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IGN: 9/9/99 @ 9 - The Dreamcast Launch

BIoodmask|6460d ago |Article|37|

Nine years ago today, SEGA debuted the Dreamcast in North America to incredible fanfare and unprecedented sales. Within 24 hours, the Dreamcast had pulled $98 million into SEGA's piggybank. Reviews for launch titles like Soulcalibur, Ready 2 Rumble, and Power Stone were glowing. The PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox were all way out on the horizon. The future of gaming was now -- er... then.

So, what happened?

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acertainkid1026460d ago

There's still one last chance
9/9/9 @9
BELIEVE

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TheColbertinator6460d ago

BELIEVE,my Sega brothers

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MAR-TYR-DOM6460d ago

or does reading this article make you feel sorry for sega?
I wish they didn't have to go through all that, it was a good console!

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Bladeslayer6460d ago

that thinks this article makes me feel sorry for sega also so much potential it even had a near perfect version of streetfighter 3rd strike on it i still wouldn't mind owning one again.

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hay6459d ago (Edited 6459d ago )

And all Sega fans who love Dreamcast. Honestly I spent most of greatest gaming moments with this console.
First Soul Calibur play, I laughed my ass with my friend calling Champion of Chaos(Warhammer) accidentally instead of Nightmare. We started to love the game and play everyday.
Shenmue, really awesome adventure game.
Skies of Arcadia and it's airborne combats.
Powerstone 2/LeMans24 4 player gaming fun.
Dead or Alive 2 battles with friends.
Grandia 2, Guilty Gear X, Ikaruga, Maken X, Metropolis Street Racer, Omikron, Phantasy Star Online, Rez, House of Dead 2, Virtua Tennis(4p), Zero Gunner 2.

Aw damn, that was a lot of fun.

Still have my DC and playing sometimes House of Dead 2 ;]

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Homicide6460d ago

The Dreamcast was awesome. The only Sega console I wanted to own. Shenmue, Skies of Arcadia and Soul Calibur were amazing games.

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UnSelf6460d ago

hey all those games start wit S's.

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cosomotion6459d ago

i agree, makes me want to go find my dreamcast and play some Skies of Arcadia.

R.I.P. Dreamcast

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White-Sharingan6460d ago

I loved sega

now I love its killer:

Sony

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Harry1906460d ago

Sega killed its own console through inept management.

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White-Sharingan6460d ago (Edited 6460d ago )

true but you do have to admit

having the successor of a console that sold over 100 mil and being more powerful competing with it placed the nail on the coffin

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Harry1906460d ago (Edited 6460d ago )

and as much as I don't want to say it, I do have to admit it:yes, the PS2 was also one of the factors in the Dreamcast's demise. The PS1's great form during it's later years did not help it either.

What I don't understand though, is the way certain individuals used the PS2 or I would rather say the Playstation brand in general as a scapegoat. They poured their hate on it for no real reason afterwards.

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White-Sharingan6460d ago

Yeah your right; not sure why hate PS2 :\

I know DC didnt have a very good game library; controls; etc

so it was sega's fault from the beginning and underestimating its competitors

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and wtf @ the disagrees; care to come out and explain why some are disagreeing?

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RumJunkie6459d ago

I think people are disagreeing with you because you said it had a poor game library. It's pretty much universally recognised that Dreamcast had one of the best line-up of AAA titles of any console, amazing considering the scant time it had to produce them.

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tethered6460d ago

I bought one the day it came out.

It was a great machine.

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ElementX6460d ago

Sega should team up with MS on a next gen console

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PirateThom6460d ago (Edited 6460d ago )

God, yeah, just what Microsoft needs, a slew of crappy titles on their next console...

Edit: Oh, come on! What good games have Sega made since the Dreamcast died?

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badz1496460d ago

if I'm not mistaken, DC is a Windows NT based and that was also another problem for developing games on that platform! I remeber I read that somewhere years ago!

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Fat Onion6459d ago (Edited 6459d ago )

I think Microsoft originally wanted to team up with Sega in the beginning. But Sega refused. Sega did have Windows CE or perhaps some other version of Windows...it is written on the front of the Dreamcast.

Microsoft figured they will just build there own console and slapped together the original Xbox with over the counter parts...great system tho. There are allot of similarities in the two consoles. Wonder if Sega's online network still works...use to play Outtrigger online allot.

