money you can buy a really good chair!

[@mrbuckle2986]

dreamcast had such a good library of games. just no dvd player. a dvd player ended the console wars. ironic

[@ahmedelged4894]

They could have made model 2 or something, but sega of Japan are retarded that they just left the meeting. But now they are making shitty games for 3rd party companies, EVEN NINTENDO. Maybe if they make a console that has all their games, the old ones and the new ones, with some 3rd party games, they could have a comeback.

[@JohnyLim6393]

@@ahmedelged4894 agree, they should make version 2 which upgrade the optical to DVD ROM, and add an USB slot. On graphic, sega still can compete with others. But it lack the library especially an J-RPG at that time was a game changer. Shenmue was great, but no final fantasy was a big thing

[@yaqbulyakkerbat4190]

Let's face it. Sega was terminally ill well before Dreamcast hit the market. Soon as Kalinsky left it should have been the biggest red-flag

[@mattg082]

I think the overlook of broadband, pirated games, and being able to override the system with no physical mod…that really hurt the Dreamcast. A friend that had well off parents handed me a bunch of new games on CDR. Blew my mind at the time. A few months later ATR offered the Stingray and a 1mbps download speed. Everyone was able to get all games, even on release date for free. Many were still playing after it was discontinued. Me and everyone I knew still had Dreamcast as a big system up till 2005 in home. So many games we couldn’t play them all! That was a huge oversight not many talk about. Also I watched movies on mine with CDR early on before PS2.

[@ninjavigilante5311]

Dreamcast was awesome because you can play burnt games from all over the world with jus a toothpick trick.

[@bloodsword7888]

SEGA was a bit too arrogant with their success in competing with Nintendo. That's what led to it's downfall.

[@paulbarlow9981]

SEGA of Japan killed SEGA. They blocked every good business decision SEGA of America had, which would have created a very different gaming industry as we know it.

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

Bloodsword788 companies die if they try to go iver the competition rather than either coexisting with it or finding the other route.

[@janmarcoperezbatres2203]

Imagine a 4 console war..... Oh god, a 3 console war is toxic enough.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Jan Marco Perez Batres With PC, it's already 4.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Paul Barlow Yeah. Sega of Japan was too arrogant.

[@TheRealChristopherB]

I love how your expanding your What RUINED? series beyond just television network, it's like a little history lesson but based on popular media

[@MKDumas1981]

Sega was always head of its time. 16-bit, internet connectivity, discs...the VMU system.. The DreamCast is still my favorite system.

[@TheBeatlesShow]

@videoluver7 I sense a lack of gaming taste in somebody....

[@TheBeatlesShow]

@videoluver7 Eh, you to be honest.

[@TheBeatlesShow]

@videoluver7 SEGA, XBOX, MIDWAY, HEAVY IRON, ELECTRONIC ARTS, SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS! There you have it.

[@TheBeatlesShow]

@videoluver7 I'm trying to say that SEGA is the best!

[@soulsoffairlight]

Dreamcast is love Dreamcast is life To me, *It's still thinking*

[@VinnyMartello]

The story of sega is almost like the story of the man who died in a flood. The waters began rising. A family drove by his house and offered him a ride. He said “no, god will save me.” So they left. A while later his yard was flooded. A man in a fishing boat passed by and said “hey get in!” “No no, god will save me” he replied. By now the man was sitting on the roof of his now flooded house. A helicopter flew by and the pilot yelled “hey, get in!” And of course the man declined. He died that day. When he stood before god at the pearly gates he said “God, why didn’t you save me?” “You idiot” God replied. “I sent help your way three times and three times you refused.”

[@nintony2994]

Lmao

[@Stantheman9398]

Lol 😂😂😂

[@plcthelegacy4131]

Nintendo didn't screw Sega Sony didn't screw Sega Sega screwed Sega

[@mission-toast]

Sega of Japan screwed Sega.

[@feraflauna3238]

+PLC The Legacy-Yeah, you will find too often that the "losers" of the "console wars" are made so because of their own ineptitude and their own stupid decisions. Ie. Microsoft has struggled this entire generation with the XBOX One over stupid decisions they willingly made: announcing that they were going to lock used games and have the XBOX on permanent internet, only to rush to nix those plans when the backlash became way too much. Forced the integration of the Kinect with the XBOX One at first where the XBOX One ran all the way up to at least $500 on release day. Lack of exclusives, botched release day titles, repeatedly cancelled high budget projects for whatever reason and shuttered a catalog of its own internal developers. Microsoft routinely f'd up this generation, so all their turmoil and woes over the situation is entirely THEIR fault. Likewise, it was probably much the same story with Sega back in the 90s. They missed out on an opportunity to create a console with Nintendo because they create their own-the Saturn and the Dreamcast. However, according to someone here, Sega sued developers trying to create games for their own console because the process was so confusing and Sega never told them how to use it, the developers tried to reverse engineer games on their own to figure it out. Basically, Sega was suing its own developers for DARING. ..to make games for their own console and of course, that fallout had to have been a public embarrassment. The damage was probably around done with what happened with the Saturn to where it is likely very few companies wanted to work with Sega on their next console, the Dreamcast. From what I can gather, that console dropped like a stone, probably even as early as release, to where it remains a far more obscure console a few people who grew up with genuinely still love it. And it looks like after the Dreamcast failed and Microsoft dipped its toes in the console market with the first XBOX, Sega finally surrendered and never made a console again. And it seems ever since all the way back when that happened. . .they haven't really done anything of relevance. The Sonic titles were still great. . .until they weren't. . .and Sega refuses to put this series into the peaceful sleep that it deserves. They only have done a few series, some with cult followings (Valkyria Chronicles), and a few random mobile games here and there, but other than that, they operate as a hollow shell of who they used to be and whoever the executives are left are not capable or willing to let anything change about it.

[@nancywaiganjo7357]

Even Microsoft has.

[@iamerror2852]

Scott Gordon completely true statement dude.

[@Meonium]

Fera Flauna yeah love VC

[@tc8908__]

This video was mind blowing, I never would've known that most of the major games today could have been Sega byproducts at one point, well multiple.

[@GeekRaj]

can someone tell me what game is at 6:36? I loved that game forgot its name....

[@stevensanchez1192]

@@GeekRaj It's either Final Fantasy one or two.

[@josefarias5216]

Tl;dr: Japanese division’s ego and stubbornness almost killed an entire company. Damn Nintendo, my man, you dodged a bullet there.

[@moonmanvic]

José Farías Two bullets. Imagine...Sega 64 or the Sega Playstation...

[@dasutanehineri]

Tbh the phrase "Genesis does what nintendon't" is such a good line that i'd buy it

[@carldrogo9492]

It's super cheesy and lame.

[@melon1674]

Saberspark? more like..... SEGAspark YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

Hipster Sonic! Hipster, hipster, Sonic! Hipster Sonic! Sonic Boom!

[@bioluminescentpajamas7472]

Sonic says: THAT PUN IS NOOOOOOOO GOOD.

[@superkoopa3695]

GET OUT

[@normalguy3224]

The genesis ! The genesis! The genesis!The genesis! GENESIS DOES WHAT NINTENDON'T

[@zebare726]

normal guy SEGA!!!!!

[@AfroMing]

Michel Pigion fast and with good graphics at the time lol. Just to think, gaming has come a looooooooong way since Atari. I would love to see them try a comeback with revamped HD versions of their games along side the originals.

[@TheRealDismantler]

Except Genesis did what Nintencan

[@SilverSonic1992]

What Nintendo "can" but didn't do.

[@yannickhacking6370]

normal guy Well.. If i would ask my friend of the "Genisis" everyone would say : "What the fuck is that?" If i'd ask about the SNES they would say : "o yea i know that thing."

[@giovanniorellana2200]

Sega will always be here, but the system will not. I believe that's what the Nostagia Critic said.

[@AngelofSpeed]

Giovanni Orellana What episode did he say that?

[@koloth5139]

And Sega could still make good games without worrying about the hardware. But for the most part they don't. I believed when they made the announcement that it would be great for them. They always had a handful of games I wanted to play, I just never wanted to play them bad enough to get the hardware. Sega is a company that has been eating itself from within for years. They have so much potential but they so rarely live up to it.

[@nine_tails137]

+Giovanni Orellana Close, but the saying actually went like this: SEGA! the "Challenge" will always be there, but the system will not.

[@joanthetraveler3482]

I think that it was Segata

[@cocoroach_ok]

Segata sanshiro!!

[@RazorEdge2006]

The rise and fall of Sega is always one of the most interesting stories in video game history.

[@patrickciacco1083]

That's because the " Gook Play Station " corporation's are much more cunning, smart and resourceful than the play station corporations in the good ole u.s.a.

[@dianefornasier6680]

If you want some 'behind the scenes' of what happened to SEGA in the 1990s, the History Channel is doing a documentary on SEGA and the industry, including interviews of Tom Kalinske and others - should be out in early 2019. Since I was there during the whole time of our great rise, 1991-96, I can tell you that we received so much pressure to put out product that was not good - remember 32X, early SEGA Saturn launch with few good games, etc? SEGA of America was the only profitable division of the overall company that led to their Nikkei stock market growth in 1992-94, so we were 'asked' to market products even when we knew they weren't right for the market, or ready for our dedicated gamer base. Eventually, a lot of the original team (Exec's and dedicated others) were discouraged, and left for better futures - many going to PlayStation which took our 'playbook' and ran with it, making them so successful out of the gate in 1995 and beyond. Nevertheless, it was a phenomenal experience, and I have never been a part of such a talented, passionate, and dedicated team since then!

[@nboy7]

Hey I read about you in the Book Console Wars by Blake Harris.

[@justinreyez5561]

lovely

[@penguinpie5056]

as a gamer in that era, you guys were just dumping gaming consoles on us like it was going out of style. Who wants to invest money in a console that will have no games and be upgraded to another in a year? Playstation was actually nothing like SEGA in my view. Sega had so many opportunities to succeed and never utilized them. Playstation had one opportunity and utilized it. I speak from experience I had a sega CD and you fucked me hard.

[@drianno2086]

beautiful testimony, tku

[@Aiphiae]

@@penguinpie5056 Way to take it personally, Champ. $300 over 30 years ago and you're still upset about it.

[@aesthet1kal]

Welp Sega and Nintendo created their rivals... (Xbox and PlayStation)

[@chrisr6950]

yep haha

[@nikeneon3188]

To be fair Sega kinda die before Xbox enter the scene

[@therealmrmago9077]

you are your own worse enemy as they say

[@Matt-uk7zq]

*T H A T S N O G O O D*

[@datdamnmegabusta5604]

I know! Where's the apostrophe?

[@dragonchr15]

"Sega missed out on both the n64 and the playstation." I hope those japanese executives at sega japan committed sepuku for such a colossal failure....

[@isbryanflyingordying2202]

Harrakuri

[@BrainDamageComedy]

u mean 'sudoku'

[@k.umquat8604]

WHAT! NO!

[@shanthegamer21]

Sepuku means “suicide” or something else?

[@user-uc4ln3yl1n]

Shan Chaudhry yes it means drowning yourself in water

[@jncubed1287]

now do "what kind of ruined Nintendo for a while but then it seems to fix itself"

[@veraducks]

They narrowly dodged the same thing that many Japanese companies fell victim to, including Sega in this video: Ignoring/underestimating the Western market trends and adhering to strict traditionalism.

[@isaiahrivers7117]

I mind him doing a "what's wrong" with Nintendo video since even though Nintendo is still king or whatever they still have their problems and issues and all, but i'm wondering if Nintendo won't take down the video when he does make it since Nintendo seems to copyright anything that they don't like seeing or whatever i don't know.

[@Camad]

Simple. The incredible botched launch and life cycle of the Wii U.

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

+Camad203 So shouldn't it just be what ruined the WiiU then?

[@jackgarcia5926]

Manuel Alberto Romero Precisely, cause even though the Wii U was a massive failure, the 3Ds is still a success.

[@Shy411]

Who still sings the Sega jingle...SEEEEGAAA!!!

[@ThePsychicCellPhones]

who doesn't lol? SE-GA!

