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 *******I don't have time to go in-depth on this right now, but since I believe I may not have made my original objection completely clear, I did want to pop on for a second to further explain.  Rumors of a new console began circulating in 1990, but there is no evidence that Sega was actually working on anything at that time.  For all we know, these rumors could have started because of the Mega CD project, which was not publicly announced yet, they could have started because some arcade hardware was mistaken for consumer hardware, they could have just started because someone was bored one day.  The only concrete info we have is that the Saturn project was in development for ""over two years"" as of June 1994.  This implies a start date no later than early 1992.  Its okay to say that rumors of a new console began circulating in 1990.  It is not okay to say that Sega actually started to develop a console in 1990.  There are no good sources to support that claim.    
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