How many of y’all were around the Sega Genesis vs Super Nintendo Console War

[Atsym Sknyfs]

That and Sony fukked alot of fans over with the price it launched at with the PS3.

When PS3 dropped I was a working man making 60k a year so i didnt care ..

 

[PS5 Pro]

I remember nikkaz was legit throwing hands on the playground for that console war.



There was no social media or anything it was on-site if you nikkaz was talking shyt about your console.

I was team Sega of course. I swear all the black kids had a Sega console back then.

I think you oversimplified what it was.

It's a false narrative that black kids only had Sega.

What is true is Sega had blast processing
The truth is/was/still is if you think about it is Sega has EA sports on lock and black kids loved NBA live, madden, coach K, bill Walsh

Today black youth are fond of madden and 2k

To say black kids didn't play or appreciate everything Nintendo had to offer is just false but if you're talking about a hood environment right? Crack dealers are generally not gonna be like "After I sell these cracks, I'm gonna play Final fantasy"

But they might be down for some bulls Vs blazers
And Sega was the only place to play it "correctly" cuz the SNES versions of ea games was trash

Blacks me from the Bronx played ff1-3, dragon warrior, Zelda including Zelda II which I learned to appreciate quickly, I know ppl hated it... was a little kid icurus'ee i guess

Sega was for sports and schumps, shout out to thunder force

 

[The Mad Titan]

Funny that your beloved Sega started with the FUD. And look at them now, lol!

Sega had blast processing.

Nintendon't




But they had to really differentiate themselves. Them tackling marketing as the cool system with the cool games was the perfect counter to Nintendo.


MS actually could take a huge lesson from this.

Funny enough everytime Xbox was doing well it's when they had an aggressive marketing campaign.

Sony never stops is marketing campaign and they are pretty much on the heart of current trends and trending topics.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Funny that your beloved Sega started with the FUD. And look at them now, lol!

Time is truly a flat circle

 

[Adeptus Astartes]

I remember nikkaz was legit throwing hands on the playground for that console war.



There was no social media or anything it was on-site if you nikkaz was talking shyt about your console.

I was team Sega of course. I swear all the black kids had a Sega console back then.

I 'memba!
Team Sega. Genesis does what nintendon't. Genesis was seen as the more "mature" console, but I was jelly that SNES got all the good jrpgs.

 

[Morose Polymath]

theres a netflix doc on the sega/nes console war ....
wars never stopped ... back to vhs / beta

What's it called?

 

[SNG]

I think you oversimplified what it was.

It's a false narrative that black kids only had Sega.

What is true is Sega had blast processing
The truth is/was/still is if you think about it is Sega has EA sports on lock and black kids loved NBA live, madden, coach K, bill Walsh

Today black youth are fond of madden and 2k

To say black kids didn't play or appreciate everything Nintendo had to offer is just false but if you're talking about a hood environment right? Crack dealers are generally not gonna be like "After I sell these cracks, I'm gonna play Final fantasy"

But they might be down for some bulls Vs blazers
And Sega was the only place to play it "correctly" cuz the SNES versions of ea games was trash

Blacks me from the Bronx played ff1-3, dragon warrior, Zelda including Zelda II which I learned to appreciate quickly, I know ppl hated it... was a little kid icurus'ee i guess

Sega was for shorts I'm sports and schumps, shout out to thunder force

It was an observation I loved super Nintendo and wanted one in the end they had alot of piff on there.

 

[SNG]

What's it called?

 

[Juggalo Fred]

Prob the majority of the Arcadium. We


Sis got an SNES from grandparents, and parents copped me a genesis...so I felt fortunate to have access to both.

Played both sides, but rolled with SNES more cause we had an NES prior.


I rented the fukk outta MK cause of the blood, after we found out bytch ass Nintendo made it sweat

But when SNES came back with MK2...it was over...and of course SF2.

Then neighbor had LTTP so played that and borrowed Super Metroid from the homie.

Dad fukked with contra so when hard Corp dropped for genesis we copped it

I also got both from different relatives. Snes aged way better

Contra Hard corps is the fukking hardest game I've ever tried to play

 

[PS5 Pro]

It was an observation I loved super Nintendo and wanted one in the end they had alot of piff on there.

It's a false narrative. I can concur that black youth liked sports games more than rpgs back then AND TODAY. But you also confirm you yourself loved Super Nintendo and you're not alone or rare. So it's a false narrative and it gets repeated way too often. It would be like saying black kids today only like to play NBA 2k.

That's a real observation, but it's a false narrative...

 

[Methodical]

If you have paramount + its called console wars...

I do have paramount+ will watch it tonight

 

[Sleepy Floyd]

I grew up with both consoles


I always saw Sega Genesis as a bootleg Super Nintendo. SNES games were higher quality to me, even the graphics and sound

 

[SolesKing305]

I was Sega Gang! Joe Montana Sports talk baby

 

[TripleAgent]

Had both. Only child, too. I was balling. Sega CD, 6 button controllers, the whole deal.

 

[drifter]

War never changes