It took several years for Sega's system to become successful. Both systems were built on 16-bit architectures and offered improved graphics and sound over the 8-bit NES.

The two platforms were later launched in North America in 1989 as the TurboGrafx-16 and the Sega Genesis respectively. To compete with the popular Family Computer in Japan, NEC Home Electronics launched the PC Engine in 1987, and Sega followed suit with the Mega Drive in 1988. It continues to be popular among collectors and retro gamers, with new homebrew games and Nintendo's emulated rereleases, such as on the Virtual Console, the Super NES Classic Edition, Nintendo Switch Online as well as several non-console emulators which operate on a desktop computer or mobile device, such as Snes9x. Overlapping the NES's 61.9 million unit sales, the Super NES remained popular well into the 32-bit era, with 49.1 million units sold worldwide by the time it was discontinued in 2003. The Super NES received largely positive reviews and was a global success, becoming the bestselling console of the 16-bit era after launching relatively late and facing intense competition from Sega's Genesis console in North America and Europe. It was designed to accommodate the ongoing development of a variety of enhancement chips integrated into game cartridges to be competitive into the next generation. The console introduced advanced graphics and sound capabilities compared with other systems at the time. The Super NES is Nintendo's second programmable home console, following the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Although each version is essentially the same, several forms of regional lockout prevent cartridges for one version from being used in other versions. The system was released in Brazil on August 30, 1993, by Playtronic. In South Korea, it is called the Super Comboy and was distributed by Hyundai Electronics.

In Japan, it is called the Super Famicom ( SFC). The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly shortened to Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Oceania, and 1993 in South America. Stand-alone: Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, 6.3 million.Pack-in: Super Mario World, 20.60 million.

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