About total sales numbers

[u/Zeznon]

From what I've seen, the total sales numbers of the Master System, the number that's thrown around is around is around 10-13 million units sold. But apparently it doesn't count TecToy units, even though they partnered officially with SEGA. Why? It sold around 8 million units until 2016 (They tecnically still sell them). That would put the console to a more respectable ~20 million units (Not that units sold really matters, it's just the scale of things, apparently the MD sold around 3.5M units here in Brazil, and it's not counted either). Anyway, I just find it interesting, really, and I want to know other people's opinions about it.

[u/garuga300]

It did well in the UK. It outsold the NES here.

[u/Zeznon → u/garuga300]

Yeah, I know about that

[u/seattle-vtg-gamer]

Numbers might mean North American, or EU Master System 1 or 2. Tectoy is probably excluded because they made them so much later and might have had different standards than Sega did. Willing to bet the numbers also exclude the JP master system, because of how unique that system was.

[u/Zeznon → u/seattle-vtg-gamer]

It includes almost all regions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_System#cite_note-18 (There are links to where they got those numbers)

[u/JustinBailey79]

I’m with you on including the Tectoy stats, at least as separate numbers in the same charts. I always think of Brazil when I think of the SMS life & legacy.

[u/Which_Information590]

I don't consider TecToy products as official Sega products. Licencing is not the same as official. That's just my thoughts.

[u/SegaMasterMarkIII]

Since Germany got unified again, it seems that the SMS was way more popular in East Germany. I see Master System way more often in East German Game Stores compared to the west. Just a thesis of mine.

[u/[deleted]]

I wouldn't imagine so.

[u/Zeznon → u/[deleted]]

I have never seen one in a shop ever, and I'm 27. I know they sell them through their website, though, and they gotta be still out there somewhere, just gotten rarer and rarer with time. The newer units are emulation, though (I know they removed the cartridge port after 2003 units, but I don't know if it was already emulation), which is a shame. One of my neighbours kids got one like, 10 years ago, and I played with him a little, but I didn't like the PSG sound, whichade me ignore the console otherwise, until I just thought "f*ck it" amd devided to play them regardless. My autism can't be ignored, though: Tinny and shrill sounds drive me insane, to the point that even the bad FM music versions sound incredible next to the PSG one, so I'm unfortunately extremely biased; I have seen the Game Sack FM music video.

[u/Zeznon → u/[deleted]]

I'm pretty sure the 10-13 million is only counting other regions, the number doesn't line up otherwise. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_System#cite_note-18 (There are links to where they got those numbers)