::::::::I agree that's pretty significant, but to my eye it falls in the range of "North American/Genesis press coverage".  Also, in a way, it has less to do with the Genesis in particular and more to do with Sega as a company - it could have happened to any of their products with probably the same general outcome.  It just happened to be a Genesis-centric event. 
 ::::::::More to the point, though, I don't recall that issue in particular playing any major role in the past discussions.  And the FAQ doesn't need to dive too deeply into individual events, methinks - hopefully the links to the past discussions themselves will help if anyone's interested in those details.  (I could even generalize the whole "specific notability" part if that would help.) — ''''''  —