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name6460d ago

If there was a dreamcast 2 it'd sell alot just from hype alone. Too bad sega doesn't have the money for it. Microsoft should just partner up with them or something just for use of the name "dreamcast".

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TheColbertinator6460d ago

I think the only way Sega could return is with the help of Apple.Microsoft is too different in strategy to merge with Sega

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Silogon6460d ago

dreamcast was home to the worst controller of all time. Even worse than the n64,gamecube and wii mote. It was so bad, so cheap feeling, so absurdly tacky that no one in their right mind can defend it.

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pwnsause6460d ago (Edited 6460d ago )

i can somehow agree with that, but it did have a good amount of solid games. the VMU was really Genius though, although it was a ripoff of the poketstation

At Pictures attached:

Top:
Poketstation in Red

Center:
Poketstation in original white color

Bottom:
left side, Bootleg Dreamcast Memory Unit
Right side, Dreamcast VMU

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El_Colombiano6460d ago

The N64 controller was bad? Are you mad?! That controller rocked! First to ever have an analog stick and it was built with lefties in mind.

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pwnsause6460d ago

in my opinion, i didnt really like the n64 controller, because of where the analog stick was. i was pretty uncomfortable. I remember playing Star Fox 64 with the controller, i didn't have enough accuracy flying the Arwing, or the landmaster and the sub. Maybe its just me though.

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Zytrox6460d ago

I remember then good old days of the Dreamcast, Power Stone, Sonic Adventure. Ahh...

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Aclay6460d ago

I never owned a Dreamcast, but I do remember playing Sonic Adventure and Powerstone on it... if the Dreamcast wasn't discontinued in just 2 short years, I'm pretty sure that I would have bought one because my friend had one back then.

Sega really hasn't made any major hit games in a long time either....

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Droid6460d ago

Dreamcast was the greatest console on the face of the world. A Sega home arcade unit. What could possibly be any better than that? Nothing.

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pwnsause6460d ago

it Died. now go away.

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Horny6460d ago

its my b day
yup the dreamcast launched on my b day

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DreamcastFanboy6460d ago

Dreamcast FTW!

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TheColbertinator6460d ago

Dreamcast 4ever!

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TheColbertinator6460d ago

The Sega Dreamcast is the best console of all time.Games like Shenmue,Skies of Arcadia,Phantasy Star,Craxi Taxi(Fare Wars),NFL2K1,Soul Calibur,and Sonic Adventure were some of the greatest games ever.

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Fux4Bux6460d ago

Dreamcast was so ahead of its time.

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Yamato6460d ago

where the next console of sega?? I read that they have to lauch the Sega PU, Can someone tell me its if true

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Nasty6459d ago

Whoever wrote this article fails to mention that new games are STILL coming out for this system.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/yo...

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tudors6459d ago

Not the same with Bluray because DVD's are still sufficient, but back in the day when DVD was a really big deal Sega was left IMO with the best console, crisper graphics than the PS2,but the lack of DVD is what did it. Also there online service would never have succeeded on 56k.

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Hideo Kojima put Low Roar in Death Stranding because gamers need more culture in their lives

thorstein|39d ago |Article|0|

It's important in life to maintain a broad palette when it comes to culture and the arts. Hideo Kojima agrees, as he continues to use video games like Death Stranding to introduce people to music and other elements they might not otherwise discover.

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Mojang partners with Merlin Entertainments for the Minecraft theme park, Minecraft World

Christopher|53d ago |News|0|

Mojang has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to build the world's first Minecraft theme park in the UK.

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Yakuza Live-Action Miniseries Debuts March 17 Exclusively on IGN

Christopher|62d ago |News|5|

A three-episode live-action adaptation of the first two Yakuza video games will debut Tuesday, March 17 exclusively IGN. Each episode is about an hour long and will stream on IGN.com and IGN’s YouTube channel.

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CrimsonWing6962d ago (Edited 62d ago )

I hope it’s better than that Prime series… woof.

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shinXseijuro61d ago

Haven’t watched it . Is it not good ?

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CrimsonWing6961d ago

It ain’t great.

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Seth_hun61d ago

Looks like everyone is a miscast :)

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S2Killinit61d ago

I would like this.

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