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>It’s true that 16-bit consoles sold quite well and we were able to sell off a good portion of our inventory, but the games did not sell at all,” said Sega director Shunichi Nakamura. The best-selling game charts for the past few weeks in North America reveal that almost all of the top titles are for Sony’s PlayStation console. Games for Nintendo’s SNES console, which has sold over 30 million units—far more than the PlayStation—have disappeared from the best-selling charts.

16 bits games did not sell at all and that's where the money came from

People wanted something new , something that Sony will give them with more immersive experience like resident evil or tomb raider

Kalinske didn't see that and dismissed the Saturn in favor of a dying console

A worldwide release of the Saturn in 1994 with an emphasis on games like Myst would have changed everything for the better