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Gaming => General Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: pirovash88 on July 27, 2015, 04:41:41 pm
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http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/brazil-is-a-video-game-alternate-universe-where-sega-beat-nintendo
Found this pretty awesome Article about Sega's success in Brazil. It's worth the read if anyone has a few free minutes.
Also, can someone whom currently lives in Brazil buy export this for me?
http://www.walmart.com.br/master-system-evolution-tectoy-blue-132-jogos/2030966/pr
It's pretty awesome.
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This was true of Europe until SEGA decided to kamikaze themselves into oblivion with the Saturn.
Funny enough, Portugal and Spain were also pretty strong SEGA lands back in the day. Iberians sure love SEGA.
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I thought this was talking about the Terry Gilliam (?) film when I read the topic title.
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sigh
it's that anti sega bias at work again.
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Why do people bank on about Brazil .
The UK is a market place when SEGA beat Nintendo for the 8bit and 16 bit generations of hardware . Shame they messed up all that hard work and the drive to make consoles cool to own and be seen to be played long ...long .. before SONY and Wipeout with their terrible handling of the Saturn and DC
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To this day the Saturn has massive respect here in Portugal, and are usually highly regarded as superior to the Playstation.
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Really? Wow. I can't say I even remember seeing a Saturn here in the UK till I went around my cousins (lives about 2 hours away). Think he had Nights and Clockwork on it...
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Really? Wow. I can't say I even remember seeing a Saturn here in the UK till I went around my cousins (lives about 2 hours away). Think he had Nights and Clockwork on it...
Saturn was the 32 Bit Gen and that's when it all started to go wrong for SEGA Europe , that said I don't think the Saturn did any better in Brazil .
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Saturn was the 32 Bit Gen and that's when it all started to go wrong for SEGA Europe , that said I don't think the Saturn did any better in Brazil .
Did TecToy do the collaborative venture with Sega on Saturn, or was it straight Sega?
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Did TecToy do the collaborative venture with Sega on Saturn, or was it straight Sega?
It's still with TecToy, although most of the Saturn games are expensive US imports.
Source : http://www.segaretro.org/Sega_Saturn
Brazil got Saturns of many colours. North America and Europe just had the one - black.
Like previous consoles, the Sega Saturn was distributed by Tectoy, and eventually adopted many of the colour schemes set out by Sega of Japan. Though not a commercial failure fewer Saturn games were released than Master System or Mega Drive games, with a vast number being US imports.
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Did TecToy do the collaborative venture with Sega on Saturn, or was it straight Sega?
It was Tech, but I really don't know why people go ape over Brazil. SEGA Europe and more so in the SEGA UK totally beat Nintendo for 2 generations and when both were genuine going concerns.. not years latter like in Brazil.
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I think it's that they still sell 150k a year in Brazil that people are interested.
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I think it's that they still sell 150k a year in Brazil that people are interested.
Yeah, exactly. I think that's why people make a big deal about Brazil, cause the fucking Master System is still selling over there!
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Wait, it still sells?!
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Wait, it still sells?!
It sells roughly 150,000 units per year there. Seeing as how it's about 30 years old, those figures are mind-boggling to me.
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Wait, it still sells?!
~There are still games being released there as well
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Hello guys,
The article is quite good, but there is some points that I would like to adress:
1) It is true that Tec Toy sells aprox. 150k "Master Systems" per year. But it is not the original Master System hardware. It is just an emulator inside a cheap plastic case. Looks and feels a lot like a nes clones from China. The newer version don't even have a cartridge slot.
2) The "Master System" price point is about R$ 150,00. You can buy an used Saturn or PS1 for R$ 150-200 and a PS2 for R$ 200,00-300,00. So it is not like these Master System clones are super cheap.
3) I don't have acess to any internal Data from Tec Toy about their consumers. But in my humble opinion the real reason for the continued success of the Master System (and Mega Drive) is because brazilian parents love to buy these consoles for younger kids. They do so for the following reasons: first because the parentes themselves are very nostalgic towards MS/MD games. Second because they think the games are more innocent and therefore suited for small children. And third because even with cheap plastic and fragile controllers these "new" Master Systems are tougher tham disk based systems and can handle some beating from younger kids.
4) To be honest I am thinking in getting one of theses MS/Genesis clones. They have dozens of pack in games and some of them are very rare even for hardcore collectors like myself. Too bad the consoles themselves are very poorly built.
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Hey, welcome to the site.
Great input btw. I was curious, how much does R$150,00 translate to the American dollars? I would love to get my hands on one of those, but I don't know where to look. I already have a MS, but I love the look of some clones.
Thanks for the insight on the consoles as well, I didn't know these didn't have cartridge slots on them, but it makes a lot of sense.
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Currently about $40 - 45.
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Thanks Pirovash88. Glad to be here. I am a reader of Sega Bits for quite some time.
Yep, Centrale is right. It is about US$ 45,00.
There are some "Master System Evolution" being sold at Ebay now but they are seriously overpriced.
My advise is to find at Mercado Livre (www.mercadolivre.com.br) some seller to send it to your country.
Just search for "Master System Evolution".
There is also a very funny "Mega Drive 4 with Guittar Idol and 100 games". You can check it here:
http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-675739008-mega-drive-4-guitar-idol-tectoy-_JM
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Awesome man, I really appreciate the insight. $40 for a console with built in games is really good. I may give that site a look, I tend to find most of my clones at swapmeets out here, a lot of product from Mexico makes its way.