From: pkk@spth.de   
      
   Kendrick Kerwin Chua schrieb:   
   > In article <46c2c394$0$11220$6e1ede2f@read.cnntp.org>,   
   > Philipp Klaus Krause   wrote:   
   >> I wonder how popular the Sega consoles are today, which consoles people   
   >> still have.   
   >   
   > Remember, it's about the games and not about the hardware. If you're a   
   > professional looking for hard data about marketability in the western or   
   > Asian regions, then the thing to look at is the online emulation product   
   > that's offered in current consoles. Many Sega Genesis/Megadrive games are   
   > being offered on Xbox Live Arcade and on the Wii Virtual Console,   
   > alongside competing 8-bit and 16-bit titles from other developers.   
   >   
   >> Wikipedia gives sales numbers - Master system 13M, Game Gear 9M, Mega   
   >> Drive 29M, Nomad 1M, Saturn 10M, Dreamcast 11M.   
   >>   
   >> So it seems when released the Mega Drive wast most popular, while it's   
   >> mobile variant was the least popular. I suppose most of these consoles   
   >> no longer exist. Which ones are there today, which ones are used today?   
   >   
   > I'm having trouble parsing your sentences here.   
      
   I'm not a native speaker of English.   
      
   > First of all, popularity   
   > is hard to gauge strictly by numbers unless you also have geographic   
   > context.   
      
   AFAIK the wikipedia numbers are worldwide sales.   
      
   > This leads into my second point, that some of this hardware is   
   > still being manufactured and improved on in markets like Brazil, where   
   > Master System and Megadrive variants are regularly sold and still continue   
   > to be popular.   
      
   Have new Master System variants or Master System games appeared in   
   Brazil in the last 9 years (that is after Sonic Blast has been ported to   
   the SMS)?   
      
   > Maybe if you're less opaque about what your end goal is, we   
   > can help you find more useful information.   
      
   I'm a homebrew developer (I have created 4 games for the ColecoVision, a   
   game console snearly identical to the SG-1000). I intend to write some   
   games for Sega consoles in the future (far away, I've still 4 game ideas   
   for the ColecoVision). I want to choose a console with still has some   
   fans. I'll probably go for the Game Gear (more common than the Master   
   System according to ebay listings; as popular as the Master System   
   according to google trends,; similar to the ColecoVision(3.58 Mhz Z80,   
   similar graphics and sound); not as common as the Master System among   
   homebrew developers, so I have a chance of doing something new, like   
   bypassing the BIOS; not as powerful as the Mega Drive and later   
   consoles, so I have a chance of creating a game that pushes the console   
   to it's limits without spending the rest of my life on it).   
      
   Google trends might be useful as an indicator of popularity, too. It   
   seems no one searches for the "SG-1000", slightly more people look for   
   the "Game Gear" than for the "Master System" ("Sega Genesis" and "Mega   
   Drive" are near the "Game Gear") the "Dreamcast" is what everyone is   
   looking for. All numbers are declining over the years.   
      
   Philipp   
      
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