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Re:The Dreamcast Legacy by emodendroket on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @12:14PM (#29652191)
It was absolutely the PS2 that tanked the Dreamcast. Perhaps the author meant Xbox.
Re:The Dreamcast Legacy by monocasa on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @12:59PM (#29652823)
Yeah, Sony's PS2 pre release marketing hype was out of control, and a lot of it was directed at how the Dreamcast wasn't going to be worth it. The CPU of the PS2 was called the "Emotion Engine" with Sony just straight up saying it had the power to emulate the human mind.
Re:The Dreamcast Legacy by xgkickt on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @02:28PM (#29653880)
Although the PlayStation 2 had the brute force, from this programmer's perspective the Dreamcast had a certain finesse, largely due to the PowerVR GPU. SEGA's teams were also on a strong creative streak at the time too. Such a shame it didn't pan out.
Re:The Dreamcast Legacy by rusk on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @01:25PM (#29653134)
Best selling game console of all time I think. No shame losing to the best.
Re:The Dreamcast Legacy by timw4mail on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:54PM (#29655049)
It was only the best in terms of hype and sales. Video-quality-wise, it was likely the worst of its generation.
Re:The Dreamcast Legacy by rusk on Thursday December 23, 2021 @02:54AM (#29659649)
All for nothing if you haven’t got the games, and PS2 was selling games for 10 years.