"Age of Discovery", "Iron Fist of Fury", "Phantasy Star", "Comic Zone", "Violent Buster", "Wyvern", "Rocket Knight", ...... Some of these names have been fortunate to be passed on to future generations, while others have been short-lived. But in any case, these excellent works finally revolve around a cheerful era, even if it is extremely short.

This is in Jester's memory, a time that belonged to Sega's most glorious era.

They almost, yes, almost, made the whole world forget about Nintendo, forget about FC, forget about Mario.

But only almost.

Although MD has always had an advantage in the European and American markets, in the Japanese market, Sega has been unable to defeat in the face of SFC's powerful offensive.

Mario's influence and charisma is incredible.

When SFC only sold a million units, the sales of Super Mario World, a Mario series developed specifically for SFC, had already reached a terrible 1.8 million copies, which means that almost 800,000 people had already bought the game "Super Mario World" before they even bought the SFC console.

This is unique in the entire history of the game's release.

About a year after the SFC was introduced, the course of this war has been settled. Although MD is more popular in the European and American markets, it still can't resist SFC's powerful software offensive. Nintendo, whether in the first party or in the third party, has an incomparable advantage.

The end of the MD era is the beginning of SEGA's tragedy.

When Jester analyzes the Sengoku period for the first time in the history of this game, it is fair to say that the Sega MD is a very good sixteen-bit machine, but the Sega Saturn, that is, the SS, is a console with insufficient long-term planning.

It was more than its biggest competitor at the time. Sony's PS, which was born out of nowhere, is far from it.

Whether it's in technology, or in terms of vision, if the gap in technology can be bridged, then the gap in vision is almost insurmountable, Sony has Kutaragi Ken, which is a person who can see ten years later.

But, Sega. But there are no such characters.

Although "VR Warrior" and other works that established 3D games have bloomed on this console, its weak 3D capabilities have still become a bottleneck. This was especially evident when CAPCOM later ported Resident Evil. Problems such as longer reads, coarser polygons, and translucency effects all betray the conservatism of the SS's original design. After all, no one expected that SEGA's natural enemy would no longer be the equally conservative Nintendo. Even Nintendo itself didn't expect it.

Sony.

Jester himself silently recited the name, and Sony's concessions and hibernation before were all for the sake of a blockbuster on PS.

I just don't know, what has Sony prepared for this next-generation war?

Sony itself entered the game market because of the breakdown of its partnership with Nintendo. This is true both in Jester's time and in this era, both to recover previous losses and to further explore the market. SONY launched the PlayStation console, but the expectations of the entire Sony management were not high at the beginning, and Kenn except for Ken Kutaragi, Sony himself really had no confidence in his heart.

It's just such a newcomer to the game industry. As soon as he came up, he kicked over Nintendo, who stabbed himself in the back before, and by the way, he also beat SS down.

But times are different.

This time, Jester is going all out to face Sony. It's not just Sony computer entertainment.

Jester shook his head slightly, kicking this somewhat chaotic thought out of his mind for the time being, it was not the time to think about it.

In the SS era, SEGA was almost determined to make a big move, whether it was a full-scale porting of the arcade series led by "VR Warrior", or works such as "Sakura Wars" and "Iron Wyvern" specially developed for SS, and even "Grandia" to fight against "Final Fantasy 7...... This is a reminder to players that SEGA is still trying to stick to its hardcore path, and at the same time, it is also trying to find a new twist.

SS still only lasted about five years before announcing the next generation of consoles, DC. Every qiē is like the reincarnation of fate, and DC's life is even shorter, and in just two years, SEGA issued a shocking statement to withdraw from the hardware market.

It's been a painful transition, and SEGA itself has suffered as much as its large number of fans. After eighteen years in the hardware market, all efforts came to naught. SEGA's dream was shattered, and the fans who had accompanied it all the way didn't know how to express the depression and helplessness in their hearts.

This is the death of the business society, and it is the consequence that all people must endure.

Many people blame Sony's reason for Sega's downfall, if there was no PS2, if it wasn't for Sony's aggressiveness at the time, then Sega might not have lost so quickly and so badly, so that when Microsoft joined the market and became a competitor in the market, many former Sega fans joined Microsoft's camp without hesitation.

Not for anything else, just to give Sega a breath of air and disgust Sony.

At that time, many people in Sega's home console development department also joined Microsoft after Sega announced the launch of the hardware market, and these hardware engineers from Sega contributed extremely important forces in the development of the iconic console of the XBOX generation.

Honestly, SEGA has a bias in its business philosophy and thinking, but it still strives to create a large number of uninimitable heirlooms that cannot be skipped in the history of video games. The final situation of SEGA can only make people lament and helpless.

After that, SEGA became a pure software vendor. In 2005, a very realistic game genre was released, a bit close to "Shenmue" - "Like a Dragon".

"Like a Dragon" is an action-adventure game that tells the story of Kazuma Kiryu, a former underworld who has been imprisoned for ten years for his friend, and after being released from prison, he has to face a world that has changed a lot, including the changed hearts of people.

The game was quickly embraced by Sega fans and, right away, recognized.

And not just because of his quality.

What's more, it's because in this game, these fans have seen the shadow of Sega's past, born as a tough guy...... (To be continued......)