I'll never forget the launch of the Sega Dreamcast. What a time to be alive. SEGA was firing on all cylinders. Gaming has never been the same. Most will never know what a masterpiece it truly was.
@@jorge69696 It depends on the games you like. The Dreamcast has so many unique, charming and quirky games that are among my favourites, I even started to like new genres after exploring the Dreamcast library. PS2 on the other hand mainly had Silent Hill 2 for me, and a few others.
Me too. I'm about to mod it with a new psu and sd card reader. I got my dreamcast when it released rather than waiting for the ps2 which I never owned. I have no regrets.
Came out as I was entering college…Kind of resent a guy down the hall already having one, or I might still own it like the GameCube I later bought over the ps2 w/ no regrets. 😢
The Dreamcast didn't killed Sega making consoles. They were out of the game before it launched. They lost too much money on the Sega CD, 32X, and Saturn. This myth that the Dreamcast killed Sega is so tiring at this point.
Yes it was a great machine for its time but I remember friends at the time not considering it because everything since the Genesis/Megadrive had been fairly crap.
I think so. The CD, 32x, and Saturn definitely killed off consumer confidence in Sega. Worst still, Sony Playstation 1 and 2 probably killed Sega off for good.
The Dreamcast wasn't the best console ever, but man, it was the most fun I ever had with the actual hardware. I loved the controller, the VMU, the rumble pk (kicked harder than anything before it), the microphone w/ Seaman. The gun, plus rumble pk w/ House of the Dead 2. God, that launch was so much fun. It was the first time I played online....and the last time I was actually excited w/ the experience of a new console.
@@mezykinno it wasn’t, I hate when people put this narrative around it. Two specific things killed it, it was super easy to get the games and not pay for them with boot disc, also the fact that sega was already leaving the game market made it doa cause it wasn’t gonna be something with support for it in the near future. If it would’ve came out at a later time it would’ve outright not sold competing against Sony , Microsoft, and Nintendo wouldn’t have been an option for sega. Piracy and no support killed the Dreamcast, I literally still have one with all the games.
@ it wasn’t though, I don’t think you’re grasping the time period and what happened right after it came out, the Dreamcast would’ve never even sold if it came out later due to ps2 and Xbox. It would have did fine if piracy wasn’t big then, the reason they lost $400 million on it cause games didn’t sell, but why would the games sell when you literally could just burn them on a regular cd and make a boot disk and you have every game made for it. There’s no point it time it would have survived after the point it was released, if anything it should’ve came out before the Saturn cause the Saturn should’ve never been released.
I have two Dreamcast version (1)s. You won't get bored playing Dreamcast with Arcade hit titles, and games pushing the console to it's limits (Shenmue II). If you had Broadband in 2001 / 2002 and blank CDs, I'll leave it at that :)
@@DarkKielx They're a software and hardware company. I don't know why people say that as if it means anything, like it's some kind of gotcha. And if you watched the video, OP, you'd see that there's really no similarities between. Microsoft and Sega back then. The people who parrot this have zero understanding of what actually happened.
@@bargaintuesday812 It is an unusual way of addressing people without directly calling someone a name. However, they are a software company that also manufactures hardware. Unfortunately, many people do not understand how business operates. Just like when people say Tesla is a car company when we are not a car company but a tech company that makes cars...
Lol you mean exclusives that don't make any money lol. Ask Sony how they got 60 million consoles sold but ony 1.5 million people bought the game of the year exclusive!!!! Ask Square how exclusives worked out for them. You do realize businesses need to make money to stay in business and to grow!!!! Exclusives don't make money anymore because the majority of gamers don't give a damn!!!! The most played games are multiplatform games. That is where the money is. Times have changed companies that don't adapt will get left behind. Which is why Sega don't have a console today smh!!!!! You know how you compete by making more money. I bet you still watch black and white tvs or talk on corded phones smh.... Don't come for xbox because they have the best most played games, and they are letting everybody play them wherever they want!!!!!!
