I never had a Sega Saturn, but I have a fondness its service as a last hurrah of sprite-based gaming systems. Newly uncovered sales and marketing communications from the era show a kind of disinheriting acknowledgement of its impending demise.
Sega Retro:
From: Ciciretto, Len
To: Kalinske, Tom
Subject: RE: Warp Develops for Sega Saturn
Date: Saturday, March 30, 1996 8:17AM
I have already sent this to the sales people with a real positive note. I asked each of them to keep letting their account know about the trend in third party support. I told each of them to find a way to get us close to equal in sell through by June/July, so that going into our power months we can be in position to take over.
This kind of news is what the accounts need to hear. Your reports on store visits has also been sent to the salespeople. Every bit of positive news, no matter how small is going to them.