[@michaeljohng4029]

Me 😋💨

[@VLTNO]

@@michaeljohng4029 same

[@Chilliesauce69]

🙋🏻‍♂️

[@simplyvani8285]

Me

[@KyluxWolf]

-"Hey, if we give you full control, will you join us?" -"Sure thing, we just gotta refresh your stuff a bit!" -"eehhh..." -"What? You said I'd have full control." -"N-no no, go ahead..." *it has a massive success* ... -"So for the next console, I was thinking we could use this processor..." -"No." -"But... it's faster.. and.." -"NO." *they lose the N64* ... -"So, for the next console, I thought we could work with Sony and give them a percentage of th-" -"No." -"B-but.. they have the experience in.." -"N O" *they lose the PS1* -"you know what f--k you i'm outta here"

[@LucasMBoysOurRoy]

In conclusion, Sega of Japan needs the axe

[@DJ____7235]

*AND KNUCKLES*

[@orion1995]

MetalSonic1993 *THAT'S NO GOOD*

[@DJ____7235]

Toxinize *PINGAS*

[@RemixedVoice]

TOUGHER THAN KNUCKLES

[@DJ____7235]

Alex McMurray *AND TALES*

[@folgadorosa5675]

Not this time. He don't chuckle like Sonic. Neither fall of is throne like Sega. He glides.

[@neoasura]

Simple Answer: Sega Of Japan ruined Sega

[@noirking6138]

EXACTLY! This seemed like a pride and ego situation with them. Had they let Sega America run free with the decisions like they said, it could've been the Playstation console as we know it. smh

[@dvnchaos2]

@James Earl Cash Or, yknow, download an emulator and dump your games and never clean squat again. I like NeVeR having to blow out cartridges again. and then you can properly store the consoles as collectibles.

[@hydrocarbon82]

@@noirking6138 Can you imagine if the N64 had a CD option? If the PS1 & PS2 had Sega's full support? Even if they weren't better, you'd have the PS2 & DC in one, which were already fantastic alone. Oh well...

[@silvinaaguilar7471]

simple, ww2.

[@johnphillips5310]

Indeed

[@stevenmattrell3448]

“Sega does what Nintendon’t” (Goes third party)

[@ianbowling9396]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! ROASTED!

[@stanstanstan2597]

Dudes Average ironically the profile picture is Emboar, a Fire type Pokémon, and based on a pig.

[@oosha2000]

More like Sega doesn't what Nintendoes

[@Reddebrek46]

Nintendo is what Sega Genesisn't

[@toddlane733]

@@oosha2000 too bad now days the Nintendo about to do the same thing the only mascots that is still keeping them afloat is Mario and the legend of Zelda series if sony Xbox let not forget the PC with emulators can play lots of these games as well

[@mickael486]

Great Video. I was the kid on the school bus defending Sega over Nintendo. Now that I'm an adult it's clear what games truly stand the test of time. Sega lost me with that whole Sega CD, 32x, Saturn fiasco.

[@theresastarmanwaitinginthe5149]

WHAT THE FUCK IS A SONIC?!

[@stefanmadethen5359]

ah!

[@vsGoliath96]

Something that would even make Speedwagon afraid...

[@johnblunt6693]

Nigga you are everywhere

[@CassandraPantaristi]

A restaurant.

[@Awesomebaconman123]

There's a starman waiting in the sky Ziggy Stardust

[@mix3k818]

I just really wish to buy a console and a video game and hear "SEEEEGAAAAA" one day in 2020 or beyond.

[@cristianherrera493]

MiREK that day may never come😢

[@segaunited3855]

No they aren't. You appear to be the incompetent one because you typed that all up, so assure of yourself.

[@segaunited3855]

Yes it will. Look out April 2018!

[@segaunited3855]

RAZOR is STILL coming, don't fret. Its prototype will go on display at incoming Cons next Spring.

[@mix3k818]

Sega United I hope you're right.

[@brandonontama2415]

I think the issues is that Sonic is their mascot, so whenever they do something stupid with him it reflects badly on the whole company.

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

And boy have they done some dumb stuff with him. Sometimes I ask myself why Sonic team keeps making these games if they keep screwing up Sonic in some way or another.

[@dapperblookanimations226]

At this point sonic should be ripped away from Sega, sonic team, or both. Sega ruined most of 06's potential and Sega and sonic team both destroyed boom(synergy) and threw big red button under the bus. I'm still bitter that people still call BRB a crappy developer when it was Sega and sonic team. Sonic needs to be given to people that care.

[@brandonontama2415]

Agreed.

[@dapperblookanimations226]

Sonic Badass Hopped one day.

[@GameGamerGame]

Imagine sega going up against Microsoft and Sony AND Nintendo nowadays in the console market

[@Luke-xi2pq]

Too many options, lol!!!

[@dragondelsur5156]

Maybe they would had more exclusives active than just Sonic.

[@Tom-jw7ii]

they were just 7 months off from competing with the original xbox

[@brandonwilliams6119]

But everything changed when PS2 Attacked

[@cryoraptora303tm2]

In theory they could considering they'd have Sonic as an exclusive, but it's just not going to happen now. The company doesn't have the resources. The only way it could happen is if one of the big 3 starts to fail and they ask SEGA to get on board with a new project, but the chances of that are very slim.

[@editmanrgg2844]

Never thought you do a video game company

[@LincolnBerryIII]

You forgot to mention that SEGA made it prohibitive for developers to develop for the SEGA Saturn, which contained a proprietary chipset that was difficult and expensive to code for. Some game developers went as far as to reverse-engineer SEGA games to try to learn more about how to develop for the Saturn, only to have SEGA sue them instead of providing better documentation! A lawsuit which SEGA embarrassingly lost in the end, because it was ruled that preventing developers from reverse-engineering SEGA games wasn't ruled as patent infringement, but instead stifled competition in the open market. In short, SEGA wound-up competing with its own loyal developers over the Saturn console.

[@Anakunus]

Incorrect. PSX was never released outside of Japan.

[@vh9network]

Mackenzie Peters no worries, before the PSX DVR unit came out many referred to the first PlayStation as PSX, because "PSX" was initially the console's code name. People starting calling PlayStation PS1 when the successor PS2 came out. Before that it was often abbreviated as PS or PSX.

[@Anakunus]

"Code name"? So, PlayStation's name was often abbreviated as with its code name, despite that other consoles have not been treated with such practice? Most illogical.

[@vh9network]

Anakunus other consoles? Most systems have code names. It's certainly logical. To me it's illogical to even ask this question.

[@Anakunus]

No. A logical thing would be to abbreviate other consoles with their code names, yet that is not done. Thus, referring to PlayStation with its code name is illogical.

