November 22, 1994 · Computer or hardware
Sega Saturn (Japan) (1994)
The Japanese launch of Sega's 32-bit console, ahead of Sony's PlayStation by about a week.
Launched November 22, 1994 at 44,800 yen with dual SH-2 CPUs. It sold 5.75 million in Japan of 9.26 million worldwide. Virtua Fighter 2 was the best seller, and exclusives included Nights into Dreams and Panzer Dragoon.
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Facts
- Date
- November 22, 1994
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Home console
- Maker or publisher
- Sega
- CPU
- 2x Hitachi SH-2 @ 28.6 MHz
- RAM
- 2 MB + 1.5 MB VRAM
- Media
- CD-ROM
- Units sold
- 9.26 million (all regions)
- Generation
- 5th
- First sold in
- Japan
- Notable games
- Virtua Fighter; Nights into Dreams; Panzer Dragoon; Guardian Heroes
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- Sega 32X (predecessor, 1994)
- Sega Saturn (North America) (successor, 1995)
- Sony PlayStation (Japan) (rival, 1994)
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