How rare is Snatcher, really?

[AlecRob]

I read somewhere that the sega cd sold like 4 million units in the US, while the saturn sold around 2.5 million.... Actually, most of my local game stores that actually have vintage stuff usually has more sega CD games in stock than saturn games.

[bultje112]

Didn't the Sega CD actually sell better than the Saturn in the US?

correct

[bultje112]

I read somewhere that the sega cd sold like 4 million units in the US, while the saturn sold around 2.5 million.... Actually, most of my local game stores that actually have vintage stuff usually has more sega CD games in stock than saturn games.

I know sega cd sold 6.5 million worldwide, of which most in usa and japan. saturn sold worse in the west than sega cd. I think sega cd sold around to 3.5 million in usa, 1 million in europe(same as saturn!!) and 2 million in japan. making it have the most succes in japan since there almost half of the genesis owners got a sega cd. this is what actually lead to the sega saturn in japan being cd-based system as it was a succes in japan.

as often I've said. the sega cd isn't so much a failure of it's own. until the 1993 hearings sega cd sold very well in the usa and sega were actually happy and it was beating sales projections. in japan it was nothing short of a succes and only in europe it really bombed (except uk maybe) because of the extreme high price(way higher than usa)

[AlecRob]

The Sega CD had tons of wasted potential... They really should have pushed it more like NEC did with the PC engine CD in japan. Also, since the games were on CD's, they could have made the CD games cheaper than carts and used that as a selling point in advertisement. (bigger games, better sound, better graphics, lower price, dawg!) Since cart games were so expensive and all. And if they had used regular cases instead of those longboxes (which had to cost more with more plastic, and that stupid foam insert) then they would have made a slightly larger profit on each game sold.

I heard their Sega CD development kits weren't very good either, which is why some developers had difficulty properly using all the power that was available to them

If they had done Sega CD right, it could easily have sold better in America than the PCE CD did in japan imo. Due to the huge Sega Genesis user base.

[xelement5x]

Well that's kind of cool, but sad at the same time. Obviously Sega had momentum in the US with the Sega CD but it was just never fully exploited to bring the sales that it needed.

I had always thought that the Saturn was more successful, this makes thinking about the Saturn seem even more depressing now...

[Curryman123]

Worth $200 nowadays.

[AlecRob]

Well that's kind of cool, but sad at the same time. Obviously Sega had momentum in the US with the Sega CD but it was just never fully exploited to bring the sales that it needed.

I had always thought that the Saturn was more successful, this makes thinking about the Saturn seem even more depressing now...

I love the Saturn, but it's got to be one of the most depressing game consoles of all time.

So much wasted opportunity...

[QuickSciFi]

Has anyone purchased this game CIB this year?

[Baloo]

Has anyone purchased this game CIB this year?

I bought one for $100 + a Game & Watch about 6 months ago from a friend and resold it after I played through it.

[AlecRob]

I bought one for $100 + a Game & Watch about 6 months ago from a friend and resold it after I played through it.

Damn, which game & watch? those things are collectable as hell and some of them can easily exceed the price of a copy of snatcher if its in good shape. (especially CIB)

[Baloo]

Damn, which game & watch? those things are collectable as hell and some of them can easily exceed the price of a copy of snatcher if its in good shape. (especially CIB)

They've gotten extremely expensive as of late, yes. This was a Donkey Kong one, in overall good shape. No box or anything like that, haha. It only goes for about $40 or so.

[AlecRob]

Do you collect game & watches? i'd love to see your collection if you do.