Ask Nintendo if exclusives don't matter to their fanbase or that no one cares about their exclusives and they dont make Nintendo any profit they only have majority exclusives most 3rd party games skip the switch the only one who has major issues selling games is Microsoft and you can thank gamepass for that because they have conditioned their hardcore fanbase not to buy games
Microsoft does not innovate they have had the exact same controller for the past 2 generations the series s I dont see anything innovative in releasing underpowered hardware that gives developers like black myth wukong a reason to skip over their platforms their mid gen refresh they just added a 2 terabyte ssd and a new paint job im still waiting for the technical deep dive so i can understand why they charge $600
@andraescott7470 yet that will not be sustainable for long. There aren't many kids today willing to play a Mario game over Roblox or Minecraft. Nintendo is surviving cause of its IPs and low budget cost into software and hardware. In addition, the major part people forget is Nintendo is third party in some ways. It's not just the consoles. They have games on mobile devices, make a killing off merchandise, display of characters at theme parks like disney, and other events. They also tapping into movies like Mario. If Nintendo was console only they would have died or have to keep up with Xbox and PS. Nintendo is fine for now Nintendo does get into trouble and quite clever when it comes to competition threats. Palworld for example, exposed and made Pokémon vulnerable. They easily won in court but now gamers are catching on to repetition. So Nintendo does have to make changes in the long run but they flaws can be easily forgettable.
The real reason is terribly bad television adverts and playstation 2 had a dvd drive, people were buying ps2 because of that and the dreamcast suffered.
I got a Dreamcast again this year and modded everything i could, got the GDemu, new power supply, rechargeable cmos battery, new fan, got a HDMI out for the VGA. and just got myself the retrofighters wireless Dreamcast controller. life is good =D
Its Sega Saturn that killed Sega in the console business. Imagine having no mainline sonic launch games even after the last years of the hardwares life cycle theres still no mainline sonic game. Some games are japan only, lack of sports games, lack of proper rpg games and lets not forget some of the ports on the sega saturn are worst compared to PS1. Examples are the port of Resident Evil 1 and Castlevania Symphony of the night. Despite both having more content compared to the PS1 version graphically their worst. To think the PS1 is both weaker than Sega Saturn and N64 but PS1 due to being easy to develop for and have full 3rd party support destroyed this 2.
@@maroon9273 exactly. A lot of people had lost trust in the Sega brand by that point, even after the successful launch of the Dreamcast. That and plus Sony was riding off such huge momentum off the PS1. When the PS2 came out, and the huge bonus that it was also a DVD player, it was pretty much game over (pun intended) for the Dreamcast.
In a time when the market was dominated by Playstation and Nintendo, I was one of the lucky few in my country to get a Dreamcast. Little I knew that I was getting it in its latter days, at the end of 2000 I believe. Playstation was the console I wanted back then but I got the best one without even knowing it. I remember playing Sonic Shuffle, the unforgettable and gamechanger that was Jet Set Radio (Jet Grind Radio in my country) and the astounding Soul Calibur. I literally grew up with these games, they are part of my late chilhood and early teenage years and I love every memory revolving around it. I remeber keeping my lovely Chao with me on my VMU with Chao Adventure 2 when my mom was giving birth to my younger brother. Having that little thing with me when I was at a hospital late at night, not knowing if I'll see my mom again or meet my brother, it was conforting. I could shake off my bad thoughts and just focus on the joy of carrying a "friend" with me all the time. Anf then my little brother learned to play at the age of 2 with Sonic Adventure 2, so now two generations of gamers in the family were born with this beauty. Dreamcast might have been a comercial failure. But it means the world to me when it comes to memories about a past I cherish so much
To this day The Dreamcast is still the most innovative system of all time(even though it lacked DVD). The EA partnership, The Saturn, The SegaCD, The 32x all helped lead to the death of the of the Dreamcast.
Fun thing is that SEGA kind of already to some extent had planned for dual-analog. The maple bus protocol for the controllers have a mode for dual-analog sticks.
I still have my dream cast with all my games and accessories. It was a great rebound from Sega Saturn and Sega CD. It was just bad timing with Sony gaining popularity and adding a DVD player
Graduated high school in 99. Both me and my best buddy had Dreamcasts at launch. Soul Caliber, Code Veronica, Rumble Boxing, and Power Stone were so amazing to play together. Solo I would play Jet Grind Radio and Phantasy Star until the sun came up and would pretend to be passed out when my Mom got up. Holy smokes what a time to be alive.
Good times... that year was the terrible last year of junior high for me, but man was the Dreamcast ever fun, probably my best memory from that year :)
I am still sad about! Loved the Dreamcast, did not play games till PS3, since then my new home. But the magic will always be wit Dreamcast, Bernie Stolar and and and
Keeping the Mega Drive alive longer than necessary, the 32x / Saturn debacle, no major support from EA and Square and the PS2 just looking like an absolute beast.
