Despite rave reviews and a cult following, this four-disk epic game was poorly marketed. The Sega Saturn was not selling very well and the end of its production was right around the corner as the Dreamcast was waiting in the wings. Team Andromeda, the in-house team that made the Saturn titles, grew from 20 members to 40. The team had trouble making the battle parts. As a result of the game on a poorly-selling system such as Saturn, only a few copies of this game were ever released and sold copies were auctioned off at eBay with bids as high as $172.50. Obviously, the game did not sell well in its release and Team Andromeda dissolved (development of the fourth game, which was for Xbox, was done by Smilebit).
Panzer Dragoon Saga appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
The US and PAL releases of Panzer Dragoon Saga were almost canceled by Sega, since in 1998 Saturn was already near extinction outside of Japan. At the last moment, the game was translated and released in US and for PAL countries, but only a few thousands copies were produced. As a result, Panzer Dragoon Saga became one of the rarest and most expensive console RPGs in history: it is hard to find a used non-Japanese copy of this game for less than $100.
It is possible to start the game from a saved game file from Panzer Dragoon Zwei. You will then be able to find some rare items and have access to extra conversations in the game.
The game has full voice-overs for dialogues. The spoken language is Japanese in all versions of the game, but the intro and the ending sequences are spoken in a Panzer Dragoon fictional language.