May 2, 2008 · Designed as an attention-grabbing surprise that would cut the PlayStation off at the knees, the early debut of the SEGA Saturn in May of 1995 is widely considered the leading cause of the console...

May 12, 2015 · The Requiem: Twenty years ago this month at the very first E3, SEGA announced the surprise, immediate release of the Saturn console in the United States, four months prior to its originally scheduled launch date.

The Saturn was initially successful in Japan but not in the United States, where it was hindered by a surprise May 1995 launch, four months before its scheduled release date. After the debut of the Nintendo 64 in late 1996, the Saturn rapidly lost market share in the US, where it was discontinued in 1998.

On May 11, 1995, the day of the Sega Saturn’s North American launch, such exciting scenes did not exist. In what may have been the most damaging console launch in the history of gaming, a...

May 11, 2010 · The largest launch in Sega’s 40-year history, the early arrival of Sega Saturn on U.S. soil will be supported with breakthrough television and print advertising campaigns, promotions, and a tremendous consumer direct marketing campaign to hundreds of thousands of video game players across the country.

May 11, 2017 · On this day in 1995, at the very first Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3), Sega of America CEO Tom Kalinske announced that 30,000 Sega Saturns were already in stores across America, complete with a copy of Virtua Fighter, for the cost of $399 -- a surprise release that came four months before the proposed release date of September 2nd (or ...

Highlights of the 1995 show include Sony's announcement of the PlayStation's release date and pricing, Sega's surprise launch of the Sega Saturn, and Nintendo's showcase of the Virtual Boy console. [1] [2]

May 11, 2019 · The Sega Saturn turns 24 today, having been released in the US on May 11, 1995 - but it was far from the launch that was hoped for.

Jul 20, 2023 · A lot of Sega fans wound up buying that stupid thing thinking that the Saturn launch was going to be more than a year away. When Sega surprised launched the Saturn early, a lot of people had just spent their money on the 32X, and didn't have $400 for a new console.

May 28, 2011 · Publishers and developers were upset that they were not told about the surprise, which meant that they couldn’t get games ready for launch. Some publishers even left Saturn development completely. Consumers were upset with the high price tag and the complete lack of games shortly after launch.