The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoThere's always something to talk aboutlemmy.worldimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1285
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minus-squareodium@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·9 months agoWhat is the Dreamcast and why did it fail?
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eeBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·edit-29 months 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-up14·9 months agoAnd they used the Naomi (arcade dreamcast) as the starting point for the main board
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eeBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoDid not know that. Cool
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months agoDreamcast was a console from Sega: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast That’s all I know. 🙃
minus-squarenothingcorporate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months 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.