becuz of the ps2 and the gamecube, if sega had have just put a little more into the hardware they would have completely dominated 6th generation gaming
Why is it like dreamcast never existed
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Posted 28 September 2008 - 07:36 AM
I never knew there were that many sega consoles all I knew were the genesis, master system, dreamcast. It seems like it never existed because the advetisments werent that good and even though they are well know about the sonic games they didnt know that sega made consoles unless you're a hardcore sonic player or sega fanboy that stuck with them since they started making consolesConsoles:Sega SG-1000Sega SG-1000 Mark IISega SG-1000 Mark IIISega SC-3000Sega SC-3000HSega Master SystemSega Genesis Sega CDSega 32XSega Multi-MegaSega TeraDriveSega Neptune Sega SaturnSega DreamcastSega Pico Sega Advanced Pico BeenaAmstrad Mega PCHandhelds:Game Gear Sega NomadSega VMUSega Mega JetArcade:Sega G80 Sega System 1 Sega System 2 Sega System E Sega System 16 Sega X Board Sega Y Board Sega System 18 Sega System 24 Sega Mega-Tech Sega Mega-Play Sega System C-2 Sega System 32 Sega Model 1 Sega Model 2 Sega Titan Video Sega Model 3 Sega NAOMI Sega NAOMI 2 Sega HIKARU Sega Chihiro TriforceSega Lindbergh Sega Europa-R that's quite a bit of fail when people can usually only name two or three Sega systems, don't you think/
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Posted 13 October 2008 - 11:55 AM
Cause it never did exist :PI think it must have been bad luck since the console was pretty good compared to the oters at that time.
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Posted 15 October 2008 - 05:51 AM
It just didn't have enough good games, and it was marketed towards the wrong audience.I can only think of a few desent games for the DC, Grandia 2, Shenmue and.....well, that's it actually. But to be fair I only played it a handful of times, wasn't too impressed though.
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Posted 16 October 2008 - 06:31 PM
i still have my dream cast...one of my favorite game systems in the world.and there were other good games.Jet grind radio, blue stinger, shadow man, crazy taxi.anyway u should buy one. $15 at dimples
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Posted 17 October 2008 - 05:16 PM
Because it had like no copy protection and most of the games sucked.The same could be said these days about the wii because of its shovelware, but beyond sonic adventure 1 and 2, Jet set radio and Street fighter 3, it was pretty meh.
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Posted 17 October 2008 - 09:06 PM
the marketing for this system was pretty good, i still remember the phrase "it's thinking" from the commercials and the red swirl logo. It was just that it came out between generations and everyone was waiting for the PS2 anywayz. That with Microsoft coming into the game and the "Dolphin" on the horizon... it was just too early for Sega to release a next gen system. It was a remarkable console though. The best they've done. Just bad timing.
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Posted 28 October 2008 - 09:50 AM
I have to agree with bloodyartist above, if it had waited to come out when the ps2 and the xbox came out it might have done better. Personally I loved playing Marve vs Capcom 2 on it as well as the power gem fighting games. Nice lil compact unit, although it would get pretty loud when it would read and load the discs
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Posted 03 November 2008 - 08:43 PM
I am sorry, but if you ever played to Shenmue 1 or 2, you would not say that the Dream is not powerful enough. These games have made many people buy the Dream (new or second hand)°
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Posted 15 November 2008 - 11:48 PM
Most of the games on the Dreamcast weren't very interesting or memorable. Plus, I don't know about other people's Dreams, but the one my friend had lagged alot and froze all the time, even though it was barely a week old.
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Posted 17 November 2008 - 06:24 PM
Back in the 90's sega was marketing to a japenese culture that was expanding its technology, so by putting all these extra fancy gizmos on their products made them more expensive. Besides, their biggest markets after the genises were more so South America and Europe. Conflicts in management also led to their downfall. However the dreamcast is also my favorite system, I have about 30 something games. The laser gun for dreamcast was awesome! There is nothing like playing house of the dead 2 at your house if you dont have alot of arcades in your town.
