[nerdix]

I knew of no one that had Sega Channel and I only knew of its existence because I had a subscription to Sega Power around the time of its launch which was covered in the magazine.

The article claims 250,000 subscribers at its peak but it might as well have been zero on my little world. It's interesting how a service could have a quarter million subscribers and you could have basically no proof that anyone used it at all. That would be unheard of today. If Sega Channel launched today. Those 250k subscribers would be posting on social media, creating dedicated subreddits, uploading review videos to YouTube and live streaming on twitch. Anyone with even a passing interest in it would encounter the content of its users. The internet has really made the world smaller.