From: hartja@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (-= Souther N. =-)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: Re: A bad OMEN for the GENESIS from Japan
Date: 2 Sep 92 06:18:02 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Outreach Services - Oregon State University

tehyang@sal-sun104.usc.edu (Teh Kao Yang) writes:

>In article <BtwKGs.DH4@apollo.hp.com> rehrauer@apollo.hp.com (Steve Rehrauer) writes:
>>>What is happening in Japan I believe is simply a concrete example of how the
>>>GENESIS lacks quality in terms of games when compared to the SNES system.
>>>You can say whatever you wish, but numbers don't lie. When sales drop off
>>>there must be an underlying reason......

>Despite what all you SNES fans say, I think that all signs are pointing to a 
>much better future for the Genesis than the SNES.

... I am a owner of both machines so I am in no way biased, but to have a betterfuture one needs a stable ground in its mother market (Japan) since almost all 
of the games are inports from japan.  If Sega of Japan goes broke with their
MD then not much a future can hold true for the American counter part. 

>There doesn't seem to be much quality stuff coming out for the SNES from now
>until the Christmas season. For those of you who can't to play Axelay, Space
>Mega Force, and Turtles 4, let me tell you that I've tried all those games
>and none of them live up to all the hype. On the other hand Sega has a killer
>line up of games that include Sonic 2 and Streets of Rage 2. And don't forget
>the Sega-CD with its own lineup of impressive games. 

I dont see Sonic 2 or Bare Knucle 2 as any better then the SNES games that you
mentioned.  I could see them as equivilant but not better (I have played beta
versions of each, and originals of the SNES games).  Maybe im being a Genesis
bias, I dont know this is just my opinion.

>The delay of the SNES CD-ROM means that Nintendo will once again be playing
>catch-up with Sega in the CD-ROM market. On a side note... I think that stuff
>about Nintendo delaying the CD-ROM because of a poor market is all B*S. They
>were never ready to release the CD-ROM in January 1993 in the first place.
>Especially since they haven't even decided on the specs of the machine and no
>games are ready for it. I think that they just announced the bogus release
>date to discourage potential Sega-CD buyers.
> 
Maybe a little BS but not totaly.  I visited a video game producer, Dynamix 
(they are making all the Sierra game releases and all conversions for video
game systeems) and they were in production of Willy Bemish for the SegaCD and
were ready for production on a few games on the SNES CDROM the next month. 
They had already recieved their development kit for the SNES CDROM, and this was
in May.

>And here is the clincher...if the Genesis is losing ground to the SNES, 
>then why did two of Nintendo's most loyal 3rd party supporters, Konami and 
>Capcom, decide to join the Sega camp?  When I heard this news I thought it
>meant that Sega has won the war. Obviously Konami and Capcom are dissatisfied
>with the SNES market and decided to cash in on the larger Genesis user base
>in the US.
if they were dis-satisfied wouldnt they stop production of new games for the 
SNES altogether, I think the main reason for the two big giants of industry to
join up with Sega TOO was greed (money).
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