03-08-2004, 01:43 AM
The dc failed because it wasnt "cool"
ps2 followed on from PS1's massive casual gamer fan base, it just appealed to the masses, but still supplied games for "hardcore gamers"
sega promised online gaming, its main selling point, but didnt deliver anything in europe for at least a year and a half. and talking of release games that didnt stand out, i think u forget jus how amazing soul calibur was and still is!!
and why did u mention backwards compatability and talk as if it should of been made backwards compatible with mega drive and master system lol
also 3rd party companys where canning games and pulling out all together to go and start production for ps2 and the up and coming xbox and gc
the DC couldnt shake the "saturn" tag, the ppl sega wanted where PS1 owners, but they still had memorys of the saturns death in there heads.
sega even tried to market the DC as its own brand, if u notice all other sega consoles have sega infront of them (Sega megadrive sega saturn) but the dreamcast was just...Dreamcast. apparently that was because sega believed there sega logo as a popular brand had been damaged by the saturn, and didnt want people to think "oh they made the saturn" wich is why it wasnt backwards compatible with saturn. they wanted no link between the consoles.
it also promised everthing, hard drive addon, DVD addon, net upgrades. but sega knew after a while it wasnt worth there time to release these, and the ppl that bought the DC where pissed off, and alot turned to the Sony machine
its a shame, it was and still is a great console to play, sum real gems were made in the DC's small life
ps2 followed on from PS1's massive casual gamer fan base, it just appealed to the masses, but still supplied games for "hardcore gamers"
sega promised online gaming, its main selling point, but didnt deliver anything in europe for at least a year and a half. and talking of release games that didnt stand out, i think u forget jus how amazing soul calibur was and still is!!
and why did u mention backwards compatability and talk as if it should of been made backwards compatible with mega drive and master system lol
also 3rd party companys where canning games and pulling out all together to go and start production for ps2 and the up and coming xbox and gc
the DC couldnt shake the "saturn" tag, the ppl sega wanted where PS1 owners, but they still had memorys of the saturns death in there heads.
sega even tried to market the DC as its own brand, if u notice all other sega consoles have sega infront of them (Sega megadrive sega saturn) but the dreamcast was just...Dreamcast. apparently that was because sega believed there sega logo as a popular brand had been damaged by the saturn, and didnt want people to think "oh they made the saturn" wich is why it wasnt backwards compatible with saturn. they wanted no link between the consoles.
it also promised everthing, hard drive addon, DVD addon, net upgrades. but sega knew after a while it wasnt worth there time to release these, and the ppl that bought the DC where pissed off, and alot turned to the Sony machine
its a shame, it was and still is a great console to play, sum real gems were made in the DC's small life
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