Saturn had a bigger negative impact on SEGA, more than the Dreamcast. Still, the Saturn wasn't a bad console per se... It's hardware was just too complex to work with.
No DVD player so it couldn’t compete with the PS2. SEGA was going to implement a DVD add-on for the Dreamcast but scrapped the concept and decided to end their hardware business.
People don't buy game consoles to watch DVDs on it, though some DVD watchers do buy game consoles to watch films on them, and many PS2 owners were not even true gamers, they just bought it because it was a dirt cheap DVD player when every other DVD player cost an extortionate amount.
I’ve seen all from 1980-Now I have every console and tons of games the Saturn and Dreamcast did not hurt Sega’s Hardware reign now I’m going to give you guys the usual 7/10 that you give to tons of games
Sega saved Nvidia from bankruptcy by scaling back the Dreamcast. I wonder what role that played. Subjective opinion Dreamcast looked and played better than everything else that was out at the time.
Yup. I remember showing the console and games to all my friends and they where extremely impressed by it, but they all said the same thing - "I'll wait bc the PS2 is coming out soon, and Sony promised that PS2 games will look like Toy Story, and it plays DVDs"
Growing up as a Sega fan, because my brother for some reason had a Master System when everyone else had a NES, reminders like this video always makes me a bit sad. The Dreamcast had such amazing potential and in 2000 I truly believed Sega had pulled off a great comeback. But in hindsight they never had a chance. I still use my Dreamcast from time to time, still liking it a lot.
The thing is SEGA missed the N64 vs. Playstation era. So when they decided to release the Dreamcast, they were going against a hyped Ps2 that was coming out. And since they missed a generation, most people at that point were no longer playing Sega Genesis. Otherwise, the Dreamcast is one of the most underrated systems of all-time.
Nintendo vs playstation was never really a thing. It was always nintendo AND playstation. Its almost close to whats happening to xbox, but because daddy big bucks microsoft is huge, xbox has a saving grace of not failing. If nintendo was the god everyone knew, playstation was and will always be the grim reaper.
No mention about how consumers were burned by the launches of the Mega-CD and the 32X? Or how the botched launch of the Sega Saturn also helped (it is mentioned that Sega mended relations with retailers, but it's not said exactly "why"). Oh IGN...
What killed the Dreamcast? The Mega CD (Sega CD), the 32X, the Saturn, shunning EA, not having a DVD drive, and not being a Playstation. I'm amazed Nintendo is still around, the Gamecube wasn't much better than the Dreamcast.
The sega Saturn failed aswell because it didn't have a dedicated 3d processing chip and was very difficult to make 3d games, then sony showed the world ridge racer on the ps1 and that was it.
Sega didn't kill Dreamcast, it's just that others game company like PlayStation a Nintendo got everything they had and the worst part of it is that Xbox came out to make it better than Sega Dreamcast which is totally a bad idea to copy Sega Dreamcast game console.
It wasnt the dreamcast is was the sega saturn following on from a messy end to the sega genesis generation. The Dreamcast was good it just wasnt enough to fix the hole they were in Also the lack of anti piracy measures on the dreamcast didnt help
Too much other Sega Additives during the time of the Sega Genesis reign. Should’ve kept those ideas n concepts during the Dreamcast potentially a Dreamcast 2 launch. All those other Sega systems confused the public “why would I buy that ? Etc”
Dreamcast is hands down one of the best and underrated consoles. I feel like Xbox was born from the Dreamcast. I mean look at the original Xbox. It’s very similar. With the imminent downfall of Xbox what if Sega was to reemerge again.
I always wondered what happened to Sega very interesting story. It sounds like they were not prepared for the comings changes with in the game industry they were ahead of its time as far hardware and technology but bad management decisions at that top hurt them in the long run 🤨🤔
The best selling console doesn’t mean it’s the best console. Real gamers know Sega Saturn and Dreamcast had better games. It’s generic news outlets like IGN who were bought out by Sony marketing dollars who were to blame for Sega downfall. Like you’re attempting now with this generic analysis which has some serious oversights of the situation. Also Sega are doing great now as a third party and don’t need this sort of negative spotlight for something that happened over 20 years ago.
