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Eh, I like the article, but Marco kind of undercuts this little pearl of wisdom not too far down: "... Sega threw away the Genesis’ tremendous fanbase and succ
by chasing 13y ago
Eh, I like the article, but Marco kind of undercuts this little pearl of wisdom not too far down:
"... Sega threw away the Genesis’ tremendous fanbase and success by sloppily releasing the Sega CD, 32X, and Saturn, all of which were overpriced, uncompetitive, and poorly supported by game developers and Sega itself."
No company exists in a vacuum. This is why we promote competition and eschew monopolies, right?
- hga 13y agoDepends. Earned monopolies are not so bad, and Microsoft earned their early Windows 3.x one. At least compared to early OS/2 (crippled by IBM policy limiting it to 286 mode) and everything else I tried at the time. And not following this field (RSI means I had to give up on games decades ago) I don't know what the author means by "uncompetitive", but if that's in concert with the overpriced, as in less features for more money, it's all of a piece, even if not as dire as the Windows Office examples.