[@analysissel]

High quality as always, spark! Good research and factual as always, with perfect editing to back it up!

[@hitkid2456]

DC failure was truly unique. It had its fans, more than you can say for almost any failure, but they couldn't save it. Maybe SEGA was too busy focusing on arcades, or really were stretched too thin with that sector, because not even Nintendo had much of an arcade presence. SEGA really should have dedicated themselves more to the home market, and maybe that was their failing. They never truly cared, corporate-wise. Otherwise, they should have merged with Sammy or whatever well before they launched.

[@keynanmartinez]

SEGA also created one of the best arcade rail shooters The House Of The Dead.

[@curtismynameheard4628]

I got house of the dear 2 on dream cast that game is sooo cool

[@samsquatchrivera1032]

Bro I would play that game for hours!! Remember Leathal Enforcers?

[@drunkensailor112]

And even better: virtua cop.

[@rashaad3717]

Damn I forgot about that game

[@meltonthegamer]

SEGA created most of the best arcade rail shooters, and so many other great arcade games 🚀

[@tomcat978]

As a Kid, I used to play E.T. for hours. I had no idea it wasn't "good." LOL

[@maybeim2372]

Tom Cat , How?

[@Ibhenriksen]

@@maybeim2372 He probably thought it would open up a portal to a better game.

[@athousandfeethigh]

To be fair, that's what they were banking on

[@TravJam317]

To be fair, E.T wasn't THAT bad, though. There were much worse 2600 games. Albeit, they weren't as high profile.

[@TheSilentEvil]

It's no good...

[@EternalNothingness1]

You need to do an episode on what ruined EA. Right now, there's a lot of drama with Star Wars Battlefront II's microtransactions and randomized loot boxes, and it hadn't gotten that bad since Mass Effect 3's ending, the Sim City servers crashing while backed up by DRM, and multitudes of studios being bought, mismanaged, and eventually shut down by EA. Made even worse by the fact that EA shut down Visceral and prevented them from releasing a single-player Star Wars game, instead believing that an online multiplayer game with microtransactions like Star Wars Battlefront II would make even more money than just $60 per copy alone.

[@jirehtheprovider]

Simply, blame CEO Andrew Wilson for ultimately being th promoter of the modern MTs and Loot Box. Not the original creator, but the promoter (two different things)

[@Bluephantom01XT]

Daniel Venetsky That’s what I’m thinking he should make a video about What Ruined EA or other gaming companies

[@MrMarinus18]

I think it's a lot harder to make a video about this. SEGA fell to due a couple of very big poor decisions. The fall of EA was a very gradual thing. There aren't really any dramatic missteps or exciting events he can talk about. Them buying up all kinds of companies is not unusual. It happens all the time.

[@misterlexx2721]

Fifa 23 is fine and Need for Speed :Hot Pursuit Remastered

[@ceaserknk6640]

Meh

[@RaccAttack77]

I’ll never be over the fact they closed that big, multi-floor arcade in Japan recently. It was so iconic to the area it was in (Kabukicho for those don’t know, the inspiration for Kamurocho in the Yakuza/Like A Dragon series)

[@tomrichardson6233]

GETTING CLOSER TO *400K*

[@How_To_Drive_a_TARDIS]

prorichie2004 yep

[@veganroastedturkey]

Ilovefootball *its time to stop*

[@dorit3771]

DIRECT HIT

[@InfiniteUmbra]

Sega of Japan fucked things up. Tom Kalinske was a genius listening to all the things he brought to the company back then and they second guessed him. A mistake.

[@erikERXON]

japanese "pride" killed SEGA.

[@Consolous]

Exactly, Japanese pride killed the company. Every single time that they denied Tom, they failed. When they listened to Tom in the beginning, they succeeded. I feel they knew he was right but pride was stronger. They'd rather fail by their own decision than succeed thanks to the americans.

[@nybbleme]

Console Wars sums up everything quite well.

[@ryanenciso2821]

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[@ExceedRed]

So if SEGA would've accepted the deal about making a console like the n64... It would've probably been called the SEGA 64 that has a nice ring to it

[@Jensaiti99]

"bling"

[@MohamedAli-fy3ik]

Clearly Me no the s64

[@annabellethepitty]

Or the sega neptune. Since the controller was trident like.

[@ForteX9]

And Sonic 64.

[@LeakyGuy]

sounds way better than Dreamcast.

[@everythingthrice]

Trying to stop Nintendo is like trying to scale a 90 degree angle wall without any equipment!

[@broken120z]

What kill SEGA wasn't Nintendo. What kill SEGA was : -Playstation -Sega of Japan. Nintendo himself wasn't a big problem for SEGA. SEGA was the number one video game industry in 1994.

[@justanidiot3994]

@@broken120z sega killed itself. It started focusing on making sonic more powerful than mario so badly in 2006 that they legit made every single character boring to look at except for sonic.

[@therealmrmago9077]

and the crazy thing is for a brief moment as beautiful and as filleting as the life span of a butterfly the crazy sons of sons of britches did it they hurt the god of video games nintendo and dethroned their king Mario but like how Icarus flew to close to the sun Sega became to ambitious making useless add ones and bad business decisions that led to the Saturn failing without there flagship mascot sonic and it was two late but that didn't stop Sega from going out not with a whimper but with a bang with the return of their speedy blue champion for one last hurray with their sawn song the dream cast before the curtain closed on this legendary company that touched the lives of many toot toot sonic warriors “All things must pass.” ― George Harrison

[@phantomblue2798]

Well you're kinda right. Nintendo didn't stop. It's just that Sega has managed to slow them down enough to become the video game market king for a while. Nintendo might have always slow down at some points, (for example their market decisions with Mario 3D All Stars), but they never really stopped.

[@broken120z]

@@phantomblue2798 they never had the intention to stop Nintendo. They had the intention to be the no.1 video game industry. And they succeed at.

[@Toon418]

That was a good video! I would love more gaming stuff!

[@prestonpegues8675]

Toon one word Sonic team(modern day)

[@patrickramseyart]

So in other words, if Sega of America had been in charge, Sega would be in a much better place? Yeah, that sounds about right.

[@romeojavier7997]

Patrick R I wish Nintendo Buys Sega itself, & filter all of SOJ's Shit.

[@zebby9268]

One can dream...