Didnt help that dreacast games could be burnt to dvds by simply putting them in a computer and hitting burn copy 😬 sad because i was the biggest sega fan as my brother was a nintendo fan lol
The Dreamcast may have only lasted 18 months but it burned bright. It had better exclusives in its short life span than the entire Xbox One generation. Better than the PS5s 4 years in
Im sorry,maybe cause it’s retroactively but Sega sucked.They were ran by idiots.Their game developers were great but the bosses who were in charge of consoles were idiots.I can argue that only the genesis was a good console.Most kids only had enough parents money to get one console per generation.Imagine buying a Saturn or a Dreamcast to 3 years of support?Or god forbid you got your parents to buy you a 32X?
You did not even mention it was hacked within a few months with no mod chip needed A DVD drive would have saved Sega based on the fact most people purchased a PS2 to have a DVD player, and the amount of storage would have fit larger titles and games would not have been limited to just 1.2gb on GD-Roms instead of 4.7gb on DVD rom. Plus, it took me longer to hack the Dreamcast than the PS2. Also, a PS2 mod required a Messiah chip at first and I was able to boot with Utopia and eventually Self Boot under Echelon. And come at me bro I own all of the originals where do you think the dumps come from?
As someone who wasn't around during sega's hardware days, I would absolutely love another console. Sega has so many unique games besides sonic that are just simply amazing, but never got a fair chance because Sony didn't publish them. In a world where two of the three major console manufacturers don't make games, seeing sega's downfall is absolutely devastating.
I'll never forget the launch of the Sega Dreamcast. What a time to be alive. SEGA was firing on all cylinders. Gaming has never been the same. Most will never know what a masterpiece it truly was.
It was no masterpiece lol. Clearly the right move was to wait 1 year and get the PS2.
Lmao dont get me wrong I loved my sega but it was an objectively terrible console 😭💀
@@jorge69696 It depends on the games you like. The Dreamcast has so many unique, charming and quirky games that are among my favourites, I even started to like new genres after exploring the Dreamcast library. PS2 on the other hand mainly had Silent Hill 2 for me, and a few others.
I enjoyed plugging in the ol’ phone cord and trading chaos on Sonic Adventure. Thought it was the most amazing thing ever.
I still got my Dreamcast
Me too. I'm about to mod it with a new psu and sd card reader. I got my dreamcast when it released rather than waiting for the ps2 which I never owned. I have no regrets.
Keep it! It’s a gaming relic.
Came out as I was entering college…Kind of resent a guy down the hall already having one, or I might still own it like the GameCube I later bought over the ps2 w/ no regrets. 😢
I still love my dreamcast, except its noises
Same here!! But because it's a relic, you can't find any good games for reasonable prices. I'm going to modify mine in the future!
The Dreamcast didn't killed Sega making consoles. They were out of the game before it launched. They lost too much money on the Sega CD, 32X, and Saturn. This myth that the Dreamcast killed Sega is so tiring at this point.
@@cax1175 yeah it seems like if Sega has just gone from mega drive to Dreamcast, they might still be in the game.
Yes it was a great machine for its time but I remember friends at the time not considering it because everything since the Genesis/Megadrive had been fairly crap.
I think so. The CD, 32x, and Saturn definitely killed off consumer confidence in Sega. Worst still, Sony Playstation 1 and 2 probably killed Sega off for good.
Agree, the dreamcast was their final hurrah, which made a lasting impression to, the audience.
True
The Dreamcast wasn't the best console ever, but man, it was the most fun I ever had with the actual hardware. I loved the controller, the VMU, the rumble pk (kicked harder than anything before it), the microphone w/ Seaman. The gun, plus rumble pk w/ House of the Dead 2. God, that launch was so much fun. It was the first time I played online....and the last time I was actually excited w/ the experience of a new console.
@@bound2thefloor1 it was ahead of its time though
@@mezykinno it wasn’t, I hate when people put this narrative around it. Two specific things killed it, it was super easy to get the games and not pay for them with boot disc, also the fact that sega was already leaving the game market made it doa cause it wasn’t gonna be something with support for it in the near future. If it would’ve came out at a later time it would’ve outright not sold competing against Sony , Microsoft, and Nintendo wouldn’t have been an option for sega. Piracy and no support killed the Dreamcast, I literally still have one with all the games.
@@Bestman1314it was ahead of its time though. Not sure you’re grasping what that actually means.
