The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThere's always something to talk aboutlemmy.worldimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1284
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minus-squareodium@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoWhat is the Dreamcast and why did it fail?
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·edit-21 month agoIt was Sega’s last console. The PlayStation 2 obliterated it, among other factors. Fun fact, Microsoft used the Dreamcast controller scheme as a starting point for the Xbox controller.
minus-squarerklm@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agoAnd they used the Naomi (arcade dreamcast) as the starting point for the main board
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoDreamcast was a console from Sega: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast That’s all I know. 🙃
minus-squarenothingcorporate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoStill own mine… It failed because Sega was terrible at marketing their consoles. Sega Master System, Sega CD, Game Gear, and Dreamcast were all better than their competitors when they came out, but they were all pretty big flops comparatively.
What is the Dreamcast and why did it fail?
It was Sega’s last console. The PlayStation 2 obliterated it, among other factors.
Fun fact, Microsoft used the Dreamcast controller scheme as a starting point for the Xbox controller.
And they used the Naomi (arcade dreamcast) as the starting point for the main board
Did not know that. Cool
Dreamcast was a console from Sega: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast
That’s all I know. 🙃
Still own mine… It failed because Sega was terrible at marketing their consoles.
Sega Master System, Sega CD, Game Gear, and Dreamcast were all better than their competitors when they came out, but they were all pretty big flops comparatively.