Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27134893-20160809224342/@comment-679780-20160810125303

Megalodon Commando wrote: I think Mario and Sonic is just another scandal for Nintendo to have ownership of Sega and it's characters. I sort of believe so to.

Nintendo can't claim full ownership of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sega just won't relent. I don't know if Nintendo tried to buy him out or not.

But Nintendo permit Sega to have games on their console because they knew Sega fans will buy their Nintendo consoles.

This is why the "Console Wars" didn't end with Sega retiring from video games entirely. Nintendo saw Sega more profitable on their consoles (and perhaps a bit more humiliating for Sega at the time) than simply stamping them out.

I don't know if Nintendo has obligated Sega to no longer make consoles, I don't think they can legally do that. But I do believe Sega are not as rich as Nintendo to afford making cutting edge consoles to compete in the modern market.