Sega Genesis
30.75 million first-party Genesis units were sold worldwide. In addition, Tec Toy sold an estimated three million licensed variants in Brazil, Majesco projected it would sell 1.5 million licensed variants of the system in the United States, and much smaller numbers were sold by Samsung in South Korea. By the mid-2010s, licensed third-party Genesis rereleases were still being sold by AtGames in North America and Europe. Many games have been rereleased in compilations or on online services such as the Nintendo Virtual Console, Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and Steam. The Genesis was succeeded in 1994 by the Sega Saturn.
Console Wars (book)
However, when Kalinske arrives for his first day as CEO, he finds Sega of America to be in complete disarray; his predecessor, Michael Katz, has driven the firm to near-bankruptcy by overspending on games like "James 'Buster' Douglas Knockout Boxing", while the Genesis, hampered by poor marketing, has sold only half of the one million units Sega needs to stay solvent. Taking charge, Kalinske decides to adopt the "Gillette model", demanding complete control over marketing for the Genesis, and replacing the console's bundled game, "Altered Beast", with a new, little-known title, "Sonic the Hedgehog". Sega's Japanese executives politely refuse to authorize his plans, but Nakayama overrules them and gives Kalinske the green light. Following a successful demonstration of "Sonic" at the 1991 Summer Consumer Electronics Show, the Genesis quickly outsells Nintendo's SNES, marking the first time since 1985 that the company does not dominate the home console market.