@ it wasn’t though, I don’t think you’re grasping the time period and what happened right after it came out, the Dreamcast would’ve never even sold if it came out later due to ps2 and Xbox. It would have did fine if piracy wasn’t big then, the reason they lost $400 million on it cause games didn’t sell, but why would the games sell when you literally could just burn them on a regular cd and make a boot disk and you have every game made for it. There’s no point it time it would have survived after the point it was released, if anything it should’ve came out before the Saturn cause the Saturn should’ve never been released.
The Dreamcast didn't fail us. We failed the Dreamcast.
Even till this day I still play with a Dreamcast. Along with the PlayStation 2. Those consoles where both goated.
As a kid, I didn't ever think graphics could possibly get better than the Dreamcast haha
9-9-99....best date ever.
I think you mean “How Sega killed Dreamcast’s Reign”
Yup.
I have two Dreamcast version (1)s. You won't get bored playing Dreamcast with Arcade hit titles, and games pushing the console to it's limits (Shenmue II). If you had Broadband in 2001 / 2002 and blank CDs, I'll leave it at that :)
Unfortunately Xbox might be next
The console yes but that is what Microsoft wants. They are a software company not really a hardware company.
I think they’re happy to just be the Netflix of COD-style gaming instead.
@@DarkKielx They're a software and hardware company. I don't know why people say that as if it means anything, like it's some kind of gotcha.
And if you watched the video, OP, you'd see that there's really no similarities between. Microsoft and Sega back then. The people who parrot this have zero understanding of what actually happened.
@@bargaintuesday812 It is an unusual way of addressing people without directly calling someone a name. However, they are a software company that also manufactures hardware. Unfortunately, many people do not understand how business operates. Just like when people say Tesla is a car company when we are not a car company but a tech company that makes cars...
@@mildhoof and that’s the goal. Microsoft has been very good at making lost investments into profits.
I'd rather have Sega still competing than Microsoft. They cared about innovation and exclusives
So you saying Microsoft don't innovate?
Lol you mean exclusives that don't make any money lol. Ask Sony how they got 60 million consoles sold but ony 1.5 million people bought the game of the year exclusive!!!! Ask Square how exclusives worked out for them. You do realize businesses need to make money to stay in business and to grow!!!! Exclusives don't make money anymore because the majority of gamers don't give a damn!!!! The most played games are multiplatform games. That is where the money is. Times have changed companies that don't adapt will get left behind. Which is why Sega don't have a console today smh!!!!! You know how you compete by making more money. I bet you still watch black and white tvs or talk on corded phones smh.... Don't come for xbox because they have the best most played games, and they are letting everybody play them wherever they want!!!!!!
Ask Nintendo if exclusives don't matter to their fanbase or that no one cares about their exclusives and they dont make Nintendo any profit they only have majority exclusives most 3rd party games skip the switch the only one who has major issues selling games is Microsoft and you can thank gamepass for that because they have conditioned their hardcore fanbase not to buy games
Microsoft does not innovate they have had the exact same controller for the past 2 generations the series s I dont see anything innovative in releasing underpowered hardware that gives developers like black myth wukong a reason to skip over their platforms their mid gen refresh they just added a 2 terabyte ssd and a new paint job im still waiting for the technical deep dive so i can understand why they charge $600
@andraescott7470 yet that will not be sustainable for long. There aren't many kids today willing to play a Mario game over Roblox or Minecraft.
Nintendo is surviving cause of its IPs and low budget cost into software and hardware. In addition, the major part people forget is Nintendo is third party in some ways. It's not just the consoles. They have games on mobile devices, make a killing off merchandise, display of characters at theme parks like disney, and other events. They also tapping into movies like Mario. If Nintendo was console only they would have died or have to keep up with Xbox and PS. Nintendo is fine for now
Nintendo does get into trouble and quite clever when it comes to competition threats. Palworld for example, exposed and made Pokémon vulnerable. They easily won in court but now gamers are catching on to repetition. So Nintendo does have to make changes in the long run but they flaws can be easily forgettable.
The real reason is terribly bad television adverts and playstation 2 had a dvd drive, people were buying ps2 because of that and the dreamcast suffered.
I got a Dreamcast again this year and modded everything i could, got the GDemu, new power supply, rechargeable cmos battery, new fan, got a HDMI out for the VGA. and just got myself the retrofighters wireless Dreamcast controller. life is good =D
Me too and I love it got the Racing wheel and the fishing rod Dreamcast is still great 🍥
Last time I played mine was 8 hours ago. RGB to component converter, CRT tv. Just glorious as ever.