[@sigmaax195]

Yup, sounds like they fell down due to typical Japanese stubbornness which is quite sad.

[@Tornado1994]

Not exactly. They had no power. They let their Parent Company have all the power.

[@Tornado1994]

Nintendo doesn't have $50 billion to buy SEGA. Especially, since they are a SMALLER company than SEGA Holdings.

[@SegaDisneyUniverse]

Every time he says Sega, the "That's no good!" scene gets slower.

[@no-dm2rr]

SegaDisney Then the last time, it didn't play at all lol

[@Deadbass_]

That's when you know the scene's been overplayed lmao

[@locomotivefaox]

SegaDisney annoys me how he mispronounces it’s like dude whenever you boot a sega published or made game

[@kylearmstrong3935]

Not segga, its prounounced sayga. Shit got me fucking triggered

[@calebdavis381]

The more I hear the story the more I get upset with sega. Sega really had a chance to be the greatest and turned down the greatest deals based on jealousy of one man.

[@EGV88]

Kalinske?

[@PaleoSteno]

I helped with this one, woo! EVERYBODY'S SUPER SONIC RACING!

[@JAKECOT_CENTER]

PaleoSteno THAT SONG WILL NEVER GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!

[@SuperiorGothBun]

PaleoSteno But did you play with your joystick?

[@PaleoSteno]

The more I play with it, the harder it gets.

[@SurekliDiziSezon]

PaletoSteno, can you feel the sunshine?

[@DarklyBigNozerz]

JUST LIKE A DIAMOND IN THE SKY!

[@MariusUrucu]

So long story short, SEGA of Japan is the reason for the entirety of SEGA's failures. Got it. Ironically, SEGA's feud with its different branches exists to this day. Yeah...

[@brandonontama2415]

OH MY, YOUR HERE TO! But yes I agree Sega pride killed them, and it's sad to hear that Sega never really got over this problem. Screw Sega of Japan.

[@MariusUrucu]

Sonic Badass The video popped up in my recommended and decided to give it a watch :). I already knew about most of this before. And while SEGA's isn't around making consoles, they are at least keeping arcade-like games and the arcade spirit alive along with Platinum. Because God help us, we need arcade games in this day and age, especially to counter balance the rise in popularity of "cinematic" games like TLOU or the upcoming new God of War game *shudders*

[@brandonontama2415]

I see another brother of the TLOU is overrated club Imao.

[@Tornado1994]

No. Don't comment on something you know nothing about.

[@Tornado1994]

They are not. They had nothing to do with SEGA's failures.

[@kapitanbach7411]

That kid with the glasses was right all along

[@maybeim2372]

Sweaty Tomato , who that

[@eldenemerald7962]

@@maybeim2372 Sammy Classic Sonic fan

[@GeekRaj]

can someone tell me what game is at 6:36? I loved that game forgot its name....

[@Kappa5938]

@@GeekRaj Looks like Final Fantasy to me. Not sure which entry though.

[@ThatHimIs]

Guys I'm watching this in 2019 and I just so happen to watch a Sega Genesis 30th anniversary ad on this video....weird.

[@frankiebaker419]

it's almost as if the ad led you here in the first place

[@ThatHimIs]

@@frankiebaker419 ikr

[@OmarDelawar]

The best part about this video is every time sega makes a mistake sonic cartoon goes “that’s no good” lol

[@lilianaguero5071]

Decades later, Sonic has gotten his first live-action movie starring James Marsden.

[@amyfain9925]

It hurts me,the movie deeply hurts me

[@paperluigi6132]

@@amyfain9925 How about now?

[@bluepikman7851]

@@amyfain9925 This aged like milk.

[@CT-pr7hl]

That's SO good

[@coolestdino]

@@amyfain9925 How 'bout now?

[@DOCTOR.DEADHEAD]

Well it's safe to say Sega of *Japan's* decisions contributing to their downfall is the opposite of what I was expecting.

[@segaunited3855]

No, its not.

[@ruthad2736]

^^ the guy here is everywhere on this kind of comment like bots man... //dont attack me here i know nothing about consoles...cuz my parents never let me to buy any consoles. Whether that’d be Switch, PS, Xbox, DS, or even pc games and steam vouchers. *sigh*//

[@segaunited3855]

Sega of Japan didn't make any decisions, their Parent Company CSK did.

[@irllcd13]

It doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

[@Luke-xi2pq]

Both Sonic and Sega were on speed, but the sad thing is is that they live an awesome, yet short life!

[@kaitlynwhalen5961]

Nintendo will always be better than sega.

[@arlokraft]

Sonic is still alive

[@arlokraft]

@@kaitlynwhalen5961 no

[@therealmrmago9077]

“All things must pass.” ― George Harrison

[@mr.preston1632]

@@arlokraft I mean kind of, 99% of people will disagree with you though

[@BigBossMan538]

I wasn't expecting a video game video from you.

[@CutePuppy351]

BigBossMan538 Me neither, it made me think of his voice, I thought "is that Saberspark?"

[@ilikethecolourpurpleitsnice]

XenO SparKS WHOA ROASTED XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@princesspikachu3915]

So Sonic was always intended to have a thing for human girls. So does that mean that Sonic 2006 is a better graphics version of what he was originally intended to be? That is creepy as hell.

[@darkanimecommandersoto9992]

Princess Pikachu I was thinking the same thing. The girl they showed in the artwork even looked similar to the one in Sonic ‘06.

[@plpfangyrl]

@@darkanimecommandersoto9992 Oh my god...

[@stanstanstan2597]

:0

[@subliminallover5714]

DarkAnimeCommander Soto bruh Madonna looks nothing like Elise

[@paperluigi6132]

@@subliminallover5714 Imo, Elise is prettier than Madonna. Maybe it's cause I have a thing for short-haired girls.

[@Btm10000]

*THAT'S NO GOOD...*

[@thisismysea]

All the nostalgic commercials here took me straight back to the 90s! Advertising was so weird and out there back then. I love the dude with the septum piercing and the pink tutu; I don't know what he had to do with video games, but I love him.

[@Chyna_Doll]

Early 90s Sega: "Sonic shouldn't have a human girlfriend" 2006 Sega: CHECK OUT OUR GAME WHERE SONIC GETS A HUMAN GIRLFRIEND...

