"After months
of denial, the house that Sonic built decided to follow suit,
confirming what many thought to be unthinkable: Sega of America
is calling it quits in the hardware business"
-IGN.com January 30, 2001
Sega over the years
This page is here for informative purposes. These are not my opinions or estimates but cold hard facts gathered from various sources on the internet. I provide them here for you, the reader, to draw your own conclusions about Sega's preformance in the American market over the last few years. I would TELL you how Sega's preformance has been over the years but every time I do european jackasses who know nothing of the American market always send me retarded emails.
A chart of Sega's stock
preformance:
9.9.99 Dreamcast launches in US
January 23, 2001 Sega Confirms PS2 and Game Boy Advance
Negotiations
January 30, 2001 Sega of America confirms the end of Dreamcast
production and a drop in the price of the system to move excess
inventory.
Sega's profits over the years:
1995: + $106,600,000
1996: + $40,100,000
1997: + $42,200,000
1998: - $327,800,000
1999: - $276,900,000
2000: - $404,000,000
2001: - $417,500,000
2002: - $134,000,000
2003: + $54,000,000
So, since 1995, Sega has accrued roughly $1.3 billion worth of
debt.
sources: