How Dreamcast almost came out in 1996 and could have beaten PS2

[awbacon]

 

It's a wild story but the wildest part is its all true and got SO CLOSE to being reality

[youxia]

Srsly? ?

[roots.genoa]

Well, I guess if it had been released in 1996, it would have cost much more so it would have probably tanked anyway. Actually I think we had to wait for 1996 to buy the Saturn for a decent price. ?

[5200Fanatic]

The PS2 was the first DVD player for a lot of folks and that's something the DC didn't have. 

Edited December 24, 2021 by 5200Fanatic

[Draxxon]

On 12/23/2021 at 9:38 PM, 5200Fanatic said:

The PS2 was the first DVD player for a lot of folks and that's something the DC didn't have. 

Tekken Tag Tournament better than arcade perfect, with four players via a multitap at launch was something else PS2 had over dreamcast.

 

PS2=Namco=Namco System 246

DC=Sega/Capcom=Sega NAOMI

Dreamcast was def awesome with two agetech arcade sticks and a bunch of capcom arcade games. Not to mention self booting backups. Normal people had sonic adventure and virtua tennis and those shitty dreamcast pads.

 

I think the fact that it was an easily hackable windows machine with a killer library is why it was a hit with gamers, and also doomed to not sell software. At any rate, if you were a fighting game player at the time, you would need both of these systems.

 

 

 

Edited December 26, 2021 by Draxxon

[Zap!]

I think the opposite might be true. What if Sega waited until late 2000 to release a more powerful Dreamcast? Would it have had a better chance? Maybe.

[skaredmask]

On 2/3/2023 at 12:11 AM, Zap! said:

I think the opposite might be true. What if Sega waited until late 2000 to release a more powerful Dreamcast? Would it have had a better chance? Maybe.

that actually kinda happen...  the Xbox was almost a sore successor to the dreamcast even had the same lunch team.. if i remember right... might have to do some digging... also Sega was a big supporter of the OG xbox..