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Posted 18 November 2008 - 03:46 AM
I think it was because Sony was dominating the market of games and Sega was simply not prepared to battle with Nintendo and Sony at the same time. Curiously Dreamcast was Sega's last console, and it was on that time that they decided to give up the console market. It was a good console though, it had better hardware than PSOne and N64, the controller aparently was very confortable (although I didn't play it much) and had some good games.
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Posted 19 November 2008 - 08:38 AM
Ok, Dreamcast had a few flaws. Mainly the controller ports that most of the time were badly soldered, and the cable ports, also badly soldered. Between DC and PS2 I couldn't really tell a difference in load times. Then again, the PS2 I have is somewhat wonky in that it's selective about the PS1 games it plays, including not playing FFVII. I think its board was dropped during manufacturing...
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Posted 20 November 2008 - 07:09 PM
It was due to the hype around the PS2's arrival.
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Posted 05 October 2010 - 11:30 PM
I beleive they let it out to soon, a few months after the PS2 and XBOX war began. When they came out the Dreamcast was blacklisted and everyone wanted PS2 and XBOX. I remember wanting one, just as a managed to talk my dad into getting me one there was no point and he refused to get me an XBOX insted.. Till years after lolIt was due to the hype around the PS2's arrival.
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Posted 10 December 2010 - 08:08 PM
The Dreamcast will always have a special place in my heart because of a little gem called Toy Commander. You could basically take control of little toy jeeps and planes and helicopters among other stuff and have dogfights in gigantic levels. You could seriously use entire houses with multiple floors and rooms, fully decorated with tables and other stuff, driving between dishes and mugs and books and running along ceilings and floors.The vehicles would use weapons like pencil missiles too. I still do not understand how this game never got bought out and turned into a big franchise. It's seriously one of the best games ever made.
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Posted 20 February 2011 - 12:01 PM
It really was a great console. With games like Phantasy Star Online, Soul Calibur, Power Stone, even Skies of Arcadia As well as Time Stalkers and Evolution. But, as was said before, poor marketing as well as being overshadowed by the PS2 and the failure of their previous console was it's downfall. Although, I haven't played much of it's library, my Dreamcast remains the best that I've ever owned
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Posted 11 March 2011 - 08:13 PM
WOW. Talk about a waste. I knew there were a few fails along the way but this takes the cake. Dreamcast R.I.PBut yeah Dreamcast had potential and great games. it hurts to know how deep it has fallen into the dark abyssConsoles:Sega SG-1000Sega SG-1000 Mark IISega SG-1000 Mark IIISega SC-3000Sega SC-3000HSega Master SystemSega Genesis Sega CDSega 32XSega Multi-MegaSega TeraDriveSega Neptune Sega SaturnSega DreamcastSega Pico Sega Advanced Pico BeenaAmstrad Mega PCHandhelds:Game Gear Sega NomadSega VMUSega Mega JetArcade:Sega G80 Sega System 1 Sega System 2 Sega System E Sega System 16 Sega X Board Sega Y Board Sega System 18 Sega System 24 Sega Mega-Tech Sega Mega-Play Sega System C-2 Sega System 32 Sega Model 1 Sega Model 2 Sega Titan Video Sega Model 3 Sega NAOMI Sega NAOMI 2 Sega HIKARU Sega Chihiro TriforceSega Lindbergh Sega Europa-R that's quite a bit of fail when people can usually only name two or three Sega systems, don't you think/
Edited by whitie san, 11 March 2011 - 08:14 PM.
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Posted 18 March 2011 - 10:12 AM
horrible marketing strategy? that's what I've always thought...*edit: that's why it failed to catch on...it's completely overshadowed by consoles that made a huge impact on the gaming world
Edited by psshaw, 18 March 2011 - 10:18 AM.
