Creative Cat Productions | Why the TurboGrafx-16 failed in North America @creativecatproductions | Uploaded September 2019 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
The TurboGrafx Mini is coming out in 2020, but not nearly as many people know about that “other” 16-bit console that once valiantly stood up against Nintendo during the console wars.....a full two years before the Sega Genesis was even a thing!
The TurboGrafx, however, did not do well in the United States and WHY has always been a kind of mystery. Was it the corny box art? Was it lackluster games? Did it have poor marketing? A bad name?
After much reflection, and a little bit of research, we feel as though we have the best and most obvious solution.....one which very few people have ever put to words....for some reason.
The following links provided much of the information that went into our summary of events.
Thank you for watching!
archives.tg-16.com/EGM_1989_07.htm#EGM_First_Preview_of_TG-16
necretro.org/PC_Engine
giantbomb.com/turbografx-16/3045-55
theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2013/apr/02/turbografx-16-machine-that-time-forgot
nintendolife.com/news/2012/11/interview_the_trouble_with_the_turbografx-16
gamasutra.com/view/feature/225466/stalled_engine_the_turbografx16_.php
The TurboGrafx Mini is coming out in 2020, but not nearly as many people know about that “other” 16-bit console that once valiantly stood up against Nintendo during the console wars.....a full two years before the Sega Genesis was even a thing!
The TurboGrafx, however, did not do well in the United States and WHY has always been a kind of mystery. Was it the corny box art? Was it lackluster games? Did it have poor marketing? A bad name?
After much reflection, and a little bit of research, we feel as though we have the best and most obvious solution.....one which very few people have ever put to words....for some reason.
The following links provided much of the information that went into our summary of events.
Thank you for watching!
archives.tg-16.com/EGM_1989_07.htm#EGM_First_Preview_of_TG-16
necretro.org/PC_Engine
giantbomb.com/turbografx-16/3045-55
theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2013/apr/02/turbografx-16-machine-that-time-forgot
nintendolife.com/news/2012/11/interview_the_trouble_with_the_turbografx-16
gamasutra.com/view/feature/225466/stalled_engine_the_turbografx16_.php
![Evercade EXP’s bizarre launch: a tale of theft, delays, and many problems [re-upload]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/98-vKZkPEtU/hqdefault.jpg "Evercade EXP’s bizarre launch: a tale of theft, delays, and many problems [re-upload]
Apologies to all our viewers who already watched this video or left a comment. We had to take down and re-edit our original video due to a copyright takedown for some of the wrestling footage we employed for an analogy about Blaze Entertainment’s performance over the last few months. Here is the new video, which is very similar.
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On December 15th 2022….weeks late….the Evercade EXP was finally launched. However, despite the extra time, it’s apparent that many of the new consoles suffer from a wide range of disappointing defects. The batteries offer far less juice than advertised; it takes hours to charge; cartridges are getting stuck in the unit; overheating issues have been widely reported, and some cases are so bad that its warping the plastic.
Making matters worse, and bizarre even, an entire truck (or lory) containing thousands of EXP Limited Editions intended for the US and UK market was stolen on December 7th, meaning that many customers were unable to receive their special orders in time for Christmas. Indeed, despite ordering their special editions on June 1st 2022, these customers won’t receive anything until March 2023….at the earliest.
Yet, despite all this madness, Blaze hasn’t issued much of a response to address the defects and there are reports that getting a refund from funstock is a lot harder than one might expect. This is a terrible situation for Blaze and a moment that could either make or break their future as an exciting alternative to the mainstream console gaming market. So much of what they have done has been so good, so it’s been disappointing to see them hit the canvas this hard. Perhaps its time for a recall, and a reboot of this promising new console.
- CCP Management")