[@diplamatikjuan3595]

Beastiality is a sin against Gawd!

[@ItzDrPlow]

shut up meg

[@liviwaslost]

Haha

[@breezytheanimator1386]

Diplamatik Juan Waht??

[@Jooeffoh]

Meg R.L. The very 1st sonic game came out in mid 1991

[@LikaLaruku]

SEGA of America: "We have good ideas that people will actually like." SEGA of Japan. "No, use our bad old-people ideas instead."

[@user-qp5yu1zq1m]

So SEGA now?

[@Tornado1994]

No, that's not the truth or whole story.

[@OutlawMantis]

+Tornado1994 You again? LOL.

[@mariaexodusbosconovitch]

Sega J. really needs to change their attitude.

[@prestonpegues8675]

Lieutenant BaconWaffles SEGA of America: ugh fine SEGA of jp: sorry here use our sound track

[@maclaymaclay7849]

Sega saturn: its out there Me:yeah its out there in the trash

[@sethhorst6158]

LOL, despite me being an owner of a Sega Saturn, I can somewhat agree.

[@upwaveflash8429]

Kinda mock my saturn

[@_Josper_]

Lmao

[@daevious_]

In Japan, the Saturn is actually well liked because games actually released on the damn thing.

[@upwaveflash8429]

daevious you mean those jrpg

[@soldmomforwater8772]

"Sega does what Nintendon't" is just first "Fortnite bad, Minecraft good"

[@marr_cel]

?

[@BluBerry3]

Yes, Fortnite is bad.

[@lumarisreyes9894]

@@BluBerry3 I know What the real point of that stupid game

[@unknownwill4th549]

Keanu chungus wholesome 100 reddit moment 😀i beat up a kid that said minecraft bad 😂and my doggo bit him so i gave him snaccos😉 and we watched pewdiepie together while in elon musk’s cyber truck 😳talking about how superior reddit memers are : “haha emojis bad” 😲i said and keanu reeves came outta nowhere and said “this is wholesome 100, updoot this wholesome boy” 😗so i got alot of updoots and edit: thanks for the gold kind stranger😣. but the kind stranger revealed himself to be baby yoda eating chiccy nuggies😨 and drinking choccy milk😎 so we went to the cinema to see our (communism funny) favorite movies avengers endgame😆 but then thor played fortnite and fortnite bad😡, so then i said “reality is often dissappointing” and then baby yoda replied r/unexpectedthanos and i replied by r/expectedthanos😖 for balance and then danny devito came to pick us up from the cinema😩 and all the insta normies and gay mods stood watching😵 ,as we,superior redditors went home with danny devito to suck on his magnum dong😫 but i said no homo and started sucking,not like those gay mods😮,then the next morning we woke up to MrBeast telling us to plant 69420 million trees😌, me, baby yoda and danny said nice, and then on our way to plant 69420 million trees😊 (nice) we saw a kid doing a tiktok so keanu reeves appeared and said “we have a kid to burn” and i replied “you’re breathtaking”😄 so i said “i need a weapon” and baby yoda gave me an RPG so i blew the kid (DESTRUCTION 100)😎 and posted it on r/memes and r/dankmemes and r/pewdiepiesubmissions and got 1000000000 updoots😘,i’m sure pewds will give me a big pp, then we shat on emoji users😂😂 and started dreaming about girls that will never like me😢 and posted a lie on r/teenagers about how i got a GF after my doggo died by the hands of fortnite players😳 so i exploited his death for updoots😜, but i watched the sunset with the wholesome gang😁 (keanu,danny,Mrbeast, pewds, spongebob,stefan karl , bob ross, steve irwin, baby yoda and other artists that reddit exploits them) [Everyone liked that] WHOLESOME 100 REDDIT 100🤡

[@unknownwill4th549]

@@lumarisreyes9894 Keanu chungus wholesome 100 reddit moment 😀i beat up a kid that said minecraft bad 😂and my doggo bit him so i gave him snaccos😉 and we watched pewdiepie together while in elon musk’s cyber truck 😳talking about how superior reddit memers are : “haha emojis bad” 😲i said and keanu reeves came outta nowhere and said “this is wholesome 100, updoot this wholesome boy” 😗so i got alot of updoots and edit: thanks for the gold kind stranger😣. but the kind stranger revealed himself to be baby yoda eating chiccy nuggies😨 and drinking choccy milk😎 so we went to the cinema to see our (communism funny) favorite movies avengers endgame😆 but then thor played fortnite and fortnite bad😡, so then i said “reality is often dissappointing” and then baby yoda replied r/unexpectedthanos and i replied by r/expectedthanos😖 for balance and then danny devito came to pick us up from the cinema😩 and all the insta normies and gay mods stood watching😵 ,as we,superior redditors went home with danny devito to suck on his magnum dong😫 but i said no homo and started sucking,not like those gay mods😮,then the next morning we woke up to MrBeast telling us to plant 69420 million trees😌, me, baby yoda and danny said nice, and then on our way to plant 69420 million trees😊 (nice) we saw a kid doing a tiktok so keanu reeves appeared and said “we have a kid to burn” and i replied “you’re breathtaking”😄 so i said “i need a weapon” and baby yoda gave me an RPG so i blew the kid (DESTRUCTION 100)😎 and posted it on r/memes and r/dankmemes and r/pewdiepiesubmissions and got 1000000000 updoots😘,i’m sure pewds will give me a big pp, then we shat on emoji users😂😂 and started dreaming about girls that will never like me😢 and posted a lie on r/teenagers about how i got a GF after my doggo died by the hands of fortnite players😳 so i exploited his death for updoots😜, but i watched the sunset with the wholesome gang😁 (keanu,danny,Mrbeast, pewds, spongebob,stefan karl , bob ross, steve irwin, baby yoda and other artists that reddit exploits them) [Everyone liked that] WHOLESOME 100 REDDIT 100🤡

[@driprappy]

Sonic Mania took the bullet out of SEGA’s foot. And then Sonic Forces shot it back in. Double-barrel shotgun. Actually, that foot's gonna have to be amputated.

