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Short: The Death of Sega

Apr 18, 2023

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Sega's failure to compete with Sony in the home console market contributed to their downfall.

The success of the PlayStation and its dominance in the arcade market led to Sega's decline.

The release of unsuccessful products like the 32X and the Saturn resulted in a decline in Sega's market share.

Deep dives

Sega loses out to Sony in the home console market

Sega's attempts to compete with Sony in the home console market ultimately failed, leading to a decline in their business.

The Birth of the PlayStation: Bringing Arcade Technology to the Home Market

01:09

TV Recommendation, SpaceX Launch Update, and South Park Documentary

02:25

The Surprising History of Sega's Acquisition by an Oil Company

01:16

Confusion and Flops: The Strange Release of Sega Saturn

00:48

Introduction

2min

Sega and the Super NES: A Battle for the Home Console Market

2min

The Future of Video Game Consoles

3min

Sega's CD ROM Add-on for the Genesis

4min

The Sega Saturn Launches on September 2nd

3min

The Sega Saturn Flops

3min

Sega's Exodus From the Hardware Business

2min

The Death of Sega

2min

The History of Sega

2min

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The History of Sega

2min

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The History of Sega

2min

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The Rise and Fall of Sega

2min

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The Origins of the Home Console Business

3min

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Sega's Arcade Unit Is Killing It

5min

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Sony's PlayStation: The End of the Game Industry

2min

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Sega's Strategy Conflict With Sony

3min

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The Death of Sega

3min

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The Death of Sega

3min

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How Inspectify Made the Transition to a Games Business

2min

20.

How David Kawa Accumulated a Lot of Wealth Through Sega

1min

21.

The Death of Sega

2min

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The History of Sega

2min

23.

The Sega Company: A Zombies Company

2min

24.

The Difference Between Sonic and Miyamoto

2min

25.

What Could Have Saved Sega?

2min

26.

The Sega Dreamcast: A Case Study

2min

27.

How to Conduct an Interesting, Explorative Discovery Based Interview

2min

28.

The Six Day Turnaround for South Park

2min

Sega and the Genesis was THE underdog story of the early 90’s. In a single console generation, Sega went from ~zero to 50% US market share and dethroned Nintendo’s seemingly invincible global monopoly. But — somehow — it all then died. Two console generations later Sega was out of the hardware game entirely, and the company was sold off for pieces to a pachinko manufacturer. How on earth did this happen??

Today we’re launching Acquired Shorts in order to tell this story and others like it: side tales from the “Acquired Cinematic Universe” that are too brief for a full episode, but too good to leave in the vault. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the format (and this episode). Please send us your feedback in Slack, email or Twitter!

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Acquired

Short: The Death of Sega

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Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Sega loses out to Sony in the home console market

Sega's arcade business is hit by the rise of the PlayStation

Sega's hardware add-ons and releases fail to compete

Severe competition from Sony leads to Sega's decline

Sega transitions to a game developer and publisher

The Birth of the PlayStation: Bringing Arcade Technology to the Home Market

TV Recommendation, SpaceX Launch Update, and South Park Documentary

The Surprising History of Sega's Acquisition by an Oil Company

Confusion and Flops: The Strange Release of Sega Saturn

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Sega loses out to Sony in the home console market

Sega's arcade business is hit by the rise of the PlayStation

Sega's hardware add-ons and releases fail to compete

Severe competition from Sony leads to Sega's decline

Sega transitions to a game developer and publisher

The Birth of the PlayStation: Bringing Arcade Technology to the Home Market

TV Recommendation, SpaceX Launch Update, and South Park Documentary

The Surprising History of Sega's Acquisition by an Oil Company

Confusion and Flops: The Strange Release of Sega Saturn

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