I'd argue the SEGA CD, 32x and Saturn were the ones that killed Sega. The Dreamcast was the EMTs that showed up a little too late to save the victim.
Its Sega Saturn that killed Sega in the console business.
Imagine having no mainline sonic launch games even after the last years of the hardwares life cycle theres still no mainline sonic game.
Some games are japan only, lack of sports games, lack of proper rpg games and lets not forget some of the ports on the sega saturn are worst compared to PS1.
Examples are the port of Resident Evil 1 and Castlevania Symphony of the night.
Despite both having more content compared to the PS1 version graphically their worst.
To think the PS1 is both weaker than Sega Saturn and N64 but PS1 due to being easy to develop for and have full 3rd party support destroyed this 2.
The true killer is the sega cd, 32x, and suprise launch of the seg saturn
@@maroon9273 exactly. A lot of people had lost trust in the Sega brand by that point, even after the successful launch of the Dreamcast. That and plus Sony was riding off such huge momentum off the PS1. When the PS2 came out, and the huge bonus that it was also a DVD player, it was pretty much game over (pun intended) for the Dreamcast.
In a time when the market was dominated by Playstation and Nintendo, I was one of the lucky few in my country to get a Dreamcast. Little I knew that I was getting it in its latter days, at the end of 2000 I believe. Playstation was the console I wanted back then but I got the best one without even knowing it.
I remember playing Sonic Shuffle, the unforgettable and gamechanger that was Jet Set Radio (Jet Grind Radio in my country) and the astounding Soul Calibur. I literally grew up with these games, they are part of my late chilhood and early teenage years and I love every memory revolving around it.
I remeber keeping my lovely Chao with me on my VMU with Chao Adventure 2 when my mom was giving birth to my younger brother. Having that little thing with me when I was at a hospital late at night, not knowing if I'll see my mom again or meet my brother, it was conforting. I could shake off my bad thoughts and just focus on the joy of carrying a "friend" with me all the time.
Anf then my little brother learned to play at the age of 2 with Sonic Adventure 2, so now two generations of gamers in the family were born with this beauty.
Dreamcast might have been a comercial failure. But it means the world to me when it comes to memories about a past I cherish so much
To this day The Dreamcast is still the most innovative system of all time(even though it lacked DVD). The EA partnership, The Saturn, The SegaCD, The 32x all helped lead to the death of the of the Dreamcast.
And forgot that they could of had exclusivity to GTA series back then
Also, the pending launch of the PS2.
had a awesome game launch
6 button or 4 shoulder buttons layout.
Fun thing is that SEGA kind of already to some extent had planned for dual-analog. The maple bus protocol for the controllers have a mode for dual-analog sticks.
I still have my dream cast with all my games and accessories. It was a great rebound from Sega Saturn and Sega CD. It was just bad timing with Sony gaining popularity and adding a DVD player
Sega should make a another system
Graduated high school in 99. Both me and my best buddy had Dreamcasts at launch. Soul Caliber, Code Veronica, Rumble Boxing, and Power Stone were so amazing to play together. Solo I would play Jet Grind Radio and Phantasy Star until the sun came up and would pretend to be passed out when my Mom got up. Holy smokes what a time to be alive.
Good times... that year was the terrible last year of junior high for me, but man was the Dreamcast ever fun, probably my best memory from that year :)
@@sonicspeed6413 thanks for sharing 👍
The Dreamcast was when I started playing Resident Evil 2, 3, and code Veronica ❤
This console was great. It was really thinking on it's own
I am still sad about! Loved the Dreamcast, did not play games till PS3, since then my new home. But the magic will always be wit Dreamcast, Bernie Stolar and and and
Dreamcast is still the king of all sega consoles.
Top 3 of ALL TIME
Keeping the Mega Drive alive longer than necessary, the 32x / Saturn debacle, no major support from EA and Square and the PS2 just looking like an absolute beast.
Saturn had a bigger negative impact on SEGA, more than the Dreamcast. Still, the Saturn wasn't a bad console per se... It's hardware was just too complex to work with.
I'm surprised we didn't get a dreamcast mini a few years back. Would have loved it
Still my fav console
Sega also delisted all of their classic games on the digital stores.
