Torgo
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I'd go a bit broader than that. It was because Trip Hawkins (then head of EA) decided to reverse engineer Sega cartridges. Sega freaked out, because they didn't want to lose the licensing money, but they needed publishers. In the end Trip and Tom Kalinske brokered a secret deal that gave EA some major breaks which allowed EA to give some mighty third-party publishing to the Genesis.Nasty_Savage said:Madden opened up the console game to a new audience (non-gamer geeks) and directly contributed to the Genesis' success, whether you wish to believe it or not. If you don't then that's your business and I can't really offer you anything else. Google it if you want, dismiss it if you want i don't particularly care...
No question Madden made a huge mark on Sega from there out. Madden '92 on the Genesis was the foundation of the series to this day. While the details have changed (including that wacky Quarterback vision thing for this year) a lot of UI elements and concepts were all there on the Genesis. Sport titles for the Genesis ended up being 40% of all game sales.