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Short: The Death of Sega

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Sega's Arcade Unit Is Killing It

Sega developed the first real modern great 3D games. Sega sells over 40,000 virtual fighter cabinets worldwide at a price of like $10,000 plus per cabinet. The arcades are where the most technologically advanced games are during this era because the hardware cycle is so iterative. Once a virtual fighter comes out, everybody realizes that 3D polygonal games are the future.

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