[@StephySon]

Lange not really if you think about it, for the sake of argument if Mania didn't exist Forces would have been your typical average Sonic game. Mania was a pleasant surprise to many hardcore players and Forces fun for the passionate fan base that at least had a fun character creation and good soundtrack. Far better then Sonic Boom at least (which I know isn't saying much but still)

[@daseal1479]

StephySon That's exactly how I see it. Its still sad that SEGA has a HUGE library of characters and franchise to bank off from veterans or newcomers, but they never take those risks anymore. They are like a washed-out, 3rd party Nintendo, and that's incredibly depressing to me.

[@sussy3778]

I think what he meant was that Sonic Mania managed to elevate the image of the Sonic franchise, and Sonic Forces went down again ...

[@shardfox0662]

I believe Forces cut off the foot instead of putting the bullet back in. Now all we need is a game recognized by all Sonic fans young and old alike to make SEGA a prosthetic foot.

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

These are some painful metaphors.

[@Bem_flanc]

It's hilarious to see how fucking savage most of these old console commercials were.

[@a.liguria2698]

And plain OFFENSIVE TOO ! Basically all the commercials were saying that whoevere owned a Nintendo was an idiot.

[@dr6559]

A. Liguria Well didn't that end well?

[@GearoxButaBox]

The difference between Sega and Nintendo is: Nintendo learns from their mistakes. Sega made the Sonic games so much worse and didn't work on much else, putting all their attention on Sonic... Nintendo tried new things. They took criticism that they got from the Wii U and made the Switch from the mistakes they had made. They tried something new for TLOZ and Mario, thus the creation of Breath Of The Wild and Oddyssey. Nintendo tried so many new things and Sega just kind of... let that rot.

[@kevingame3198]

She’s should be on the list for most hated game company and hates like blizzard and gearbox software not to mention saga and gearbox work together both saga and gearbox ruin their reputation and now saga is now a shell of its former self

[@christpusha]

Man it's crazy to see how many times Sega had a chance to team up with greatness and said no smh they gotta be feeling real stupid now

[@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447]

christpusha you can't look at things that way, they thought they were doing the right thing for them.

[@christpusha]

Octavian Caesar Hibernicus I bet they still feeling stupid now though lol

[@randybooker9389]

thats what thinking does .. lol now theyre shit and have not one good game but yakuza ...

[@Texelion]

I've heard that all the execs who took the bad decisions were hired by EA a bit later.

[@GoodBoy-so1ug]

At least now they develop yakuza series and persona (atlus) for sony

[@rouseproductions]

Beautiful telling of SEGA, let me tell you some -BEHIND THE SCENES of DREAMCAST DVD PLAYBACK-that Microsoft is not telling you (with good reason) as I was Field Application Engineer in regards to DVD playback on this project. I worked for The trailblazing Video Chip Manufacturer “C-Cube Microsystems” (wiki it) we were the best. Until our series of bad decisions and this story was the first of many. As you know, The Sega Dreamcast is known for running an optimised version of Windows CE (with DirectX) as an operating system. It was developed between Microsoft and Sega over a period of two years.In 1996, we were approached by Microsoft to get our DVx chipset to work in WinCE. Which would had given the DreamCast the most versatile technology to grow with the future for years to come, for our chip was software programmable MPEG CODEC, it was also a DV CODEC with future abilities to Transcode MPEG>DV & DV>MPEG in real-time. (I was not at C-Cube then) So at that time both Microsoft and C-Cube were unsuccessful in getting it to work & could not make Dreamcast launch deadlines. So MPEG capabilities was shelved by Microsoft. 1999 when Microsoft needed to dust off our reference boards and get back to it, I was assigned to the job for sole support on the project. C-Cube would not assign any other resources other than me. Me and my co-worker, Scott Murnan, were the odd balls working on THEN small projects like DVD Playback in Laptops and Car/Airplane headrests. While C-Cube as a whole working concentrating on Panasonic, STB’s and countless other big $ partners/products. The Windows CE team was now led by Richard Russell. In charge of the Dreamcast SDK and working directly with SEGA Japan. Richard and his team were awesome & I did what I could. After only, I wanna day, 7 months of my assistance, Richard and his team got the DVx to playback in WinCE, but needed more hardware from us for QA and continue development. We did not have hardware available and would have to manufacturer a small run would would be difficult and pricy. Richard flew to Milpitas, CA and camped out until we gave him a yes that we would forego the expense. After days of deliberation, the powers-at-be at C-Cube made a decision, “NO” stating “Microsoft Will Never Buy Chips from Us”. Which was true. So Microsoft won either way, because they could in all honesty SAY “WinCE had DVD Playback” however for SEGA It would me Microsoft would need another chipset & start over, not feasible, This Dreamcast with DVD never came. So at least when it came to competing against PS2 you could say, it died because of Microsoft OS limitations, but really it was C-Cube that killed it, unaware of the potential. C-Cube also killed DVD in cars and airplanes thinking no one would want DVD in cars (Lol) don’t remember the company we were helping with that. But obviously that was a huge Market. Intel processors became powerful enough to use Software DVD playback, so C-Cube lost that market as well. 2002 we were bought out by LSI Logic. Losing all true talent that knew the DVx, LSI sold technology to Magnum semiconductor and probably sits on shelf. Who gained from this whole ordeal? Microsoft shifted gears to develop X-Box, All great talent from C-Cube went to Ambarella Inc, Nvidia, Amazon, Broadcom and elsewhere. Richard Russell also at Nvidia. Thank you for letting me share this great yet disappointing story. This was one of my proudest projects to work on and my biggest regrets linkedin.com/in/shawn-rouse-ab256013 linkedin.com/in/rwrussell linkedin.com/in/scottmurnan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-Cube segaretro.org/Windows_CE

[@dmknight08]

Wow, thanks for the insight and your inside story. That must’ve been pretty frustrating on your end. Even though it didn’t pan out the way it was intended, it was a noble effort..

[@bigxshowx]

Very interesting insight, I like how some of the former employees and engineers/develops are commenting and sharing their stories. I was a "gamer" durring this period and I loved the genesis, games like NBA Jam and Mortal Combat just were cool as a kid back than vs. Nintendo. the LAST system I ever bought was the Dreamcast ironically, then I got into other hobbies over gaming. I lived in Japan for 8 years and this story is typical of Japan Inc, they don't listen to reason and dont understand outside Markets, it's how Samsung took over dominance from Sony and how Japan continues to decline in Asia.

[@Photomeike]

Wow! just wow!

[@jhamptonjr]

I used to do printing for LSI Logic in Santa Clara back in the mid-80s. Always wondered what they were about. All those companies were a mystery back then.

