the.com/sega history
an arcade king who beat nintendo at its own game, then lost the console war anyway.
means the rise, peak, and console-market fall of the japanese company that pioneered arcade gaming before pivoting to software.
from founded in 1960 as service games importing jukeboxes and pinball to american military bases in japan, sega (service games) grew into an arcade powerhouse before entering home consoles in 1983 to counter nintendo.
genesis vs nintendogenesis outsold snes in us in 1991
dreamcast finalelast sega console, discontinued 2001 after two years
arcade dominanceonce ran biggest arcade chain in japan
sonic's origincreated in 1991 purely to rival mario
for instance
sega genesis — 1988 console, beat nintendo on us market share for years
sonic the hedgehog — 1991 mascot built to out-cool mario
sega dreamcast — 2001 exit from hardware after commercial failure
sega saturn — 1994 console crushed by ps1 and poor marketing