I wouldn’t say that, but it certainly was a big one. The other big thing is that Sega had just burned so many bridges during their surprise gotcha Saturn launc

I wouldn’t say that, but it certainly was a big one. The other big thing is that Sega had just burned so many bridges during their surprise gotcha Saturn launch in the US that a lot of retailers didn’t want to deal with them again. If they had been coming from a stronger position I wonder if they would’ve done better. But it was a Sony, MS, Sega and Nintendo race. That’s just too many, someone wasn’t going to make it. And as the weakest of the bunch they were the most likely. As an unknown Microsoft could’ve been, but they got a huge hit with Halo and had the money to push through either way.