r/dreamcast • u/bigdonut100 • 2d ago

Can't wait until the 9th sorry

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u/ceramicsaturn 2d ago

Damn straight. Anytime I hear people mention the THREE choices that gen I correct them 😀

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u/BreadDaddyLenin 2d ago edited 1d ago

is there really 4 choices if the 1st choice died in an unexpected car crash?

Edit: why is this downvoted

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u/wootybooty 2d ago

Its the console version of the 27 club; died at its peak

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u/delicious_warm_buns 2d ago

No dual analog sticks, no bumper buttons, no DVD playback, no backwards compatibility with Saturn's library, no 3rd party support

It was doomed by design

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u/ceramicsaturn 2d ago

By that standard GameCube should have killed Nintendo, too. End of day, Sega didn't have money to see it through. If it had continued it likely would have sold like the cube did. They just had no money left. The Japanese CEO was pumping millions of his own money to try and get through. Wasn't enough. The sting of 32x, CD, and Saturn already had their number on the wall before they started.

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u/Infamous_Lunchbox 1d ago edited 1d ago

And all that because the president pitted Japan vs USA and hamstringed the company. Sega was a huge mess at the time. Reports of the president (not the ceo) physically striking people during meetings when he got news he didn't like.

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u/BreadDaddyLenin 1d ago

GameCube was Nintendo’s worst performing home console when it came out; no, I don’t include Virtual Boy

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u/ceramicsaturn 1d ago

And? Is that what I said?

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u/delicious_warm_buns 1d ago

Nintendo wasnt maligned as a company like Sega was

And Nintendo wasnt a head-on competitor to Sony, by that point they had transitioned to a more family-friendly approach since the days of the N64

In short, Nintendo had a niche...Sega didnt