RR> Why would Atari users have a bias regarding 
 RR> whether the Sony or Sega is
 RR> better?

 TM> I thought the question was how the Jaguar stacked up to 
 TM> those other systems. 

 My opinion is that the Jag falls right between the Playstation and
 the Saturn as for raw performance potential.  However, the Playstation
 is more powerful, runs higher clock rates, and has more memory, and
 is much easier to program than the others.  The fact that the playstation
 has an OS that handles what Jag developers would spend a few months on
 is a BIG factor.

 Sure, every system has libraries, but the Jag libs seem to developed by
 each individual game company - and they aren't sharing.  An OS means
 sharing.

 I think the Jag is probably the most difficult machine to program.
 Difficulty = More Time = More Money = Less Profit = Less Support.
 Hardware wise, Sega will have to crank out the machines fast to
 make any sort of profit on the mess inside those Saturns.  The
 playstation, with all its memory and such will also not come down
 in price much (although its a much better machine internally than
 the Saturn).  The Jag is probably the best engineered machine looking
 at the inside, and its running at a very low clock rate - make those
 chips able to run at a faster speed and up the clock rate, and you'll
 have a machine that can easily out-perform the Playstation or that
 new 3D0 machine.  Atari needs to MARKET though.  Playstation commericals
 are GOOD.  And they need either an OS, or they need to hire some GOOD
 programmers that will write better libs and developement tools.


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