A 272-page PDF file containing classified documents related to the activities of the American division of the Japanese company of the same name in the 90s has appeared on the Sega Retro website. It turned into a major leak. attention Version of PC Gamer version.
One of the most interesting details of the leak was an email from former Sega of America CEO Tom Kalinske about the success of Sega Saturn. The Saturn is a Sega console in the late ’90s that overtook rivals like the Nintendo 64 and the first-gen PlayStation.
“We are killing Sony. Every store in Japan has Saturn sold out and there are loads of unsold PlayStations,” Kalinske wrote.
The president of Sega of America also wrote that retailers don’t have time to count the consoles sold because they sell out too quickly. Kalinske was confident that Saturn would be successful in the USA as well as in Japan.
In fact, Saturn failed in the USA. In many ways, as PC Gamer wrote, it’s because the cost of the console is so high. With a production cost of $232 per copy, retailers quickly lost interest in the product by a mere $15 margin.
Leaked material also revealed that Kalinske left Sega of America four months after writing the aforementioned message that he believes Saturn will win the PlayStation.
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