If you do follow up with a new article you should cover why the Dreamcast failed in more detail. As I recall it failed for a variety of reasons but the one that stands out was it's high price but lack of DVD playback while the PS2 and XBOX were priced competitively but had that.
I had a dreamcast when they launched. Sega Bass Fishing, House of the Dead 2, Sonic, and Crazy Taxi were awesome.
Dreamcast was largely a commercial success. It largely failed due to the massive debt incurred during the Saturn/32x era. Sega just couldn't back it like they wanted to.
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I wrote about the history of Sega awhile back: http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2006/01/03/the-downfall-of...
If you do follow up with a new article you should cover why the Dreamcast failed in more detail. As I recall it failed for a variety of reasons but the one that stands out was it's high price but lack of DVD playback while the PS2 and XBOX were priced competitively but had that.
I had a dreamcast when they launched. Sega Bass Fishing, House of the Dead 2, Sonic, and Crazy Taxi were awesome.
Dreamcast was largely a commercial success. It largely failed due to the massive debt incurred during the Saturn/32x era. Sega just couldn't back it like they wanted to.
Great read. I wish you did one on the Genesis :)
The Genesis was a success, nothing to really write about there.
As usual, people only write to complain ;)
I'll dig the web further just in case someone has interesting tidbits about the Genesis (inspirations, prototypes, ...)
- http://www.sidequesting.com/2011/05/16-bit-week-sega-genesis... very interesting findings here
- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darrenwall/sega-mega-dr... closed work