Why did DC fail!?

[Battle Angel]

Ive never sold any of my systems. Ive got a DC, XBox and a GC. I cant bear getting rid of them :'( :'( :'(

Nor could I. ^^ There are fantastic games for them all and with some fantastic titles on the way. One would have to be a fool to get rid of a console. ^^

[Ashinator]

Wot were ur fave games on the DC? Mine were Grandia 2, Skies Of Arcadia, PSO, Sega GT, SA, SA2 and Vanishing Point.

[Battle Angel]

Wot were ur fave games on the DC? Mine were Grandia 2, Skies Of Arcadia, PSO, Sega GT, SA, SA2 and Vanishing Point.

I'm more of an RPG nut and a fan of the Virtual On series. ^^

Phantasy Star Online V1 V2
Grandia II
Virtual On OT
Skies of Arcadia
Record of Lodoss War
Evolution World of Sacred Device
Evolution 2
Soul Calibur
21 Twenty-One
Sonic Adventure
Shenmue (would have preferred Japanese dialogue though ^^ )

[Ashinator]

Oh yeah forgot Soul Calibur is 1 of my faves as well. Thats y i have SC2 for XBox as well.

[Gotien]

wow there are some nice looking avys in this part of the forum lol obviously whomever started this thread didnt watch the G4TechTV special Icons show for DC, it explained that DC was overshadowed by the Playstation, DC wouldve been the powerhouse with its massive game backings however it was doomed to fail as the playstation came out at a crucial time when people wanted a system that could play dvd's and since the PS2 was able to deliver the DC was left on the shelves, the biggest hit for this was in Japan where DC sales were next to none, however thankfully SEGA returned to being a software only company and started making games for systems again.

*sighs* that was a mouthful, well ive dont my part, have fun with that ladies lol

[Zen]

Yea, I show that Episode... Sucks that the PS2 Killed the Dreamcast... But in a way its better that they are a Software Company... Its like a Win-Win Situation =D

[Gotien]

well i bet they didnt see it that way, they lost sever million dollars in possible sales a month! since companies wouldve had to pay them to make games for their system and SEGA would have exclusive rights to it... but that's in the past

[Zer0]

I think Dreamcast was a really good system at the time that is made and sort right now to. i took one apart and i like the machinary that they used. Didnt they stop because loss of money? I liked there game as well. (was addicted to Gaunlet when i went to cousins house)

[bauldersgate]

The way I figure it when the PS2 came out it had a DVD player... everybody was like ...WHOMG DVD?? HAXORS... so they all sold there dreamcasts and got a PS2. So if the Dreamcast would have had a DVD player it may have survived... Plus it was trying online gaming... PSO ... and it wasn't good so everyone thought it was bad. Plus did you hear what Bill Gates said? They would've never thought of putting online capabilities into the XBox if Dreamcast hadn't get the idea into there heads... There were some other minor flaws with the dreamcast, like being to powerful for the time... (have you seen the graphics it had) They were pretty good for the time that it came out, no wait scatch that... they were the best.