Behold the power of infinite marketing money and selling your console at a loss
>>12519780And everyone pirating the shit out of your games because they figured out the swap trick.
>>12519780And having games.
That big upward spike in Jan 91 is coincidently happens to coincide with the release of Final Fantasy VII.
>Segata Sanshiro was a huge factor in the popularity of the Saturn in JapanSo many misinformation about video game history...
behold the power of 30 yo sour grapes >>12519780
>>12519780Man N64 got raped insanely hard.
>>12519818$100 million marketing does that
>>12520565The sales for N64 end with Saturn in March ‘99 for some reason, so this isn’t really a fair comparison.
>>12520570Shenmue is the most expensive video game of all-time at the time with a similarly eye watering marketing budget but it failed to move the needle selling about 1/10th what FF7 did. You can't just blame marketing when the games you make don't have the "it" factor. Saturn had nothing on par with Final Fantasy 7 or even Crash Bandicoot and a titanic marketing budget for the games Sega chose to produce would not move the needle.
>>12521131shenmue did not have a $100 million marketing
>>12520570Not only that but zoomies are too young to know about those sign up for a cellphone subscription and get a free PS1 deals that were all over the place too.
>>12521149FF7 didn't have a $100 million marketing.
>>12521151>>12520570Also people forget to mention the massive distribution chain SONY had. Around these parts prior to the PlayStation, all video games were sold in dedicated shops and toy stores that was it. Now with the PlayStation you also found them in every electronics store and even supermarkets.
>>12521179>. Around these parts prior to the PlayStation, all video games were sold in dedicated shops and toy stores that was it.No. Big box stores like Walmart sold them well before PlayStation.
>>12521183Not from merica, but northern europe.
>>12521190Fair enough.
>>12521178Final Fantasy games, particularly mainline entries, are known for massive marketing campaigns that often rival their development costs, typically sitting at 30-50% of the total budget. For instance, Final Fantasy VII (1997) had a roughly $100 million marketing budget alongside a $45 million development cost, while recent titles like FFXVI and FFVII Rebirth faced intense marketing pressure to meet high profit expectations. Key Final Fantasy Marketing Budget Insights Final Fantasy VII (1997): Famously involved a $100 million marketing campaign (often cited as part of a ~$145M+ total budget), largely focused on prime-time TV and widespread marketing.
>>12521202I wouldn't be surprised if the western success is mostly owed by Square-Electronics Arts LLC marketing.
>>12521202>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII#Release>According to estimations by Takechi, the total worldwide marketing budget came to US$40 million; $10 million had been spent in Japan, $10 million in Europe, and $20 million in North America.Straight from the President and CEO of Square.
>>12521178It's one of those myths that refuses to die. I have no idea where it originated. Maybe adjusting the real marketing budget for inflation?
>>12519804Japanese are well known for their software piracy
>>12519780>infinite marketing money/threadPlaystation was always forced bullshit.
>>12519804>everyone piratingThey didnt call it plebstation for nothing. Games were free.
>>12519817Quantity over quality
>>12523352AKA popular
>>12519780>infinite marketing moneySo were sega and nintendo.>selling your console at a lossThe production costs of PS1 and N64 were about equal, and both were much cheaper than Saturn.
>>12525874Not sega, at least not during the saturn and dreamcast
>>12525749>AKA copeular
>>12519780True, Nintendo is the only company that fought fair, and that's why if you only count fair fighters they one every generation by far.
