Contrary to popular belief, Saturn was more powerful than Playstation... only it was much harder to program due to its multitude of processors (including two main ones, each less powerful than PS' one but more powerful when combined -- however, all ported games used just one as otherwise full redesign and rewrite of the code was required so most games ended up crappier on more powerful hardware) and lack of C libraries early in its life + it cost more!
Early Saturn -- $299, Playstation release price -- $199. Guess who won? Sega couldn't lower it's price because it had more complex hardware and was already loosing money...
Hmmm... hard to program, expensive, complex hardware that cannot be sold for less as already losing money on every sale... sounds familiar?
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Contrary to popular belief, Saturn was more powerful than Playstation... only it was much harder to program due to its multitude of processors (including two main ones, each less powerful than PS' one but more powerful when combined -- however, all ported games used just one as otherwise full redesign and rewrite of the code was required so most games ended up crappier on more powerful hardware) and lack of C libraries early in its life + it cost more!
Early Saturn -- $299, Playstation release price -- $199. Guess who won? Sega couldn't lower it's price because it had more complex hardware and was already loosing money...
Hmmm... hard to program, expensive, complex hardware that cannot be sold for less as already losing money on every sale... sounds familiar?