The Sega Dreamcast, remembered nowadays as a cult favorite, was the unsuccessful gaming console that attempted to compete with the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube. Released on 9/9/99, the Dreamcast is often described as “ahead of its time,” as it did a lot of things well but ultimately failed to establish itself as a viable alternative to Sony’s massively successful PlayStation 2, which was released the following year. Sega would discontinue the Dreamcast in 2001 after less than 2 years on the North American market. With disagreement over the company’s future, Sega decided to abandon the console business and become a third party developer. Here are 10 reasons why the Dreamcast suffered this untimely fate.
Company skipped last year's event.
Not surprising at all.
I mean, they´ll be releasing a new console in a few weeks.
Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki and CFO Lin Tao talked about the state of the PlayStation business and the strategy and targets going forward, including how they're responding to the tariffs.
Sony announced its financial results for the fiscal year 2024, and things are certainly looking up, despite a decline in PS5 sales.
If their profits fall next quarter, we'll probably see more price hikes. I can't imagine having to pay £20 a month for PlayStation Plus.
Decline in hardware sales.
Behind on lifetime sales and decline in first party sales.
Third party content and PSN came through to save the day.
Things will improve starting with the next Ghost game.
Hopefully a steady flow of first party content by end of '25
i still have my dreamcast to this day i love the games on the system but its pretty sad sega no longer making a new machine anymore and with all there good game they have should have been released i do hope in some way sega will come back to its fans
Didn't fail for me. I bought two.
But it was a sad day in gaming. Was working at EB then and we got the news. Best arcade system Sega ever made. And they went out with a bang.I miss that Sega flavor in a game nowadays.
Too bad the current Sega has no idea how to handle their franchises well or ask for collaborations with other companies for their take on their franchises. But Sammy's content with pachinko games using Sega properties. And konami seems to want to go the same route.
The Dreamcast would've suffered even if it survived throughout the 6th gen. Its lack of a second analog stick, dial up modem, small 1GB GD-ROM format which was extremely easy to pirate, retailer stores and consumer distrust of Sega, and being underpowered compared to the later consoles it was supposed to compete with would've caused problems further down the line.
It was indeed a console with some qualities that were ahead of their time, but it was behind the times in many other aspects.
Sega Dreamcast will always be my favorite console of all time.
The Sega Saturn. Or all of the add-ons for the Genesis
Hell, if the 32x, Sega CD - and the other thing? - hadn't happened, if more attention had been given to the Saturn or the focus been on the Dreamcast since it was pretty much being made at the same time, things likely would have been more stable.