[@arlisbartlett403]

What the fuck are you talking about?

[@uoggatzero8889]

Does anyone remember The House Of The Dead?Like seriously,it was one of my favorite arcade games.

[@octavioamarillo4970]

Uogga TZero ofc I do!! it was awesome. I had house of the dead 2 for the Dreamcast

[@scotty_blocks]

And the 'Virtua Cop' series of arcade machines/home releases. I spent a lot of money on them at Mega-Bowl when I was a teenager.

[@09222P]

Yep, they are making another one now with Unreal 4 Engine.

[@miklo6907]

I basically bought Dreamcast just for that game

[@sheened9159]

Uogga TZero right on !

[@andrewgibbons6074]

I loved all my old Sega consoles in fact I still have them all and still play them all regularly

[@johntracy72]

Do you also have the Sega CD and/or 32X add ons?

[@tacocats2244]

I NEED to get the game Cube, or the wii that is game cube compatible, I MUST PLAY SANIC ADVENTURE 2 BATTLE

[@ramihaj2993]

I still have my dreamcast and I'm still happy with it

[@SirToasty]

A minute in and I'm already jamming to Drowning My Lives Away? You, sir, have godlike taste in music.

[@LordOfWaffles32]

Sega making scary ass hedgehog monsters too!

[@dubuyajay9964]

Hollywood: Hold my camera.

[@djameleddineriah3877]

Sonic: *THAT'S NO GOOD*

[@shilohr7284]

I got something for ya * gets sonic movie boi and sonic the fluffeh werehog * lol who is scarier

[@djameleddineriah3877]

@@shilohr7284 PARAMOUNT : GET THE CAMERA! GET THE CAMERA! WE FOUND OUR SONIC DESIGN! LET'S GO! ! director of the movie : we'll change the design and the release date will be delayed Everyon who didn't like the first design: YYYYYEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYY THANKS YOUUUU

[@phil2160]

@@shilohr7284 How the heck is the Werehog scary.

[@nintenearthbound2389]

1990's: Nintendo vs Sega Today: Xbox vs PlayStation

[@TCFan30]

Nothing could beat the PC though

[@talkingcontroller9396]

47 that's why they're called the console wars bro.

[@CedroEscarlate]

@@TCFan30 except the money we don't have to buy a proper pc lmao

[@meltonthegamer]

I think now Nintendo is back in this Vs battle again 💥

[@DJURBANBG]

no, its Nintendo vs Sega in the 80s , PlayStation vs Sega in the 90s , and Playstation vs XBOX now ;)

[@timothyowens6532]

There was another handheld in 1995-2005. It’s called the sega pico. It’s a educational handheld.

[@Ronicalter]

to recite from wikipedia, "Powered by the same hardware used in the Sega Genesis, the physical shape of the Pico was designed to appear similar to a laptop. Included in the Pico is a stylus called the "Magic Pen" and a pad to draw on. Controlling the games for the system is accomplished either by using the Magic Pen like a mouse or by pressing the directional buttons on the console. The Pico does not include its screen or RF output, and instead must be connected to a monitor through Composite video or a VCR to be played on an RF screen. Touching the pen to the pad would either allow drawing or animate a character on the screen."

[@RaccoonAnimations]

Thats no good

[@Drdarktouch2]

Sega should be lucky that Yakuza is a badass game

[@knucklesechidna2124]

If Sega lost nagoshi, it wouldn't be. Nagoshi is keeping Sega afloat. Iizuka is just a guy who got the job because Naka AKA the real talent left.

[@blitz4506]

Reed Drown not to mention they got atlus

[@PSXBOX-lz1zq]

@Steady Logic then you never played. yakuza is a deeper game than your casual generic xbox exclusives and generic call of duty and its clones

[@marvelous_680]

@Steady Logic Its better to play the games then to watch some playthrough so you can understand the story with your own experience.

[@JakeThehedgehog-m1x]

And persona...ngl personal games are really dope.

[@onabe8]

Man I really love that you're moving on to video games. You should do Rareware. Whatever you do will be great, though. Love your content. The quality and analysis is always great.

[@Cinko420]

Onabe ‍ What ruined RareWare? Three Words: Nuts and Bolts.

[@DaNintendude]

Short and sweet, Rareware was built up by Nintendo, but Nintendo refused to buy them... which led to Rareware being bought by Microsoft. Microsoft didn't give them the freedom they deserved, Nuts & Bolts ended up happening, and all the original members of the company left to do other things.

[@themariomedic8753]

Onabe ‍ What ruined Rareware? Microsoft

[@JamesKelly89]

I'm still mourning the death of the DreamCast all these years later.

[@OmarAlikaj]

Except SEGA decided to, once again, give Sonic a human girlfriend in 2006. :\

[@rainpooper7088]

Omar Kaj Who never appeared again ever since. People really need to get over Elise as well as most of the other stuff from 06 that was completely removed from the franchise afterwards. Yes, she was an incredibly bland character and the romance between her and Sonic was forced and stupid and there’s no need for her to ever appear in any Sonic media ever again, but her character is far from being the thing that doomed Sonic 06. She didn’t even really drag down the stories that weren’t Sonic’s which is more than I can say for Chris Thorndyke who kept stealing the spotlight from the actually interesting stuff *while* being an incredibly bland character all throughout Sonic X. I thought Shadow‘s and Silver‘s stories were decent at worst, especially considering the stories we get from Sonic nowadays. *coughcoughPontaff* *coughcoughSonicBoom*

[@earthshaker1214]

I played that never finished it too confusing. 6/10 needs a remake

[@CrasherX2000]

*whispers* we don’t talk about that game...

[@LuneNova]

I think they wanted to bring Madona back in Sonic game by making other female characters like Amy with her nature and physic (in love with him a lot, her attitude, red dress, hair cut...), Élise was something similar but she's more calm and you know, have a role of a princess, that make me thinking of Princess Sally because of her brown hair also. But she don't even try to do something, similar to princess Peach, waiting her hero comes to recue her and I'm maybe not the only one who find this annoying.

[@LuneNova]

Chris wasn't bad, everyone think he's that bad, but the concept inside this character is to show what a kid will do faced to his past and present. I would like to say more info about it but I think you'll never understand the meaning of this little guy inside this serie.