So, what was the difference between Nintendo and SEGA at the peak of their rivalry?

[Anonymous No.10792143]

[Anonymous No.10792151]

One had awesome games and hardwares, the other was 2.68 mhz.

[Anonymous No.10792154]

>>10792143
I think SEGA was more popular among older kids. They focused a lot on getting big names in the sports industry as well as stuff like blood in Mortal Kombat. Nintendo was and still is very Japanese, so this rivalry basically didn't exist in Japan where it was more between Nintendo and NEC

[Anonymous No.10792157]

One was better at sports games and action games, and the other had more and better RPGs and was better at multimedia stuff, plus had Nintendo first/second-party software.

[Anonymous No.10792163]

>>10792151
>first person to quickly reply to a console war thread is threetimes-kun
Based

[Anonymous No.10792164]

One went bankrupt and the other became the most successful gaming company on the planet.

[Anonymous No.10792172]

>>10792164
... Atari and EA?

[Anonymous No.10792196]

>>10792172
Nintendo's revenue per year is higher than EA's total assets. Try again.

[Anonymous No.10792520]

>>10792157
>the other had more and better RPGs
It had more, but I wouldn't say they were better.

[Anonymous No.10792982]

>>10792143
Sega peaked in that brief period during the late 80s/early 90s when they literally had the best selling console on the planet (Genesis) and just a bit before SNES took over & kept a permanent headstart. They were basically the WCW of video games. Held the top spot briefly but eventually got demolished by the competition once their novelty & creativity ran out of steam.

[Anonymous No.10793005]

>>10792143
Genesis did what Nintendidn't

[Anonymous No.10793023]

>>10792143
one had great first party games, the other had great third party games and a faggot plumber as a mascot

[Anonymous No.10793034]

>>10792143
Oh, that's easy. Nintendo is what Segain't and Sega does what Nintendon't.

English translation: Nintendo was focused on the home console market (and later, the handheld market), and Sega was primarily focused on the arcade scene but had a console division.

[Anonymous No.10793039]

>>10792520
Would

[Anonymous No.10793079]

>>10792982
that built in stereo synthesizer is something demosceners to this date cling onto, saying that genesis is real chiptune due to that, while snes was glorified sampler like mpc
so in a sense, sega did what nintendidnt. made real synthesizer with real sound chip

[Anonymous No.10793382]

>>10792143
One was for teens and the other was for teens with girlfriends
(I'm just gonna let you guess which is which)

[Anonymous No.10793392]

>>10793034
This is a good basic summary of both companies honestly

[Anonymous No.10793408]

>>10793392
Thanks, your comment made me happy.

[Anonymous No.10794424]

>>10792143
SEGA tried appealing more to arcade fans, sports fans and fans of licensed IPs, while also trying to have a more "mature" image, "cooler" at a time where some edge was always welcome, while Nintendo went for a home console focused approach, and more timeless in it's style, however both ended up timeless.

It was the better of all console wars since both sides were just similar enough to be comparable and just different enough to have identity and make said "war" make any sense whatsoever, and the kids that owned both were the real winners.

[Anonymous No.10794437]

>>10792143
Sega was an arcade company with a console division. Nintendo was a toy company that got into video games in the 80s and quickly moved to the console industry.

[Anonymous No.10794470]

>>10792164
>>10792196
Apple fits both slots lmao.

[Anonymous No.10794518]

>>10792982
Sega was for Gen X, SNES was for millennials

Sega was edgier with more violent, gross, or offensive content while SNES continued all the classic Nintendo franchises. Sega had better sound and graphics, but SNES had better gameplay and variety of game genre. SNES also had way more buttons which made it better to play third party games.

I was glad to be an SNES kid

[Anonymous No.10795675]

>>10792143
>>10794518
Sega was for kids whose parents bought them a Genesis. SNES was for kids whose parents bought then an SNES. I had both, and I'm glad I did, because it allowed me to not turn into a console warring dipshit.

[Anonymous No.10795692]

>>10792143
why the flip-flop in the image?

[Anonymous No.10795730]

>>10795675
Based

[Anonymous No.10795880]

>>10795692
i just noticed that lol

[Anonymous No.10795882]

>>10795692
I was wondering what it was lol

[Anonymous No.10795948]

>>10792196
literally not true