Reddit reviews Service Games: The Rise and Fall of SEGA: Enhanced Edition
We found 6 Reddit comments about Service Games: The Rise and Fall of SEGA: Enhanced Edition. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Great read! I found the focus on marketing really interesting. People always discuss the technical aspects of the systems, so I really enjoyed the look at how the Genesis was marketed in order to give the technically superior SNES a run for its money. I don't think we'll ever see rivalry in consoles like that again.
Not to say it's a perfect book by any means. I was pretty annoyed that Alex Kidd was dismissed as a "disappointing ripoff" of Mario, when I believe he had a few solid games.
If you're a Sega fan, I also enjoyed Service Games: The Rise and Fall of SEGA.
http://www.amazon.com/Service-Games-Rise-Enhanced-Edition/dp/1494288354
I just started Service Games. So far it's pretty good.
If you want a full history of Sega, this book is amazing:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Service-Games-Rise-Fall-Enhanced/dp/1494288354
So much detail on how Sega started, the specs of their consoles, the literal rise and fall of the company. Really good book!
Actually just bought a book on Sega. It talks about all this and more indepth. Not incredibly well-written, but informative and very interesting look at Sega as a company and the console war between the Genesis and SNES.
http://www.amazon.com/Service-Games-Rise-Fall-Enhanced/dp/1494288354/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1412868090&sr=1-1&keywords=service+games
This is an awesome delve into Sega's history including the Dreamcast. Highly recommended.
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It was dead before they were even around. The Dreamcast was doing pretty well in the US, but sold poorly in Japan as consumers waited for the PS2. And when it did poorly in Japan, SoJ basically killed it and didn’t support SoA.
While there was an overlap in time between the DC and the PS2, it’s fate was sealed by the time the PS2 launched.
This is a great account of the history of Sega: Service Games: The Rise and Fall of SEGA: Enhanced Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/1494288354/