What happened to Dreamcast?

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Originally posted by: austin316
the piracy helped its demise, but I feel its biggest problems were the marketing force behind the PS2 and the fact that Sega had a horrible track record going into the DC.

Sega CD, 32X and Saturn were all terrible.

I liked my saturn...but still should have got a ps1 when i paid around 350 for a saturn when it came out. Damn I make bad decisions sometimes. Anyway, I liked the rpg's it had

 

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not to mention when it was released there were TONS of games that were corrupt and didnt work. I worked at toys r us at the time and people returned systems all day because the games wouldnt load at all. We ended up finding out that it was a bad run of sonic for the DC that caused it. Anyway, the controller sucked and thats why i hate it

 

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Originally posted by: Thraxen

Actually that is wrong. Sega shattered the PS1 record for units sold at launch. I think they sold 170k units right off the bat. The Dreamcast was widely considered a console ahead of its time, and was in process of restoring Sega's name. But since the PS2 had the DVD player, Sega couldn't compete.

I disagree. It had a great opening day, but I think that was due to Sega's established fanbase. The PSone had no fanbase coming in, plus there were shortages of the PSone for a couple of weeks after launch. I'm sure the DVD player had a little to do with it, but not much. The success of the PSOne far outweighs that factor. People were in love with Sony after the PSOne.

I was just stating what was presented in the documentary on TechTV (don't remember which show, can look it up). You're certainly welcome to disagree, but I choose to believe the industry experts and players involved side of the story.

Edit: Now that I read your post, I think you are mixing up the PS1 and PS2! The PS1 was very successful, but the Dreamcast broke their record for units sold at launch. The PS2, however, came in and took over the market very quickly from Sega. One of the main reasons sited was the inclusion of a DVD player, which Sega did not have. Now if you don't agree with that, that's fine.