*"Have you seen any sailors?"*
😅
No DVD player so it couldn’t compete with the PS2. SEGA was going to implement a DVD add-on for the Dreamcast but scrapped the concept and decided to end their hardware business.
People don't buy game consoles to watch DVDs on it, though some DVD watchers do buy game consoles to watch films on them, and many PS2 owners were not even true gamers, they just bought it because it was a dirt cheap DVD player when every other DVD player cost an extortionate amount.
The Dreamcast didn’t do it. The Saturn didn’t even. The 32X, years of terrible business decisions, and the PS2 did.
I’ve seen all from 1980-Now I have every console and tons of games the Saturn and Dreamcast did not hurt Sega’s Hardware reign now I’m going to give you guys the usual 7/10 that you give to tons of games
The dreamcast didn't failed, we failed the dreamcast.
The Dreamcast was a fantastic console
Really started since the Sega Saturn tbh
I had a cousin who would burn dreamcast games onto discs. He created a boot disk for it, and the console would read them like actual game discs.
"They knew what was going to be a good game and gamers didn't know"
The more things change the more they stay the same...
It’s time for sega to bring a new console 👀
It’s really not
Sega saved Nvidia from bankruptcy by scaling back the Dreamcast. I wonder what role that played. Subjective opinion Dreamcast looked and played better than everything else that was out at the time.
it died due to the dvd player and sony pushing bs like having toy story graphics.
Yup. I remember showing the console and games to all my friends and they where extremely impressed by it, but they all said the same thing - "I'll wait bc the PS2 is coming out soon, and Sony promised that PS2 games will look like Toy Story, and it plays DVDs"
Sega should make a new console.
Growing up as a Sega fan, because my brother for some reason had a Master System when everyone else had a NES, reminders like this video always makes me a bit sad. The Dreamcast had such amazing potential and in 2000 I truly believed Sega had pulled off a great comeback. But in hindsight they never had a chance. I still use my Dreamcast from time to time, still liking it a lot.
Ive only ever touched a Dreamcast once. Now i just emulate it. This is what missing out still feels like
The thing is SEGA missed the N64 vs. Playstation era. So when they decided to release the Dreamcast, they were going against a hyped Ps2 that was coming out. And since they missed a generation, most people at that point were no longer playing Sega Genesis. Otherwise, the Dreamcast is one of the most underrated systems of all-time.
Nintendo vs playstation was never really a thing. It was always nintendo AND playstation. Its almost close to whats happening to xbox, but because daddy big bucks microsoft is huge, xbox has a saving grace of not failing. If nintendo was the god everyone knew, playstation was and will always be the grim reaper.
Dang I was just 5 months old when they announced the release of SEGA Dreamcast back then
It was the Saturn and their management that caused havoc to Sega. The Dreamcast did relatively well in sales and customer satisfaction.
Peter Moore lost multiple console wars
For some, the Dreamcast never died. The last true gaming console. Now we have PCs in a box.
No mention about how consumers were burned by the launches of the Mega-CD and the 32X? Or how the botched launch of the Sega Saturn also helped (it is mentioned that Sega mended relations with retailers, but it's not said exactly "why"). Oh IGN...
What killed the Dreamcast? The Mega CD (Sega CD), the 32X, the Saturn, shunning EA, not having a DVD drive, and not being a Playstation. I'm amazed Nintendo is still around, the Gamecube wasn't much better than the Dreamcast.
I remember when I got one I went to the store to get some games and they told me they don't make games for the dreamcast anymore
IGN, this is the kinda content I like to watch/see from the channel.
A certain other platform holder paying other devs to withhold software from Saturn and Dreamcast killed their hardware business…
You guys do historical retrospectives on gaming consoles? Sign me up!
I watch a guy on TH-cam, Neal Bauer and he made a video called "How I Killed The Dreamcast" he talks about when he worked at Hollywood Video
The sega Saturn failed aswell because it didn't have a dedicated 3d processing chip and was very difficult to make 3d games, then sony showed the world ridge racer on the ps1 and that was it.
Peter Moore has had a long sad history of failure from Sega to Microsoft and EA.
Keep these great nostalgia deep dives coming!
Best content on IGN as per usual gents 👌🏻
Sega was gone the moment they launched 32x addon, then saturn
Unfortunately, being somewhat equivalent in powe with xbox left in dust way too early.
i loved dreamcast
Delete this now
Dreamcast going strong
@@SnowyJane I want what you’re smoking
$21 a month for Sega Net? 😮
Got little doco. Everyone that had a Dreamcast loved it. I see Xbox 360 as the spiritual successor.
