Re:Sega AI
by wk_end on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @05:15PM
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Yeah, the Master System was huge in Brazil. Sega was willing to license the design out to Tec Toy to manufacture locally, which got them around the massive import tariffs that made other systems unaffordable.
It was also very popular in Europe (and Australia?) - not sure if there's any real reason for that, but the consequence of it - this [0] absolutely incredible rap by two British teenagers - makes me very glad it was.
In North America and Japan, though, Nintendo absolutely commanded the market. Basically no one had a Master System.
Re:Sega AI
by mattl on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @11:34PM
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Nintendo was pretty bad about marketing the NES in the UK at least. Sega did a much better job so more people had a Master System. I assume this is true for the rest of the region too.
It was also very popular in Europe (and Australia?) - not sure if there's any real reason for that, but the consequence of it - this [0] absolutely incredible rap by two British teenagers - makes me very glad it was.
In North America and Japan, though, Nintendo absolutely commanded the market. Basically no one had a Master System.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks0_3Xlr5y0