Veterans of the First (?) Console Wars,
We remember the disruption that the battle between Nintendo and Sega wrecked on 90s video game advertisement. We often lament the friendships lost over arguments about what 'blast processing' actually meant. But we rarely reflect on the ramification of a different outcome and a dominant Sega in the early 2000s. The most obviously and most commonly mentioned outcome is the Xbox likely would not exist since the Dreamcast team contributed to its development. Here is my speculative list. Please correct me or add context where needed
We remember the disruption that the battle between Nintendo and Sega wrecked on 90s video game advertisement. We often lament the friendships lost over arguments about what 'blast processing' actually meant. But we rarely reflect on the ramification of a different outcome and a dominant Sega in the early 2000s. The most obviously and most commonly mentioned outcome is the Xbox likely would not exist since the Dreamcast team contributed to its development. Here is my speculative list. Please correct me or add context where needed
- Nintendo would have a closer relation to Sony (ala SNES CD addon).
- Alex Kid would have gotten an unsuccessful reboot (I know there is a switch version). Echo the Dolphin would be a vibrant 2nd tier character franchise.
- We would finally have more Chu Chu Rocket.
- Edgier games (Mutant League Football, Time Killers, etc.) would have dominated the early 2000s, but would be largely extinct now.
- Sonic 06 (and Lyric and probably more supbar Sonic game) would have never happened.
- Sega Tower would still be thriving, and arcade culture would be stronger.
- Sega would have ultimately lost the next console war to Sony.
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