Wow, that thumbnail is just sad.
I don't need to watch to know it's wrong.
Sega didn't kill Dreamcast, it's just that others game company like PlayStation a Nintendo got everything they had and the worst part of it is that Xbox came out to make it better than Sega Dreamcast which is totally a bad idea to copy Sega Dreamcast game console.
It wasnt the dreamcast is was the sega saturn following on from a messy end to the sega genesis generation. The Dreamcast was good it just wasnt enough to fix the hole they were in
Also the lack of anti piracy measures on the dreamcast didnt help
I believe one day in the future that SEGA will be restored
Too much other Sega Additives during the time of the Sega Genesis reign. Should’ve kept those ideas n concepts during the Dreamcast potentially a Dreamcast 2 launch. All those other Sega systems confused the public “why would I buy that ? Etc”
I beg to differ here and will say that 32X/Saturn killed SEGA’s hardware
Dreamcast is hands down one of the best and underrated consoles. I feel like Xbox was born from the Dreamcast. I mean look at the original Xbox. It’s very similar. With the imminent downfall of Xbox what if Sega was to reemerge again.
I always wondered what happened to Sega very interesting story. It sounds like they were not prepared for the comings changes with in the game industry they were ahead of its time as far hardware and technology but bad management decisions at that top hurt them in the long run 🤨🤔
“Reign”
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No mention of the fact they didn't protect against piracy? No copy protection meant anyone with a disc rw pc could copy their games
This is largely overblown. Most CD drives couldn't read GD roms. That was true then and still true today.
The Dreamcast didn’t kill anything. It’s not like they were doing well with their previous console, far from it.
Another bad video about the Dreamcast's demise to add to the stack!
dresmcast was the best console around at time
The best selling console doesn’t mean it’s the best console. Real gamers know Sega Saturn and Dreamcast had better games. It’s generic news outlets like IGN who were bought out by Sony marketing dollars who were to blame for Sega downfall. Like you’re attempting now with this generic analysis which has some serious oversights of the situation. Also Sega are doing great now as a third party and don’t need this sort of negative spotlight for something that happened over 20 years ago.
One word. Playstation.
Didnt help that dreacast games could be burnt to dvds by simply putting them in a computer and hitting burn copy 😬 sad because i was the biggest sega fan as my brother was a nintendo fan lol
The Dreamcast may have only lasted 18 months but it burned bright. It had better exclusives in its short life span than the entire Xbox One generation. Better than the PS5s 4 years in
P4P dreamcast is top 3 ever. The Xbox is an improved dreamcast
Peter Moore is a console killer
The 360 was the new dream cast Microsoft bought it
Because haters
The Dreamcast killed Sega making other consoles by being the apex of consoles at the time?
Dang so brutal
4:30 shame on you
fun watch!
Dreamcast had nothing to do with it and was a HUGE SUCCESS. I swear im almost unfollowing ign
Im sorry,maybe cause it’s retroactively but Sega sucked.They were ran by idiots.Their game developers were great but the bosses who were in charge of consoles were idiots.I can argue that only the genesis was a good console.Most kids only had enough parents money to get one console per generation.Imagine buying a Saturn or a Dreamcast to 3 years of support?Or god forbid you got your parents to buy you a 32X?
You did not even mention it was hacked within a few months with no mod chip needed A DVD drive would have saved Sega based on the fact most people purchased a PS2 to have a DVD player, and the amount of storage would have fit larger titles and games would not have been limited to just 1.2gb on GD-Roms instead of 4.7gb on DVD rom. Plus, it took me longer to hack the Dreamcast than the PS2. Also, a PS2 mod required a Messiah chip at first and I was able to boot with Utopia and eventually Self Boot under Echelon. And come at me bro I own all of the originals where do you think the dumps come from?
As someone who wasn't around during sega's hardware days, I would absolutely love another console. Sega has so many unique games besides sonic that are just simply amazing, but never got a fair chance because Sony didn't publish them. In a world where two of the three major console manufacturers don't make games, seeing sega's downfall is absolutely devastating.
You just had to be there, the dreamcast was unlike anything else and hasn't been matched since
What are you talking about? It was out done a year later.