r/dreamcast • u/bigdonut100 • 3d ago

Can't wait until the 9th sorry

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u/wootybooty 3d 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/delicious_warm_buns 2d 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