so, i wonder what if SEGA went multiplatform, it could have went multiplatform early as 1990 then they could team up with Nintendo. would Sony and Microsoft have entered the market?
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
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for that would not work as genesis was a sucess but all of sega botched it, need to be early, like 1990, like no Mega Drive-Genesis at all.
The rest, ironically maybe 3DO would have a chance(nah still too overpriced) or make easier for a while, heck maybe delay PS1 entrance(as non saturn to compete, they would make something stronger for 1995-1996) and that would end in a stronger N64 too.
Other would be if butterflies flap, the nintendo-sony deal never got south or happen at all(check my tl in the sig for the former)
Again let's say your timetable(1993, genesis is a bust, Sonic was delayed or no pushed well,etc, sony still working in PS1 at the time)
Nintendo was working in the ultra 64 arcade, maybe sega would ask one for license or work with Nintendo in a model 2 arcade equivalent(with butterflies for n64)
What about Sonic? Sonic 3 and Knuckles is butterfly unless sega licensed that lock-on tech to third parties too and that would be interesting.
Panzer Dragoon and Sakura taisen are butterfly away or released in dumble down version for ps1 or a cd equivalent console.
So now 1990, Genesis-Mega Drive was a bust(figths with EA, lack of Third Party Quality, Tom Kalinske never joined,etc).
SNES is as otl, zero butterflies that front? No Mega-cd...so what will be with Sony and Nintendo? if the deal is renegated as otl or more amicable, still they would do something? Join 3DO group(and hijack it and released something cheap for 1992-1993 season)? OTL route? that is other big that Sega.
MS depend sony and if nintendo would want to push Linux for an alternate gamecube or equivalent, was PS2 Linux mania what scarred MS to created the Xbox to counter Sony and avoid a Linux Powered Sony OS for games. so that is butterfly away unless sony come as otl.
About Sega, now third party.... Sonic is dead or Moved to Snes? Sonic 1 can be easily moved to SNES and maybe more impressive(check kirby super star as example), Sonic 2 the same. Sonic 3 either invent Lock-on for Nintendo(with Nintendo help) or wait till SDD-1 Chip to compress everything in a simple cart.
Street of Rage would be complement and rival to Final Fight but fare as well.
Other arcade ports would come and gone.
Sega would be the same, just Panzer Dragoon, Sakura Taisen, Shenmue and other console games are erased as not need for console, Phantasy Star would thrive in RPG friendly SNES.
are you interested on this, some ideas about it?
I think you missed the system, that would be Mega Drive/Genesis Instead Master System( a worse selling Master system would make sega just drop out and focus in arcades or just delay MD instead)(ah you're european, yet that master system popularity in europe helped sega yet botched it later)
The Whole Add-on thing make sense in japan, as Nintendo and NEC were pretty sucessful with it but sega went overboard and as you say,damage the company as lack of general of focus of what to do with consoles).
IF you've read My tl(shamesly self plug,xd) Sega just stick their gun all places and focus and would've survived even otl.