Comments on: Editorial: Why The Sega Saturn Is Not The Worst Console Ever

By: Shane A.

Shane A. — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:09:27 +0000

Sega Saturn was one of the greatest underdog consoles ever. Unlimited potential but very unused it’s a shame third party software dwindled. Saturn had the most /best 5 star games compared to playstation. Quality over quanity. The Saturn was a very elegant but underated system, I love it.

By: Sega

Sega — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:06:28 +0000

‘I jumped on the Sony camp in 32-bit era.’

Well done mate, thats nothing to brag about. It was people like yourself that made it ill fated. I bought a saturn the other week after my original died after a water leak in my house, Let me tell you know. The saturn is a clone of model 2 tech. Have you herd the sound and seen the 2d graphics that come from a model 2 board…………

Not to mention when the correct developers got a hold of the saturn it did actually out perform the playstation. ‘Duke Nukem’ ‘Exhumed’ Just to name a few……..

I love virtua fighter 2 on it and any 2d fighter/shooter

You should all feel very regretful.

By: VGmaster

VGmaster — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:24:57 +0000

Sega Saturn is not the worst console ever, but it is the worst popular console ever.

Rewind the clock back to 1995, it was the beginning of the 32-bit wars here in the USA. Between Sega and new comer Sony. Sega came in to that battle looking like a champ riding off its 16-bit successes with its Genesis against Nintendo, it quickly got on the back of Sony and tried to the same tatics they did to try to bury Nintendo only it backfired.

It didn’t help that Sega was already tarnishing its name among its fans from its tatics of dropping support from previous consoles. It killed Genesis off too quickly, which killed its peripherals Sega CD and 32X. I don’t know about you but this lack of console committment Sega demonstrated, made me not trust Sega for the future run. I jumped on the Sony camp in 32-bit era.

Worst consoles ever are those that didn’t sell past a million, Atari Jaguar, Philips CD-i, NeoGeo-CD.

By: mark richardson

mark richardson — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:09:29 +0000

I love how people keep thinking the ps3 is dead and burried!
or isnt that good a console as they are all so wrong.
It is by far the most powerfull out of the 3 consoles and at the moment developers still dont know how to tap all of what it can do when the xbox360 is almost at its limits and so is the wii.

that said i actually am not a ps3 fanboy nor do i own any playstation products ever(I am actually a devoult Nintendo fan).

the ps3 suffered from a poor start adn a high price tag, now its struggling due to poor top rated games (yes i know there are many really good games out there for it but none that are system sellers on their own. like halo or mario).

as for the worst comsole ever hmmm i played a 3D0 my friend had one and at the time i was loving it esp wing comander for it. I didnt see the virtual boy or atari jaguar there or the commodore 64 cartridge machine ( if forget its name) they woudl all be on my list for worst consoles.

By: Sugreev

Sugreev — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:56:54 +0000

I think Atari Jaguar should be added to that list.It was a calamity from the beginning.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:07:46 +0000

To be fully honest, this article is a response to an earlier article, which regarded the Saturn as the worst “major” console, and by “major,” I think the columnist meant from the big console companies, such as Nintendo, Sega, Atari, Sony, and Microsoft. Out of those companies, I see two consoles that are by far worse than the Saturn: Nintendo Virtual Boy and the Atari Jaguar.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:56:55 +0000

panzer dragoon saga.

best 32 bits rpg ever..

By: William

William — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:12:05 +0000

I agree. Halo 3 is the reason the Xbox 360 stayed in front. The PS3 is a much better system than most people are willing to state.

By: Norbit

Norbit — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:35:41 +0000

You are absolutely right ManOfTeal. Uncharted, Ratchet & Clank, Call of Duty 4, Motorstorm, Resistance, Warhawk, Assassins Creed, Guitar Hero, Rock Band and the other 100+ games released over its first year either dont exist or they are all rubbish.

@ William

Only complete morons wrote the PS3 off as a disaster last year. It only sold 700k fewer units than the 360 did but at a far higher price. It was also only out in Pal regions for 9 months of that year. The simple fact is that if Halo 3 had been delayed until 2008 (like all of the PS3’s big games) the PS3 would definitely have outsold the 360 worldwide last year.

By: William

William — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:58:05 +0000

The thing about the 3DO is that it had some great games, but the great ones were just ports. It didn’t have anything unique. At least the PS3 has Uncharted. I think the PS3 will really pick up speed this year though. Some people wrote it off in 2007 as a disaster, but I think it will be a viable option for all gamers in the near future.

By: ManOfTeal

ManOfTeal — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:34:40 +0000

The 3DO and CDi also share another common trait with Sony’s PS3. A lack of good games.

By: William

William — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:04:20 +0000

oh yeah.. I remember. Back when those two came out, I stuck with Nintendo and Sega systems, because they were still in my price range. As a kid, there was no way I could afford the 3DO or CD-i. I did play both of them at friend’s houses and was actually glad I had my Sega and Nintendo systems.

By: Norbit

Norbit — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:56:26 +0000

I would have to say the Phillips CDi gets my vote. A friend of mine had a Panasonic 3DO and Street Fighter 2 Turbo on it was awesome.

BTW its funny how many people forget the prices of these consoles when talking about the PS3 being the most expensive console. The 3DO launch price was $699.95 and the CDi was $700.