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Re:Mid-1990s Sega document leak shows how it lost the second... by slothtrop on Thursday July 06, 2023 @12:15PM (#36618290)
I remember the launch being as attractive as you described (I was always lukewarm on Sonic, though). A few years later when the parents finally agreed to buy me that gen's console, I still went for the PS2 because of the catalog and DVD player, after a long streak of only buying Nintendo consoles. I borrowed a few other the years, but never the DC.

Competition was fierce. I like the arcade-Sega style of games and enjoyed the DC titles when I got my hands on them, but that was as far as I went.

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Re:Mid-1990s Sega document leak shows how it lost the second... by JohnBooty on Thursday July 06, 2023 @05:23PM (#36623271) 

    DVD player
Yeah. This was really a "killer app" for the PS2. That, plus Sega's self-destroyed reputation thanks to the SegaCD/32X/Saturn fiascos.
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