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Re:Sega Saturn Architecture – A practical analysis by MBCook on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @09:43AM (#39827725)
Sega’s colossal screwup of the launch with a high price, pissing off huge retailers, and then months of no games was a total disaster.
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Re:Sega Saturn Architecture – A practical analysis by giantrobot on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @03:50PM (#39832092)
> pissing off huge retailers

In the US Sega provided early release units to several retailers but notably skipped Best Buy, Walmart, and KB Toys. KB Toys was so mad they didn't carry Saturn stuff at all from that point.

At the time KB Toys was a pretty major retailer for video games, they'd have a presence in malls where a Babbages, EB, or Software Etc (retailers that got early release Saturns) wouldn't be found.

Sega's early release of the Saturn was one of the dumbest own-goals in video games. The Saturn was already going to have a serious struggle against the PlayStation for other reasons, fucking over retailers did absolutely nothing to help Sega.

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