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==== Sega Nomad ==== [[File:Sega-Nomad-Front.jpg|thumb|Sega Nomad|right]] {{Main|Genesis Nomad}} The Nomad was released in October 1995 in North America only.<ref name="gamepro">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/125748.shtml |title=The 10 Worst-Selling Handhelds of All Time |access-date=January 17, 2008 |author=Snow, Blake |magazine=[[GamePro]] |date=July 30, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012194600/http://gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/125748.shtml|archive-date=October 12, 2007}}</ref><ref name="AllgameNomad">{{cite web |author=Marriott, Scott Alan |title=Sega Genesis Nomad - Overview |url=http://www.allgame.com/platform.php?id=17671 |access-date=October 18, 2013 |publisher=[[Allgame]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114094423/http://www.allgame.com/platform.php?id=17671 |archive-date=November 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The release was six years into the market span of the Genesis, with an existing library of more than 500 Genesis games. According to former Sega of America research and development head Joe Miller, the Nomad was not intended to be the Game Gear's replacement; he believed that there was little planning from Sega of Japan for the new handheld.<ref name="interview">{{cite web|author=Horowitz, Ken|title=Interview: Joe Miller|url=http://www.sega-16.com/2013/02/interview-joe-miller/|date=February 7, 2013|access-date=November 17, 2013|publisher=Sega-16}}</ref> Sega was supporting five different consoles: [[Sega Saturn|Saturn]], Genesis, [[Game Gear]], [[Sega Pico|Pico]], and the [[Master System]], as well as the [[Sega CD]] and [[32X]] add-ons. In Japan, the Mega Drive had never been successful and the Saturn was more successful than Sony's [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], so Sega Enterprises CEO [[Hayao Nakayama]] decided to focus on the Saturn.<ref name="KSL">{{cite book |last=Kent |first=Steven L. |author-link=Steven L. Kent |title=[[The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World]] |year=2001 |publisher=Prima Publishing |location=Roseville, California |isbn=0-7615-3643-4 |pages=508, 531}}</ref> By 1999, the Nomad was being sold at less than a third of its original price.<ref name="RetroNomad">{{cite journal|author=''[[Retro Gamer]]'' staff|title=Retroinspection: Sega Nomad|journal=[[Retro Gamer]]|publisher=Imagine Publishing|issue=69|pages=46β53}}</ref>{{clear}}
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